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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 49 74
Rank change year-on-year -21 +25 -10
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,491 1,248 972
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.31% 4.52% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 4.98% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 977 786 607
10th Percentile £413 £366 £362
25th Percentile £485 £458 £465
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 £553 £550
% change year-on-year +1.72% +0.55% -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 27 28
10th Percentile £24.46 £22.16 £20.29
25th Percentile £50.00 £38.46 £38.75
Median hourly rate £79.00 £49.51 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +59.58% -11.99% +87.50%
75th Percentile £85.40 £73.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.35 £71.63
UK median hourly rate £78.70 £49.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +58.98% -10.00% +83.33%

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 38,369 25,044 29,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.25% 90.72% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,058 16,057 19,314
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £423 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £633 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,388 1,359 1,834
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £17.69
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -37.63% -5.12%
75th Percentile £69.56 £51.77 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -40 692 £600 -7.69% 561
North of England -11 259 £514 +0.41% 127
South East +3 243 £575 +4.55% 175
Yorkshire +4 128 £500 -4.76% 46
North West -33 128 £540 +6.40% 70
Midlands -39 105 £539 +14.87% 74
South West -15 99 £570 -0.87% 74
West Midlands -32 86 £533 +6.50% 39
East of England +21 63 £525 -4.55% 43
East Midlands -25 17 £537 +21.83% 35
North East -43 5 £454 -17.50% 11
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 (4.09%) Confluence
2 35 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.60%) SAS
4 5 (0.34%) 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 46 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.27%) Navisworks
5 4 (0.27%) Revit
5 4 (0.27%) Trello
6 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.20%) Windchill
7 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.067%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 32 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.74%) Endur
3 9 (0.60%) Primavera
4 7 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.40%) Actimize
5 6 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.27%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.27%) Loan IQ
7 4 (0.27%) Magento
7 4 (0.27%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.27%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.27%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.27%) SAP GRC
7 4 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 222 (14.89%) Azure
2 155 (10.40%) AWS
3 69 (4.63%) GCP
4 51 (3.42%) Power Platform
5 48 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
6 47 (3.15%) Entra ID
7 40 (2.68%) SaaS
8 31 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
10 20 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
11 19 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.21%) PaaS
13 17 (1.14%) GitHub
14 15 (1.01%) Azure AI
15 12 (0.80%) IaaS
15 12 (0.80%) OCI
16 11 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (0.74%) Serverless
17 10 (0.67%) PowerApps
18 9 (0.60%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.29%) Network Security
2 38 (2.55%) Firewall
3 15 (1.01%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.94%) DNS
5 13 (0.87%) DHCP
6 12 (0.80%) 5G
6 12 (0.80%) WAN
7 10 (0.67%) 4G
7 10 (0.67%) BIG-IP
7 10 (0.67%) LAN
8 9 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.40%) HTTP
11 5 (0.34%) 3G
11 5 (0.34%) Internet
11 5 (0.34%) NAS
11 5 (0.34%) NGFW
11 5 (0.34%) SAN
11 5 (0.34%) VPN
12 4 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.41%) Power BI
2 25 (1.68%) Metadata
3 24 (1.61%) SQL Server
4 14 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (0.87%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.74%) Data Lake
6 11 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (0.60%) RDBMS
8 8 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.47%) Big Data
10 6 (0.40%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.34%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.34%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.27%) Tableau
13 3 (0.20%) Oracle Exadata
13 3 (0.20%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 100 (6.71%) JIRA
2 19 (1.27%) Git
2 19 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.67%) Selenium
4 7 (0.47%) GitLab
5 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.34%) Postman
6 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.34%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.27%) DbUnit
7 4 (0.27%) jMock
7 4 (0.27%) JUnit
7 4 (0.27%) Maven
7 4 (0.27%) Mockito
7 4 (0.27%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.27%) Subversion
7 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
General
1 562 (37.69%) Social Skills
2 542 (36.35%) Finance
3 222 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 167 (11.20%) Public Sector
5 163 (10.93%) Banking
6 110 (7.38%) Legal
7 59 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
9 39 (2.62%) Front Office
10 38 (2.55%) Aerospace
10 38 (2.55%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.48%) Financial Institution
12 36 (2.41%) Retail
13 31 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
15 28 (1.88%) Military
16 27 (1.81%) Manufacturing
17 24 (1.61%) Law
18 23 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 22 (1.48%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 206 (13.82%) Lead
2 177 (11.87%) Project Manager
3 171 (11.47%) Architect
4 152 (10.19%) Senior
5 125 (8.38%) Analyst
6 91 (6.10%) Consultant
7 74 (4.96%) Security Architect
8 62 (4.16%) Programme Manager
9 57 (3.82%) Senior Manager
10 54 (3.62%) Developer
11 48 (3.22%) Risk Manager
12 45 (3.02%) Business Analyst
13 40 (2.68%) IT Manager
14 38 (2.55%) Delivery Manager
14 38 (2.55%) Security Consultant
15 36 (2.41%) Security Engineer
16 35 (2.35%) Security Manager
17 30 (2.01%) Solutions Architect
18 28 (1.88%) Product Manager
18 28 (1.88%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.68%) .NET
2 24 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
3 23 (1.54%) REST
4 18 (1.21%) Middleware
5 13 (0.87%) JSON
5 13 (0.87%) XML
6 12 (0.80%) OAuth
7 11 (0.74%) Azure Blueprints
7 11 (0.74%) Kafka
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
9 8 (0.54%) PySpark
9 8 (0.54%) RESTful
9 8 (0.54%) Web Services
10 7 (0.47%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 98 (6.57%) Management Information System
2 80 (5.37%) Onboarding
3 75 (5.03%) Product Ownership
4 63 (4.23%) Cloud Native
5 62 (4.16%) Security Posture
6 48 (3.22%) Operational Technology
7 46 (3.09%) Data Protection Act
8 39 (2.62%) Data Centre
9 27 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
9 27 (1.81%) Market Risk
10 26 (1.74%) PMI
11 25 (1.68%) AI Agents
12 23 (1.54%) Derivative
13 22 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (1.41%) Fixed Income
15 20 (1.34%) NHS
16 18 (1.21%) Virtual Team
17 17 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
17 17 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 51 (3.42%) Windows
2 41 (2.75%) Linux
3 24 (1.61%) Unix
4 19 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.34%) 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 2 (0.13%) AIX
10 1 (0.067%) Android
10 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (36.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 359 (24.08%) Agile
3 339 (22.74%) Cybersecurity
4 325 (21.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 324 (21.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 237 (15.90%) Project Management
7 230 (15.43%) Decision-Making
8 213 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 206 (13.82%) Roadmaps
10 190 (12.74%) AI
11 189 (12.68%) Information Security
12 153 (10.26%) Change Management
12 153 (10.26%) Project Delivery
13 134 (8.99%) DevOps
14 133 (8.92%) Migration
15 122 (8.18%) Analytics
16 118 (7.91%) PRINCE2
16 118 (7.91%) Vulnerability Management
17 117 (7.85%) CI/CD
18 109 (7.31%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 94 (6.30%) Python
2 70 (4.69%) SQL
3 42 (2.82%) Java
4 33 (2.21%) 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
10 6 (0.40%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.40%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.27%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.27%) Bicep
11 4 (0.27%) CLIST
11 4 (0.27%) JCL
11 4 (0.27%) REXX
12 3 (0.20%) C
12 3 (0.20%) Go
12 3 (0.20%) Scala
13 2 (0.13%) C++
Qualifications
1 381 (25.55%) Security Cleared
2 284 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 163 (10.93%) Degree
4 146 (9.79%) CISSP
5 95 (6.37%) DV Cleared
6 88 (5.90%) CISM
7 74 (4.96%) PMI Certification
8 70 (4.69%) PMP
9 39 (2.62%) CRISC
10 32 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (1.95%) CISA
11 29 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
12 26 (1.74%) Master's Degree
12 26 (1.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 24 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
14 21 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 21 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
15 15 (1.01%) CESG Certified Professional
16 14 (0.94%) AWS Certification
16 14 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (12.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 186 (12.47%) NIST
3 145 (9.73%) GRC
4 97 (6.51%) GDPR
5 76 (5.10%) QA
6 66 (4.43%) PMO
7 52 (3.49%) Data Quality
8 47 (3.15%) NCSC
9 34 (2.28%) JSP 440
10 33 (2.21%) PCI DSS
11 31 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
12 28 (1.88%) SLA
12 28 (1.88%) SOC 2
13 27 (1.81%) NIST 800
14 16 (1.07%) Def Stans
15 14 (0.94%) Accessibility
15 14 (0.94%) COBIT
16 13 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 12 (0.80%) ISO 31000
17 12 (0.80%) RMADS
System Software
1 33 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.94%) Docker
3 9 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.27%) Postfix
5 4 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.13%) FreeRADIUS
7 2 (0.13%) NFS
7 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (1.54%) Terraform
2 22 (1.48%) Kubernetes
3 21 (1.41%) 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 (0.34%) 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
10 3 (0.20%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 204 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.50%) ServiceNow
3 72 (4.83%) SAP
4 58 (3.89%) Oracle
5 36 (2.41%) Google
6 19 (1.27%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.14%) Cisco
8 16 (1.07%) Splunk
9 15 (1.01%) Workday
10 14 (0.94%) Foundry
11 12 (0.80%) Qualys
12 11 (0.74%) F5
13 10 (0.67%) IBM
13 10 (0.67%) Infoblox
13 10 (0.67%) Murex
14 9 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
14 9 (0.60%) Tenable
15 8 (0.54%) Databricks
15 8 (0.54%) OpenAI
15 8 (0.54%) Rapid7