RMADS Contract Job Trends in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England citing RMADS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	640	521	493
Rank change year-on-year	-119	-28	-3
Contract jobs citing RMADS	11	23	20
As % of all contract jobs in England	0.024%	0.078%	0.065%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.13%	0.44%	0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted	4	17	13
10^th Percentile	-	£598	£483
25^th Percentile	£525	£613	£525
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£675	£625
Median % change year-on-year	-18.52%	+8.00%	-1.57%
75^th Percentile	£575	£688	£675
90^th Percentile	-	£700	£688
UK median daily rate	£550	£675	£625
% change year-on-year	-18.52%	+8.00%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	£82.32	-	-
25^th Percentile	£82.95	-	-
Median hourly rate	£84.01	-	-
75^th Percentile	£85.06	-	-
90^th Percentile	£85.69	-	-
UK median hourly rate	£84.01	-	-

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	8,746	5,222	4,075
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England	18.75%	17.78%	13.18%
Number of daily rates quoted	5,440	3,398	2,389
10^th Percentile	£331	£307	£296
25^th Percentile	£413	£401	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£520	£500	£515
Median % change year-on-year	+4.00%	-2.91%	-4.63%
75^th Percentile	£625	£625	£638
90^th Percentile	£725	£713	£750
UK median daily rate	£510	£500	£500
% change year-on-year	+2.00%	-	-4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted	746	261	168
10^th Percentile	£13.69	£15.13	£12.24
25^th Percentile	£16.60	£17.69	£15.92
Median hourly rate	£32.40	£30.00	£31.37
Median % change year-on-year	+7.98%	-4.37%	-21.50%
75^th Percentile	£65.00	£63.40	£63.75
90^th Percentile	£76.00	£80.00	£70.00
UK median hourly rate	£31.46	£27.54	£26.68
% change year-on-year	+14.23%	+3.22%	-32.63%

RMADS Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RMADS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

RMADS Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RMADS.

RMADS Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RMADS.

RMADS 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 4 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
South East	-63	8	£550	-12.00%
South West	-40	3	-	-
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RMADS Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing RMADS also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region citing RMADS.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	11
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	11
3	Cybersecurity	63.6%	7
4	Agile	45.5%	5
4	DV Cleared	45.5%	5
4	Information Assurance	45.5%	5
4	Information Security	45.5%	5
4	JSP 440	45.5%	5
4	Risk Management	45.5%	5
10	Critical Thinking	36.4%	4
10	Data Privacy	36.4%	4
10	Impact Assessments	36.4%	4
10	Incident Management	36.4%	4
10	Microsoft	36.4%	4
10	VPN	36.4%	4
16	NCSC	18.2%	2
16	NIST	18.2%	2
16	Security Architecture	18.2%	2
16	Stakeholder Engagement	18.2%	2
20	CISM	9.1%	1
20	CISSP	9.1%	1
20	CLAS	9.1%	1
20	Cyber Assurance	9.1%	1
20	Def Stans	9.1%	1
20	Facilities Management	9.1%	1
20	Foundry	9.1%	1
20	ISO/IEC 27001	9.1%	1
20	QA	9.1%	1
20	Risk Assessment	9.1%	1
20	Risk Register	9.1%	1

RMADS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	JSP 440	45.5%	5
2	NCSC	18.2%	2
2	NIST	18.2%	2
4	Def Stans	9.1%	1
4	ISO/IEC 27001	9.1%	1
4	QA	9.1%	1