Risk Manager Contracts in the South West

Risk Manager
England > South West

The median Risk Manager daily rate in the South West is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 148 155
Rank change year-on-year +41 +7 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Manager 3 5 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.18% 0.16% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.17% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 12
10th Percentile - £420 £455
25th Percentile £488 £431 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -21.74% +5.12%
75th Percentile £563 £669 £705
90th Percentile - £800 £718
England median daily rate £636 £600 £725
% change year-on-year +6.04% -17.24% +17.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £63.00 £47.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +32.63% -32.14% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 1,552 2,978 3,356
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 93.32% 92.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,008 1,896 2,519
10th Percentile £219 £209 £263
25th Percentile £385 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £620 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 399 267
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £26.96 £27.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.36% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £84.25
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in the South West

Risk Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Risk Manager in the South West

Risk Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Manager in the South West

Risk Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Dorset - 2 £525 -
Wiltshire - 1 - -
Risk Manager
England

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Risk Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (66.67%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Metadata
2 2 (66.67%) Process Management
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Transition Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills

Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Process Management
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Transition Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
1 2 (66.67%) QA