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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 48 69
Rank change year-on-year -20 +21 -3
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,565 1,277 997
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.42% 4.63% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 5.10% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,002 811 618
10th Percentile £413 £363 £363
25th Percentile £481 £455 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £575 £577
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% -0.35% -3.83%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £750
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £563 £550 £556
% change year-on-year +2.27% -1.08% -6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 25 23
10th Percentile £24.72 £22.16 £30.35
25th Percentile £46.25 £30.61 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.25% -11.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £87.16 £87.40 £75.32
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £49.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +29.47% -13.91% +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 38,841 25,050 28,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.95% 90.82% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,105 15,945 18,525
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,548 1,450 1,590
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.12
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.87 £18.14
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.45 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% +0.61%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -34 724 £600 -7.69% 1,261
North of England -18 276 £511 +0.37% 225
South East +8 251 £575 +4.55% 308
North West -32 136 £525 +2.68% 132
Yorkshire +2 134 £500 - 69
South West -17 114 £570 -0.87% 161
Midlands -39 102 £575 +22.60% 127
West Midlands -42 81 £550 +10.00% 75
East of England +8 67 £513 -10.87% 92
East Midlands -29 18 £547 +36.07% 51
North East -39 6 £454 -22.77% 28
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 (4.22%) Confluence
2 36 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.64%) SAS
4 4 (0.26%) IIS
4 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.19%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.064%) Appian
7 1 (0.064%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.064%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.064%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.064%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 50 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.02%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.26%) Revit
7 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 3 (0.19%) Windchill
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.064%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.064%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.83%) Endur
3 9 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (0.58%) Primavera
4 7 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.45%) SAP GRC
5 6 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.26%) Actimize
6 4 (0.26%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.26%) Magento
6 4 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.19%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.19%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 226 (14.44%) Azure
2 163 (10.42%) AWS
3 70 (4.47%) GCP
4 56 (3.58%) Power Platform
5 52 (3.32%) Entra ID
5 52 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (2.81%) SaaS
7 31 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
10 21 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
11 19 (1.21%) OCI
12 18 (1.15%) Azure AI
12 18 (1.15%) PaaS
13 15 (0.96%) GitHub
14 12 (0.77%) IaaS
15 11 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
15 11 (0.70%) Serverless
16 10 (0.64%) Copilot Studio
16 10 (0.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.83%) Network Security
2 37 (2.36%) Firewall
3 17 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.02%) DNS
5 15 (0.96%) WAN
6 14 (0.89%) DHCP
6 14 (0.89%) LAN
7 13 (0.83%) 5G
8 11 (0.70%) 4G
9 8 (0.51%) BIG-IP
9 8 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.45%) VPN
11 6 (0.38%) HTTP
11 6 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
12 5 (0.32%) 3G
12 5 (0.32%) Internet
12 5 (0.32%) NAS
12 5 (0.32%) NGFW
12 5 (0.32%) SAN
12 5 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (2.62%) Power BI
2 30 (1.92%) SQL Server
3 28 (1.79%) Metadata
4 16 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.89%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.70%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.64%) RDBMS
8 9 (0.58%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.58%) Oracle Database
8 9 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.45%) Big Data
10 6 (0.38%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.32%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.26%) Oracle Exadata
12 4 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 106 (6.77%) JIRA
2 19 (1.21%) Git
3 16 (1.02%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.77%) Selenium
5 8 (0.51%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.45%) Postman
7 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.38%) WebDriver
7 6 (0.38%) Zephyr
8 5 (0.32%) GitLab
9 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.26%) DbUnit
9 4 (0.26%) jMock
9 4 (0.26%) JUnit
9 4 (0.26%) Maven
9 4 (0.26%) Mockito
9 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.26%) Subversion
9 4 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 601 (38.40%) Social Skills
2 558 (35.65%) Finance
3 242 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
4 177 (11.31%) Public Sector
5 166 (10.61%) Banking
6 116 (7.41%) Legal
7 65 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
8 63 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
9 55 (3.51%) Front Office
10 44 (2.81%) Aerospace
11 40 (2.56%) Telecoms
12 39 (2.49%) Retail
13 37 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
14 35 (2.24%) Financial Institution
15 34 (2.17%) Military
16 32 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
17 30 (1.92%) Manufacturing
18 29 (1.85%) Law
19 27 (1.73%) Investment Banking
20 23 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 210 (13.42%) Lead
2 184 (11.76%) Architect
3 171 (10.93%) Project Manager
4 154 (9.84%) Senior
5 137 (8.75%) Analyst
6 102 (6.52%) Consultant
7 82 (5.24%) Security Architect
8 70 (4.47%) Programme Manager
9 55 (3.51%) Senior Manager
10 53 (3.39%) Developer
11 50 (3.19%) Business Analyst
12 45 (2.88%) Risk Manager
13 43 (2.75%) IT Manager
13 43 (2.75%) Security Consultant
14 39 (2.49%) Delivery Manager
15 37 (2.36%) Security Manager
16 36 (2.30%) Security Engineer
17 31 (1.98%) Solutions Architect
18 27 (1.73%) Senior Project Manager
19 26 (1.66%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.79%) .NET
2 27 (1.73%) REST
3 25 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
4 19 (1.21%) Middleware
5 14 (0.89%) OAuth
6 13 (0.83%) XML
7 12 (0.77%) SAML
8 11 (0.70%) JSON
8 11 (0.70%) Leaflet
8 11 (0.70%) OpenID
8 11 (0.70%) SOAP
9 10 (0.64%) Kafka
9 10 (0.64%) SLSA
10 9 (0.58%) LDAP
10 9 (0.58%) React
11 8 (0.51%) Azure Blueprints
11 8 (0.51%) RESTful
11 8 (0.51%) SailPoint
11 8 (0.51%) Web Services
12 7 (0.45%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 102 (6.52%) Management Information System
2 82 (5.24%) Product Ownership
3 81 (5.18%) Onboarding
4 73 (4.66%) Security Posture
5 66 (4.22%) Cloud Native
6 46 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
7 45 (2.88%) Operational Technology
8 38 (2.43%) Data Centre
9 35 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
10 32 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
11 27 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
12 26 (1.66%) AI Agents
12 26 (1.66%) Market Risk
13 25 (1.60%) Derivative
14 24 (1.53%) NHS
14 24 (1.53%) PMI
15 21 (1.34%) Fixed Income
16 20 (1.28%) Credit Risk
17 19 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 17 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 56 (3.58%) Windows
2 43 (2.75%) Linux
3 27 (1.73%) Unix
4 20 (1.28%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.32%) zOS
7 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.19%) AIX
8 3 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.064%) Android
9 1 (0.064%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 601 (38.40%) Stakeholder Management
2 380 (24.28%) Cybersecurity
3 377 (24.09%) Agile
4 344 (21.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 338 (21.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 240 (15.34%) Decision-Making
7 224 (14.31%) Project Management
8 217 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
9 208 (13.29%) Roadmaps
10 206 (13.16%) AI
11 190 (12.14%) Information Security
12 174 (11.12%) Project Delivery
13 152 (9.71%) Change Management
14 148 (9.46%) Migration
15 145 (9.27%) DevOps
16 128 (8.18%) Analytics
16 128 (8.18%) CI/CD
16 128 (8.18%) PRINCE2
16 128 (8.18%) Vulnerability Management
17 120 (7.67%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 99 (6.33%) Python
2 75 (4.79%) SQL
3 37 (2.36%) Java
4 35 (2.24%) PowerShell
5 29 (1.85%) C#
6 15 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.70%) VBA
8 10 (0.64%) Bash
9 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.38%) Go
10 6 (0.38%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.32%) Bicep
11 5 (0.32%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.26%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.26%) CLIST
12 4 (0.26%) JCL
12 4 (0.26%) REXX
13 3 (0.19%) C
13 3 (0.19%) C++
13 3 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 410 (26.20%) Security Cleared
2 297 (18.98%) SC Cleared
3 160 (10.22%) Degree
4 143 (9.14%) CISSP
5 107 (6.84%) DV Cleared
6 91 (5.81%) CISM
7 79 (5.05%) PMI Certification
8 77 (4.92%) PMP
9 43 (2.75%) CRISC
10 32 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 25 (1.60%) CISA
12 25 (1.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 23 (1.47%) Master's Degree
14 21 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
15 17 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 16 (1.02%) AWS Certification
16 16 (1.02%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 199 (12.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 191 (12.20%) NIST
3 159 (10.16%) GRC
4 100 (6.39%) GDPR
5 86 (5.50%) QA
6 60 (3.83%) NCSC
7 59 (3.77%) PMO
8 55 (3.51%) Data Quality
9 37 (2.36%) JSP 440
10 31 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (1.47%) PCI DSS
12 22 (1.41%) SOC 2
13 21 (1.34%) SLA
14 18 (1.15%) NIST 800
15 15 (0.96%) Accessibility
16 14 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 13 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 12 (0.77%) Def Stans
18 12 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 12 (0.77%) RMADS
System Software
1 35 (2.24%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.83%) Docker
3 9 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (0.26%) Postfix
5 4 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.19%) FreeRADIUS
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.13%) NFS
7 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.064%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (1.92%) Kubernetes
1 30 (1.92%) Terraform
2 24 (1.53%) Ansible
3 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.64%) SCCM
5 8 (0.51%) Grafana
5 8 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.26%) Control-M
7 4 (0.26%) Data Guard
7 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.26%) OMEGAMON
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.19%) CASB
8 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.19%) Puppet
9 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 229 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.50%) ServiceNow
3 71 (4.54%) SAP
4 66 (4.22%) Oracle
5 39 (2.49%) Google
6 19 (1.21%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.09%) Splunk
8 14 (0.89%) Cisco
8 14 (0.89%) Foundry
9 13 (0.83%) Murex
9 13 (0.83%) Workday
10 12 (0.77%) Qualys
11 11 (0.70%) Databricks
11 11 (0.70%) IBM
12 10 (0.64%) VMware
13 9 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (0.58%) F5
13 9 (0.58%) Tenable
14 8 (0.51%) BeyondTrust
14 8 (0.51%) Okta