Risk Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Risk Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 70 102
Rank change year-on-year +12 +32 +22
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 635 796 801
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.07% 3.33% 2.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.62% 3.72% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 440 566
10th Percentile £313 £304 £325
25th Percentile £413 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +15.89%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £600
90th Percentile £825 £788 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 157 26
10th Percentile £12.25 - £15.88
25th Percentile £28.98 - £25.69
Median hourly rate £52.50 £9.80 £38.77
Median % change year-on-year +435.71% -74.72% +19.28%
75th Percentile £61.25 £10.63 £64.94
90th Percentile £80.34 £78.40 £75.06
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £10.63 £26.50
% change year-on-year +370.37% -59.89% -22.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,539 21,424 27,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.73% 89.49% 88.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,477 14,871 19,220
10th Percentile £250 £255 £232
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,058 1,303 1,363
10th Percentile £12.33 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.24 £15.75 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.34 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.69% +75.00% -8.00%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £45.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in the UK excluding London

Risk Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Management in the UK excluding London

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK excluding London

Risk Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Management in the UK excluding London

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK excluding London

Risk Management
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 Risk Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
North of England +16 191 £548 +9.50% 115
South East +3 136 £525 -4.55% 120
North West +25 120 £666 +33.20% 76
South West -10 108 £520 -22.96% 67
Scotland +16 75 £450 -14.29% 55
Midlands +8 70 £525 - 77
Yorkshire -3 65 £488 -2.50% 25
West Midlands -2 55 £500 -9.09% 48
East of England +12 29 £388 -26.19% 45
Wales +33 14 £600 +41.18% 18
Northern Ireland +21 14 £435 -24.87% 9
East Midlands +12 14 £555 +38.75% 29
North East +24 8 £590 +31.11% 14
Isle of Man - 2 - - 1
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (3.46%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.99%) Confluence
2 19 (2.99%) SAS
3 5 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.47%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.47%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.16%) Moodle
6 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 39 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (2.20%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.57%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (1.42%) Primavera
2 6 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.79%) Temenos T24
4 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.47%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.47%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.16%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.16%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 33 (5.20%) Azure
2 19 (2.99%) AWS
3 11 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (1.57%) SaaS
5 6 (0.94%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.79%) Apigee
6 5 (0.79%) GCP
6 5 (0.79%) Kong
6 5 (0.79%) PaaS
7 4 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (0.63%) Entra ID
7 4 (0.63%) IaaS
7 4 (0.63%) WhatsApp
8 3 (0.47%) CloudBees
8 3 (0.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (0.31%) GitHub
9 2 (0.31%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.31%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 68 (10.71%) Firewall
2 49 (7.72%) VPN
3 33 (5.20%) Network Security
4 12 (1.89%) Structured Cabling
5 11 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (1.57%) PPP
7 9 (1.42%) DWDM
8 8 (1.26%) Wireless
9 5 (0.79%) Intranet
9 5 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (0.79%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.63%) DNS
10 4 (0.63%) Wideband
11 2 (0.31%) CTI
11 2 (0.31%) DMZ
11 2 (0.31%) LAN
11 2 (0.31%) WAN
12 1 (0.16%) Broadband
12 1 (0.16%) Internet
12 1 (0.16%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.26%) MongoDB
2 5 (0.79%) OLAP
2 5 (0.79%) OLTP
2 5 (0.79%) Oracle OLAP
2 5 (0.79%) Power BI
3 4 (0.63%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.47%) ClickHouse
4 3 (0.47%) Metadata
5 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.31%) Big Data
5 2 (0.31%) Data Vault
5 2 (0.31%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.16%) IDMS
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.16%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (5.04%) JIRA
2 8 (1.26%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.16%) GitLab
4 1 (0.16%) MLflow
General
1 184 (28.98%) Social Skills
2 110 (17.32%) Finance
3 100 (15.75%) Public Sector
4 54 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (7.09%) Legal
6 38 (5.98%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (4.09%) Marketing
8 26 (4.09%) Telecoms
9 21 (3.31%) Banking
9 21 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.36%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.89%) Military
13 11 (1.73%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.73%) Electronics
13 11 (1.73%) Local Government
13 11 (1.73%) Mandarin Language
14 9 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 113 (17.80%) Project Manager
2 95 (14.96%) Architect
3 93 (14.65%) Lead
4 69 (10.87%) Analyst
5 54 (8.50%) Senior
6 40 (6.30%) Technical Architect
7 39 (6.14%) Consultant
8 32 (5.04%) Lead Architect
9 31 (4.88%) Technical Leader
10 29 (4.57%) Security Architect
11 26 (4.09%) Senior Manager
12 25 (3.94%) Security Consultant
13 22 (3.46%) Security Manager
14 18 (2.83%) Programmer
14 18 (2.83%) Systems Programmer
14 18 (2.83%) z/OS Systems Programmer
15 17 (2.68%) IT Manager
16 16 (2.52%) Risk Manager
17 15 (2.36%) Risk Officer
18 14 (2.20%) Bid Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (6.30%) Node.js
2 31 (4.88%) ISPF
3 9 (1.42%) Kafka
4 6 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (0.94%) SOAP
5 5 (0.79%) IBM Integration Bus
5 5 (0.79%) J2EE
5 5 (0.79%) Web Services
6 4 (0.63%) Apache Camel
6 4 (0.63%) HTML
6 4 (0.63%) LDAP
6 4 (0.63%) Spring
6 4 (0.63%) Spring Boot
6 4 (0.63%) Spring Integration
7 3 (0.47%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.47%) Apache Beam
7 3 (0.47%) CSS
7 3 (0.47%) Keycloak
7 3 (0.47%) Middleware
7 3 (0.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.92%) Management Information System
2 33 (5.20%) Security Posture
3 31 (4.88%) Mainframe
4 30 (4.72%) Public Cloud
5 16 (2.52%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (2.52%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.05%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.89%) NHS
7 12 (1.89%) Operational Technology
8 11 (1.73%) LPAR
9 9 (1.42%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.42%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.26%) PMI
11 7 (1.10%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
12 6 (0.94%) Freedom of Information
13 5 (0.79%) CMDB
13 5 (0.79%) DataPower
14 4 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
15 3 (0.47%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.76%) Windows
2 43 (6.77%) Android
2 43 (6.77%) Apple iOS
2 43 (6.77%) Windows Server
3 31 (4.88%) zOS
4 21 (3.31%) Linux
5 11 (1.73%) Mac OS X
5 11 (1.73%) Unix
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (24.88%) Project Management
2 150 (23.62%) Cybersecurity
3 147 (23.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 116 (18.27%) Agile
5 77 (12.13%) Information Security
6 72 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
7 70 (11.02%) Change Management
7 70 (11.02%) Roadmaps
8 69 (10.87%) Project Delivery
8 69 (10.87%) Security Architecture
9 64 (10.08%) PRINCE2
10 62 (9.76%) DevOps
11 61 (9.61%) Project Planning
12 55 (8.66%) Threat Intelligence
13 54 (8.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 54 (8.50%) Decision-Making
14 50 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
15 46 (7.24%) CI/CD
16 45 (7.09%) Design Patterns
17 44 (6.93%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 31 (4.88%) JCL
2 29 (4.57%) REXX
3 16 (2.52%) Assembly Language
4 12 (1.89%) Python
5 10 (1.57%) CLIST
6 8 (1.26%) Java
7 7 (1.10%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.94%) SQL
9 4 (0.63%) C++
10 3 (0.47%) C
10 3 (0.47%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.47%) Embedded C++
10 3 (0.47%) Go
10 3 (0.47%) Groovy
10 3 (0.47%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.47%) Ruby
10 3 (0.47%) Scala
11 1 (0.16%) ABAP
11 1 (0.16%) C#
Qualifications
1 188 (29.61%) Security Cleared
2 131 (20.63%) SC Cleared
3 90 (14.17%) Degree
4 52 (8.19%) DV Cleared
5 41 (6.46%) CISSP
6 32 (5.04%) CISM
6 32 (5.04%) PMI Certification
7 27 (4.25%) PMP
8 18 (2.83%) CISA
9 16 (2.52%) Master's Degree
10 14 (2.20%) CRISC
11 12 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (1.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 10 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 8 (1.26%) ISACA
15 7 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 6 (0.94%) CISMP
16 6 (0.94%) HNC
16 6 (0.94%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (11.02%) NIST
2 66 (10.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (8.82%) PMO
4 40 (6.30%) QA
5 32 (5.04%) GDPR
6 23 (3.62%) COBIT
7 21 (3.31%) PCI DSS
8 16 (2.52%) GRC
9 14 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (2.05%) HIPAA
11 11 (1.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 11 (1.73%) Data Quality
12 8 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 6 (0.94%) Disclosure Scotland
13 6 (0.94%) ISO 31000
14 4 (0.63%) NCSC
15 3 (0.47%) COSO
15 3 (0.47%) IASME
15 3 (0.47%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (4.88%) Time Sharing Option
2 15 (2.36%) ACF2
2 15 (2.36%) RACF
3 11 (1.73%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 11 (1.73%) Microcode
4 4 (0.63%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.63%) Docker
5 3 (0.47%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (3.15%) OMEGAMON
2 9 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.79%) Terraform
4 3 (0.47%) Ansible
4 3 (0.47%) Grafana
5 2 (0.31%) CEMLI
5 2 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.31%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.16%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.16%) Nagios
6 1 (0.16%) OpenView
6 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (7.72%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.67%) IBM
3 27 (4.25%) SAP
4 20 (3.15%) Splunk
5 19 (2.99%) Broadcom
6 11 (1.73%) Adobe
6 11 (1.73%) Oracle
7 7 (1.10%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.10%) BT
8 6 (0.94%) Apple
8 6 (0.94%) Google
9 5 (0.79%) ServiceNow
9 5 (0.79%) TSYS
10 4 (0.63%) Cisco
11 3 (0.47%) BMC
11 3 (0.47%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.47%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.47%) Sparx
11 3 (0.47%) Xilinx
12 2 (0.31%) Datix