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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 49 65
Rank change year-on-year -22 +16 +5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,521 1,293 1,336
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.21% 4.44% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 4.88% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 977 796 865
10th Percentile £402 £363 £350
25th Percentile £463 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £700
90th Percentile £838 £850 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 36 46
10th Percentile £20.27 £40.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £38.45 £47.96 £30.96
Median hourly rate £71.83 £64.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% +28.00% +370.37%
75th Percentile £99.38 £80.80 £60.94
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.28 £81.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.49 £62.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year +19.67% +18.57% +435.71%

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 40,077 26,470 37,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.45% 90.96% 86.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,204 17,026 23,967
10th Percentile £321 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +1.77% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,387 1,075 2,431
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.00 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.09% -21.23% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.25 £60.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.00 £27.35 £37.50
% change year-on-year +60.88% -27.07% +7.14%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 1,341 £550 -4.35% 655
UK excluding London -12 739 £525 - 421
London -30 649 £600 -7.69% 288
Work from Home -7 437 £550 -4.35% 271
North of England -7 226 £509 -0.80% 104
South East -13 203 £550 -4.35% 136
Yorkshire +1 113 £487 -2.60% 45
North West -11 111 £550 +8.37% 52
Midlands -45 104 £537 +7.40% 62
South West -4 80 £550 +22.22% 55
Scotland -2 79 £465 -7.00% 19
West Midlands -37 73 £525 +2.24% 36
East of England -10 46 £525 -0.94% 43
East Midlands -27 31 £544 +20.83% 25
Northern Ireland 0 6 £450 -21.05% 6
Wales -11 3 £214 -55.03% 5
North East -30 2 £480 -16.52% 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 66 (4.34%) Confluence
2 38 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.46%) SAS
5 4 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.26%) nginx
6 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.13%) Apache
7 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.066%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.066%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.066%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.066%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.066%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.066%) WebSphere
Applications
1 68 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (3.55%) Microsoft Project
3 44 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
4 41 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.33%) Revit
7 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.26%) Trello
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.066%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.066%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 27 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.53%) Endur
4 7 (0.46%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.46%) Summit
5 6 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.33%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.26%) Actimize
7 4 (0.26%) Primavera
7 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.20%) Findur
8 3 (0.20%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.20%) SAP GRC
8 3 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 191 (12.56%) Azure
2 148 (9.73%) AWS
3 67 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (4.34%) Power Platform
5 56 (3.68%) GCP
6 39 (2.56%) SaaS
7 38 (2.50%) Entra ID
8 25 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 23 (1.51%) GitHub
11 21 (1.38%) Google Workspace
12 20 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
13 18 (1.18%) Google Sheets
13 18 (1.18%) PaaS
13 18 (1.18%) Snowflake
14 17 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (0.72%) OpenShift
17 10 (0.66%) IaaS
17 10 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.35%) Network Security
2 32 (2.10%) Firewall
3 20 (1.31%) DNS
4 12 (0.79%) DHCP
4 12 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (0.66%) BIG-IP
6 9 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (0.59%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.59%) WAN
7 8 (0.53%) 5G
8 7 (0.46%) HTTP
8 7 (0.46%) LAN
9 6 (0.39%) Internet
10 5 (0.33%) 3G
10 5 (0.33%) 4G
11 4 (0.26%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.20%) NAS
12 3 (0.20%) NGFW
12 3 (0.20%) SAN
12 3 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.48%) Power BI
2 37 (2.43%) Metadata
3 25 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.58%) Relational Database
5 19 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.25%) SQL Server
6 11 (0.72%) MongoDB
6 11 (0.72%) Tableau
7 9 (0.59%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.46%) Big Data
8 7 (0.46%) RDBMS
9 6 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.39%) DB2
9 6 (0.39%) DynamoDB
9 6 (0.39%) MySQL
9 6 (0.39%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.39%) Oracle Database
9 6 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 130 (8.55%) JIRA
2 23 (1.51%) Git
3 19 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.66%) GitLab
5 5 (0.33%) JUnit
5 5 (0.33%) Mockito
5 5 (0.33%) Zephyr
6 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
6 4 (0.26%) DbUnit
6 4 (0.26%) jMock
6 4 (0.26%) Maven
6 4 (0.26%) Selenium
6 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.26%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.26%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.066%) Appium
7 1 (0.066%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.066%) Flyway
7 1 (0.066%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.066%) TestRail
General
1 562 (36.95%) Social Skills
2 560 (36.82%) Finance
3 237 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (12.16%) Banking
5 166 (10.91%) Public Sector
6 107 (7.03%) Legal
7 48 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
8 47 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
9 38 (2.50%) Retail
10 37 (2.43%) Investment Banking
11 36 (2.37%) Financial Institution
11 36 (2.37%) Front Office
12 32 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
12 32 (2.10%) Telecoms
13 31 (2.04%) Military
13 31 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (1.91%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.25%) Law
16 18 (1.18%) Marketing
17 17 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 204 (13.41%) Project Manager
2 190 (12.49%) Lead
3 151 (9.93%) Architect
4 149 (9.80%) Senior
5 146 (9.60%) Analyst
6 92 (6.05%) Consultant
7 73 (4.80%) Developer
7 73 (4.80%) Programme Manager
8 71 (4.67%) Business Analyst
9 65 (4.27%) Security Architect
10 50 (3.29%) Senior Manager
11 49 (3.22%) Risk Manager
12 45 (2.96%) Delivery Manager
13 38 (2.50%) Security Consultant
14 35 (2.30%) Security Engineer
15 33 (2.17%) IT Manager
16 30 (1.97%) Risk Analyst
16 30 (1.97%) Security Manager
17 28 (1.84%) Solutions Architect
18 27 (1.78%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (1.31%) Kafka
2 20 (1.31%) REST
3 19 (1.25%) .NET
4 14 (0.92%) RESTful
5 12 (0.79%) Middleware
5 12 (0.79%) XML
6 11 (0.72%) Leaflet
7 10 (0.66%) JSON
8 8 (0.53%) LDAP
8 8 (0.53%) OAuth
8 8 (0.53%) PyTorch
8 8 (0.53%) React
9 7 (0.46%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.46%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.46%) scikit-learn
9 7 (0.46%) SOAP
9 7 (0.46%) TensorFlow
10 6 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (0.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.09%) Management Information System
2 62 (4.08%) Onboarding
2 62 (4.08%) Product Ownership
3 53 (3.48%) Derivative
3 53 (3.48%) Security Posture
4 49 (3.22%) Operational Technology
5 44 (2.89%) Data Centre
6 42 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
7 39 (2.56%) Cloud Native
8 37 (2.43%) Market Risk
9 29 (1.91%) Credit Risk
10 24 (1.58%) AI Agents
10 24 (1.58%) Data Structures
11 23 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
12 22 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 21 (1.38%) NHS
14 20 (1.31%) Equities
15 19 (1.25%) Fixed Income
16 18 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.02%) Windows
2 38 (2.50%) Linux
3 22 (1.45%) Unix
4 8 (0.53%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.20%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.20%) zOS
8 2 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 470 (30.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 388 (25.51%) Agile
3 298 (19.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 279 (18.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 265 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
6 255 (16.77%) Cybersecurity
7 247 (16.24%) Project Management
8 206 (13.54%) Decision-Making
9 182 (11.97%) Information Security
10 168 (11.05%) AI
11 167 (10.98%) Roadmaps
12 166 (10.91%) Change Management
13 158 (10.39%) Project Delivery
14 141 (9.27%) Migration
15 131 (8.61%) Analytics
16 127 (8.35%) Regulatory Compliance
17 121 (7.96%) PRINCE2
18 120 (7.89%) Data Protection
19 117 (7.69%) DevOps
20 106 (6.97%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 120 (7.89%) SQL
2 116 (7.63%) Python
3 57 (3.75%) Java
4 31 (2.04%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.45%) C#
6 21 (1.38%) C++
7 15 (0.99%) JavaScript
8 12 (0.79%) VBA
9 7 (0.46%) Bash
9 7 (0.46%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.39%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.39%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.26%) Perl
12 3 (0.20%) Korn
12 3 (0.20%) Scala
13 2 (0.13%) Go
13 2 (0.13%) RPG
14 1 (0.066%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.066%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.066%) R
Qualifications
1 341 (22.42%) Security Cleared
2 255 (16.77%) SC Cleared
3 204 (13.41%) Degree
4 127 (8.35%) CISSP
5 92 (6.05%) CISM
6 79 (5.19%) DV Cleared
7 78 (5.13%) PMP
8 74 (4.87%) PMI Certification
9 40 (2.63%) CRISC
10 33 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
13 26 (1.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 23 (1.51%) Master's Degree
15 22 (1.45%) CISA
16 19 (1.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 15 (0.99%) CESG Certified Professional
17 15 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 12 (0.79%) GIAC
18 12 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (12.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 189 (12.43%) NIST
2 129 (8.48%) GRC
3 114 (7.50%) GDPR
4 92 (6.05%) PMO
5 82 (5.39%) QA
6 61 (4.01%) Data Quality
7 47 (3.09%) NCSC
7 47 (3.09%) PCI DSS
8 32 (2.10%) JSP 440
9 31 (2.04%) SLA
10 30 (1.97%) COBIT
11 26 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
11 26 (1.71%) SOC 2
12 23 (1.51%) NIST 800
13 19 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 18 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
15 17 (1.12%) RMADS
15 17 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (1.05%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 33 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.99%) Docker
3 9 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.26%) Postfix
4 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.066%) Ceph
7 1 (0.066%) NFS
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.066%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (1.51%) Kubernetes
2 15 (0.99%) Ansible
3 13 (0.85%) Terraform
4 10 (0.66%) SCCM
5 9 (0.59%) Grafana
5 9 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.33%) Control-M
8 5 (0.33%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.20%) CASB
10 3 (0.20%) WSUS
11 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.13%) Nessus
11 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 201 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.59%) Oracle
2 85 (5.59%) ServiceNow
3 81 (5.33%) SAP
4 42 (2.76%) Google
5 23 (1.51%) Workday
6 21 (1.38%) Murex
7 17 (1.12%) Ariba
7 17 (1.12%) Salesforce
8 15 (0.99%) Databricks
9 12 (0.79%) Cisco
9 12 (0.79%) F5
9 12 (0.79%) IBM
9 12 (0.79%) VMware
10 9 (0.59%) Splunk
11 8 (0.53%) Infoblox
12 7 (0.46%) Bloomberg
12 7 (0.46%) Foundry
12 7 (0.46%) HP
12 7 (0.46%) Sybase