RMADS Contracts in England

Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring RMADS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RMADS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 505 592
Rank change year-on-year +29 +87 +141
Contract jobs citing RMADS 9 37 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.037% 0.099% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.23% 0.70% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 32
10th Percentile - £363 £487
25th Percentile £538 £500 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £663 £638 £713
90th Percentile £738 £675 -
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 15
10th Percentile - - £72.50
25th Percentile - - £72.98
Median hourly rate - £83.41 £83.31
Median % change year-on-year - +0.12% +21.48%
75th Percentile - - £83.40
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £83.41 £83.31
% change year-on-year - +0.12% +21.48%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

RMADS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,865 5,295 6,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.87% 14.24% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,481 3,378 4,585
10th Percentile £270 £300 £276
25th Percentile £400 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £635 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 347 206
10th Percentile £17.78 £10.95 £13.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £13.09 £19.50
Median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.11 £67.38 £79.88
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

RMADS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing RMADS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for RMADS in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RMADS in England.

Daily rate trend for RMADS in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RMADS in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for RMADS in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RMADS in England.

Hourly rate trend for RMADS in England

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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 RMADS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South West +44 9 £600 -4.00% 13
RMADS
UK

RMADS
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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Electronics
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Coordinator
1 7 (77.78%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Data Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
1 6 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) NsoIT
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Security Management
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) CESG Certified Professional
3 5 (55.56%) CISSP
4 3 (33.33%) CISA
5 2 (22.22%) CLAS
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) JSP 440
2 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (33.33%) NIST
4 1 (11.11%) GRC
4 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 2 (22.22%) SAP