Risk Manager Contract Job Trends in the North West

Risk Manager
England > North West

The median Risk Manager daily rate in the North West is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 118 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Manager 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.20% 0.042% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.045% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £343 - -
25th Percentile £369 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £433 - -
90th Percentile £436 - -
England median daily rate £501 £650 £725
% change year-on-year -22.92% -10.34% +20.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,226 2,206 2,508
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 93.32% 92.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,468 1,173 1,749
10th Percentile £214 £266 £275
25th Percentile £363 £390 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £594
90th Percentile £678 £650 £674
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 159 172
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.60 £15.78
25th Percentile £19.07 £18.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +3.17% +57.50%
75th Percentile £49.28 £51.44 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.55 £70.90 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Risk Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Risk Manager job vacancy trend in the North West

Risk Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Manager job vacancies in the North West

Risk Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Manager job vacancies in the North West

Risk Manager
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 Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 November 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 - 2 £388 - 4
Merseyside - 2 - -
Cheshire -21 1 £429 - 1
Risk Manager
England

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 13 November 2025, Risk Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) Confluence
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Due Diligence
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) GRC
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) NIST
3 1 (20.00%) PMO
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) SLA

Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Due Diligence
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Vendor Relationship Management
3 1 (20.00%) Wealth Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) GRC
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
1 1 (20.00%) SOC 2