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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 47 58
Rank change year-on-year -20 +11 +24
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,147 1,171 1,330
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.64% 4.15% 3.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 4.68% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 728 664 910
10th Percentile £384 £388 £411
25th Percentile £458 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £863 £834 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £574 £575
% change year-on-year -4.14% -0.22% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 37 54
10th Percentile £22.16 £26.07 £37.66
25th Percentile £31.69 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.17% - +512.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £94.88 £81.28 £83.41
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -44.17% - +178.55%

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 27,925 25,046 32,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.53% 88.69% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,779 15,429 21,914
10th Percentile £302 £311 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,785 824 1,417
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

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 29 December 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 29 December 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 29 December 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 -5 626 £625 +1.83% 427
North of England -25 163 £492 -8.04% 281
South East -9 152 £514 -8.26% 386
North West -27 84 £490 -1.56% 142
Yorkshire +5 77 £492 -10.55% 121
Midlands -52 76 £475 -17.39% 224
South West -8 68 £575 +17.95% 158
West Midlands -48 50 £500 -13.04% 118
East of England -38 33 £575 +4.07% 166
East Midlands -22 26 £431 -9.26% 96
North East -14 2 £550 -13.73% 18
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 43 (3.75%) Confluence
2 20 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.05%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.87%) SAS
5 9 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.70%) CMS
7 4 (0.35%) CICS
8 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.17%) IIS
8 2 (0.17%) nginx
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.087%) Camunda
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.087%) Tomcat
Applications
1 75 (6.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (3.84%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (3.84%) Microsoft Project
3 37 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.22%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.44%) Trello
6 4 (0.35%) Revit
7 3 (0.26%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.17%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.087%) CANalyzer
9 1 (0.087%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 23 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.61%) Endur
3 7 (0.61%) SAP CO
3 7 (0.61%) SAP FI
3 7 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.35%) Primavera
5 4 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.35%) VisionPLUS
6 3 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.26%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.26%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.17%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.17%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 120 (10.46%) Azure
2 115 (10.03%) AWS
3 58 (5.06%) GCP
4 44 (3.84%) Power Platform
5 29 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (2.27%) Entra ID
7 25 (2.18%) SaaS
8 19 (1.66%) GitHub
9 16 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (0.96%) OCI
12 10 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (0.87%) dbt
13 9 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (0.78%) Google Workspace
14 8 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.70%) OpenShift
15 7 (0.61%) AWS Step Functions
15 7 (0.61%) Miro
16 6 (0.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.40%) Firewall
2 22 (1.92%) Network Security
3 9 (0.78%) Internet
3 9 (0.78%) Kerberos
4 7 (0.61%) LAN
4 7 (0.61%) WAN
4 7 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.52%) VPN
6 5 (0.44%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (0.44%) DNS
6 5 (0.44%) Multicast
6 5 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.35%) 5G
8 3 (0.26%) Broadband
8 3 (0.26%) HTTP
8 3 (0.26%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.26%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.26%) SSL
9 2 (0.17%) DHCP
9 2 (0.17%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.31%) Power BI
2 35 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.83%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.05%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.96%) Metadata
6 11 (0.96%) NoSQL
7 10 (0.87%) Tableau
8 9 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
8 9 (0.78%) Apache Arrow
8 9 (0.78%) Apache Iceberg
8 9 (0.78%) Dremio
9 8 (0.70%) Big Data
9 8 (0.70%) KDB
9 8 (0.70%) Kdb+
10 7 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.61%) MySQL
11 6 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.52%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.44%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 102 (8.89%) JIRA
2 17 (1.48%) Git
3 11 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.78%) SpecFlow
5 6 (0.52%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.44%) GCC
6 5 (0.44%) GDB
6 5 (0.44%) QUnit
7 4 (0.35%) Gradle
7 4 (0.35%) Maven
7 4 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.35%) SonarLint
8 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.17%) GitLab
9 2 (0.17%) Postman
10 1 (0.087%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.087%) CANoe
10 1 (0.087%) MLflow
10 1 (0.087%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.087%) SoapUI
General
1 488 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 475 (41.41%) Finance
3 197 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
4 175 (15.26%) Banking
5 104 (9.07%) Public Sector
6 94 (8.20%) Legal
7 60 (5.23%) Front Office
8 48 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
9 47 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (3.49%) Investment Banking
11 30 (2.62%) Financial Institution
12 24 (2.09%) Retail
13 22 (1.92%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.83%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (1.57%) Law
16 17 (1.48%) Local Government
17 16 (1.39%) Back Office
17 16 (1.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 158 (13.78%) Analyst
2 140 (12.21%) Project Manager
3 120 (10.46%) Senior
4 107 (9.33%) Developer
5 104 (9.07%) Lead
6 96 (8.37%) Consultant
7 86 (7.50%) Architect
8 56 (4.88%) Business Analyst
9 41 (3.57%) Programme Manager
10 38 (3.31%) Senior Developer
11 37 (3.23%) Risk Analyst
12 36 (3.14%) Delivery Manager
12 36 (3.14%) Security Consultant
13 35 (3.05%) Senior Manager
14 34 (2.96%) Security Analyst
15 31 (2.70%) Security Architect
16 28 (2.44%) AWS Developer
16 28 (2.44%) Python Developer
17 27 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
18 26 (2.27%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.01%) Kafka
2 18 (1.57%) NumPy
2 18 (1.57%) Pandas
3 17 (1.48%) REST
4 14 (1.22%) .NET
4 14 (1.22%) AngularJS
4 14 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (1.22%) React
4 14 (1.22%) RESTful
5 13 (1.13%) .NET Framework
5 13 (1.13%) OAuth
6 12 (1.05%) Middleware
6 12 (1.05%) SAML
7 11 (0.96%) XML
8 10 (0.87%) Playwright
9 9 (0.78%) COM
9 9 (0.78%) Dask
9 9 (0.78%) Entity Framework
9 9 (0.78%) NHibernate
9 9 (0.78%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 134 (11.68%) Management Information System
2 61 (5.32%) Product Ownership
3 60 (5.23%) Derivative
3 60 (5.23%) Security Posture
4 49 (4.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 46 (4.01%) Onboarding
6 41 (3.57%) Equities
7 36 (3.14%) Market Risk
8 31 (2.70%) Data Centre
9 30 (2.62%) Fixed Income
10 29 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 28 (2.44%) Credit Risk
12 27 (2.35%) Algorithms
13 26 (2.27%) Cloud Native
14 24 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
15 20 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
16 19 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
17 17 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
17 17 (1.48%) Hedge funds
18 15 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.23%) Linux
2 26 (2.27%) Windows
3 18 (1.57%) Unix
4 5 (0.44%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.26%) VMS
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.087%) Android
7 1 (0.087%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.087%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 286 (24.93%) Agile
3 228 (19.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 222 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 192 (16.74%) Cybersecurity
6 182 (15.87%) Project Management
7 154 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 152 (13.25%) Decision-Making
9 140 (12.21%) Information Security
10 114 (9.94%) Project Delivery
11 103 (8.98%) Migration
12 102 (8.89%) Change Management
13 95 (8.28%) Analytics
14 93 (8.11%) AI
14 93 (8.11%) Roadmaps
15 90 (7.85%) Incident Response
16 86 (7.50%) PRINCE2
17 85 (7.41%) Regulatory Compliance
18 82 (7.15%) Scrum
19 79 (6.89%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 123 (10.72%) Python
2 110 (9.59%) SQL
3 50 (4.36%) Java
4 28 (2.44%) C++
5 26 (2.27%) PowerShell
6 25 (2.18%) C#
7 14 (1.22%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.13%) VBA
9 10 (0.87%) R
10 9 (0.78%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.44%) JCL
12 4 (0.35%) COBOL
12 4 (0.35%) Korn
13 3 (0.26%) Bash
13 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.17%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.17%) Rust
14 2 (0.17%) Scala
14 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.17%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 221 (19.27%) Security Cleared
2 190 (16.56%) Degree
3 163 (14.21%) SC Cleared
4 106 (9.24%) CISSP
5 72 (6.28%) CISM
6 66 (5.75%) PMI Certification
7 63 (5.49%) PMP
8 53 (4.62%) Master's Degree
9 52 (4.53%) DV Cleared
10 31 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 28 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (2.01%) CISA
13 22 (1.92%) CRISC
14 19 (1.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 16 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (1.31%) PhD
17 14 (1.22%) Numerate Degree
18 13 (1.13%) GIAC
19 11 (0.96%) CESG Certified Professional
20 10 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (12.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 140 (12.21%) NIST
3 100 (8.72%) GDPR
4 79 (6.89%) GRC
5 64 (5.58%) QA
6 62 (5.41%) PMO
7 39 (3.40%) PCI DSS
8 31 (2.70%) Data Quality
8 31 (2.70%) NCSC
9 24 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 17 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (1.39%) EU AI Act
12 15 (1.31%) COBIT
13 14 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
13 14 (1.22%) SLA
14 13 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 12 (1.05%) Def Stans
16 11 (0.96%) Accessibility
17 10 (0.87%) Basel III
18 9 (0.78%) RMADS
System Software
1 27 (2.35%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.66%) Docker
3 6 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.087%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.087%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.087%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (1.74%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.57%) Terraform
3 10 (0.87%) Ansible
3 10 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.61%) RSA Archer
5 5 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
5 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.26%) QRadar
7 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.17%) Grafana
7 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.087%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.087%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.087%) Packer
8 1 (0.087%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.087%) SCCM
8 1 (0.087%) TeamSite
8 1 (0.087%) WSUS
Vendors
1 140 (12.21%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.97%) SAP
3 47 (4.10%) ServiceNow
4 44 (3.84%) Oracle
5 26 (2.27%) Google
6 17 (1.48%) Salesforce
6 17 (1.48%) Splunk
7 11 (0.96%) Murex
8 10 (0.87%) Databricks
9 8 (0.70%) CyberArk
9 8 (0.70%) IBM
10 7 (0.61%) ArcSight
10 7 (0.61%) Bloomberg
10 7 (0.61%) Cisco
10 7 (0.61%) Citrix
10 7 (0.61%) LogRhythm
10 7 (0.61%) Solace
11 6 (0.52%) Informatica
12 5 (0.44%) BiZZdesign
12 5 (0.44%) CrowdStrike