Risk Assessment Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Risk Assessment
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Risk Assessment skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 156 170
Rank change year-on-year -33 +14 +53
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 24 8 12
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.50% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.26% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 11
10th Percentile £431 £469 £435
25th Percentile £450 £479 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -7.48% +4.90%
75th Percentile £545 £528 £588
90th Percentile £575 £579 £600
England median daily rate £540 £585 £538
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.84% -10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £26.36 -
England median hourly rate £56.50 £61.50 £49.92
% change year-on-year -8.12% +23.19% +34.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Risk Assessment falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,206 3,092 4,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.34% 86.90% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,789 1,757 2,705
10th Percentile £218 £263 £296
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £669 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 150 194
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £15.73
25th Percentile £19.67 £17.12 £17.75
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.44 £30.03
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% -8.60% +33.44%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £68.90 £67.57 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +24.47%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Risk Assessment relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Risk Assessment job vacancy trend in the North of England

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Risk Assessment.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in the North of England over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Assessment in the North of England

Risk Assessment
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Risk Assessment.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Assessment within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Yorkshire -24 13 £500 -13.04% 5
North West -24 11 £438 -11.62% 16
Risk Assessment
England

Risk Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) Confluence
1 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) AWS
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
1 6 (25.00%) GCP
2 2 (8.33%) GitHub
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (8.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Firewall
1 4 (16.67%) LAN
1 4 (16.67%) WAN
2 3 (12.50%) Internet
3 2 (8.33%) DNS
3 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) MS Access
2 2 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (4.17%) MongoDB
3 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Git
1 2 (8.33%) GitLab
1 2 (8.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 9 (37.50%) Banking
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Legal
4 4 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Retail
6 1 (4.17%) Military
6 1 (4.17%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Security Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Applications Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Risk Management Specialist
5 2 (8.33%) Data Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Implementation Specialist
5 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Agile Test Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Banking Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Information Assurance Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Information Security Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Information Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Project Implementation Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Security Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Service Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Service Manager
6 1 (4.17%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Flash
1 2 (8.33%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Onboarding
2 5 (20.83%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (16.67%) Operational Technology
4 3 (12.50%) IoT
5 2 (8.33%) Blockchain
5 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
5 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
6 1 (4.17%) AS400
6 1 (4.17%) iSeries
6 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
6 1 (4.17%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Linux
2 2 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
1 14 (58.33%) Risk Management
2 11 (45.83%) Incident Response
3 9 (37.50%) Information Security
4 6 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 6 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 5 (20.83%) Change Control
5 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (20.83%) Remediation Plan
6 4 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
6 4 (16.67%) Analytics
6 4 (16.67%) Compliance Audit
6 4 (16.67%) Data Analytics
6 4 (16.67%) KYC
6 4 (16.67%) Network Architecture
6 4 (16.67%) Runbook
6 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) Java
2 2 (8.33%) Rust
2 2 (8.33%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) CCSK
3 2 (8.33%) CEH
3 2 (8.33%) CISA
3 2 (8.33%) CISM
3 2 (8.33%) CISSP
3 2 (8.33%) OSCP
4 1 (4.17%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (37.50%) NIST
2 4 (16.67%) GDPR
2 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.33%) COBIT
3 2 (8.33%) PCI DSS
3 2 (8.33%) SLA
3 2 (8.33%) SOC 2
4 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Ansible
2 2 (8.33%) Grafana
2 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle
3 2 (8.33%) AppDynamics
3 2 (8.33%) CheckPoint
3 2 (8.33%) Dell
3 2 (8.33%) Dynatrace
3 2 (8.33%) F5
3 2 (8.33%) HP
3 2 (8.33%) Splunk
4 1 (4.17%) IBM