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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 51 65
Rank change year-on-year -21 +14 +8
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,487 1,262 1,376
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.24% 4.31% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 4.76% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 967 765 897
10th Percentile £402 £363 £377
25th Percentile £463 £460 £459
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 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 41 45
10th Percentile £20.27 £29.23 £12.25
25th Percentile £37.00 £46.30 £30.12
Median hourly rate £71.83 £61.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.81% +17.13% +393.89%
75th Percentile £99.38 £78.36 £63.25
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.05 £83.41
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.49 £61.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +21.14% +6.95% +486.73%

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 39,116 26,529 37,908
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.14% 90.62% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,739 17,190 24,534
10th Percentile £315 £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 £636 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,321 1,019 2,394
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.99 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.34 £18.86 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £30.78 £33.31
Median % change year-on-year +19.27% -7.59% -7.48%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.00 £57.96
90th Percentile £78.00 £75.05 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.00 £29.00 £33.07
% change year-on-year +27.59% -12.29% -5.68%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -21 1,316 £550 -4.35% 614
UK excluding London -18 700 £525 +0.96% 432
London -26 657 £600 -5.51% 288
Work from Home +2 429 £550 -4.35% 335
North of England -11 212 £507 -0.84% 97
South East -4 206 £550 -4.35% 138
North West -11 108 £540 +8.00% 51
Midlands -46 107 £535 +7.00% 70
Yorkshire -8 102 £500 -1.23% 39
West Midlands -42 76 £510 -0.68% 50
South West -7 71 £549 +22.00% 41
Scotland -8 60 £425 -15.00% 28
East of England -26 38 £525 +12.18% 43
East Midlands -35 31 £544 +21.59% 20
Northern Ireland -2 8 £500 -4.76% 7
Wales -6 8 £214 -59.69% 14
North East -27 2 £480 -16.52% 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 66 (4.44%) Confluence
2 30 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.40%) SAS
6 4 (0.27%) nginx
7 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.13%) Apache
8 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.067%) CMS
9 1 (0.067%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.067%) IIS
9 1 (0.067%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.067%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.067%) WebLogic
Applications
1 67 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
3 37 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
4 36 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.81%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.27%) Trello
7 3 (0.20%) Revit
8 2 (0.13%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.067%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.067%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 19 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.54%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.47%) Summit
5 5 (0.34%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.27%) Endur
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.27%) Primavera
7 3 (0.20%) Findur
7 3 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.20%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.20%) SAP GRC
7 3 (0.20%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 174 (11.70%) Azure
2 145 (9.75%) AWS
3 58 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (3.90%) Power Platform
4 53 (3.56%) GCP
5 35 (2.35%) Entra ID
6 32 (2.15%) SaaS
7 29 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 22 (1.48%) Google Workspace
9 21 (1.41%) GitHub
10 20 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
11 18 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (1.21%) Google Sheets
12 16 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (0.81%) OCI
15 11 (0.74%) Snowflake
16 10 (0.67%) OpenShift
17 9 (0.61%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.30%) Network Security
2 35 (2.35%) Firewall
3 18 (1.21%) DNS
4 10 (0.67%) DHCP
5 9 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (0.54%) BIG-IP
6 8 (0.54%) Internet
6 8 (0.54%) LAN
7 7 (0.47%) 5G
7 7 (0.47%) HTTP
7 7 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
8 6 (0.40%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.34%) WAN
10 4 (0.27%) Cisco IPT
10 4 (0.27%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.27%) SAN
11 3 (0.20%) 3G
11 3 (0.20%) 4G
11 3 (0.20%) NAS
11 3 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.09%) Power BI
2 31 (2.08%) Metadata
3 24 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (1.34%) Relational Database
5 19 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (1.01%) SQL Server
7 10 (0.67%) Tableau
8 9 (0.61%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.54%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.47%) Big Data
10 7 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (0.47%) RDBMS
11 6 (0.40%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.34%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (0.34%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 129 (8.68%) JIRA
2 23 (1.55%) Git
3 16 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.61%) GitLab
5 5 (0.34%) Zephyr
6 4 (0.27%) JUnit
6 4 (0.27%) Mockito
6 4 (0.27%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket Server
7 3 (0.20%) DbUnit
7 3 (0.20%) jMock
7 3 (0.20%) Maven
7 3 (0.20%) Selenium
7 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.067%) Appium
8 1 (0.067%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.067%) Flyway
8 1 (0.067%) MLflow
8 1 (0.067%) Postman
General
1 563 (37.86%) Social Skills
2 539 (36.25%) Finance
3 243 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (12.51%) Banking
5 164 (11.03%) Public Sector
6 110 (7.40%) Legal
7 49 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
8 48 (3.23%) Front Office
9 43 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
10 42 (2.82%) Investment Banking
11 38 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
11 38 (2.56%) Retail
12 35 (2.35%) Financial Institution
13 31 (2.08%) Manufacturing
14 29 (1.95%) Military
14 29 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (1.88%) Telecoms
16 21 (1.41%) Aerospace
16 21 (1.41%) Marketing
17 18 (1.21%) Law
Job Titles
1 196 (13.18%) Project Manager
2 172 (11.57%) Lead
3 154 (10.36%) Analyst
4 149 (10.02%) Senior
5 142 (9.55%) Architect
6 109 (7.33%) Consultant
7 79 (5.31%) Developer
8 73 (4.91%) Business Analyst
9 70 (4.71%) Programme Manager
10 69 (4.64%) Security Architect
11 54 (3.63%) Senior Manager
12 50 (3.36%) Risk Manager
13 47 (3.16%) Delivery Manager
14 44 (2.96%) Security Consultant
15 32 (2.15%) Risk Analyst
16 31 (2.08%) Security Engineer
17 30 (2.02%) Senior Developer
17 30 (2.02%) Solutions Architect
18 29 (1.95%) IT Manager
18 29 (1.95%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 26 (1.75%) REST
3 22 (1.48%) Kafka
4 17 (1.14%) .NET
5 12 (0.81%) XML
6 11 (0.74%) Leaflet
6 11 (0.74%) Middleware
6 11 (0.74%) RESTful
7 10 (0.67%) OAuth
8 9 (0.61%) COM
8 9 (0.61%) NumPy
8 9 (0.61%) Pandas
9 8 (0.54%) LDAP
10 7 (0.47%) .NET Framework
10 7 (0.47%) Dask
10 7 (0.47%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (0.47%) JSON
10 7 (0.47%) PyTorch
10 7 (0.47%) React
10 7 (0.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.41%) Management Information System
2 66 (4.44%) Product Ownership
3 63 (4.24%) Security Posture
4 62 (4.17%) Derivative
5 60 (4.03%) Onboarding
6 42 (2.82%) Cloud Native
7 41 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
8 40 (2.69%) Data Centre
9 37 (2.49%) Market Risk
10 36 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 33 (2.22%) Operational Technology
12 31 (2.08%) Equities
13 27 (1.82%) Credit Risk
14 25 (1.68%) NHS
15 24 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
16 23 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
17 22 (1.48%) Data Structures
18 21 (1.41%) AI Agents
18 21 (1.41%) Fixed Income
19 18 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.62%) Windows
2 33 (2.22%) Linux
3 16 (1.08%) Unix
4 8 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.13%) VMS
8 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.13%) zOS
9 1 (0.067%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (30.20%) Stakeholder Management
2 372 (25.02%) Agile
3 286 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 273 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
5 257 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 249 (16.75%) Cybersecurity
7 240 (16.14%) Project Management
8 191 (12.84%) Decision-Making
9 182 (12.24%) Information Security
10 164 (11.03%) Change Management
11 160 (10.76%) Roadmaps
12 153 (10.29%) AI
13 149 (10.02%) Project Delivery
14 143 (9.62%) Migration
15 129 (8.68%) Data Protection
16 126 (8.47%) Regulatory Compliance
17 123 (8.27%) Analytics
18 115 (7.73%) PRINCE2
19 110 (7.40%) DevOps
20 100 (6.72%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 128 (8.61%) SQL
2 119 (8.00%) Python
3 57 (3.83%) Java
4 35 (2.35%) PowerShell
5 24 (1.61%) C++
6 21 (1.41%) C#
7 17 (1.14%) VBA
8 12 (0.81%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.40%) Bash
9 6 (0.40%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.40%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.34%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.27%) Perl
12 3 (0.20%) Korn
12 3 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.13%) R
13 2 (0.13%) RPG
13 2 (0.13%) Rust
13 2 (0.13%) Scala
13 2 (0.13%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 328 (22.06%) Security Cleared
2 246 (16.54%) SC Cleared
3 212 (14.26%) Degree
4 127 (8.54%) CISSP
5 92 (6.19%) CISM
6 82 (5.51%) DV Cleared
7 79 (5.31%) PMP
8 76 (5.11%) PMI Certification
9 38 (2.56%) CRISC
10 36 (2.42%) Master's Degree
11 34 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 26 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
13 20 (1.34%) CISA
14 15 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 15 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 14 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 14 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.87%) Numerate Degree
17 12 (0.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 11 (0.74%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (13.25%) NIST
2 188 (12.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 130 (8.74%) GDPR
4 129 (8.68%) GRC
5 87 (5.85%) PMO
6 76 (5.11%) QA
7 53 (3.56%) Data Quality
8 52 (3.50%) PCI DSS
9 48 (3.23%) NCSC
10 29 (1.95%) JSP 440
10 29 (1.95%) SLA
11 28 (1.88%) NIST 800
11 28 (1.88%) SOC 2
12 24 (1.61%) COBIT
13 19 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 18 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
14 18 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 17 (1.14%) RMADS
15 17 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 12 (0.81%) Def Stans
System Software
1 31 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.87%) Docker
3 9 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.20%) Postfix
5 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.067%) Ceph
7 1 (0.067%) NFS
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.067%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.067%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (1.34%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.01%) Terraform
3 13 (0.87%) Ansible
4 10 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.61%) SCCM
6 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.47%) Grafana
8 6 (0.40%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.34%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.27%) Control-M
10 4 (0.27%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.20%) CASB
11 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.20%) WSUS
12 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.13%) Nessus
12 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 182 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.58%) Oracle
3 78 (5.25%) ServiceNow
4 69 (4.64%) SAP
5 43 (2.89%) Google
6 23 (1.55%) Murex
7 20 (1.34%) Workday
8 15 (1.01%) Ariba
8 15 (1.01%) Salesforce
9 13 (0.87%) Databricks
10 12 (0.81%) VMware
11 11 (0.74%) F5
12 10 (0.67%) IBM
13 9 (0.61%) Splunk
14 8 (0.54%) Cisco
14 8 (0.54%) Foundry
15 7 (0.47%) OpenAI
16 6 (0.40%) Bloomberg
16 6 (0.40%) Infoblox
16 6 (0.40%) Informatica