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 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 532 544
Rank change year-on-year +2 +12 +234
Contract jobs citing RMADS 25 20 92
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.074% 0.054% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.42% 0.41% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 13 50
10th Percentile £601 £483 £548
25th Percentile £613 £525 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - -0.95%
75th Percentile £697 £675 £675
90th Percentile £711 £688 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £640 £625
% change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% -1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 18
Median hourly rate - - £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £83.40
% change year-on-year - - +19.14%

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 5,971 4,936 6,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.76% 13.32% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,823 2,886 4,586
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £401 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £610 £625 £650
90th Percentile £706 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 227 256
10th Percentile £13.60 £13.26 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.11 £20.07
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -25.17% +48.73%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.53 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.25 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -15.45% -26.67% +66.67%

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 24 October 2025.

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 7 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 24 October 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
England -14 24 £675 +8.00% 6
UK excluding London -23 22 £650 +1.56% 6
South West +19 12 £675 +3.85% 3
South East +2 9 £625 - 3
Work from Home +32 8 £675 +20.00% 2
London +12 3 £700 +33.33%
Wales - 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 12 (48.00%) Public Sector
1 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Electronics
2 9 (36.00%) Finance
2 9 (36.00%) Manufacturing
2 9 (36.00%) Marketing
2 9 (36.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.00%) Legal
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Law
5 1 (4.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 16 (64.00%) Consultant
2 15 (60.00%) Security Consultant
3 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 5 (20.00%) Coordinator
4 5 (20.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
5 3 (12.00%) Lead
6 1 (4.00%) Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
6 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (12.00%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.00%) VMS
2 1 (4.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 13 (52.00%) Agile
2 13 (52.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (36.00%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (36.00%) Digital Marketing
3 9 (36.00%) Programme Management
3 9 (36.00%) Threat Modelling
4 8 (32.00%) Cloud Security
4 8 (32.00%) Information Assurance
5 5 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (20.00%) Scrum
6 4 (16.00%) Risk Register
6 4 (16.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 3 (12.00%) Data Privacy
7 3 (12.00%) DevSecOps
7 3 (12.00%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (12.00%) Information Security
7 3 (12.00%) Project Management
7 3 (12.00%) Zero Trust
8 2 (8.00%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 24 (96.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (68.00%) DV Cleared
3 14 (56.00%) CISSP
4 11 (44.00%) CESG Certified Professional
5 10 (40.00%) SC Cleared
6 8 (32.00%) CISM
6 8 (32.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 4 (16.00%) CLAS
8 3 (12.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (8.00%) CISA
9 2 (8.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (40.00%) NIST
3 9 (36.00%) NCSC
4 7 (28.00%) JSP 440
5 6 (24.00%) NIST 800
6 2 (8.00%) GDPR
7 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (4.00%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) SAP
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.00%) Oracle
4 1 (4.00%) VMware