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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 56 66
Rank change year-on-year -7 +10 -6
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,711 1,197 1,077
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.68% 4.31% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 4.74% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,062 749 605
10th Percentile £405 £363 £379
25th Percentile £479 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.65% - -3.77%
75th Percentile £685 £738 £716
90th Percentile £790 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £560
% change year-on-year -2.22% +0.45% -2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 29 28
10th Percentile £26.85 £22.16 £30.91
25th Percentile £46.25 £30.61 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £33.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.96% -41.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80.00 £64.00 £68.17
90th Percentile £88.40 £76.45 £75.12
UK median hourly rate £67.05 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +100.13% -41.74% +4.55%

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 39,415 25,251 27,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.00% 86.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,982 16,042 16,911
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -2.64% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,873 1,537 1,195
10th Percentile £13.88 £14.39 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £47.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.86 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +54.51% -40.82% -

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -13 853 £600 -7.69% 1,927
North of England -6 265 £510 +2.00% 355
South East +13 256 £575 +10.84% 392
Yorkshire +17 129 £500 - 106
North West -23 129 £525 +5.85% 223
Midlands -24 109 £525 +12.00% 228
South West -24 108 £585 +1.74% 233
West Midlands -17 87 £500 -1.23% 139
East of England +10 72 £513 -16.33% 113
East Midlands -30 19 £549 +36.44% 89
North East -36 8 £454 -17.50% 27
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 61 (3.57%) Confluence
2 38 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.64%) SAS
4 5 (0.29%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.23%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.12%) CMS
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.058%) Apache
8 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.058%) Appian
8 1 (0.058%) CICS
8 1 (0.058%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.058%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 58 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.99%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.23%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.23%) Revit
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Windchill
8 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.058%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.058%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 41 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.76%) Endur
3 11 (0.64%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.47%) Primavera
6 7 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.23%) Actimize
9 4 (0.23%) Magento
9 4 (0.23%) SAP HCM
10 3 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.18%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 263 (15.37%) Azure
2 183 (10.70%) AWS
3 90 (5.26%) GCP
4 72 (4.21%) Power Platform
5 64 (3.74%) Entra ID
6 50 (2.92%) SaaS
7 49 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 23 (1.34%) GitHub
10 23 (1.34%) OCI
11 21 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
12 17 (0.99%) Azure AI
13 16 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
13 16 (0.94%) PaaS
14 13 (0.76%) Serverless
15 12 (0.70%) Power Automate
16 10 (0.58%) OpenShift
16 10 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.57%) Network Security
2 53 (3.10%) Firewall
3 20 (1.17%) WAN
4 19 (1.11%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.05%) LAN
6 17 (0.99%) DNS
7 13 (0.76%) DHCP
8 12 (0.70%) VPN
9 11 (0.64%) 5G
10 9 (0.53%) 4G
11 8 (0.47%) BIG-IP
12 7 (0.41%) Cisco IPT
13 6 (0.35%) Internet
13 6 (0.35%) Kerberos
14 5 (0.29%) Softphone
14 5 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
14 5 (0.29%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.29%) Wireless
15 4 (0.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (3.39%) Power BI
2 39 (2.28%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.87%) Metadata
4 20 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (0.76%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.70%) Data Lake
7 11 (0.64%) Big Data
7 11 (0.64%) Oracle Database
8 10 (0.58%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.41%) RDBMS
10 6 (0.35%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.35%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.35%) Tableau
11 5 (0.29%) Db2
12 4 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.23%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.23%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.23%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 110 (6.43%) JIRA
2 23 (1.34%) Git
3 17 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.76%) Selenium
5 11 (0.64%) Cypress.io
6 9 (0.53%) Postman
7 8 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.47%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.35%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.29%) Artifactory
9 5 (0.29%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.29%) GitLab
9 5 (0.29%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.23%) Gradle
10 4 (0.23%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.23%) Subversion
11 3 (0.18%) JMeter
11 3 (0.18%) Maven
11 3 (0.18%) MLflow
12 2 (0.12%) LoadRunner
General
1 686 (40.09%) Social Skills
2 629 (36.76%) Finance
3 287 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 214 (12.51%) Public Sector
5 205 (11.98%) Banking
6 132 (7.71%) Legal
7 91 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
8 72 (4.21%) Front Office
8 72 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
9 49 (2.86%) Aerospace
10 47 (2.75%) Military
11 45 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
12 43 (2.51%) Manufacturing
13 41 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
14 36 (2.10%) Financial Institution
15 35 (2.05%) Retail
15 35 (2.05%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.81%) Investment Banking
16 31 (1.81%) Law
17 26 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 226 (13.21%) Lead
2 212 (12.39%) Architect
3 180 (10.52%) Senior
4 170 (9.94%) Project Manager
5 168 (9.82%) Analyst
6 93 (5.44%) Consultant
7 84 (4.91%) Security Architect
8 72 (4.21%) Programme Manager
9 63 (3.68%) Business Analyst
10 56 (3.27%) Developer
11 54 (3.16%) Senior Manager
12 44 (2.57%) IT Manager
12 44 (2.57%) Risk Manager
13 41 (2.40%) Security Engineer
14 40 (2.34%) Delivery Manager
15 38 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
16 36 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
17 35 (2.05%) Service Manager
18 33 (1.93%) Security Manager
18 33 (1.93%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.92%) Terraform
2 34 (1.99%) .NET
3 31 (1.81%) REST
4 25 (1.46%) Middleware
5 20 (1.17%) Kafka
6 18 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (0.88%) OAuth
8 12 (0.70%) JSON
8 12 (0.70%) OpenID
8 12 (0.70%) SAML
9 11 (0.64%) SLSA
10 10 (0.58%) React
10 10 (0.58%) SOAP
10 10 (0.58%) XML
11 9 (0.53%) LDAP
11 9 (0.53%) SailPoint
11 9 (0.53%) Spring
11 9 (0.53%) Web Services
11 9 (0.53%) XGBoost
12 8 (0.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 120 (7.01%) Onboarding
2 101 (5.90%) Management Information System
3 90 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 74 (4.32%) Security Posture
5 66 (3.86%) Cloud Native
6 53 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
7 51 (2.98%) Data Centre
8 45 (2.63%) Operational Technology
9 40 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
10 39 (2.28%) Cyber Threat
11 34 (1.99%) Market Risk
12 32 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
13 29 (1.69%) AI Agents
14 26 (1.52%) Credit Risk
15 22 (1.29%) Data Structures
15 22 (1.29%) Fixed Income
15 22 (1.29%) PMI
16 21 (1.23%) NHS
17 20 (1.17%) Derivative
17 20 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 66 (3.86%) Windows
2 54 (3.16%) Linux
3 36 (2.10%) Unix
4 21 (1.23%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.47%) zOS
7 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.18%) AIX
9 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.12%) Android
11 1 (0.058%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 721 (42.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 442 (25.83%) Cybersecurity
3 409 (23.90%) Agile
4 402 (23.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 358 (20.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 291 (17.01%) Decision-Making
7 257 (15.02%) Roadmaps
8 251 (14.67%) AI
8 251 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
9 233 (13.62%) Project Management
10 207 (12.10%) Information Security
11 201 (11.75%) Project Delivery
12 168 (9.82%) Migration
13 166 (9.70%) DevOps
14 160 (9.35%) Change Management
15 152 (8.88%) CI/CD
16 149 (8.71%) Vulnerability Management
17 148 (8.65%) Analytics
18 137 (8.01%) Data Protection
19 136 (7.95%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 133 (7.77%) Python
2 93 (5.44%) SQL
3 43 (2.51%) PowerShell
4 38 (2.22%) Java
5 36 (2.10%) C#
6 20 (1.17%) Bash
6 20 (1.17%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.76%) Shell Script
8 11 (0.64%) VBA
9 8 (0.47%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.41%) Go
11 6 (0.35%) Bicep
11 6 (0.35%) JCL
11 6 (0.35%) Korn
11 6 (0.35%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.29%) Assembly Language
12 5 (0.29%) C++
12 5 (0.29%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.29%) R
12 5 (0.29%) REXX
Qualifications
1 462 (27.00%) Security Cleared
2 335 (19.58%) SC Cleared
3 173 (10.11%) Degree
4 150 (8.77%) CISSP
5 110 (6.43%) DV Cleared
6 95 (5.55%) CISM
7 81 (4.73%) PMI Certification
8 75 (4.38%) PMP
9 48 (2.81%) CRISC
10 46 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 39 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
12 36 (2.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 30 (1.75%) CISA
13 30 (1.75%) Master's Degree
14 29 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
15 25 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
16 24 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
17 23 (1.34%) AWS Certification
17 23 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 21 (1.23%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (12.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 191 (11.16%) NIST
3 177 (10.34%) GRC
4 107 (6.25%) QA
5 92 (5.38%) GDPR
6 75 (4.38%) Data Quality
7 71 (4.15%) NCSC
8 66 (3.86%) PMO
9 36 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 28 (1.64%) JSP 440
11 21 (1.23%) NIST 800
12 17 (0.99%) Accessibility
13 16 (0.94%) SOC 2
14 14 (0.82%) COBIT
14 14 (0.82%) Def Stans
14 14 (0.82%) SLA
15 12 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 11 (0.64%) PCI DSS
17 10 (0.58%) Basel III
System Software
1 41 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.05%) Docker
3 12 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.53%) vSphere
6 7 (0.41%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.29%) FreeRADIUS
7 5 (0.29%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.18%) Firmware
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.12%) IAG
9 2 (0.12%) Postfix
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.058%) NFS
10 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 47 (2.75%) Kubernetes
2 34 (1.99%) Ansible
3 13 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.58%) SCCM
5 9 (0.53%) Grafana
6 7 (0.41%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.35%) Control-M
7 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.29%) OMEGAMON
9 3 (0.18%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (0.18%) Puppet
9 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.12%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.12%) NSN NetAct
10 2 (0.12%) QRadar
11 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 263 (15.37%) Microsoft
2 107 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 83 (4.85%) SAP
4 61 (3.57%) Oracle
5 47 (2.75%) Google
6 24 (1.40%) Splunk
7 20 (1.17%) Murex
7 20 (1.17%) VMware
8 19 (1.11%) Salesforce
9 18 (1.05%) Cisco
10 17 (0.99%) Databricks
11 15 (0.88%) IBM
11 15 (0.88%) Qualys
12 14 (0.82%) BeyondTrust
13 13 (0.76%) CyberArk
14 12 (0.70%) Foundry
15 11 (0.64%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.64%) Tenable
16 10 (0.58%) Ariba
16 10 (0.58%) Workday