Risk Management Contracts in England

Risk Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Risk Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Management over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 77 63
Rank change year-on-year +31 -14 +22
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,221 1,039 1,688
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.60% 2.79% 3.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% 3.26% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 766 666 1,023
10th Percentile £388 £360 £408
25th Percentile £465 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -6.25% +4.35%
75th Percentile £750 £738 £738
90th Percentile £875 £850 £888
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 30 175
10th Percentile £36.89 £15.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £47.83 £33.86 -
Median hourly rate £61.50 £50.00 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +22.99% +370.37% -67.24%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £87.40 £67.75 £81.89
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £47.50 £10.63
% change year-on-year +29.46% +346.85% -67.29%

All Process and 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 24,147 31,870 43,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.93% 85.64% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,520 20,680 30,282
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £645 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,216 2,288 1,563
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £16.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -3.62% +54.01%
75th Percentile £54.81 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £72.73 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £38.18
% change year-on-year -32.93% -1.77% +46.83%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Risk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in England

Risk Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Risk Management in England

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in England

Risk Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Management in England

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

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 6 July 2025. 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 +40 735 £672 +12.00% 1,264
North of England -2 156 £513 -21.15% 191
South East +33 129 £550 +4.76% 262
Midlands +37 98 £472 -7.90% 135
North West -4 94 £511 -27.32% 122
West Midlands +23 66 £500 +5.26% 89
South West +5 57 £520 -0.95% 109
Yorkshire +17 56 £525 +5.00% 58
East Midlands +17 30 £443 -23.38% 39
East of England +16 20 £550 +72.55% 58
North East -1 8 £550 -6.78% 11
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 47 (3.85%) Confluence
2 33 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.64%) Apache Spark
4 19 (1.56%) SharePoint
5 9 (0.74%) Apache
6 8 (0.66%) CMS
7 6 (0.49%) SAS
8 5 (0.41%) CICS
9 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.082%) Kentico
12 1 (0.082%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.082%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.082%) Umbraco
Applications
1 55 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
3 27 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.33%) Trello
7 2 (0.16%) GNU Octave
7 2 (0.16%) Simulink
7 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.082%) CANalyzer
8 1 (0.082%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 31 (2.54%) Endur
2 25 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.57%) Kondor
3 7 (0.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 6 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.41%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.33%) ION Anvil
6 4 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.33%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.33%) SAP GRC
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.25%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.25%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.25%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.25%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.25%) VisionPLUS
8 2 (0.16%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 142 (11.63%) AWS
2 129 (10.57%) Azure
3 57 (4.67%) GCP
4 37 (3.03%) Power Platform
5 32 (2.62%) dbt
6 28 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (2.05%) SaaS
8 18 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (1.15%) Amazon S3
10 12 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (0.98%) Entra ID
11 11 (0.90%) Google Workspace
12 10 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (0.66%) Amazon SQS
14 8 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.66%) GitHub
15 7 (0.57%) IaaS
15 7 (0.57%) Lucidchart
15 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.44%) Firewall
2 32 (2.62%) Network Security
3 11 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (0.57%) 5G
5 6 (0.49%) SAN
5 6 (0.49%) WAN
6 5 (0.41%) Multicast
7 4 (0.33%) NAS
7 4 (0.33%) VPN
8 3 (0.25%) LAN
8 3 (0.25%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.25%) SSL
8 3 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.16%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.16%) DNS
9 2 (0.16%) Internet
9 2 (0.16%) MPLS
9 2 (0.16%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.082%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.75%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (2.95%) SQL Server
3 35 (2.87%) Power BI
4 32 (2.62%) Amazon Athena
4 32 (2.62%) Apache Arrow
4 32 (2.62%) Apache Iceberg
4 32 (2.62%) Dremio
5 19 (1.56%) Big Data
6 17 (1.39%) Hadoop
7 10 (0.82%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.74%) Tableau
9 8 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
9 8 (0.66%) Apache Hive
10 7 (0.57%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.57%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.49%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.49%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.41%) Qlik Sense
12 5 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 90 (7.37%) JIRA
2 39 (3.19%) Git
3 23 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.15%) Maven
4 14 (1.15%) TeamCity
5 13 (1.06%) SonarQube
6 11 (0.90%) JUnit
7 10 (0.82%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.74%) Mockito
9 5 (0.41%) Bitbucket Server
9 5 (0.41%) DbUnit
9 5 (0.41%) GCC
9 5 (0.41%) GDB
9 5 (0.41%) IntelliJ
9 5 (0.41%) jMock
9 5 (0.41%) Selenium
9 5 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.41%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.25%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.16%) Gradle
General
1 533 (43.65%) Finance
2 479 (39.23%) Social Skills
3 234 (19.16%) Analytical Skills
4 194 (15.89%) Banking
5 117 (9.58%) Front Office
6 93 (7.62%) Public Sector
7 74 (6.06%) Legal
8 66 (5.41%) Investment Banking
9 38 (3.11%) Telecoms
10 34 (2.78%) Back Office
11 30 (2.46%) Manufacturing
11 30 (2.46%) Marketing
11 30 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (2.21%) Financial Institution
14 25 (2.05%) Law
14 25 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
15 24 (1.97%) Retail Banking
16 20 (1.64%) Retail
17 19 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 166 (13.60%) Developer
2 163 (13.35%) Analyst
3 146 (11.96%) Project Manager
4 141 (11.55%) Senior
5 114 (9.34%) Lead
6 112 (9.17%) Architect
7 107 (8.76%) Business Analyst
8 82 (6.72%) Consultant
9 54 (4.42%) Security Architect
10 51 (4.18%) IT Manager
11 50 (4.10%) Programme Manager
12 47 (3.85%) Java Developer
13 46 (3.77%) AWS Developer
14 38 (3.11%) Risk Manager
15 37 (3.03%) Python Developer
16 33 (2.70%) Security Consultant
17 32 (2.62%) AWS Engineer
17 32 (2.62%) AWS Software Engineer
17 32 (2.62%) Delivery Manager
17 32 (2.62%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (4.67%) React
2 56 (4.59%) AngularJS
3 39 (3.19%) Node.js
3 39 (3.19%) NumPy
4 38 (3.11%) Pandas
5 37 (3.03%) .NET
6 36 (2.95%) REST
7 34 (2.78%) SciPy
8 32 (2.62%) Vue
9 27 (2.21%) Kafka
10 23 (1.88%) SOAP
11 21 (1.72%) RESTful
12 14 (1.15%) Web Services
13 13 (1.06%) Spring Boot
14 12 (0.98%) PySpark
15 11 (0.90%) TensorFlow
16 10 (0.82%) Middleware
16 10 (0.82%) Spring
17 9 (0.74%) ActiveMQ
17 9 (0.74%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 116 (9.50%) Management Information System
2 65 (5.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 59 (4.83%) Derivative
4 58 (4.75%) Market Risk
5 45 (3.69%) Fixed Income
6 44 (3.60%) Security Posture
7 41 (3.36%) Product Ownership
8 40 (3.28%) Equities
9 31 (2.54%) Credit Risk
10 27 (2.21%) Data Centre
11 25 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
12 24 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
13 23 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
14 20 (1.64%) Algorithms
14 20 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.64%) Onboarding
15 17 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
16 16 (1.31%) NHS
17 15 (1.23%) Cloud Native
18 14 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.11%) Linux
2 37 (3.03%) Windows
3 18 (1.47%) Unix
4 7 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.57%) zOS
5 5 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.082%) Android
8 1 (0.082%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.082%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.082%) VMS
8 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (26.37%) Agile
2 298 (24.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 258 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
4 247 (20.23%) Project Management
5 193 (15.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 163 (13.35%) Cybersecurity
7 152 (12.45%) Decision-Making
8 141 (11.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 130 (10.65%) Change Management
10 116 (9.50%) Analytics
11 112 (9.17%) Scrum
12 107 (8.76%) Migration
13 105 (8.60%) Project Delivery
14 103 (8.44%) Information Security
15 95 (7.78%) DevOps
16 82 (6.72%) Risk Assessment
17 79 (6.47%) Roadmaps
18 75 (6.14%) Data Analysis
19 71 (5.81%) Regulatory Compliance
19 71 (5.81%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 155 (12.69%) Python
2 121 (9.91%) SQL
3 87 (7.13%) Java
4 57 (4.67%) JavaScript
5 52 (4.26%) TypeScript
6 43 (3.52%) C#
7 30 (2.46%) C++
8 14 (1.15%) PowerShell
9 10 (0.82%) JCL
10 9 (0.74%) Haskell
11 7 (0.57%) REXX
11 7 (0.57%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.41%) CLIST
12 5 (0.41%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.33%) Assembly Language
13 4 (0.33%) Bash
14 3 (0.25%) COBOL
14 3 (0.25%) OCaml
14 3 (0.25%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 179 (14.66%) Security Cleared
2 151 (12.37%) Degree
3 122 (9.99%) SC Cleared
4 90 (7.37%) CISSP
5 67 (5.49%) CISM
6 55 (4.50%) DV Cleared
7 45 (3.69%) PMP
8 41 (3.36%) PMI Certification
9 33 (2.70%) CISA
10 32 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 31 (2.54%) CRISC
12 25 (2.05%) Master's Degree
13 19 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.31%) CBAP
15 15 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 14 (1.15%) Numerate Degree
17 11 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 10 (0.82%) GIAC
18 10 (0.82%) SANS
19 9 (0.74%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (9.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 112 (9.17%) NIST
3 74 (6.06%) QA
4 72 (5.90%) GDPR
5 57 (4.67%) GRC
6 35 (2.87%) PMO
7 32 (2.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 29 (2.38%) NCSC
8 29 (2.38%) PCI DSS
9 25 (2.05%) Data Quality
9 25 (2.05%) MiFID
10 22 (1.80%) NIST 800
11 17 (1.39%) HIPAA
12 16 (1.31%) Accessibility
12 16 (1.31%) Basel III
13 12 (0.98%) SLA
14 11 (0.90%) EMIR
15 10 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.82%) RMADS
16 9 (0.74%) COBIT
System Software
1 28 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.80%) Docker
3 9 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.57%) Time Sharing Option
5 6 (0.49%) Postfix
6 3 (0.25%) Firmware
6 3 (0.25%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.16%) IAG
7 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.082%) HDFS
8 1 (0.082%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.082%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 1 (0.082%) Microcode
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (0.98%) Ansible
1 12 (0.98%) Grafana
1 12 (0.98%) Prometheus
2 9 (0.74%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.74%) Terraform
3 6 (0.49%) Amdocs OSS
4 5 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.33%) OMEGAMON
6 3 (0.25%) CASB
6 3 (0.25%) Puppet
6 3 (0.25%) QRadar
7 2 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.16%) OPNET
7 2 (0.16%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.16%) SCCM
8 1 (0.082%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.082%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.082%) Nessus
Vendors
1 122 (9.99%) Microsoft
2 78 (6.39%) SAP
3 68 (5.57%) ServiceNow
4 44 (3.60%) Oracle
5 18 (1.47%) Google
6 17 (1.39%) OpenLink
7 16 (1.31%) Databricks
7 16 (1.31%) Splunk
8 14 (1.15%) Cisco
9 13 (1.06%) Murex
9 13 (1.06%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.06%) Sybase
10 12 (0.98%) Workday
11 11 (0.90%) IBM
11 11 (0.90%) Qualys
12 10 (0.82%) VMware
13 9 (0.74%) Ariba
13 9 (0.74%) Atlassian
13 9 (0.74%) Darktrace
14 7 (0.57%) ION Trading