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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 487 458
Rank change year-on-year -45 -29 +197
Contract jobs citing RMADS 14 9 99
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.045% 0.033% 0.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.26% 0.23% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 45
10th Percentile £498 £510 £553
25th Percentile £588 £569 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £629 £640 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +2.40% -
75th Percentile £678 £681 £675
90th Percentile £688 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £629 £640 £625
% change year-on-year -1.80% +2.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.76 - -
Median hourly rate £74.31 - £83.40
75th Percentile £79.85 - -
90th Percentile - - £83.40
UK median hourly rate £74.31 - £83.40
% change year-on-year - - +16.66%

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 5,446 3,920 5,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.31% 14.26% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,555 2,274 3,490
10th Percentile £313 £263 £320
25th Percentile £409 £381 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £634 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 155 218
10th Percentile £15.70 £14.70 £13.60
25th Percentile £18.13 £20.40 £18.36
Median hourly rate £26.11 £30.21 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% -10.49% +40.63%
75th Percentile £63.40 £64.73 £61.63
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.15
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -9.97% -12.12% +40.22%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -3 6 £625 -3.85% 1
South East -16 6 £641 -5.04%
London -11 1 £475 -9.52%
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) BGP
1 1 (7.14%) BIG-IP
1 1 (7.14%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (7.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) IPsec
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) MPLS
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
1 1 (7.14%) OSPF
1 1 (7.14%) Reverse Proxy
1 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
1 1 (7.14%) VXLAN
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Electronics
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Manufacturing
2 5 (35.71%) Marketing
2 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
2 5 (35.71%) Telecoms
3 3 (21.43%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Consultant
1 5 (35.71%) Security Consultant
2 4 (28.57%) Coordinator
2 4 (28.57%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Principal Security Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Principal Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Product Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Security Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) PKI
3 1 (7.14%) Algorithms
3 1 (7.14%) CESG
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 6 (42.86%) Information Security
3 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (35.71%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (35.71%) Information Assurance
3 5 (35.71%) Programme Management
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) Data Privacy
5 3 (21.43%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (14.29%) Incident Response
6 2 (14.29%) Risk Register
6 2 (14.29%) Security Architecture
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
7 1 (7.14%) Incident Management
7 1 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (7.14%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
3 8 (57.14%) DV Cleared
4 5 (35.71%) CESG Certified Professional
5 4 (28.57%) CISSP
6 2 (14.29%) CISM
6 2 (14.29%) CLAS
6 2 (14.29%) Degree
6 2 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (7.14%) CCDP
7 1 (7.14%) CCIE
7 1 (7.14%) CCIE Security
7 1 (7.14%) CHECK Team Leader
7 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (7.14%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) NCSC
2 6 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (35.71%) JSP 440
4 4 (28.57%) NIST
5 1 (7.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (7.14%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) SAP
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco
3 1 (7.14%) F5
3 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.14%) Juniper
3 1 (7.14%) Netskope
3 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.14%) Zscaler