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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 53 62
Rank change year-on-year -14 +9 +8
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,264 1,018 1,256
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.47% 4.13% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 4.56% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 825 610 844
10th Percentile £410 £363 £400
25th Percentile £474 £471 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +4.89% -7.02%
75th Percentile £681 £725 £700
90th Percentile £838 £838 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 39 44
10th Percentile £27.23 £28.02 £18.08
25th Percentile £33.50 £43.15 £41.88
Median hourly rate £71.83 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.72% +20.00% +370.37%
75th Percentile £101.31 £76.68 £73.04
90th Percentile £107.00 £83.61 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £71.83 £61.50 £48.44
% change year-on-year +16.81% +26.96% +355.64%

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 31,521 22,327 33,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.61% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,160 14,432 21,853
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £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 1,961 797 2,159
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.63 £70.53
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -13 674 £600 -7.69% 221
North of England -13 188 £523 -0.48% 115
South East -8 185 £525 -8.70% 170
Midlands -43 100 £550 +3.29% 83
North West -17 95 £540 +7.57% 64
Yorkshire 0 91 £500 -4.76% 44
West Midlands -46 67 £540 -10.00% 55
South West -2 56 £525 +5.00% 76
East of England -27 33 £510 -3.77% 47
East Midlands -30 33 £550 +22.22% 26
North East -24 2 £550 -4.35% 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 61 (4.83%) Confluence
2 23 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.47%) SAS
6 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.16%) nginx
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.079%) Camunda
7 1 (0.079%) CMS
7 1 (0.079%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.079%) IIS
7 1 (0.079%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
Applications
1 66 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (3.88%) Microsoft Project
3 35 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (1.19%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.32%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) Revit
9 1 (0.079%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.079%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 15 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.71%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.40%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.40%) Primavera
6 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.32%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.32%) Summit
7 3 (0.24%) Endur
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.16%) Actimize
8 2 (0.16%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.16%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 142 (11.23%) Azure
2 123 (9.73%) AWS
3 51 (4.03%) GCP
4 46 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (3.32%) Power Platform
6 32 (2.53%) Entra ID
6 32 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
7 26 (2.06%) SaaS
8 22 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
9 20 (1.58%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.42%) Google Sheets
11 15 (1.19%) GitHub
12 14 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.87%) OCI
15 10 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
15 10 (0.79%) OpenShift
16 8 (0.63%) Collibra
17 7 (0.55%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.69%) Firewall
1 34 (2.69%) Network Security
2 10 (0.79%) DNS
2 10 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (0.71%) Internet
3 9 (0.71%) Kerberos
4 8 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
5 7 (0.55%) DHCP
5 7 (0.55%) HTTP
5 7 (0.55%) LAN
5 7 (0.55%) WAN
6 5 (0.40%) BIG-IP
6 5 (0.40%) Cisco IPT
7 4 (0.32%) 5G
8 3 (0.24%) Broadband
8 3 (0.24%) NGFW
8 3 (0.24%) SAN
8 3 (0.24%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.24%) VPN
9 2 (0.16%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.77%) Power BI
2 20 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.27%) Metadata
5 14 (1.11%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.95%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.47%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.47%) KDB
7 6 (0.47%) Kdb+
7 6 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.40%) Big Data
8 5 (0.40%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.40%) Tableau
9 4 (0.32%) Data Mart
9 4 (0.32%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.32%) MS Access
9 4 (0.32%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 121 (9.57%) JIRA
2 13 (1.03%) Git
3 9 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.40%) GitLab
5 4 (0.32%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.24%) QUnit
6 3 (0.24%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.16%) GCC
7 2 (0.16%) GDB
7 2 (0.16%) Selenium
8 1 (0.079%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.079%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.079%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.079%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.079%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.079%) Mockito
8 1 (0.079%) Postman
8 1 (0.079%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.079%) SonarQube
General
1 495 (39.16%) Social Skills
2 484 (38.29%) Finance
3 211 (16.69%) Analytical Skills
4 170 (13.45%) Banking
5 122 (9.65%) Public Sector
6 104 (8.23%) Legal
7 51 (4.03%) Front Office
7 51 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
8 44 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
9 38 (3.01%) Investment Banking
10 36 (2.85%) Financial Institution
11 32 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (2.29%) Retail
13 23 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (1.50%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.42%) Military
16 17 (1.34%) Marketing
17 16 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.27%) Law
18 15 (1.19%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 151 (11.95%) Lead
1 151 (11.95%) Project Manager
2 146 (11.55%) Analyst
3 139 (11.00%) Senior
4 104 (8.23%) Architect
5 98 (7.75%) Consultant
6 79 (6.25%) Developer
7 64 (5.06%) Programme Manager
8 62 (4.91%) Business Analyst
9 48 (3.80%) Security Architect
10 45 (3.56%) Delivery Manager
10 45 (3.56%) Senior Manager
11 40 (3.16%) Security Consultant
12 36 (2.85%) Risk Analyst
13 35 (2.77%) Risk Manager
14 32 (2.53%) Senior Developer
15 29 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
16 28 (2.22%) Security Engineer
17 24 (1.90%) Java Developer
18 23 (1.82%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (1.58%) Kafka
3 18 (1.42%) REST
4 15 (1.19%) OAuth
5 13 (1.03%) SAML
6 12 (0.95%) .NET
7 11 (0.87%) Middleware
8 10 (0.79%) XML
9 9 (0.71%) .NET Framework
9 9 (0.71%) COM
9 9 (0.71%) Dask
9 9 (0.71%) NumPy
9 9 (0.71%) Pandas
10 8 (0.63%) PyTorch
11 7 (0.55%) OpenID
11 7 (0.55%) TensorFlow
12 6 (0.47%) LDAP
12 6 (0.47%) RESTful
12 6 (0.47%) scikit-learn
13 5 (0.40%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 132 (10.44%) Management Information System
2 65 (5.14%) Derivative
3 64 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 61 (4.83%) Security Posture
5 46 (3.64%) Onboarding
6 38 (3.01%) Cloud Native
6 38 (3.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 37 (2.93%) Equities
7 37 (2.93%) Market Risk
8 31 (2.45%) Data Centre
9 28 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
10 27 (2.14%) Algorithms
11 25 (1.98%) Fixed Income
12 24 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.90%) Credit Risk
12 24 (1.90%) Operational Technology
13 20 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
14 18 (1.42%) NHS
15 17 (1.34%) Data Structures
15 17 (1.34%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.53%) Linux
2 27 (2.14%) Windows
3 14 (1.11%) Unix
4 5 (0.40%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.24%) VMS
6 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.24%) zOS
7 2 (0.16%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.079%) Android
8 1 (0.079%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (28.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 302 (23.89%) Agile
3 250 (19.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 234 (18.51%) Problem-Solving
5 211 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 197 (15.59%) Cybersecurity
7 191 (15.11%) Project Management
8 171 (13.53%) Decision-Making
9 163 (12.90%) Information Security
10 141 (11.16%) Roadmaps
11 138 (10.92%) Change Management
12 117 (9.26%) Migration
12 117 (9.26%) Project Delivery
13 116 (9.18%) AI
13 116 (9.18%) Regulatory Compliance
14 115 (9.10%) Analytics
15 96 (7.59%) PRINCE2
16 95 (7.52%) Data Protection
17 93 (7.36%) Scrum
18 86 (6.80%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 120 (9.49%) SQL
2 107 (8.47%) Python
3 48 (3.80%) Java
4 33 (2.61%) PowerShell
5 25 (1.98%) C++
6 24 (1.90%) C#
7 15 (1.19%) VBA
8 8 (0.63%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.40%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.32%) Bash
10 4 (0.32%) Korn
11 3 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.16%) Perl
12 2 (0.16%) PL/SQL
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 (0.079%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 271 (21.44%) Security Cleared
2 222 (17.56%) Degree
3 200 (15.82%) SC Cleared
4 112 (8.86%) CISSP
5 82 (6.49%) CISM
6 66 (5.22%) DV Cleared
7 63 (4.98%) PMI Certification
8 60 (4.75%) PMP
9 47 (3.72%) Master's Degree
10 32 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 31 (2.45%) CRISC
12 29 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
13 20 (1.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 19 (1.50%) CISA
15 15 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (1.19%) Numerate Degree
15 15 (1.19%) PhD
16 12 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 11 (0.87%) CESG Certified Professional
18 9 (0.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (12.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 158 (12.50%) NIST
3 109 (8.62%) GDPR
3 109 (8.62%) GRC
4 75 (5.93%) PMO
5 67 (5.30%) QA
6 51 (4.03%) PCI DSS
7 43 (3.40%) Data Quality
8 37 (2.93%) NCSC
9 26 (2.06%) SLA
10 22 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 22 (1.74%) SOC 2
11 20 (1.58%) NIST 800
12 18 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
12 18 (1.42%) COBIT
13 17 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
14 15 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 15 (1.19%) JSP 440
15 14 (1.11%) Def Stans
16 12 (0.95%) RMADS
System Software
1 29 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.87%) Docker
3 7 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.24%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.079%) Postfix
5 1 (0.079%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.079%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (1.58%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (1.03%) Terraform
4 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.71%) SCCM
6 6 (0.47%) Ansible
7 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.24%) CASB
7 3 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.24%) QRadar
8 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.16%) Grafana
8 2 (0.16%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.16%) Nessus
8 2 (0.16%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.16%) OpenVAS
8 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.079%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.079%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.079%) WSUS
Vendors
1 154 (12.18%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.91%) Oracle
3 59 (4.67%) ServiceNow
4 48 (3.80%) SAP
5 41 (3.24%) Google
6 22 (1.74%) Murex
7 18 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.34%) Workday
9 10 (0.79%) Cisco
9 10 (0.79%) Splunk
10 9 (0.71%) CyberArk
10 9 (0.71%) Databricks
10 9 (0.71%) VMware
11 8 (0.63%) F5
11 8 (0.63%) Informatica
12 7 (0.55%) Bloomberg
12 7 (0.55%) IBM
13 6 (0.47%) Ariba
13 6 (0.47%) Charles River
13 6 (0.47%) Citrix