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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 46 68
Rank change year-on-year -23 +22 -4
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,379 1,120 1,096
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.30% 4.70% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 5.15% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 928 713 732
10th Percentile £410 £370 £363
25th Percentile £479 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £686 £763 £725
90th Percentile £825 £875 £849
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 28 33
10th Percentile £20.27 £44.41 £16.87
25th Percentile £28.00 £47.96 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +28.00% +370.37%
75th Percentile £105.25 £78.37 £60.00
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.19 £69.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% +370.37%

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 35,433 21,759 31,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.85% 91.31% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,494 14,185 20,632
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £512 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.19% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,215 937 2,283
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.43 £28.18 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.76% -22.79% -2.46%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.28 £27.52 £36.00
% change year-on-year +53.64% -23.57% -1.09%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -38 666 £600 -10.51% 433
North of England -10 238 £513 +0.26% 134
South East -9 199 £550 - 162
Yorkshire +2 127 £500 -1.23% 43
North West -8 110 £550 +7.57% 82
Midlands -39 108 £538 +10.26% 78
South West +6 89 £570 +26.67% 66
West Midlands -43 75 £525 +5.00% 47
East of England -7 48 £525 -4.55% 39
East Midlands -20 33 £550 +22.63% 31
North East -36 1 £480 -16.52% 9
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 62 (4.50%) Confluence
2 36 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.65%) SAS
4 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.073%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.073%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.073%) nginx
7 1 (0.073%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.073%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
Applications
1 51 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (3.34%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
4 35 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.36%) Revit
7 4 (0.29%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.29%) Trello
8 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.15%) Windchill
10 1 (0.073%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.073%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 22 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.65%) Endur
3 7 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (0.51%) Summit
4 6 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.44%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.36%) Actimize
6 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.29%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.22%) Findur
7 3 (0.22%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.22%) Primavera
7 3 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 167 (12.11%) Azure
2 130 (9.43%) AWS
3 57 (4.13%) GCP
4 54 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (3.19%) Power Platform
6 37 (2.68%) Entra ID
7 33 (2.39%) SaaS
8 23 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
9 22 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (1.52%) Google Workspace
11 19 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
12 18 (1.31%) Google Sheets
13 17 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (1.23%) PaaS
14 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.80%) GitHub
15 11 (0.80%) OpenShift
16 10 (0.73%) Amazon S3
16 10 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
16 10 (0.73%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.90%) Network Security
2 23 (1.67%) Firewall
3 17 (1.23%) DNS
4 14 (1.02%) DHCP
5 12 (0.87%) BIG-IP
6 11 (0.80%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (0.65%) Structured Cabling
8 7 (0.51%) 5G
9 6 (0.44%) HTTP
9 6 (0.44%) Internet
10 5 (0.36%) 3G
10 5 (0.36%) 4G
10 5 (0.36%) WAN
11 4 (0.29%) LAN
11 4 (0.29%) NAS
11 4 (0.29%) SAN
12 3 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.22%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.22%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.54%) Power BI
2 30 (2.18%) Metadata
3 16 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (0.94%) SQL Server
5 11 (0.80%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.58%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.51%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.44%) Big Data
8 6 (0.44%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.36%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.36%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.36%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.36%) Tableau
10 4 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 113 (8.19%) JIRA
2 11 (0.80%) Git
2 11 (0.80%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.44%) GitLab
4 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket Server
4 4 (0.29%) DbUnit
4 4 (0.29%) jMock
4 4 (0.29%) JUnit
4 4 (0.29%) Maven
4 4 (0.29%) Mockito
4 4 (0.29%) Selenium
4 4 (0.29%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.22%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.15%) MLflow
6 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.073%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.073%) ERwin
7 1 (0.073%) Flyway
7 1 (0.073%) TestRail
General
1 514 (37.27%) Social Skills
2 506 (36.69%) Finance
3 217 (15.74%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (11.09%) Banking
5 147 (10.66%) Public Sector
6 110 (7.98%) Legal
7 46 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
8 44 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
9 33 (2.39%) Financial Institution
9 33 (2.39%) Telecoms
10 30 (2.18%) Retail
11 29 (2.10%) Front Office
11 29 (2.10%) Investment Banking
12 28 (2.03%) Military
13 23 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
14 21 (1.52%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.38%) Law
16 18 (1.31%) Local Government
16 18 (1.31%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 177 (12.84%) Lead
1 177 (12.84%) Project Manager
2 139 (10.08%) Senior
3 138 (10.01%) Architect
4 124 (8.99%) Analyst
5 85 (6.16%) Consultant
6 65 (4.71%) Programme Manager
7 63 (4.57%) Business Analyst
8 58 (4.21%) Developer
9 51 (3.70%) Security Architect
10 47 (3.41%) Senior Manager
11 46 (3.34%) Risk Manager
12 37 (2.68%) Delivery Manager
13 36 (2.61%) Security Consultant
13 36 (2.61%) Security Engineer
14 32 (2.32%) Security Manager
15 30 (2.18%) Risk Analyst
16 28 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
17 26 (1.89%) IT Manager
18 25 (1.81%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (1.31%) REST
3 17 (1.23%) .NET
4 15 (1.09%) Middleware
4 15 (1.09%) XML
5 13 (0.94%) JSON
5 13 (0.94%) Kafka
6 11 (0.80%) Leaflet
7 9 (0.65%) Azure Blueprints
8 8 (0.58%) OAuth
8 8 (0.58%) React
9 7 (0.51%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.51%) LDAP
9 7 (0.51%) OpenID
9 7 (0.51%) RESTful
9 7 (0.51%) SOAP
10 6 (0.44%) J2EE
10 6 (0.44%) JSP
10 6 (0.44%) SAML
10 6 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.25%) Management Information System
2 60 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 57 (4.13%) Onboarding
4 52 (3.77%) Security Posture
5 44 (3.19%) Cloud Native
5 44 (3.19%) Derivative
6 42 (3.05%) Operational Technology
7 41 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
8 39 (2.83%) Data Centre
9 33 (2.39%) Market Risk
10 23 (1.67%) Credit Risk
11 22 (1.60%) AI Agents
11 22 (1.60%) NHS
12 21 (1.52%) Data Structures
12 21 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
13 20 (1.45%) Fixed Income
14 19 (1.38%) Equities
15 18 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 17 (1.23%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 42 (3.05%) Windows
2 31 (2.25%) Linux
3 16 (1.16%) Unix
4 11 (0.80%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.44%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.44%) zOS
6 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (30.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 345 (25.02%) Agile
3 275 (19.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 271 (19.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 259 (18.78%) Cybersecurity
6 234 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
7 226 (16.39%) Project Management
8 205 (14.87%) Decision-Making
9 169 (12.26%) Information Security
10 162 (11.75%) Roadmaps
11 153 (11.09%) Change Management
12 152 (11.02%) AI
13 134 (9.72%) Project Delivery
14 127 (9.21%) Migration
15 123 (8.92%) Analytics
16 121 (8.77%) Regulatory Compliance
17 112 (8.12%) PRINCE2
18 110 (7.98%) Data Protection
19 107 (7.76%) DevOps
20 100 (7.25%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 94 (6.82%) SQL
2 89 (6.45%) Python
3 47 (3.41%) Java
4 29 (2.10%) PowerShell
5 19 (1.38%) C#
6 13 (0.94%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.87%) C++
7 12 (0.87%) VBA
8 7 (0.51%) Bash
8 7 (0.51%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.44%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.36%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.22%) Assembly Language
11 3 (0.22%) CLIST
11 3 (0.22%) JCL
11 3 (0.22%) REXX
12 2 (0.15%) Bicep
12 2 (0.15%) Go
12 2 (0.15%) Korn
12 2 (0.15%) RPG
Qualifications
1 322 (23.35%) Security Cleared
2 232 (16.82%) SC Cleared
3 190 (13.78%) Degree
4 113 (8.19%) CISSP
5 84 (6.09%) CISM
6 76 (5.51%) DV Cleared
7 65 (4.71%) PMP
8 64 (4.64%) PMI Certification
9 41 (2.97%) CRISC
10 31 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 26 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 22 (1.60%) CISA
12 22 (1.60%) Master's Degree
13 20 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 15 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
15 14 (1.02%) GIAC
16 13 (0.94%) CESG Certified Professional
16 13 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 10 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (12.33%) NIST
2 164 (11.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 122 (8.85%) GRC
4 101 (7.32%) GDPR
5 77 (5.58%) PMO
6 68 (4.93%) QA
7 57 (4.13%) Data Quality
8 47 (3.41%) NCSC
9 45 (3.26%) PCI DSS
10 34 (2.47%) JSP 440
11 31 (2.25%) SLA
12 30 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
13 27 (1.96%) SOC 2
14 21 (1.52%) COBIT
14 21 (1.52%) NIST 800
15 16 (1.16%) RMADS
16 15 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 14 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
18 12 (0.87%) Def Stans
19 11 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 28 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.94%) Docker
3 8 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.29%) Postfix
5 4 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.073%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.073%) NFS
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.073%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (1.67%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.02%) Ansible
2 14 (1.02%) Terraform
3 10 (0.73%) SCCM
4 9 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.36%) Control-M
6 5 (0.36%) Grafana
6 5 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.29%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.22%) CASB
8 3 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.22%) Nessus
8 3 (0.22%) OMEGAMON
9 2 (0.15%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.15%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.15%) NSN NetAct
9 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
9 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 186 (13.49%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.66%) ServiceNow
3 65 (4.71%) Oracle
3 65 (4.71%) SAP
4 43 (3.12%) Google
5 21 (1.52%) Salesforce
5 21 (1.52%) Workday
6 20 (1.45%) Murex
7 14 (1.02%) F5
8 12 (0.87%) Cisco
9 11 (0.80%) VMware
10 10 (0.73%) Databricks
10 10 (0.73%) Infoblox
11 9 (0.65%) Remedy
11 9 (0.65%) Splunk
12 8 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (0.51%) Foundry
13 7 (0.51%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.44%) OpenLink
14 6 (0.44%) Qualys