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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 48 78
Rank change year-on-year -20 +30 -16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,475 1,221 1,039
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.32% 4.58% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.88% 5.03% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 966 767 667
10th Percentile £413 £388 £360
25th Percentile £487 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £581 £563
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +3.29% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £569 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -1.09% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 25 30
10th Percentile £22.21 £36.89 £15.50
25th Percentile £47.19 £47.83 £33.86
Median hourly rate £72.34 £61.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.64% +22.99% +318.76%
75th Percentile £85.40 £73.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £105.78 £87.40 £67.75
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +13.83% +29.46% +297.82%

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 37,991 24,251 31,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.46% 90.90% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,934 15,590 20,626
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £517 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.28% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,364 1,224 2,273
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.88 £17.98 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -4.70%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.81 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -44 695 £600 -9.43% 428
North of England -11 257 £514 +0.29% 114
South East -14 226 £575 +4.55% 169
North West -18 131 £540 +5.62% 62
Yorkshire +6 124 £500 -4.76% 46
Midlands -40 118 £550 +16.53% 64
South West -3 93 £570 +11.76% 64
West Midlands -39 88 £563 +12.50% 34
East of England +11 57 £525 -4.55% 37
East Midlands -13 30 £550 +24.29% 30
North East -41 4 £454 -17.50% 8
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 60 (4.07%) Confluence
2 32 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.68%) SAS
4 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.27%) IIS
6 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.068%) Appian
8 1 (0.068%) CMS
8 1 (0.068%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.068%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.068%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.068%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.068%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 41 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.81%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.27%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.27%) Revit
6 4 (0.27%) Trello
7 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.20%) Windchill
8 1 (0.068%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.068%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 29 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.88%) Endur
3 7 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.41%) Actimize
4 6 (0.41%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (0.41%) Primavera
4 6 (0.41%) Summit
5 5 (0.34%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.27%) Sage X3
6 4 (0.27%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.20%) Dynamics SL
Cloud Services
1 217 (14.71%) Azure
2 150 (10.17%) AWS
3 67 (4.54%) GCP
4 51 (3.46%) Power Platform
5 48 (3.25%) Entra ID
5 48 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
6 42 (2.85%) SaaS
7 28 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
9 22 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
10 20 (1.36%) PaaS
11 17 (1.15%) GitHub
12 16 (1.08%) Google Workspace
13 14 (0.95%) Azure AI
13 14 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (0.81%) IaaS
15 11 (0.75%) Google Sheets
15 11 (0.75%) OCI
16 10 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.25%) Network Security
2 34 (2.31%) Firewall
3 15 (1.02%) DNS
4 14 (0.95%) DHCP
4 14 (0.95%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.75%) 5G
5 11 (0.75%) BIG-IP
6 9 (0.61%) 4G
6 9 (0.61%) WAN
6 9 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.47%) LAN
7 7 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
8 6 (0.41%) HTTP
9 5 (0.34%) 3G
9 5 (0.34%) Internet
9 5 (0.34%) NAS
9 5 (0.34%) NGFW
9 5 (0.34%) SAN
9 5 (0.34%) VPN
10 4 (0.27%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.44%) Power BI
2 28 (1.90%) Metadata
3 20 (1.36%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 13 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.61%) RDBMS
9 8 (0.54%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.41%) Big Data
11 5 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.34%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.34%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.34%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.27%) Tableau
13 3 (0.20%) Db2
Development Applications
1 103 (6.98%) JIRA
2 17 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.08%) Git
4 7 (0.47%) GitLab
4 7 (0.47%) Selenium
5 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket Server
6 4 (0.27%) DbUnit
6 4 (0.27%) jMock
6 4 (0.27%) JUnit
6 4 (0.27%) Maven
6 4 (0.27%) Mockito
6 4 (0.27%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.20%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.20%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.20%) MLflow
8 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 560 (37.97%) Social Skills
2 546 (37.02%) Finance
3 228 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (11.05%) Banking
4 163 (11.05%) Public Sector
5 119 (8.07%) Legal
6 54 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
6 54 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
7 41 (2.78%) Financial Institution
8 38 (2.58%) Front Office
9 36 (2.44%) Telecoms
10 33 (2.24%) Retail
11 31 (2.10%) Aerospace
12 30 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (1.90%) Manufacturing
14 28 (1.90%) Military
15 26 (1.76%) Law
16 24 (1.63%) Investment Banking
17 21 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 194 (13.15%) Lead
2 176 (11.93%) Project Manager
3 165 (11.19%) Architect
4 145 (9.83%) Senior
5 134 (9.08%) Analyst
6 89 (6.03%) Consultant
7 69 (4.68%) Security Architect
8 63 (4.27%) Programme Manager
9 58 (3.93%) Business Analyst
9 58 (3.93%) Developer
10 54 (3.66%) Senior Manager
11 43 (2.92%) Risk Manager
12 39 (2.64%) IT Manager
13 37 (2.51%) Security Consultant
14 35 (2.37%) Security Engineer
15 34 (2.31%) Security Manager
16 31 (2.10%) Delivery Manager
17 27 (1.83%) Solutions Architect
18 26 (1.76%) Product Manager
19 25 (1.69%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (1.69%) .NET
3 21 (1.42%) REST
4 19 (1.29%) Middleware
5 16 (1.08%) XML
6 13 (0.88%) JSON
6 13 (0.88%) Kafka
7 11 (0.75%) Azure Blueprints
7 11 (0.75%) Leaflet
7 11 (0.75%) OAuth
7 11 (0.75%) OpenID
7 11 (0.75%) React
7 11 (0.75%) SAML
7 11 (0.75%) SOAP
8 9 (0.61%) LDAP
8 9 (0.61%) Web Services
9 8 (0.54%) PySpark
9 8 (0.54%) RESTful
10 7 (0.47%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.47%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 103 (6.98%) Management Information System
2 77 (5.22%) Onboarding
3 74 (5.02%) Product Ownership
4 62 (4.20%) Security Posture
5 58 (3.93%) Cloud Native
6 53 (3.59%) Operational Technology
7 45 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
8 41 (2.78%) Data Centre
9 31 (2.10%) Derivative
9 31 (2.10%) Market Risk
10 25 (1.69%) PMI
11 24 (1.63%) NHS
12 23 (1.56%) AI Agents
12 23 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
12 23 (1.56%) Fixed Income
13 22 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.36%) Credit Risk
14 20 (1.36%) Data Structures
15 18 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 17 (1.15%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.39%) Windows
2 39 (2.64%) Linux
3 24 (1.63%) Unix
4 18 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.47%) zOS
7 6 (0.41%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.20%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.20%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 517 (35.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 358 (24.27%) Agile
3 333 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 319 (21.63%) Cybersecurity
5 307 (20.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 226 (15.32%) Project Management
7 224 (15.19%) Decision-Making
8 219 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
9 205 (13.90%) Roadmaps
10 194 (13.15%) Information Security
11 177 (12.00%) AI
12 165 (11.19%) Change Management
13 144 (9.76%) Project Delivery
14 134 (9.08%) Migration
15 127 (8.61%) DevOps
16 126 (8.54%) Analytics
17 123 (8.34%) Regulatory Compliance
18 115 (7.80%) PRINCE2
19 114 (7.73%) CI/CD
19 114 (7.73%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (6.78%) Python
2 95 (6.44%) SQL
3 44 (2.98%) Java
4 37 (2.51%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.49%) C#
6 15 (1.02%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.88%) VBA
8 10 (0.68%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.47%) Bash
9 7 (0.47%) Shell Script
9 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.27%) Assembly Language
10 4 (0.27%) Bicep
10 4 (0.27%) CLIST
10 4 (0.27%) Go
10 4 (0.27%) JCL
10 4 (0.27%) REXX
11 3 (0.20%) C
11 3 (0.20%) Scala
12 2 (0.14%) RPG
Qualifications
1 364 (24.68%) Security Cleared
2 267 (18.10%) SC Cleared
3 180 (12.20%) Degree
4 143 (9.69%) CISSP
5 89 (6.03%) DV Cleared
6 87 (5.90%) CISM
7 71 (4.81%) PMI Certification
8 67 (4.54%) PMP
9 38 (2.58%) CRISC
10 33 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 30 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
12 26 (1.76%) CISA
13 25 (1.69%) Master's Degree
14 23 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 22 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
16 20 (1.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 17 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
18 15 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
19 14 (0.95%) AWS Certification
19 14 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (12.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 184 (12.47%) NIST
3 140 (9.49%) GRC
4 102 (6.92%) GDPR
5 69 (4.68%) PMO
5 69 (4.68%) QA
6 61 (4.14%) Data Quality
7 46 (3.12%) NCSC
8 38 (2.58%) PCI DSS
9 36 (2.44%) JSP 440
10 31 (2.10%) SLA
10 31 (2.10%) SOC 2
11 30 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
12 27 (1.83%) NIST 800
13 17 (1.15%) COBIT
14 15 (1.02%) Def Stans
14 15 (1.02%) RMADS
14 15 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 11 (0.75%) ISO 22301
15 11 (0.75%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 35 (2.37%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.88%) Docker
3 8 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.27%) Postfix
5 4 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.14%) NFS
7 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.068%) FreeRADIUS
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.068%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (1.42%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.36%) Terraform
3 18 (1.22%) Ansible
4 13 (0.88%) SCCM
5 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.47%) Grafana
7 7 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.34%) Control-M
9 4 (0.27%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.27%) OMEGAMON
10 3 (0.20%) CASB
10 3 (0.20%) Nessus
11 2 (0.14%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.14%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.14%) NSN NetAct
11 2 (0.14%) OpenVAS
11 2 (0.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 203 (13.76%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.76%) ServiceNow
3 73 (4.95%) SAP
4 67 (4.54%) Oracle
5 44 (2.98%) Google
6 19 (1.29%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.29%) Workday
7 17 (1.15%) Cisco
8 16 (1.08%) Murex
9 14 (0.95%) Foundry
9 14 (0.95%) Splunk
10 13 (0.88%) F5
10 13 (0.88%) Qualys
11 11 (0.75%) VMware
12 10 (0.68%) IBM
12 10 (0.68%) Infoblox
13 9 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (0.61%) Rapid7
13 9 (0.61%) Tenable
14 7 (0.47%) OpenAI