RMADS Contracts in the South West

Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring RMADS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RMADS over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 127 126
Rank change year-on-year +29 -1 +27
DemandTrendContract jobs citing RMADS 16 8 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.83% 0.29% 0.96%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.57% 2.11% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 11
10th Percentile £568 £479 -
25th Percentile £613 £580 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £688 £678 £788
90th Percentile £738 £688 -
England median daily rate £663 £625 £672
% change year-on-year +6.00% -6.99% +7.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - £74.01
25th Percentile - - £83.38
Median hourly rate - - £83.40
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £83.40
% change year-on-year - - +21.31%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 the South West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 350 379 422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 18.18% 13.82% 12.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 218 284
10th Percentile £235 £263 £350
25th Percentile £363 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £666
90th Percentile £706 £690 £750
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 61 43
10th Percentile £15.48 £12.24 £33.00
25th Percentile £26.61 £13.85 £49.50
Median hourly rate £63.75 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +7.69% +20.37%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £83.40
90th Percentile £76.23 £74.00 -
England median hourly rate £31.64 £26.62 £35.50
% change year-on-year +18.86% -25.01% +57.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing RMADS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for RMADS in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing RMADS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing RMADS

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RMADS in the South West over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for RMADS in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing RMADS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing RMADS

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DemandTrendContract 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 RMADS within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +24 16 £675 +8.00% 4
RMADS
England

RMADS
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:

Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) VPN
General
1 13 (81.25%) Public Sector
2 10 (62.50%) Electronics
2 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 10 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 10 (62.50%) Marketing
2 10 (62.50%) Telecoms
3 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Consultant
1 10 (62.50%) Security Consultant
2 6 (37.50%) Coordinator
2 6 (37.50%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
1 10 (62.50%) Digital Marketing
1 10 (62.50%) Programme Management
2 6 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 5 (31.25%) Cloud Security
3 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (31.25%) Critical Thinking
3 5 (31.25%) Incident Management
3 5 (31.25%) Threat Modelling
4 4 (25.00%) Agile
4 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (18.75%) Project Management
6 1 (6.25%) Information Security
6 1 (6.25%) Network Architecture
6 1 (6.25%) NsoIT
6 1 (6.25%) Security Management
6 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (87.50%) CESG Certified Professional
2 14 (87.50%) CISSP
3 10 (62.50%) SC Cleared
4 5 (31.25%) CISM
4 5 (31.25%) CLAS
4 5 (31.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 4 (25.00%) CISA
6 3 (18.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (87.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (68.75%) JSP 440
3 6 (37.50%) NIST
4 5 (31.25%) NCSC
5 1 (6.25%) GRC
5 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) OPNET
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) SAP
2 4 (25.00%) SolarWinds