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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 52 72
Rank change year-on-year -24 +20 -2
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,690 1,450 1,145
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.22% 4.42% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.79% 4.88% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,075 893 695
10th Percentile £410 £362 £363
25th Percentile £476 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £555 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +0.91% -7.25%
75th Percentile £675 £726 £717
90th Percentile £795 £875 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 30 32
10th Percentile £24.62 £22.16 £16.18
25th Percentile £50.00 £24.19 £36.88
Median hourly rate £78.70 £50.25 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +56.62% -10.67% +87.50%
75th Percentile £85.40 £74.87 £62.19
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.28 £79.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £79.50 £55.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +44.55% -4.35% -20.57%

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 44,620 29,684 34,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.91% 90.46% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,627 18,648 21,888
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £734 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,682 1,621 1,980
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.73 £17.33 £17.74
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.35 £68.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.57 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.55% -41.56% -

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -22 1,488 £570 -0.87% 1,114
UK excluding London -9 877 £525 +2.44% 600
London -38 689 £600 -7.69% 644
Work from Home -27 479 £550 -4.35% 456
North of England -10 262 £514 +0.15% 132
South East +2 242 £575 +4.55% 186
North West -27 130 £525 +2.68% 76
Yorkshire +6 129 £500 -4.76% 46
Midlands -47 103 £563 +19.94% 78
Scotland +1 101 £475 +5.56% 52
South West -16 99 £570 -0.87% 85
West Midlands -43 83 £550 +10.00% 46
East of England +19 63 £525 -4.55% 45
East Midlands -25 17 £537 +22.38% 32
Northern Ireland -6 9 £394 -28.41% 21
Wales -18 8 £650 +45.09% 13
North East -49 5 £454 -17.50% 11

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 71 (4.20%) Confluence
2 38 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.53%) SAS
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.24%) IIS
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.059%) Apache
8 1 (0.059%) Appian
8 1 (0.059%) CMS
8 1 (0.059%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.059%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.059%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.059%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.059%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.059%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.71%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.24%) Revit
6 4 (0.24%) Trello
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.059%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.059%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 40 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.71%) Endur
3 10 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.53%) Primavera
4 9 (0.53%) SAP GRC
5 7 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.30%) Actimize
7 5 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.30%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.24%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.24%) Magento
8 4 (0.24%) NEC Housing
8 4 (0.24%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.24%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 256 (15.15%) Azure
2 183 (10.83%) AWS
3 80 (4.73%) GCP
4 70 (4.14%) Power Platform
5 58 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (3.14%) Entra ID
7 49 (2.90%) SaaS
8 37 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (2.01%) GitHub
10 24 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
11 21 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
12 20 (1.18%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (1.12%) PaaS
14 17 (1.01%) Azure AI
15 16 (0.95%) Anthropic Claude
15 16 (0.95%) OCI
15 16 (0.95%) Serverless
16 14 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
17 12 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 57 (3.37%) Network Security
2 40 (2.37%) Firewall
3 18 (1.07%) TCP/IP
4 16 (0.95%) WAN
5 15 (0.89%) DNS
6 13 (0.77%) 5G
6 13 (0.77%) DHCP
6 13 (0.77%) LAN
7 11 (0.65%) 4G
8 10 (0.59%) BIG-IP
8 10 (0.59%) HTTP
8 10 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.41%) Internet
9 7 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (0.30%) 3G
10 5 (0.30%) NGFW
10 5 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
10 5 (0.30%) SAN
10 5 (0.30%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.14%) Power BI
2 31 (1.83%) Metadata
2 31 (1.83%) Relational Database
2 31 (1.83%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (1.01%) MongoDB
5 16 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (0.77%) Db2
7 12 (0.71%) Data Lake
8 10 (0.59%) Big Data
8 10 (0.59%) Tableau
9 9 (0.53%) RDBMS
10 6 (0.36%) MySQL
10 6 (0.36%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.30%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.30%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 118 (6.98%) JIRA
2 26 (1.54%) Git
3 23 (1.36%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.65%) Selenium
5 9 (0.53%) GitLab
6 7 (0.41%) Postman
6 7 (0.41%) Zephyr
7 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.36%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.30%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.24%) DbUnit
9 4 (0.24%) jMock
9 4 (0.24%) JUnit
9 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 4 (0.24%) Mockito
9 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 639 (37.81%) Social Skills
2 620 (36.69%) Finance
3 261 (15.44%) Analytical Skills
4 196 (11.60%) Public Sector
5 184 (10.89%) Banking
6 124 (7.34%) Legal
7 68 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
8 65 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 49 (2.90%) Front Office
10 43 (2.54%) Telecoms
11 42 (2.49%) Aerospace
12 41 (2.43%) Financial Institution
13 39 (2.31%) Retail
14 37 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
15 36 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
16 32 (1.89%) Investment Banking
17 31 (1.83%) Military
18 27 (1.60%) Law
18 27 (1.60%) Manufacturing
19 24 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 225 (13.31%) Lead
2 205 (12.13%) Project Manager
3 204 (12.07%) Architect
4 173 (10.24%) Senior
5 152 (8.99%) Analyst
6 98 (5.80%) Consultant
7 90 (5.33%) Security Architect
8 71 (4.20%) Developer
9 67 (3.96%) Programme Manager
10 61 (3.61%) Senior Manager
11 59 (3.49%) Business Analyst
12 57 (3.37%) Risk Manager
13 49 (2.90%) Delivery Manager
14 47 (2.78%) IT Manager
15 40 (2.37%) Security Consultant
16 37 (2.19%) Solutions Architect
17 36 (2.13%) Security Manager
18 34 (2.01%) Security Engineer
19 29 (1.72%) Product Manager
19 29 (1.72%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.72%) REST
2 26 (1.54%) .NET
3 25 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
4 20 (1.18%) Middleware
5 19 (1.12%) Kafka
6 17 (1.01%) OAuth
7 13 (0.77%) JSON
7 13 (0.77%) XML
8 12 (0.71%) OpenID
8 12 (0.71%) SAML
9 11 (0.65%) Azure Blueprints
9 11 (0.65%) Leaflet
9 11 (0.65%) React
9 11 (0.65%) RESTful
9 11 (0.65%) SOAP
9 11 (0.65%) Spring
10 9 (0.53%) LDAP
10 9 (0.53%) SailPoint
10 9 (0.53%) SLSA
11 8 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 118 (6.98%) Management Information System
2 87 (5.15%) Onboarding
2 87 (5.15%) Product Ownership
3 73 (4.32%) Cloud Native
4 67 (3.96%) Security Posture
5 58 (3.43%) Operational Technology
6 50 (2.96%) Data Protection Act
7 45 (2.66%) Data Centre
8 31 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
9 30 (1.78%) Derivative
10 27 (1.60%) AI Agents
10 27 (1.60%) Market Risk
11 26 (1.54%) PMI
12 25 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
13 23 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (1.36%) NHS
14 22 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
15 21 (1.24%) Fixed Income
16 20 (1.18%) Virtual Team
17 19 (1.12%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.14%) Windows
2 49 (2.90%) Linux
3 33 (1.95%) Unix
4 20 (1.18%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.30%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.30%) zOS
7 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.059%) Android
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 610 (36.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 416 (24.62%) Agile
3 376 (22.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 371 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
5 362 (21.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 255 (15.09%) Project Management
7 250 (14.79%) Decision-Making
8 248 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
9 228 (13.49%) AI
10 220 (13.02%) Roadmaps
11 198 (11.72%) Information Security
12 171 (10.12%) Project Delivery
13 165 (9.76%) Change Management
14 156 (9.23%) CI/CD
15 151 (8.93%) DevOps
16 150 (8.88%) Migration
17 132 (7.81%) Vulnerability Management
18 131 (7.75%) Analytics
19 127 (7.51%) PRINCE2
20 124 (7.34%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 123 (7.28%) Python
2 87 (5.15%) SQL
3 58 (3.43%) Java
4 35 (2.07%) PowerShell
5 25 (1.48%) C#
6 18 (1.07%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.71%) VBA
8 11 (0.65%) C++
9 10 (0.59%) Shell Script
10 9 (0.53%) Bash
10 9 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.36%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.30%) Go
13 4 (0.24%) Assembly Language
13 4 (0.24%) Bicep
13 4 (0.24%) CLIST
13 4 (0.24%) JCL
13 4 (0.24%) REXX
13 4 (0.24%) Scala
14 3 (0.18%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 437 (25.86%) Security Cleared
2 327 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 174 (10.30%) Degree
4 164 (9.70%) CISSP
5 106 (6.27%) CISM
5 106 (6.27%) DV Cleared
6 79 (4.67%) PMI Certification
7 75 (4.44%) PMP
8 42 (2.49%) CRISC
9 41 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 37 (2.19%) CISA
10 37 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
11 32 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 31 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
13 29 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 28 (1.66%) Master's Degree
15 22 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
16 17 (1.01%) CESG Certified Professional
17 16 (0.95%) AWS Certification
17 16 (0.95%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (12.25%) NIST
2 206 (12.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 161 (9.53%) GRC
4 111 (6.57%) GDPR
5 87 (5.15%) QA
6 65 (3.85%) PMO
7 63 (3.73%) Data Quality
8 60 (3.55%) NCSC
9 35 (2.07%) JSP 440
9 35 (2.07%) PCI DSS
10 31 (1.83%) SOC 2
11 30 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
12 28 (1.66%) NIST 800
12 28 (1.66%) SLA
13 20 (1.18%) COBIT
14 18 (1.07%) ISO 31000
15 17 (1.01%) Def Stans
16 16 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.89%) Accessibility
17 15 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 36 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.24%) Docker
3 10 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.24%) Postfix
5 4 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.12%) FreeRADIUS
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.059%) Ceph
8 1 (0.059%) IAG
8 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (1.95%) Kubernetes
2 31 (1.83%) Terraform
3 24 (1.42%) Ansible
4 12 (0.71%) Grafana
4 12 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.59%) SCCM
6 9 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.30%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.24%) Control-M
9 4 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.24%) Nessus
9 4 (0.24%) OMEGAMON
10 3 (0.18%) CASB
10 3 (0.18%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.18%) Istio
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.12%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 218 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.62%) ServiceNow
3 83 (4.91%) SAP
4 73 (4.32%) Oracle
5 41 (2.43%) Google
6 21 (1.24%) IBM
7 19 (1.12%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.01%) Cisco
9 16 (0.95%) Splunk
9 16 (0.95%) Sybase
9 16 (0.95%) Workday
10 15 (0.89%) Foundry
11 12 (0.71%) Databricks
11 12 (0.71%) Qualys
12 11 (0.65%) F5
13 10 (0.59%) Ariba
13 10 (0.59%) Infoblox
13 10 (0.59%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.53%) Murex
14 9 (0.53%) VMware