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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 53 61
Rank change year-on-year -17 +8 +8
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,277 1,028 1,228
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.44% 4.21% 3.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 4.63% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 625 835
10th Percentile £410 £363 £400
25th Percentile £474 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -9.64%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £835 £836 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 39 35
10th Percentile £21.33 £28.02 £15.80
25th Percentile £40.97 £43.15 £35.67
Median hourly rate £74.68 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.47% - +464.44%
75th Percentile £102.63 £76.68 £82.79
90th Percentile £107.00 £83.61 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £74.68 £61.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +21.44% +6.95% +440.92%

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 32,109 22,180 32,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.44% 90.75% 86.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,603 14,473 21,697
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,967 822 2,143
10th Percentile £15.45 £15.07 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.04
Median hourly rate £32.50 £33.26 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +2.32% -12.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.47 £71.13
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -22 671 £600 -5.66% 257
North of England -15 198 £520 +1.96% 109
South East -13 191 £550 -4.35% 142
Midlands -39 105 £537 +2.29% 64
North West -9 101 £540 +8.00% 63
Yorkshire -2 95 £500 - 40
West Midlands -43 72 £518 -9.01% 50
South West -10 53 £525 +6.33% 49
East of England -20 34 £510 -9.73% 33
East Midlands -31 33 £550 +22.22% 14
North East -26 2 £550 -4.35% 6
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 64 (5.01%) Confluence
2 23 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.47%) SAS
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.078%) CMS
8 1 (0.078%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.078%) IIS
8 1 (0.078%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
Applications
1 63 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (4.07%) Microsoft Project
3 34 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.25%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.31%) Trello
7 2 (0.16%) Revit
8 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.078%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.078%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.63%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.47%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.47%) Primavera
5 6 (0.47%) Summit
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.23%) Endur
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.23%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.16%) Actimize
9 2 (0.16%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.16%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 140 (10.96%) Azure
2 121 (9.48%) AWS
3 48 (3.76%) GCP
4 46 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (3.13%) Power Platform
6 32 (2.51%) Entra ID
6 32 (2.51%) Microsoft Purview
7 25 (1.96%) SaaS
8 22 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (1.64%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.41%) Google Sheets
11 17 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.17%) GitHub
13 12 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.86%) OCI
15 10 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
15 10 (0.78%) OpenShift
16 8 (0.63%) Collibra
17 7 (0.55%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.90%) Network Security
2 29 (2.27%) Firewall
3 10 (0.78%) DNS
3 10 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (0.70%) Internet
4 9 (0.70%) Kerberos
5 8 (0.63%) HTTP
5 8 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
6 7 (0.55%) DHCP
6 7 (0.55%) LAN
6 7 (0.55%) WAN
7 5 (0.39%) 5G
7 5 (0.39%) BIG-IP
8 4 (0.31%) Cisco IPT
9 3 (0.23%) Broadband
9 3 (0.23%) NGFW
9 3 (0.23%) SAN
9 3 (0.23%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.23%) VPN
10 2 (0.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (2.58%) Power BI
2 21 (1.64%) Metadata
3 19 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 13 (1.02%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.55%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.47%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.47%) KDB
8 6 (0.47%) Kdb+
8 6 (0.47%) Tableau
9 5 (0.39%) Big Data
9 5 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.31%) Data Mart
10 4 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (0.31%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.31%) MS Access
10 4 (0.31%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 125 (9.79%) JIRA
2 14 (1.10%) Git
3 8 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.39%) GitLab
5 3 (0.23%) QUnit
5 3 (0.23%) Selenium
5 3 (0.23%) SpecFlow
5 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.16%) GCC
6 2 (0.16%) GDB
6 2 (0.16%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.078%) Appium
7 1 (0.078%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.078%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.078%) Flyway
7 1 (0.078%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.078%) Postman
7 1 (0.078%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.078%) SonarQube
General
1 487 (38.14%) Social Skills
2 485 (37.98%) Finance
3 215 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
4 169 (13.23%) Banking
5 125 (9.79%) Public Sector
6 104 (8.14%) Legal
7 52 (4.07%) Front Office
8 51 (3.99%) Influencing Skills
9 40 (3.13%) Investment Banking
10 38 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (2.82%) Financial Institution
12 33 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (2.35%) Retail
14 24 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (1.64%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.49%) Military
17 17 (1.33%) Marketing
18 16 (1.25%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.25%) Law
18 16 (1.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 164 (12.84%) Project Manager
2 151 (11.82%) Lead
3 141 (11.04%) Analyst
4 138 (10.81%) Senior
5 105 (8.22%) Architect
6 98 (7.67%) Consultant
7 76 (5.95%) Developer
8 66 (5.17%) Programme Manager
9 63 (4.93%) Business Analyst
10 50 (3.92%) Security Architect
11 47 (3.68%) Senior Manager
12 43 (3.37%) Delivery Manager
13 40 (3.13%) Security Consultant
14 35 (2.74%) Risk Manager
15 34 (2.66%) Risk Analyst
16 32 (2.51%) Senior Developer
17 29 (2.27%) Security Engineer
17 29 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
18 23 (1.80%) Java Developer
18 23 (1.80%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (1.41%) Kafka
3 16 (1.25%) REST
4 15 (1.17%) OAuth
5 13 (1.02%) SAML
5 13 (1.02%) XML
6 11 (0.86%) .NET
6 11 (0.86%) Middleware
7 9 (0.70%) COM
7 9 (0.70%) Dask
7 9 (0.70%) NumPy
7 9 (0.70%) Pandas
8 8 (0.63%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.55%) OpenID
9 7 (0.55%) PyTorch
10 6 (0.47%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (0.47%) Leaflet
10 6 (0.47%) RESTful
10 6 (0.47%) scikit-learn
10 6 (0.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 129 (10.10%) Management Information System
2 67 (5.25%) Product Ownership
3 65 (5.09%) Derivative
4 53 (4.15%) Security Posture
5 45 (3.52%) Onboarding
6 39 (3.05%) Cloud Native
7 38 (2.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 36 (2.82%) Equities
8 36 (2.82%) Market Risk
9 32 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
10 30 (2.35%) Data Centre
11 26 (2.04%) Algorithms
12 25 (1.96%) Credit Risk
12 25 (1.96%) Fixed Income
12 25 (1.96%) Operational Technology
13 23 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
14 20 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
15 19 (1.49%) NHS
16 17 (1.33%) Hedge funds
17 16 (1.25%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 30 (2.35%) Linux
2 26 (2.04%) Windows
3 15 (1.17%) Unix
4 5 (0.39%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.23%) VMS
6 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.23%) zOS
7 2 (0.16%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.078%) Android
8 1 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (28.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 312 (24.43%) Agile
3 251 (19.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 241 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
5 217 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 202 (15.82%) Project Management
7 200 (15.66%) Cybersecurity
8 172 (13.47%) Decision-Making
9 153 (11.98%) Information Security
10 144 (11.28%) Roadmaps
11 143 (11.20%) Change Management
12 128 (10.02%) Project Delivery
13 120 (9.40%) Analytics
14 118 (9.24%) AI
14 118 (9.24%) Migration
15 116 (9.08%) Regulatory Compliance
16 103 (8.07%) PRINCE2
17 97 (7.60%) Data Protection
18 92 (7.20%) Scrum
19 90 (7.05%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 122 (9.55%) SQL
2 104 (8.14%) Python
3 45 (3.52%) Java
4 34 (2.66%) PowerShell
5 24 (1.88%) C++
6 23 (1.80%) C#
7 14 (1.10%) VBA
8 6 (0.47%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.39%) Bash
9 5 (0.39%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.31%) Korn
11 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.23%) Perl
12 2 (0.16%) R
12 2 (0.16%) RPG
12 2 (0.16%) Rust
12 2 (0.16%) Scala
12 2 (0.16%) Solidity
13 1 (0.078%) Go
Qualifications
1 281 (22.00%) Security Cleared
2 215 (16.84%) Degree
3 207 (16.21%) SC Cleared
4 110 (8.61%) CISSP
5 79 (6.19%) CISM
6 70 (5.48%) DV Cleared
7 66 (5.17%) PMI Certification
7 66 (5.17%) PMP
8 40 (3.13%) Master's Degree
9 30 (2.35%) CRISC
10 27 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.25%) CISA
13 15 (1.17%) Numerate Degree
14 14 (1.10%) PhD
15 13 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (0.94%) CESG Certified Professional
16 12 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 12 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 9 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (12.29%) NIST
2 153 (11.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 105 (8.22%) GDPR
4 102 (7.99%) GRC
5 83 (6.50%) PMO
6 67 (5.25%) QA
7 50 (3.92%) PCI DSS
8 45 (3.52%) Data Quality
9 40 (3.13%) NCSC
10 25 (1.96%) SLA
11 23 (1.80%) SOC 2
12 22 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 21 (1.64%) NIST 800
14 19 (1.49%) COBIT
15 18 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
15 18 (1.41%) JSP 440
16 16 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 15 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
18 14 (1.10%) RMADS
19 11 (0.86%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 26 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.78%) Docker
3 7 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.078%) Postfix
6 1 (0.078%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.078%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.49%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.25%) Terraform
3 14 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.70%) SCCM
6 7 (0.55%) Ansible
7 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.23%) CASB
7 3 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.23%) QRadar
8 2 (0.16%) Control-M
8 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.16%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.16%) Nessus
8 2 (0.16%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.16%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.078%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.078%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.078%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 156 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.25%) Oracle
3 56 (4.39%) ServiceNow
4 50 (3.92%) SAP
5 42 (3.29%) Google
6 23 (1.80%) Murex
7 18 (1.41%) Workday
8 17 (1.33%) Salesforce
9 10 (0.78%) Cisco
9 10 (0.78%) Splunk
10 9 (0.70%) Databricks
10 9 (0.70%) VMware
11 8 (0.63%) F5
11 8 (0.63%) Informatica
12 7 (0.55%) IBM
13 6 (0.47%) Ariba
13 6 (0.47%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.47%) Charles River
13 6 (0.47%) CyberArk
13 6 (0.47%) OpenAI