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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 50 60
Rank change year-on-year -14 +10 +12
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,231 1,076 1,295
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.56% 4.17% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 4.64% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 798 609 879
10th Percentile £401 £366 £406
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% -7.26%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £700
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 37 52
10th Percentile £22.90 £26.07 £33.63
25th Percentile £33.50 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £43.86 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.90% - +464.44%
75th Percentile £96.88 £74.75 £83.40
90th Percentile £107.00 £81.28 -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £61.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year -11.37% +4.67% +452.68%

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 30,243 23,214 32,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.45% 89.92% 87.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,352 14,394 21,863
10th Percentile £311 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 1,888 728 2,002
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.32
25th Percentile £18.24 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.89 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.04% - -
75th Percentile £60.61 £65.00 £61.04
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.33 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% -

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 18 February 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 -10 679 £600 -4.00% 187
South East -10 175 £525 -8.70% 157
North of England -25 164 £500 -4.76% 74
Midlands -46 97 £539 +1.13% 57
North West -35 83 £504 +6.67% 47
Yorkshire 0 79 £492 -8.04% 24
West Midlands -45 62 £525 -12.50% 40
South West -16 53 £513 +5.13% 42
East Midlands -22 35 £550 +19.57% 17
East of England -36 33 £525 -4.98% 30
North East -21 2 £550 -4.35% 3
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 51 (4.14%) Confluence
2 22 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.89%) SAS
5 10 (0.81%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.16%) nginx
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.081%) Camunda
8 1 (0.081%) CMS
8 1 (0.081%) IIS
8 1 (0.081%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.081%) Tomcat
Applications
1 70 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (4.39%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (1.06%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.32%) Revit
8 3 (0.24%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.24%) Trello
9 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.16%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 17 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.57%) Loan IQ
4 5 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.41%) Primavera
4 5 (0.41%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.32%) Endur
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.32%) Summit
6 3 (0.24%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.24%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.16%) Actimize
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.16%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.16%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 135 (10.97%) Azure
2 115 (9.34%) AWS
3 51 (4.14%) GCP
4 45 (3.66%) Power Platform
5 38 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (2.52%) Entra ID
7 27 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
7 27 (2.19%) SaaS
8 24 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
9 20 (1.62%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.46%) Google Sheets
11 15 (1.22%) GitHub
12 11 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.65%) Collibra
14 8 (0.65%) OCI
14 8 (0.65%) OpenShift
15 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.33%) Firewall
2 27 (2.19%) Network Security
3 9 (0.73%) Internet
3 9 (0.73%) Kerberos
4 8 (0.65%) DNS
5 7 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.49%) LAN
6 6 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (0.49%) WAN
7 5 (0.41%) Cisco IPT
7 5 (0.41%) DHCP
7 5 (0.41%) VPN
8 4 (0.32%) 5G
8 4 (0.32%) BIG-IP
9 3 (0.24%) Broadband
9 3 (0.24%) HTTP
9 3 (0.24%) Multicast
9 3 (0.24%) S/MIME
9 3 (0.24%) SSL
10 2 (0.16%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.09%) Power BI
2 24 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (1.14%) Metadata
4 14 (1.14%) SQL Server
5 12 (0.97%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.65%) Tableau
7 7 (0.57%) KDB
7 7 (0.57%) Kdb+
8 5 (0.41%) Big Data
8 5 (0.41%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.32%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.32%) Apache Arrow
9 4 (0.32%) Apache Iceberg
9 4 (0.32%) Data Mart
9 4 (0.32%) Dremio
9 4 (0.32%) MS Access
9 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.32%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 112 (9.10%) JIRA
2 11 (0.89%) Git
3 8 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.57%) SpecFlow
5 4 (0.32%) GitLab
5 4 (0.32%) QUnit
6 3 (0.24%) GCC
6 3 (0.24%) GDB
6 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.16%) Postman
8 1 (0.081%) Appium
8 1 (0.081%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.081%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.081%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.081%) JMeter
8 1 (0.081%) MLflow
8 1 (0.081%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.081%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.081%) SonarQube
General
1 510 (41.43%) Social Skills
2 486 (39.48%) Finance
3 215 (17.47%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (14.13%) Banking
5 112 (9.10%) Public Sector
6 99 (8.04%) Legal
7 56 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
8 51 (4.14%) Front Office
9 47 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
10 42 (3.41%) Investment Banking
11 35 (2.84%) Financial Institution
12 30 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (2.03%) Retail
14 22 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (1.54%) Military
16 18 (1.46%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.38%) Manufacturing
18 16 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (1.30%) Law
19 15 (1.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 157 (12.75%) Analyst
2 142 (11.54%) Project Manager
3 139 (11.29%) Lead
4 131 (10.64%) Senior
5 93 (7.55%) Architect
6 92 (7.47%) Consultant
7 86 (6.99%) Developer
8 64 (5.20%) Business Analyst
9 61 (4.96%) Programme Manager
10 41 (3.33%) Senior Manager
11 40 (3.25%) Security Architect
12 39 (3.17%) Risk Analyst
13 38 (3.09%) Delivery Manager
14 35 (2.84%) Risk Manager
14 35 (2.84%) Senior Developer
15 34 (2.76%) Security Consultant
16 30 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
17 26 (2.11%) Java Developer
17 26 (2.11%) Security Analyst
17 26 (2.11%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.87%) Kafka
2 17 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
2 17 (1.38%) REST
3 15 (1.22%) .NET
4 14 (1.14%) Middleware
4 14 (1.14%) OAuth
5 13 (1.06%) NumPy
5 13 (1.06%) Pandas
6 12 (0.97%) SAML
7 11 (0.89%) .NET Framework
7 11 (0.89%) XML
8 9 (0.73%) COM
8 9 (0.73%) Dask
8 9 (0.73%) React
9 8 (0.65%) Playwright
10 7 (0.57%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.57%) Entity Framework
10 7 (0.57%) NHibernate
11 6 (0.49%) LDAP
11 6 (0.49%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 133 (10.80%) Management Information System
2 65 (5.28%) Derivative
3 59 (4.79%) Security Posture
4 56 (4.55%) Product Ownership
5 49 (3.98%) Onboarding
6 44 (3.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 40 (3.25%) Market Risk
8 39 (3.17%) Equities
9 30 (2.44%) Cloud Native
9 30 (2.44%) Credit Risk
10 29 (2.36%) Algorithms
10 29 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
10 29 (2.36%) Fixed Income
11 28 (2.27%) Data Centre
12 27 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 23 (1.87%) Operational Technology
14 21 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
15 18 (1.46%) Data Structures
16 17 (1.38%) Hedge funds
17 16 (1.30%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 35 (2.84%) Linux
2 27 (2.19%) Windows
3 17 (1.38%) Unix
4 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.24%) VMS
4 3 (0.24%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.24%) zOS
5 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.081%) Android
6 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.081%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (27.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 281 (22.83%) Agile
3 249 (20.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 228 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 202 (16.41%) Cybersecurity
6 190 (15.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 190 (15.43%) Project Management
7 166 (13.48%) Decision-Making
8 159 (12.92%) Information Security
9 127 (10.32%) Change Management
10 120 (9.75%) Roadmaps
11 113 (9.18%) Analytics
12 112 (9.10%) Regulatory Compliance
13 110 (8.94%) Migration
14 106 (8.61%) AI
15 105 (8.53%) Project Delivery
16 93 (7.55%) PRINCE2
17 89 (7.23%) Data Protection
18 84 (6.82%) Scrum
19 81 (6.58%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 126 (10.24%) SQL
2 114 (9.26%) Python
3 49 (3.98%) Java
4 29 (2.36%) PowerShell
5 27 (2.19%) C++
6 24 (1.95%) C#
7 16 (1.30%) VBA
8 12 (0.97%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.57%) R
10 5 (0.41%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.32%) Korn
11 4 (0.32%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.24%) Bash
12 3 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.16%) Perl
13 2 (0.16%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.16%) RPG
13 2 (0.16%) Rust
13 2 (0.16%) Scala
13 2 (0.16%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 251 (20.39%) Security Cleared
2 217 (17.63%) Degree
3 189 (15.35%) SC Cleared
4 105 (8.53%) CISSP
5 78 (6.34%) CISM
6 63 (5.12%) PMI Certification
7 61 (4.96%) DV Cleared
8 58 (4.71%) PMP
9 55 (4.47%) Master's Degree
10 36 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 32 (2.60%) CRISC
12 28 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.79%) CISA
14 20 (1.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 16 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (1.22%) Numerate Degree
16 15 (1.22%) PhD
17 10 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 9 (0.73%) CESG Certified Professional
18 9 (0.73%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (13.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 156 (12.67%) NIST
3 110 (8.94%) GRC
4 102 (8.29%) GDPR
5 71 (5.77%) PMO
6 66 (5.36%) QA
7 48 (3.90%) PCI DSS
8 39 (3.17%) Data Quality
9 34 (2.76%) NCSC
10 24 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 19 (1.54%) COBIT
11 19 (1.54%) NIST 800
12 18 (1.46%) Def Stans
12 18 (1.46%) SLA
12 18 (1.46%) SOC 2
13 16 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
13 16 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
14 15 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 13 (1.06%) EU AI Act
16 10 (0.81%) RMADS
System Software
1 31 (2.52%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.97%) Docker
3 9 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.081%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.081%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.081%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.22%) Terraform
3 13 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.57%) Ansible
5 7 (0.57%) SCCM
6 5 (0.41%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.32%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.24%) QRadar
9 2 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.16%) Grafana
9 2 (0.16%) Nessus
9 2 (0.16%) OpenVAS
9 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.081%) Control-M
10 1 (0.081%) OMEGAMON
10 1 (0.081%) Packer
10 1 (0.081%) WSUS
Vendors
1 153 (12.43%) Microsoft
2 55 (4.47%) ServiceNow
3 53 (4.31%) Oracle
4 50 (4.06%) SAP
5 39 (3.17%) Google
6 19 (1.54%) Murex
7 15 (1.22%) Salesforce
8 11 (0.89%) Splunk
8 11 (0.89%) Workday
9 10 (0.81%) Cisco
9 10 (0.81%) Citrix
10 9 (0.73%) Databricks
11 8 (0.65%) CyberArk
11 8 (0.65%) Informatica
12 7 (0.57%) F5
12 7 (0.57%) IBM
12 7 (0.57%) VMware
13 6 (0.49%) Ariba
13 6 (0.49%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.49%) OpenAI