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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 57 66
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 -8
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,734 1,200 1,091
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.75% 4.27% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 4.70% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,075 750 610
10th Percentile £401 £363 £371
25th Percentile £475 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £686 £725 £700
90th Percentile £788 £875 £838
UK median daily rate £560 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -0.44% +2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 28 28
10th Percentile £34.93 £22.16 £33.35
25th Percentile £50.25 £25.23 £40.00
Median hourly rate £75.50 £33.50 £57.94
Median % change year-on-year +125.37% -42.18% -3.44%
75th Percentile £82.71 £54.25 £71.03
90th Percentile £87.85 £67.63 £76.30
UK median hourly rate £74.84 £33.50 £57.94
% change year-on-year +123.40% -42.18% -3.44%

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 39,199 25,531 28,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.87% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,678 16,181 17,100
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,975 1,587 1,157
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.79 £20.19
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £74.92
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -8.31%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -5 876 £600 -7.69% 2,433
North of England -2 273 £500 - 346
South East +14 257 £575 +4.55% 408
North West -19 135 £525 +5.00% 193
Yorkshire +17 131 £491 -1.90% 129
Midlands -29 107 £513 +7.89% 210
South West -20 101 £600 - 205
West Midlands -21 84 £498 -1.73% 125
East of England +6 71 £513 -16.33% 120
East Midlands -28 20 £550 +36.82% 85
North East -37 8 £450 -18.18% 24
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 66 (3.81%) Confluence
2 34 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.69%) SAS
4 6 (0.35%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.23%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.23%) CMS
5 4 (0.23%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) nginx
6 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.12%) Apache
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.058%) Appian
8 1 (0.058%) CICS
8 1 (0.058%) Documentum
8 1 (0.058%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.058%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 56 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.17%) Navisworks
6 3 (0.17%) Revit
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) LaTeX
7 2 (0.12%) Windchill
8 1 (0.058%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 42 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.69%) Endur
3 11 (0.63%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.46%) Primavera
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.29%) SAP HCM
7 5 (0.29%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.23%) Actimize
8 4 (0.23%) Magento
9 3 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.17%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.17%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 270 (15.57%) Azure
2 186 (10.73%) AWS
3 92 (5.31%) GCP
4 67 (3.86%) Power Platform
5 65 (3.75%) Entra ID
6 55 (3.17%) SaaS
7 48 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (1.56%) GitHub
9 27 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
10 26 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (1.44%) OCI
12 23 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
13 16 (0.92%) Azure AI
14 15 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
14 15 (0.87%) PaaS
15 14 (0.81%) Serverless
16 12 (0.69%) Power Automate
17 11 (0.63%) Azure Functions
17 11 (0.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.52%) Network Security
2 53 (3.06%) Firewall
3 20 (1.15%) WAN
4 18 (1.04%) LAN
5 16 (0.92%) DNS
5 16 (0.92%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.87%) VPN
7 10 (0.58%) 5G
7 10 (0.58%) DHCP
8 8 (0.46%) 4G
8 8 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
9 7 (0.40%) Kerberos
10 6 (0.35%) Internet
11 5 (0.29%) BIG-IP
11 5 (0.29%) Softphone
11 5 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
11 5 (0.29%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.29%) Wireless
12 4 (0.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.00%) Power BI
2 44 (2.54%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.73%) Metadata
4 20 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (0.92%) Oracle Database
6 15 (0.87%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.69%) Big Data
7 12 (0.69%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.69%) Relational Database
8 11 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.46%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.46%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.40%) Db2
11 6 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.35%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.23%) Data Mart
12 4 (0.23%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.23%) SAP HANA
12 4 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 119 (6.86%) JIRA
2 25 (1.44%) Git
3 19 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.75%) Selenium
5 12 (0.69%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.58%) Postman
7 8 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.46%) GitLab
7 8 (0.46%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.35%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.29%) Artifactory
9 5 (0.29%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.23%) Gradle
10 4 (0.23%) Subversion
10 4 (0.23%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.17%) JMeter
11 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.12%) LoadRunner
12 2 (0.12%) Maven
12 2 (0.12%) QUnit
General
1 699 (40.31%) Social Skills
2 662 (38.18%) Finance
3 299 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 219 (12.63%) Banking
5 213 (12.28%) Public Sector
6 134 (7.73%) Legal
7 95 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
8 78 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
9 74 (4.27%) Front Office
10 54 (3.11%) Aerospace
11 47 (2.71%) Manufacturing
11 47 (2.71%) Military
12 46 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
13 43 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
14 40 (2.31%) Financial Institution
15 35 (2.02%) Retail
16 34 (1.96%) Investment Banking
16 34 (1.96%) Law
16 34 (1.96%) Telecoms
17 23 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 236 (13.61%) Lead
2 198 (11.42%) Architect
3 182 (10.50%) Senior
4 179 (10.32%) Analyst
5 172 (9.92%) Project Manager
6 96 (5.54%) Consultant
7 81 (4.67%) Programme Manager
7 81 (4.67%) Security Architect
8 61 (3.52%) Business Analyst
9 56 (3.23%) Developer
10 55 (3.17%) Senior Manager
11 50 (2.88%) IT Manager
12 44 (2.54%) Delivery Manager
13 43 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
14 42 (2.42%) Risk Manager
15 39 (2.25%) Security Engineer
16 38 (2.19%) Risk Analyst
16 38 (2.19%) Technical Manager
17 35 (2.02%) Service Manager
17 35 (2.02%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (3.46%) Terraform
2 40 (2.31%) .NET
3 37 (2.13%) REST
4 24 (1.38%) Middleware
5 22 (1.27%) Kafka
6 20 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
7 16 (0.92%) OAuth
8 13 (0.75%) SAML
9 12 (0.69%) OpenID
9 12 (0.69%) React
10 11 (0.63%) SLSA
10 11 (0.63%) Web Services
11 10 (0.58%) XGBoost
12 9 (0.52%) ADO
12 9 (0.52%) JSON
12 9 (0.52%) LDAP
12 9 (0.52%) SailPoint
12 9 (0.52%) SOAP
12 9 (0.52%) XML
13 8 (0.46%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 121 (6.98%) Onboarding
2 105 (6.06%) Management Information System
3 95 (5.48%) Product Ownership
4 70 (4.04%) Security Posture
5 64 (3.69%) Cloud Native
6 52 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
7 51 (2.94%) Data Centre
8 48 (2.77%) Operational Technology
9 44 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
10 41 (2.36%) Cyber Threat
11 35 (2.02%) Market Risk
12 31 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
13 30 (1.73%) Credit Risk
14 26 (1.50%) AI Agents
15 21 (1.21%) Derivative
15 21 (1.21%) Fixed Income
15 21 (1.21%) NHS
15 21 (1.21%) PKI
15 21 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
16 20 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 68 (3.92%) Windows
2 62 (3.58%) Linux
3 37 (2.13%) Unix
4 22 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.46%) zOS
7 4 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.17%) AIX
8 3 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.12%) Android
9 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.058%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 746 (43.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 452 (26.07%) Cybersecurity
3 425 (24.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 421 (24.28%) Agile
5 364 (20.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 298 (17.19%) Decision-Making
7 267 (15.40%) Roadmaps
8 262 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
9 249 (14.36%) AI
10 235 (13.55%) Project Management
11 213 (12.28%) Project Delivery
12 206 (11.88%) Information Security
13 178 (10.27%) DevOps
14 172 (9.92%) Migration
15 165 (9.52%) CI/CD
16 160 (9.23%) Change Management
17 158 (9.11%) Analytics
18 152 (8.77%) Vulnerability Management
19 140 (8.07%) PRINCE2
20 138 (7.96%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 143 (8.25%) Python
2 100 (5.77%) SQL
3 46 (2.65%) C#
4 44 (2.54%) PowerShell
5 39 (2.25%) Java
6 25 (1.44%) Bash
7 20 (1.15%) JavaScript
8 13 (0.75%) Shell Script
9 8 (0.46%) VBA
10 7 (0.40%) C++
10 7 (0.40%) Go
10 7 (0.40%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.35%) Bicep
11 6 (0.35%) JCL
11 6 (0.35%) Korn
11 6 (0.35%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.29%) Assembly Language
12 5 (0.29%) CLIST
12 5 (0.29%) R
12 5 (0.29%) REXX
Qualifications
1 471 (27.16%) Security Cleared
2 348 (20.07%) SC Cleared
3 180 (10.38%) Degree
4 151 (8.71%) CISSP
5 112 (6.46%) DV Cleared
6 98 (5.65%) CISM
7 94 (5.42%) PMI Certification
8 87 (5.02%) PMP
9 55 (3.17%) CRISC
10 43 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 38 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
12 35 (2.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 35 (2.02%) CISA
13 32 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
14 29 (1.67%) Master's Degree
15 24 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
15 24 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
16 22 (1.27%) AWS Certification
16 22 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 20 (1.15%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (12.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 189 (10.90%) NIST
3 178 (10.27%) GRC
4 110 (6.34%) QA
5 85 (4.90%) GDPR
6 76 (4.38%) Data Quality
7 75 (4.33%) NCSC
8 65 (3.75%) PMO
9 37 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 24 (1.38%) JSP 440
11 22 (1.27%) NIST 800
12 16 (0.92%) Accessibility
13 15 (0.87%) Def Stans
14 14 (0.81%) SLA
15 13 (0.75%) COBIT
15 13 (0.75%) PCI DSS
16 12 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 11 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 11 (0.63%) SOC 2
18 10 (0.58%) ITGC
System Software
1 43 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.27%) Docker
3 13 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.58%) vSphere
5 7 (0.40%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.29%) FreeRADIUS
7 5 (0.29%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.17%) Firmware
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.12%) IAG
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.058%) NFS
10 1 (0.058%) Postfix
10 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 51 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 32 (1.85%) Ansible
3 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.63%) Grafana
5 10 (0.58%) SCCM
6 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.40%) Control-M
8 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.29%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.29%) OMEGAMON
10 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.17%) Argo
11 3 (0.17%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.17%) Kibana
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.17%) Puppet
11 3 (0.17%) QRadar
12 2 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.12%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 274 (15.80%) Microsoft
2 105 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 89 (5.13%) SAP
4 69 (3.98%) Oracle
5 50 (2.88%) Google
6 24 (1.38%) Murex
7 23 (1.33%) Splunk
8 21 (1.21%) VMware
9 20 (1.15%) Salesforce
10 19 (1.10%) Cisco
11 17 (0.98%) Databricks
11 17 (0.98%) IBM
12 16 (0.92%) Qualys
13 13 (0.75%) Ariba
13 13 (0.75%) BeyondTrust
13 13 (0.75%) CyberArk
14 12 (0.69%) Workday
15 11 (0.63%) Foundry
15 11 (0.63%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.63%) Tenable