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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 28 21
Rank change year-on-year +1 -7 +13
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 10 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 4.15% 2.65% 4.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.78% 3.33% 4.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 5
10th Percentile £325 £283 £472
25th Percentile £456 £294 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £536
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -20.69% +19.41%
75th Percentile £519 £600 -
90th Percentile £594 £645 £558
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -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 209 150 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 86.72% 79.37% 89.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 58 80
10th Percentile £240 £147 £206
25th Percentile £325 £167 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £406 £400
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% +1.56% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £531
90th Percentile £638 £579 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 23 10
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.91 - £12.49
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +9.12%
75th Percentile £25.15 £38.31 £15.49
90th Percentile - £50.60 £18.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -24.14% +24.29%

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 2 December 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 2 December 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 0 9 £500 +17.65% 9
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 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Mart
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Front Office
4 1 (10.00%) Back Office
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Risk Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Integration Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Murex Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Service Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) JMS
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
1 1 (10.00%) Murex MxML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Due Diligence
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Register
3 2 (20.00%) SABSA
3 2 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (10.00%) Culture Change
4 1 (10.00%) Journey Map
4 1 (10.00%) User Research
4 1 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Python
1 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CISM
1 2 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) NIST
2 2 (20.00%) GDPR
2 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (20.00%) NIST 800
2 2 (20.00%) PMO
2 2 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) OneTrust
3 1 (10.00%) Murex