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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 38 48
Rank change year-on-year -8 +10 +20
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 90 116 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.41% 4.20% 3.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.97% 4.98% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 81 74
10th Percentile £362 £393 £374
25th Percentile £416 £513 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £695 £515
Median % change year-on-year -26.43% +34.95% -0.48%
75th Percentile £613 £850 £587
90th Percentile £719 - £675
England median daily rate £585 £568 £600
% change year-on-year +3.08% -5.42% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £28.12 - £32.63
25th Percentile £37.06 £12.40 £39.60
Median hourly rate £52.91 £13.04 £83.40
Median % change year-on-year +305.73% -84.36% +125.31%
75th Percentile £69.56 £26.05 -
90th Percentile £78.97 £33.48 -
England median hourly rate £61.50 £50.00 £10.63
% change year-on-year +22.99% +370.37% -67.29%

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 1,810 2,328 2,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.73% 84.23% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,201 1,423 1,899
10th Percentile £300 £305 £313
25th Percentile £381 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% -1.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £565 £585 £588
90th Percentile £665 £675 £675
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 263 149
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.00 £15.95
25th Percentile £19.13 £14.18 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.76 £28.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +13.43% -8.32% +29.71%
75th Percentile £61.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.00 £66.61 £62.19
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.34
% change year-on-year -34.02% +2.09% +45.40%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -1 50 £496 -41.65% 264
Cheshire -6 32 £550 -1.79% 67
Merseyside +1 4 - - 32
Lancashire -1 2 £530 -1.40% 77
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 2 (2.22%) SAS
2 1 (1.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (4.44%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (7.78%) Kondor
1 7 (7.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.11%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.11%) AWS
2 8 (8.89%) Azure
3 6 (6.67%) GCP
4 1 (1.11%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (1.11%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.11%) SaaS
4 1 (1.11%) Slack
4 1 (1.11%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.11%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.11%) Firewall
1 1 (1.11%) Internet
1 1 (1.11%) Network Security
1 1 (1.11%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.22%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.11%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (8.89%) JIRA
2 1 (1.11%) Zephyr
General
1 38 (42.22%) Finance
2 28 (31.11%) Social Skills
3 16 (17.78%) Banking
4 9 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (5.56%) Legal
7 4 (4.44%) Back Office
8 3 (3.33%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.22%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.22%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.22%) Law
9 2 (2.22%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.22%) Retail
9 2 (2.22%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.11%) Automotive
10 1 (1.11%) Aviation
10 1 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (13.33%) Lead
2 10 (11.11%) Test Manager
3 9 (10.00%) Programme Manager
4 8 (8.89%) Project Manager
5 7 (7.78%) Analyst
5 7 (7.78%) Business Analyst
6 6 (6.67%) Consultant
7 5 (5.56%) Architect
7 5 (5.56%) Senior
7 5 (5.56%) Service Manager
8 4 (4.44%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
9 3 (3.33%) Business Manager
9 3 (3.33%) Data Manager
9 3 (3.33%) IT Manager
9 3 (3.33%) SAP Manager
9 3 (3.33%) SAP Programme Manager
9 3 (3.33%) Security Consultant
9 3 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (3.33%) Support Specialist
9 3 (3.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.89%) REST
2 7 (7.78%) SOAP
3 1 (1.11%) JSON
3 1 (1.11%) Kafka
3 1 (1.11%) Middleware
3 1 (1.11%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (8.89%) Management Information System
3 7 (7.78%) Derivative
4 5 (5.56%) CMDB
4 5 (5.56%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.44%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.22%) Credit Derivative
6 2 (2.22%) Market Risk
6 2 (2.22%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.22%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.11%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.11%) EMV
7 1 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (1.11%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.11%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.11%) SCADA
7 1 (1.11%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.78%) Linux
1 7 (7.78%) Unix
2 1 (1.11%) Android
2 1 (1.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (36.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (21.11%) Agile
4 18 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 17 (18.89%) Decision-Making
6 15 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (14.44%) Change Management
7 13 (14.44%) Project Management
7 13 (14.44%) Test Strategy
8 12 (13.33%) ITSM
9 10 (11.11%) Service Management
9 10 (11.11%) Waterfall
10 9 (10.00%) Business Analysis
10 9 (10.00%) SDLC
10 9 (10.00%) Service Delivery
11 8 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (8.89%) ITIL
11 8 (8.89%) Test Automation
11 8 (8.89%) User Acceptance Testing
12 7 (7.78%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.11%) Python
2 7 (7.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (7.78%) Degree
2 6 (6.67%) CISM
2 6 (6.67%) CISSP
3 3 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.22%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.22%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.11%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.11%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.11%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (1.11%) CRISC
5 1 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (1.11%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.11%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (1.11%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.00%) QA
2 10 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (8.89%) Basel III
4 7 (7.78%) MiFID
4 7 (7.78%) NIST
5 6 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (5.56%) GRC
6 5 (5.56%) GxP
6 5 (5.56%) PCI DSS
7 4 (4.44%) GDPR
7 4 (4.44%) ISO 31000
8 3 (3.33%) Accessibility
8 3 (3.33%) ISO 22301
9 2 (2.22%) Data Quality
9 2 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (1.11%) COBIT
10 1 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (1.11%) HIPAA
10 1 (1.11%) NCSC
10 1 (1.11%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.33%) Ansible
2 1 (1.11%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 16 (17.78%) ServiceNow
2 12 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 9 (10.00%) SAP
4 8 (8.89%) Oracle
5 7 (7.78%) Sybase
6 1 (1.11%) Ariba
6 1 (1.11%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.11%) Concur
6 1 (1.11%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.11%) HP
6 1 (1.11%) IBM
6 1 (1.11%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.11%) StreamSets
6 1 (1.11%) VMware