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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 58 65
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 -5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,684 1,196 1,088
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.65% 4.31% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.32% 4.74% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,044 751 613
10th Percentile £403 £363 £364
25th Percentile £476 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% - -3.00%
75th Percentile £676 £738 £717
90th Percentile £788 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £556
% change year-on-year -2.22% +1.17% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 29 28
10th Percentile £26.85 £22.16 £30.91
25th Percentile £46.25 £30.61 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £33.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.96% -41.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80.00 £64.00 £68.17
90th Percentile £88.40 £76.45 £75.12
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +91.31% -41.74% +16.16%

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 39,007 25,232 28,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.55% 90.97% 86.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,733 16,031 17,231
10th Percentile £325 £295 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
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 2,853 1,544 1,222
10th Percentile £13.90 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.85 £20.26
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.02
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -1.16%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -13 836 £600 -7.69% 1,796
North of England -8 261 £508 +1.65% 335
South East +10 254 £575 +9.52% 367
Yorkshire +17 128 £497 -0.60% 95
North West -29 126 £525 +5.85% 209
Midlands -27 108 £525 +13.51% 216
South West -27 107 £570 -0.87% 193
West Midlands -17 86 £500 - 132
East of England +12 72 £513 -16.33% 106
East Midlands -28 19 £549 +36.44% 84
North East -35 8 £454 -17.50% 32
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 (3.62%) Confluence
2 38 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.65%) SAS
4 4 (0.24%) IIS
4 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.059%) Apache
7 1 (0.059%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.059%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.059%) Appian
7 1 (0.059%) CICS
7 1 (0.059%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.059%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.059%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 58 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.01%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.24%) Revit
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Windchill
8 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.059%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.059%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 41 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.77%) Endur
3 11 (0.65%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.48%) Primavera
6 7 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.24%) Actimize
9 4 (0.24%) Magento
9 4 (0.24%) SAP HCM
10 3 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.18%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 261 (15.50%) Azure
2 181 (10.75%) AWS
3 88 (5.23%) GCP
4 71 (4.22%) Power Platform
5 64 (3.80%) Entra ID
6 49 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (2.91%) SaaS
7 34 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
9 26 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
10 23 (1.37%) GitHub
11 21 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
11 21 (1.25%) OCI
12 17 (1.01%) Azure AI
13 16 (0.95%) PaaS
14 15 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
15 13 (0.77%) Serverless
16 12 (0.71%) Power Automate
17 10 (0.59%) IaaS
17 10 (0.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.62%) Network Security
2 53 (3.15%) Firewall
3 20 (1.19%) WAN
4 19 (1.13%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.07%) LAN
6 17 (1.01%) DNS
7 13 (0.77%) DHCP
8 11 (0.65%) 5G
8 11 (0.65%) VPN
9 9 (0.53%) 4G
10 8 (0.48%) BIG-IP
11 7 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
12 6 (0.36%) Internet
12 6 (0.36%) Kerberos
13 5 (0.30%) Softphone
13 5 (0.30%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.30%) Wireless
14 4 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
14 4 (0.24%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (3.38%) Power BI
2 38 (2.26%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.90%) Metadata
4 19 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (0.77%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.71%) Data Lake
7 11 (0.65%) Oracle Database
8 10 (0.59%) Big Data
8 10 (0.59%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.42%) RDBMS
10 6 (0.36%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.36%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
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%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 107 (6.35%) JIRA
2 22 (1.31%) Git
3 17 (1.01%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.77%) Selenium
5 11 (0.65%) Cypress.io
6 9 (0.53%) Postman
7 8 (0.48%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.48%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.36%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.30%) Artifactory
9 5 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.30%) GitLab
9 5 (0.30%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.24%) Gradle
10 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.24%) Subversion
11 3 (0.18%) JMeter
11 3 (0.18%) Maven
11 3 (0.18%) MLflow
12 2 (0.12%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 676 (40.14%) Social Skills
2 616 (36.58%) Finance
3 283 (16.81%) Analytical Skills
4 212 (12.59%) Public Sector
5 198 (11.76%) Banking
6 132 (7.84%) Legal
7 88 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
8 69 (4.10%) Front Office
8 69 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
9 48 (2.85%) Aerospace
10 47 (2.79%) Military
11 45 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
12 41 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
13 39 (2.32%) Manufacturing
14 35 (2.08%) Financial Institution
14 35 (2.08%) Telecoms
15 34 (2.02%) Retail
16 32 (1.90%) Law
17 30 (1.78%) Investment Banking
18 26 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 224 (13.30%) Lead
2 212 (12.59%) Architect
3 175 (10.39%) Senior
4 167 (9.92%) Analyst
5 160 (9.50%) Project Manager
6 90 (5.34%) Consultant
7 84 (4.99%) Security Architect
8 71 (4.22%) Programme Manager
9 62 (3.68%) Business Analyst
10 55 (3.27%) Developer
11 52 (3.09%) Senior Manager
12 44 (2.61%) IT Manager
13 43 (2.55%) Risk Manager
14 40 (2.38%) Delivery Manager
14 40 (2.38%) Security Engineer
15 37 (2.20%) Senior Analyst
16 36 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
17 35 (2.08%) Service Manager
18 32 (1.90%) Security Consultant
18 32 (1.90%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.97%) Terraform
2 34 (2.02%) .NET
3 31 (1.84%) REST
4 24 (1.43%) Middleware
5 20 (1.19%) Kafka
6 17 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (0.89%) OAuth
8 12 (0.71%) JSON
8 12 (0.71%) OpenID
8 12 (0.71%) SAML
9 11 (0.65%) SLSA
10 10 (0.59%) React
10 10 (0.59%) SOAP
10 10 (0.59%) XML
11 9 (0.53%) LDAP
11 9 (0.53%) SailPoint
11 9 (0.53%) Spring
11 9 (0.53%) Web Services
12 8 (0.48%) Gherkin
12 8 (0.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 119 (7.07%) Onboarding
2 99 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 89 (5.29%) Product Ownership
4 73 (4.33%) Security Posture
5 66 (3.92%) Cloud Native
6 53 (3.15%) Data Protection Act
7 49 (2.91%) Data Centre
8 44 (2.61%) Operational Technology
9 40 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
10 39 (2.32%) Cyber Threat
11 32 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
11 32 (1.90%) Market Risk
12 27 (1.60%) AI Agents
13 26 (1.54%) Credit Risk
14 22 (1.31%) NHS
14 22 (1.31%) PMI
15 21 (1.25%) Data Structures
16 20 (1.19%) Derivative
16 20 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
16 20 (1.19%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 66 (3.92%) Windows
2 53 (3.15%) Linux
3 36 (2.14%) Unix
4 21 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.48%) zOS
7 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.18%) AIX
9 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.12%) Android
11 1 (0.059%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 707 (41.98%) Stakeholder Management
2 438 (26.01%) Cybersecurity
3 402 (23.87%) Agile
4 399 (23.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 356 (21.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 288 (17.10%) Decision-Making
7 251 (14.90%) Roadmaps
8 249 (14.79%) AI
9 244 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
10 225 (13.36%) Project Management
11 205 (12.17%) Information Security
12 196 (11.64%) Project Delivery
13 165 (9.80%) DevOps
13 165 (9.80%) Migration
14 158 (9.38%) Change Management
15 152 (9.03%) CI/CD
16 149 (8.85%) Vulnerability Management
17 145 (8.61%) Analytics
18 137 (8.14%) Data Protection
19 136 (8.08%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 126 (7.48%) Python
2 92 (5.46%) SQL
3 43 (2.55%) PowerShell
4 36 (2.14%) C#
5 35 (2.08%) Java
6 20 (1.19%) Bash
6 20 (1.19%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.77%) Shell Script
8 11 (0.65%) VBA
9 8 (0.48%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.42%) Go
11 6 (0.36%) Bicep
11 6 (0.36%) JCL
11 6 (0.36%) Korn
11 6 (0.36%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.30%) Assembly Language
12 5 (0.30%) CLIST
12 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.30%) REXX
13 4 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 459 (27.26%) Security Cleared
2 333 (19.77%) SC Cleared
3 169 (10.04%) Degree
4 149 (8.85%) CISSP
5 110 (6.53%) DV Cleared
6 94 (5.58%) CISM
7 80 (4.75%) PMI Certification
8 74 (4.39%) PMP
9 47 (2.79%) CRISC
10 45 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
11 39 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
12 36 (2.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 29 (1.72%) CISA
13 29 (1.72%) Master's Degree
14 28 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
15 25 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
16 24 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
17 23 (1.37%) AWS Certification
17 23 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 21 (1.25%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (12.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 188 (11.16%) NIST
3 176 (10.45%) GRC
4 107 (6.35%) QA
5 92 (5.46%) GDPR
6 74 (4.39%) Data Quality
7 68 (4.04%) NCSC
8 61 (3.62%) PMO
9 36 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
10 28 (1.66%) JSP 440
11 21 (1.25%) NIST 800
12 17 (1.01%) Accessibility
13 16 (0.95%) SOC 2
14 14 (0.83%) COBIT
14 14 (0.83%) Def Stans
14 14 (0.83%) SLA
15 12 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 11 (0.65%) PCI DSS
17 10 (0.59%) Basel III
System Software
1 41 (2.43%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.01%) Docker
3 12 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.53%) vSphere
6 7 (0.42%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.30%) FreeRADIUS
7 5 (0.30%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.18%) Firmware
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.12%) IAG
9 2 (0.12%) Postfix
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.059%) NFS
10 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 47 (2.79%) Kubernetes
2 34 (2.02%) Ansible
3 13 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.59%) SCCM
5 9 (0.53%) Grafana
6 7 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.36%) Control-M
7 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.30%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.30%) OMEGAMON
9 3 (0.18%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (0.18%) Puppet
9 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.12%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.12%) NSN NetAct
11 1 (0.059%) CA Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.059%) Nessus
Vendors
1 260 (15.44%) Microsoft
2 106 (6.29%) ServiceNow
3 82 (4.87%) SAP
4 58 (3.44%) Oracle
5 46 (2.73%) Google
6 23 (1.37%) Splunk
7 20 (1.19%) VMware
8 19 (1.13%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.01%) Cisco
9 17 (1.01%) Databricks
9 17 (1.01%) Murex
10 15 (0.89%) Qualys
11 14 (0.83%) BeyondTrust
11 14 (0.83%) IBM
12 13 (0.77%) CyberArk
13 12 (0.71%) Foundry
14 11 (0.65%) Tenable
15 10 (0.59%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.59%) Workday
16 9 (0.53%) F5