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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 525 586
Rank change year-on-year +54 +61 +146
Contract jobs citing RMADS 23 28 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.089% 0.075% 0.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.54% 0.56% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 15 18
10th Percentile £538 £393 £534
25th Percentile £566 £478 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £633
Median % change year-on-year - -1.19% +1.20%
75th Percentile £700 £651 £759
90th Percentile £738 £683 £788
UK median daily rate £625 £625 £633
% change year-on-year - -1.19% -2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 17
10th Percentile - - £72.50
25th Percentile - - £73.25
Median hourly rate - £83.41 £83.31
Median % change year-on-year - +0.12% +20.23%
75th Percentile - - £83.40
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £83.41 £83.31
% change year-on-year - +0.12% +20.23%

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 4,260 5,033 6,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.49% 13.48% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,757 3,160 4,347
10th Percentile £271 £300 £312
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £761
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 379 231
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £20.49 £13.18 £20.25
Median hourly rate £32.25 £24.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.37% -43.11% +60.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.33 £70.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £38.00
% change year-on-year +26.05% -37.37% +40.74%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +43 15 £625 - 9
South East +41 5 £600 -4.00% 13
London - 3 £700 - 7
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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 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
General
1 11 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 10 (43.48%) Public Sector
3 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (30.43%) Electronics
3 7 (30.43%) Finance
3 7 (30.43%) Manufacturing
3 7 (30.43%) Marketing
3 7 (30.43%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Consultant
2 11 (47.83%) Security Consultant
3 8 (34.78%) Coordinator
3 8 (34.78%) Security Assurance Coordinator
4 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 3 (13.04%) Lead
6 1 (4.35%) Chief Information Security Officer
6 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.04%) Cloud Native
2 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.35%) VMS
2 1 (4.35%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Agile
2 9 (39.13%) Risk Management
3 7 (30.43%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (30.43%) Critical Thinking
3 7 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (30.43%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (30.43%) Incident Management
3 7 (30.43%) Programme Management
4 5 (21.74%) Cloud Security
4 5 (21.74%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (17.39%) Information Assurance
5 4 (17.39%) Project Management
5 4 (17.39%) Scrum
5 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
6 3 (13.04%) DevSecOps
6 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 3 (13.04%) Zero Trust
7 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (8.70%) Risk Register
8 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 19 (82.61%) DV Cleared
3 14 (60.87%) CISSP
4 13 (56.52%) SC Cleared
5 11 (47.83%) CESG Certified Professional
6 5 (21.74%) CISM
6 5 (21.74%) CLAS
6 5 (21.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 4 (17.39%) CISA
8 3 (13.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (13.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (78.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (56.52%) JSP 440
3 10 (43.48%) NIST
4 5 (21.74%) NCSC
4 5 (21.74%) NIST 800
5 1 (4.35%) GDPR
5 1 (4.35%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (4.35%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (4.35%) OPNET
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) SAP
2 4 (17.39%) SolarWinds
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle
3 1 (4.35%) VMware