Risk Management Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Risk Management
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 24 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 +16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 9 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 4.29% 2.78% 5.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.36% 2.94% 7.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £385 £223 £427
25th Percentile £463 £256 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £300 £435
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -31.03% -3.06%
75th Percentile - £388 £455
90th Percentile £555 £500 £467
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Median hourly rate - - £12.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -10.56% +6.95% +440.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 168 136 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 80.00% 94.44% 80.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 65 76
10th Percentile £310 £148 £208
25th Percentile £400 £225 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £325 £500
Median % change year-on-year +44.23% -35.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £606
90th Percentile £638 £583 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 16 19
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £14.64 £24.18 £12.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £32.13 £15.38
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +108.88% -0.77%
75th Percentile £53.75 £54.86 £21.14
90th Percentile - £78.47 £25.20
UK median hourly rate £26.61 £32.66 £33.07
% change year-on-year -18.53% -1.24% -5.53%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in Northern Ireland

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 26 February 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
County Antrim +2 9 £500 +66.67% 1
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Risk Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Security Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Designer
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Service Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Service Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (11.11%) e-Learning
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (11.11%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) Due Diligence
4 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Register
4 2 (22.22%) SABSA
4 2 (22.22%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
4 2 (22.22%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 1 (11.11%) Minimum Viable Product
5 1 (11.11%) Project Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Service Design
5 1 (11.11%) User Experience
5 1 (11.11%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CISM
1 2 (22.22%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) NIST
2 2 (22.22%) GDPR
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) NIST 800
2 2 (22.22%) SLA
3 1 (11.11%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) OneTrust
3 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint