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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 46 74
Rank change year-on-year -27 +28 -9
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,622 1,385 1,223
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.15% 4.47% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 4.92% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,042 845 755
10th Percentile £406 £375 £356
25th Percentile £480 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £712
90th Percentile £800 £875 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £514 £540
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.81% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 27 41
10th Percentile £21.18 £46.30 £12.25
25th Percentile £46.13 £48.13 £22.34
Median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +30.00% +370.37%
75th Percentile £87.16 £80.24 £61.25
90th Percentile £106.30 £87.35 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.40% +30.00% +370.37%

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 43,739 28,136 37,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.99% 90.86% 85.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,189 17,763 23,600
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -3.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £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 2,627 1,381 2,550
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.61 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.45%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.95 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £25.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year +75.84% -34.42% +8.91%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -24 1,442 £569 -2.51% 914
UK excluding London -11 826 £525 +2.14% 534
London -41 685 £600 -10.08% 465
Work from Home -21 471 £550 -7.95% 473
North of England -11 255 £513 +0.15% 128
South East -14 213 £563 +2.27% 186
North West -18 128 £540 +5.62% 81
Yorkshire +3 125 £500 -4.76% 39
Midlands -29 119 £550 +15.79% 71
Scotland 0 93 £475 +0.85% 31
South West 0 92 £570 +9.62% 63
West Midlands -33 89 £550 +10.00% 34
East of England +12 51 £525 -4.55% 41
East Midlands -18 30 £550 +24.29% 37
Northern Ireland -3 9 £394 -28.41% 18
Wales -16 5 £800 +77.78% 8
North East -34 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 71 (4.38%) Confluence
2 35 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.62%) SAS
4 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.25%) IIS
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.062%) Apache
8 1 (0.062%) Appian
8 1 (0.062%) CMS
8 1 (0.062%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.062%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.062%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.062%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.062%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.062%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.062%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
4 35 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.86%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.25%) Revit
6 4 (0.25%) Trello
7 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.062%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.062%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 30 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.74%) Endur
3 11 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.37%) Actimize
5 6 (0.37%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.37%) Primavera
5 6 (0.37%) Summit
6 5 (0.31%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.25%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.25%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.25%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.18%) Findur
8 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 240 (14.80%) Azure
2 171 (10.54%) AWS
3 74 (4.56%) GCP
4 67 (4.13%) Power Platform
5 56 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.21%) Entra ID
7 48 (2.96%) SaaS
8 33 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (1.85%) GitHub
10 28 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
11 21 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (1.17%) PaaS
13 18 (1.11%) Google Workspace
13 18 (1.11%) Snowflake
14 15 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
15 13 (0.80%) Azure AI
15 13 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
15 13 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (0.80%) OCI
15 13 (0.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 57 (3.51%) Network Security
2 38 (2.34%) Firewall
3 16 (0.99%) DNS
4 14 (0.86%) DHCP
4 14 (0.86%) TCP/IP
5 12 (0.74%) WAN
6 11 (0.68%) 5G
6 11 (0.68%) BIG-IP
7 10 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.55%) 4G
8 9 (0.55%) LAN
9 7 (0.43%) HTTP
9 7 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.37%) Internet
10 6 (0.37%) VPN
11 5 (0.31%) 3G
11 5 (0.31%) NAS
11 5 (0.31%) NGFW
11 5 (0.31%) SAN
12 4 (0.25%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.08%) Power BI
2 35 (2.16%) Metadata
3 30 (1.85%) Relational Database
4 25 (1.54%) SQL Server
5 20 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.99%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.74%) Db2
9 11 (0.68%) Data Lake
10 10 (0.62%) Tableau
11 9 (0.55%) Big Data
11 9 (0.55%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.37%) MySQL
12 6 (0.37%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.31%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 121 (7.46%) JIRA
2 23 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.36%) Git
4 8 (0.49%) GitLab
5 7 (0.43%) Selenium
6 6 (0.37%) TeamCity
6 6 (0.37%) Zephyr
7 5 (0.31%) JUnit
7 5 (0.31%) Mockito
8 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (0.25%) DbUnit
8 4 (0.25%) jMock
8 4 (0.25%) Maven
8 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.18%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.18%) MLflow
9 3 (0.18%) Postman
10 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 615 (37.92%) Finance
2 607 (37.42%) Social Skills
3 253 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
4 188 (11.59%) Public Sector
5 186 (11.47%) Banking
6 128 (7.89%) Legal
7 58 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
8 57 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
9 47 (2.90%) Front Office
10 43 (2.65%) Financial Institution
11 38 (2.34%) Retail
12 37 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
12 37 (2.28%) Investment Banking
12 37 (2.28%) Telecoms
13 36 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (1.91%) Manufacturing
15 28 (1.73%) Military
16 27 (1.66%) Aerospace
17 25 (1.54%) Law
18 22 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 205 (12.64%) Lead
2 198 (12.21%) Project Manager
3 182 (11.22%) Architect
4 156 (9.62%) Senior
5 152 (9.37%) Analyst
6 90 (5.55%) Consultant
7 75 (4.62%) Security Architect
8 70 (4.32%) Developer
9 67 (4.13%) Business Analyst
9 67 (4.13%) Programme Manager
10 58 (3.58%) Senior Manager
11 56 (3.45%) Risk Manager
12 45 (2.77%) IT Manager
13 40 (2.47%) Delivery Manager
14 37 (2.28%) Security Consultant
15 36 (2.22%) Security Engineer
16 34 (2.10%) Security Manager
17 33 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
18 29 (1.79%) Product Manager
19 27 (1.66%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 26 (1.60%) .NET
2 26 (1.60%) REST
3 20 (1.23%) Kafka
4 18 (1.11%) Middleware
5 16 (0.99%) XML
6 13 (0.80%) JSON
7 12 (0.74%) RESTful
7 12 (0.74%) SOAP
8 11 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
8 11 (0.68%) Leaflet
8 11 (0.68%) OAuth
8 11 (0.68%) OpenID
8 11 (0.68%) React
8 11 (0.68%) SAML
9 10 (0.62%) Web Services
10 9 (0.55%) LDAP
11 8 (0.49%) PySpark
11 8 (0.49%) PyTorch
12 7 (0.43%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 120 (7.40%) Management Information System
2 82 (5.06%) Product Ownership
3 73 (4.50%) Onboarding
4 67 (4.13%) Cloud Native
5 66 (4.07%) Security Posture
6 61 (3.76%) Operational Technology
7 51 (3.14%) Data Protection Act
8 48 (2.96%) Data Centre
9 38 (2.34%) Derivative
10 30 (1.85%) Market Risk
11 26 (1.60%) AI Agents
12 25 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (1.54%) PMI
13 24 (1.48%) Data Structures
13 24 (1.48%) Fixed Income
13 24 (1.48%) NHS
14 21 (1.29%) Credit Risk
15 19 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
15 19 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
16 18 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 54 (3.33%) Windows
2 44 (2.71%) Linux
3 32 (1.97%) Unix
4 19 (1.17%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.43%) zOS
7 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
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
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (33.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 412 (25.40%) Agile
3 368 (22.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 332 (20.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 327 (20.16%) Cybersecurity
6 249 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
7 240 (14.80%) Decision-Making
7 240 (14.80%) Project Management
8 208 (12.82%) Roadmaps
9 203 (12.52%) AI
10 197 (12.15%) Information Security
11 174 (10.73%) Change Management
12 155 (9.56%) Project Delivery
13 148 (9.12%) Migration
14 140 (8.63%) DevOps
15 137 (8.45%) CI/CD
16 136 (8.38%) Analytics
17 130 (8.01%) Regulatory Compliance
18 124 (7.64%) Data Protection
19 119 (7.34%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 129 (7.95%) Python
2 109 (6.72%) SQL
3 56 (3.45%) Java
4 38 (2.34%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.42%) C#
6 16 (0.99%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.80%) VBA
8 10 (0.62%) PL/SQL
9 9 (0.55%) Bash
9 9 (0.55%) C++
9 9 (0.55%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.43%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.37%) Go
12 4 (0.25%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.25%) Bicep
12 4 (0.25%) CLIST
12 4 (0.25%) JCL
12 4 (0.25%) REXX
13 3 (0.18%) C
13 3 (0.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 388 (23.92%) Security Cleared
2 287 (17.69%) SC Cleared
3 186 (11.47%) Degree
4 149 (9.19%) CISSP
5 99 (6.10%) CISM
6 92 (5.67%) DV Cleared
7 77 (4.75%) PMI Certification
8 72 (4.44%) PMP
9 40 (2.47%) CRISC
10 35 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
13 30 (1.85%) CISA
14 29 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 27 (1.66%) Master's Degree
16 24 (1.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 16 (0.99%) CESG Certified Professional
17 16 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 15 (0.92%) AWS Certification
18 15 (0.92%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (12.08%) NIST
2 194 (11.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 151 (9.31%) GRC
4 108 (6.66%) GDPR
5 75 (4.62%) QA
6 74 (4.56%) PMO
7 69 (4.25%) Data Quality
8 57 (3.51%) NCSC
9 40 (2.47%) PCI DSS
10 37 (2.28%) JSP 440
11 33 (2.03%) SOC 2
12 31 (1.91%) SLA
13 30 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
14 26 (1.60%) NIST 800
15 23 (1.42%) COBIT
16 17 (1.05%) ISO 31000
16 17 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 15 (0.92%) RMADS
19 14 (0.86%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 35 (2.16%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.99%) Docker
3 9 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.25%) Postfix
4 4 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
5 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.12%) NFS
6 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.062%) Ceph
7 1 (0.062%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.062%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (1.60%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.48%) Terraform
3 22 (1.36%) Ansible
4 14 (0.86%) SCCM
5 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (0.62%) Grafana
7 8 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.43%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.31%) Control-M
9 5 (0.31%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.25%) OMEGAMON
11 3 (0.18%) CASB
11 3 (0.18%) Nessus
12 2 (0.12%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.12%) Istio
12 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.12%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.12%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 213 (13.13%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.73%) ServiceNow
3 83 (5.12%) Oracle
4 80 (4.93%) SAP
5 49 (3.02%) Google
6 21 (1.29%) Workday
7 20 (1.23%) IBM
8 19 (1.17%) Cisco
8 19 (1.17%) Salesforce
9 16 (0.99%) Murex
10 15 (0.92%) Sybase
11 14 (0.86%) Splunk
12 13 (0.80%) F5
12 13 (0.80%) Foundry
12 13 (0.80%) VMware
13 12 (0.74%) Qualys
14 11 (0.68%) Ariba
14 11 (0.68%) Databricks
15 10 (0.62%) Infoblox
16 9 (0.55%) CrowdStrike