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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 50 61
Rank change year-on-year -20 +11 +17
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,379 1,229 1,468
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.40% 4.01% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 4.47% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 882 694 977
10th Percentile £400 £363 £400
25th Percentile £463 £451 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £686 £697 £688
90th Percentile £838 £821 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.24% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 41 60
10th Percentile £25.01 £26.12 £15.18
25th Percentile £33.50 £40.00 £41.88
Median hourly rate £54.50 £61.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -11.37% +4.67% +452.68%
75th Percentile £95.00 £75.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £106.90 £83.20 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £61.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -31.80% +6.95% +486.73%

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 35,252 27,502 38,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.92% 89.66% 87.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,364 16,881 25,241
10th Percentile £310 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,119 838 2,150
10th Percentile £14.53 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £60.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.08 £72.97
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.29% -12.06% +6.22%

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 18 February 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 -14 1,231 £550 -6.38% 484
London -10 679 £600 -4.00% 181
UK excluding London -32 578 £513 -2.24% 396
Work from Home -1 396 £566 +2.84% 262
South East -10 175 £525 -8.70% 161
North of England -25 164 £500 -4.76% 75
Midlands -46 97 £539 +1.13% 59
North West -35 83 £504 +6.67% 49
Yorkshire 0 79 £492 -8.04% 23
West Midlands -45 62 £525 -12.50% 39
South West -16 53 £513 +5.13% 47
Scotland -18 42 £425 -5.56% 16
East Midlands -22 35 £550 +19.57% 20
East of England -36 33 £525 -4.98% 30
Wales +6 12 £300 -43.35% 10
Northern Ireland +4 9 £500 +66.67% 3
North East -21 2 £550 -4.35% 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 54 (3.92%) Confluence
2 25 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.80%) SAS
5 5 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.29%) nginx
7 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.073%) Apache
8 1 (0.073%) Camunda
8 1 (0.073%) CMS
8 1 (0.073%) IIS
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
Applications
1 76 (5.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (4.21%) Microsoft Project
3 39 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.29%) Revit
8 3 (0.22%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 24 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.51%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.36%) Primavera
5 5 (0.36%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.29%) Endur
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.29%) Summit
7 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.22%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.22%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 160 (11.60%) Azure
2 131 (9.50%) AWS
3 54 (3.92%) GCP
4 52 (3.77%) Power Platform
5 46 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (2.47%) Entra ID
7 33 (2.39%) SaaS
8 28 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
9 26 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.52%) Google Workspace
11 18 (1.31%) Google Sheets
12 17 (1.23%) GitHub
13 15 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (0.65%) OpenShift
17 8 (0.58%) Collibra
17 8 (0.58%) OCI
18 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
19 6 (0.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 52 (3.77%) Firewall
2 34 (2.47%) Network Security
3 12 (0.87%) DNS
4 10 (0.73%) Internet
4 10 (0.73%) LAN
5 9 (0.65%) Kerberos
6 7 (0.51%) WAN
6 7 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (0.44%) VPN
8 5 (0.36%) Cisco IPT
8 5 (0.36%) DHCP
9 4 (0.29%) 5G
9 4 (0.29%) BIG-IP
10 3 (0.22%) Broadband
10 3 (0.22%) HTTP
10 3 (0.22%) Multicast
10 3 (0.22%) S/MIME
10 3 (0.22%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.12%) Power BI
2 26 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (1.23%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.09%) Metadata
4 15 (1.09%) Relational Database
5 8 (0.58%) Tableau
6 7 (0.51%) KDB
6 7 (0.51%) Kdb+
7 6 (0.44%) Big Data
7 6 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.36%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.36%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.36%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.29%) Apache Arrow
9 4 (0.29%) Apache Iceberg
9 4 (0.29%) Dremio
9 4 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 117 (8.48%) JIRA
2 13 (0.94%) Git
3 12 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.51%) GitLab
4 7 (0.51%) SpecFlow
5 4 (0.29%) QUnit
5 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.22%) GCC
6 3 (0.22%) GDB
7 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.15%) Postman
7 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.073%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.073%) JMeter
8 1 (0.073%) MLflow
8 1 (0.073%) Mockito
8 1 (0.073%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.073%) Selenium
8 1 (0.073%) SonarQube
General
1 560 (40.61%) Social Skills
2 529 (38.36%) Finance
3 229 (16.61%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (13.42%) Banking
5 137 (9.93%) Public Sector
6 105 (7.61%) Legal
7 60 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 53 (3.84%) Front Office
9 50 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
10 45 (3.26%) Investment Banking
11 36 (2.61%) Financial Institution
12 31 (2.25%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (2.03%) Retail
15 24 (1.74%) Telecoms
16 22 (1.60%) Military
17 19 (1.38%) Aerospace
17 19 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 17 (1.23%) Law
Job Titles
1 170 (12.33%) Analyst
2 162 (11.75%) Project Manager
3 150 (10.88%) Lead
4 144 (10.44%) Senior
5 116 (8.41%) Architect
6 106 (7.69%) Consultant
7 90 (6.53%) Developer
8 69 (5.00%) Programme Manager
9 68 (4.93%) Business Analyst
10 58 (4.21%) Security Architect
11 49 (3.55%) Senior Manager
12 43 (3.12%) Delivery Manager
13 40 (2.90%) Risk Analyst
13 40 (2.90%) Risk Manager
14 39 (2.83%) Security Consultant
15 35 (2.54%) Senior Developer
16 30 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
17 28 (2.03%) Technical Manager
18 27 (1.96%) Security Analyst
18 27 (1.96%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.74%) Kafka
2 20 (1.45%) REST
3 19 (1.38%) .NET
3 19 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
4 15 (1.09%) OAuth
5 14 (1.02%) Middleware
6 13 (0.94%) NumPy
6 13 (0.94%) Pandas
7 12 (0.87%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.87%) SAML
8 11 (0.80%) XML
9 10 (0.73%) React
10 9 (0.65%) COM
10 9 (0.65%) Dask
10 9 (0.65%) RESTful
11 8 (0.58%) Entity Framework
11 8 (0.58%) LDAP
11 8 (0.58%) Playwright
12 7 (0.51%) AngularJS
12 7 (0.51%) NHibernate
Miscellaneous
1 151 (10.95%) Management Information System
2 67 (4.86%) Derivative
3 63 (4.57%) Security Posture
4 60 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 55 (3.99%) Onboarding
6 44 (3.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 41 (2.97%) Market Risk
8 39 (2.83%) Equities
9 36 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
10 35 (2.54%) Data Centre
11 33 (2.39%) Cloud Native
11 33 (2.39%) Credit Risk
12 30 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
12 30 (2.18%) Fixed Income
13 29 (2.10%) Algorithms
14 26 (1.89%) Operational Technology
15 25 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
16 21 (1.52%) NHS
17 19 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
17 19 (1.38%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.97%) Linux
2 33 (2.39%) Windows
3 17 (1.23%) Unix
4 4 (0.29%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.22%) VMS
5 3 (0.22%) zOS
6 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.073%) Android
7 1 (0.073%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (28.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 312 (22.63%) Agile
3 279 (20.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 248 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
5 241 (17.48%) Cybersecurity
6 214 (15.52%) Project Management
7 212 (15.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 178 (12.91%) Decision-Making
9 174 (12.62%) Information Security
10 145 (10.51%) Change Management
11 129 (9.35%) Migration
11 129 (9.35%) Roadmaps
12 126 (9.14%) Regulatory Compliance
13 120 (8.70%) Project Delivery
14 118 (8.56%) Analytics
15 116 (8.41%) AI
16 108 (7.83%) Data Protection
17 102 (7.40%) PRINCE2
18 93 (6.74%) Scrum
19 91 (6.60%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 135 (9.79%) SQL
2 124 (8.99%) Python
3 53 (3.84%) Java
4 33 (2.39%) PowerShell
5 28 (2.03%) C#
5 28 (2.03%) C++
6 16 (1.16%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.16%) VBA
7 8 (0.58%) TypeScript
8 7 (0.51%) R
9 4 (0.29%) Korn
9 4 (0.29%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.22%) Bash
10 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.15%) Perl
11 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.15%) RPG
11 2 (0.15%) Rust
11 2 (0.15%) Scala
11 2 (0.15%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 278 (20.16%) Security Cleared
2 228 (16.53%) Degree
3 214 (15.52%) SC Cleared
4 123 (8.92%) CISSP
5 88 (6.38%) CISM
6 72 (5.22%) PMI Certification
7 71 (5.15%) DV Cleared
8 66 (4.79%) PMP
9 59 (4.28%) Master's Degree
10 38 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 33 (2.39%) CRISC
12 29 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.60%) CISA
13 22 (1.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 16 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (1.16%) PhD
15 15 (1.09%) Numerate Degree
16 12 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
17 10 (0.73%) GIAC
17 10 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (13.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 177 (12.84%) NIST
3 117 (8.48%) GRC
4 113 (8.19%) GDPR
5 78 (5.66%) PMO
6 72 (5.22%) QA
7 49 (3.55%) PCI DSS
8 39 (2.83%) Data Quality
9 38 (2.76%) NCSC
10 27 (1.96%) NIST 800
11 24 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 21 (1.52%) COBIT
12 21 (1.52%) Def Stans
13 20 (1.45%) SLA
14 18 (1.31%) SOC 2
15 17 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
16 16 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
16 16 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 13 (0.94%) EU AI Act
18 12 (0.87%) JSP 440
System Software
1 36 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.09%) Docker
3 9 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.073%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.073%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.073%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (1.60%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.23%) Terraform
3 13 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.73%) Ansible
5 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.58%) RSA Archer
7 7 (0.51%) SCCM
8 5 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.29%) Grafana
9 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.22%) QRadar
10 3 (0.22%) WSUS
11 2 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.15%) Nessus
11 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
12 1 (0.073%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.073%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.073%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 174 (12.62%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.00%) SAP
3 61 (4.42%) ServiceNow
4 59 (4.28%) Oracle
5 41 (2.97%) Google
6 19 (1.38%) Murex
7 16 (1.16%) Ariba
8 15 (1.09%) Salesforce
9 12 (0.87%) Workday
10 11 (0.80%) Databricks
10 11 (0.80%) Splunk
11 10 (0.73%) Cisco
11 10 (0.73%) Citrix
12 9 (0.65%) CyberArk
12 9 (0.65%) VMware
13 8 (0.58%) IBM
13 8 (0.58%) Informatica
14 7 (0.51%) F5
15 6 (0.44%) Bloomberg
15 6 (0.44%) OpenAI