Risk Register Contract Job Trends in the North West

Risk Register
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Risk Register skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 119 127
Rank change year-on-year -25 +8 +35
Contract jobs citing Risk Register 8 4 12
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.32% 0.19% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.21% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 12
10th Percentile £443 - £171
25th Percentile £544 - £237
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £613 - £406
90th Percentile £635 - £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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,225 1,864 2,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.15% 86.70% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,445 1,047 1,602
10th Percentile £213 £267 £302
25th Percentile £358 £390 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £560 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 102 159
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.00 £15.95
25th Percentile £21.06 £21.05 £18.00
Median hourly rate £33.75 £30.95 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.05% -22.63% +54.98%
75th Percentile £56.27 £51.91 £47.96
90th Percentile £69.61 £69.59 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +24.47%

Risk Register
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Risk Register job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Register in the North West over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Register in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

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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 Register within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Manchester -9 5 £600 +41.18% 11
Cheshire - 1 - - 4
Lancashire - 1 - - 2
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England

Risk Register
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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (12.50%) Primavera
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Military
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Local Government
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Service Security Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Service Transition Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Transition Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Information Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Transition Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Transition Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Migration
1 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (25.00%) Transition Management
3 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Case Management
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) PCI QSA
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
1 1 (12.50%) P3O
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) AirWatch
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Samsung
2 1 (12.50%) SAP