Risk Management Contracts in Northern Ireland

Risk Management
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Risk Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 9 27
Rank change year-on-year -15 +18 +7
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 13 17 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 6.99% 10.83% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.56% 14.17% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 3
10th Percentile £290 £316 £441
25th Percentile £331 £345 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £435 £579
Median % change year-on-year +26.44% -24.87% +32.34%
75th Percentile £634 £465 £665
90th Percentile £714 £513 £716
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £12.25 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £10.63
% change year-on-year +30.00% +370.37% -67.24%

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 172 120 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 92.47% 76.43% 75.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 59 73
10th Percentile £179 £182 £166
25th Percentile £306 £366 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +29.41% -4.49%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £538
90th Percentile £625 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 23 10
10th Percentile £14.14 - £13.70
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £23.00 £15.63 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.15% +0.84% +24.00%
75th Percentile £25.15 £23.74 £17.17
90th Percentile £59.80 £31.88 £18.71
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Management in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Risk Management in Northern Ireland

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in Northern Ireland

Risk Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Management in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Management in Northern Ireland

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 31 May 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 -6 13 £550 +26.44% 33
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 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Banking
4 3 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Financial Institution
5 2 (15.38%) Front Office
5 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Legal
5 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
6 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Banking Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Information Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Information Security Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Risk Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Risk Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Security Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Applications Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Applications Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Credit Risk Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Risk Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Solution Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
2 1 (7.69%) Credit Risk
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) Market Risk
2 1 (7.69%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) Regulatory Change
5 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Compliance Management
5 2 (15.38%) Content Management
5 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
5 2 (15.38%) Information Security
5 2 (15.38%) Information Security Governance
5 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Register
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Target Operating Model
6 1 (7.69%) Stress Testing
6 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) CISM
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
2 2 (15.38%) CRISC
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
2 2 (15.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (15.38%) GDPR
2 2 (15.38%) GRC
2 2 (15.38%) HIPAA
2 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (15.38%) NIST
2 2 (15.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (7.69%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Salesforce