Risk Register Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Risk Register
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Risk Register skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 156 171
Rank change year-on-year -31 +15 +57
Contract jobs citing Risk Register 18 5 13
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.38% 0.14% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.16% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 12
10th Percentile £404 - £171
25th Percentile £405 - £237
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +10.12% +13.33% -15.49%
75th Percentile £575 - £406
90th Percentile £600 - £448
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.50 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £36.00 £69.00 £78.19
% change year-on-year -47.83% -11.75% +117.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Risk Register 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 4,217 3,071 4,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.48% 86.82% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,797 1,744 2,708
10th Percentile £218 £263 £300
25th Percentile £363 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% -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 265 150 190
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.12 £17.75
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.44 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% -8.53% +33.33%
75th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £68.79 £67.57 £62.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%

Risk Register
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Risk Register job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Risk Register
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Register in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Register in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Risk Register
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 Register within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 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 - 10 £417 - 17
North West -22 8 £600 +41.18% 17
Risk Register
England

Risk Register
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (5.56%) Primavera
1 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) OpenShift
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (5.56%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
General
1 15 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Legal
3 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 3 (16.67%) Banking
4 3 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Military
5 2 (11.11%) Retail
6 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Local Government
6 1 (5.56%) Marketing
6 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Service Transition Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Transition Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Compliance Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Data Compliance Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Data Governance Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Data Governance Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Governance Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Information Security Specialist
3 2 (11.11%) Information Specialist
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Security Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Security Specialist
3 2 (11.11%) Service Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Service Security Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) VMS
2 1 (5.56%) Android
2 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Project Delivery
2 9 (50.00%) Migration
3 8 (44.44%) Risk Management
4 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
6 5 (27.78%) Project Management
6 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (16.67%) Architectural Design
7 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (16.67%) Information Security
7 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (16.67%) Runbook
7 3 (16.67%) Security Operations
7 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
7 3 (16.67%) Supplier Management
7 3 (16.67%) Transition Management
8 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 3 (16.67%) PMP
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.56%) PCI QSA
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) GDPR
1 2 (11.11%) NIST
1 2 (11.11%) PMO
2 1 (5.56%) Basel III
2 1 (5.56%) GRC
2 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (5.56%) P3O
2 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) AirWatch
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) Samsung
2 1 (5.56%) SAP