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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 51 63
Rank change year-on-year -18 +12 +4
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,297 1,048 1,213
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.42% 4.32% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.96% 4.76% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 863 647 825
10th Percentile £407 £363 £400
25th Percentile £474 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -10.00%
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 35 35 36
10th Percentile £20.05 £28.79 £15.88
25th Percentile £38.00 £46.30 £36.00
Median hourly rate £74.68 £61.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +21.44% +4.67% +452.68%
75th Percentile £102.63 £78.38 £73.04
90th Percentile £107.00 £84.43 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £74.68 £61.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +21.44% +6.95% +440.92%

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 32,731 22,028 32,675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.21% 90.81% 86.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,968 14,519 21,584
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £614 £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 1,997 852 2,159
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.66 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -1.05% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.10 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -9.72%

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 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 28 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 28 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 -21 664 £600 -4.00% 260
North of England -8 212 £520 +1.58% 112
South East -12 192 £550 -4.35% 145
Midlands -43 109 £537 +6.97% 70
North West -7 108 £540 +8.00% 65
Yorkshire -3 103 £500 -1.23% 39
West Midlands -35 76 £525 - 56
South West -3 60 £550 +14.29% 37
East of England -26 35 £518 -2.36% 31
East Midlands -27 33 £550 +22.22% 14
North East -22 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 68 (5.24%) Confluence
2 24 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.93%) 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 (4.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (3.93%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (2.08%) 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 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.62%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.46%) Primavera
5 6 (0.46%) Summit
6 5 (0.39%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.31%) Endur
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.23%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.15%) Actimize
9 2 (0.15%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 148 (11.41%) Azure
2 128 (9.87%) AWS
3 50 (3.86%) GCP
4 44 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (3.39%) Power Platform
5 31 (2.39%) Entra ID
6 28 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
7 24 (1.85%) SaaS
8 22 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (1.62%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (1.39%) Google Sheets
11 15 (1.16%) GitHub
11 15 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (0.85%) OCI
14 10 (0.77%) OpenShift
15 9 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (0.62%) Amazon S3
16 8 (0.62%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.78%) Network Security
2 28 (2.16%) Firewall
3 10 (0.77%) DNS
3 10 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (0.69%) Internet
4 9 (0.69%) Kerberos
5 8 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
6 7 (0.54%) DHCP
6 7 (0.54%) HTTP
7 6 (0.46%) 5G
8 5 (0.39%) BIG-IP
8 5 (0.39%) LAN
8 5 (0.39%) 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%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.62%) Power BI
2 22 (1.70%) Metadata
3 19 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.00%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.93%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.62%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.46%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.46%) Tableau
9 5 (0.39%) Big Data
9 5 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.39%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.31%) Data Mart
10 4 (0.31%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.31%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.23%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.23%) KDB
Development Applications
1 130 (10.02%) JIRA
2 15 (1.16%) Git
3 9 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.39%) 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%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.077%) Appium
7 1 (0.077%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.077%) Flyway
7 1 (0.077%) Liquibase
General
1 500 (38.55%) Social Skills
2 491 (37.86%) Finance
3 220 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
4 171 (13.18%) Banking
5 128 (9.87%) Public Sector
6 104 (8.02%) Legal
7 50 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
8 42 (3.24%) Front Office
9 38 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (2.78%) Financial Institution
10 36 (2.78%) Investment Banking
11 32 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.39%) Retail
13 26 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
14 22 (1.70%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.46%) Military
16 18 (1.39%) Marketing
17 17 (1.31%) Manufacturing
18 16 (1.23%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.23%) Law
Job Titles
1 169 (13.03%) Project Manager
2 155 (11.95%) Lead
3 138 (10.64%) Analyst
4 135 (10.41%) Senior
5 110 (8.48%) Architect
6 105 (8.10%) Consultant
7 72 (5.55%) Developer
8 64 (4.93%) Programme Manager
9 63 (4.86%) Business Analyst
10 51 (3.93%) Security Architect
11 46 (3.55%) Senior Manager
12 45 (3.47%) Security Consultant
13 43 (3.32%) Delivery Manager
14 40 (3.08%) Risk Manager
15 33 (2.54%) Risk Analyst
16 32 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (2.31%) Senior Developer
18 29 (2.24%) Security Engineer
19 25 (1.93%) Security Manager
20 23 (1.77%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (1.39%) REST
3 17 (1.31%) Kafka
4 14 (1.08%) .NET
4 14 (1.08%) OAuth
5 13 (1.00%) XML
6 12 (0.93%) SAML
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
9 8 (0.62%) .NET Framework
9 8 (0.62%) Leaflet
10 7 (0.54%) PyTorch
10 7 (0.54%) RESTful
11 6 (0.46%) LDAP
11 6 (0.46%) OpenID
11 6 (0.46%) scikit-learn
11 6 (0.46%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 128 (9.87%) Management Information System
2 68 (5.24%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.63%) Derivative
3 60 (4.63%) Security Posture
4 48 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 40 (3.08%) Cloud Native
6 35 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 35 (2.70%) Market Risk
7 33 (2.54%) Equities
8 32 (2.47%) Data Centre
8 32 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
9 26 (2.00%) Operational Technology
10 24 (1.85%) Credit Risk
11 23 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 23 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.62%) Algorithms
13 20 (1.54%) Fixed Income
14 18 (1.39%) NHS
15 17 (1.31%) Hedge funds
16 16 (1.23%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.24%) Windows
2 26 (2.00%) Linux
3 13 (1.00%) Unix
4 7 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
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%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (29.76%) Stakeholder Management
2 324 (24.98%) Agile
3 259 (19.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 246 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
5 222 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 212 (16.35%) Cybersecurity
7 207 (15.96%) Project Management
8 176 (13.57%) Decision-Making
9 158 (12.18%) Information Security
10 146 (11.26%) Roadmaps
11 140 (10.79%) Change Management
12 129 (9.95%) Project Delivery
13 122 (9.41%) AI
14 118 (9.10%) Regulatory Compliance
15 117 (9.02%) Analytics
16 116 (8.94%) Migration
17 107 (8.25%) PRINCE2
18 103 (7.94%) Data Protection
19 95 (7.32%) Scrum
20 90 (6.94%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 117 (9.02%) SQL
2 102 (7.86%) Python
3 50 (3.86%) Java
4 31 (2.39%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.70%) C#
6 21 (1.62%) C++
7 14 (1.08%) VBA
8 6 (0.46%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.39%) Bash
9 5 (0.39%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.31%) Korn
11 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.23%) Perl
11 3 (0.23%) TypeScript
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
1 284 (21.90%) Security Cleared
2 211 (16.27%) Degree
3 209 (16.11%) SC Cleared
4 113 (8.71%) CISSP
5 81 (6.25%) CISM
6 72 (5.55%) PMI Certification
6 72 (5.55%) PMP
7 70 (5.40%) DV Cleared
8 38 (2.93%) Master's Degree
9 36 (2.78%) CRISC
10 28 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 23 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.46%) CISA
13 15 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
14 14 (1.08%) CESG Certified Professional
14 14 (1.08%) PhD
15 12 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 12 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 11 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (12.72%) NIST
2 158 (12.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 111 (8.56%) GRC
4 108 (8.33%) GDPR
5 84 (6.48%) PMO
6 67 (5.17%) QA
7 51 (3.93%) PCI DSS
8 45 (3.47%) Data Quality
9 41 (3.16%) NCSC
10 27 (2.08%) SLA
11 22 (1.70%) JSP 440
11 22 (1.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 22 (1.70%) SOC 2
12 20 (1.54%) COBIT
12 20 (1.54%) NIST 800
13 18 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
14 17 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 15 (1.16%) RMADS
16 14 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
17 11 (0.85%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 26 (2.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.77%) Docker
3 7 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.39%) 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 20 (1.54%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.23%) Terraform
3 15 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.69%) SCCM
5 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.54%) Ansible
7 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.23%) CASB
7 3 (0.23%) Control-M
7 3 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.23%) QRadar
8 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.15%) Grafana
8 2 (0.15%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.15%) Nessus
8 2 (0.15%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
8 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 157 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 68 (5.24%) Oracle
3 59 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 49 (3.78%) SAP
5 42 (3.24%) Google
6 22 (1.70%) Murex
7 18 (1.39%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.39%) Workday
8 10 (0.77%) Cisco
8 10 (0.77%) Splunk
9 9 (0.69%) Databricks
9 9 (0.69%) VMware
10 8 (0.62%) Informatica
11 7 (0.54%) CyberArk
11 7 (0.54%) F5
11 7 (0.54%) Foundry
11 7 (0.54%) IBM
11 7 (0.54%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.46%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.39%) Ariba