Risk Management Contracts in Scotland

Risk Management
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Risk Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Risk Management over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 77 95
Rank change year-on-year +20 +18 -5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 78 98 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.53% 3.43% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 3.70% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 62 61
10th Percentile £325 £269 £281
25th Percentile £381 £427 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £650 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £665
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 0
Median hourly rate - £10.63 -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £10.63 £32.40
% change year-on-year +370.37% -67.19% -5.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Risk Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,956 2,648 3,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.62% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,905 2,309
10th Percentile £230 £263 £244
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 48
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -51.45% -10.99%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £48.95
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Risk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Management in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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 Lanarkshire - 26 £375 -
Glasgow -19 23 £425 -27.66% 14
Edinburgh +16 21 £500 +6.67% 9
East Lothian - 2 - - 3
Lanarkshire - 2 £450 - 4
Perthshire +11 1 £525 -
Aberdeen -1 1 - - 10
Fife - 1 £420 - 1
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.13%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.54%) Azure
2 5 (6.41%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.85%) AWS
3 3 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.28%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (1.28%) Firewall
1 1 (1.28%) Network Security
1 1 (1.28%) SCCP
1 1 (1.28%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.28%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (8.97%) JIRA
General
1 43 (55.13%) Public Sector
2 19 (24.36%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.26%) Finance
4 7 (8.97%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (6.41%) Banking
7 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.56%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.28%) Back Office
8 1 (1.28%) Legal
8 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (20.51%) Lead
2 15 (19.23%) Risk Officer
3 13 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 7 (8.97%) Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) PMO Officer
5 5 (6.41%) Security Advisor
6 4 (5.13%) Architect
6 4 (5.13%) Security Architect
6 4 (5.13%) Security Technical Architect
6 4 (5.13%) Technical Architect
7 3 (3.85%) Risk Analyst
8 2 (2.56%) Agile Project Manager
8 2 (2.56%) Chief Information Security Officer
8 2 (2.56%) Chief Security Officer
8 2 (2.56%) ERP Manager
8 2 (2.56%) ERP Project Manager
8 2 (2.56%) Information Security Officer
8 2 (2.56%) Security Officer
8 2 (2.56%) Security Specialist
8 2 (2.56%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.82%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.56%) Equities
4 2 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.28%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.28%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.28%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.28%) Linux
1 1 (1.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.49%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (23.08%) Agile
3 16 (20.51%) Project Management
4 13 (16.67%) Information Security
5 12 (15.38%) Decision-Making
6 11 (14.10%) Project Delivery
7 10 (12.82%) Security Architecture
8 8 (10.26%) DevOps
9 7 (8.97%) PRINCE2
9 7 (8.97%) Supplier Management
10 6 (7.69%) Dependency Management
10 6 (7.69%) Information Security Management
10 6 (7.69%) Process Improvement
10 6 (7.69%) Resource Management
10 6 (7.69%) Security Management
10 6 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (7.69%) Threat Modelling
11 5 (6.41%) Change Control
11 5 (6.41%) Software Delivery
11 5 (6.41%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 20 (25.64%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.82%) Degree
4 7 (8.97%) CISSP
5 5 (6.41%) CISA
5 5 (6.41%) CISM
5 5 (6.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (5.13%) CRISC
7 3 (3.85%) CGEIT
8 2 (2.56%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.56%) ISEB
8 2 (2.56%) ISEB Practitioner
8 2 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (2.56%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.56%) PMP
9 1 (1.28%) CLAS
9 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.28%) FFIEC
9 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (21.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (16.67%) NIST
3 12 (15.38%) PMO
4 8 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (8.97%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (7.69%) QA
7 3 (3.85%) ISO 31000
7 3 (3.85%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.28%) COBIT
8 1 (1.28%) GDPR
8 1 (1.28%) GRC
8 1 (1.28%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.28%) Nagios
2 1 (1.28%) OpenView
Vendors
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.56%) Oracle
3 1 (1.28%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.28%) Cisco
3 1 (1.28%) Fortinet
3 1 (1.28%) OneTrust
3 1 (1.28%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.28%) SolarWinds