Risk Management Contract Job Trends in England

Risk Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 46 77
Rank change year-on-year -24 +31 -15
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,442 1,197 1,034
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.29% 4.63% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 5.08% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 951 752 660
10th Percentile £411 £388 £360
25th Percentile £483 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £583 £571
Median % change year-on-year -2.51% +2.12% -4.79%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £563 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 24 30
10th Percentile £21.11 £46.30 £15.50
25th Percentile £45.78 £47.96 £35.00
Median hourly rate £64.09 £61.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% +22.99% +370.37%
75th Percentile £87.16 £76.63 £60.94
90th Percentile £106.60 £87.43 £70.02
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.40% +30.00% +370.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Risk Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,451 23,541 31,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.15% 85.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,583 15,155 20,721
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.08% -3.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,352 1,173 2,326
10th Percentile £15.26 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.79 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +85.35% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.50 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.07
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.45%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Risk Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Risk Management job vacancy trend in England

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Risk Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in England

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Risk Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in England

Risk Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the England region over the 6 months to 2 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -41 685 £600 -10.08% 465
North of England -11 255 £513 +0.15% 128
South East -14 213 £563 +2.27% 186
North West -18 128 £540 +5.62% 81
Yorkshire +3 125 £500 -4.76% 39
Midlands -29 119 £550 +15.79% 71
South West 0 92 £570 +9.62% 63
West Midlands -33 89 £550 +10.00% 34
East of England +12 51 £525 -4.55% 41
East Midlands -18 30 £550 +24.29% 37
North East -34 4 £454 -17.50% 10
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 63 (4.37%) Confluence
2 33 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.69%) SAS
4 4 (0.28%) IIS
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.069%) Appian
7 1 (0.069%) CMS
7 1 (0.069%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.069%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.069%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.069%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.069%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 41 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.83%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.28%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.28%) Revit
6 4 (0.28%) Trello
7 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.21%) Windchill
8 1 (0.069%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.069%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 25 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.83%) Endur
3 7 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.42%) Actimize
4 6 (0.42%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (0.42%) Primavera
4 6 (0.42%) Summit
5 5 (0.35%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.28%) Sage X3
6 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.21%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 210 (14.56%) Azure
2 147 (10.19%) AWS
3 64 (4.44%) GCP
4 48 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 47 (3.26%) Entra ID
6 42 (2.91%) SaaS
7 26 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (1.80%) Microsoft Purview
8 21 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
9 19 (1.32%) PaaS
10 17 (1.18%) Google Workspace
11 15 (1.04%) GitHub
12 14 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (0.90%) Azure AI
13 13 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (0.83%) Google Sheets
14 12 (0.83%) IaaS
15 11 (0.76%) OCI
16 10 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.33%) Network Security
2 34 (2.36%) Firewall
3 15 (1.04%) DNS
4 14 (0.97%) DHCP
4 14 (0.97%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.76%) BIG-IP
6 10 (0.69%) 5G
7 9 (0.62%) WAN
7 9 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.55%) 4G
9 7 (0.49%) LAN
9 7 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.42%) HTTP
11 5 (0.35%) 3G
11 5 (0.35%) Internet
11 5 (0.35%) NAS
11 5 (0.35%) NGFW
11 5 (0.35%) SAN
11 5 (0.35%) VPN
12 4 (0.28%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (2.29%) Power BI
2 28 (1.94%) Metadata
3 20 (1.39%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.97%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (0.69%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.62%) RDBMS
9 8 (0.55%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.42%) Big Data
11 5 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.35%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.35%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.35%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.28%) Tableau
13 3 (0.21%) Db2
Development Applications
1 106 (7.35%) JIRA
2 17 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.11%) Git
4 7 (0.49%) Selenium
5 6 (0.42%) GitLab
6 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.28%) DbUnit
7 4 (0.28%) jMock
7 4 (0.28%) JUnit
7 4 (0.28%) Maven
7 4 (0.28%) Mockito
7 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.28%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.21%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.21%) MLflow
9 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 549 (38.07%) Social Skills
2 542 (37.59%) Finance
3 226 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
4 161 (11.17%) Banking
4 161 (11.17%) Public Sector
5 116 (8.04%) Legal
6 54 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
7 52 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 40 (2.77%) Financial Institution
9 36 (2.50%) Front Office
10 34 (2.36%) Telecoms
11 33 (2.29%) Retail
12 30 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
13 28 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (1.94%) Manufacturing
14 25 (1.73%) Aerospace
14 25 (1.73%) Law
14 25 (1.73%) Military
15 24 (1.66%) Investment Banking
16 21 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 189 (13.11%) Lead
2 174 (12.07%) Project Manager
3 156 (10.82%) Architect
4 140 (9.71%) Senior
5 128 (8.88%) Analyst
6 87 (6.03%) Consultant
7 62 (4.30%) Programme Manager
8 61 (4.23%) Security Architect
9 57 (3.95%) Developer
10 55 (3.81%) Business Analyst
11 52 (3.61%) Senior Manager
12 46 (3.19%) Risk Manager
13 38 (2.64%) IT Manager
14 36 (2.50%) Security Consultant
15 35 (2.43%) Security Engineer
16 33 (2.29%) Security Manager
17 32 (2.22%) Delivery Manager
18 27 (1.87%) Solutions Architect
19 26 (1.80%) Product Manager
20 24 (1.66%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.73%) .NET
1 25 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (1.46%) REST
3 18 (1.25%) Middleware
4 16 (1.11%) XML
5 13 (0.90%) JSON
5 13 (0.90%) Kafka
6 11 (0.76%) Azure Blueprints
6 11 (0.76%) Leaflet
6 11 (0.76%) OAuth
6 11 (0.76%) OpenID
6 11 (0.76%) React
6 11 (0.76%) SAML
6 11 (0.76%) SOAP
7 9 (0.62%) LDAP
7 9 (0.62%) Web Services
8 8 (0.55%) PySpark
8 8 (0.55%) RESTful
9 7 (0.49%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.42%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 102 (7.07%) Management Information System
2 74 (5.13%) Product Ownership
3 67 (4.65%) Onboarding
4 62 (4.30%) Security Posture
5 59 (4.09%) Cloud Native
6 50 (3.47%) Operational Technology
7 45 (3.12%) Data Protection Act
8 42 (2.91%) Data Centre
9 30 (2.08%) Derivative
10 29 (2.01%) Market Risk
11 25 (1.73%) PMI
12 24 (1.66%) NHS
13 23 (1.60%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.60%) Fixed Income
14 22 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
15 20 (1.39%) Credit Risk
15 20 (1.39%) Data Structures
16 18 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 17 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
17 17 (1.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.47%) Windows
2 39 (2.70%) Linux
3 24 (1.66%) Unix
4 18 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.49%) zOS
7 6 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.21%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (34.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 355 (24.62%) Agile
3 323 (22.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 302 (20.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 297 (20.60%) Cybersecurity
6 222 (15.40%) Project Management
7 217 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
8 216 (14.98%) Decision-Making
9 196 (13.59%) Roadmaps
10 187 (12.97%) Information Security
11 167 (11.58%) AI
12 160 (11.10%) Change Management
13 139 (9.64%) Project Delivery
14 131 (9.08%) Migration
15 124 (8.60%) Analytics
15 124 (8.60%) DevOps
16 122 (8.46%) Regulatory Compliance
17 113 (7.84%) PRINCE2
18 109 (7.56%) Data Protection
19 105 (7.28%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 99 (6.87%) Python
2 95 (6.59%) SQL
3 44 (3.05%) Java
4 36 (2.50%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.53%) C#
6 15 (1.04%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.90%) VBA
8 10 (0.69%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.49%) Bash
9 7 (0.49%) Shell Script
9 7 (0.49%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.28%) Assembly Language
10 4 (0.28%) Bicep
10 4 (0.28%) CLIST
10 4 (0.28%) Go
10 4 (0.28%) JCL
10 4 (0.28%) REXX
11 3 (0.21%) C
11 3 (0.21%) Scala
12 2 (0.14%) RPG
Qualifications
1 351 (24.34%) Security Cleared
2 258 (17.89%) SC Cleared
3 177 (12.27%) Degree
4 132 (9.15%) CISSP
5 84 (5.83%) CISM
5 84 (5.83%) DV Cleared
6 71 (4.92%) PMI Certification
7 66 (4.58%) PMP
8 38 (2.64%) CRISC
9 33 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 29 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (1.73%) CISA
11 25 (1.73%) Master's Degree
12 22 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 21 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
14 19 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 14 (0.97%) AWS Certification
15 14 (0.97%) CESG Certified Professional
15 14 (0.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 11 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (12.62%) NIST
2 178 (12.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 140 (9.71%) GRC
4 95 (6.59%) GDPR
5 72 (4.99%) PMO
6 67 (4.65%) QA
7 60 (4.16%) Data Quality
8 46 (3.19%) NCSC
9 38 (2.64%) PCI DSS
10 36 (2.50%) JSP 440
11 31 (2.15%) SLA
11 31 (2.15%) SOC 2
12 30 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
13 26 (1.80%) NIST 800
14 17 (1.18%) COBIT
15 16 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (1.04%) RMADS
17 13 (0.90%) Def Stans
18 11 (0.76%) ISO 22301
18 11 (0.76%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 33 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.90%) Docker
3 8 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.28%) Postfix
5 4 (0.28%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.21%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.14%) NFS
7 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.069%) FreeRADIUS
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.069%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.069%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.32%) Terraform
3 18 (1.25%) Ansible
4 13 (0.90%) SCCM
5 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.42%) Grafana
7 6 (0.42%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.35%) Control-M
9 4 (0.28%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.28%) OMEGAMON
10 3 (0.21%) CASB
10 3 (0.21%) Nessus
11 2 (0.14%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.14%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.14%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.14%) NSN NetAct
11 2 (0.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 197 (13.66%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.89%) ServiceNow
3 71 (4.92%) SAP
4 67 (4.65%) Oracle
5 44 (3.05%) Google
6 20 (1.39%) Workday
7 19 (1.32%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.18%) Cisco
9 16 (1.11%) Murex
10 14 (0.97%) Splunk
11 13 (0.90%) F5
11 13 (0.90%) Foundry
12 12 (0.83%) Qualys
13 11 (0.76%) VMware
14 10 (0.69%) IBM
14 10 (0.69%) Infoblox
15 9 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
16 8 (0.55%) Databricks
16 8 (0.55%) Rapid7
16 8 (0.55%) Tenable