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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 491 473
Rank change year-on-year -29 -18 +236
Contract jobs citing RMADS 24 18 104
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.080% 0.059% 0.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.45% 0.45% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 11 49
10th Percentile £598 £481 £547
25th Percentile £613 £506 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile £688 £681 £675
90th Percentile £700 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 19
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.76 - -
Median hourly rate £74.31 - £83.40
75th Percentile £79.85 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £74.31 - £83.40
% change year-on-year - - +19.14%

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 5,310 4,038 5,661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.63% 13.16% 14.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,432 2,345 3,797
10th Percentile £310 £288 £320
25th Percentile £403 £395 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 174 232
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.28 £14.61
25th Percentile £17.69 £16.10 £20.51
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.11 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.46% -22.81% +65.96%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.66 £67.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.24
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £36.75
% change year-on-year -8.55% -25.17% +56.38%

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 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 East +3 11 £632 +9.91% 2
South West +5 10 £675 +8.00%
London +11 3 £700 +33.33%
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%) Nutanix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Electronics
2 9 (37.50%) Finance
2 9 (37.50%) Manufacturing
2 9 (37.50%) Marketing
2 9 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 9 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Consultant
2 14 (58.33%) Security Consultant
3 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Coordinator
4 3 (12.50%) Lead
4 3 (12.50%) Security Assurance Coordinator
5 2 (8.33%) Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Principal Security Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Security Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Chief Information Security Officer
6 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Principal Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Principal Security Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Product Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 3 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.17%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.17%) VMS
2 1 (4.17%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Windows 7
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Risk Management
2 12 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (45.83%) Agile
4 9 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (37.50%) Digital Marketing
4 9 (37.50%) Information Assurance
4 9 (37.50%) Programme Management
5 8 (33.33%) Cloud Security
5 8 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (20.83%) Information Security
6 5 (20.83%) Scrum
7 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 3 (12.50%) Data Privacy
8 3 (12.50%) DevSecOps
8 3 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
8 3 (12.50%) Risk Register
8 3 (12.50%) Zero Trust
9 2 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
9 2 (8.33%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 12 (50.00%) CISSP
4 10 (41.67%) SC Cleared
5 9 (37.50%) CESG Certified Professional
6 8 (33.33%) CISM
6 8 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 4 (16.67%) CLAS
8 3 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (8.33%) Degree
10 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (70.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (41.67%) NCSC
3 9 (37.50%) NIST
4 5 (20.83%) JSP 440
4 5 (20.83%) NIST 800
5 1 (4.17%) GDPR
5 1 (4.17%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) SAP
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) VMware