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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 51 71
Rank change year-on-year -25 +20 -1
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,696 1,437 1,181
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.22% 4.40% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.78% 4.87% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,075 877 727
10th Percentile £410 £363 £363
25th Percentile £480 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £560 £551
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% +1.73% -7.48%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £717
90th Percentile £788 £875 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +4.78% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 30 38
10th Percentile £26.94 £22.16 £12.40
25th Percentile £50.75 £34.53 £32.19
Median hourly rate £78.85 £50.25 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +56.91% -1.95% +86.36%
75th Percentile £85.40 £74.87 £61.25
90th Percentile £105.25 £87.28 £81.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £55.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +45.45% -2.22% -22.54%

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 44,826 29,510 35,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.01% 90.34% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,774 18,532 22,551
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £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 2,642 1,578 2,152
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £13.25
25th Percentile £20.01 £17.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -36.33% -7.06%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.94 £62.76
90th Percentile £83.00 £69.13 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.34 £40.00
% change year-on-year +84.88% -39.15% -1.45%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 1,496 £569 -1.09% 956
UK excluding London -1 880 £537 +4.78% 533
London -42 691 £600 -7.69% 538
Work from Home -26 489 £550 -6.60% 374
North of England -12 261 £514 +0.29% 135
South East -5 240 £575 +4.55% 162
North West -22 131 £525 +2.68% 80
Yorkshire +1 127 £500 -4.76% 45
Midlands -43 111 £550 +16.53% 68
Scotland +8 100 £475 +5.56% 39
South West -10 100 £570 -0.87% 78
West Midlands -41 86 £563 +12.50% 37
East of England +12 62 £525 -4.55% 38
East Midlands -19 23 £550 +24.50% 31
Northern Ireland 0 9 £394 -28.41% 12
Wales -21 7 £725 +61.83% 10
North East -41 5 £454 -17.50% 10

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 (4.25%) Confluence
2 38 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.53%) SAS
4 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.24%) IIS
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.059%) Apache
8 1 (0.059%) Appian
8 1 (0.059%) CMS
8 1 (0.059%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.059%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.059%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.059%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.059%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.059%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.83%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.24%) Revit
6 4 (0.24%) Trello
7 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.059%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.059%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 42 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.65%) Endur
3 10 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.53%) Primavera
4 9 (0.53%) SAP GRC
5 7 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.35%) Actimize
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.29%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.24%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.24%) Loan IQ
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.24%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.24%) Summit
8 4 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 251 (14.80%) Azure
2 177 (10.44%) AWS
3 78 (4.60%) GCP
4 69 (4.07%) Power Platform
5 58 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.07%) Entra ID
7 45 (2.65%) SaaS
8 36 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (2.00%) GitHub
10 28 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
11 22 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
12 20 (1.18%) PaaS
12 20 (1.18%) Snowflake
13 18 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (0.94%) Anthropic Claude
14 16 (0.94%) Azure AI
15 15 (0.88%) Serverless
16 14 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
17 13 (0.77%) IaaS
17 13 (0.77%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 58 (3.42%) Network Security
2 41 (2.42%) Firewall
3 17 (1.00%) TCP/IP
4 15 (0.88%) DNS
4 15 (0.88%) WAN
5 13 (0.77%) 5G
5 13 (0.77%) DHCP
6 12 (0.71%) LAN
7 11 (0.65%) 4G
8 10 (0.59%) BIG-IP
8 10 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.53%) HTTP
10 7 (0.41%) Internet
10 7 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (0.35%) VPN
12 5 (0.29%) 3G
12 5 (0.29%) NAS
12 5 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
12 5 (0.29%) SAN
12 5 (0.29%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.01%) Power BI
2 33 (1.95%) Metadata
3 31 (1.83%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.71%) SQL Server
5 21 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.94%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.77%) Db2
9 12 (0.71%) Data Lake
10 10 (0.59%) Big Data
10 10 (0.59%) Tableau
11 9 (0.53%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.35%) MySQL
12 6 (0.35%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.29%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.29%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 120 (7.08%) JIRA
2 26 (1.53%) Git
3 24 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.59%) Selenium
5 9 (0.53%) GitLab
6 7 (0.41%) Zephyr
7 6 (0.35%) Postman
7 6 (0.35%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.29%) JUnit
8 5 (0.29%) Mockito
8 5 (0.29%) WebDriver
9 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.24%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.24%) DbUnit
9 4 (0.24%) jMock
9 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.24%) Subversion
10 3 (0.18%) MLflow
General
1 642 (37.85%) Social Skills
2 626 (36.91%) Finance
3 261 (15.39%) Analytical Skills
4 198 (11.67%) Public Sector
5 191 (11.26%) Banking
6 125 (7.37%) Legal
7 64 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
8 63 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
9 50 (2.95%) Front Office
10 43 (2.54%) Telecoms
11 41 (2.42%) Aerospace
11 41 (2.42%) Financial Institution
11 41 (2.42%) Retail
12 38 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
13 37 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
14 35 (2.06%) Investment Banking
15 31 (1.83%) Military
16 29 (1.71%) Manufacturing
17 25 (1.47%) Law
18 24 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 222 (13.09%) Lead
2 206 (12.15%) Project Manager
3 198 (11.67%) Architect
4 166 (9.79%) Senior
5 153 (9.02%) Analyst
6 95 (5.60%) Consultant
7 84 (4.95%) Security Architect
8 72 (4.25%) Developer
8 72 (4.25%) Programme Manager
9 63 (3.71%) Business Analyst
9 63 (3.71%) Senior Manager
10 58 (3.42%) Risk Manager
11 47 (2.77%) Delivery Manager
12 46 (2.71%) IT Manager
13 39 (2.30%) Security Consultant
14 36 (2.12%) Security Engineer
14 36 (2.12%) Security Manager
15 35 (2.06%) Solutions Architect
16 30 (1.77%) Product Manager
17 29 (1.71%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
1 27 (1.59%) REST
2 25 (1.47%) .NET
3 20 (1.18%) Middleware
4 19 (1.12%) Kafka
5 15 (0.88%) OAuth
6 14 (0.83%) XML
7 13 (0.77%) JSON
8 12 (0.71%) RESTful
8 12 (0.71%) SOAP
8 12 (0.71%) Spring
9 11 (0.65%) Azure Blueprints
9 11 (0.65%) Leaflet
9 11 (0.65%) OpenID
9 11 (0.65%) React
9 11 (0.65%) SAML
10 9 (0.53%) LDAP
10 9 (0.53%) SLSA
10 9 (0.53%) Web Services
11 8 (0.47%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 116 (6.84%) Management Information System
2 90 (5.31%) Product Ownership
3 87 (5.13%) Onboarding
4 71 (4.19%) Cloud Native
5 63 (3.71%) Security Posture
6 62 (3.66%) Operational Technology
7 50 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
8 45 (2.65%) Data Centre
9 33 (1.95%) Derivative
10 31 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
11 30 (1.77%) Market Risk
12 27 (1.59%) AI Agents
12 27 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
13 26 (1.53%) PMI
14 23 (1.36%) Fixed Income
15 22 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
16 21 (1.24%) NHS
17 20 (1.18%) Data Structures
18 19 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
18 19 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (3.18%) Windows
2 49 (2.89%) Linux
3 34 (2.00%) Unix
4 20 (1.18%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.29%) zOS
7 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.059%) AIX
9 1 (0.059%) Android
9 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 600 (35.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 414 (24.41%) Agile
3 384 (22.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 363 (21.40%) Cybersecurity
5 356 (20.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 256 (15.09%) Project Management
7 254 (14.98%) Decision-Making
8 251 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
9 230 (13.56%) AI
10 223 (13.15%) Roadmaps
11 201 (11.85%) Information Security
12 178 (10.50%) Change Management
13 164 (9.67%) Project Delivery
14 156 (9.20%) Migration
15 152 (8.96%) CI/CD
16 148 (8.73%) DevOps
17 138 (8.14%) Analytics
18 128 (7.55%) Vulnerability Management
19 123 (7.25%) PRINCE2
20 121 (7.13%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 124 (7.31%) Python
2 94 (5.54%) SQL
3 60 (3.54%) Java
4 35 (2.06%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.36%) C#
6 17 (1.00%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.71%) VBA
8 10 (0.59%) C++
8 10 (0.59%) Shell Script
9 9 (0.53%) Bash
9 9 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.35%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.29%) Go
12 4 (0.24%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.24%) Bicep
12 4 (0.24%) CLIST
12 4 (0.24%) JCL
12 4 (0.24%) REXX
12 4 (0.24%) Scala
13 3 (0.18%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 429 (25.29%) Security Cleared
2 319 (18.81%) SC Cleared
3 181 (10.67%) Degree
4 164 (9.67%) CISSP
5 107 (6.31%) DV Cleared
6 103 (6.07%) CISM
7 78 (4.60%) PMI Certification
8 74 (4.36%) PMP
9 43 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 40 (2.36%) CRISC
11 35 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
12 34 (2.00%) CISA
13 30 (1.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 30 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
14 28 (1.65%) Master's Degree
14 28 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 21 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
16 17 (1.00%) CESG Certified Professional
16 17 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 16 (0.94%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (12.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 205 (12.09%) NIST
3 162 (9.55%) GRC
4 112 (6.60%) GDPR
5 85 (5.01%) QA
6 67 (3.95%) PMO
7 65 (3.83%) Data Quality
8 59 (3.48%) NCSC
9 35 (2.06%) JSP 440
9 35 (2.06%) PCI DSS
10 32 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
11 31 (1.83%) SOC 2
12 29 (1.71%) NIST 800
13 28 (1.65%) SLA
14 20 (1.18%) COBIT
15 18 (1.06%) Def Stans
15 18 (1.06%) ISO 31000
16 16 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 15 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 14 (0.83%) Accessibility
System Software
1 37 (2.18%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.24%) Docker
3 10 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.24%) Postfix
5 4 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.059%) Ceph
8 1 (0.059%) FreeRADIUS
8 1 (0.059%) IAG
8 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (1.77%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.71%) Terraform
3 23 (1.36%) Ansible
4 12 (0.71%) Grafana
4 12 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.59%) SCCM
6 9 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.29%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.24%) Control-M
9 4 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.24%) OMEGAMON
10 3 (0.18%) CASB
10 3 (0.18%) Nessus
11 2 (0.12%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.12%) Istio
11 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.12%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 223 (13.15%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.37%) ServiceNow
3 85 (5.01%) SAP
4 74 (4.36%) Oracle
5 46 (2.71%) Google
6 21 (1.24%) IBM
6 21 (1.24%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.18%) Cisco
8 17 (1.00%) Workday
9 16 (0.94%) Splunk
9 16 (0.94%) Sybase
10 15 (0.88%) Foundry
11 12 (0.71%) F5
11 12 (0.71%) Qualys
12 11 (0.65%) Ariba
12 11 (0.65%) Databricks
12 11 (0.65%) Murex
12 11 (0.65%) VMware
13 10 (0.59%) Infoblox
13 10 (0.59%) OpenAI