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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 52 63
Rank change year-on-year -23 +11 +12
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,434 1,222 1,414
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.27% 4.20% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 4.64% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 931 742 939
10th Percentile £400 £358 £393
25th Percentile £463 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £688
90th Percentile £813 £833 £811
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 43 43
10th Percentile £23.42 £28.65 £12.25
25th Percentile £43.86 £46.30 £19.30
Median hourly rate £74.68 £61.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.44% +6.95% +440.92%
75th Percentile £98.75 £78.38 £66.63
90th Percentile £107.00 £84.84 £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £77.34 £61.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year +25.77% +14.41% +448.47%

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 37,704 26,329 38,303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 90.53% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,901 17,073 24,878
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £482 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.13% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,218 942 2,338
10th Percentile £14.94 £15.20 £12.85
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.31 £57.75
90th Percentile £75.12 £77.10 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £31.76 £31.50
% change year-on-year -5.54% +0.83% -12.50%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -19 1,279 £550 -4.35% 603
London -21 666 £600 -4.76% 260
UK excluding London -23 646 £525 - 424
Work from Home -7 408 £550 -4.35% 271
North of England -6 202 £523 +3.31% 112
South East -9 188 £550 -4.35% 145
Midlands -44 105 £537 +6.97% 70
North West -9 103 £540 +8.32% 65
Yorkshire -1 98 £500 - 39
West Midlands -36 72 £510 -5.12% 56
South West -1 57 £537 +8.76% 37
Scotland -13 51 £425 -9.77% 16
East of England -31 35 £518 -8.41% 31
East Midlands -30 33 £550 +22.22% 14
Wales -3 9 £214 -59.69% 9
Northern Ireland -3 8 £500 -9.09% 7
North East -24 1 - - 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 67 (4.67%) Confluence
2 26 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.42%) SAS
6 4 (0.28%) nginx
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.14%) Apache
8 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.070%) CMS
9 1 (0.070%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.070%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.070%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.070%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.070%) WebSphere
Applications
1 67 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.84%) Microsoft Project
3 35 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.12%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.28%) Trello
7 2 (0.14%) Revit
7 2 (0.14%) Windchill
8 1 (0.070%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.070%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 19 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.56%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.42%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.42%) Primavera
5 6 (0.42%) Summit
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.21%) Endur
8 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.21%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.21%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.21%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 168 (11.72%) Azure
2 141 (9.83%) AWS
3 55 (3.84%) GCP
4 53 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (3.35%) Power Platform
6 33 (2.30%) Entra ID
7 30 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 29 (2.02%) SaaS
9 23 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
10 22 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (1.53%) Google Workspace
11 21 (1.46%) GitHub
12 18 (1.26%) Google Sheets
13 15 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (0.84%) OCI
15 11 (0.77%) OpenShift
16 9 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
17 8 (0.56%) Amazon S3
17 8 (0.56%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.14%) Network Security
2 39 (2.72%) Firewall
3 15 (1.05%) DNS
4 11 (0.77%) Internet
5 10 (0.70%) LAN
5 10 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (0.63%) Kerberos
7 8 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
8 7 (0.49%) DHCP
8 7 (0.49%) HTTP
8 7 (0.49%) WAN
9 5 (0.35%) 5G
9 5 (0.35%) BIG-IP
10 4 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
10 4 (0.28%) VPN
11 3 (0.21%) Broadband
11 3 (0.21%) NGFW
11 3 (0.21%) SAN
11 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.72%) Power BI
2 23 (1.60%) Metadata
3 22 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.12%) Relational Database
6 14 (0.98%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.49%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.49%) Tableau
8 6 (0.42%) Big Data
8 6 (0.42%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.42%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.35%) KDB
9 5 (0.35%) Kdb+
9 5 (0.35%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.28%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 133 (9.27%) JIRA
2 18 (1.26%) Git
3 14 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.63%) GitLab
5 4 (0.28%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.28%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.21%) JUnit
6 3 (0.21%) Mockito
7 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.14%) DbUnit
7 2 (0.14%) jMock
7 2 (0.14%) Maven
7 2 (0.14%) QUnit
7 2 (0.14%) Selenium
7 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.14%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.070%) ERwin
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.070%) Postman
General
1 536 (37.38%) Social Skills
2 530 (36.96%) Finance
3 235 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (12.90%) Banking
5 155 (10.81%) Public Sector
6 110 (7.67%) Legal
7 55 (3.84%) Influencing Skills
8 51 (3.56%) Front Office
9 44 (3.07%) Investment Banking
10 42 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
11 38 (2.65%) Financial Institution
12 36 (2.51%) Retail
13 35 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
15 28 (1.95%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.81%) Telecoms
17 24 (1.67%) Military
18 22 (1.53%) Aerospace
19 21 (1.46%) Marketing
20 16 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 189 (13.18%) Project Manager
2 167 (11.65%) Lead
3 152 (10.60%) Analyst
4 147 (10.25%) Senior
5 133 (9.27%) Architect
6 111 (7.74%) Consultant
7 78 (5.44%) Developer
8 72 (5.02%) Programme Manager
8 72 (5.02%) Security Architect
9 67 (4.67%) Business Analyst
10 54 (3.77%) Senior Manager
11 48 (3.35%) Delivery Manager
12 46 (3.21%) Security Consultant
13 43 (3.00%) Risk Manager
14 34 (2.37%) Risk Analyst
15 31 (2.16%) Senior Developer
15 31 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
16 29 (2.02%) Security Engineer
17 27 (1.88%) Technical Manager
18 26 (1.81%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (1.39%) Kafka
2 20 (1.39%) REST
3 15 (1.05%) OAuth
4 13 (0.91%) .NET
4 13 (0.91%) XML
5 12 (0.84%) SAML
6 10 (0.70%) Middleware
6 10 (0.70%) RESTful
7 9 (0.63%) COM
7 9 (0.63%) Dask
7 9 (0.63%) NumPy
7 9 (0.63%) Pandas
8 8 (0.56%) .NET Framework
8 8 (0.56%) LDAP
8 8 (0.56%) Leaflet
9 7 (0.49%) PyTorch
10 6 (0.42%) JSON
10 6 (0.42%) scikit-learn
10 6 (0.42%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 145 (10.11%) Management Information System
2 75 (5.23%) Product Ownership
3 64 (4.46%) Derivative
4 60 (4.18%) Security Posture
5 56 (3.91%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.86%) Cloud Native
7 38 (2.65%) Data Centre
7 38 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
8 36 (2.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 35 (2.44%) Equities
9 35 (2.44%) Market Risk
10 28 (1.95%) Operational Technology
11 26 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
12 25 (1.74%) Algorithms
12 25 (1.74%) Credit Risk
12 25 (1.74%) Fixed Income
13 24 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
14 23 (1.60%) NHS
15 18 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
16 17 (1.19%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 35 (2.44%) Linux
2 32 (2.23%) Windows
3 14 (0.98%) Unix
4 6 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.21%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.21%) VMS
6 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.21%) zOS
7 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.070%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (29.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 352 (24.55%) Agile
3 290 (20.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 264 (18.41%) Problem-Solving
5 245 (17.09%) Cybersecurity
6 243 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 226 (15.76%) Project Management
8 187 (13.04%) Decision-Making
9 172 (11.99%) Information Security
10 160 (11.16%) Change Management
11 155 (10.81%) Roadmaps
12 142 (9.90%) Project Delivery
13 137 (9.55%) Migration
14 131 (9.14%) AI
15 126 (8.79%) Regulatory Compliance
16 122 (8.51%) Analytics
17 116 (8.09%) Data Protection
18 113 (7.88%) PRINCE2
19 103 (7.18%) DevOps
20 100 (6.97%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 130 (9.07%) SQL
2 114 (7.95%) Python
3 52 (3.63%) Java
4 36 (2.51%) PowerShell
5 24 (1.67%) C#
5 24 (1.67%) C++
6 14 (0.98%) VBA
7 10 (0.70%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.49%) Bash
9 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.35%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.28%) Korn
11 3 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.21%) Perl
11 3 (0.21%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.14%) R
12 2 (0.14%) RPG
12 2 (0.14%) Rust
12 2 (0.14%) Scala
12 2 (0.14%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 313 (21.83%) Security Cleared
2 235 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 222 (15.48%) Degree
4 127 (8.86%) CISSP
5 91 (6.35%) CISM
6 81 (5.65%) DV Cleared
7 78 (5.44%) PMI Certification
8 77 (5.37%) PMP
9 44 (3.07%) Master's Degree
10 35 (2.44%) CRISC
11 31 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
13 18 (1.26%) CISA
14 15 (1.05%) Numerate Degree
14 15 (1.05%) PhD
15 14 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 13 (0.91%) CESG Certified Professional
17 12 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 12 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
17 12 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (12.69%) NIST
2 169 (11.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 117 (8.16%) GDPR
4 111 (7.74%) GRC
5 89 (6.21%) PMO
6 75 (5.23%) QA
7 52 (3.63%) PCI DSS
8 48 (3.35%) NCSC
9 46 (3.21%) Data Quality
10 28 (1.95%) NIST 800
11 27 (1.88%) SLA
12 25 (1.74%) JSP 440
13 24 (1.67%) SOC 2
14 22 (1.53%) COBIT
14 22 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 19 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
16 18 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
17 17 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 15 (1.05%) RMADS
19 13 (0.91%) Def Stans
System Software
1 30 (2.09%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.91%) Docker
3 9 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.21%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.14%) Postfix
7 1 (0.070%) Ceph
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.070%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.070%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.070%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.39%) Terraform
3 15 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (0.77%) Ansible
5 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.63%) SCCM
6 6 (0.42%) RSA Archer
7 4 (0.28%) Grafana
7 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.21%) CASB
8 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.21%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.21%) QRadar
8 3 (0.21%) WSUS
9 2 (0.14%) Control-M
9 2 (0.14%) Nessus
9 2 (0.14%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.14%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 173 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.30%) Oracle
3 66 (4.60%) SAP
4 64 (4.46%) ServiceNow
5 45 (3.14%) Google
6 22 (1.53%) Murex
7 20 (1.39%) Workday
8 18 (1.26%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.05%) Ariba
10 11 (0.77%) Databricks
10 11 (0.77%) VMware
11 10 (0.70%) Cisco
11 10 (0.70%) Splunk
12 9 (0.63%) IBM
13 8 (0.56%) CyberArk
13 8 (0.56%) F5
13 8 (0.56%) Informatica
14 7 (0.49%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.42%) Bloomberg
15 6 (0.42%) Charles River