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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 52 65
Rank change year-on-year -15 +13 -3
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,653 1,248 1,083
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.58% 4.50% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.22% 4.95% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,027 791 639
10th Percentile £404 £363 £381
25th Percentile £475 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £586
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.88% -2.33%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £574 £561
% change year-on-year -4.10% +2.18% -4.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 24 24
10th Percentile £24.72 £22.16 £32.38
25th Percentile £45.13 £25.23 £42.81
Median hourly rate £67.05 £33.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.13% -41.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80.00 £65.00 £65.63
90th Percentile £87.95 £83.20 £75.28
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +91.31% -41.74% -4.17%

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 39,153 25,217 28,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.77% 90.89% 86.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,009 16,021 17,785
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,713 1,491 1,342
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.30 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -27 802 £600 -7.69% 1,621
North of England -8 265 £511 +2.13% 243
South East +11 254 £575 +4.55% 339
North West -26 133 £525 +5.85% 156
Yorkshire +4 126 £500 - 63
South West -19 114 £585 +1.74% 147
Midlands -27 112 £525 +11.94% 175
West Midlands -25 89 £500 +2.56% 109
East of England +6 68 £513 -14.58% 98
East Midlands -29 20 £547 +36.07% 66
North East -40 6 £454 - 28
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 (3.69%) Confluence
2 40 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.67%) SAS
4 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.18%) IIS
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.060%) Apache
7 1 (0.060%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.060%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.060%) Appian
7 1 (0.060%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.060%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.060%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 58 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.91%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.24%) Revit
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.060%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 39 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.85%) Endur
3 11 (0.67%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.48%) Primavera
6 7 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.30%) Summit
9 4 (0.24%) Actimize
9 4 (0.24%) Aladdin
9 4 (0.24%) Front Arena
9 4 (0.24%) Magento
10 3 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
10 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 248 (15.00%) Azure
2 168 (10.16%) AWS
3 71 (4.30%) GCP
4 70 (4.23%) Power Platform
5 56 (3.39%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
7 48 (2.90%) SaaS
8 31 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
11 22 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
12 21 (1.27%) OCI
13 20 (1.21%) GitHub
14 19 (1.15%) Azure AI
15 18 (1.09%) PaaS
16 12 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
16 12 (0.73%) IaaS
16 12 (0.73%) Serverless
17 11 (0.67%) Power Automate
17 11 (0.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.39%) Network Security
2 41 (2.48%) Firewall
3 18 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 16 (0.97%) DNS
4 16 (0.97%) WAN
5 15 (0.91%) LAN
6 13 (0.79%) 5G
6 13 (0.79%) DHCP
7 11 (0.67%) 4G
8 8 (0.48%) BIG-IP
9 7 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
9 7 (0.42%) VPN
10 6 (0.36%) Internet
10 6 (0.36%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.30%) 3G
11 5 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.30%) Wireless
12 4 (0.24%) SAN
12 4 (0.24%) Softphone
12 4 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.21%) Power BI
2 35 (2.12%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.94%) Metadata
4 18 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (0.91%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 11 (0.67%) MongoDB
7 11 (0.67%) Oracle Database
8 9 (0.54%) Big Data
8 9 (0.54%) RDBMS
9 7 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.36%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.30%) Db2
11 5 (0.30%) Tableau
12 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.24%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.24%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.24%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 106 (6.41%) JIRA
2 20 (1.21%) Git
3 18 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.73%) Selenium
5 10 (0.60%) Cypress.io
6 8 (0.48%) Postman
7 7 (0.42%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.42%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.30%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.30%) Claude Code
8 5 (0.30%) GitLab
8 5 (0.30%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.24%) Gradle
9 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 4 (0.24%) Subversion
9 4 (0.24%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.18%) DbUnit
10 3 (0.18%) JUnit
10 3 (0.18%) Mockito
General
1 658 (39.81%) Social Skills
2 601 (36.36%) Finance
3 271 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
4 198 (11.98%) Public Sector
5 183 (11.07%) Banking
6 127 (7.68%) Legal
7 80 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
8 67 (4.05%) Front Office
9 65 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
10 47 (2.84%) Aerospace
11 43 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
12 41 (2.48%) Military
13 39 (2.36%) Manufacturing
13 39 (2.36%) Telecoms
14 37 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
15 36 (2.18%) Financial Institution
15 36 (2.18%) Retail
16 34 (2.06%) Investment Banking
17 33 (2.00%) Law
18 23 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 218 (13.19%) Lead
2 198 (11.98%) Architect
3 168 (10.16%) Project Manager
4 166 (10.04%) Analyst
5 164 (9.92%) Senior
6 95 (5.75%) Consultant
7 79 (4.78%) Security Architect
8 72 (4.36%) Programme Manager
9 58 (3.51%) Business Analyst
10 55 (3.33%) Developer
11 50 (3.02%) Senior Manager
12 47 (2.84%) IT Manager
13 43 (2.60%) Risk Manager
14 38 (2.30%) Security Consultant
15 37 (2.24%) Delivery Manager
16 34 (2.06%) Security Engineer
16 34 (2.06%) Security Manager
17 33 (2.00%) Risk Analyst
17 33 (2.00%) Solutions Architect
18 31 (1.88%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.30%) Terraform
2 35 (2.12%) .NET
3 31 (1.88%) REST
4 23 (1.39%) Middleware
5 18 (1.09%) Kafka
5 18 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
6 15 (0.91%) OAuth
7 12 (0.73%) JSON
7 12 (0.73%) SAML
7 12 (0.73%) XML
8 11 (0.67%) OpenID
8 11 (0.67%) React
8 11 (0.67%) SLSA
8 11 (0.67%) SOAP
9 10 (0.60%) SailPoint
9 10 (0.60%) Spring
10 9 (0.54%) LDAP
10 9 (0.54%) Spring Boot
10 9 (0.54%) Web Services
11 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.59%) Onboarding
2 100 (6.05%) Management Information System
3 84 (5.08%) Product Ownership
4 71 (4.30%) Security Posture
5 62 (3.75%) Cloud Native
6 56 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
7 45 (2.72%) Operational Technology
8 39 (2.36%) Data Centre
9 38 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
10 35 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
11 31 (1.88%) Market Risk
12 30 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
13 26 (1.57%) AI Agents
14 22 (1.33%) Credit Risk
14 22 (1.33%) Derivative
14 22 (1.33%) PMI
15 21 (1.27%) Fixed Income
15 21 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 20 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
16 20 (1.21%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 63 (3.81%) Windows
2 49 (2.96%) Linux
3 32 (1.94%) Unix
4 20 (1.21%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.36%) zOS
7 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.18%) AIX
8 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.060%) Android
9 1 (0.060%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 677 (40.96%) Stakeholder Management
2 420 (25.41%) Cybersecurity
3 399 (24.14%) Agile
4 374 (22.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 356 (21.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 277 (16.76%) Decision-Making
7 239 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
8 231 (13.97%) Project Management
9 229 (13.85%) AI
10 228 (13.79%) Roadmaps
11 201 (12.16%) Information Security
12 190 (11.49%) Project Delivery
13 158 (9.56%) DevOps
14 153 (9.26%) Change Management
14 153 (9.26%) Migration
15 146 (8.83%) Vulnerability Management
16 142 (8.59%) Analytics
17 141 (8.53%) CI/CD
18 137 (8.29%) PRINCE2
19 125 (7.56%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 117 (7.08%) Python
2 88 (5.32%) SQL
3 39 (2.36%) PowerShell
4 38 (2.30%) Java
5 32 (1.94%) C#
6 18 (1.09%) JavaScript
7 15 (0.91%) Bash
8 11 (0.67%) VBA
9 9 (0.54%) Shell Script
10 8 (0.48%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.42%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.36%) Go
13 5 (0.30%) Bicep
13 5 (0.30%) Korn
13 5 (0.30%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.24%) Assembly Language
14 4 (0.24%) C++
14 4 (0.24%) CLIST
14 4 (0.24%) JCL
14 4 (0.24%) REXX
Qualifications
1 454 (27.47%) Security Cleared
2 331 (20.02%) SC Cleared
3 157 (9.50%) Degree
4 148 (8.95%) CISSP
5 110 (6.65%) DV Cleared
6 95 (5.75%) CISM
7 81 (4.90%) PMI Certification
8 79 (4.78%) PMP
9 48 (2.90%) CRISC
10 41 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 33 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
12 30 (1.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 29 (1.75%) CISA
14 27 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
15 24 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
16 23 (1.39%) Master's Degree
16 23 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
17 22 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 19 (1.15%) Azure Certification
19 18 (1.09%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (12.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 192 (11.62%) NIST
3 173 (10.47%) GRC
4 101 (6.11%) QA
5 99 (5.99%) GDPR
6 65 (3.93%) Data Quality
6 65 (3.93%) PMO
7 63 (3.81%) NCSC
8 33 (2.00%) JSP 440
9 32 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
10 24 (1.45%) NIST 800
11 18 (1.09%) SOC 2
12 17 (1.03%) Accessibility
13 16 (0.97%) COBIT
13 16 (0.97%) Def Stans
14 15 (0.91%) SLA
15 13 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 13 (0.79%) PCI DSS
16 12 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 12 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.09%) Docker
3 10 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.36%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.30%) vSphere
7 4 (0.24%) FreeRADIUS
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.18%) Firmware
8 3 (0.18%) Postfix
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.12%) NFS
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.060%) IAG
10 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (2.48%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.75%) Ansible
3 10 (0.60%) Grafana
3 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.60%) SCCM
4 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.36%) Control-M
6 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.24%) Data Guard
7 4 (0.24%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.24%) OMEGAMON
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.18%) Puppet
9 2 (0.12%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.12%) NSN NetAct
9 2 (0.12%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.060%) Istio
Vendors
1 249 (15.06%) Microsoft
2 100 (6.05%) ServiceNow
3 80 (4.84%) SAP
4 60 (3.63%) Oracle
5 38 (2.30%) Google
6 22 (1.33%) Splunk
7 18 (1.09%) Salesforce
8 15 (0.91%) Cisco
8 15 (0.91%) Murex
8 15 (0.91%) VMware
9 14 (0.85%) Databricks
9 14 (0.85%) Foundry
9 14 (0.85%) Qualys
10 12 (0.73%) IBM
11 11 (0.67%) BeyondTrust
11 11 (0.67%) CyberArk
11 11 (0.67%) Workday
12 10 (0.60%) Tenable
13 9 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (0.54%) F5