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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 50 63
Rank change year-on-year -20 +13 +11
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,507 1,287 1,366
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.25% 4.37% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.83% 4.81% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 979 781 890
10th Percentile £401 £363 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £838 £838 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £521 £525
% change year-on-year +0.72% -0.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 40 46
10th Percentile £20.27 £40.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £36.00 £47.96 £30.96
Median hourly rate £69.36 £61.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.79% +22.99% +370.37%
75th Percentile £100.00 £78.80 £60.94
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.10 £83.41
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.31 £61.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +20.83% +22.99% +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 39,324 26,741 37,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.82% 90.76% 86.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,807 17,298 24,232
10th Percentile £318 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% -0.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +1.09% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,359 1,048 2,416
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.84 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.88 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65.60 £62.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.31 £75.00 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.54 £28.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +41.01% -17.86% -6.67%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 22 April 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 1,330 £550 -4.35% 673
UK excluding London -12 714 £525 +0.72% 465
London -27 658 £600 -4.00% 294
Work from Home -3 431 £550 -4.35% 319
North of England -16 212 £507 -1.46% 111
South East -6 202 £550 -2.22% 152
Midlands -40 113 £530 +6.00% 68
North West -13 108 £550 +8.37% 60
Yorkshire -4 102 £492 -2.81% 43
West Midlands -33 80 £518 -1.43% 38
South West -9 72 £525 +16.67% 53
Scotland -4 69 £450 -10.00% 32
East of England -13 44 £525 +12.18% 42
East Midlands -35 33 £537 +20.19% 29
Northern Ireland -3 6 £475 -13.64% 11
Wales -6 6 £214 -55.03% 6
North East -31 2 £480 -16.52% 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 61 (4.05%) Confluence
2 32 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.53%) SAS
5 4 (0.27%) 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 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (3.52%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.27%) Revit
6 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.27%) Trello
7 3 (0.20%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.066%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.066%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.53%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.46%) Endur
4 7 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.46%) Summit
5 6 (0.40%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.33%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.27%) Primavera
7 4 (0.27%) SAP GRC
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.20%) Findur
8 3 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 178 (11.81%) Azure
2 146 (9.69%) AWS
3 63 (4.18%) Power Platform
4 61 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
5 51 (3.38%) GCP
6 36 (2.39%) Entra ID
7 35 (2.32%) SaaS
8 29 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
9 22 (1.46%) GitHub
9 22 (1.46%) Google Workspace
10 20 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
11 18 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.19%) Google Sheets
12 15 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
12 15 (1.00%) Snowflake
13 13 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
14 11 (0.73%) OpenShift
14 11 (0.73%) PaaS
15 10 (0.66%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.25%) Network Security
2 33 (2.19%) Firewall
3 19 (1.26%) DNS
4 12 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (0.73%) DHCP
6 9 (0.60%) 5G
6 9 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
7 8 (0.53%) BIG-IP
7 8 (0.53%) Internet
7 8 (0.53%) LAN
8 7 (0.46%) HTTP
8 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.40%) WAN
10 5 (0.33%) 3G
10 5 (0.33%) 4G
11 4 (0.27%) Cisco IPT
12 3 (0.20%) NAS
12 3 (0.20%) NGFW
12 3 (0.20%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.32%) Power BI
2 32 (2.12%) Metadata
3 25 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (1.53%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.13%) SQL Server
7 11 (0.73%) Tableau
8 10 (0.66%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.60%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.53%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.46%) Big Data
11 7 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.40%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.40%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.40%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
13 5 (0.33%) DB2
13 5 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 126 (8.36%) JIRA
2 24 (1.59%) Git
3 19 (1.26%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.60%) GitLab
5 5 (0.33%) JUnit
5 5 (0.33%) Mockito
5 5 (0.33%) Zephyr
6 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket Server
6 4 (0.27%) DbUnit
6 4 (0.27%) jMock
6 4 (0.27%) Maven
6 4 (0.27%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.27%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.20%) Selenium
8 1 (0.066%) Appium
8 1 (0.066%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.066%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.066%) Flyway
8 1 (0.066%) TestRail
General
1 556 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 548 (36.36%) Finance
3 240 (15.93%) Analytical Skills
4 192 (12.74%) Banking
5 169 (11.21%) Public Sector
6 106 (7.03%) Legal
7 50 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
8 46 (3.05%) Front Office
9 43 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (2.65%) Investment Banking
11 39 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
12 37 (2.46%) Financial Institution
12 37 (2.46%) Retail
13 31 (2.06%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.06%) Telecoms
14 29 (1.92%) Military
14 29 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.39%) Marketing
16 19 (1.26%) Law
17 18 (1.19%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 199 (13.21%) Project Manager
2 178 (11.81%) Lead
3 152 (10.09%) Analyst
3 152 (10.09%) Senior
4 144 (9.56%) Architect
5 105 (6.97%) Consultant
6 82 (5.44%) Developer
7 74 (4.91%) Business Analyst
8 70 (4.64%) Programme Manager
9 66 (4.38%) Security Architect
10 51 (3.38%) Senior Manager
11 49 (3.25%) Risk Manager
12 46 (3.05%) Delivery Manager
13 43 (2.85%) Security Consultant
14 33 (2.19%) IT Manager
14 33 (2.19%) Security Engineer
15 31 (2.06%) Risk Analyst
16 30 (1.99%) Senior Developer
17 29 (1.92%) Security Manager
18 28 (1.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (1.66%) REST
3 21 (1.39%) Kafka
4 18 (1.19%) .NET
5 14 (0.93%) RESTful
6 12 (0.80%) Middleware
7 11 (0.73%) Leaflet
7 11 (0.73%) XML
8 9 (0.60%) OAuth
9 8 (0.53%) LDAP
9 8 (0.53%) PyTorch
10 7 (0.46%) .NET Framework
10 7 (0.46%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.46%) COM
10 7 (0.46%) JSON
10 7 (0.46%) NumPy
10 7 (0.46%) Pandas
10 7 (0.46%) React
10 7 (0.46%) scikit-learn
10 7 (0.46%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 136 (9.02%) Management Information System
2 65 (4.31%) Security Posture
3 64 (4.25%) Product Ownership
4 61 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 59 (3.92%) Derivative
6 43 (2.85%) Data Centre
6 43 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
7 42 (2.79%) Cloud Native
8 37 (2.46%) Market Risk
8 37 (2.46%) Operational Technology
9 30 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 29 (1.92%) Credit Risk
10 29 (1.92%) Equities
11 24 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.59%) NHS
12 23 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.53%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (1.39%) AI Agents
14 21 (1.39%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.59%) Windows
2 33 (2.19%) Linux
3 17 (1.13%) Unix
4 9 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.33%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.20%) zOS
7 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.13%) VMS
8 1 (0.066%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 454 (30.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 383 (25.41%) Agile
3 289 (19.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 277 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
5 270 (17.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 244 (16.19%) Cybersecurity
7 243 (16.12%) Project Management
8 194 (12.87%) Decision-Making
9 184 (12.21%) Information Security
10 170 (11.28%) Change Management
11 164 (10.88%) Roadmaps
12 159 (10.55%) AI
13 152 (10.09%) Project Delivery
14 146 (9.69%) Migration
15 132 (8.76%) Data Protection
16 126 (8.36%) Analytics
17 122 (8.10%) Regulatory Compliance
18 121 (8.03%) PRINCE2
19 113 (7.50%) DevOps
20 104 (6.90%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 126 (8.36%) SQL
2 122 (8.10%) Python
3 59 (3.92%) Java
4 36 (2.39%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.46%) C++
6 21 (1.39%) C#
7 15 (1.00%) VBA
8 12 (0.80%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.46%) Bash
9 7 (0.46%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.40%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.40%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.27%) Perl
12 3 (0.20%) Korn
12 3 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.20%) Scala
13 2 (0.13%) Go
13 2 (0.13%) R
13 2 (0.13%) Rust
13 2 (0.13%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 329 (21.83%) Security Cleared
2 243 (16.12%) SC Cleared
3 208 (13.80%) Degree
4 124 (8.23%) CISSP
5 87 (5.77%) CISM
6 81 (5.37%) DV Cleared
7 78 (5.18%) PMP
8 73 (4.84%) PMI Certification
9 37 (2.46%) CRISC
10 35 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 32 (2.12%) Master's Degree
12 26 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.46%) CISA
14 18 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 17 (1.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
16 14 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 12 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 12 (0.80%) Numerate Degree
18 10 (0.66%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (12.67%) NIST
2 185 (12.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 131 (8.69%) GRC
4 128 (8.49%) GDPR
5 90 (5.97%) PMO
6 76 (5.04%) QA
7 53 (3.52%) Data Quality
8 51 (3.38%) PCI DSS
9 46 (3.05%) NCSC
10 29 (1.92%) SLA
11 28 (1.86%) SOC 2
12 27 (1.79%) JSP 440
13 26 (1.73%) COBIT
14 23 (1.53%) NIST 800
15 20 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 19 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
17 18 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
18 17 (1.13%) RMADS
18 17 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 12 (0.80%) Accessibility
System Software
1 32 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.93%) Docker
3 9 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.27%) Postfix
4 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.066%) Ceph
7 1 (0.066%) NFS
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.066%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (1.33%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.00%) Terraform
3 14 (0.93%) Ansible
4 10 (0.66%) SCCM
5 9 (0.60%) Grafana
5 9 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.33%) Control-M
8 5 (0.33%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.20%) CASB
10 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.20%) RSA Archer
10 3 (0.20%) WSUS
11 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.13%) Nessus
11 2 (0.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 190 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.64%) Oracle
3 82 (5.44%) ServiceNow
4 78 (5.18%) SAP
5 43 (2.85%) Google
6 23 (1.53%) Workday
7 22 (1.46%) Murex
8 16 (1.06%) Ariba
9 15 (1.00%) Salesforce
10 13 (0.86%) Databricks
11 12 (0.80%) IBM
11 12 (0.80%) VMware
12 11 (0.73%) F5
13 9 (0.60%) Splunk
14 8 (0.53%) Cisco
14 8 (0.53%) Foundry
15 7 (0.46%) Bloomberg
15 7 (0.46%) HP
15 7 (0.46%) OpenAI
16 6 (0.40%) Infoblox