Risk Management Contracts in the North West

Risk Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Risk Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 36 61
Rank change year-on-year -18 +25 +5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 75 120 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.81% 4.41% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 5.11% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 83 67
10th Percentile £350 £206 £400
25th Percentile £425 £456 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £666 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.80% +33.20% +4.71%
75th Percentile £575 £850 £615
90th Percentile £625 - £693
England median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile £25.21 - £27.99
25th Percentile £27.79 £12.40 £30.90
Median hourly rate £44.62 £24.50 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +82.14% -60.17% +151.02%
75th Percentile £66.31 £38.43 £83.40
90th Percentile £77.68 - -
England median hourly rate £61.50 £52.50 £10.63
% change year-on-year +17.13% +393.89% -58.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Risk Management 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 1,774 2,349 2,873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.14% 86.30% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,146 1,497 2,042
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 £662 £689 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 246 140
10th Percentile £16.02 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.72 £13.36 £21.91
Median hourly rate £32.25 £21.56 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.62% -39.28% +71.13%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.66 £49.43
90th Percentile £84.70 £57.50 £65.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in the North West

Risk Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Management in the North West

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in the North West over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in the North West

Risk Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Management in the North West

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management in the North West over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in the North West

Risk Management
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 Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Manchester -11 37 £520 -38.82% 95
Cheshire +4 31 £497 +10.35% 24
Merseyside -1 4 - - 3
Cumbria -12 1 - - 1
Risk Management
England

Risk Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.67%) Confluence
2 2 (2.67%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (12.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (10.67%) MS Visio
3 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (2.67%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (1.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Kondor
2 4 (5.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.33%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.33%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.00%) Azure
2 7 (9.33%) AWS
3 5 (6.67%) GCP
4 3 (4.00%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.67%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.33%) OCI
6 1 (1.33%) SaaS
6 1 (1.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.00%) LAN
1 3 (4.00%) WAN
2 1 (1.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.00%) SAP HANA
3 2 (2.67%) Power BI
4 1 (1.33%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (10.67%) JIRA
2 1 (1.33%) Zephyr
General
1 29 (38.67%) Social Skills
2 28 (37.33%) Finance
3 19 (25.33%) Banking
4 11 (14.67%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.33%) Legal
7 3 (4.00%) Military
7 3 (4.00%) Retail Banking
8 2 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.67%) Law
8 2 (2.67%) Local Government
8 2 (2.67%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.67%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.33%) Automotive
9 1 (1.33%) Aviation
9 1 (1.33%) Electronics
9 1 (1.33%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (16.00%) Analyst
2 10 (13.33%) Project Manager
3 8 (10.67%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.33%) Architect
4 7 (9.33%) Test Manager
5 6 (8.00%) Senior
6 5 (6.67%) Consultant
7 4 (5.33%) IT Manager
7 4 (5.33%) Lead
7 4 (5.33%) Programme Manager
7 4 (5.33%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (5.33%) Senior Business Analyst
7 4 (5.33%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
7 4 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.00%) Network Analyst
8 3 (4.00%) Risk Analyst
8 3 (4.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.00%) Security Consultant
8 3 (4.00%) Service Analyst
8 3 (4.00%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.00%) REST
2 5 (6.67%) SOAP
3 3 (4.00%) Middleware
4 1 (1.33%) JSON
4 1 (1.33%) RAML
4 1 (1.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.00%) Data Centre
1 6 (8.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 6 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.67%) CMDB
2 5 (6.67%) Derivative
3 4 (5.33%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.00%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.67%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.67%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.33%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.33%) EMV
6 1 (1.33%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.33%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.33%) SCADA
6 1 (1.33%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.67%) Linux
1 5 (6.67%) Unix
2 2 (2.67%) Windows
2 2 (2.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.33%) Android
3 1 (1.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (22.67%) Decision-Making
4 15 (20.00%) Agile
5 14 (18.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (17.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (14.67%) Test Strategy
8 10 (13.33%) Business Analysis
8 10 (13.33%) Change Management
8 10 (13.33%) Migration
8 10 (13.33%) Project Management
9 9 (12.00%) Analytics
9 9 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (10.67%) ITIL
10 8 (10.67%) Project Delivery
10 8 (10.67%) SDLC
11 7 (9.33%) ITSM
11 7 (9.33%) Roadmaps
11 7 (9.33%) Service Catalogue
11 7 (9.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.00%) SQL
2 5 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (9.33%) Degree
2 3 (4.00%) CISM
2 3 (4.00%) CISSP
2 3 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.33%) APMP
4 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.33%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.33%) RIBA
4 1 (1.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.67%) QA
2 5 (6.67%) Basel III
2 5 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.67%) MiFID
3 4 (5.33%) PCI DSS
4 3 (4.00%) GDPR
4 3 (4.00%) GRC
4 3 (4.00%) ISO 22301
4 3 (4.00%) ISO 31000
4 3 (4.00%) NIST
5 2 (2.67%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (2.67%) PMO
6 1 (1.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (1.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (2.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 13 (17.33%) Microsoft
1 13 (17.33%) ServiceNow
2 7 (9.33%) Oracle
3 5 (6.67%) SAP
3 5 (6.67%) Sybase
4 3 (4.00%) Concur
4 3 (4.00%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.33%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.33%) HP
5 1 (1.33%) Ping Identity
5 1 (1.33%) VMware