Risk Register Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Risk Register
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Risk Register skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 302 329
Rank change year-on-year -24 +27 +84
Contract jobs citing Risk Register 66 50 71
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.34% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.39% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 24 44
10th Percentile £304 £350 £262
25th Percentile £359 £418 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £498 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +10.56% -24.21%
75th Percentile £543 £507 £575
90th Percentile £653 £693 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £498
% change year-on-year - +0.50% -8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £31.69 £64.20 -
25th Percentile £33.31 £66.00 £76.59
Median hourly rate £36.00 £69.00 £78.19
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% -11.75% +117.18%
75th Percentile £64.25 £72.00 £83.22
90th Percentile £81.20 £73.80 £85.28
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £63.00 £78.19
% change year-on-year -42.86% -19.42% +117.18%

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 15,689 12,960 17,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.83% 87.26% 88.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,582 7,621 11,014
10th Percentile £220 £239 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,758 745 1,210
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.54 £31.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.28% -30.00% +42.45%
75th Percentile £50.00 £64.10 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.03 £73.14 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +25.43%

Risk Register
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Risk Register relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Risk Register job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Risk Register
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Risk Register.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Risk Register

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 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Register in the UK excluding London

Risk Register
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Risk Register.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Risk Register

Risk Register
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Register in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 24 December 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 -13 18 £470 -1.05% 44
North of England -36 18 £468 +10.12% 40
South West -14 12 £644 +33.21% 28
Yorkshire - 10 £417 - 18
North West -25 8 £600 +41.18% 19
Midlands -37 8 £394 -10.00% 36
West Midlands -19 7 £450 -10.00% 17
Scotland +7 5 £425 +18.88% 8
Wales +3 4 £308 - 6
East Midlands -15 2 £403 +7.40% 16
Northern Ireland - 2 £500 - 10
East of England -15 1 - - 34
Risk Register
UK

Risk Register
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.52%) Primavera
2 1 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.61%) Azure
2 5 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (7.58%) OpenShift
3 4 (6.06%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.55%) AWS
4 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.03%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (3.03%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 2 (3.03%) AWS Control Tower
5 2 (3.03%) Azure AKS
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.03%) IaaS
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.03%) PaaS
5 2 (3.03%) SaaS
6 1 (1.52%) Amazon Bedrock
6 1 (1.52%) Azure AI
6 1 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.55%) VPN
2 2 (3.03%) Cisco IPT
2 2 (3.03%) Firewall
3 1 (1.52%) LAN
3 1 (1.52%) Network Security
3 1 (1.52%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 27 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 16 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (22.73%) Finance
4 9 (13.64%) Legal
4 9 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (7.58%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Banking
7 3 (4.55%) Marketing
7 3 (4.55%) Military
8 2 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Retail
9 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.52%) Law
9 1 (1.52%) Local Government
9 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.52%) Police
9 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (24.24%) Analyst
2 13 (19.70%) Project Manager
3 12 (18.18%) Risk Analyst
4 8 (12.12%) Compliance Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Risk Support Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Support Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) Consultant
6 6 (9.09%) Senior
7 5 (7.58%) Service Transition Manager
7 5 (7.58%) Transition Manager
8 4 (6.06%) Architect
8 4 (6.06%) Lead
8 4 (6.06%) Service Manager
9 3 (4.55%) Coordinator
9 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 3 (4.55%) Data Governance Manager
9 3 (4.55%) Governance Manager
9 3 (4.55%) Security Consultant
9 3 (4.55%) Security Manager
9 3 (4.55%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.06%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.06%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.06%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (6.06%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.55%) NHS
4 2 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.03%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.03%) PKI
5 1 (1.52%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.52%) SCADA
5 1 (1.52%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.03%) VMS
2 1 (1.52%) Android
2 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 18 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (25.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 16 (24.24%) Agile
5 14 (21.21%) Decision-Making
6 13 (19.70%) Project Management
7 12 (18.18%) Migration
7 12 (18.18%) Project Delivery
8 11 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
9 10 (15.15%) PRINCE2
9 10 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (12.12%) Data Analysis
11 8 (12.12%) Data Protection
12 7 (10.61%) Information Security
12 7 (10.61%) Threat Modelling
13 6 (9.09%) Due Diligence
13 6 (9.09%) Incident Response
14 5 (7.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 19 (28.79%) Security Cleared
2 12 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.58%) DV Cleared
3 5 (7.58%) PMP
4 4 (6.06%) Degree
4 4 (6.06%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.03%) CISSP
6 1 (1.52%) CEH
6 1 (1.52%) CISM
6 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.52%) CRISC
6 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.52%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (13.64%) GDPR
3 8 (12.12%) NIST
4 6 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (9.09%) GRC
4 6 (9.09%) PMO
5 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (6.06%) NIST 800
6 4 (6.06%) PCI DSS
6 4 (6.06%) SLA
7 3 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (3.03%) EU AI Act
8 2 (3.03%) NCSC
8 2 (3.03%) PERC
8 2 (3.03%) RMADS
9 1 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.52%) Basel III
9 1 (1.52%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.03%) RSA Archer
2 2 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.52%) AirWatch
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (25.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.03%) OneTrust
2 2 (3.03%) Oracle
2 2 (3.03%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.03%) SAP
3 1 (1.52%) Foundry
3 1 (1.52%) Samsung
3 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow