Risk Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Risk Manager
UK > England

The median Risk Manager daily rate in England is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 471 496
Rank change year-on-year -4 +25 +147
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Manager 42 64 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.20% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.21% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 44 82
10th Percentile £375 £469 £455
25th Percentile £411 £488 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £610 £725
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% -15.86% +20.83%
75th Percentile £694 £733 £1,000
90th Percentile £726 £775 -
UK median daily rate £525 £563 £725
% change year-on-year -6.67% -22.41% +20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.75
Median hourly rate - - £31.50
75th Percentile - - £32.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £31.50
% change year-on-year - - -47.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,311 30,326 39,794
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 92.98% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,332 18,630 27,806
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.42% -0.14%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,391 1,389 1,386
10th Percentile £13.75 £15.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.31 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.52
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -1.13% +75.06%
75th Percentile £53.13 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in England

Risk Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Manager job vacancies in England

Risk Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager in England over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Manager in England

Risk Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Manager job vacancies in England

Risk Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 28 September 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 +6 24 £535 -22.18% 19
North of England -18 9 £427 -14.60% 6
South West +22 5 £520 +6.67% 2
North West -3 5 £427 - 6
Yorkshire -12 4 - -
South East +13 3 £625 +7.53% 7
West Midlands -21 2 - - 2
Midlands -28 2 - - 4
North East - 2 - -
Risk Manager
UK

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 September 2025, Risk Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 30 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 22 (52.38%) Finance
3 16 (38.10%) Social Skills
4 13 (30.95%) Banking
4 13 (30.95%) Project Management
5 9 (21.43%) Credit Risk
5 9 (21.43%) Market Risk
5 9 (21.43%) Change Management
6 7 (16.67%) Degree
6 7 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 7 (16.67%) Project Delivery
7 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (14.29%) Project Governance
7 6 (14.29%) Data Quality
7 6 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
7 6 (14.29%) Front Office
8 5 (11.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
8 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (11.90%) JIRA
8 5 (11.90%) Resource Management
8 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
8 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
8 5 (11.90%) Data Protection
8 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
9 4 (9.52%) Programme Governance
9 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (9.52%) Data Architecture
9 4 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel

Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.14%) Confluence
2 2 (4.76%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Power BI
1 2 (4.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (11.90%) JIRA
General
1 22 (52.38%) Finance
2 16 (38.10%) Social Skills
3 13 (30.95%) Banking
4 6 (14.29%) Front Office
5 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
6 4 (9.52%) Legal
7 3 (7.14%) Investment Banking
8 2 (4.76%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (4.76%) Financial Institution
8 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (4.76%) Retail
8 2 (4.76%) Retail Banking
8 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
9 1 (2.38%) Electronics
9 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.38%) Law
9 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.38%) Marketing
9 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.43%) Credit Risk
1 9 (21.43%) Market Risk
2 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.76%) Derivative
3 2 (4.76%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.38%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.38%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Unix
1 1 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 13 (30.95%) Project Management
3 9 (21.43%) Change Management
4 7 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 7 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.29%) Project Governance
5 6 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
6 5 (11.90%) Data Protection
6 5 (11.90%) Resource Management
7 4 (9.52%) Agile
7 4 (9.52%) Data Architecture
7 4 (9.52%) Data Management
7 4 (9.52%) Programme Governance
7 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (7.14%) Analytics
8 3 (7.14%) Contract Management
8 3 (7.14%) Time Management
8 3 (7.14%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) SQL
2 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
2 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.14%) CISA
4 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.38%) CISM
4 1 (2.38%) CISSP
4 1 (2.38%) CRISC
4 1 (2.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 5 (11.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (7.14%) PMO
4 2 (4.76%) GRC
4 2 (4.76%) NIST
5 1 (2.38%) Basel III
5 1 (2.38%) COBIT
5 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.38%) ISO 31000
5 1 (2.38%) SLA
5 1 (2.38%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.38%) SAP