Risk Management Contract Job Trends, Contractor Rates & Related Skills in Portsmouth

Risk Management
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Jan 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	19	20	31
Rank change year-on-year	+1	+11	+4
Contract jobs citing Risk Management	8	3	5
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth	4.44%	2.54%	1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	5.76%	3.09%	2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted	2	3	0
10^th Percentile	£531	£455	-
25^th Percentile	£559	£519	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£613	£650	-
Median % change year-on-year	-5.77%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£659	£675	-
90^th Percentile	£684	-	-
Hampshire median daily rate	£475	£575	£667
% change year-on-year	-17.39%	-13.79%	+0.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	139	97	242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth	77.22%	82.20%	86.74%
Number of daily rates quoted	77	54	126
10^th Percentile	£268	£333	£385
25^th Percentile	£418	£400	£466
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£506	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+3.70%	-7.95%	+7.32%
75^th Percentile	£556	£613	£665
90^th Percentile	£623	£688	£800
Hampshire median daily rate	£525	£550	£550
% change year-on-year	-4.55%	-	+2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted	25	21	52
10^th Percentile	£16.92	£31.25	£26.38
25^th Percentile	£25.00	£35.00	£55.00
Median hourly rate	£47.50	£57.25	£62.00
Median % change year-on-year	-17.03%	-7.66%	+3.33%
75^th Percentile	£48.75	£62.50	£67.02
90^th Percentile	£58.04	£65.00	£75.16
Hampshire median hourly rate	£20.71	£35.00	£59.44
% change year-on-year	-40.83%	-41.12%	+40.14%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Risk Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Risk Management.

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in Portsmouth

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Risk Management.

Risk Management
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Risk Management also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region with a requirement for Risk Management.

1	4 (50.00%)	SC Cleared
1	4 (50.00%)	Security Cleared
2	3 (37.50%)	Agile
2	3 (37.50%)	Cybersecurity
2	3 (37.50%)	Data Privacy
2	3 (37.50%)	Impact Assessments
2	3 (37.50%)	Information Assurance
2	3 (37.50%)	Information Security
2	3 (37.50%)	Microsoft
2	3 (37.50%)	NIST 800
2	3 (37.50%)	RMADS
3	1 (12.50%)	Performance Monitoring
3	1 (12.50%)	Problem-Solving
3	1 (12.50%)	Resource Management
3	1 (12.50%)	Stakeholder Engagement

3	1 (12.50%)	Stakeholder Management
3	1 (12.50%)	Threat Modelling

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

General
1	3 (37.50%)	Legal
1	3 (37.50%)	Social Skills
2	1 (12.50%)	Organisational Skills

Job Titles
1	3 (37.50%)	Coordinator
1	3 (37.50%)	Security Assurance Coordinator
2	1 (12.50%)	Project Manager
2	1 (12.50%)	Senior
2	1 (12.50%)	Senior Manager
2	1 (12.50%)	Senior Project Manager

Miscellaneous
1	3 (37.50%)	Cyber Defence
2	1 (12.50%)	Equities

Processes & Methodologies
1	3 (37.50%)	Agile
1	3 (37.50%)	Cybersecurity
1	3 (37.50%)	Data Privacy
1	3 (37.50%)	Impact Assessments
1	3 (37.50%)	Information Assurance
1	3 (37.50%)	Information Security
2	1 (12.50%)	Performance Monitoring
2	1 (12.50%)	Problem-Solving
2	1 (12.50%)	Resource Management
2	1 (12.50%)	Stakeholder Engagement
2	1 (12.50%)	Stakeholder Management
2	1 (12.50%)	Threat Modelling

Qualifications
1	4 (50.00%)	SC Cleared
1	4 (50.00%)	Security Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	3 (37.50%)	NIST 800
1	3 (37.50%)	RMADS

Vendors
1	3 (37.50%)	Microsoft

Risk ManagementHampshire > Portsmouth

All Process & Methodology SkillsPortsmouth

Risk ManagementJob Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Risk ManagementDaily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Risk ManagementDaily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Risk ManagementHourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Risk ManagementTop 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

Risk ManagementCo-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category