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 requiring RMADS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 470 500
Rank change year-on-year -88 +30 +99
Contract jobs citing RMADS 24 6 45
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.062% 0.025% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.36% 0.16% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 15
10th Percentile £513 - £408
25th Percentile £600 £538 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £632 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £675 £631 £656
90th Percentile £690 £638 £710
UK median daily rate £632 £575 £625
% change year-on-year +9.91% -8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.76 - -
Median hourly rate £74.31 - £83.40
75th Percentile £79.85 - £83.41
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £74.31 - £83.40
% change year-on-year - - +0.11%

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 6,700 3,771 5,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.33% 15.47% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,353 2,444 3,388
10th Percentile £340 £266 £305
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £509 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.25% -3.10% -
75th Percentile £613 £629 £638
90th Percentile £713 £735 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 155 338
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.45 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.18
Median hourly rate £29.77 £32.81 £21.38
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% +53.48% -49.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.13 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £30.79 £32.25 £20.80
% change year-on-year -4.53% +55.03% -47.99%

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 job vacancy trend in England

RMADS
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RMADS

RMADS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RMADS in England over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for RMADS in England

RMADS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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 6 April 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West -19 10 £638 +10.87% 1
North of England - 3 £675 - 2
London - 3 £625 - 2
South East - 3 £632 - 2
North West - 2 £725 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £600 -
East of England - 1 - -
RMADS
UK

RMADS
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) AWS
1 1 (4.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Network Security
2 3 (12.50%) BGP
2 3 (12.50%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) MPLS
2 3 (12.50%) OSPF
3 2 (8.33%) BIG-IP
3 2 (8.33%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (8.33%) IPsec
3 2 (8.33%) LAN
3 2 (8.33%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 2 (8.33%) VXLAN
3 2 (8.33%) WAN
4 1 (4.17%) DHCP
4 1 (4.17%) DNS
4 1 (4.17%) SSL
4 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.17%) VPN
General
1 7 (29.17%) Public Sector
1 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
2 5 (20.83%) Electronics
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
2 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
2 5 (20.83%) Marketing
3 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Aviation
5 1 (4.17%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Consultant
1 7 (29.17%) Security Consultant
2 3 (12.50%) Coordinator
2 3 (12.50%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 2 (8.33%) Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 2 (8.33%) Information Specialist
3 2 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Principal Security Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Security Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Security Specialist
4 1 (4.17%) CIO
4 1 (4.17%) Principal Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Product Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Security Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) CESG
1 3 (12.50%) PKI
2 2 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.17%) Private Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 6 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (20.83%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (20.83%) Programme Management
4 4 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
4 4 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 4 (16.67%) Zero Trust
5 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.50%) Information Security
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (12.50%) TOGAF
6 2 (8.33%) Boundary Protection
6 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (8.33%) Incident Response
6 2 (8.33%) ISMS
6 2 (8.33%) NsoIT
6 2 (8.33%) Risk Register
6 2 (8.33%) SABSA
6 2 (8.33%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 23 (95.83%) Security Cleared
2 16 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 15 (62.50%) SC Cleared
4 5 (20.83%) CISSP
5 4 (16.67%) CESG Certified Professional
6 3 (12.50%) CCIE
6 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (12.50%) CISM
7 2 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (8.33%) CCDP
7 2 (8.33%) CCIE Security
7 2 (8.33%) CHECK Team Leader
7 2 (8.33%) CLAS
7 2 (8.33%) CREST Certified
7 2 (8.33%) Degree
8 1 (4.17%) CCNP
8 1 (4.17%) CCSK
8 1 (4.17%) GIAC
8 1 (4.17%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (58.33%) NCSC
2 13 (54.17%) JSP 440
3 12 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (50.00%) NIST
4 4 (16.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (4.17%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) SAP
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco
2 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 3 (12.50%) Juniper
2 3 (12.50%) Palo Alto
3 2 (8.33%) F5
3 2 (8.33%) Netskope
3 2 (8.33%) Zscaler
4 1 (4.17%) Arista
4 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.17%) Forcepoint
4 1 (4.17%) QinetiQ