RMADS Contract Job Trends

Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring RMADS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 525 564
Rank change year-on-year -106 +39 +56
Contract jobs citing RMADS 28 25 29
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.076% 0.068%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.31% 0.46% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 15
10th Percentile £525 £538 £393
25th Percentile £544 £584 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £638 £625
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +2.00% -2.34%
75th Percentile £675 £697 £651
90th Percentile £750 £734 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £82.32 - -
25th Percentile £82.95 - -
Median hourly rate £84.01 - -
75th Percentile £85.06 - -
90th Percentile £85.69 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £84.01 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,933 5,381 5,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.96% 16.47% 13.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,729 3,457 3,634
10th Percentile £339 £280 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £620
90th Percentile £700 £717 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £475
% change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 234 421
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.65 £11.66
25th Percentile £19.30 £18.15 £13.52
Median hourly rate £36.07 £30.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +20.23% +24.07% -37.54%
75th Percentile £68.75 £62.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.71 £82.99 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.72 £27.35 £24.18
% change year-on-year +41.57% +13.11% -31.40%

RMADS
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RMADS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

RMADS job vacancy trend in the UK

RMADS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RMADS

RMADS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RMADS over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for RMADS in the UK

RMADS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RMADS

RMADS
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 13 July 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
England -114 24 £650 +1.96% 2
UK excluding London -93 23 £650 +4.00% 1
South West -38 10 £650 +4.00% 1
South East -73 7 £550 -12.00%
Work from Home -57 5 £550 -20.00% 2
North of England - 3 £675 -
London -67 2 £638 -8.93% 1
North West - 2 £725 -
Scotland - 2 - -
East of England - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £600 -

RMADS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) VPN
2 4 (14.29%) Firewall
3 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.57%) BGP
4 1 (3.57%) DHCP
4 1 (3.57%) DNS
4 1 (3.57%) Modbus
4 1 (3.57%) MPLS
4 1 (3.57%) Network Security
4 1 (3.57%) OSPF
4 1 (3.57%) SSL
General
1 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
5 2 (7.14%) Aviation
6 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.57%) Cyber-Physical System
6 1 (3.57%) Electronics
6 1 (3.57%) Finance
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
6 1 (3.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Architect
1 6 (21.43%) Consultant
1 6 (21.43%) Coordinator
1 6 (21.43%) Security Architect
1 6 (21.43%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 5 (17.86%) Security Consultant
3 3 (10.71%) Security Specialist
4 2 (7.14%) Information Assurance Specialist
4 2 (7.14%) Information Specialist
4 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (3.57%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Principal Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (3.57%) CAN bus
3 1 (3.57%) CESG
3 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Private Cloud
3 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Linux
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
1 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 8 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 6 (21.43%) Information Assurance
5 5 (17.86%) Incident Management
6 4 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
6 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
7 3 (10.71%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (10.71%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (10.71%) Roadmaps
7 3 (10.71%) Zero Trust
8 2 (7.14%) Agile
8 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (7.14%) Information Security
8 2 (7.14%) ISMS
8 2 (7.14%) Security Management
8 2 (7.14%) SIEM
8 2 (7.14%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 27 (96.43%) Security Cleared
2 19 (67.86%) DV Cleared
3 18 (64.29%) SC Cleared
4 4 (14.29%) CISSP
5 3 (10.71%) CISM
6 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (7.14%) GIAC
7 1 (3.57%) CCIE
7 1 (3.57%) CCNP
7 1 (3.57%) CCSK
7 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.57%) CLAS
7 1 (3.57%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (3.57%) Degree
7 1 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (3.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (50.00%) JSP 440
2 13 (46.43%) NCSC
2 13 (46.43%) NIST
3 10 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (10.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (7.14%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (3.57%) Def Stans
6 1 (3.57%) NIST 800
6 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (7.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Ansible
1 1 (3.57%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) Citrix
1 2 (7.14%) VMware
2 1 (3.57%) Arista
2 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco
2 1 (3.57%) Forcepoint
2 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
2 1 (3.57%) Foundry
2 1 (3.57%) Juniper
2 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
2 1 (3.57%) SAP
2 1 (3.57%) Siemens