Risk Register Contracts in the UK excluding London

Risk Register
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Risk Register skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Register over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 361 370
Rank change year-on-year +51 +9 +70
Contract jobs citing Risk Register 43 34 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.16% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.19% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 24 41
10th Percentile - £165 £200
25th Percentile £185 £341 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £467 £470
Median % change year-on-year -14.35% -0.64% -6.00%
75th Percentile £475 £581 £588
90th Percentile £533 £672 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £505 £475
% change year-on-year -5.94% +6.32% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
10th Percentile £24.86 £35.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £25.82 £37.44 £23.98
Median hourly rate £28.48 £44.74 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.35% +42.03% +16.75%
75th Percentile £32.20 - £56.00
90th Percentile £33.79 £57.37 £70.25
UK median hourly rate £32.74 £39.87 £31.50
% change year-on-year -17.90% +26.57% +16.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Risk Register 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 12,936 17,476 20,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.83% 82.94% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,885 10,313 14,047
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £365 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,096 2,138 1,293
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.62 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +66.67%
75th Percentile £52.13 £62.38 £63.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -33.82% +1.77% +43.62%

Risk Register
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Register in the UK excluding London

Risk Register
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Register in the UK excluding London

Risk Register
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Register in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Register in the UK excluding London

Risk Register
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Register in the UK excluding London

Risk Register
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 Register within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
South East +35 14 £403 +136.76% 48
Midlands +12 8 £400 -15.79% 19
West Midlands +10 8 £400 -15.79% 9
North of England +7 8 £463 -13.95% 22
South West +36 6 £190 -68.98% 17
North West +2 4 £331 -38.37% 11
Yorkshire - 4 £500 - 10
East of England - 3 - - 12
Scotland +2 2 - - 13
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 3
Wales +6 1 £450 -55.00% 10
Risk Register
UK

Risk Register
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 2 (4.65%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (6.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (4.65%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.65%) Lucidchart
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.33%) Azure
2 1 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (2.33%) OCI
2 1 (2.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) Firewall
1 3 (6.98%) LAN
1 3 (6.98%) WAN
2 2 (4.65%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (2.33%) PPP
3 1 (2.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Power BI
1 2 (4.65%) Tableau
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 16 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Finance
3 5 (11.63%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Legal
5 3 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Banking
6 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Local Government
6 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.33%) Retail
6 1 (2.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (20.93%) Analyst
2 5 (11.63%) Project Manager
2 5 (11.63%) Project Officer
2 5 (11.63%) Project Support Officer
2 5 (11.63%) Support Officer
3 4 (9.30%) Consultant
3 4 (9.30%) Security Manager
3 4 (9.30%) Service Manager
4 3 (6.98%) Coordinator
4 3 (6.98%) Programme Manager
4 3 (6.98%) Risk Analyst
4 3 (6.98%) Security Consultant
4 3 (6.98%) Senior
5 2 (4.65%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (4.65%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Service Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Service Delivery Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Service Transition Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Security Posture
2 3 (6.98%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.65%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.33%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Windows
1 1 (2.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (32.56%) Risk Management
3 11 (25.58%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (20.93%) Project Delivery
5 8 (18.60%) Information Security
5 8 (18.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (16.28%) Agile
7 6 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (13.95%) Project Governance
8 5 (11.63%) Data Protection
8 5 (11.63%) Incident Response
8 5 (11.63%) ITIL
8 5 (11.63%) Project Management
9 4 (9.30%) Conflict Resolution
9 4 (9.30%) Decision-Making
9 4 (9.30%) PRINCE2
9 4 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (9.30%) Scrum
9 4 (9.30%) SIEM
10 3 (6.98%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 7 (16.28%) CISM
2 7 (16.28%) CISSP
3 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.98%) CRISC
4 3 (6.98%) Degree
4 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.65%) CISA
5 2 (4.65%) GIAC
5 2 (4.65%) ISACA
5 2 (4.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (4.65%) SANS
6 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.33%) CEH
6 1 (2.33%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (2.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (23.26%) NIST
2 8 (18.60%) GRC
3 6 (13.95%) GDPR
4 5 (11.63%) PMO
5 4 (9.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (4.65%) HIPAA
6 2 (4.65%) NIST 800
6 2 (4.65%) RMADS
6 2 (4.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
7 1 (2.33%) ISO 9001
7 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (2.33%) NCSC
7 1 (2.33%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.33%) SLA
7 1 (2.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) XenApp
1 1 (2.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) FortiGate
1 2 (4.65%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (4.65%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.33%) Nessus
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.98%) Oracle
3 2 (4.65%) Cisco
3 2 (4.65%) Dell
3 2 (4.65%) SAP
3 2 (4.65%) Tenable
3 2 (4.65%) Veritas
4 1 (2.33%) Citrix
4 1 (2.33%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.33%) Infoblox
4 1 (2.33%) NEC
4 1 (2.33%) OneTrust
4 1 (2.33%) Qualys
4 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow