RMADS Contract Job Trends in Preston

Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring RMADS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RMADS 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.27% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £648 - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile £803 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £725 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Preston

RMADS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 14 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 15.91% 8.96% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 3
10th Percentile £698 - £539
25th Percentile £738 - £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £447 £593
Median % change year-on-year +73.38% -24.61% +37.08%
75th Percentile £900 - -
90th Percentile £920 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £725 £526 £550
% change year-on-year +37.77% -4.32% +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £32.78 - -
25th Percentile £36.22 - -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £24.76 £11.77
Median % change year-on-year +69.39% +110.37% -70.58%
75th Percentile £43.70 - -
90th Percentile £44.76 - £12.95
Lancashire median hourly rate £52.78 £19.04 £11.77
% change year-on-year +177.14% +61.79% -70.58%

RMADS
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RMADS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

RMADS job vacancy trend in Preston

RMADS
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing RMADS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing RMADS

RMADS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Aviation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Forcepoint