RMADS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 363 399
Rank change year-on-year +33 +36 +66
Contract jobs citing RMADS 9 36 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.070% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.44% 1.15% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 21
10th Percentile - £363 £525
25th Percentile £538 £500 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £663 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £675 £788
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 15
10th Percentile - - £72.50
25th Percentile - - £72.98
Median hourly rate - £83.41 £83.31
Median % change year-on-year - +0.12% +21.48%
75th Percentile - - £83.40
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £83.41 £83.31
% change year-on-year - +0.12% +21.48%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,066 3,127 3,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.15% 15.07% 14.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,299 1,824 2,397
10th Percentile £212 £254 £213
25th Percentile £363 £364 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £664 £681 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 309 180
10th Percentile £17.72 £10.95 £12.66
25th Percentile £24.18 £12.63 £18.21
Median hourly rate £46.30 £18.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +157.22% -48.57% +66.27%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £60.50
90th Percentile £80.32 £67.40 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £34.75 £20.80 £36.25
% change year-on-year +67.05% -42.61% +29.46%

RMADS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing RMADS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for RMADS in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RMADS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for RMADS in the UK excluding London

RMADS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RMADS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for RMADS in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RMADS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for RMADS in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RMADS within the UK excluding London 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
South West +41 9 £600 -4.00% 17
RMADS
UK

RMADS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Electronics
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Coordinator
1 7 (77.78%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Data Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
1 6 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) NsoIT
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Security Management
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) CESG Certified Professional
3 5 (55.56%) CISSP
4 3 (33.33%) CISA
5 2 (22.22%) CLAS
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) JSP 440
2 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (33.33%) NIST
4 1 (11.11%) GRC
4 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 2 (22.22%) SAP