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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 52 60
Rank change year-on-year -21 +8 +16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,422 1,197 1,436
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.28% 4.09% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 4.52% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 720 958
10th Percentile £402 £360 £394
25th Percentile £463 £459 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £688
90th Percentile £800 £834 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 45 44
10th Percentile £22.90 £28.79 £12.25
25th Percentile £45.90 £46.30 £20.82
Median hourly rate £77.34 £61.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +25.77% +14.41% +405.64%
75th Percentile £99.38 £78.36 £73.04
90th Percentile £107.00 £84.43 £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £61.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +30.09% +22.99% +410.20%

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 37,265 26,485 38,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.97% 90.43% 86.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 17,037 25,025
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £744 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,203 922 2,327
10th Percentile £14.97 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.12
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +1.20% -8.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.52 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.76 £30.91
% change year-on-year -13.41% +2.74% -11.68%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -18 1,272 £550 -6.18% 542
London -15 670 £600 -7.69% 220
UK excluding London -17 631 £525 - 407
Work from Home -5 404 £550 -4.35% 243
North of England -14 196 £519 +1.32% 100
South East -10 191 £550 -4.35% 136
Midlands -44 104 £537 -0.56% 58
North West -9 100 £540 +8.00% 57
Yorkshire +7 94 £500 -2.44% 36
West Midlands -42 71 £518 -13.75% 44
South West -8 51 £525 +6.33% 55
Scotland -18 47 £425 -8.99% 21
East of England -20 34 £510 -9.73% 26
East Midlands -30 33 £550 +22.22% 14
Wales -4 9 £214 -59.69% 10
Northern Ireland -2 8 £500 +2.56% 3
North East -20 2 £550 -4.35% 7

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 66 (4.64%) Confluence
2 25 (1.76%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.42%) SAS
6 4 (0.28%) nginx
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.14%) Apache
8 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.070%) CMS
9 1 (0.070%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.070%) IIS
9 1 (0.070%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.070%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.070%) WebSphere
Applications
1 69 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.87%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.20%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.28%) Trello
7 2 (0.14%) Revit
8 1 (0.070%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.070%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.070%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.56%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.42%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.42%) Primavera
5 6 (0.42%) Summit
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.21%) Endur
8 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.21%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.21%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 168 (11.81%) Azure
2 140 (9.85%) AWS
3 56 (3.94%) GCP
4 54 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (3.38%) Power Platform
6 35 (2.46%) Entra ID
7 33 (2.32%) Microsoft Purview
8 32 (2.25%) SaaS
9 23 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (1.48%) Google Workspace
11 20 (1.41%) GitHub
12 18 (1.27%) Google Sheets
13 15 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.77%) OCI
14 11 (0.77%) OpenShift
15 10 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (0.56%) Collibra
17 7 (0.49%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.02%) Network Security
2 42 (2.95%) Firewall
3 14 (0.98%) DNS
4 11 (0.77%) LAN
5 10 (0.70%) Internet
5 10 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (0.63%) HTTP
6 9 (0.63%) Kerberos
7 8 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
7 8 (0.56%) WAN
8 7 (0.49%) DHCP
9 5 (0.35%) BIG-IP
10 4 (0.28%) 5G
10 4 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
10 4 (0.28%) VPN
11 3 (0.21%) Broadband
11 3 (0.21%) NGFW
11 3 (0.21%) SAN
11 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.74%) Power BI
2 22 (1.55%) Metadata
3 21 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.13%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.13%) SQL Server
6 7 (0.49%) RDBMS
7 6 (0.42%) Big Data
7 6 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.42%) KDB
7 6 (0.42%) Kdb+
7 6 (0.42%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.35%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.35%) Tableau
9 4 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (0.28%) MS Access
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 130 (9.14%) JIRA
2 16 (1.13%) Git
3 13 (0.91%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.63%) GitLab
5 4 (0.28%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.21%) QUnit
6 3 (0.21%) Selenium
6 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.21%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.14%) GCC
7 2 (0.14%) GDB
7 2 (0.14%) JUnit
7 2 (0.14%) Mockito
7 2 (0.14%) Postman
8 1 (0.070%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.070%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.070%) jMock
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Forms
General
1 535 (37.62%) Social Skills
2 531 (37.34%) Finance
3 234 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (12.80%) Banking
5 150 (10.55%) Public Sector
6 110 (7.74%) Legal
7 55 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
8 54 (3.80%) Front Office
9 43 (3.02%) Investment Banking
10 42 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
11 38 (2.67%) Financial Institution
12 35 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (2.32%) Retail
14 30 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
15 29 (2.04%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.83%) Telecoms
17 23 (1.62%) Military
18 20 (1.41%) Aerospace
18 20 (1.41%) Marketing
19 17 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 185 (13.01%) Project Manager
2 161 (11.32%) Lead
3 155 (10.90%) Analyst
4 148 (10.41%) Senior
5 128 (9.00%) Architect
6 109 (7.67%) Consultant
7 80 (5.63%) Developer
8 71 (4.99%) Programme Manager
9 67 (4.71%) Business Analyst
9 67 (4.71%) Security Architect
10 54 (3.80%) Senior Manager
11 47 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
12 46 (3.23%) Security Consultant
13 41 (2.88%) Risk Manager
14 35 (2.46%) Risk Analyst
15 32 (2.25%) Senior Developer
16 31 (2.18%) Security Engineer
16 31 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
17 27 (1.90%) Technical Manager
18 24 (1.69%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (1.48%) Kafka
3 20 (1.41%) REST
4 16 (1.13%) OAuth
5 15 (1.05%) .NET
6 13 (0.91%) SAML
6 13 (0.91%) XML
7 11 (0.77%) Middleware
8 10 (0.70%) RESTful
9 9 (0.63%) .NET Framework
9 9 (0.63%) COM
9 9 (0.63%) Dask
9 9 (0.63%) NumPy
9 9 (0.63%) Pandas
10 8 (0.56%) LDAP
11 7 (0.49%) OpenID
11 7 (0.49%) PyTorch
12 6 (0.42%) Leaflet
12 6 (0.42%) scikit-learn
12 6 (0.42%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 147 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 73 (5.13%) Product Ownership
3 66 (4.64%) Derivative
4 61 (4.29%) Security Posture
5 52 (3.66%) Onboarding
6 42 (2.95%) Cloud Native
7 38 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
8 37 (2.60%) Data Centre
8 37 (2.60%) Market Risk
9 36 (2.53%) Equities
9 36 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 28 (1.97%) Operational Technology
11 27 (1.90%) Credit Risk
12 26 (1.83%) Algorithms
12 26 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 26 (1.83%) Fixed Income
13 24 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
14 23 (1.62%) NHS
15 17 (1.20%) Hedge funds
16 16 (1.13%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.53%) Linux
2 33 (2.32%) Windows
3 16 (1.13%) Unix
4 6 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.21%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.21%) VMS
6 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.21%) zOS
7 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.070%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (28.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 344 (24.19%) Agile
3 280 (19.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 258 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
5 237 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 237 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 227 (15.96%) Project Management
7 184 (12.94%) Decision-Making
8 169 (11.88%) Information Security
9 160 (11.25%) Change Management
10 152 (10.69%) Roadmaps
11 144 (10.13%) Project Delivery
12 135 (9.49%) Migration
13 130 (9.14%) AI
14 127 (8.93%) Regulatory Compliance
15 121 (8.51%) Analytics
16 115 (8.09%) Data Protection
17 111 (7.81%) PRINCE2
18 101 (7.10%) DevOps
19 97 (6.82%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 129 (9.07%) SQL
2 115 (8.09%) Python
3 50 (3.52%) Java
4 38 (2.67%) PowerShell
5 27 (1.90%) C#
6 25 (1.76%) C++
7 14 (0.98%) VBA
8 11 (0.77%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.42%) Bash
10 5 (0.35%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.28%) Korn
11 4 (0.28%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.28%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.14%) Perl
13 2 (0.14%) R
13 2 (0.14%) RPG
13 2 (0.14%) Rust
13 2 (0.14%) Scala
13 2 (0.14%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 304 (21.38%) Security Cleared
2 227 (15.96%) Degree
2 227 (15.96%) SC Cleared
3 130 (9.14%) CISSP
4 93 (6.54%) CISM
5 79 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 76 (5.34%) PMI Certification
7 74 (5.20%) PMP
8 45 (3.16%) Master's Degree
9 31 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 31 (2.18%) CRISC
10 23 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.13%) CISA
11 16 (1.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 15 (1.05%) Numerate Degree
12 15 (1.05%) PhD
13 14 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (0.91%) CESG Certified Professional
14 13 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 11 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (12.66%) NIST
2 170 (11.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 116 (8.16%) GDPR
4 109 (7.67%) GRC
5 88 (6.19%) PMO
6 74 (5.20%) QA
7 52 (3.66%) PCI DSS
8 46 (3.23%) Data Quality
8 46 (3.23%) NCSC
9 29 (2.04%) NIST 800
10 28 (1.97%) SLA
11 24 (1.69%) SOC 2
12 23 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 21 (1.48%) COBIT
13 21 (1.48%) JSP 440
14 20 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
15 18 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
16 17 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 14 (0.98%) RMADS
18 12 (0.84%) Def Stans
System Software
1 32 (2.25%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.91%) Docker
3 8 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.21%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.070%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.070%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.070%) Postfix
6 1 (0.070%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.070%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.070%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (1.62%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.34%) Terraform
3 14 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.70%) Ansible
4 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.63%) SCCM
6 5 (0.35%) RSA Archer
7 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.21%) CASB
7 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.21%) Grafana
7 3 (0.21%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.21%) QRadar
7 3 (0.21%) WSUS
8 2 (0.14%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.14%) Nessus
8 2 (0.14%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.14%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 175 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 74 (5.20%) Oracle
3 66 (4.64%) SAP
4 61 (4.29%) ServiceNow
5 44 (3.09%) Google
6 22 (1.55%) Murex
7 20 (1.41%) Workday
8 17 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.13%) Ariba
10 11 (0.77%) Databricks
11 10 (0.70%) Cisco
11 10 (0.70%) Splunk
11 10 (0.70%) VMware
12 8 (0.56%) F5
12 8 (0.56%) IBM
12 8 (0.56%) Informatica
13 7 (0.49%) CyberArk
14 6 (0.42%) Bloomberg
14 6 (0.42%) Charles River
14 6 (0.42%) OpenAI