Risk Management Contracts in Scotland

Risk Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 54 63
Rank change year-on-year +13 +9 +48
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 80 66 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 4.91% 3.11% 3.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.27% 3.59% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 28 61
10th Percentile £399 £325 £220
25th Percentile £422 £389 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% -15.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £551 £565 £650
90th Percentile £600 £649 £700
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 12
10th Percentile £65.48 - -
25th Percentile £66.20 - -
Median hourly rate £71.32 - £10.63
75th Percentile £79.22 - -
90th Percentile £81.61 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £48.75 £10.63
% change year-on-year +33.33% +358.61% -67.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,517 1,839 2,462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.18% 86.58% 92.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 854 1,141 1,712
10th Percentile £255 £219 £260
25th Percentile £368 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% -2.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £507 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.43% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 92 58
10th Percentile £16.18 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.07 £12.17
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £16.86
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +15.69% -54.97%
75th Percentile £25.42 £42.71 £41.56
90th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £26.32 £37.18 £35.00
% change year-on-year -29.21% +6.23% +36.29%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Glasgow +5 39 £495 +10.00% 24
Edinburgh +21 36 £450 -10.00% 28
Perthshire - 2 £575 -
Fife -1 1 - - 9
Perth and Kinross - 1 - -
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.25%) Cloud Computing
2 7 (8.75%) Azure
2 7 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.00%) AWS
3 4 (5.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.50%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.25%) Amazon EMR
5 1 (1.25%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.25%) Asana
5 1 (1.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.50%) Firewall
2 1 (1.25%) BGP
2 1 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.25%) LAN
2 1 (1.25%) Network Security
2 1 (1.25%) OSPF
2 1 (1.25%) SMS
2 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.25%) VPN
2 1 (1.25%) WAN
2 1 (1.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.00%) Power BI
2 3 (3.75%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.25%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) JIRA
1 3 (3.75%) JUnit
1 3 (3.75%) MSTest
1 3 (3.75%) NUnit
1 3 (3.75%) Postman
1 3 (3.75%) Ranorex
1 3 (3.75%) Selenium
2 1 (1.25%) Git
2 1 (1.25%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 41 (51.25%) Social Skills
2 40 (50.00%) Finance
3 30 (37.50%) Banking
4 15 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (13.75%) Public Sector
6 10 (12.50%) Investment Banking
7 8 (10.00%) Retail Banking
8 7 (8.75%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.25%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.25%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.25%) Legal
11 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 10 (12.50%) JavaScript Engineer
1 10 (12.50%) Python Engineer
2 8 (10.00%) Analyst
3 6 (7.50%) Programme Manager
3 6 (7.50%) Project Manager
4 5 (6.25%) Developer
4 5 (6.25%) Lead
4 5 (6.25%) Senior
5 4 (5.00%) Architect
5 4 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.00%) Technical Manager
5 4 (5.00%) Test Manager
6 3 (3.75%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (2.50%) Cloud Consultant
7 2 (2.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 2 (2.50%) QA Engineer
7 2 (2.50%) QA Leader
7 2 (2.50%) Technical Delivery Manager
7 2 (2.50%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.75%) Playwright
2 1 (1.25%) .NET
2 1 (1.25%) JSON
2 1 (1.25%) Kafka
2 1 (1.25%) REST
2 1 (1.25%) SOAP
2 1 (1.25%) WebSockets
2 1 (1.25%) XML
2 1 (1.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.25%) Distributed Systems
1 13 (16.25%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.75%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.75%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.50%) PMI
4 2 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.25%) CMDB
5 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.25%) PropTech
5 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.75%) Windows
2 2 (2.50%) Linux
2 2 (2.50%) Unix
3 1 (1.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (28.75%) Agile
3 18 (22.50%) Decision-Making
3 18 (22.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (21.25%) Artificial Intelligence
5 16 (20.00%) Project Management
6 14 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (17.50%) Data Security
7 13 (16.25%) Critical Thinking
7 13 (16.25%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (16.25%) Data Science
7 13 (16.25%) Experimental Design
7 13 (16.25%) Machine Learning
7 13 (16.25%) Natural Language Processing
7 13 (16.25%) Project Delivery
7 13 (16.25%) Statistical Analysis
8 11 (13.75%) Community of Practice
8 11 (13.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 11 (13.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (13.75%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.00%) Java
2 14 (17.50%) JavaScript
3 13 (16.25%) Python
3 13 (16.25%) TypeScript
4 3 (3.75%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.75%) SQL
5 1 (1.25%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (12.50%) Degree
2 7 (8.75%) CISSP
3 6 (7.50%) CISM
4 5 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.00%) CRISC
5 4 (5.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (2.50%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.50%) CISA
7 2 (2.50%) ISACA
7 2 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (2.50%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.25%) ACCA
8 1 (1.25%) CEH
8 1 (1.25%) CIMA
8 1 (1.25%) GCIH
8 1 (1.25%) ICAEW
8 1 (1.25%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.75%) PMO
2 5 (6.25%) QA
3 4 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.50%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.50%) NIST
4 2 (2.50%) P3O
4 2 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.25%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.25%) GRC
5 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.25%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (8.75%) ServiceNow
2 4 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.75%) CyberArk
4 2 (2.50%) Pega
4 2 (2.50%) Qualys
4 2 (2.50%) Splunk
4 2 (2.50%) Tenable
4 2 (2.50%) Thycotic
5 1 (1.25%) Ariba
5 1 (1.25%) Cisco
5 1 (1.25%) IBM
5 1 (1.25%) Juniper
5 1 (1.25%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.25%) Spotify
5 1 (1.25%) StreamSets