IT Risk Manager Contracts

IT Risk Manager
UK

The median IT Risk Manager daily rate in the UK is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 574 709
Rank change year-on-year +75 +135 +124
Contract jobs requiring an IT Risk Manager 21 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.018% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.020% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 6 5
10th Percentile £546 £514 -
25th Percentile £625 £537 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +5.49%
75th Percentile £764 £703 £650
90th Percentile £788 £744 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £775 £725 £600
% change year-on-year +6.90% +20.83% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

IT Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IT Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Risk Manager in the UK

IT Risk Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Risk Manager.

Daily rate trend for IT Risk Manager in the UK

IT Risk Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Risk Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Risk Manager in the UK

IT Risk Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Risk Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +72 21 £650 +8.33% 18
London +53 19 £650 +8.33% 14
Work from Home +42 5 £760 +3.05% 6
UK excluding London +64 2 £775 +6.90% 8
South East +47 2 £775 +6.90% 6

IT Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Risk Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring IT Risk Manager in the job title.

1 20 (95.24%) Risk Management
2 15 (71.43%) Finance
2 15 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 14 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (52.38%) CISA
5 8 (38.10%) CISM
5 8 (38.10%) CISSP
5 8 (38.10%) Degree
5 8 (38.10%) CRISC
6 4 (19.05%) COBIT
6 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
6 4 (19.05%) Information Security
6 4 (19.05%) NIST
7 3 (14.29%) GDPR
7 3 (14.29%) Budget Management
7 3 (14.29%) Legal
7 3 (14.29%) Quality Management
7 3 (14.29%) Project Management
7 3 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (14.29%) COSO
7 3 (14.29%) IT Audit
7 3 (14.29%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
7 3 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 3 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
8 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 2 (9.52%) Network Architecture
8 2 (9.52%) JIRA

IT Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 15 (71.43%) Finance
1 15 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Legal
2 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.76%) Banking
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.76%) Credit Risk
3 1 (4.76%) Fixed Income
3 1 (4.76%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) Risk Management
2 14 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (19.05%) Information Security
4 3 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 3 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (14.29%) IT Audit
4 3 (14.29%) Project Management
4 3 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 3 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
4 3 (14.29%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
5 2 (9.52%) Agile
5 2 (9.52%) Application Security
5 2 (9.52%) Data Modelling
5 2 (9.52%) Network Architecture
5 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 1 (4.76%) Data Management
6 1 (4.76%) Programme Management
6 1 (4.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Python
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) CISA
2 8 (38.10%) CISM
2 8 (38.10%) CISSP
2 8 (38.10%) CRISC
2 8 (38.10%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) COBIT
1 4 (19.05%) NIST
2 3 (14.29%) COSO
2 3 (14.29%) GDPR
2 3 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (4.76%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) SAP