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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 56 64
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 +2
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,907 1,386 1,248
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.50% 4.27% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.15% 4.72% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,160 855 724
10th Percentile £400 £360 £378
25th Percentile £475 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £561
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -0.22% -4.22%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £788 £875 £835
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 30 28
10th Percentile £25.78 £22.16 £33.88
25th Percentile £47.13 £23.50 £42.81
Median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.31% -41.74% +15.00%
75th Percentile £80.00 £61.50 £68.17
90th Percentile £89.20 £75.10 £81.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £33.50 £59.19
% change year-on-year +126.87% -43.40% -1.35%

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 45,945 29,375 32,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.44% 90.50% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,954 18,237 20,159
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,063 1,777 1,475
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.23 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.42 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.47 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £66.70 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.08 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +78.13% -47.67% +6.17%

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 September 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 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Top 18 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 September 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 1,665 £550 -4.35% 4,431
UK excluding London -3 951 £525 +5.00% 2,055
London -26 809 £600 -7.69% 2,808
Work from Home -24 514 £550 -7.72% 1,779
North of England -11 266 £510 +2.00% 459
South East +12 255 £575 +4.55% 499
North West -23 132 £525 +5.00% 296
Yorkshire +9 128 £500 - 134
Scotland +22 122 £500 +11.11% 262
Midlands -30 116 £525 +13.51% 289
South West -25 112 £600 +4.35% 235
West Midlands -24 93 £500 +2.56% 183
East of England -2 69 £513 -14.58% 146
East Midlands -22 20 £547 +36.07% 106
Northern Ireland -2 11 £500 -9.09% 134
Wales -15 11 £600 +45.45% 42
North East -37 6 £454 - 34
Channel Islands - 2 £600 - 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 73 (3.83%) Confluence
2 46 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.58%) SAS
4 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.21%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.16%) IIS
7 2 (0.10%) CMS
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.052%) Apache
8 1 (0.052%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.052%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.052%) Appian
8 1 (0.052%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.052%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.052%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.052%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 67 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.21%) Revit
7 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.16%) Windchill
8 2 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.052%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.052%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 48 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.84%) SAP GRC
3 14 (0.73%) Endur
4 10 (0.52%) Primavera
5 9 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
9 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.26%) Summit
10 4 (0.21%) Actimize
10 4 (0.21%) Front Arena
10 4 (0.21%) Magento
10 4 (0.21%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
11 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.16%) SAP HCM
11 3 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 286 (15.00%) Azure
2 198 (10.38%) AWS
3 92 (4.82%) Power Platform
4 84 (4.40%) GCP
5 65 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
6 64 (3.36%) Entra ID
7 58 (3.04%) SaaS
8 41 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (1.84%) GitHub
10 28 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
11 26 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
12 24 (1.26%) OCI
13 21 (1.10%) Snowflake
14 20 (1.05%) Azure AI
14 20 (1.05%) PaaS
15 18 (0.94%) Anthropic Claude
16 17 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
17 16 (0.84%) IaaS
17 16 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 66 (3.46%) Network Security
2 47 (2.46%) Firewall
3 23 (1.21%) TCP/IP
4 20 (1.05%) WAN
5 18 (0.94%) DNS
6 17 (0.89%) LAN
7 14 (0.73%) 5G
8 13 (0.68%) DHCP
9 12 (0.63%) 4G
10 8 (0.42%) BIG-IP
10 8 (0.42%) Internet
10 8 (0.42%) VPN
11 7 (0.37%) Cisco IPT
11 7 (0.37%) HTTP
12 6 (0.31%) HTTPS
12 6 (0.31%) Kerberos
12 6 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.26%) 3G
13 5 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
13 5 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (3.72%) Power BI
2 42 (2.20%) Metadata
3 40 (2.10%) SQL Server
4 34 (1.78%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.00%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.79%) Data Lake
7 15 (0.79%) Db2
7 15 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (0.68%) Big Data
9 12 (0.63%) Tableau
10 11 (0.58%) Oracle Database
11 9 (0.47%) RDBMS
12 7 (0.37%) MySQL
13 6 (0.31%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.31%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.21%) Neo4j
15 4 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 4 (0.21%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 129 (6.76%) JIRA
2 30 (1.57%) Git
3 21 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.68%) Selenium
5 10 (0.52%) Cypress.io
6 9 (0.47%) Postman
7 8 (0.42%) WebDriver
7 8 (0.42%) Zephyr
8 7 (0.37%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.31%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.31%) GitLab
10 5 (0.26%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.26%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.21%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.21%) Gradle
11 4 (0.21%) Maven
11 4 (0.21%) Subversion
12 3 (0.16%) DbUnit
12 3 (0.16%) jMock
12 3 (0.16%) JUnit
General
1 768 (40.27%) Social Skills
2 700 (36.71%) Finance
3 324 (16.99%) Analytical Skills
4 236 (12.38%) Public Sector
5 212 (11.12%) Banking
6 145 (7.60%) Legal
7 98 (5.14%) Influencing Skills
8 77 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
9 75 (3.93%) Front Office
10 54 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
11 50 (2.62%) Aerospace
12 47 (2.46%) Investment Banking
12 47 (2.46%) Military
13 44 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
14 43 (2.25%) Telecoms
15 40 (2.10%) Manufacturing
15 40 (2.10%) Retail
16 38 (1.99%) Financial Institution
17 36 (1.89%) Law
18 27 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 249 (13.06%) Lead
2 233 (12.22%) Architect
3 200 (10.49%) Analyst
4 197 (10.33%) Project Manager
5 188 (9.86%) Senior
6 104 (5.45%) Consultant
7 93 (4.88%) Security Architect
8 76 (3.99%) Programme Manager
9 73 (3.83%) Developer
10 69 (3.62%) Business Analyst
11 55 (2.88%) IT Manager
12 54 (2.83%) Risk Manager
12 54 (2.83%) Senior Manager
13 48 (2.52%) Delivery Manager
14 43 (2.25%) Security Consultant
15 38 (1.99%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (1.94%) Risk Analyst
16 37 (1.94%) Senior Analyst
17 35 (1.84%) Security Engineer
17 35 (1.84%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.31%) Terraform
2 38 (1.99%) REST
3 36 (1.89%) .NET
4 26 (1.36%) Middleware
5 24 (1.26%) Kafka
6 19 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
7 18 (0.94%) OAuth
8 15 (0.79%) JSON
8 15 (0.79%) Spring
9 12 (0.63%) SAML
9 12 (0.63%) SOAP
9 12 (0.63%) XML
10 11 (0.58%) OpenID
10 11 (0.58%) React
10 11 (0.58%) SailPoint
10 11 (0.58%) SLSA
10 11 (0.58%) Spring Boot
11 10 (0.52%) RESTful
12 9 (0.47%) LDAP
12 9 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 120 (6.29%) Management Information System
2 118 (6.19%) Onboarding
3 95 (4.98%) Product Ownership
4 80 (4.20%) Security Posture
5 73 (3.83%) Cloud Native
6 63 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
7 54 (2.83%) Operational Technology
8 43 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
8 43 (2.25%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
10 34 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
11 32 (1.68%) AI Agents
11 32 (1.68%) Market Risk
12 31 (1.63%) Derivative
13 30 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
14 26 (1.36%) Data Structures
15 25 (1.31%) Credit Risk
15 25 (1.31%) NHS
16 22 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 22 (1.15%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 65 (3.41%) Windows
2 62 (3.25%) Linux
3 43 (2.25%) Unix
4 21 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.31%) zOS
8 4 (0.21%) Android
8 4 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.21%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.16%) AIX
9 3 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.052%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 755 (39.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 481 (25.22%) Cybersecurity
3 469 (24.59%) Agile
4 426 (22.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 422 (22.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 308 (16.15%) Decision-Making
7 282 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
8 277 (14.53%) AI
9 261 (13.69%) Project Management
10 251 (13.16%) Roadmaps
11 217 (11.38%) Information Security
12 210 (11.01%) Project Delivery
13 185 (9.70%) CI/CD
14 183 (9.60%) DevOps
15 176 (9.23%) Migration
16 166 (8.70%) Change Management
17 163 (8.55%) Vulnerability Management
18 161 (8.44%) Analytics
19 153 (8.02%) PRINCE2
20 150 (7.87%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 155 (8.13%) Python
2 110 (5.77%) SQL
3 54 (2.83%) Java
4 43 (2.25%) PowerShell
5 33 (1.73%) C#
6 19 (1.00%) JavaScript
7 16 (0.84%) Bash
8 15 (0.79%) Shell Script
9 14 (0.73%) C++
10 12 (0.63%) VBA
11 8 (0.42%) Go
11 8 (0.42%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.31%) Bicep
13 6 (0.31%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.26%) Korn
15 4 (0.21%) Assembly Language
15 4 (0.21%) JCL
15 4 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 523 (27.43%) Security Cleared
2 376 (19.72%) SC Cleared
3 176 (9.23%) Degree
4 166 (8.70%) CISSP
5 121 (6.35%) DV Cleared
6 115 (6.03%) CISM
7 86 (4.51%) PMI Certification
8 84 (4.40%) PMP
9 55 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 53 (2.78%) CRISC
11 43 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
12 40 (2.10%) CISA
13 38 (1.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 28 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
15 27 (1.42%) Master's Degree
16 26 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 25 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
18 24 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
19 22 (1.15%) Azure Certification
19 22 (1.15%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 238 (12.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 220 (11.54%) NIST
3 196 (10.28%) GRC
4 121 (6.35%) GDPR
5 112 (5.87%) QA
6 91 (4.77%) Data Quality
7 81 (4.25%) NCSC
8 70 (3.67%) PMO
9 39 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
10 34 (1.78%) JSP 440
11 24 (1.26%) NIST 800
12 22 (1.15%) COBIT
13 20 (1.05%) Accessibility
14 18 (0.94%) SOC 2
15 17 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 15 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 15 (0.79%) ISO 31000
16 15 (0.79%) PCI DSS
16 15 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (2.31%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.31%) Docker
3 13 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.31%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.26%) vSphere
7 4 (0.21%) FreeRADIUS
7 4 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (0.21%) Time Sharing Option
7 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.16%) Firmware
8 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.16%) Postfix
8 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.10%) IAG
9 2 (0.10%) NFS
10 1 (0.052%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 50 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 34 (1.78%) Ansible
3 15 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.73%) Grafana
5 11 (0.58%) SCCM
6 8 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.31%) Control-M
8 5 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.21%) Data Guard
9 4 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.21%) Nessus
9 4 (0.21%) OMEGAMON
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.16%) Puppet
11 2 (0.10%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.10%) Istio
11 2 (0.10%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 283 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 114 (5.98%) ServiceNow
3 90 (4.72%) SAP
4 76 (3.99%) Oracle
5 43 (2.25%) Google
6 22 (1.15%) IBM
6 22 (1.15%) Splunk
7 20 (1.05%) VMware
8 18 (0.94%) Cisco
8 18 (0.94%) Salesforce
9 17 (0.89%) Databricks
9 17 (0.89%) Sybase
10 16 (0.84%) Foundry
11 15 (0.79%) Murex
12 14 (0.73%) Qualys
13 11 (0.58%) Ariba
13 11 (0.58%) BeyondTrust
13 11 (0.58%) CyberArk
13 11 (0.58%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.58%) Workday