Risk Management Contracts

Risk Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 73 100
Rank change year-on-year +10 +27 +19
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,370 1,918 2,355
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.14% 3.16% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.63% 3.52% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 892 1,124 1,629
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £667
90th Percentile £825 £854 £761
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% +14.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 230 56
10th Percentile £12.25 - £23.06
25th Percentile £31.80 £9.80 £25.68
Median hourly rate £50.00 £10.63 £29.45
Median % change year-on-year +370.37% -63.90% -14.01%
75th Percentile £61.25 £12.02 £56.60
90th Percentile £83.40 £70.13 £69.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £9.80 £50.05
% change year-on-year +410.20% -80.42% +42.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,706 54,523 81,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.36% 89.87% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,375 37,727 57,191
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
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% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,416 1,789 1,947
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -
75th Percentile £58.70 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £19.96
% change year-on-year -2.78% +80.41% -7.83%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Top 18 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 19 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 +3 1,178 £563 -6.25% 904
UK excluding London +11 662 £525 -4.55% 464
London +11 605 £600 -7.69% 470
Work from Home +31 468 £550 -8.33% 408
North of England +23 197 £550 +10.00% 122
South East -16 137 £529 -3.86% 115
North West +31 123 £666 +33.20% 79
South West -8 117 £520 -18.75% 60
Scotland +33 84 £475 -11.17% 44
Midlands +4 71 £525 - 67
Yorkshire +1 68 £500 - 34
West Midlands -1 56 £525 -6.67% 47
East of England +12 29 £475 -14.03% 42
Wales +30 14 £600 +41.18% 20
Northern Ireland +12 14 £435 -12.25% 6
East Midlands +9 14 £555 +38.75% 20
North East +28 8 £590 +31.11% 9
Isle of Man - 2 - - 1

Risk Management
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 40 (2.92%) Confluence
2 38 (2.77%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.75%) SAS
4 19 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.29%) Apache
6 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.22%) nginx
8 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.073%) CMS
9 1 (0.073%) IIS
9 1 (0.073%) Mendix
9 1 (0.073%) Moodle
Applications
1 73 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (3.07%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.73%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.73%) Aligne
2 10 (0.73%) Primavera
3 9 (0.66%) ION MarketView
4 6 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (0.36%) Endur
5 5 (0.36%) Shopify
5 5 (0.36%) Temenos T24
6 4 (0.29%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.22%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.22%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.22%) Orchestrade
7 3 (0.22%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.15%) Bloomberg AIM
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 112 (8.18%) Azure
2 51 (3.72%) AWS
3 36 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (2.55%) SaaS
5 32 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (1.39%) Power Platform
7 17 (1.24%) IaaS
8 15 (1.09%) GCP
9 12 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (0.88%) Entra ID
9 12 (0.88%) PaaS
10 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (0.58%) WhatsApp
11 7 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (0.51%) GitHub
12 6 (0.44%) Kong
13 5 (0.36%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (0.36%) Apigee
13 5 (0.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 90 (6.57%) Firewall
2 55 (4.01%) Network Security
2 55 (4.01%) VPN
3 24 (1.75%) Structured Cabling
4 19 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (1.09%) FIX Connectivity
6 11 (0.80%) PPP
7 10 (0.73%) SAN
8 9 (0.66%) DNS
8 9 (0.66%) DWDM
8 9 (0.66%) Intranet
9 8 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (0.58%) Wireless
10 7 (0.51%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.36%) DMZ
12 4 (0.29%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.29%) Wideband
13 3 (0.22%) DHCP
13 3 (0.22%) Internet
13 3 (0.22%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (1.68%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.39%) Relational Database
3 16 (1.17%) Power BI
4 11 (0.80%) MongoDB
5 9 (0.66%) Metadata
6 7 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.44%) KDB
7 6 (0.44%) MySQL
8 5 (0.36%) Data Mart
8 5 (0.36%) OLAP
8 5 (0.36%) OLTP
8 5 (0.36%) Oracle OLAP
8 5 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.36%) Tableau
9 4 (0.29%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.22%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.22%) Big Data
10 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 78 (5.69%) JIRA
2 14 (1.02%) TeamCity
3 12 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (0.44%) Git
6 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.29%) LoadRunner
6 4 (0.29%) NeoLoad
6 4 (0.29%) Sourcetree
7 3 (0.22%) GitLab
7 3 (0.22%) Maven
8 2 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.073%) Ant
9 1 (0.073%) Babel
9 1 (0.073%) MLflow
9 1 (0.073%) Selenium
9 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.073%) VisualWorks
9 1 (0.073%) webpack
General
1 413 (30.15%) Finance
2 400 (29.20%) Social Skills
3 177 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
4 167 (12.19%) Public Sector
5 107 (7.81%) Banking
6 78 (5.69%) Legal
7 72 (5.26%) Front Office
8 59 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
9 51 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
10 46 (3.36%) Marketing
11 44 (3.21%) Telecoms
12 39 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (2.19%) Investment Banking
14 29 (2.12%) Manufacturing
15 27 (1.97%) Retail
16 23 (1.68%) Financial Institution
17 22 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 21 (1.53%) Local Government
19 20 (1.46%) Electronics
20 13 (0.95%) Law
Job Titles
1 223 (16.28%) Project Manager
2 197 (14.38%) Analyst
3 172 (12.55%) Architect
4 143 (10.44%) Lead
5 115 (8.39%) Senior
6 92 (6.72%) Consultant
7 78 (5.69%) Security Architect
8 65 (4.74%) Business Analyst
9 55 (4.01%) Developer
10 50 (3.65%) Senior Manager
11 46 (3.36%) Technical Architect
12 42 (3.07%) IT Manager
13 39 (2.85%) Security Consultant
14 38 (2.77%) Lead Architect
15 36 (2.63%) Technical Leader
16 32 (2.34%) Risk Analyst
17 30 (2.19%) Security Analyst
18 29 (2.12%) Programme Manager
18 29 (2.12%) Risk Manager
18 29 (2.12%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.36%) Node.js
2 36 (2.63%) ISPF
3 19 (1.39%) XML
4 17 (1.24%) FIX Protocol
5 15 (1.09%) Kafka
6 14 (1.02%) .NET
7 12 (0.88%) SAML
8 11 (0.80%) CSS
8 11 (0.80%) OAuth
9 10 (0.73%) OpenID
9 10 (0.73%) SailPoint
9 10 (0.73%) Web Services
10 9 (0.66%) HTML
11 8 (0.58%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.58%) J2EE
11 8 (0.58%) LDAP
11 8 (0.58%) Middleware
11 8 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
11 8 (0.58%) Spring
12 6 (0.44%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 149 (10.88%) Management Information System
2 44 (3.21%) Public Cloud
3 43 (3.14%) Derivative
4 39 (2.85%) Mainframe
4 39 (2.85%) Security Posture
5 37 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
6 33 (2.41%) Product Ownership
7 24 (1.75%) Data Centre
8 22 (1.61%) Fixed Income
9 20 (1.46%) Market Risk
10 19 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 18 (1.31%) Operational Technology
12 17 (1.24%) NHS
13 16 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
14 15 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (1.09%) Freedom of Information
14 15 (1.09%) Onboarding
15 13 (0.95%) CMDB
15 13 (0.95%) LPAR
15 13 (0.95%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 127 (9.27%) Windows
2 58 (4.23%) Linux
3 47 (3.43%) Windows Server
4 45 (3.28%) Android
4 45 (3.28%) Apple iOS
5 39 (2.85%) Unix
6 38 (2.77%) zOS
7 10 (0.73%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.073%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.073%) MVS
10 1 (0.073%) Solaris
10 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (25.26%) Project Management
2 288 (21.02%) Agile
3 258 (18.83%) Cybersecurity
3 258 (18.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 187 (13.65%) Problem-Solving
5 166 (12.12%) Information Security
6 157 (11.46%) Project Delivery
7 141 (10.29%) Change Management
8 131 (9.56%) PRINCE2
9 121 (8.83%) DevOps
10 116 (8.47%) Security Architecture
11 111 (8.10%) Decision-Making
12 109 (7.96%) Roadmaps
13 99 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 89 (6.50%) ITIL
15 81 (5.91%) Project Planning
16 71 (5.18%) Programme Management
16 71 (5.18%) Threat Intelligence
17 70 (5.11%) Migration
18 69 (5.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 92 (6.72%) SQL
2 83 (6.06%) Python
3 41 (2.99%) Java
3 41 (2.99%) PowerShell
4 36 (2.63%) JCL
5 33 (2.41%) REXX
6 25 (1.82%) C#
7 20 (1.46%) Assembly Language
8 18 (1.31%) JavaScript
9 14 (1.02%) CLIST
10 12 (0.88%) C++
11 6 (0.44%) Scala
12 4 (0.29%) Bash
13 3 (0.22%) C
13 3 (0.22%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.22%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.22%) Go
13 3 (0.22%) Groovy
13 3 (0.22%) Perl
13 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 254 (18.54%) Security Cleared
2 206 (15.04%) Degree
3 184 (13.43%) SC Cleared
4 118 (8.61%) CISSP
5 86 (6.28%) CISM
6 69 (5.04%) DV Cleared
7 54 (3.94%) PMI Certification
7 54 (3.94%) PMP
8 52 (3.80%) CISA
9 47 (3.43%) CRISC
10 34 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
11 32 (2.34%) Master's Degree
12 27 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
13 22 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 22 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 20 (1.46%) SANS
15 14 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
16 13 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 13 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 12 (0.88%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (9.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 127 (9.27%) NIST
3 102 (7.45%) PMO
4 85 (6.20%) QA
5 57 (4.16%) GRC
6 49 (3.58%) GDPR
7 42 (3.07%) COBIT
8 36 (2.63%) PCI DSS
9 30 (2.19%) Data Quality
10 23 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (1.24%) NCSC
12 16 (1.17%) HIPAA
12 16 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 16 (1.17%) NIST 800
13 14 (1.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 12 (0.88%) ISO 31000
14 12 (0.88%) SLA
15 11 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.66%) ISO 9000
16 9 (0.66%) MiFID
System Software
1 36 (2.63%) Time Sharing Option
2 15 (1.09%) ACF2
2 15 (1.09%) RACF
3 14 (1.02%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.80%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 11 (0.80%) Microcode
5 8 (0.58%) Docker
6 3 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.073%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (1.75%) OMEGAMON
2 12 (0.88%) Grafana
2 12 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (0.73%) Terraform
4 9 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
5 6 (0.44%) Ansible
6 5 (0.36%) SCCM
7 4 (0.29%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.15%) CEMLI
9 2 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.15%) Nagios
9 2 (0.15%) Nessus
9 2 (0.15%) Nexpose
9 2 (0.15%) OpenView
9 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.073%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.073%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.073%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 134 (9.78%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.82%) SAP
3 56 (4.09%) IBM
4 50 (3.65%) Oracle
5 29 (2.12%) Splunk
6 22 (1.61%) ServiceNow
7 21 (1.53%) Salesforce
8 19 (1.39%) Broadcom
8 19 (1.39%) ION Trading
9 17 (1.24%) Bloomberg
9 17 (1.24%) Google
9 17 (1.24%) Tradeweb
10 16 (1.17%) Adobe
10 16 (1.17%) MarketAxess
11 12 (0.88%) Murex
12 11 (0.80%) Cisco
13 10 (0.73%) Qualys
14 9 (0.66%) Dynatrace
15 8 (0.58%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.58%) CA