Risk Management Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Risk Management
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 0.76% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 119 16 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 90.84% 80.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 3 1
10th Percentile £423 £306 -
25th Percentile £447 £327 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £375 £110
Median % change year-on-year +29.07% +240.91% -26.67%
75th Percentile £581 £413 -
90th Percentile £700 £428 -
Scotland median daily rate £470 £470 £450
% change year-on-year - +4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £13.45 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.52% - -
75th Percentile £14.12 - -
90th Percentile £16.11 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £19.97 £19.59
% change year-on-year -15.57% +1.94% +3.49%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the Highlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Risk Management

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Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

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 Highlands region over the 6 months to 1 October 2026. 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
Inverness - 1 £566 - 2
Risk Management
Scotland

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Secrets Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIAM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow