Risk Management Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Risk Management
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 31 52
Rank change year-on-year -16 +21 +15
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 32 48 22
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 4.10% 6.58% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.69% 7.40% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 28 12
10th Percentile £400 £356 £221
25th Percentile £408 £363 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% -7.50% -24.53%
75th Percentile £559 £538 £706
90th Percentile £622 £565 £725
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -6.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Risk Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 683 649 790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 87.56% 88.90% 91.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 427 532
10th Percentile £300 £285 £350
25th Percentile £383 £361 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -12.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £540 £544 £613
90th Percentile £625 £667 £700
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £482
% change year-on-year +2.78% -6.54% +1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 18
10th Percentile £14.94 £17.08 £11.55
25th Percentile £16.84 £19.32 £12.13
Median hourly rate £18.00 £21.87 £14.96
Median % change year-on-year -17.70% +46.19% -57.21%
75th Percentile £26.21 £29.44 £18.63
90th Percentile £58.50 £41.70 £32.40
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.88 £19.50
% change year-on-year -12.57% +17.31% +4.00%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Risk Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Risk Management job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Risk Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Glasgow over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in Glasgow

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Risk Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (6.25%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) AWS
2 4 (12.50%) Azure
3 3 (9.38%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 2 (6.25%) Lucidchart
5 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Firewall
2 1 (3.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 13 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 9 (28.13%) Finance
3 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Banking
4 2 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.13%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Core Java Developer
1 6 (18.75%) Developer
1 6 (18.75%) Java Developer
2 5 (15.63%) Analyst
2 5 (15.63%) Business Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Python Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Architect
4 3 (9.38%) Python Software Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Change Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Cloud Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Cloud Security Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Senior
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Software Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 3 (9.38%) Kafka
1 3 (9.38%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 11 (34.38%) Management Information System
2 6 (18.75%) Data Structures
3 3 (9.38%) Equities
3 3 (9.38%) Fixed Income
3 3 (9.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (9.38%) Market Risk
4 2 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (6.25%) Public Cloud
5 1 (3.13%) Credit Risk
5 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.13%) FMCG
5 1 (3.13%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (28.13%) Software Engineering
4 8 (25.00%) Agile
5 7 (21.88%) Computer Science
5 7 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (12.50%) AI
6 4 (12.50%) Cloud Security
6 4 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (12.50%) Data Protection
6 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 4 (12.50%) DevOps
6 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 4 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (12.50%) SDLC
7 3 (9.38%) Continuous Deployment
7 3 (9.38%) Cost Reduction
7 3 (9.38%) Observability
7 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
7 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) Java
2 7 (21.88%) SQL
3 6 (18.75%) Python
4 3 (9.38%) C++
4 3 (9.38%) Go
5 2 (6.25%) JavaScript
5 2 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) CISSP
2 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
2 3 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.25%) AWS Certification
3 2 (6.25%) Degree
3 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) BC Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.13%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.13%) PMP
4 1 (3.13%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (6.25%) GDPR
1 2 (6.25%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) Basel III
2 1 (3.13%) COBIT
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) Grafana
1 3 (9.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
1 3 (9.38%) Splunk
2 2 (6.25%) F5
3 1 (3.13%) IBM