RMADS Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring RMADS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 361 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing RMADS 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% 0.014% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.038% 0.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £491 -
25th Percentile £463 £497 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £488 £559 -
90th Percentile - £569 -
England median daily rate £625 £640 £625
% change year-on-year -2.34% +2.40% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,656 1,938 2,477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.45% 13.81% 13.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,775 1,182 1,808
10th Percentile £350 £300 £363
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £565
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -6.64% +1.62%
75th Percentile £638 £655 £700
90th Percentile £750 £787 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 29 50
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.00 £18.92
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.80 £24.43
Median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.09% - +22.81%
75th Percentile £36.73 £78.40 £52.50
90th Percentile £75.21 £95.50 £65.30
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -16.17% -9.09% +33.12%

RMADS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

RMADS job vacancy trend in London

RMADS
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing RMADS

RMADS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Advisor
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST