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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 27 26
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 11 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 4.66% 1.85% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 2.13% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 4
10th Percentile £325 £280 £428
25th Percentile £425 £288 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £300 £443
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -32.20% -6.84%
75th Percentile - £450 £490
90th Percentile £588 £525 £518
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%

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 198 141 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 83.90% 87.04% 82.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 59 82
10th Percentile £245 £147 £210
25th Percentile £363 £188 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -27.78% -
75th Percentile £517 £538 £583
90th Percentile £638 £597 £644
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 17 15
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.55
25th Percentile £14.31 - £13.23
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +54.70% +4.20%
75th Percentile £26.96 £52.31 £18.38
90th Percentile £53.75 £78.47 £23.54
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +16.41%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +3 10 £500 +66.67% 12
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 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Mart
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Front Office
4 1 (9.09%) Back Office
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Risk Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Integration Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Murex Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Service Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) JMS
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
1 1 (9.09%) Murex MxML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
5 2 (18.18%) Due Diligence
5 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Register
5 2 (18.18%) SABSA
5 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
5 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Validation
6 1 (9.09%) Culture Change
6 1 (9.09%) DevOps
6 1 (9.09%) Internal Audit
6 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
6 1 (9.09%) Service Design
6 1 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CISM
1 2 (18.18%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) NIST
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) NIST 800
2 2 (18.18%) PMO
2 2 (18.18%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) OneTrust
3 1 (9.09%) Murex