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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 52 67
Rank change year-on-year -13 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,660 1,241 1,071
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.60% 4.47% 3.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 4.92% 3.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 781 625
10th Percentile £405 £363 £378
25th Percentile £475 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £838
UK median daily rate £550 £568 £560
% change year-on-year -3.08% +1.34% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 29 24
10th Percentile £24.72 £22.16 £32.38
25th Percentile £45.31 £30.61 £42.81
Median hourly rate £67.05 £33.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.13% -41.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80.00 £65.00 £65.63
90th Percentile £88.20 £76.45 £75.28
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +91.31% -41.74% +16.16%

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 39,062 25,238 28,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.72% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,917 16,041 17,545
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -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 2,725 1,497 1,306
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -28 808 £600 -7.69% 2,807
North of England -8 268 £510 +2.00% 461
South East +14 249 £575 +4.55% 500
North West -23 133 £525 +3.83% 297
Yorkshire 0 129 £500 - 135
Midlands -27 114 £525 +12.72% 297
South West -23 112 £585 +1.74% 237
West Midlands -24 92 £500 +2.56% 185
East of England +4 69 £513 -14.58% 150
East Midlands -23 19 £549 +36.44% 112
North East -38 6 £454 - 35
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 62 (3.73%) Confluence
2 40 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.66%) SAS
4 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.18%) IIS
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.060%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.060%) Apache
7 1 (0.060%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.060%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.060%) Appian
7 1 (0.060%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.060%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.060%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 59 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.24%) Revit
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.060%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 39 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.84%) Endur
3 11 (0.66%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.48%) Primavera
6 7 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.30%) Summit
9 4 (0.24%) Actimize
9 4 (0.24%) Front Arena
9 4 (0.24%) Magento
10 3 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
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/CO
10 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
10 3 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 254 (15.30%) Azure
2 173 (10.42%) AWS
3 74 (4.46%) GCP
4 72 (4.34%) Power Platform
5 59 (3.55%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (2.95%) SaaS
8 30 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 25 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (1.51%) Microsoft Copilot
11 21 (1.27%) GitHub
11 21 (1.27%) OCI
12 19 (1.14%) Azure AI
13 18 (1.08%) PaaS
14 14 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
15 13 (0.78%) Serverless
16 12 (0.72%) IaaS
17 11 (0.66%) Power Automate
17 11 (0.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.37%) Network Security
2 45 (2.71%) Firewall
3 18 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.02%) DNS
4 17 (1.02%) WAN
5 15 (0.90%) LAN
6 13 (0.78%) 5G
6 13 (0.78%) DHCP
7 11 (0.66%) 4G
8 8 (0.48%) BIG-IP
8 8 (0.48%) VPN
9 7 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
10 6 (0.36%) Internet
10 6 (0.36%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.30%) 3G
11 5 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.30%) Wireless
12 4 (0.24%) SAN
12 4 (0.24%) Softphone
12 4 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.31%) Power BI
2 36 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.93%) Metadata
4 18 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 13 (0.78%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.72%) Oracle Database
8 11 (0.66%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.60%) Big Data
10 9 (0.54%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.36%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.30%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.30%) Db2
13 5 (0.30%) Tableau
14 4 (0.24%) Ataccama
14 4 (0.24%) Neo4j
14 4 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 4 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 107 (6.45%) JIRA
2 22 (1.33%) Git
3 18 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.72%) Selenium
5 10 (0.60%) Cypress.io
6 8 (0.48%) Postman
7 7 (0.42%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.42%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.30%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.30%) Claude Code
8 5 (0.30%) GitLab
8 5 (0.30%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.24%) Gradle
9 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 4 (0.24%) Subversion
9 4 (0.24%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.18%) DbUnit
10 3 (0.18%) JUnit
10 3 (0.18%) Mockito
General
1 662 (39.88%) Social Skills
2 606 (36.51%) Finance
3 276 (16.63%) Analytical Skills
4 202 (12.17%) Public Sector
5 188 (11.33%) Banking
6 128 (7.71%) Legal
7 84 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
8 69 (4.16%) Organisational Skills
9 66 (3.98%) Front Office
10 47 (2.83%) Aerospace
11 45 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
12 41 (2.47%) Manufacturing
12 41 (2.47%) Military
13 38 (2.29%) Telecoms
14 36 (2.17%) Financial Institution
14 36 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
14 36 (2.17%) Retail
15 34 (2.05%) Investment Banking
16 32 (1.93%) Law
17 24 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 217 (13.07%) Lead
2 202 (12.17%) Architect
3 167 (10.06%) Analyst
4 166 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 166 (10.00%) Senior
5 94 (5.66%) Consultant
6 79 (4.76%) Security Architect
7 72 (4.34%) Programme Manager
8 58 (3.49%) Business Analyst
9 56 (3.37%) Developer
10 50 (3.01%) Senior Manager
11 46 (2.77%) IT Manager
12 44 (2.65%) Risk Manager
13 38 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
14 36 (2.17%) Security Consultant
15 35 (2.11%) Security Engineer
15 35 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (1.99%) Risk Analyst
16 33 (1.99%) Security Manager
17 32 (1.93%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.41%) Terraform
2 37 (2.23%) .NET
3 32 (1.93%) REST
4 23 (1.39%) Middleware
5 19 (1.14%) Kafka
6 18 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (0.90%) OAuth
8 12 (0.72%) JSON
8 12 (0.72%) SAML
8 12 (0.72%) XML
9 11 (0.66%) OpenID
9 11 (0.66%) React
9 11 (0.66%) SLSA
9 11 (0.66%) SOAP
10 10 (0.60%) SailPoint
10 10 (0.60%) Spring
10 10 (0.60%) Web Services
11 9 (0.54%) LDAP
11 9 (0.54%) Spring Boot
12 8 (0.48%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.57%) Onboarding
2 96 (5.78%) Management Information System
3 82 (4.94%) Product Ownership
4 74 (4.46%) Security Posture
5 65 (3.92%) Cloud Native
6 54 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
7 45 (2.71%) Operational Technology
8 41 (2.47%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.35%) Cyber Threat
10 37 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
11 31 (1.87%) Market Risk
12 30 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
13 26 (1.57%) AI Agents
14 24 (1.45%) Credit Risk
15 23 (1.39%) Derivative
16 22 (1.33%) PMI
17 21 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
17 21 (1.27%) Fixed Income
17 21 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 20 (1.20%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 64 (3.86%) Windows
2 50 (3.01%) Linux
3 34 (2.05%) Unix
4 21 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.36%) zOS
7 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.18%) AIX
8 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.060%) Android
9 1 (0.060%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (41.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 428 (25.78%) Cybersecurity
3 403 (24.28%) Agile
4 381 (22.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 357 (21.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 282 (16.99%) Decision-Making
7 239 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
8 237 (14.28%) Roadmaps
9 234 (14.10%) AI
10 229 (13.80%) Project Management
11 196 (11.81%) Information Security
12 188 (11.33%) Project Delivery
13 159 (9.58%) DevOps
14 156 (9.40%) Migration
15 150 (9.04%) CI/CD
15 150 (9.04%) Vulnerability Management
16 149 (8.98%) Change Management
17 145 (8.73%) Analytics
18 137 (8.25%) PRINCE2
19 128 (7.71%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 121 (7.29%) Python
2 92 (5.54%) SQL
3 41 (2.47%) PowerShell
4 39 (2.35%) Java
5 34 (2.05%) C#
6 18 (1.08%) JavaScript
7 16 (0.96%) Bash
8 12 (0.72%) VBA
9 11 (0.66%) Shell Script
10 8 (0.48%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.42%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.36%) Bicep
12 6 (0.36%) Go
13 5 (0.30%) Korn
13 5 (0.30%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.24%) Assembly Language
14 4 (0.24%) C++
14 4 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.24%) JCL
14 4 (0.24%) REXX
Qualifications
1 450 (27.11%) Security Cleared
2 325 (19.58%) SC Cleared
3 158 (9.52%) Degree
4 147 (8.86%) CISSP
5 109 (6.57%) DV Cleared
6 92 (5.54%) CISM
7 82 (4.94%) PMI Certification
8 78 (4.70%) PMP
9 47 (2.83%) CRISC
10 42 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 35 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
12 32 (1.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 29 (1.75%) CISA
14 27 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
15 25 (1.51%) Master's Degree
16 24 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
17 23 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
17 23 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 20 (1.20%) Azure Certification
19 19 (1.14%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (12.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 190 (11.45%) NIST
3 176 (10.60%) GRC
4 99 (5.96%) QA
5 96 (5.78%) GDPR
6 69 (4.16%) Data Quality
7 63 (3.80%) NCSC
8 62 (3.73%) PMO
9 34 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
10 30 (1.81%) JSP 440
11 22 (1.33%) NIST 800
12 17 (1.02%) SOC 2
13 16 (0.96%) Accessibility
13 16 (0.96%) SLA
14 15 (0.90%) COBIT
14 15 (0.90%) Def Stans
15 13 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 13 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 12 (0.72%) PCI DSS
17 11 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.08%) Docker
3 10 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.36%) VMware NSX
4 6 (0.36%) vSphere
5 4 (0.24%) FreeRADIUS
5 4 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.18%) Firmware
6 3 (0.18%) Postfix
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.060%) IAG
8 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 42 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 30 (1.81%) Ansible
3 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.60%) Grafana
4 10 (0.60%) SCCM
5 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.36%) Control-M
7 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.30%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.24%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.24%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.24%) OMEGAMON
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.18%) Puppet
10 2 (0.12%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.12%) NSN NetAct
10 2 (0.12%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.060%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 255 (15.36%) Microsoft
2 101 (6.08%) ServiceNow
3 79 (4.76%) SAP
4 61 (3.67%) Oracle
5 38 (2.29%) Google
6 22 (1.33%) Splunk
7 19 (1.14%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.02%) VMware
9 15 (0.90%) Cisco
9 15 (0.90%) Foundry
9 15 (0.90%) Murex
10 14 (0.84%) Databricks
10 14 (0.84%) Qualys
11 13 (0.78%) IBM
12 11 (0.66%) BeyondTrust
12 11 (0.66%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.60%) OpenAI
13 10 (0.60%) Tenable
13 10 (0.60%) Workday
14 9 (0.54%) CrowdStrike