Risk Analysis Contracts in the North West

Risk Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Risk Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 135 151
Rank change year-on-year +24 +16 +1
Contract jobs citing Risk Analysis 9 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.46% 0.073% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.084% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £525 - £385
25th Percentile £544 £538 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% +9.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £638 £553 £525
90th Percentile £660 - -
England median daily rate £600 £505 £600
% change year-on-year +18.81% -15.83% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £83.41 - £83.40
England median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £83.31
% change year-on-year -20.00% -39.98% +17.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Risk Analysis 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Risk Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analysis in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Analysis in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Risk Analysis in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Analysis in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analysis in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Analysis in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Analysis in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analysis within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cheshire +4 5 £594 - 6
Manchester +17 1 - - 12
Cumbria - 1 - - 1
Lancashire - 1 £575 - 6
Merseyside - 1 - - 3
Risk Analysis
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Ethernet
1 4 (44.44%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 4 (44.44%) Automotive
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Security Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Security Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Principal Security Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) CESG
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Key Management
2 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
2 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Information Security
5 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
5 1 (11.11%) Data Security
5 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
5 1 (11.11%) ISMS
5 1 (11.11%) Logistics
5 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CISSP
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GDPR
2 3 (33.33%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (11.11%) COBIT
3 1 (11.11%) GRC
3 1 (11.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (11.11%) JSP 440
3 1 (11.11%) NCSC
3 1 (11.11%) NIST
3 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
3 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) F5
1 1 (11.11%) Google
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Siemens