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 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 509 566
Rank change year-on-year -91 +57 +75
Contract jobs citing RMADS 38 13 24
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.077% 0.044% 0.055%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.46% 0.28% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 12 12
10th Percentile £513 - £370
25th Percentile £525 £538 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - -
75th Percentile £675 £709 £644
90th Percentile £746 £738 £674
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £82.32 - -
25th Percentile £82.95 - -
Median hourly rate £84.01 - £83.41
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 8,264 4,705 5,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.70% 16.08% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,296 2,996 3,746
10th Percentile £341 £268 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year - -2.20% -2.62%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 490 190 423
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.63 £13.18
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £23.09
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% +40.75% -38.83%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £82.77 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £32.66 £19.09
% change year-on-year +22.49% +71.10% -49.11%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 -109 30 £638 +2.00% 12
UK excluding London -86 25 £650 +4.00% 10
South West -27 12 £650 +4.00% 5
South East - 7 £550 - 4
Work from Home -48 5 £550 -21.43% 6
London -64 3 £625 -10.71% 2
North of England - 3 £675 -
Scotland - 2 - -
North West - 2 £725 -
Yorkshire - 1 £600 -
East of England - 1 - - 1

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.63%) AWS
1 1 (2.63%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.79%) Firewall
2 5 (13.16%) VPN
3 4 (10.53%) Network Security
4 3 (7.89%) BGP
4 3 (7.89%) MPLS
4 3 (7.89%) OSPF
5 2 (5.26%) BIG-IP
5 2 (5.26%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (5.26%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (5.26%) IPsec
5 2 (5.26%) LAN
5 2 (5.26%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (5.26%) SD-WAN
5 2 (5.26%) TCP/IP
5 2 (5.26%) VXLAN
5 2 (5.26%) WAN
6 1 (2.63%) DHCP
6 1 (2.63%) DNS
6 1 (2.63%) Modbus
6 1 (2.63%) SSL
General
1 9 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
2 6 (15.79%) Telecoms
3 5 (13.16%) Cyber-Physical System
4 4 (10.53%) Electronics
4 4 (10.53%) Finance
4 4 (10.53%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.53%) Marketing
5 2 (5.26%) Aviation
6 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) Consultant
1 7 (18.42%) Coordinator
1 7 (18.42%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 6 (15.79%) Architect
2 6 (15.79%) Security Architect
2 6 (15.79%) Security Consultant
2 6 (15.79%) Security Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Principal Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Principal Security Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Security Specialist
5 2 (5.26%) Information Assurance Specialist
5 2 (5.26%) Information Specialist
6 1 (2.63%) CIO
6 1 (2.63%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 1 (2.63%) Security Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Data Centre
2 5 (13.16%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (7.89%) CESG
3 3 (7.89%) PKI
4 2 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.63%) CAN bus
5 1 (2.63%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.63%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Linux
1 2 (5.26%) Windows
1 2 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Risk Management
2 9 (23.68%) Incident Management
2 9 (23.68%) Security Architecture
3 8 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (18.42%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (18.42%) Information Security
5 6 (15.79%) Network Segmentation
5 6 (15.79%) Zero Trust
6 5 (13.16%) Change Management
6 5 (13.16%) Information Assurance
6 5 (13.16%) Product Strategy
7 4 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (10.53%) Critical Thinking
7 4 (10.53%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (10.53%) Programme Management
7 4 (10.53%) Threat Modelling
8 3 (7.89%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (7.89%) SABSA
8 3 (7.89%) SIEM
8 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 37 (97.37%) Security Cleared
2 25 (65.79%) DV Cleared
3 21 (55.26%) SC Cleared
4 6 (15.79%) CISSP
5 5 (13.16%) Degree
6 4 (10.53%) CISM
7 3 (7.89%) CCIE
7 3 (7.89%) CESG Certified Professional
7 3 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (5.26%) CCDP
8 2 (5.26%) CCIE Security
8 2 (5.26%) CHECK Team Leader
8 2 (5.26%) CREST Certified
8 2 (5.26%) GIAC
9 1 (2.63%) CCSK
9 1 (2.63%) CLAS
9 1 (2.63%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (2.63%) ISSMP
9 1 (2.63%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (50.00%) JSP 440
2 18 (47.37%) NCSC
3 15 (39.47%) NIST
4 12 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (10.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (5.26%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (2.63%) Def Stans
8 1 (2.63%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (5.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Functional Safety
2 1 (2.63%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (10.53%) SAP
2 3 (7.89%) Cisco
2 3 (7.89%) Fortinet
2 3 (7.89%) Juniper
2 3 (7.89%) Palo Alto
3 2 (5.26%) Citrix
3 2 (5.26%) F5
3 2 (5.26%) Netskope
3 2 (5.26%) VMware
3 2 (5.26%) Zscaler
4 1 (2.63%) Arista
4 1 (2.63%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.63%) Forcepoint
4 1 (2.63%) QinetiQ
4 1 (2.63%) Siemens