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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 49 73
Rank change year-on-year -23 +24 -8
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,555 1,278 984
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.41% 4.62% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 5.09% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 996 813 609
10th Percentile £411 £365 £363
25th Percentile £476 £458 £469
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 £563 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% -6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 23 24
10th Percentile £24.72 £22.16 £30.46
25th Percentile £50.00 £28.43 £40.00
Median hourly rate £76.00 £49.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.54% -13.91% +40.07%
75th Percentile £85.00 £73.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.45 £75.28
UK median hourly rate £76.00 £49.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +53.54% -13.91% +45.20%

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 38,792 25,089 28,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.08% 90.79% 85.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,117 16,022 18,624
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,537 1,415 1,654
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.87 £18.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.78%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +68.99% -38.57% -1.35%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -38 728 £600 -7.69% 1,015
North of England -17 273 £511 -0.13% 173
South East 0 245 £575 +4.55% 235
Yorkshire +1 134 £500 -4.76% 47
North West -27 133 £525 +3.45% 111
South West -11 109 £570 -0.87% 128
Midlands -42 105 £575 +21.05% 111
West Midlands -41 83 £563 +12.50% 67
East of England +14 65 £513 -14.58% 73
East Midlands -19 19 £547 +32.29% 44
North East -43 6 £454 -22.77% 18
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 65 (4.18%) Confluence
2 37 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.64%) SAS
4 4 (0.26%) IIS
4 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.19%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.064%) Appian
7 1 (0.064%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.064%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.064%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.064%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 47 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
4 32 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.26%) Revit
7 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 3 (0.19%) Windchill
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.064%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.064%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.84%) Endur
3 9 (0.58%) Primavera
4 7 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.32%) SAP GRC
7 4 (0.26%) Actimize
7 4 (0.26%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.26%) Magento
7 4 (0.26%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.26%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.19%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.19%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 235 (15.11%) Azure
2 168 (10.80%) AWS
3 70 (4.50%) GCP
4 52 (3.34%) Entra ID
4 52 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (3.34%) Power Platform
5 44 (2.83%) SaaS
6 32 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
8 24 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
10 18 (1.16%) Azure AI
10 18 (1.16%) OCI
10 18 (1.16%) PaaS
11 16 (1.03%) GitHub
12 12 (0.77%) IaaS
12 12 (0.77%) Serverless
13 11 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (0.64%) Copilot Studio
14 10 (0.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.47%) Network Security
2 38 (2.44%) Firewall
3 16 (1.03%) TCP/IP
4 15 (0.96%) DNS
5 14 (0.90%) WAN
6 13 (0.84%) 5G
6 13 (0.84%) DHCP
6 13 (0.84%) LAN
7 11 (0.71%) 4G
8 8 (0.51%) BIG-IP
8 8 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.39%) HTTP
9 6 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.39%) VPN
10 5 (0.32%) 3G
10 5 (0.32%) Internet
10 5 (0.32%) NAS
10 5 (0.32%) NGFW
10 5 (0.32%) SAN
11 4 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.44%) Power BI
2 28 (1.80%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.54%) Metadata
4 16 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.77%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (0.64%) RDBMS
8 9 (0.58%) MongoDB
9 8 (0.51%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.45%) Big Data
11 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.32%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.32%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.26%) Oracle Exadata
12 4 (0.26%) Tableau
13 3 (0.19%) Db2
Development Applications
1 104 (6.69%) JIRA
2 19 (1.22%) Git
3 18 (1.16%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.77%) Selenium
5 8 (0.51%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.45%) GitLab
6 7 (0.45%) Postman
7 6 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.39%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (0.26%) DbUnit
8 4 (0.26%) jMock
8 4 (0.26%) JUnit
8 4 (0.26%) Maven
8 4 (0.26%) Mockito
8 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.26%) Subversion
8 4 (0.26%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 597 (38.39%) Social Skills
2 556 (35.76%) Finance
3 241 (15.50%) Analytical Skills
4 180 (11.58%) Public Sector
5 166 (10.68%) Banking
6 121 (7.78%) Legal
7 65 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
8 63 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (3.15%) Front Office
10 43 (2.77%) Telecoms
11 41 (2.64%) Aerospace
12 40 (2.57%) Retail
13 37 (2.38%) Financial Institution
14 35 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
15 31 (1.99%) Military
15 31 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
16 29 (1.86%) Manufacturing
17 28 (1.80%) Law
18 25 (1.61%) Investment Banking
19 24 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 212 (13.63%) Lead
2 185 (11.90%) Architect
3 180 (11.58%) Project Manager
4 160 (10.29%) Senior
5 133 (8.55%) Analyst
6 104 (6.69%) Consultant
7 81 (5.21%) Security Architect
8 72 (4.63%) Programme Manager
9 58 (3.73%) Senior Manager
10 51 (3.28%) Developer
11 49 (3.15%) Business Analyst
12 45 (2.89%) Risk Manager
12 45 (2.89%) Security Consultant
13 41 (2.64%) IT Manager
14 40 (2.57%) Delivery Manager
15 35 (2.25%) Security Manager
16 34 (2.19%) Security Engineer
17 32 (2.06%) Solutions Architect
18 29 (1.86%) Senior Project Manager
19 28 (1.80%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.74%) .NET
2 26 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 26 (1.67%) REST
3 18 (1.16%) Middleware
4 15 (0.96%) OAuth
5 13 (0.84%) XML
6 12 (0.77%) OpenID
6 12 (0.77%) SAML
7 11 (0.71%) Azure Blueprints
7 11 (0.71%) JSON
7 11 (0.71%) Leaflet
7 11 (0.71%) React
7 11 (0.71%) SOAP
8 10 (0.64%) Kafka
8 10 (0.64%) SLSA
9 9 (0.58%) LDAP
10 8 (0.51%) PySpark
10 8 (0.51%) RESTful
10 8 (0.51%) SailPoint
10 8 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.69%) Management Information System
2 84 (5.40%) Onboarding
3 78 (5.02%) Product Ownership
4 71 (4.57%) Security Posture
5 69 (4.44%) Cloud Native
6 47 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
7 46 (2.96%) Operational Technology
8 42 (2.70%) Data Centre
9 31 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
10 28 (1.80%) AI Agents
10 28 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
11 26 (1.67%) Derivative
11 26 (1.67%) Market Risk
12 25 (1.61%) PMI
13 23 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (1.35%) NHS
15 20 (1.29%) Fixed Income
16 19 (1.22%) Credit Risk
16 19 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 16 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.41%) Windows
2 42 (2.70%) Linux
3 26 (1.67%) Unix
4 20 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.32%) zOS
7 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.19%) AIX
8 3 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.064%) Android
9 1 (0.064%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 590 (37.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 370 (23.79%) Agile
3 355 (22.83%) Cybersecurity
4 345 (22.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 331 (21.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 233 (14.98%) Decision-Making
7 232 (14.92%) Project Management
8 209 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
9 208 (13.38%) Roadmaps
10 199 (12.80%) AI
10 199 (12.80%) Information Security
11 169 (10.87%) Project Delivery
12 151 (9.71%) Change Management
13 149 (9.58%) Migration
14 142 (9.13%) DevOps
15 126 (8.10%) Vulnerability Management
16 125 (8.04%) CI/CD
17 123 (7.91%) Analytics
17 123 (7.91%) PRINCE2
18 119 (7.65%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 97 (6.24%) Python
2 76 (4.89%) SQL
3 40 (2.57%) Java
4 34 (2.19%) PowerShell
5 27 (1.74%) C#
6 15 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.64%) VBA
8 9 (0.58%) Bash
8 9 (0.58%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.39%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.32%) Go
10 5 (0.32%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.26%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.26%) Bicep
11 4 (0.26%) CLIST
11 4 (0.26%) JCL
11 4 (0.26%) REXX
12 3 (0.19%) C
12 3 (0.19%) C++
12 3 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 395 (25.40%) Security Cleared
2 291 (18.71%) SC Cleared
3 166 (10.68%) Degree
4 149 (9.58%) CISSP
5 105 (6.75%) DV Cleared
6 92 (5.92%) CISM
7 77 (4.95%) PMI Certification
8 74 (4.76%) PMP
9 45 (2.89%) CRISC
10 32 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
11 30 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 28 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
13 27 (1.74%) CISA
14 26 (1.67%) Master's Degree
15 25 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 25 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 21 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
17 17 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 16 (1.03%) CESG Certified Professional
18 16 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (12.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 190 (12.22%) NIST
3 154 (9.90%) GRC
4 101 (6.50%) GDPR
5 79 (5.08%) QA
6 67 (4.31%) PMO
7 52 (3.34%) Data Quality
8 50 (3.22%) NCSC
9 35 (2.25%) JSP 440
10 33 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 28 (1.80%) PCI DSS
12 27 (1.74%) SLA
13 25 (1.61%) SOC 2
14 21 (1.35%) NIST 800
15 16 (1.03%) COBIT
16 15 (0.96%) Accessibility
16 15 (0.96%) Def Stans
17 14 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 12 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 12 (0.77%) RMADS
System Software
1 35 (2.25%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.84%) Docker
3 9 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.26%) Postfix
4 4 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
4 4 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.19%) FreeRADIUS
5 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.13%) NFS
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.064%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (1.86%) Terraform
2 27 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.41%) Ansible
4 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.58%) SCCM
6 8 (0.51%) Grafana
6 8 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.26%) Control-M
9 4 (0.26%) Data Guard
9 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.26%) OMEGAMON
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.19%) CASB
10 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 224 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.34%) ServiceNow
3 70 (4.50%) SAP
4 66 (4.24%) Oracle
5 36 (2.32%) Google
6 20 (1.29%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.09%) Splunk
8 15 (0.96%) Foundry
8 15 (0.96%) Workday
9 13 (0.84%) Murex
10 12 (0.77%) Cisco
10 12 (0.77%) Qualys
11 10 (0.64%) Databricks
11 10 (0.64%) IBM
12 9 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (0.58%) F5
12 9 (0.58%) Tenable
13 8 (0.51%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.51%) Infoblox
13 8 (0.51%) VMware