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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 50 61
Rank change year-on-year -18 +11 +16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,341 1,268 1,477
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.48% 4.03% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 4.52% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 720 1,000
10th Percentile £396 £363 £400
25th Percentile £461 £462 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £685
90th Percentile £839 £813 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 38 59
10th Percentile - £26.08 £16.10
25th Percentile £33.50 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 £60.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.28% +1.25% +464.44%
75th Percentile £81.84 £74.94 £83.40
90th Percentile £99.25 £80.96 £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £60.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -37.45% +1.25% +512.24%

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 33,625 28,045 38,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.37% 89.09% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,290 17,011 25,209
10th Percentile £305 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £640
90th Percentile £723 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £499 £500
% change year-on-year -3.86% -0.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,022 880 1,958
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -9.62% +10.65%
75th Percentile £58.00 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.71 £30.45 £37.18
% change year-on-year -18.85% -18.10% +39.38%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 January 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 1,195 £550 -7.17% 552
London -5 658 £619 -0.96% 166
UK excluding London -30 567 £500 -4.76% 490
Work from Home -3 365 £575 +4.55% 288
North of England -29 171 £492 -8.04% 73
South East -20 152 £523 -9.13% 196
Midlands -56 86 £544 -5.48% 75
Yorkshire +4 85 £492 -8.04% 20
North West -33 84 £488 -2.26% 45
South West -9 61 £519 +6.41% 57
West Midlands -51 51 £530 -8.82% 48
Scotland -10 47 £430 -4.44% 17
East Midlands -23 35 £544 +15.03% 27
East of England -24 35 £575 - 55
Wales +9 13 £308 - 21
Northern Ireland +3 9 £500 +66.67% 7
North East -22 2 £550 -13.73% 8

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 53 (3.95%) Confluence
2 28 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.82%) SAS
6 6 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.37%) CMS
8 4 (0.30%) CICS
8 4 (0.30%) nginx
9 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.075%) Apache
10 1 (0.075%) Camunda
10 1 (0.075%) IIS
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.075%) Tomcat
Applications
1 81 (6.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (4.40%) Microsoft Project
3 42 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (1.34%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.30%) Revit
6 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.22%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.22%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 29 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.45%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.37%) Endur
4 5 (0.37%) Primavera
5 4 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.30%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.30%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.30%) Summit
5 4 (0.30%) VisionPLUS
6 3 (0.22%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.22%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.15%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 149 (11.11%) Azure
2 133 (9.92%) AWS
3 57 (4.25%) GCP
4 55 (4.10%) Power Platform
5 43 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (2.68%) SaaS
7 33 (2.46%) Entra ID
8 26 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (1.72%) GitHub
9 23 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
10 21 (1.57%) Google Workspace
11 18 (1.34%) Google Sheets
12 15 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (0.67%) OCI
14 9 (0.67%) PaaS
15 8 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (0.60%) OpenShift
15 8 (0.60%) Snowflake
16 7 (0.52%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.73%) Firewall
2 30 (2.24%) Network Security
3 10 (0.75%) DNS
3 10 (0.75%) Internet
4 9 (0.67%) Kerberos
4 9 (0.67%) LAN
5 8 (0.60%) VPN
6 7 (0.52%) WAN
7 6 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.37%) Cisco IPT
8 5 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.30%) 5G
10 3 (0.22%) Broadband
10 3 (0.22%) DHCP
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
11 2 (0.15%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.43%) Power BI
2 34 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.72%) SQL Server
4 21 (1.57%) Relational Database
5 20 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (0.97%) Metadata
7 12 (0.89%) NoSQL
8 9 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.67%) Tableau
9 8 (0.60%) Big Data
9 8 (0.60%) KDB
9 8 (0.60%) Kdb+
9 8 (0.60%) RDBMS
10 7 (0.52%) MySQL
11 6 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (0.45%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.45%) Redis
12 5 (0.37%) Apache Arrow
12 5 (0.37%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 119 (8.87%) JIRA
2 19 (1.42%) Git
3 15 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.67%) SpecFlow
5 6 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.37%) GitLab
6 5 (0.37%) QUnit
7 4 (0.30%) Gradle
7 4 (0.30%) Maven
7 4 (0.30%) SonarLint
7 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.22%) GCC
8 3 (0.22%) GDB
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.15%) Postman
10 1 (0.075%) MLflow
10 1 (0.075%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.075%) SoapUI
General
1 560 (41.76%) Social Skills
2 522 (38.93%) Finance
3 223 (16.63%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (13.65%) Banking
5 142 (10.59%) Public Sector
6 109 (8.13%) Legal
7 58 (4.33%) Front Office
8 57 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
9 45 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
9 45 (3.36%) Investment Banking
10 35 (2.61%) Manufacturing
11 34 (2.54%) Financial Institution
12 28 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (2.01%) Retail
14 24 (1.79%) Telecoms
15 22 (1.64%) Law
16 21 (1.57%) Military
17 19 (1.42%) Local Government
18 18 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 169 (12.60%) Analyst
2 156 (11.63%) Project Manager
3 133 (9.92%) Senior
4 130 (9.69%) Lead
5 114 (8.50%) Consultant
6 113 (8.43%) Architect
7 107 (7.98%) Developer
8 63 (4.70%) Business Analyst
9 62 (4.62%) Programme Manager
10 53 (3.95%) Security Architect
11 45 (3.36%) Delivery Manager
12 42 (3.13%) Security Consultant
12 42 (3.13%) Senior Manager
13 38 (2.83%) Senior Developer
14 37 (2.76%) Risk Analyst
15 35 (2.61%) Risk Manager
16 32 (2.39%) Security Analyst
17 30 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (2.24%) Technical Manager
18 28 (2.09%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.86%) Kafka
2 19 (1.42%) .NET
2 19 (1.42%) REST
3 17 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
3 17 (1.27%) RESTful
4 14 (1.04%) .NET Framework
4 14 (1.04%) Middleware
4 14 (1.04%) NumPy
4 14 (1.04%) OAuth
4 14 (1.04%) Pandas
5 12 (0.89%) SAML
6 10 (0.75%) AngularJS
6 10 (0.75%) Entity Framework
6 10 (0.75%) Playwright
6 10 (0.75%) React
6 10 (0.75%) XML
7 9 (0.67%) COM
7 9 (0.67%) Dask
7 9 (0.67%) NHibernate
8 8 (0.60%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 155 (11.56%) Management Information System
2 69 (5.15%) Product Ownership
3 67 (5.00%) Derivative
4 66 (4.92%) Security Posture
5 58 (4.33%) Onboarding
6 43 (3.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 42 (3.13%) Market Risk
8 40 (2.98%) Equities
9 38 (2.83%) Credit Risk
10 35 (2.61%) Data Centre
11 34 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
12 33 (2.46%) Cloud Native
13 32 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
14 31 (2.31%) Fixed Income
15 29 (2.16%) Algorithms
16 25 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
17 21 (1.57%) NHS
18 20 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
19 19 (1.42%) Data Structures
19 19 (1.42%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.21%) Linux
2 35 (2.61%) Windows
3 20 (1.49%) Unix
4 6 (0.45%) Windows Server
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 (0.075%) Android
7 1 (0.075%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.075%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (27.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 322 (24.01%) Agile
3 270 (20.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 259 (19.31%) Problem-Solving
5 234 (17.45%) Cybersecurity
6 209 (15.59%) Project Management
7 188 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 172 (12.83%) Decision-Making
9 165 (12.30%) Information Security
10 133 (9.92%) Change Management
11 129 (9.62%) Project Delivery
12 124 (9.25%) Regulatory Compliance
13 122 (9.10%) Migration
14 120 (8.95%) Roadmaps
15 114 (8.50%) Analytics
16 104 (7.76%) AI
17 102 (7.61%) PRINCE2
18 100 (7.46%) Data Protection
19 95 (7.08%) Scrum
20 92 (6.86%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 135 (10.07%) SQL
2 125 (9.32%) Python
3 57 (4.25%) Java
4 30 (2.24%) C#
4 30 (2.24%) C++
4 30 (2.24%) PowerShell
5 16 (1.19%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.04%) VBA
7 9 (0.67%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.60%) R
9 5 (0.37%) JCL
9 5 (0.37%) Korn
10 4 (0.30%) COBOL
10 4 (0.30%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.22%) Bash
11 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.15%) Go
12 2 (0.15%) Rust
12 2 (0.15%) Scala
12 2 (0.15%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 255 (19.02%) Security Cleared
2 229 (17.08%) Degree
3 187 (13.94%) SC Cleared
4 119 (8.87%) CISSP
5 83 (6.19%) CISM
6 80 (5.97%) PMI Certification
7 75 (5.59%) PMP
8 65 (4.85%) DV Cleared
9 59 (4.40%) Master's Degree
10 38 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (2.09%) CRISC
12 27 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.64%) CISA
14 21 (1.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 16 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (1.19%) PhD
16 15 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
17 11 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
17 11 (0.82%) GIAC
18 9 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (12.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 162 (12.08%) NIST
3 118 (8.80%) GDPR
4 105 (7.83%) GRC
5 75 (5.59%) PMO
6 67 (5.00%) QA
7 42 (3.13%) PCI DSS
8 35 (2.61%) Data Quality
8 35 (2.61%) NCSC
9 28 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 20 (1.49%) COBIT
11 17 (1.27%) Def Stans
12 16 (1.19%) EU AI Act
12 16 (1.19%) NIST 800
12 16 (1.19%) SLA
13 15 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
13 15 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 13 (0.97%) Basel III
15 12 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
15 12 (0.89%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (2.54%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.64%) Docker
3 7 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.075%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.075%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (2.09%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.42%) Terraform
3 11 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.67%) RSA Archer
5 8 (0.60%) Ansible
6 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.37%) Grafana
7 5 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (0.37%) SCCM
8 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.22%) QRadar
9 3 (0.22%) WSUS
10 2 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.075%) Consul
11 1 (0.075%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.075%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.075%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.075%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 172 (12.83%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.37%) SAP
3 58 (4.33%) ServiceNow
4 57 (4.25%) Oracle
5 39 (2.91%) Google
6 20 (1.49%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.34%) Murex
8 16 (1.19%) Ariba
9 12 (0.89%) Databricks
9 12 (0.89%) Splunk
9 12 (0.89%) Workday
10 9 (0.67%) CyberArk
10 9 (0.67%) IBM
11 8 (0.60%) Cisco
11 8 (0.60%) Citrix
11 8 (0.60%) F5
11 8 (0.60%) Informatica
11 8 (0.60%) VMware
12 7 (0.52%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.37%) Solace