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 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 60 64 65
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +34
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 498 599 785
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.82% 2.89% 3.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.22% 3.47% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 370 427
10th Percentile £358 £325 £279
25th Percentile £425 £430 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £603 £650 £650
90th Percentile £698 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 38 162
10th Percentile £46.30 £12.25 -
25th Percentile £49.75 £19.99 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +410.20% -79.16%
75th Percentile £77.58 £60.94 £28.56
90th Percentile £86.87 £73.13 £79.53
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
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 11,812 17,287 20,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.62% 83.43% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,347 10,277 13,944
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 855 2,126 1,244
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.41 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.21
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.06 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £74.43
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 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 31 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 31 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 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
North of England -13 135 £511 -13.34% 217
South East +27 112 £550 +4.76% 205
Midlands +33 86 £488 -4.88% 131
Scotland +18 81 £467 +3.78% 82
North West -12 81 £509 -25.64% 121
West Midlands +17 56 £500 +5.26% 91
South West +7 49 £450 -13.46% 104
Yorkshire -2 46 £506 +7.14% 73
East Midlands +26 27 £449 -22.34% 38
East of England +20 25 £550 +83.33% 70
Northern Ireland -15 13 £550 +26.44% 38
North East +2 10 £575 -2.54% 27
Wales -7 5 £475 -20.83% 21
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 10 (2.01%) Confluence
1 10 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.60%) SAS
3 2 (0.40%) CICS
3 2 (0.40%) CMS
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.22%) Microsoft Project
3 20 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (4.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.40%) Simulink
6 2 (0.40%) Trello
7 1 (0.20%) Open Workbench
7 1 (0.20%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.41%) Kondor
3 4 (0.80%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.60%) Primavera
4 3 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.40%) SAP ECC
5 2 (0.40%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.40%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.40%) VisionPLUS
5 2 (0.40%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.20%) iTrent
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.20%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 41 (8.23%) AWS
2 39 (7.83%) Azure
3 17 (3.41%) Power Platform
4 13 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
5 12 (2.41%) GCP
6 9 (1.81%) Amazon S3
7 8 (1.61%) Amazon EC2
7 8 (1.61%) Amazon SQS
7 8 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.20%) OCI
9 5 (1.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (1.00%) AWS KMS
9 5 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.00%) Route 53
10 4 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.80%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.60%) Datadog
11 3 (0.60%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.60%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.02%) Firewall
2 23 (4.62%) Network Security
3 10 (2.01%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (1.41%) 5G
5 4 (0.80%) WAN
6 3 (0.60%) LAN
6 3 (0.60%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.60%) VPN
7 2 (0.40%) BGP
7 2 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.40%) Internet
7 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.20%) DWDM
8 1 (0.20%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.20%) MPLS
8 1 (0.20%) NAS
8 1 (0.20%) OSPF
8 1 (0.20%) SMS
8 1 (0.20%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.41%) Power BI
2 8 (1.61%) Amazon Aurora
2 8 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.41%) DynamoDB
3 7 (1.41%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.20%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (0.60%) Tableau
6 2 (0.40%) Big Data
6 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.40%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.20%) GIS
7 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.20%) Presto
7 1 (0.20%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 26 (5.22%) JIRA
2 11 (2.21%) JUnit
3 10 (2.01%) Git
3 10 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.81%) Maven
4 9 (1.81%) Mockito
5 7 (1.41%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.00%) Bitbucket Server
6 5 (1.00%) DbUnit
6 5 (1.00%) jMock
7 3 (0.60%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.40%) Selenium
9 1 (0.20%) Ant
9 1 (0.20%) Gradle
9 1 (0.20%) JBehave
9 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.20%) NUnit
9 1 (0.20%) Ranorex
9 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.20%) WebDriver
General
1 201 (40.36%) Social Skills
2 184 (36.95%) Finance
3 96 (19.28%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (12.45%) Banking
5 59 (11.85%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.02%) Legal
7 24 (4.82%) Telecoms
8 21 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (3.61%) Manufacturing
11 15 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.81%) Investment Banking
12 14 (2.81%) Retail Banking
13 11 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.81%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.81%) Retail
15 8 (1.61%) Billing
15 8 (1.61%) Law
15 8 (1.61%) Local Government
15 8 (1.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 72 (14.46%) Project Manager
2 59 (11.85%) Senior
3 47 (9.44%) Architect
4 44 (8.84%) Analyst
5 42 (8.43%) Lead
6 24 (4.82%) Programme Manager
7 22 (4.42%) Developer
8 20 (4.02%) Business Analyst
8 20 (4.02%) Security Architect
9 19 (3.82%) Consultant
9 19 (3.82%) IT Manager
10 18 (3.61%) Delivery Manager
10 18 (3.61%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 16 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (3.21%) Test Manager
12 15 (3.01%) Risk Manager
13 13 (2.61%) Security Manager
13 13 (2.61%) Security Specialist
13 13 (2.61%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (2.61%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.61%) REST
2 17 (3.41%) SOAP
3 9 (1.81%) Spring
4 8 (1.61%) ActiveMQ
4 8 (1.61%) JPA
4 8 (1.61%) Spring Boot
4 8 (1.61%) Spring Cloud
5 7 (1.41%) AngularJS
5 7 (1.41%) Bootstrap
5 7 (1.41%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (1.41%) Web Services
6 6 (1.20%) Hibernate
6 6 (1.20%) JBoss Seam
6 6 (1.20%) RESTful
7 5 (1.00%) PowerMock
7 5 (1.00%) Spring Batch
7 5 (1.00%) Spring Integration
8 4 (0.80%) Middleware
9 3 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.45%) Management Information System
2 18 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (3.41%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.81%) NHS
4 14 (2.81%) Security Posture
5 11 (2.21%) CMDB
5 11 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (2.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.81%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.81%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.81%) Operational Technology
7 9 (1.81%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.61%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.41%) Derivative
9 7 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.20%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.82%) Linux
2 13 (2.61%) Windows
3 11 (2.21%) Unix
4 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.40%) zOS
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (31.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 133 (26.71%) Agile
3 129 (25.90%) Problem-Solving
4 127 (25.50%) Project Management
5 92 (18.47%) Decision-Making
6 87 (17.47%) Cybersecurity
7 82 (16.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 76 (15.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 59 (11.85%) Project Delivery
10 54 (10.84%) Change Management
11 44 (8.84%) Risk Assessment
12 40 (8.03%) Information Security
13 39 (7.83%) Migration
13 39 (7.83%) PRINCE2
14 37 (7.43%) Security Architecture
15 36 (7.23%) DevOps
15 36 (7.23%) ITIL
16 34 (6.83%) Resource Allocation
16 34 (6.83%) Scrum
17 32 (6.43%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.63%) Java
2 28 (5.62%) Python
3 23 (4.62%) SQL
4 16 (3.21%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.61%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.00%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.80%) JCL
7 4 (0.80%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.60%) C++
9 2 (0.40%) C#
9 2 (0.40%) CLIST
9 2 (0.40%) COBOL
9 2 (0.40%) REXX
9 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.20%) Bash
10 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.20%) Go
10 1 (0.20%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.20%) Scala
Qualifications
1 96 (19.28%) Security Cleared
2 68 (13.65%) Degree
3 59 (11.85%) SC Cleared
4 48 (9.64%) CISSP
5 41 (8.23%) CISM
6 36 (7.23%) DV Cleared
7 23 (4.62%) PMI Certification
8 18 (3.61%) PMP
9 16 (3.21%) CRISC
10 14 (2.81%) CISA
10 14 (2.81%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.20%) CEH
12 6 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (1.00%) AWS Certification
13 5 (1.00%) GIAC
13 5 (1.00%) ISACA
13 5 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (8.63%) NIST
3 30 (6.02%) QA
4 28 (5.62%) PMO
5 25 (5.02%) GDPR
5 25 (5.02%) GRC
6 18 (3.61%) NCSC
7 15 (3.01%) PCI DSS
8 11 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (1.81%) Basel III
9 9 (1.81%) Data Quality
9 9 (1.81%) MiFID
10 8 (1.61%) HIPAA
10 8 (1.61%) JSP 440
11 7 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (1.41%) NIST 800
12 5 (1.00%) COBIT
12 5 (1.00%) ISO 31000
12 5 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 4 (0.80%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (2.21%) Docker
2 10 (2.01%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.20%) Postfix
4 3 (0.60%) Firmware
5 2 (0.40%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.20%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 1 (0.20%) Microcode
6 1 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (2.41%) Grafana
1 12 (2.41%) Prometheus
2 6 (1.20%) Amdocs OSS
3 4 (0.80%) Ansible
4 3 (0.60%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.40%) OPNET
5 2 (0.40%) Puppet
6 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.20%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.20%) Nessus
6 1 (0.20%) OMEGAMON
6 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (9.24%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.43%) ServiceNow
3 26 (5.22%) SAP
4 22 (4.42%) Oracle
5 10 (2.01%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.61%) Splunk
6 8 (1.61%) Sybase
7 7 (1.41%) Darktrace
8 6 (1.20%) Amdocs
8 6 (1.20%) Ciena
8 6 (1.20%) Cisco
8 6 (1.20%) Ericsson
8 6 (1.20%) Google
8 6 (1.20%) NetCracker
8 6 (1.20%) Nokia
9 5 (1.00%) Jaspersoft
9 5 (1.00%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.80%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.80%) Qualys
10 4 (0.80%) VMware