Risk Manager Contracts in the North of England

Risk Manager
England > North of England

The median Risk Manager daily rate in the North of England is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 164 197
Rank change year-on-year -14 +33 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Manager 11 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.28% 0.097% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.10% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £417 - £477
25th Percentile £425 - £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £477 - -
90th Percentile £491 - -
England median daily rate £520 £610 £725
% change year-on-year -14.75% -15.86% +17.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,686 3,814 4,958
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 92.39% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,374 2,334 3,363
10th Percentile £251 £273 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £640 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 280 201
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.42 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.56 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.32 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +15.38% +29.58%
75th Percentile £47.53 £51.22 £45.88
90th Percentile £76.88 £70.00 £59.25
England median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -43.94% +7.14% +63.55%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in the North of England

Risk Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Risk Manager in the North of England

Risk Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Manager in the North of England

Risk Manager
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 Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 August 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 -15 6 £485 -3.10% 3
North West -2 5 £427 - 3
North East - 2 - - 1
Risk Manager
England

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, Risk Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Risk Management
2 7 (63.64%) Finance
3 5 (45.45%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
4 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Wealth Management
5 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
5 2 (18.18%) Contract Management
5 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery Management
5 2 (18.18%) Power BI
5 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
5 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) CAFM
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Banking
5 2 (18.18%) Supply Chain Management
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (18.18%) Facilities Management
6 1 (9.09%) Retail Banking
6 1 (9.09%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (9.09%) Retail
6 1 (9.09%) Data Management
6 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking

Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Law
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
4 1 (9.09%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Risk Management
2 5 (45.45%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Change Management
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) CAFM
4 2 (18.18%) Contract Management
4 2 (18.18%) Facilities Management
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery Management
4 2 (18.18%) Supply Chain Management
4 2 (18.18%) Wealth Management
5 1 (9.09%) Data Management
5 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 1 (9.09%) ERP
5 1 (9.09%) Information Security
5 1 (9.09%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) GRC
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
1 1 (9.09%) SOC 2