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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 51 76
Rank change year-on-year -22 +25 -10
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,693 1,439 1,215
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.21% 4.40% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.78% 4.87% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,091 875 744
10th Percentile £406 £375 £357
25th Percentile £481 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +4.55% -6.26%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £715
90th Percentile £800 £875 £846
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +5.37% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 31 41
10th Percentile £23.82 £23.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £46.30 £22.34
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.83% +29.46% +297.82%
75th Percentile £85.40 £74.49 £60.00
90th Percentile £105.40 £87.25 £70.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £77.34 £61.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +25.77% +22.99% +66.67%

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 44,845 29,559 36,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.12% 90.45% 85.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,888 18,632 23,279
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,513 2,446
10th Percentile £14.90 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.61 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.66 £38.12
% change year-on-year +82.48% -35.31% +0.51%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -20 1,501 £570 -1.96% 1,227
UK excluding London -8 868 £540 +5.37% 651
London -40 706 £600 -7.69% 752
Work from Home -20 487 £550 -8.33% 471
North of England -8 264 £514 +0.15% 153
South East -11 233 £575 +4.55% 176
North West -19 136 £540 +5.62% 89
Yorkshire +1 126 £500 -4.76% 54
Midlands -39 118 £550 +15.79% 68
Scotland +2 98 £475 +1.71% 38
South West +1 93 £570 +9.62% 164
West Midlands -44 89 £550 +10.00% 38
East of England +14 57 £525 -4.55% 38
East Midlands -17 28 £550 +23.66% 30
Northern Ireland -2 9 £394 -28.41% 16
Wales -19 6 £800 +79.37% 6
North East -38 4 £454 -17.50% 10

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 69 (4.08%) Confluence
2 36 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.59%) SAS
4 6 (0.35%) 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 52 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
4 37 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.24%) Revit
6 4 (0.24%) Trello
7 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.059%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.059%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 35 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.77%) Endur
3 11 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.41%) Primavera
4 7 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.35%) Actimize
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.35%) Summit
6 5 (0.30%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.30%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.24%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.24%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.24%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.18%) Findur
8 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 250 (14.77%) Azure
2 178 (10.51%) AWS
3 78 (4.61%) GCP
4 72 (4.25%) Power Platform
5 59 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (3.25%) Entra ID
7 46 (2.72%) SaaS
8 35 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (1.89%) GitHub
10 31 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
11 23 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (1.12%) Snowflake
13 18 (1.06%) PaaS
14 17 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (0.89%) Azure AI
15 15 (0.89%) Google Workspace
15 15 (0.89%) Serverless
16 14 (0.83%) OCI
17 13 (0.77%) Anthropic Claude
17 13 (0.77%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (3.43%) Network Security
2 39 (2.30%) Firewall
3 16 (0.95%) DNS
4 14 (0.83%) DHCP
4 14 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.83%) WAN
5 12 (0.71%) 5G
6 11 (0.65%) BIG-IP
6 11 (0.65%) LAN
7 10 (0.59%) 4G
7 10 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.41%) HTTP
8 7 (0.41%) Internet
8 7 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.35%) VPN
10 5 (0.30%) 3G
10 5 (0.30%) NAS
10 5 (0.30%) NGFW
10 5 (0.30%) SAN
10 5 (0.30%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.19%) Power BI
2 35 (2.07%) Metadata
3 33 (1.95%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.65%) SQL Server
5 21 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (0.95%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.71%) Db2
8 11 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 10 (0.59%) RDBMS
9 10 (0.59%) Tableau
10 9 (0.53%) Big Data
11 6 (0.35%) MySQL
11 6 (0.35%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.35%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.30%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 121 (7.15%) JIRA
2 25 (1.48%) Git
3 24 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.59%) GitLab
5 8 (0.47%) Selenium
6 6 (0.35%) TeamCity
6 6 (0.35%) Zephyr
7 5 (0.30%) JUnit
7 5 (0.30%) Mockito
8 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.24%) DbUnit
8 4 (0.24%) jMock
8 4 (0.24%) Maven
8 4 (0.24%) Postman
8 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.18%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.18%) MLflow
9 3 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 630 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 628 (37.09%) Finance
3 263 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
4 196 (11.58%) Public Sector
5 191 (11.28%) Banking
6 133 (7.86%) Legal
7 62 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
8 60 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
9 51 (3.01%) Front Office
10 43 (2.54%) Financial Institution
11 40 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
11 40 (2.36%) Telecoms
12 38 (2.24%) Investment Banking
13 37 (2.19%) Retail
14 36 (2.13%) Aerospace
14 36 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
15 31 (1.83%) Military
16 30 (1.77%) Manufacturing
17 26 (1.54%) Law
18 23 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 219 (12.94%) Lead
2 204 (12.05%) Project Manager
3 201 (11.87%) Architect
4 168 (9.92%) Senior
5 161 (9.51%) Analyst
6 92 (5.43%) Consultant
7 86 (5.08%) Security Architect
8 72 (4.25%) Business Analyst
8 72 (4.25%) Developer
9 68 (4.02%) Programme Manager
10 65 (3.84%) Senior Manager
11 57 (3.37%) Risk Manager
12 44 (2.60%) Delivery Manager
13 43 (2.54%) IT Manager
14 38 (2.24%) Security Consultant
15 37 (2.19%) Security Engineer
16 35 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
17 34 (2.01%) Security Manager
18 29 (1.71%) Product Manager
19 28 (1.65%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 26 (1.54%) .NET
2 26 (1.54%) REST
3 20 (1.18%) Kafka
4 17 (1.00%) Middleware
5 15 (0.89%) XML
6 14 (0.83%) OAuth
7 13 (0.77%) JSON
8 12 (0.71%) RESTful
8 12 (0.71%) SOAP
9 11 (0.65%) Azure Blueprints
9 11 (0.65%) Leaflet
9 11 (0.65%) OpenID
9 11 (0.65%) React
9 11 (0.65%) SAML
10 10 (0.59%) Spring
10 10 (0.59%) Web Services
11 9 (0.53%) LDAP
11 9 (0.53%) SLSA
12 8 (0.47%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.27%) Management Information System
2 86 (5.08%) Onboarding
2 86 (5.08%) Product Ownership
3 68 (4.02%) Cloud Native
4 66 (3.90%) Security Posture
5 64 (3.78%) Operational Technology
6 54 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
7 46 (2.72%) Data Centre
8 39 (2.30%) Derivative
9 33 (1.95%) Market Risk
10 28 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
11 27 (1.59%) AI Agents
12 26 (1.54%) Fixed Income
12 26 (1.54%) PMI
13 25 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
14 23 (1.36%) NHS
15 22 (1.30%) Data Structures
16 21 (1.24%) Credit Risk
17 20 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
18 18 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.13%) Windows
2 47 (2.78%) Linux
3 33 (1.95%) Unix
4 20 (1.18%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.41%) zOS
7 6 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.059%) AIX
11 1 (0.059%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 568 (33.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 422 (24.93%) Agile
3 383 (22.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 353 (20.85%) Cybersecurity
5 348 (20.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 258 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
7 253 (14.94%) Project Management
8 250 (14.77%) Decision-Making
9 221 (13.05%) Roadmaps
10 220 (12.99%) AI
11 205 (12.11%) Information Security
12 180 (10.63%) Change Management
13 164 (9.69%) Project Delivery
14 153 (9.04%) Migration
15 148 (8.74%) CI/CD
16 145 (8.56%) DevOps
17 139 (8.21%) Analytics
18 129 (7.62%) Data Protection
19 127 (7.50%) Regulatory Compliance
19 127 (7.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (7.80%) Python
2 107 (6.32%) SQL
3 60 (3.54%) Java
4 41 (2.42%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.36%) C#
6 18 (1.06%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.77%) VBA
8 10 (0.59%) Shell Script
9 9 (0.53%) Bash
9 9 (0.53%) C++
9 9 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.41%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.35%) Go
12 4 (0.24%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.24%) Bicep
12 4 (0.24%) CLIST
12 4 (0.24%) JCL
12 4 (0.24%) REXX
12 4 (0.24%) Scala
13 3 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 417 (24.63%) Security Cleared
2 304 (17.96%) SC Cleared
3 188 (11.10%) Degree
4 164 (9.69%) CISSP
5 103 (6.08%) CISM
6 102 (6.02%) DV Cleared
7 80 (4.73%) PMI Certification
8 75 (4.43%) PMP
9 41 (2.42%) CRISC
10 38 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
11 34 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 30 (1.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 30 (1.77%) CISA
13 29 (1.71%) Master's Degree
14 25 (1.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 19 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
16 16 (0.95%) AWS Certification
16 16 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
17 15 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (11.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 203 (11.99%) NIST
2 154 (9.10%) GRC
3 117 (6.91%) GDPR
4 79 (4.67%) QA
5 71 (4.19%) PMO
6 70 (4.13%) Data Quality
7 56 (3.31%) NCSC
8 38 (2.24%) PCI DSS
9 36 (2.13%) JSP 440
10 33 (1.95%) SOC 2
11 30 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
11 30 (1.77%) SLA
12 28 (1.65%) NIST 800
13 21 (1.24%) COBIT
14 18 (1.06%) ISO 31000
15 16 (0.95%) Def Stans
15 16 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 15 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 14 (0.83%) RMADS
System Software
1 37 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.18%) Docker
3 10 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.24%) Postfix
5 4 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.059%) Ceph
8 1 (0.059%) FreeRADIUS
8 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.059%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (1.77%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.59%) Terraform
3 24 (1.42%) Ansible
4 14 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.71%) SCCM
6 11 (0.65%) Grafana
7 8 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.30%) Control-M
8 5 (0.30%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.24%) OMEGAMON
10 3 (0.18%) CASB
10 3 (0.18%) Nessus
11 2 (0.12%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.12%) Istio
11 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.12%) OpenVAS
11 2 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 229 (13.53%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.32%) ServiceNow
3 82 (4.84%) Oracle
3 82 (4.84%) SAP
4 48 (2.84%) Google
5 20 (1.18%) Cisco
5 20 (1.18%) IBM
5 20 (1.18%) Workday
6 19 (1.12%) Salesforce
7 15 (0.89%) Murex
7 15 (0.89%) Sybase
8 14 (0.83%) Foundry
8 14 (0.83%) Splunk
9 13 (0.77%) F5
9 13 (0.77%) Qualys
9 13 (0.77%) VMware
10 11 (0.65%) Ariba
11 10 (0.59%) Databricks
11 10 (0.59%) Infoblox
12 9 (0.53%) Rapid7