Risk Management Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Risk Management
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 32 26
Rank change year-on-year -13 -6 +6
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 51 6 32
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 6.50% 2.18% 7.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.86% 2.33% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 6 21
10th Percentile £405 £534 £415
25th Percentile £460 £534 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £550 £430
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% +27.91% -15.06%
75th Percentile £498 £713 £588
90th Percentile £537 £769 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £543 £500
% change year-on-year -10.23% +8.50% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

Risk Management 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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 743 257 422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 94.65% 93.45% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 151 252
10th Percentile £325 £209 £375
25th Percentile £403 £334 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £538 £599 £610
90th Percentile £650 £675 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 15
10th Percentile £16.11 £12.44 £10.90
25th Percentile £19.50 £13.49 £12.66
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.34% -19.05% +104.08%
75th Percentile - £18.58 £23.75
90th Percentile - £19.43 £42.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £19.32 £18.82
% change year-on-year +30.19% +2.64% +9.16%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Risk Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in South Yorkshire

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Risk Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Sheffield -8 50 £479 -12.84% 8
Risk Management
Yorkshire

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (9.80%) Confluence
2 4 (7.84%) CICS
2 4 (7.84%) CMS
3 2 (3.92%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.96%) SAS
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.76%) Entra ID
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (9.80%) OpenShift
3 4 (7.84%) AWS
3 4 (7.84%) Azure
4 3 (5.88%) GCP
5 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.92%) ShareGate
6 1 (1.96%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.96%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.65%) Kerberos
2 2 (3.92%) DKIM
2 2 (3.92%) DMARC
2 2 (3.92%) DNS
2 2 (3.92%) SMTP
2 2 (3.92%) SSH
3 1 (1.96%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 5 (9.80%) JIRA
General
1 25 (49.02%) Finance
2 21 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 9 (17.65%) Banking
4 7 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (11.76%) Legal
6 5 (9.80%) Telecoms
7 4 (7.84%) Financial Institution
8 3 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.92%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.96%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (17.65%) Design Engineer
1 9 (17.65%) Project Manager
2 7 (13.73%) Lead
3 5 (9.80%) Architect
3 5 (9.80%) Consultant
3 5 (9.80%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 5 (9.80%) Voice Design Engineer
3 5 (9.80%) Voice Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Audit Consultant
4 4 (7.84%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Developer
4 4 (7.84%) Integration Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) IT Audit Consultant
4 4 (7.84%) IT Consultant
4 4 (7.84%) Network Manager
4 4 (7.84%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Implementation Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 2 (3.92%) Workday Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (19.61%) OAuth
2 9 (17.65%) SAML
3 4 (7.84%) LDAP
4 3 (5.88%) OpenID
5 2 (3.92%) CrewAI
5 2 (3.92%) LangChain
5 2 (3.92%) LangGraph
5 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (3.92%) Middleware
6 1 (1.96%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.61%) Product Ownership
2 6 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.84%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.84%) VSAM
4 3 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.88%) Mainframe
4 3 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.92%) AI Agents
5 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.92%) Machine to Machine
6 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.96%) PKI
6 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) VMS
2 1 (1.96%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
1 21 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (31.37%) Identity Access Management
3 13 (25.49%) Decision-Making
3 13 (25.49%) Incident Response
3 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (23.53%) Migration
5 11 (21.57%) Architectural Patterns
5 11 (21.57%) Technical Debt
6 10 (19.61%) Identity Management
7 9 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (17.65%) Cryptography
7 9 (17.65%) Roadmaps
8 8 (15.69%) Data Protection
8 8 (15.69%) Privileged Access Management
8 8 (15.69%) SDLC
8 8 (15.69%) Vulnerability Management
9 7 (13.73%) Agile
9 7 (13.73%) Computer Science
9 7 (13.73%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.80%) JCL
2 4 (7.84%) COBOL
3 2 (3.92%) C#
3 2 (3.92%) C++
3 2 (3.92%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.96%) Assembly Language
4 1 (1.96%) CLIST
4 1 (1.96%) REXX
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) CISM
2 9 (17.65%) CISSP
3 7 (13.73%) Degree
4 6 (11.76%) TOGAF Certification
5 4 (7.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (7.84%) Master's Degree
5 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (7.84%) PhD
6 2 (3.92%) CISA
6 2 (3.92%) MCP
7 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (11.76%) NIST
2 5 (9.80%) GDPR
3 3 (5.88%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.96%) FIPS 140-2
4 1 (1.96%) GRC
4 1 (1.96%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 7 (13.73%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (5.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (3.92%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.96%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 11 (21.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) BiZZdesign
3 2 (3.92%) CyberArk
3 2 (3.92%) NVIDIA
3 2 (3.92%) OpenAI
3 2 (3.92%) Workday
4 1 (1.96%) Centrify
4 1 (1.96%) Google
4 1 (1.96%) IBM