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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 53 58
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +30
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,164 1,198 1,430
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.81% 3.89% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 4.43% 4.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 728 669 978
10th Percentile £363 £399 £413
25th Percentile £458 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -3.36% -0.83%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £875 £827 £838
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 33 55
10th Percentile £22.16 £26.50 £33.19
25th Percentile £29.52 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £73.31
Median % change year-on-year -44.17% -18.16% +45.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.56 £83.40
90th Percentile £94.38 £79.68 £83.41
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £59.19 £73.31
% change year-on-year -43.40% -19.26% +56.16%

All Process and 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 27,380 27,022 34,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.64% 87.64% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,423 16,566 23,536
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.42% -0.14%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,778 979 1,450
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.64
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.15
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -23.79% -24.36% +24.64%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 +1 647 £625 +1.83% 201
North of England -19 167 £500 -9.09% 73
South East -10 144 £530 -5.78% 202
North West -20 95 £475 -11.21% 40
Midlands -44 81 £475 -14.87% 51
South West +3 73 £600 +23.08% 52
Yorkshire +8 70 £500 -6.54% 31
West Midlands -38 56 £538 -6.52% 29
East of England -33 29 £600 +16.50% 27
East Midlands -22 25 £400 -27.27% 22
North East -13 2 £550 -13.73% 2
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 55 (4.73%) Confluence
2 18 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.03%) CMS
5 11 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.77%) SAS
7 4 (0.34%) CICS
8 2 (0.17%) IIS
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.086%) Camunda
9 1 (0.086%) nginx
Applications
1 63 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (3.44%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.20%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.43%) Trello
7 3 (0.26%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.26%) Revit
7 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.17%) GNU Octave
8 2 (0.17%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.086%) CANalyzer
9 1 (0.086%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 29 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.12%) Endur
3 9 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.60%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.60%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.43%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.34%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.34%) Primavera
6 4 (0.34%) VisionPLUS
7 3 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.26%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.26%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.17%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 133 (11.43%) AWS
2 112 (9.62%) Azure
3 62 (5.33%) GCP
4 41 (3.52%) Power Platform
5 27 (2.32%) SaaS
6 25 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (1.72%) GitHub
8 19 (1.63%) Entra ID
9 18 (1.55%) dbt
10 15 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
11 10 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (0.86%) OCI
12 9 (0.77%) Miro
13 8 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (0.69%) PaaS
14 7 (0.60%) AWS Step Functions
14 7 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.52%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.52%) Serverless
15 6 (0.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.78%) Firewall
2 19 (1.63%) Network Security
3 9 (0.77%) WAN
4 8 (0.69%) Multicast
5 7 (0.60%) Kerberos
5 7 (0.60%) LAN
6 6 (0.52%) VPN
7 5 (0.43%) Internet
8 4 (0.34%) 5G
8 4 (0.34%) Broadband
8 4 (0.34%) S/MIME
8 4 (0.34%) SSL
9 3 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
9 3 (0.26%) HTTP
9 3 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.26%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.17%) SSH
11 1 (0.086%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (3.09%) Power BI
3 22 (1.89%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
4 17 (1.46%) Apache Arrow
4 17 (1.46%) Apache Iceberg
4 17 (1.46%) Dremio
5 12 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.03%) NoSQL
6 11 (0.95%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.86%) Tableau
8 9 (0.77%) Metadata
9 8 (0.69%) KDB
9 8 (0.69%) Kdb+
9 8 (0.69%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.60%) Big Data
11 6 (0.52%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.52%) MySQL
11 6 (0.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 107 (9.19%) JIRA
2 21 (1.80%) Git
3 13 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.95%) SpecFlow
5 8 (0.69%) GCC
5 8 (0.69%) GDB
6 7 (0.60%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.43%) Gradle
7 5 (0.43%) Maven
7 5 (0.43%) QUnit
8 4 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.34%) SonarLint
9 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.17%) Postman
9 2 (0.17%) Snyk
10 1 (0.086%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.086%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.086%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.086%) Selenium
10 1 (0.086%) TeamCity
General
1 499 (42.87%) Social Skills
2 498 (42.78%) Finance
3 198 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
4 181 (15.55%) Banking
5 103 (8.85%) Public Sector
6 86 (7.39%) Legal
7 71 (6.10%) Front Office
8 48 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
9 44 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
10 38 (3.26%) Investment Banking
11 30 (2.58%) Telecoms
12 29 (2.49%) Financial Institution
13 28 (2.41%) Manufacturing
14 26 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
15 24 (2.06%) Retail
16 21 (1.80%) Back Office
16 21 (1.80%) Marketing
17 19 (1.63%) Local Government
18 17 (1.46%) Law
19 16 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 164 (14.09%) Analyst
2 136 (11.68%) Project Manager
3 124 (10.65%) Senior
4 121 (10.40%) Developer
5 117 (10.05%) Lead
6 99 (8.51%) Consultant
7 93 (7.99%) Architect
8 58 (4.98%) Business Analyst
9 46 (3.95%) Programme Manager
10 42 (3.61%) Security Consultant
11 37 (3.18%) AWS Developer
12 36 (3.09%) Senior Developer
13 35 (3.01%) Security Architect
14 34 (2.92%) Risk Analyst
14 34 (2.92%) Security Analyst
14 34 (2.92%) Senior Manager
15 33 (2.84%) Delivery Manager
16 31 (2.66%) Python Developer
17 30 (2.58%) IT Manager
17 30 (2.58%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.01%) React
2 34 (2.92%) AngularJS
3 27 (2.32%) NumPy
4 26 (2.23%) .NET
4 26 (2.23%) Pandas
5 25 (2.15%) Kafka
6 24 (2.06%) REST
7 20 (1.72%) RESTful
8 18 (1.55%) Node.js
8 18 (1.55%) SciPy
9 17 (1.46%) Vue
10 15 (1.29%) .NET Framework
11 13 (1.12%) Middleware
12 12 (1.03%) Playwright
13 11 (0.95%) Entity Framework
13 11 (0.95%) NHibernate
13 11 (0.95%) OAuth
14 10 (0.86%) SAML
15 9 (0.77%) COM
15 9 (0.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 144 (12.37%) Management Information System
2 65 (5.58%) Product Ownership
3 59 (5.07%) Security Posture
4 54 (4.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 52 (4.47%) Derivative
6 42 (3.61%) Equities
7 38 (3.26%) Fixed Income
7 38 (3.26%) Onboarding
8 34 (2.92%) Market Risk
9 30 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
10 28 (2.41%) Data Centre
11 27 (2.32%) Cloud Native
11 27 (2.32%) Credit Risk
12 22 (1.89%) Algorithms
12 22 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
13 21 (1.80%) Security Operations Centre
14 20 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
15 16 (1.37%) Hedge funds
16 14 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (3.52%) Linux
2 25 (2.15%) Windows
3 18 (1.55%) Unix
4 5 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.17%) VMS
5 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.086%) Android
6 1 (0.086%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.086%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (26.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 306 (26.29%) Agile
3 245 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 217 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
5 201 (17.27%) Cybersecurity
6 194 (16.67%) Project Management
7 163 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 143 (12.29%) Information Security
9 142 (12.20%) Decision-Making
10 124 (10.65%) Project Delivery
11 116 (9.97%) Change Management
12 112 (9.62%) Migration
13 97 (8.33%) Scrum
14 89 (7.65%) AI
15 88 (7.56%) Incident Response
16 86 (7.39%) Roadmaps
17 85 (7.30%) Analytics
18 81 (6.96%) Computer Science
19 78 (6.70%) Regulatory Compliance
20 73 (6.27%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 134 (11.51%) Python
2 104 (8.93%) SQL
3 67 (5.76%) Java
4 27 (2.32%) TypeScript
5 26 (2.23%) C#
6 24 (2.06%) C++
6 24 (2.06%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.80%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.03%) VBA
9 10 (0.86%) R
10 5 (0.43%) JCL
11 4 (0.34%) COBOL
12 3 (0.26%) Korn
12 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.17%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.17%) Perl
13 2 (0.17%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.17%) Rust
13 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.17%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 221 (18.99%) Security Cleared
2 169 (14.52%) Degree
3 158 (13.57%) SC Cleared
4 107 (9.19%) CISSP
5 69 (5.93%) CISM
6 61 (5.24%) PMI Certification
7 60 (5.15%) PMP
8 59 (5.07%) DV Cleared
9 52 (4.47%) Master's Degree
10 33 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
12 25 (2.15%) CISA
13 19 (1.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 18 (1.55%) CRISC
15 15 (1.29%) PhD
16 13 (1.12%) CESG Certified Professional
16 13 (1.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 12 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
18 10 (0.86%) GIAC
19 8 (0.69%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (13.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 149 (12.80%) NIST
3 95 (8.16%) GDPR
4 77 (6.62%) GRC
5 66 (5.67%) QA
6 57 (4.90%) PMO
7 35 (3.01%) PCI DSS
8 31 (2.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 30 (2.58%) NCSC
10 26 (2.23%) Data Quality
11 17 (1.46%) RMADS
12 16 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
13 15 (1.29%) Accessibility
14 14 (1.20%) EU AI Act
14 14 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 14 (1.20%) NIST 800
14 14 (1.20%) SLA
15 13 (1.12%) COBIT
16 12 (1.03%) Def Stans
17 9 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 24 (2.06%) Docker
2 23 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.086%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.086%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.086%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (1.80%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.72%) Terraform
3 15 (1.29%) Ansible
4 9 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.60%) RSA Archer
6 6 (0.52%) QRadar
7 5 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.17%) Grafana
9 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.086%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.086%) Consul
10 1 (0.086%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.086%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.086%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.086%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.086%) Packer
10 1 (0.086%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 136 (11.68%) Microsoft
2 70 (6.01%) SAP
3 61 (5.24%) ServiceNow
4 31 (2.66%) Oracle
5 21 (1.80%) Splunk
6 18 (1.55%) Google
6 18 (1.55%) Salesforce
7 10 (0.86%) Cisco
7 10 (0.86%) Databricks
7 10 (0.86%) Solace
8 9 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (0.69%) CyberArk
9 8 (0.69%) IBM
10 7 (0.60%) ArcSight
10 7 (0.60%) Bloomberg
10 7 (0.60%) Citrix
10 7 (0.60%) LogRhythm
11 6 (0.52%) BiZZdesign
12 5 (0.43%) Ariba
12 5 (0.43%) Informatica