Risk Register Contract Job Trends in the South East

Risk Register
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Risk Register skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 152 176
Rank change year-on-year -15 +24 +38
Contract jobs citing Risk Register 18 20 29
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.41% 0.54% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.62% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 11
10th Percentile £197 £345 -
25th Percentile £363 £363 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +18.75% -38.46%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £550
90th Percentile £575 £503 £609
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £76.59
Median hourly rate £36.00 £63.00 £78.19
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -19.42% +232.21%
75th Percentile - - £79.78
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
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,760 3,244 4,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.11% 88.32% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,464 2,019 2,869
10th Percentile £222 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £518
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.62% +1.15%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £614
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 367 122 223
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.43 £18.59
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.99 £26.63
Median hourly rate £22.50 £46.12 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.22% -16.14% +46.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.76 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%

Risk Register
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Risk Register 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 Register.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Register in the South East over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Register 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 Register.

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

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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 Register within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 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
Thames Valley -10 15 £469 -6.20% 11
Berkshire -3 9 £470 -6.00% 8
Buckinghamshire +8 4 £405 - 2
Hampshire -20 3 £650 +85.71% 5
Oxfordshire - 2 £525 - 1
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England

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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:

Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (5.56%) Network Security
General
1 10 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Legal
3 2 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Analyst
2 8 (44.44%) Compliance Analyst
2 8 (44.44%) Risk Analyst
3 7 (38.89%) Risk Support Analyst
3 7 (38.89%) Support Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Security Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Service Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Service Transition Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Transition Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Officer
5 1 (5.56%) Information Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.56%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Risk Management
2 9 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 8 (44.44%) Data Analysis
3 8 (44.44%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (16.67%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) Migration
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (11.11%) Case Management
5 2 (11.11%) CRM
5 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 2 (11.11%) Data Transformation
5 2 (11.11%) Due Diligence
5 2 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 2 (11.11%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) Resource Management
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 9 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) GDPR
2 2 (11.11%) EU AI Act
2 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (11.11%) NIST
2 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
2 2 (11.11%) PERC
3 1 (5.56%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (5.56%) GRC
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (5.56%) NIST 800
3 1 (5.56%) RMADS
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow