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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 47 75
Rank change year-on-year -27 +28 -9
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,584 1,328 1,216
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.15% 4.47% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 4.92% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,035 815 754
10th Percentile £408 £379 £346
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 £538
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 28 42
10th Percentile £20.94 £46.30 £12.25
25th Percentile £39.76 £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 £89.12 £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 42,679 27,009 37,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.81% 91.00% 85.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,607 17,137 23,609
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -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 2,567 1,242 2,598
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.87 £16.03
Median hourly rate £43.96 £26.27 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year +67.37% -29.66% +6.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +76.94% -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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -22 1,409 £550 -7.29% 1,003
UK excluding London -2 796 £525 +2.14% 821
London -39 676 £600 -11.11% 379
Work from Home -15 467 £550 -8.03% 673
North of England -3 245 £512 +0.87% 187
South East -12 194 £563 +2.27% 224
Yorkshire +8 124 £500 -1.23% 60
North West -10 119 £540 +6.77% 100
Midlands -34 116 £545 +11.79% 100
South West +10 97 £570 +11.76% 94
Scotland -1 92 £475 -1.55% 78
West Midlands -30 84 £525 +5.00% 50
East of England +4 52 £525 -4.55% 81
East Midlands -16 32 £550 +23.04% 50
Northern Ireland -3 7 £425 -22.73% 36
Wales -12 4 £800 +68.42% 38
North East -36 4 £454 -17.50% 28

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 (4.55%) Confluence
2 37 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.51%) SAS
4 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) IIS
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.063%) Apache
7 1 (0.063%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.063%) Appian
7 1 (0.063%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.063%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.063%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.063%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.063%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.063%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.063%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.59%) Microsoft Project
3 40 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.82%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.25%) Revit
6 4 (0.25%) Trello
7 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.063%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.063%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 28 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.63%) Endur
4 7 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.44%) 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%) Primavera
6 5 (0.32%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.25%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.19%) Findur
8 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 211 (13.32%) Azure
2 155 (9.79%) AWS
3 67 (4.23%) Power Platform
4 63 (3.98%) GCP
5 62 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (3.09%) Entra ID
7 42 (2.65%) SaaS
8 31 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
10 26 (1.64%) GitHub
11 19 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.20%) Google Workspace
12 18 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (1.14%) PaaS
12 18 (1.14%) Snowflake
13 17 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
14 16 (1.01%) Google Sheets
15 14 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (0.69%) IaaS
16 11 (0.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.47%) Network Security
2 34 (2.15%) Firewall
3 18 (1.14%) DNS
4 14 (0.88%) DHCP
5 12 (0.76%) BIG-IP
5 12 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (0.57%) 5G
7 9 (0.57%) WAN
8 7 (0.44%) 4G
8 7 (0.44%) HTTP
8 7 (0.44%) Internet
8 7 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.38%) LAN
10 5 (0.32%) 3G
11 4 (0.25%) NAS
11 4 (0.25%) NGFW
11 4 (0.25%) SAN
11 4 (0.25%) VPN
12 3 (0.19%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.47%) Power BI
2 33 (2.08%) Metadata
3 26 (1.64%) Relational Database
4 23 (1.45%) SQL Server
5 22 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.07%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.76%) Tableau
8 11 (0.69%) 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%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 120 (7.58%) JIRA
2 19 (1.20%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.14%) Git
4 7 (0.44%) GitLab
5 6 (0.38%) Selenium
5 6 (0.38%) Zephyr
6 5 (0.32%) JUnit
6 5 (0.32%) Mockito
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%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.13%) Postman
9 2 (0.13%) TestRail
10 1 (0.063%) WebDriver
General
1 582 (36.74%) Finance
2 572 (36.11%) Social Skills
3 255 (16.10%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (11.55%) Public Sector
5 178 (11.24%) Banking
6 128 (8.08%) Legal
7 51 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
8 45 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
9 42 (2.65%) Front Office
10 40 (2.53%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.34%) Investment Banking
12 36 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
12 36 (2.27%) Financial Institution
13 34 (2.15%) Retail
14 31 (1.96%) Manufacturing
14 31 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
15 29 (1.83%) Military
16 27 (1.70%) Law
17 23 (1.45%) Aerospace
18 22 (1.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 198 (12.50%) Lead
1 198 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 171 (10.80%) Architect
3 160 (10.10%) Senior
4 150 (9.47%) Analyst
5 84 (5.30%) Consultant
6 71 (4.48%) Programme Manager
7 70 (4.42%) Business Analyst
7 70 (4.42%) Security Architect
8 66 (4.17%) Developer
9 60 (3.79%) Senior Manager
10 55 (3.47%) Risk Manager
11 41 (2.59%) Delivery Manager
11 41 (2.59%) IT Manager
12 39 (2.46%) Security Engineer
13 36 (2.27%) Security Manager
14 34 (2.15%) Security Consultant
15 33 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
16 30 (1.89%) Risk Analyst
17 26 (1.64%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (1.58%) REST
3 23 (1.45%) .NET
4 21 (1.33%) Kafka
5 17 (1.07%) Middleware
6 16 (1.01%) XML
7 13 (0.82%) JSON
8 11 (0.69%) Azure Blueprints
8 11 (0.69%) Leaflet
8 11 (0.69%) OAuth
8 11 (0.69%) OpenID
8 11 (0.69%) RESTful
8 11 (0.69%) SAML
9 10 (0.63%) SOAP
10 9 (0.57%) React
10 9 (0.57%) Web Services
11 8 (0.51%) LDAP
12 7 (0.44%) AngularJS
12 7 (0.44%) PySpark
12 7 (0.44%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.64%) Management Information System
2 75 (4.73%) Product Ownership
3 69 (4.36%) Onboarding
4 61 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 57 (3.60%) Cloud Native
5 57 (3.60%) Operational Technology
6 44 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
7 43 (2.71%) Derivative
8 42 (2.65%) Data Centre
9 32 (2.02%) Market Risk
10 25 (1.58%) AI Agents
10 25 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (1.45%) Credit Risk
11 23 (1.45%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.39%) Fixed Income
12 22 (1.39%) NHS
13 21 (1.33%) PMI
14 18 (1.14%) SCADA
15 17 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.16%) Windows
2 42 (2.65%) Linux
3 26 (1.64%) Unix
4 17 (1.07%) 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
1 506 (31.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 392 (24.75%) Agile
3 339 (21.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 317 (20.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 311 (19.63%) Cybersecurity
6 262 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
7 242 (15.28%) Project Management
8 230 (14.52%) Decision-Making
9 193 (12.18%) Information Security
10 191 (12.06%) Roadmaps
11 185 (11.68%) AI
12 175 (11.05%) Change Management
13 154 (9.72%) Project Delivery
14 142 (8.96%) Migration
15 130 (8.21%) DevOps
16 129 (8.14%) Analytics
16 129 (8.14%) Regulatory Compliance
17 124 (7.83%) CI/CD
18 121 (7.64%) Data Protection
19 116 (7.32%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 115 (7.26%) Python
2 108 (6.82%) SQL
3 56 (3.54%) Java
4 38 (2.40%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.39%) C#
6 14 (0.88%) C++
6 14 (0.88%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.69%) VBA
8 9 (0.57%) Bash
9 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.44%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.32%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.25%) Bicep
13 3 (0.19%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.19%) CLIST
13 3 (0.19%) Go
13 3 (0.19%) JCL
13 3 (0.19%) REXX
14 2 (0.13%) Perl
14 2 (0.13%) RPG
Qualifications
1 374 (23.61%) Security Cleared
2 273 (17.23%) SC Cleared
3 187 (11.81%) Degree
4 139 (8.78%) CISSP
5 101 (6.38%) CISM
6 86 (5.43%) DV Cleared
7 73 (4.61%) PMI Certification
8 70 (4.42%) PMP
9 46 (2.90%) CRISC
10 41 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 32 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
12 30 (1.89%) CISA
13 29 (1.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 29 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
14 23 (1.45%) Master's Degree
15 21 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 15 (0.95%) CCSP
16 15 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
17 13 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 12 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (12.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 193 (12.18%) NIST
2 146 (9.22%) GRC
3 110 (6.94%) GDPR
4 77 (4.86%) QA
5 76 (4.80%) PMO
6 65 (4.10%) Data Quality
7 55 (3.47%) NCSC
8 40 (2.53%) PCI DSS
9 36 (2.27%) JSP 440
10 29 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
10 29 (1.83%) SOC 2
11 28 (1.77%) COBIT
11 28 (1.77%) SLA
12 25 (1.58%) NIST 800
13 17 (1.07%) ISO 31000
13 17 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 16 (1.01%) RMADS
14 16 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 32 (2.02%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.95%) Docker
3 10 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.51%) 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 (0.063%) Ceph
7 1 (0.063%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.063%) NFS
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.063%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (1.64%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.45%) Terraform
3 21 (1.33%) Ansible
4 14 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.88%) SCCM
5 11 (0.69%) Grafana
6 9 (0.57%) 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%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.13%) NSN NetAct
11 2 (0.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 213 (13.45%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.74%) ServiceNow
3 82 (5.18%) Oracle
4 80 (5.05%) SAP
5 44 (2.78%) Google
6 22 (1.39%) Workday
7 21 (1.33%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.07%) Cisco
8 17 (1.07%) Murex
9 15 (0.95%) IBM
10 14 (0.88%) Databricks
10 14 (0.88%) F5
11 13 (0.82%) VMware
12 12 (0.76%) Ariba
12 12 (0.76%) Qualys
12 12 (0.76%) Splunk
12 12 (0.76%) Sybase
13 10 (0.63%) Infoblox
14 9 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
14 9 (0.57%) Foundry