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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 51 66
Rank change year-on-year -16 +15 -3
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,636 1,240 1,062
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.53% 4.49% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.16% 4.95% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,026 788 629
10th Percentile £406 £363 £384
25th Percentile £480 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £577
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -0.35% -3.83%
75th Percentile £685 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £560 £560
% change year-on-year -1.79% - -5.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 20 25
10th Percentile £24.03 £22.16 £30.57
25th Percentile £46.25 £25.23 £40.00
Median hourly rate £64.09 £50.25 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.54% -12.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80.00 £67.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.23 £87.28 £75.24
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £49.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +29.47% -13.91% +17.35%

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 39,321 25,058 28,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 90.80% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,195 15,905 17,612
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £752
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,661 1,475 1,343
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.27 £14.84
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.83 £20.24
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.03 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.17% -41.51% +1.96%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -26 790 £600 -7.69% 1,919
North of England -9 271 £511 +2.26% 296
South East +10 249 £575 +4.55% 345
North West -18 138 £525 +2.68% 192
Yorkshire +5 127 £500 - 86
South West -18 114 £600 +4.35% 186
Midlands -41 108 £542 +15.62% 194
West Midlands -26 85 £525 +5.00% 116
East of England +5 66 £513 -14.58% 91
East Midlands -27 20 £547 +36.07% 78
North East -45 6 £454 - 23
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 61 (3.73%) Confluence
2 41 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.61%) SAS
4 4 (0.24%) IIS
4 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.061%) Apache
7 1 (0.061%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.061%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.061%) Appian
7 1 (0.061%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.061%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.061%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 60 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.24%) Revit
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.061%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 39 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.86%) Endur
3 11 (0.67%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.49%) Primavera
6 7 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.24%) Actimize
8 4 (0.24%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.24%) Magento
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.24%) Summit
9 3 (0.18%) Findur
9 3 (0.18%) Front Arena
9 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 243 (14.85%) Azure
2 166 (10.15%) AWS
3 70 (4.28%) GCP
4 67 (4.10%) Power Platform
5 57 (3.48%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (2.87%) SaaS
8 30 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
10 24 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
11 21 (1.28%) OCI
12 18 (1.10%) Azure AI
12 18 (1.10%) PaaS
13 17 (1.04%) GitHub
14 12 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (0.73%) IaaS
15 11 (0.67%) Copilot Studio
15 11 (0.67%) PowerApps
15 11 (0.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.42%) Network Security
2 40 (2.44%) Firewall
3 18 (1.10%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.04%) DNS
5 15 (0.92%) WAN
6 14 (0.86%) DHCP
6 14 (0.86%) LAN
7 13 (0.79%) 5G
8 11 (0.67%) 4G
9 8 (0.49%) BIG-IP
10 7 (0.43%) VPN
11 6 (0.37%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (0.37%) Internet
11 6 (0.37%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.31%) 3G
12 5 (0.31%) Wireless
13 4 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
13 4 (0.24%) SAN
13 4 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.12%) Power BI
2 35 (2.14%) Metadata
3 33 (2.02%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.61%) MongoDB
7 10 (0.61%) Oracle Database
8 9 (0.55%) RDBMS
9 8 (0.49%) Big Data
10 7 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.31%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.31%) Tableau
12 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.24%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.24%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.24%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
12 4 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 105 (6.42%) JIRA
2 20 (1.22%) Git
3 17 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.73%) Selenium
5 9 (0.55%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.43%) Postman
7 6 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.37%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.31%) Claude Code
8 5 (0.31%) GitLab
8 5 (0.31%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 4 (0.24%) Subversion
10 3 (0.18%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.18%) DbUnit
10 3 (0.18%) Gradle
10 3 (0.18%) jMock
10 3 (0.18%) JUnit
10 3 (0.18%) Mockito
General
1 648 (39.61%) Social Skills
2 591 (36.12%) Finance
3 271 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
4 196 (11.98%) Public Sector
5 179 (10.94%) Banking
6 125 (7.64%) Legal
7 75 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
8 65 (3.97%) Front Office
8 65 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
9 47 (2.87%) Aerospace
10 44 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
11 39 (2.38%) Manufacturing
11 39 (2.38%) Military
11 39 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 37 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
13 36 (2.20%) Financial Institution
13 36 (2.20%) Retail
14 33 (2.02%) Law
15 32 (1.96%) Investment Banking
16 22 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 216 (13.20%) Lead
2 196 (11.98%) Architect
3 169 (10.33%) Project Manager
4 158 (9.66%) Analyst
5 157 (9.60%) Senior
6 95 (5.81%) Consultant
7 83 (5.07%) Security Architect
8 73 (4.46%) Programme Manager
9 56 (3.42%) Developer
10 54 (3.30%) Business Analyst
11 50 (3.06%) Senior Manager
12 47 (2.87%) IT Manager
13 42 (2.57%) Risk Manager
14 38 (2.32%) Delivery Manager
14 38 (2.32%) Security Consultant
15 34 (2.08%) Security Manager
16 32 (1.96%) Security Engineer
17 31 (1.89%) Risk Analyst
17 31 (1.89%) Solutions Architect
17 31 (1.89%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.26%) Terraform
2 33 (2.02%) .NET
3 29 (1.77%) REST
4 22 (1.34%) Middleware
5 21 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
6 15 (0.92%) Kafka
6 15 (0.92%) OAuth
7 13 (0.79%) XML
8 12 (0.73%) JSON
8 12 (0.73%) SAML
9 11 (0.67%) OpenID
9 11 (0.67%) React
9 11 (0.67%) SLSA
10 10 (0.61%) SailPoint
10 10 (0.61%) SOAP
11 9 (0.55%) LDAP
12 8 (0.49%) Leaflet
12 8 (0.49%) RESTful
12 8 (0.49%) Spring
12 8 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 103 (6.30%) Onboarding
2 99 (6.05%) Management Information System
3 77 (4.71%) Product Ownership
4 72 (4.40%) Security Posture
5 62 (3.79%) Cloud Native
6 50 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
7 45 (2.75%) Operational Technology
8 38 (2.32%) Data Centre
9 37 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
10 31 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
11 30 (1.83%) Market Risk
12 28 (1.71%) AI Agents
13 24 (1.47%) Derivative
14 23 (1.41%) PMI
15 22 (1.34%) Credit Risk
16 21 (1.28%) Data Structures
16 21 (1.28%) Fixed Income
16 21 (1.28%) NHS
17 20 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 60 (3.67%) Windows
2 45 (2.75%) Linux
3 30 (1.83%) Unix
4 20 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.37%) zOS
7 5 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.18%) AIX
9 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.061%) Android
11 1 (0.061%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 660 (40.34%) Stakeholder Management
2 414 (25.31%) Cybersecurity
3 399 (24.39%) Agile
4 365 (22.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 354 (21.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 271 (16.56%) Decision-Making
7 237 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
8 230 (14.06%) Project Management
9 226 (13.81%) AI
10 220 (13.45%) Roadmaps
11 199 (12.16%) Information Security
12 188 (11.49%) Project Delivery
13 155 (9.47%) Migration
14 153 (9.35%) DevOps
15 152 (9.29%) Change Management
16 145 (8.86%) Analytics
17 140 (8.56%) Vulnerability Management
18 135 (8.25%) PRINCE2
19 134 (8.19%) CI/CD
20 122 (7.46%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 114 (6.97%) Python
2 86 (5.26%) SQL
3 37 (2.26%) Java
4 36 (2.20%) PowerShell
5 30 (1.83%) C#
6 17 (1.04%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.73%) Bash
8 11 (0.67%) VBA
9 8 (0.49%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.49%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.43%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.37%) Go
12 5 (0.31%) Bicep
12 5 (0.31%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.24%) Assembly Language
13 4 (0.24%) C++
13 4 (0.24%) CLIST
13 4 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.24%) JCL
13 4 (0.24%) REXX
Qualifications
1 447 (27.32%) Security Cleared
2 324 (19.80%) SC Cleared
3 157 (9.60%) Degree
4 146 (8.92%) CISSP
5 109 (6.66%) DV Cleared
6 94 (5.75%) CISM
7 81 (4.95%) PMI Certification
8 78 (4.77%) PMP
9 48 (2.93%) CRISC
10 40 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 31 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
12 29 (1.77%) CISA
13 28 (1.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 28 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
14 23 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
15 22 (1.34%) Master's Degree
15 22 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 21 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
17 16 (0.98%) AWS Certification
17 16 (0.98%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (12.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 192 (11.74%) NIST
3 171 (10.45%) GRC
4 101 (6.17%) QA
5 98 (5.99%) GDPR
6 65 (3.97%) Data Quality
6 65 (3.97%) PMO
7 64 (3.91%) NCSC
8 34 (2.08%) JSP 440
9 32 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (1.34%) NIST 800
11 18 (1.10%) SOC 2
12 16 (0.98%) Accessibility
12 16 (0.98%) COBIT
12 16 (0.98%) SLA
13 15 (0.92%) Def Stans
13 15 (0.92%) PCI DSS
14 13 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 42 (2.57%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.92%) Docker
3 10 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.31%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
6 4 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
6 4 (0.24%) vSphere
7 3 (0.18%) FreeRADIUS
7 3 (0.18%) Postfix
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.12%) Firmware
8 2 (0.12%) NFS
8 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.061%) IAG
9 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 36 (2.20%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.65%) Ansible
3 11 (0.67%) SCCM
4 10 (0.61%) Grafana
4 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.43%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.37%) Control-M
7 5 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.24%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.24%) OMEGAMON
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.24%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.18%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.18%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.18%) Puppet
10 2 (0.12%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.12%) NSN NetAct
10 2 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 250 (15.28%) Microsoft
2 99 (6.05%) ServiceNow
3 80 (4.89%) SAP
4 62 (3.79%) Oracle
5 36 (2.20%) Google
6 20 (1.22%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.22%) Splunk
7 14 (0.86%) Cisco
7 14 (0.86%) Foundry
8 13 (0.79%) Databricks
8 13 (0.79%) IBM
8 13 (0.79%) Qualys
8 13 (0.79%) VMware
9 11 (0.67%) BeyondTrust
9 11 (0.67%) CyberArk
9 11 (0.67%) Murex
9 11 (0.67%) Workday
10 9 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (0.55%) F5
10 9 (0.55%) Tenable