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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 47 76
Rank change year-on-year -26 +29 -12
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,569 1,328 1,219
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.13% 4.48% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 4.93% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 811 758
10th Percentile £406 £375 £348
25th Percentile £476 £459 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £700
90th Percentile £800 £875 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £514 £533
% change year-on-year +2.14% -3.47% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 28 42
10th Percentile £20.86 £46.30 £12.25
25th Percentile £39.52 £48.25 £24.29
Median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +33.33% +358.61%
75th Percentile £91.08 £83.71 £60.94
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.33 £79.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.40% +30.00% +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 42,531 26,963 37,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.77% 91.04% 85.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,533 17,106 23,691
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% -3.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 2,548 1,222 2,595
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.74
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.01
Median hourly rate £43.96 £26.75 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -28.05% +6.23%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.43 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +17.29%

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 15 June 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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -23 1,398 £550 -6.38% 620
UK excluding London -7 787 £525 +2.14% 437
London -39 672 £600 -11.11% 254
Work from Home -19 457 £550 -5.98% 307
North of England -10 242 £514 +0.90% 119
South East -13 194 £563 +2.27% 147
Yorkshire +5 122 £500 - 42
North West -13 119 £540 +6.01% 67
Midlands -32 113 £550 +12.82% 58
South West +9 97 £570 +14.00% 71
Scotland -4 90 £475 -1.55% 20
West Midlands -42 80 £540 +8.00% 29
East of England -1 51 £525 -4.55% 30
East Midlands -16 33 £550 +23.04% 29
Northern Ireland -5 7 £425 -22.73% 3
Wales -18 2 £600 +26.32% 4
North East -40 1 £480 -12.73% 12

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 72 (4.59%) Confluence
2 39 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.45%) SAS
4 3 (0.19%) IIS
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.064%) Apache
6 1 (0.064%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.064%) Appian
6 1 (0.064%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.064%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.064%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.064%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.064%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.064%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (2.61%) Microsoft Project
3 34 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.25%) Navisworks
5 4 (0.25%) Revit
5 4 (0.25%) Trello
6 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.13%) Windchill
8 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.064%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.064%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 26 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.64%) Endur
4 7 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.45%) Summit
5 6 (0.38%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.32%) Actimize
6 5 (0.32%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.32%) Primavera
6 5 (0.32%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.25%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.19%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 212 (13.51%) Azure
2 155 (9.88%) AWS
3 68 (4.33%) Power Platform
4 62 (3.95%) GCP
4 62 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
5 49 (3.12%) Entra ID
6 41 (2.61%) SaaS
7 30 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
9 26 (1.66%) GitHub
10 21 (1.34%) Google Workspace
11 20 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
12 18 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (1.15%) PaaS
12 18 (1.15%) Snowflake
13 17 (1.08%) Google Sheets
14 14 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
15 11 (0.70%) IaaS
15 11 (0.70%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.57%) Network Security
2 33 (2.10%) Firewall
3 17 (1.08%) DNS
4 14 (0.89%) DHCP
5 12 (0.76%) BIG-IP
5 12 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (0.57%) WAN
8 8 (0.51%) 5G
9 7 (0.45%) HTTP
9 7 (0.45%) Internet
9 7 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.38%) 4G
10 6 (0.38%) LAN
11 5 (0.32%) 3G
12 4 (0.25%) NAS
12 4 (0.25%) NGFW
12 4 (0.25%) SAN
12 4 (0.25%) VPN
13 3 (0.19%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.51%) Power BI
2 34 (2.17%) Metadata
3 26 (1.66%) Relational Database
4 22 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (1.34%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.76%) Tableau
8 10 (0.64%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.57%) Big Data
9 9 (0.57%) Db2
10 8 (0.51%) RDBMS
11 6 (0.38%) MySQL
11 6 (0.38%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.32%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.25%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 119 (7.58%) JIRA
2 19 (1.21%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.15%) Git
4 7 (0.45%) GitLab
5 6 (0.38%) Zephyr
6 5 (0.32%) JUnit
6 5 (0.32%) Mockito
6 5 (0.32%) Selenium
6 5 (0.32%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.25%) DbUnit
7 4 (0.25%) jMock
7 4 (0.25%) Maven
7 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.19%) MLflow
9 2 (0.13%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.13%) TestRail
10 1 (0.064%) Appium
10 1 (0.064%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.064%) Flyway
General
1 575 (36.65%) Finance
2 571 (36.39%) Social Skills
3 254 (16.19%) Analytical Skills
4 179 (11.41%) Banking
4 179 (11.41%) Public Sector
5 126 (8.03%) Legal
6 51 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
7 45 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
8 40 (2.55%) Front Office
9 38 (2.42%) Telecoms
10 37 (2.36%) Investment Banking
11 36 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
11 36 (2.29%) Financial Institution
12 34 (2.17%) Retail
13 31 (1.98%) Manufacturing
13 31 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (1.85%) Military
15 27 (1.72%) Law
16 23 (1.47%) Aerospace
17 22 (1.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 199 (12.68%) Project Manager
2 195 (12.43%) Lead
3 172 (10.96%) Architect
4 157 (10.01%) Senior
5 149 (9.50%) Analyst
6 85 (5.42%) Consultant
7 72 (4.59%) Security Architect
8 70 (4.46%) Programme Manager
9 69 (4.40%) Business Analyst
10 65 (4.14%) Developer
11 58 (3.70%) Senior Manager
12 55 (3.51%) Risk Manager
13 41 (2.61%) Delivery Manager
14 39 (2.49%) IT Manager
14 39 (2.49%) Security Engineer
15 36 (2.29%) Security Manager
16 35 (2.23%) Security Consultant
17 33 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
18 31 (1.98%) Risk Analyst
19 26 (1.66%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.78%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (1.59%) REST
3 22 (1.40%) .NET
4 21 (1.34%) Kafka
5 17 (1.08%) Middleware
5 17 (1.08%) XML
6 14 (0.89%) JSON
7 11 (0.70%) Azure Blueprints
7 11 (0.70%) Leaflet
7 11 (0.70%) OAuth
7 11 (0.70%) RESTful
8 10 (0.64%) OpenID
8 10 (0.64%) SAML
8 10 (0.64%) SOAP
9 9 (0.57%) React
9 9 (0.57%) Web Services
10 8 (0.51%) LDAP
11 7 (0.45%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.45%) PySpark
11 7 (0.45%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 120 (7.65%) Management Information System
2 72 (4.59%) Product Ownership
3 70 (4.46%) Onboarding
4 60 (3.82%) Security Posture
5 57 (3.63%) Operational Technology
6 56 (3.57%) Cloud Native
7 43 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
8 42 (2.68%) Derivative
9 41 (2.61%) Data Centre
10 31 (1.98%) Market Risk
11 25 (1.59%) AI Agents
11 25 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
12 23 (1.47%) Credit Risk
12 23 (1.47%) Data Structures
12 23 (1.47%) NHS
13 22 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
14 21 (1.34%) PMI
15 20 (1.27%) Fixed Income
16 18 (1.15%) SCADA
17 16 (1.02%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.19%) Windows
2 42 (2.68%) Linux
3 26 (1.66%) Unix
4 17 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.38%) zOS
7 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (31.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 388 (24.73%) Agile
3 332 (21.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 311 (19.82%) Cybersecurity
5 308 (19.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 262 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
7 241 (15.36%) Project Management
8 230 (14.66%) Decision-Making
9 191 (12.17%) Information Security
10 184 (11.73%) AI
10 184 (11.73%) Roadmaps
11 174 (11.09%) Change Management
12 152 (9.69%) Project Delivery
13 142 (9.05%) Migration
14 131 (8.35%) Regulatory Compliance
15 128 (8.16%) Analytics
15 128 (8.16%) DevOps
16 123 (7.84%) CI/CD
17 120 (7.65%) Data Protection
18 116 (7.39%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 113 (7.20%) Python
2 109 (6.95%) SQL
3 56 (3.57%) Java
4 38 (2.42%) PowerShell
5 20 (1.27%) C#
6 14 (0.89%) C++
7 13 (0.83%) JavaScript
8 11 (0.70%) VBA
9 9 (0.57%) Bash
10 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.45%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.32%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.25%) Bicep
14 3 (0.19%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.19%) CLIST
14 3 (0.19%) Go
14 3 (0.19%) JCL
14 3 (0.19%) REXX
15 2 (0.13%) RPG
15 2 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 373 (23.77%) Security Cleared
2 271 (17.27%) SC Cleared
3 188 (11.98%) Degree
4 137 (8.73%) CISSP
5 98 (6.25%) CISM
6 85 (5.42%) DV Cleared
7 73 (4.65%) PMI Certification
8 70 (4.46%) PMP
9 45 (2.87%) CRISC
10 38 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 31 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
12 30 (1.91%) CISA
13 28 (1.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 28 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
14 22 (1.40%) Master's Degree
15 21 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 15 (0.96%) CESG Certified Professional
17 14 (0.89%) CCSP
17 14 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 12 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (12.36%) NIST
2 193 (12.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 147 (9.37%) GRC
4 110 (7.01%) GDPR
5 79 (5.04%) QA
6 76 (4.84%) PMO
7 65 (4.14%) Data Quality
8 54 (3.44%) NCSC
9 41 (2.61%) PCI DSS
10 36 (2.29%) JSP 440
11 29 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
11 29 (1.85%) SOC 2
12 28 (1.78%) COBIT
13 27 (1.72%) SLA
14 25 (1.59%) NIST 800
15 17 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 16 (1.02%) ISO 31000
16 16 (1.02%) RMADS
16 16 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 32 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.96%) Docker
3 10 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.25%) Postfix
6 3 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.064%) Ceph
7 1 (0.064%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.064%) NFS
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.064%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (1.66%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.47%) Terraform
3 21 (1.34%) Ansible
4 14 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.89%) SCCM
5 11 (0.70%) Grafana
6 10 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.51%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.32%) Control-M
8 5 (0.32%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.19%) CASB
10 3 (0.19%) Nessus
10 3 (0.19%) OMEGAMON
11 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.13%) NSN NetAct
11 2 (0.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 212 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.74%) ServiceNow
3 83 (5.29%) Oracle
4 78 (4.97%) SAP
5 46 (2.93%) Google
6 21 (1.34%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.34%) Workday
7 17 (1.08%) Cisco
7 17 (1.08%) Murex
8 15 (0.96%) IBM
9 14 (0.89%) Databricks
9 14 (0.89%) F5
10 13 (0.83%) VMware
11 12 (0.76%) Ariba
11 12 (0.76%) Qualys
11 12 (0.76%) Splunk
11 12 (0.76%) Sybase
12 10 (0.64%) Infoblox
13 9 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (0.57%) Foundry