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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 48 78
Rank change year-on-year -20 +30 -15
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,494 1,238 1,010
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.32% 4.55% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 5.02% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 982 776 641
10th Percentile £413 £385 £363
25th Percentile £488 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £750
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £567 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -1.41% +4.45% -6.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 24 30
10th Percentile £23.18 £24.69 £15.50
25th Percentile £48.00 £46.30 £35.00
Median hourly rate £80.00 £53.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.94% +6.00% +318.76%
75th Percentile £85.40 £76.63 £60.94
90th Percentile £105.55 £87.43 £70.02
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £53.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +32.08% +6.00% +318.76%

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 38,446 24,678 30,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 90.65% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,172 15,843 20,140
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £746 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,378 1,309 2,090
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.28 £13.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.83
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -39 701 £600 -7.69% 362
North of England -12 262 £514 +0.15% 118
South East 0 235 £575 +4.55% 132
North West -27 132 £533 +4.15% 70
Yorkshire 0 128 £500 -4.76% 41
Midlands -35 113 £550 +15.79% 61
South West -14 93 £570 -0.87% 58
West Midlands -42 87 £540 +8.00% 34
East of England +15 59 £525 -4.55% 34
East Midlands -16 25 £550 +23.66% 27
North East -37 4 £454 -17.50% 7
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 58 (3.88%) Confluence
2 33 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.60%) SAS
4 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.27%) IIS
6 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.067%) Appian
8 1 (0.067%) CMS
8 1 (0.067%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.067%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.067%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.067%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.067%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 47 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.80%) 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 (0.067%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.067%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 32 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.80%) Endur
3 7 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.40%) Actimize
4 6 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (0.40%) Primavera
5 5 (0.33%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.33%) Summit
6 4 (0.27%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.27%) Magento
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 GP
Cloud Services
1 226 (15.13%) Azure
2 151 (10.11%) AWS
3 68 (4.55%) GCP
4 50 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (3.35%) Power Platform
5 49 (3.28%) Entra ID
6 38 (2.54%) SaaS
7 30 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
9 23 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
10 19 (1.27%) PaaS
11 17 (1.14%) GitHub
12 16 (1.07%) Azure AI
12 16 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (0.87%) Google Workspace
13 13 (0.87%) IaaS
14 11 (0.74%) OCI
14 11 (0.74%) Serverless
15 10 (0.67%) Copilot Studio
15 10 (0.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.15%) Network Security
2 35 (2.34%) Firewall
3 15 (1.00%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.94%) DNS
5 13 (0.87%) DHCP
6 11 (0.74%) 5G
6 11 (0.74%) WAN
7 10 (0.67%) BIG-IP
8 9 (0.60%) 4G
8 9 (0.60%) LAN
8 9 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.40%) HTTP
11 5 (0.33%) 3G
11 5 (0.33%) Internet
11 5 (0.33%) NAS
11 5 (0.33%) NGFW
11 5 (0.33%) SAN
11 5 (0.33%) VPN
12 4 (0.27%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.28%) Power BI
2 27 (1.81%) Metadata
3 23 (1.54%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.00%) Relational Database
5 14 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (0.67%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.67%) RDBMS
8 8 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.47%) Big Data
10 5 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.33%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.33%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (0.27%) Tableau
12 3 (0.20%) Db2
12 3 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 99 (6.63%) JIRA
2 19 (1.27%) Git
2 19 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.60%) Selenium
4 7 (0.47%) GitLab
5 5 (0.33%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.33%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket Server
6 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
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%) Postman
6 4 (0.27%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.27%) Subversion
6 4 (0.27%) WebDriver
6 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.20%) MLflow
General
1 569 (38.09%) Social Skills
2 553 (37.01%) Finance
3 226 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
4 172 (11.51%) Public Sector
5 163 (10.91%) Banking
6 119 (7.97%) Legal
7 59 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
8 54 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
9 39 (2.61%) Financial Institution
9 39 (2.61%) Front Office
10 36 (2.41%) Aerospace
10 36 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.34%) Retail
12 32 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (1.87%) Military
15 25 (1.67%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.61%) Investment Banking
17 23 (1.54%) Law
18 22 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 205 (13.72%) Lead
2 178 (11.91%) Project Manager
3 168 (11.24%) Architect
4 150 (10.04%) Senior
5 132 (8.84%) Analyst
6 85 (5.69%) Consultant
7 69 (4.62%) Security Architect
8 67 (4.48%) Programme Manager
9 60 (4.02%) Senior Manager
10 55 (3.68%) Developer
11 54 (3.61%) Business Analyst
12 46 (3.08%) Risk Manager
13 37 (2.48%) IT Manager
14 36 (2.41%) Security Engineer
15 35 (2.34%) Delivery Manager
16 34 (2.28%) Security Consultant
16 34 (2.28%) Security Manager
17 29 (1.94%) Senior Project Manager
17 29 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
18 27 (1.81%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.67%) .NET
1 25 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (1.41%) REST
3 17 (1.14%) Middleware
4 15 (1.00%) XML
5 13 (0.87%) JSON
6 12 (0.80%) Kafka
6 12 (0.80%) OAuth
7 11 (0.74%) Azure Blueprints
7 11 (0.74%) Leaflet
7 11 (0.74%) OpenID
7 11 (0.74%) React
7 11 (0.74%) SAML
7 11 (0.74%) SOAP
8 9 (0.60%) LDAP
8 9 (0.60%) SLSA
8 9 (0.60%) Web Services
9 8 (0.54%) PySpark
9 8 (0.54%) RESTful
10 7 (0.47%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 99 (6.63%) Management Information System
2 81 (5.42%) Onboarding
3 76 (5.09%) Product Ownership
4 61 (4.08%) Security Posture
5 60 (4.02%) Cloud Native
6 50 (3.35%) Operational Technology
7 47 (3.15%) Data Protection Act
8 41 (2.74%) Data Centre
9 29 (1.94%) Market Risk
10 28 (1.87%) Derivative
11 26 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
11 26 (1.74%) PMI
12 25 (1.67%) AI Agents
13 24 (1.61%) Fixed Income
14 23 (1.54%) NHS
15 22 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
16 17 (1.14%) Data Structures
16 17 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
16 17 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 17 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (3.21%) Windows
2 40 (2.68%) Linux
3 26 (1.74%) Unix
4 19 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.33%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.33%) zOS
7 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.20%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.067%) AIX
9 1 (0.067%) Android
9 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (35.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 356 (23.83%) Agile
3 337 (22.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 323 (21.62%) Cybersecurity
5 320 (21.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 234 (15.66%) Project Management
7 226 (15.13%) Decision-Making
8 218 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
9 209 (13.99%) Roadmaps
10 190 (12.72%) Information Security
11 188 (12.58%) AI
12 165 (11.04%) Change Management
13 144 (9.64%) Project Delivery
14 137 (9.17%) Migration
15 130 (8.70%) DevOps
16 125 (8.37%) Analytics
17 116 (7.76%) PRINCE2
17 116 (7.76%) Vulnerability Management
18 115 (7.70%) CI/CD
19 112 (7.50%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 97 (6.49%) Python
2 86 (5.76%) SQL
3 42 (2.81%) Java
4 36 (2.41%) PowerShell
5 24 (1.61%) C#
6 16 (1.07%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.80%) VBA
8 9 (0.60%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.47%) Bash
9 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.40%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.27%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.27%) Bicep
11 4 (0.27%) CLIST
11 4 (0.27%) Go
11 4 (0.27%) JCL
11 4 (0.27%) REXX
12 3 (0.20%) C
12 3 (0.20%) Scala
13 2 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 374 (25.03%) Security Cleared
2 279 (18.67%) SC Cleared
3 175 (11.71%) Degree
4 145 (9.71%) CISSP
5 91 (6.09%) DV Cleared
6 86 (5.76%) CISM
7 74 (4.95%) PMI Certification
8 70 (4.69%) PMP
9 38 (2.54%) CRISC
10 32 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 30 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (1.81%) CISA
12 27 (1.81%) Master's Degree
13 24 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 23 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
15 21 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 21 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
16 14 (0.94%) AWS Certification
16 14 (0.94%) CESG Certified Professional
16 14 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (12.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 187 (12.52%) NIST
2 141 (9.44%) GRC
3 105 (7.03%) GDPR
4 72 (4.82%) QA
5 67 (4.48%) PMO
6 55 (3.68%) Data Quality
7 47 (3.15%) NCSC
8 34 (2.28%) PCI DSS
9 32 (2.14%) JSP 440
10 30 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
10 30 (2.01%) SOC 2
11 29 (1.94%) NIST 800
12 28 (1.87%) SLA
13 17 (1.14%) Def Stans
14 15 (1.00%) COBIT
15 13 (0.87%) Accessibility
15 13 (0.87%) RMADS
15 13 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 12 (0.80%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 35 (2.34%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.87%) Docker
3 9 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.27%) Postfix
5 4 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.13%) NFS
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.067%) FreeRADIUS
8 1 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.067%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (1.47%) Terraform
2 21 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.34%) Ansible
4 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.60%) SCCM
6 8 (0.54%) Grafana
6 8 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.27%) Control-M
9 4 (0.27%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.27%) OMEGAMON
10 3 (0.20%) CASB
11 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.13%) Nessus
11 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 212 (14.19%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 70 (4.69%) SAP
4 59 (3.95%) Oracle
5 42 (2.81%) Google
6 20 (1.34%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.14%) Cisco
8 16 (1.07%) Workday
9 15 (1.00%) Foundry
9 15 (1.00%) Splunk
10 12 (0.80%) F5
10 12 (0.80%) Qualys
11 11 (0.74%) Murex
12 10 (0.67%) IBM
12 10 (0.67%) Infoblox
13 9 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (0.60%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.60%) Tenable
13 9 (0.60%) VMware
14 8 (0.54%) Okta