Risk Register Contracts

Risk Register
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Risk Register skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Risk Register over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 486 579 702
Rank change year-on-year +93 +123 -87
Contract jobs citing Risk Register 96 139 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.26% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 98 86
10th Percentile £334 £248 £272
25th Percentile £400 £398 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £711 £688 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% +10.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 4
10th Percentile £30.00 £19.10 £14.53
25th Percentile £31.25 £21.94 £15.96
Median hourly rate £39.87 £36.00 £42.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.75% -14.79% +69.00%
75th Percentile £44.74 - £66.00
90th Percentile £55.38 £62.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.74 £36.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +24.28% +94.59% -36.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Register 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,597 53,655 80,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,227 37,238 56,437
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,746 1,926
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.27
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.98 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.34 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +3.72% +80.00% -8.00%

Risk Register
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Risk Register as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Register over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Register over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Register within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +78 90 £500 -3.85% 97
UK excluding London +42 61 £475 -7.32% 83
London +85 33 £515 +1.98% 27
South East +27 33 £413 -23.26% 16
Work from Home +101 26 £405 -22.95% 39
Midlands +33 11 £488 -18.75% 17
West Midlands +25 9 £488 -18.75% 12
North of England +22 7 £494 +3.95% 22
North West +14 7 £494 +49.62% 11
South West +4 5 £610 +3.83% 14
Scotland +27 4 £475 +65.22% 10
East Midlands - 2 - - 5
East of England +8 1 £475 +34.75% 2
Wales - 1 £1,000 - 3

Risk Register
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (5.21%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.08%) Azure
1 2 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (2.08%) Power Automate
2 1 (1.04%) SaaS
2 1 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.13%) Firewall
1 3 (3.13%) WAN
2 2 (2.08%) LAN
2 2 (2.08%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.08%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.08%) VPN
3 1 (1.04%) DMZ
3 1 (1.04%) Intranet
3 1 (1.04%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.21%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.04%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (7.29%) JIRA
General
1 26 (27.08%) Finance
2 12 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (11.46%) Legal
4 8 (8.33%) Social Skills
5 7 (7.29%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.17%) Local Government
7 3 (3.13%) Digital Healthcare
7 3 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.08%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.08%) Marketing
8 2 (2.08%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.04%) Law
9 1 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (35.42%) Project Manager
2 13 (13.54%) Analyst
3 9 (9.38%) Risk Analyst
3 9 (9.38%) Senior
4 8 (8.33%) IT Manager
5 6 (6.25%) IT Project Manager
5 6 (6.25%) Security Analyst
5 6 (6.25%) Senior Manager
6 4 (4.17%) Business Analyst
6 4 (4.17%) Data Business Analyst
6 4 (4.17%) Information Security Specialist
6 4 (4.17%) Information Specialist
6 4 (4.17%) Programme Manager
6 4 (4.17%) Risk Business Analyst
6 4 (4.17%) Security Specialist
6 4 (4.17%) Transformation Manager
6 4 (4.17%) Transformation Project Manager
7 3 (3.13%) Asset Management Analyst
7 3 (3.13%) Consultant
7 3 (3.13%) Regulatory Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.71%) Cyber Defence
2 8 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.21%) NHS
4 3 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.13%) Wiki
5 2 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.08%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.04%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.04%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.04%) FMCG
6 1 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.04%) Life Science
6 1 (1.04%) PKI
6 1 (1.04%) PMI
6 1 (1.04%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (41.67%) Project Management
2 31 (32.29%) Risk Management
3 26 (27.08%) Project Delivery
4 23 (23.96%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (18.75%) Agile
5 18 (18.75%) Impact Assessments
6 17 (17.71%) Security Architecture
7 13 (13.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (11.46%) PRINCE2
8 11 (11.46%) Risk Analysis
9 10 (10.42%) Asset Management
9 10 (10.42%) Change Control
9 10 (10.42%) Performance Management
9 10 (10.42%) Risk Assessment
9 10 (10.42%) Service Delivery
10 9 (9.38%) Business Case
10 9 (9.38%) Change Management
10 9 (9.38%) ITIL
10 9 (9.38%) Logistics
11 8 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (1.04%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 20 (20.83%) DV Cleared
3 18 (18.75%) Degree
4 6 (6.25%) PMP
5 5 (5.21%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.13%) CISM
6 3 (3.13%) CISSP
6 3 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.13%) PMI Certification
6 3 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (2.08%) CRISC
8 1 (1.04%) APMP
8 1 (1.04%) CCNA
8 1 (1.04%) CCNP
8 1 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.04%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (20.83%) NCSC
2 17 (17.71%) RMADS
3 10 (10.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (9.38%) PMO
5 5 (5.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (5.21%) Data Quality
5 5 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (5.21%) NIST
5 5 (5.21%) QA
6 4 (4.17%) P3O
7 3 (3.13%) GRC
7 3 (3.13%) PCI DSS
8 2 (2.08%) GDPR
8 2 (2.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (2.08%) ISO 31000
9 1 (1.04%) GxP
9 1 (1.04%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.04%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 17 (17.71%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 12 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.13%) Siemens
3 1 (1.04%) CA
3 1 (1.04%) Cadence
3 1 (1.04%) IBM
3 1 (1.04%) iManage
3 1 (1.04%) Informatica
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle
3 1 (1.04%) SAP