Risk Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Risk Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 57 64
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 +33
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 483 626 813
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.78% 3.07% 3.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.18% 3.64% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 389 451
10th Percentile £353 £325 £280
25th Percentile £438 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 40 159
10th Percentile £33.54 £12.25 -
25th Percentile £46.30 £28.98 -
Median hourly rate £63.00 £52.50 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +435.71% -74.72%
75th Percentile £75.24 £61.25 £10.63
90th Percentile £86.33 £80.34 £77.95
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £10.63
% change year-on-year +30.00% +370.37% -63.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 17,190 21,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.48% 84.41% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,199 10,232 14,530
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.62% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 830 2,049 1,280
10th Percentile £14.19 £12.30 £10.99
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.23 £15.43
Median hourly rate £25.23 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +8.91% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.17 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.84% +1.39% +40.19%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Risk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in the UK excluding London

Risk Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Risk Management in the UK excluding London

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK excluding London

Risk Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Management in the UK excluding London

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK excluding London

Risk Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England -14 129 £513 -8.28% 242
South East +27 124 £575 +9.52% 418
Midlands +28 83 £500 -4.76% 139
North West -20 73 £511 -23.57% 153
Scotland +5 72 £500 +11.11% 92
West Midlands +8 50 £500 -4.76% 89
Yorkshire -4 45 £506 +3.85% 67
South West -15 43 £450 -10.00% 108
East Midlands +25 30 £450 -24.69% 45
East of England +23 24 £540 +80.00% 91
North East +2 13 £575 -2.54% 25
Northern Ireland -14 9 £590 +35.63% 33
Wales -8 5 £475 -20.83% 10
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (3.11%) Confluence
2 9 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.62%) SAS
4 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (4.97%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.41%) Open Workbench
5 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.41%) Trello
6 1 (0.21%) Revit
6 1 (0.21%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 11 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.04%) Kondor
3 4 (0.83%) Primavera
3 4 (0.83%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 3 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.41%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.41%) SAP ECC
5 2 (0.41%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.41%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.41%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.21%) iTrent
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.21%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.21%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 43 (8.90%) Azure
2 37 (7.66%) AWS
3 20 (4.14%) Power Platform
4 17 (3.52%) GCP
5 13 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (1.45%) OCI
7 6 (1.24%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (1.04%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (0.83%) AWS KMS
9 4 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (0.83%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.83%) Route 53
9 4 (0.83%) Snowflake
9 4 (0.83%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (0.62%) Asana
10 3 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.76%) Firewall
2 22 (4.55%) Network Security
3 7 (1.45%) 5G
3 7 (1.45%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (1.24%) WAN
5 5 (1.04%) LAN
5 5 (1.04%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.62%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.62%) VPN
7 2 (0.41%) BGP
7 2 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.41%) Internet
7 2 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.41%) Wireless
8 1 (0.21%) Cisco Wireless
8 1 (0.21%) DWDM
8 1 (0.21%) MPLS
8 1 (0.21%) VSAN
8 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.93%) Power BI
2 6 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.24%) DynamoDB
2 6 (1.24%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.04%) Amazon Aurora
3 5 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.83%) Electronic Patient Records
4 4 (0.83%) Tableau
5 3 (0.62%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.62%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.62%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.41%) Big Data
6 2 (0.41%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.41%) Metadata
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.21%) GIS
7 1 (0.21%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.21%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 32 (6.63%) JIRA
2 9 (1.86%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.66%) JUnit
4 7 (1.45%) Git
5 6 (1.24%) Maven
5 6 (1.24%) Mockito
6 5 (1.04%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.83%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.83%) DbUnit
7 4 (0.83%) jMock
8 3 (0.62%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.62%) GitLab
9 2 (0.41%) Selenium
10 1 (0.21%) Ant
10 1 (0.21%) JBehave
10 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.21%) NUnit
10 1 (0.21%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.21%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 192 (39.75%) Social Skills
2 171 (35.40%) Finance
3 92 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (12.42%) Banking
5 56 (11.59%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.59%) Telecoms
7 24 (4.97%) Legal
8 22 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (4.14%) Manufacturing
10 15 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (2.69%) Investment Banking
13 12 (2.48%) Local Government
13 12 (2.48%) Retail Banking
14 8 (1.66%) Billing
14 8 (1.66%) Marketing
14 8 (1.66%) Retail
15 7 (1.45%) Law
15 7 (1.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 71 (14.70%) Project Manager
2 60 (12.42%) Senior
3 51 (10.56%) Architect
4 43 (8.90%) Analyst
5 34 (7.04%) Lead
6 28 (5.80%) Programme Manager
7 23 (4.76%) Security Architect
8 22 (4.55%) IT Manager
9 20 (4.14%) Delivery Manager
10 18 (3.73%) Consultant
10 18 (3.73%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 18 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (3.52%) Business Analyst
12 16 (3.31%) Developer
13 14 (2.90%) Risk Manager
13 14 (2.90%) Technical Manager
13 14 (2.90%) Test Manager
14 13 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
15 12 (2.48%) Service Manager
16 11 (2.28%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.69%) REST
2 12 (2.48%) SOAP
3 6 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.24%) Spring
3 6 (1.24%) Web Services
4 5 (1.04%) ActiveMQ
4 5 (1.04%) Hibernate
4 5 (1.04%) JBoss Seam
4 5 (1.04%) JPA
4 5 (1.04%) RESTful
4 5 (1.04%) Spring Boot
4 5 (1.04%) Spring Cloud
5 4 (0.83%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.83%) Bootstrap
5 4 (0.83%) Middleware
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.83%) PowerMock
5 4 (0.83%) Spring Batch
5 4 (0.83%) Spring Integration
6 3 (0.62%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 57 (11.80%) Management Information System
2 20 (4.14%) Data Centre
3 16 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (3.31%) NHS
4 15 (3.11%) Operational Technology
5 12 (2.48%) Security Posture
6 11 (2.28%) CMDB
7 10 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.86%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.45%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.24%) PMI
10 6 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.04%) Derivative
11 5 (1.04%) Life Science
11 5 (1.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.11%) Linux
1 15 (3.11%) Windows
2 9 (1.86%) Unix
3 3 (0.62%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.41%) zOS
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (32.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 135 (27.95%) Project Management
3 131 (27.12%) Problem-Solving
4 128 (26.50%) Agile
5 81 (16.77%) Decision-Making
6 79 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
7 78 (16.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 76 (15.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 58 (12.01%) Project Delivery
10 55 (11.39%) Change Management
11 40 (8.28%) Migration
11 40 (8.28%) PRINCE2
11 40 (8.28%) Roadmaps
12 39 (8.07%) ITIL
13 38 (7.87%) Security Architecture
14 37 (7.66%) Risk Assessment
15 36 (7.45%) Information Security
15 36 (7.45%) Waterfall
16 32 (6.63%) DevOps
17 31 (6.42%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.00%) Python
2 28 (5.80%) Java
3 21 (4.35%) SQL
4 15 (3.11%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.48%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.04%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.62%) C++
7 3 (0.62%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.41%) Bash
8 2 (0.41%) C#
8 2 (0.41%) CLIST
8 2 (0.41%) JCL
8 2 (0.41%) REXX
8 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.21%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.21%) Go
9 1 (0.21%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 85 (17.60%) Security Cleared
2 69 (14.29%) Degree
3 53 (10.97%) SC Cleared
4 46 (9.52%) CISSP
5 36 (7.45%) CISM
6 31 (6.42%) DV Cleared
7 26 (5.38%) PMI Certification
8 21 (4.35%) PMP
9 14 (2.90%) CISA
9 14 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.90%) CRISC
9 14 (2.90%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.66%) CEH
12 6 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.24%) GIAC
12 6 (1.24%) ISACA
13 5 (1.04%) CCNA
13 5 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.90%) NIST
2 39 (8.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (5.80%) PMO
4 27 (5.59%) QA
5 26 (5.38%) GDPR
6 21 (4.35%) GRC
7 16 (3.31%) NCSC
8 14 (2.90%) PCI DSS
9 13 (2.69%) Data Quality
10 10 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (1.66%) JSP 440
12 7 (1.45%) COBIT
12 7 (1.45%) MiFID
13 6 (1.24%) Basel III
13 6 (1.24%) NIST 800
14 5 (1.04%) HIPAA
14 5 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 5 (1.04%) SLA
15 4 (0.83%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 8 (1.66%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.66%) Docker
2 5 (1.04%) Postfix
3 3 (0.62%) Firmware
4 2 (0.41%) Time Sharing Option
4 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.21%) HDFS
5 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.21%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.21%) Microcode
5 1 (0.21%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (1.86%) Grafana
1 9 (1.86%) Prometheus
2 6 (1.24%) Amdocs OSS
3 5 (1.04%) Ansible
3 5 (1.04%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.62%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.62%) Terraform
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.41%) OPNET
5 2 (0.41%) Puppet
6 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.21%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.21%) Nessus
6 1 (0.21%) OMEGAMON
6 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (9.11%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.21%) ServiceNow
3 27 (5.59%) SAP
4 22 (4.55%) Oracle
5 9 (1.86%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.66%) Google
7 7 (1.45%) Cisco
7 7 (1.45%) Splunk
8 6 (1.24%) Amdocs
8 6 (1.24%) Ciena
8 6 (1.24%) Darktrace
8 6 (1.24%) Ericsson
8 6 (1.24%) NetCracker
8 6 (1.24%) Nokia
8 6 (1.24%) Sybase
9 5 (1.04%) Workday
10 4 (0.83%) Jaspersoft
10 4 (0.83%) Qualys
10 4 (0.83%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.83%) VMware