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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 27 22
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +13
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 13 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 5.20% 3.50% 3.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.83% 4.43% 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 5
10th Percentile £300 £285 £472
25th Percentile £325 £300 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £536
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.64% +19.41%
75th Percentile - £575 -
90th Percentile £581 £635 £558
UK median daily rate £550 £568 £575
% change year-on-year -3.08% -1.30% -4.17%

All Process and 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 223 158 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 89.20% 79.00% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 63 83
10th Percentile £263 £146 £201
25th Percentile £325 £165 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £388 £400
Median % change year-on-year +19.35% -3.13% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £525
90th Percentile £623 £585 £598
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 24 10
10th Percentile £12.69 £21.57 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.91 £23.76 £12.49
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +22.64%
75th Percentile £25.15 £31.22 £15.49
90th Percentile - £42.70 £18.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.93 £44.00
% change year-on-year -25.88% -22.89% +25.71%

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025. 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 +5 12 £500 +17.65% 6
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Data Mart
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Finance
5 2 (15.38%) Front Office
5 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Back Office
6 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
6 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Risk Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Risk Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Integration Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Murex Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Service Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) JMS
1 1 (7.69%) Middleware
1 1 (7.69%) Murex MxML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Content Management
4 2 (15.38%) Due Diligence
4 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
4 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Register
4 2 (15.38%) SABSA
4 2 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Validation
5 1 (7.69%) Culture Change
5 1 (7.69%) Internal Audit
5 1 (7.69%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) Shell Script
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) CISM
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) NIST
2 2 (15.38%) GDPR
2 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (15.38%) NIST 800
2 2 (15.38%) PMO
2 2 (15.38%) QA
2 2 (15.38%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) OneTrust
3 1 (7.69%) Murex