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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 50 64
Rank change year-on-year -17 +14 +2
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,302 1,051 1,203
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.42% 4.33% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 4.77% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 651 820
10th Percentile £407 £363 £394
25th Percentile £474 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -9.27%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £725
90th Percentile £838 £838 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 35 34
10th Percentile £19.86 £28.79 £15.73
25th Percentile £36.00 £46.30 £35.33
Median hourly rate £74.31 £61.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +6.95% +440.92%
75th Percentile £100.00 £78.38 £61.25
90th Percentile £107.00 £84.43 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £74.31 £61.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +20.83% +22.99% +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 32,752 22,033 32,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.09% 90.76% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,983 14,520 21,608
10th Percentile £313 £312 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,011 860 2,165
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.34 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% -1.91% -10.48%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -20 660 £600 -4.00% 260
North of England -7 215 £520 +1.58% 112
South East -6 196 £543 -5.65% 145
North West -6 111 £540 +8.00% 65
Midlands -37 108 £537 +6.97% 70
Yorkshire -4 103 £500 -1.23% 39
West Midlands -35 75 £525 - 56
South West -4 62 £560 +17.89% 37
East of England -30 36 £525 -0.94% 31
East Midlands -31 33 £550 +22.22% 14
North East -24 1 - - 8
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 67 (5.15%) Confluence
2 22 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.54%) SAS
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.077%) CMS
8 1 (0.077%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.077%) IIS
8 1 (0.077%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.077%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
Applications
1 61 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.84%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.08%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.31%) Trello
7 2 (0.15%) Revit
7 2 (0.15%) Windchill
8 1 (0.077%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.077%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 14 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.61%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.46%) Summit
6 5 (0.38%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.38%) Primavera
7 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.23%) Endur
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.23%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.15%) Findur
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.15%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 149 (11.44%) Azure
2 129 (9.91%) AWS
3 49 (3.76%) GCP
4 44 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (3.38%) Power Platform
5 31 (2.38%) Entra ID
6 28 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
7 24 (1.84%) SaaS
8 22 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (1.61%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (1.38%) Google Sheets
11 15 (1.15%) GitHub
11 15 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (0.84%) OCI
14 9 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (0.69%) OpenShift
15 8 (0.61%) Amazon S3
15 8 (0.61%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.76%) Network Security
2 26 (2.00%) Firewall
3 12 (0.92%) DNS
4 9 (0.69%) DHCP
4 9 (0.69%) Internet
4 9 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
6 7 (0.54%) BIG-IP
6 7 (0.54%) HTTP
7 6 (0.46%) 5G
7 6 (0.46%) Kerberos
8 5 (0.38%) LAN
8 5 (0.38%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.38%) WAN
9 4 (0.31%) Cisco IPT
9 4 (0.31%) SAN
10 3 (0.23%) Broadband
10 3 (0.23%) NAS
10 3 (0.23%) NGFW
10 3 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.61%) Power BI
2 23 (1.77%) Metadata
3 19 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.84%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.61%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.54%) Tableau
9 6 (0.46%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.38%) Big Data
10 5 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.31%) Data Mart
11 4 (0.31%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.23%) KDB
12 3 (0.23%) Kdb+
12 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 129 (9.91%) JIRA
2 15 (1.15%) Git
3 9 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.38%) GitLab
5 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.15%) DbUnit
6 2 (0.15%) jMock
6 2 (0.15%) JUnit
6 2 (0.15%) Maven
6 2 (0.15%) Mockito
6 2 (0.15%) Selenium
6 2 (0.15%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.077%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.077%) Flyway
7 1 (0.077%) GCC
7 1 (0.077%) GDB
7 1 (0.077%) MLflow
General
1 502 (38.56%) Social Skills
2 486 (37.33%) Finance
3 222 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (13.29%) Banking
5 130 (9.98%) Public Sector
6 106 (8.14%) Legal
7 46 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
8 42 (3.23%) Front Office
9 37 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (2.76%) Financial Institution
10 36 (2.76%) Investment Banking
11 32 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.38%) Retail
13 26 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
14 22 (1.69%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.46%) Military
16 18 (1.38%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.38%) Marketing
17 17 (1.31%) Law
18 16 (1.23%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 169 (12.98%) Project Manager
2 157 (12.06%) Lead
3 140 (10.75%) Analyst
4 137 (10.52%) Senior
5 113 (8.68%) Architect
6 105 (8.06%) Consultant
7 70 (5.38%) Developer
8 64 (4.92%) Business Analyst
8 64 (4.92%) Programme Manager
9 52 (3.99%) Security Architect
10 46 (3.53%) Senior Manager
11 44 (3.38%) Security Consultant
12 42 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
13 40 (3.07%) Risk Manager
14 33 (2.53%) Risk Analyst
14 33 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
15 30 (2.30%) Senior Developer
16 29 (2.23%) Security Engineer
17 26 (2.00%) Security Manager
18 24 (1.84%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (1.46%) REST
3 17 (1.31%) Kafka
4 14 (1.08%) .NET
5 13 (1.00%) XML
6 11 (0.84%) OAuth
7 10 (0.77%) Leaflet
7 10 (0.77%) Middleware
8 9 (0.69%) COM
8 9 (0.69%) Dask
8 9 (0.69%) NumPy
8 9 (0.69%) Pandas
8 9 (0.69%) SAML
9 7 (0.54%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.54%) PyTorch
9 7 (0.54%) RESTful
10 6 (0.46%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.46%) JSON
10 6 (0.46%) OpenID
10 6 (0.46%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 123 (9.45%) Management Information System
2 66 (5.07%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.61%) Derivative
3 60 (4.61%) Security Posture
4 49 (3.76%) Onboarding
5 41 (3.15%) Cloud Native
6 35 (2.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 35 (2.69%) Market Risk
7 34 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
8 33 (2.53%) Equities
9 32 (2.46%) Data Centre
10 27 (2.07%) Operational Technology
11 24 (1.84%) Credit Risk
12 23 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.61%) Algorithms
14 20 (1.54%) Fixed Income
15 19 (1.46%) NHS
16 17 (1.31%) AI Agents
16 17 (1.31%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 30 (2.30%) Windows
2 25 (1.92%) Linux
3 13 (1.00%) Unix
4 7 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.31%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.23%) VMS
6 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.23%) zOS
7 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.077%) Android
8 1 (0.077%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (29.80%) Stakeholder Management
2 324 (24.88%) Agile
3 260 (19.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 246 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
5 224 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 218 (16.74%) Cybersecurity
7 213 (16.36%) Project Management
8 176 (13.52%) Decision-Making
9 159 (12.21%) Information Security
10 147 (11.29%) Roadmaps
11 145 (11.14%) Change Management
12 132 (10.14%) Project Delivery
13 126 (9.68%) AI
14 120 (9.22%) Regulatory Compliance
15 119 (9.14%) Analytics
16 117 (8.99%) Migration
17 106 (8.14%) Data Protection
17 106 (8.14%) PRINCE2
18 95 (7.30%) Scrum
19 90 (6.91%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 117 (8.99%) SQL
2 105 (8.06%) Python
3 49 (3.76%) Java
4 32 (2.46%) PowerShell
5 21 (1.61%) C++
6 20 (1.54%) C#
7 16 (1.23%) VBA
8 8 (0.61%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.38%) Bash
9 5 (0.38%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.31%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.23%) Korn
11 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.23%) Perl
12 2 (0.15%) R
12 2 (0.15%) RPG
12 2 (0.15%) Rust
12 2 (0.15%) Scala
12 2 (0.15%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 287 (22.04%) Security Cleared
2 212 (16.28%) SC Cleared
3 208 (15.98%) Degree
4 112 (8.60%) CISSP
5 79 (6.07%) CISM
6 71 (5.45%) DV Cleared
6 71 (5.45%) PMI Certification
6 71 (5.45%) PMP
7 37 (2.84%) CRISC
7 37 (2.84%) Master's Degree
8 29 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (1.46%) CISA
11 14 (1.08%) CESG Certified Professional
11 14 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
12 12 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 12 (0.92%) PhD
12 12 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 11 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (0.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (13.21%) NIST
2 164 (12.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 115 (8.83%) GRC
4 112 (8.60%) GDPR
5 84 (6.45%) PMO
6 68 (5.22%) QA
7 51 (3.92%) PCI DSS
8 46 (3.53%) Data Quality
9 41 (3.15%) NCSC
10 27 (2.07%) SLA
11 26 (2.00%) SOC 2
12 24 (1.84%) JSP 440
13 22 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 20 (1.54%) COBIT
14 20 (1.54%) NIST 800
15 18 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
16 17 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 15 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (1.15%) RMADS
18 11 (0.84%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 26 (2.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.69%) Docker
3 7 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.15%) Postfix
7 1 (0.077%) NFS
7 1 (0.077%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.077%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.077%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (1.38%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.15%) Terraform
3 13 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.69%) SCCM
5 8 (0.61%) Ansible
5 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.23%) CASB
6 3 (0.23%) Control-M
6 3 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.23%) QRadar
7 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.15%) Grafana
7 2 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.15%) Nessus
7 2 (0.15%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
7 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 159 (12.21%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.15%) Oracle
3 62 (4.76%) ServiceNow
4 48 (3.69%) SAP
5 42 (3.23%) Google
6 22 (1.69%) Murex
7 18 (1.38%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.38%) Workday
8 11 (0.84%) Splunk
9 9 (0.69%) Cisco
9 9 (0.69%) Databricks
9 9 (0.69%) F5
9 9 (0.69%) VMware
10 8 (0.61%) Foundry
10 8 (0.61%) Informatica
11 7 (0.54%) CyberArk
11 7 (0.54%) IBM
11 7 (0.54%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.46%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.38%) Charles River