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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 24 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +14
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 16 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 6.48% 5.35% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.14% 6.85% 4.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 5
10th Percentile £303 £290 £472
25th Percentile £325 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £338 £536
Median % change year-on-year +62.96% -37.02% +11.35%
75th Percentile £638 £550 -
90th Percentile £705 £625 £558
UK median daily rate £570 £564 £575
% change year-on-year +1.11% -1.96% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.74% +15.00% +8.66%

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 224 146 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.69% 78.07% 85.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 66 74
10th Percentile £253 £146 £200
25th Percentile £325 £173 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £581 £547 £500
90th Percentile £638 £638 £574
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 17 10
10th Percentile £12.85 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.78 - £13.23
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +76.69% +24.69%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £13.91
90th Percentile - £41.15 £18.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% - +48.28%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Risk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 15 £550 +66.04% 12
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Mart
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Finance
3 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (31.25%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (25.00%) Front Office
6 3 (18.75%) Legal
7 2 (12.50%) Banking
7 2 (12.50%) Financial Institution
7 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
8 1 (6.25%) Back Office
8 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Risk Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Information Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (12.50%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Credit Risk Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Integration Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Risk Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Solution Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Service Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) JMS
1 1 (6.25%) Middleware
1 1 (6.25%) Murex MxML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
1 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.25%) Credit Risk
2 1 (6.25%) Market Risk
2 1 (6.25%) Reference Data
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Regulatory Change
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (12.50%) Compliance Management
5 2 (12.50%) Content Management
5 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (12.50%) Incident Response
5 2 (12.50%) Information Security
5 2 (12.50%) Information Security Governance
5 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Risk Register
5 2 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
5 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (6.25%) Stress Testing
6 1 (6.25%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) CISM
2 2 (12.50%) CISSP
2 2 (12.50%) CRISC
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (12.50%) GDPR
2 2 (12.50%) GRC
2 2 (12.50%) HIPAA
2 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (12.50%) NIST
2 2 (12.50%) PMO
2 2 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 1 (6.25%) Murex