Risk Assessment Contract Job Trends in the South East

Risk Assessment
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Risk Assessment skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 140 147
Rank change year-on-year -15 +7 +36
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 23 31 54
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.53% 0.91% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 1.03% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 42
10th Percentile £371 £369 £473
25th Percentile £464 £500 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +11.90% -25.00%
75th Percentile £594 £626 £588
90th Percentile £659 £638 £675
England median daily rate £540 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £50.51 £71.75
25th Percentile - £57.09 £72.74
Median hourly rate - £61.50 £78.74
Median % change year-on-year - -21.90% +112.07%
75th Percentile - £62.24 £84.36
90th Percentile - - £85.11
England median hourly rate £56.50 £61.50 £25.81
% change year-on-year -8.12% +138.26% -30.49%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Risk Assessment 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,633 3,022 4,439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.25% 88.93% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,385 1,876 2,828
10th Percentile £224 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £517
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -1.24% +1.92%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 112 258
10th Percentile £14.80 £19.37 £17.70
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.56 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +26.44%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Risk Assessment relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Risk Assessment job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Risk Assessment.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Risk Assessment

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in the South East over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Assessment in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Risk Assessment.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Risk Assessment

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Assessment within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Thames Valley -7 15 £500 -11.11% 5
Berkshire -7 9 £536 -4.71% 3
Buckinghamshire +4 6 £380 - 2
Hampshire -21 4 £525 -8.70% 6
Surrey -1 2 £579 +10.19% 4
Home Counties - 2 £700 -
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England

Risk Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (4.35%) SAP ERP
1 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) AWS
2 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.35%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) IPsec
1 3 (13.04%) SD-WAN
2 2 (8.70%) Firewall
2 2 (8.70%) Network Security
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (4.35%) DMZ
3 1 (4.35%) DNS
3 1 (4.35%) LAN
3 1 (4.35%) MQTT
3 1 (4.35%) NGFW
3 1 (4.35%) VPN
3 1 (4.35%) WAN
3 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.35%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.35%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.04%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Legal
6 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Architect
2 5 (21.74%) Security Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Security Solutions Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Risk Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Security Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Network Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Risk Business Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Vulnerability Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Firewall Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Information Security Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Principal Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Operational Technology
2 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) SCADA
2 2 (8.70%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (4.35%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Kali Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (39.13%) Vulnerability Management
3 8 (34.78%) Risk Management
4 4 (17.39%) Agile
4 4 (17.39%) Network Segmentation
4 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (17.39%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 4 (17.39%) Zero Trust
5 3 (13.04%) Architectural Design
5 3 (13.04%) Cyber Resilience
5 3 (13.04%) Data Categorisation
5 3 (13.04%) Data Lineage
5 3 (13.04%) Data Protection
5 3 (13.04%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 3 (13.04%) Platform Engineering
5 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
5 3 (13.04%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (13.04%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Bash
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) Security Cleared
2 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) Degree
4 2 (8.70%) CISA
4 2 (8.70%) CISSP
4 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
5 1 (4.35%) CEH
5 1 (4.35%) CISM
5 1 (4.35%) CRISC
5 1 (4.35%) GPEN
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.35%) OSCP
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Certification
5 1 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) NIST
2 5 (21.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (13.04%) GDPR
3 3 (13.04%) NCSC
3 3 (13.04%) NIST 800
4 2 (8.70%) GRC
4 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.35%) ISO 31000
5 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (4.35%) JSP 440
5 1 (4.35%) RMADS
5 1 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) RSA Archer
2 1 (4.35%) Nmap
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Qualys
3 1 (4.35%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) OneTrust
3 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.35%) Rapid7
3 1 (4.35%) Sage
3 1 (4.35%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) Tenable