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 citing Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 61 58
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +2
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,843 1,176 1,108
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.93% 3.99% 3.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.59% 4.41% 4.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,136 742 618
10th Percentile £400 £363 £400
25th Percentile £475 £455 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.36%
75th Percentile £688 £713 £700
90th Percentile £775 £875 £825
UK median daily rate £575 £562 £571
% change year-on-year +2.36% -1.62% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 30 26
10th Percentile £38.03 £21.87 £27.25
25th Percentile £51.18 £23.18 £40.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 £33.50 £57.94
Median % change year-on-year +116.42% -42.18% -20.45%
75th Percentile £85.00 £48.74 £70.73
90th Percentile £87.23 £74.36 £76.90
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +108.96% -41.74% -20.57%

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 citing process or methodology skills in England.

6 months to
10 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 40,187 26,677 26,739
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 85.76% 90.46% 86.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,027 16,937 16,324
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,401 1,740 959
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.69 £15.09
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.69 £20.06
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.17% -31.10% -17.98%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.46 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £73.80
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% -28.14% -19.77%

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 10 November 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 for jobs citing Risk Management in England over the 6 months to 10 November 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 10 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -4 934 £611 -2.20% 1,277
North of England +2 298 £500 - 213
South East +10 275 £575 +10.58% 235
Yorkshire +23 144 £496 -0.78% 77
North West -18 144 £525 +6.71% 116
South West +5 121 £588 -2.08% 101
Midlands -23 109 £536 +19.11% 143
West Midlands -12 90 £500 -2.44% 90
East of England +8 65 £513 -16.33% 79
East Midlands -27 16 £575 +43.75% 53
North East -26 11 £554 +0.68% 21
Risk Management
UK

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Stakeholder Management45.6%840
2Cybersecurity26.2%483
3Continuous Improvement25.0%461
4Agile24.0%442
5Stakeholder Engagement20.8%383
6Decision-Making17.5%323
7Roadmaps16.1%297
8Problem-Solving15.3%282
9AI14.1%259
10Project Management13.5%249
11Project Delivery13.2%244
12Information Security12.2%225
13DevOps9.9%183
14Migration9.8%180
15CI/CD9.4%174
16Change Management9.0%165
16PRINCE29.0%165
18Analytics8.8%162
19Vulnerability Management8.5%156
20Data Protection7.9%146