Risk Management Contract Job Trends

Risk Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 50 61
Rank change year-on-year -21 +11 +16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,351 1,232 1,483
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.40% 4.00% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 4.47% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 865 699 990
10th Percentile £400 £363 £400
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £684
90th Percentile £838 £813 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 41 64
10th Percentile £27.85 £26.12 £15.50
25th Percentile £33.50 £40.00 £39.65
Median hourly rate £54.00 £61.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% +4.67% +452.68%
75th Percentile £83.75 £75.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £105.60 £83.20 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £61.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -34.95% +2.49% +512.24%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 34,545 27,534 38,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.04% 89.45% 87.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,908 16,837 25,471
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £717 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,083 848 2,117
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.78 £21.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -2.99% +2.48%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.08% -11.20% +8.53%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Risk Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Risk Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Risk Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Risk Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 11 February 2026. 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 -15 1,207 £550 -8.33% 489
London -10 666 £600 -4.00% 205
UK excluding London -34 566 £500 -4.76% 381
Work from Home -3 374 £550 - 261
South East -17 167 £525 -8.70% 165
North of England -29 159 £500 -6.45% 67
Midlands -42 96 £536 +2.10% 51
Yorkshire -5 79 £492 -8.04% 23
North West -36 78 £500 +0.25% 41
West Midlands -45 60 £518 -12.84% 37
South West -18 55 £506 +3.85% 46
Scotland -9 43 £425 -5.56% 17
East Midlands -21 36 £537 +16.74% 13
East of England -34 33 £525 -8.70% 35
Wales +9 12 £308 -41.98% 7
Northern Ireland +3 8 £500 +66.67% 3
North East -22 2 £550 -4.35% 3

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 54 (4.00%) Confluence
2 27 (2.00%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.81%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.81%) SAS
5 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.30%) nginx
7 3 (0.22%) CMS
8 2 (0.15%) CICS
8 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.074%) Apache
9 1 (0.074%) Camunda
9 1 (0.074%) IIS
9 1 (0.074%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.074%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.074%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
Applications
1 80 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
3 42 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.30%) Revit
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 3 (0.22%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 23 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.52%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.37%) Primavera
6 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.30%) Endur
6 4 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.30%) Summit
7 3 (0.22%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.15%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.15%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.15%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.15%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 153 (11.32%) Azure
2 128 (9.47%) AWS
3 53 (3.92%) GCP
3 53 (3.92%) Power Platform
4 45 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (2.44%) Entra ID
6 32 (2.37%) SaaS
7 26 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
7 26 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
8 21 (1.55%) Google Workspace
9 18 (1.33%) Google Sheets
10 17 (1.26%) GitHub
11 15 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (0.67%) OpenShift
15 8 (0.59%) Collibra
15 8 (0.59%) OCI
16 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
16 6 (0.44%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.92%) Firewall
2 33 (2.44%) Network Security
3 12 (0.89%) DNS
4 10 (0.74%) Internet
4 10 (0.74%) LAN
5 9 (0.67%) Kerberos
5 9 (0.67%) WAN
6 8 (0.59%) VPN
7 7 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
9 5 (0.37%) Cisco IPT
9 5 (0.37%) DHCP
9 5 (0.37%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.30%) 5G
10 4 (0.30%) BIG-IP
11 3 (0.22%) Broadband
11 3 (0.22%) HTTP
11 3 (0.22%) Multicast
11 3 (0.22%) S/MIME
11 3 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.18%) Power BI
2 25 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.41%) SQL Server
4 16 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (1.11%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.04%) Metadata
7 9 (0.67%) Tableau
8 8 (0.59%) KDB
8 8 (0.59%) Kdb+
9 6 (0.44%) Big Data
10 5 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.37%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.37%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (0.30%) Data Mart
11 4 (0.30%) Dremio
11 4 (0.30%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.30%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.30%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 120 (8.88%) JIRA
2 13 (0.96%) Git
3 10 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.52%) SpecFlow
5 6 (0.44%) GitLab
6 5 (0.37%) QUnit
7 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.22%) GCC
8 3 (0.22%) GDB
9 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.15%) Postman
9 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.074%) JMeter
10 1 (0.074%) JUnit
10 1 (0.074%) MLflow
10 1 (0.074%) Mockito
10 1 (0.074%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.074%) SonarQube
General
1 557 (41.23%) Social Skills
2 518 (38.34%) Finance
3 228 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
4 184 (13.62%) Banking
5 133 (9.84%) Public Sector
6 103 (7.62%) Legal
7 57 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
8 55 (4.07%) Front Office
9 46 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
10 44 (3.26%) Investment Banking
11 35 (2.59%) Financial Institution
12 31 (2.29%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
15 26 (1.92%) Retail
16 22 (1.63%) Telecoms
17 21 (1.55%) Military
18 19 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 18 (1.33%) Aerospace
19 18 (1.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 169 (12.51%) Analyst
2 154 (11.40%) Project Manager
3 140 (10.36%) Lead
3 140 (10.36%) Senior
4 111 (8.22%) Architect
5 105 (7.77%) Consultant
6 96 (7.11%) Developer
7 66 (4.89%) Business Analyst
8 64 (4.74%) Programme Manager
9 55 (4.07%) Security Architect
10 48 (3.55%) Senior Manager
11 46 (3.40%) Delivery Manager
12 42 (3.11%) Risk Analyst
13 38 (2.81%) Risk Manager
13 38 (2.81%) Security Consultant
14 35 (2.59%) Senior Developer
15 30 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
16 27 (2.00%) Java Developer
16 27 (2.00%) Security Specialist
16 27 (2.00%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.70%) Kafka
2 20 (1.48%) REST
3 17 (1.26%) .NET
3 17 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (1.04%) OAuth
5 13 (0.96%) Middleware
5 13 (0.96%) NumPy
5 13 (0.96%) Pandas
6 12 (0.89%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.89%) SAML
7 10 (0.74%) XML
8 9 (0.67%) COM
8 9 (0.67%) Dask
8 9 (0.67%) RESTful
9 8 (0.59%) Entity Framework
9 8 (0.59%) LDAP
9 8 (0.59%) Playwright
9 8 (0.59%) React
10 7 (0.52%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.52%) NHibernate
Miscellaneous
1 152 (11.25%) Management Information System
2 67 (4.96%) Derivative
3 65 (4.81%) Security Posture
4 59 (4.37%) Product Ownership
5 52 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 44 (3.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 40 (2.96%) Market Risk
8 39 (2.89%) Equities
9 35 (2.59%) Data Centre
10 34 (2.52%) Credit Risk
11 33 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
12 31 (2.29%) Cloud Native
12 31 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
12 31 (2.29%) Fixed Income
13 30 (2.22%) Algorithms
14 26 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
15 25 (1.85%) Operational Technology
16 22 (1.63%) NHS
17 19 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
17 19 (1.41%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.18%) Linux
2 36 (2.66%) Windows
3 18 (1.33%) Unix
4 6 (0.44%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.22%) VMS
5 3 (0.22%) zOS
6 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.074%) Android
7 1 (0.074%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (28.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 317 (23.46%) Agile
3 263 (19.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 254 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
5 233 (17.25%) Cybersecurity
6 212 (15.69%) Project Management
7 200 (14.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 174 (12.88%) Decision-Making
9 165 (12.21%) Information Security
10 139 (10.29%) Change Management
11 127 (9.40%) Regulatory Compliance
12 125 (9.25%) Migration
12 125 (9.25%) Roadmaps
13 121 (8.96%) Project Delivery
14 118 (8.73%) Analytics
15 110 (8.14%) AI
16 102 (7.55%) PRINCE2
17 97 (7.18%) Data Protection
18 96 (7.11%) Scrum
19 89 (6.59%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 131 (9.70%) SQL
2 121 (8.96%) Python
3 51 (3.77%) Java
4 32 (2.37%) PowerShell
5 28 (2.07%) C#
5 28 (2.07%) C++
6 16 (1.18%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.18%) VBA
7 8 (0.59%) TypeScript
8 7 (0.52%) R
9 5 (0.37%) Korn
10 4 (0.30%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.22%) Bash
11 3 (0.22%) JCL
11 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.15%) Perl
12 2 (0.15%) RPG
12 2 (0.15%) Rust
12 2 (0.15%) Scala
12 2 (0.15%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 261 (19.32%) Security Cleared
2 227 (16.80%) Degree
3 200 (14.80%) SC Cleared
4 121 (8.96%) CISSP
5 85 (6.29%) CISM
6 78 (5.77%) PMI Certification
7 73 (5.40%) PMP
8 64 (4.74%) DV Cleared
9 59 (4.37%) Master's Degree
10 42 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (2.15%) CRISC
12 26 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 21 (1.55%) CISA
15 16 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (1.18%) PhD
16 15 (1.11%) Numerate Degree
17 12 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
18 10 (0.74%) GIAC
18 10 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (13.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 168 (12.44%) NIST
3 117 (8.66%) GDPR
4 111 (8.22%) GRC
5 74 (5.48%) PMO
6 70 (5.18%) QA
7 45 (3.33%) PCI DSS
8 40 (2.96%) Data Quality
9 37 (2.74%) NCSC
10 25 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 24 (1.78%) NIST 800
12 18 (1.33%) COBIT
12 18 (1.33%) Def Stans
13 16 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 16 (1.18%) SLA
13 16 (1.18%) SOC 2
14 15 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
15 14 (1.04%) EU AI Act
16 13 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
17 11 (0.81%) Basel III
System Software
1 35 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.18%) Docker
3 10 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.074%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.074%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.074%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (1.55%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.04%) Terraform
3 11 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.74%) Ansible
5 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.67%) RSA Archer
6 7 (0.52%) SCCM
7 5 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.30%) Grafana
8 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.22%) QRadar
9 3 (0.22%) WSUS
10 2 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.15%) Nessus
10 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
11 1 (0.074%) Consul
11 1 (0.074%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.074%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 178 (13.18%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.89%) SAP
3 59 (4.37%) ServiceNow
4 56 (4.15%) Oracle
5 41 (3.03%) Google
6 19 (1.41%) Murex
6 19 (1.41%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.18%) Ariba
8 12 (0.89%) Cisco
9 11 (0.81%) Databricks
9 11 (0.81%) Splunk
9 11 (0.81%) VMware
9 11 (0.81%) Workday
10 10 (0.74%) Citrix
11 9 (0.67%) CyberArk
11 9 (0.67%) F5
12 8 (0.59%) IBM
12 8 (0.59%) Informatica
13 6 (0.44%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.37%) Solace