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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 56 65
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 -1
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,904 1,402 1,246
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.51% 4.26% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.15% 4.70% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 864 719
10th Percentile £400 £360 £378
25th Percentile £475 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +1.34% -4.44%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £788 £875 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £503 £550
% change year-on-year +4.48% -8.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 32 28
10th Percentile £25.52 £22.16 £33.88
25th Percentile £46.69 £23.50 £42.81
Median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.31% -41.74% +16.16%
75th Percentile £80.00 £54.50 £68.17
90th Percentile £89.40 £73.75 £81.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £33.50 £59.19
% change year-on-year +126.87% -43.40% -1.35%

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 45,839 29,816 32,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.46% 90.52% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,855 18,531 20,147
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,070 1,799 1,460
10th Percentile £13.84 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.68 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.56 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +83.63% -47.37% +5.81%

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 16 September 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 16 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Top 18 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 16 September 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 -13 1,660 £550 -4.35% 4,587
UK excluding London -2 945 £525 +4.48% 2,148
London -28 808 £600 -7.69% 2,841
Work from Home -19 514 £550 -7.95% 1,805
North of England -8 268 £510 +2.00% 483
South East +14 249 £575 +4.55% 545
North West -23 133 £525 +3.83% 307
Yorkshire 0 129 £500 - 144
Scotland +16 123 £500 +11.11% 261
Midlands -27 114 £525 +12.72% 298
South West -23 112 £585 +1.74% 247
West Midlands -24 92 £500 +2.56% 185
East of England +4 69 £513 -14.58% 158
East Midlands -23 19 £549 +36.44% 113
Wales -14 11 £600 +45.45% 45
Northern Ireland -3 10 £500 -9.09% 125
North East -38 6 £454 - 38
Channel Islands - 2 £600 - 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 73 (3.83%) Confluence
2 46 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.58%) SAS
4 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.21%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.16%) IIS
7 2 (0.11%) CMS
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.053%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.053%) Apache
8 1 (0.053%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.053%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.053%) Appian
8 1 (0.053%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.053%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.053%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 67 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.21%) Revit
7 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.16%) Windchill
8 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.053%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 48 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.84%) SAP GRC
3 14 (0.74%) Endur
4 10 (0.53%) Primavera
5 9 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
9 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.26%) Summit
10 4 (0.21%) Actimize
10 4 (0.21%) Front Arena
10 4 (0.21%) Magento
10 4 (0.21%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
11 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.16%) SAP HCM
11 3 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 287 (15.07%) Azure
2 199 (10.45%) AWS
3 93 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 85 (4.46%) GCP
5 65 (3.41%) Entra ID
6 63 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
7 59 (3.10%) SaaS
8 39 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (1.84%) GitHub
10 28 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
11 26 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
13 24 (1.26%) OCI
14 21 (1.10%) Snowflake
15 20 (1.05%) Azure AI
15 20 (1.05%) PaaS
16 18 (0.95%) Anthropic Claude
17 17 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
17 17 (0.89%) Serverless
18 16 (0.84%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (3.52%) Network Security
2 48 (2.52%) Firewall
3 23 (1.21%) TCP/IP
4 20 (1.05%) WAN
5 18 (0.95%) DNS
6 17 (0.89%) LAN
7 14 (0.74%) 5G
8 13 (0.68%) DHCP
9 12 (0.63%) 4G
10 9 (0.47%) VPN
11 8 (0.42%) BIG-IP
11 8 (0.42%) Internet
12 7 (0.37%) Cisco IPT
13 6 (0.32%) HTTP
13 6 (0.32%) HTTPS
13 6 (0.32%) Kerberos
13 6 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.26%) 3G
14 5 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
14 5 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (3.78%) Power BI
2 42 (2.21%) Metadata
3 41 (2.15%) SQL Server
4 34 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.00%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.79%) Data Lake
7 15 (0.79%) Db2
7 15 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (0.68%) Big Data
9 12 (0.63%) Oracle Database
9 12 (0.63%) Tableau
10 9 (0.47%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.37%) MySQL
12 6 (0.32%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.32%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.21%) Neo4j
14 4 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 4 (0.21%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 130 (6.83%) JIRA
2 30 (1.58%) Git
3 21 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.68%) Selenium
5 10 (0.53%) Cypress.io
6 9 (0.47%) Postman
7 8 (0.42%) WebDriver
7 8 (0.42%) Zephyr
8 7 (0.37%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.32%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.32%) GitLab
10 5 (0.26%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.26%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.21%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.21%) Gradle
11 4 (0.21%) Maven
11 4 (0.21%) Subversion
12 3 (0.16%) DbUnit
12 3 (0.16%) MLflow
12 3 (0.16%) Mockito
General
1 769 (40.39%) Social Skills
2 701 (36.82%) Finance
3 325 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
4 237 (12.45%) Public Sector
5 214 (11.24%) Banking
6 145 (7.62%) Legal
7 99 (5.20%) Influencing Skills
8 79 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
9 75 (3.94%) Front Office
10 54 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
11 50 (2.63%) Aerospace
12 47 (2.47%) Investment Banking
12 47 (2.47%) Military
13 42 (2.21%) Manufacturing
13 42 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
13 42 (2.21%) Telecoms
14 40 (2.10%) Retail
15 38 (2.00%) Financial Institution
16 36 (1.89%) Law
17 27 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 249 (13.08%) Lead
2 236 (12.39%) Architect
3 199 (10.45%) Analyst
4 193 (10.14%) Project Manager
5 188 (9.87%) Senior
6 103 (5.41%) Consultant
7 93 (4.88%) Security Architect
8 75 (3.94%) Programme Manager
9 74 (3.89%) Developer
10 69 (3.62%) Business Analyst
11 54 (2.84%) Risk Manager
11 54 (2.84%) Senior Manager
12 53 (2.78%) IT Manager
13 49 (2.57%) Delivery Manager
14 41 (2.15%) Security Consultant
15 40 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (1.94%) Risk Analyst
16 37 (1.94%) Senior Analyst
17 35 (1.84%) Security Engineer
17 35 (1.84%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.36%) Terraform
2 39 (2.05%) REST
3 37 (1.94%) .NET
4 26 (1.37%) Middleware
5 24 (1.26%) Kafka
6 19 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
7 18 (0.95%) OAuth
8 15 (0.79%) JSON
8 15 (0.79%) Spring
9 12 (0.63%) SAML
9 12 (0.63%) SOAP
9 12 (0.63%) XML
10 11 (0.58%) OpenID
10 11 (0.58%) React
10 11 (0.58%) SailPoint
10 11 (0.58%) SLSA
10 11 (0.58%) Spring Boot
11 10 (0.53%) RESTful
11 10 (0.53%) Web Services
12 9 (0.47%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 119 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 118 (6.20%) Onboarding
3 95 (4.99%) Product Ownership
4 82 (4.31%) Security Posture
5 74 (3.89%) Cloud Native
6 62 (3.26%) Data Protection Act
7 56 (2.94%) Operational Technology
8 45 (2.36%) Data Centre
9 44 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
10 40 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
11 34 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
12 32 (1.68%) AI Agents
12 32 (1.68%) Market Risk
13 31 (1.63%) Derivative
14 30 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
15 26 (1.37%) Data Structures
16 25 (1.31%) Credit Risk
16 25 (1.31%) NHS
17 22 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 22 (1.16%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 67 (3.52%) Windows
2 63 (3.31%) Linux
3 43 (2.26%) Unix
4 22 (1.16%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.32%) zOS
8 5 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.21%) Android
9 4 (0.21%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.16%) AIX
10 3 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
10 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.053%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 759 (39.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 486 (25.53%) Cybersecurity
3 470 (24.68%) Agile
4 426 (22.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 420 (22.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 312 (16.39%) Decision-Making
7 281 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
8 277 (14.55%) AI
9 255 (13.39%) Roadmaps
10 254 (13.34%) Project Management
11 215 (11.29%) Information Security
12 208 (10.92%) Project Delivery
13 187 (9.82%) CI/CD
14 182 (9.56%) DevOps
15 179 (9.40%) Migration
16 164 (8.61%) Vulnerability Management
17 162 (8.51%) Change Management
18 161 (8.46%) Analytics
19 153 (8.04%) Data Protection
20 150 (7.88%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 156 (8.19%) Python
2 111 (5.83%) SQL
3 54 (2.84%) Java
4 45 (2.36%) PowerShell
5 34 (1.79%) C#
6 19 (1.00%) JavaScript
7 17 (0.89%) Bash
8 15 (0.79%) Shell Script
9 14 (0.74%) C++
10 12 (0.63%) VBA
11 8 (0.42%) Go
11 8 (0.42%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.32%) Bicep
13 6 (0.32%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.26%) Korn
15 4 (0.21%) Assembly Language
15 4 (0.21%) JCL
15 4 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 523 (27.47%) Security Cleared
2 374 (19.64%) SC Cleared
3 173 (9.09%) Degree
4 167 (8.77%) CISSP
5 121 (6.36%) DV Cleared
6 114 (5.99%) CISM
7 86 (4.52%) PMI Certification
8 82 (4.31%) PMP
9 55 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 53 (2.78%) CRISC
11 45 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
12 40 (2.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 40 (2.10%) CISA
13 28 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
14 27 (1.42%) Master's Degree
15 26 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 25 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
17 24 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
18 23 (1.21%) Azure Certification
19 22 (1.16%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 238 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 220 (11.55%) NIST
3 197 (10.35%) GRC
4 120 (6.30%) GDPR
5 111 (5.83%) QA
6 92 (4.83%) Data Quality
7 81 (4.25%) NCSC
8 66 (3.47%) PMO
9 39 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
10 33 (1.73%) JSP 440
11 23 (1.21%) NIST 800
12 21 (1.10%) COBIT
13 19 (1.00%) Accessibility
14 18 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 18 (0.95%) SOC 2
15 16 (0.84%) SLA
16 15 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 15 (0.79%) Def Stans
16 15 (0.79%) ISO 31000
17 14 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (2.31%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.31%) Docker
3 14 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.32%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.32%) vSphere
6 4 (0.21%) FreeRADIUS
6 4 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
6 4 (0.21%) Time Sharing Option
6 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.16%) Firmware
7 3 (0.16%) Postfix
7 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.11%) IAG
8 2 (0.11%) NFS
9 1 (0.053%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 50 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.84%) Ansible
3 16 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.74%) Grafana
5 12 (0.63%) SCCM
6 8 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.32%) Control-M
8 5 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.26%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.21%) Data Guard
9 4 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.21%) Nessus
9 4 (0.21%) OMEGAMON
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.16%) Puppet
11 2 (0.11%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.11%) NSN NetAct
11 2 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 283 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 114 (5.99%) ServiceNow
3 91 (4.78%) SAP
4 77 (4.04%) Oracle
5 43 (2.26%) Google
6 23 (1.21%) IBM
7 22 (1.16%) Splunk
8 21 (1.10%) VMware
9 19 (1.00%) Salesforce
10 18 (0.95%) Cisco
11 17 (0.89%) Databricks
11 17 (0.89%) Sybase
12 16 (0.84%) Foundry
13 15 (0.79%) Murex
13 15 (0.79%) Qualys
14 12 (0.63%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.58%) Ariba
15 11 (0.58%) BeyondTrust
15 11 (0.58%) CyberArk
16 10 (0.53%) Workday