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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 49 66
Rank change year-on-year -21 +17 -2
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,522 1,295 1,311
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.15% 4.45% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 4.89% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 802 848
10th Percentile £405 £370 £360
25th Percentile £474 £463 £450
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 £826 £850 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £524 £525
% change year-on-year +0.24% -0.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 34 44
10th Percentile £20.27 £40.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £28.50 £47.87 £28.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% +370.37%
75th Percentile £103.31 £78.39 £61.25
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.05 £82.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £64.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -14.06% +28.00% +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 40,694 26,498 36,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.34% 91.04% 86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,533 17,004 23,615
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,389 1,106 2,441
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.35 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.79% -23.29% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.50 £59.98 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -33.82% +8.57%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 21 May 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 1,345 £550 -4.35% 638
UK excluding London -9 753 £525 +0.24% 440
London -34 646 £600 -7.69% 280
Work from Home -15 438 £550 -5.82% 303
North of England -6 232 £514 +0.15% 107
South East -7 198 £563 - 151
Yorkshire 0 121 £491 -3.11% 37
North West -8 109 £550 +7.57% 62
Midlands -38 107 £537 +7.45% 61
Scotland +11 86 £475 -2.06% 19
South West 0 84 £570 +26.67% 55
West Midlands -40 74 £525 +5.00% 41
East of England -5 45 £525 -4.55% 36
East Midlands -20 33 £550 +22.22% 20
Northern Ireland -4 7 £450 -21.05% 10
Wales -12 2 £600 +26.32% 8
North East -32 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 68 (4.47%) Confluence
2 38 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.46%) SAS
5 4 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.20%) nginx
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%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.066%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.066%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.066%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.066%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (3.48%) Microsoft Project
3 42 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
4 39 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.33%) Revit
7 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.26%) Trello
8 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.13%) Windchill
10 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.066%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.066%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.59%) Endur
4 7 (0.46%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.46%) Summit
5 6 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.33%) Actimize
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.33%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.26%) Primavera
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.20%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 195 (12.81%) Azure
2 145 (9.53%) AWS
3 66 (4.34%) Power Platform
4 63 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
5 61 (4.01%) GCP
6 41 (2.69%) Entra ID
7 37 (2.43%) SaaS
8 27 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 22 (1.45%) GitHub
11 21 (1.38%) Google Workspace
12 19 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
12 19 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (1.25%) Snowflake
13 18 (1.18%) Google Sheets
13 18 (1.18%) PaaS
14 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.72%) OpenShift
16 10 (0.66%) Amazon S3
16 10 (0.66%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.29%) Network Security
2 32 (2.10%) Firewall
3 19 (1.25%) DNS
4 12 (0.79%) DHCP
5 11 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.66%) BIG-IP
7 9 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
7 9 (0.59%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.53%) WAN
9 7 (0.46%) 5G
9 7 (0.46%) HTTP
10 6 (0.39%) LAN
11 5 (0.33%) 3G
11 5 (0.33%) 4G
11 5 (0.33%) Internet
12 4 (0.26%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.26%) NAS
12 4 (0.26%) SAN
13 3 (0.20%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.55%) Power BI
2 36 (2.37%) Metadata
3 24 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (1.51%) Relational Database
5 20 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (0.99%) SQL Server
7 11 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 11 (0.72%) Tableau
8 9 (0.59%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.53%) Big Data
10 7 (0.46%) MySQL
10 7 (0.46%) RDBMS
11 6 (0.39%) DB2
11 6 (0.39%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.33%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 130 (8.54%) JIRA
2 18 (1.18%) Git
2 18 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.66%) GitLab
4 5 (0.33%) JUnit
4 5 (0.33%) Mockito
4 5 (0.33%) Zephyr
5 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
5 4 (0.26%) DbUnit
5 4 (0.26%) jMock
5 4 (0.26%) Maven
5 4 (0.26%) Selenium
5 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.26%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.066%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.066%) Flyway
6 1 (0.066%) MLflow
6 1 (0.066%) Postman
6 1 (0.066%) TestRail
General
1 556 (36.53%) Finance
2 546 (35.87%) Social Skills
3 234 (15.37%) Analytical Skills
4 172 (11.30%) Banking
5 171 (11.24%) Public Sector
6 110 (7.23%) Legal
7 50 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
8 49 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (2.56%) Investment Banking
10 36 (2.37%) Retail
11 35 (2.30%) Front Office
11 35 (2.30%) Telecoms
12 34 (2.23%) Financial Institution
12 34 (2.23%) Military
13 30 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (1.84%) Manufacturing
15 18 (1.18%) Marketing
16 17 (1.12%) Aerospace
16 17 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 198 (13.01%) Project Manager
2 187 (12.29%) Lead
3 155 (10.18%) Architect
4 151 (9.92%) Senior
5 146 (9.59%) Analyst
6 91 (5.98%) Consultant
7 74 (4.86%) Programme Manager
8 71 (4.66%) Business Analyst
9 66 (4.34%) Developer
10 64 (4.20%) Security Architect
11 52 (3.42%) Risk Manager
12 51 (3.35%) Senior Manager
13 44 (2.89%) Delivery Manager
14 37 (2.43%) Security Consultant
15 36 (2.37%) Security Engineer
16 34 (2.23%) Risk Analyst
17 33 (2.17%) IT Manager
18 30 (1.97%) Security Manager
19 29 (1.91%) Solutions Architect
20 26 (1.71%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (2.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 23 (1.51%) REST
3 19 (1.25%) Kafka
4 16 (1.05%) .NET
5 14 (0.92%) XML
6 13 (0.85%) Middleware
7 11 (0.72%) Leaflet
8 10 (0.66%) JSON
8 10 (0.66%) RESTful
9 9 (0.59%) LDAP
10 8 (0.53%) OAuth
10 8 (0.53%) React
10 8 (0.53%) SOAP
11 7 (0.46%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.46%) PyTorch
11 7 (0.46%) Web Services
12 6 (0.39%) Azure Blueprints
12 6 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
12 6 (0.39%) J2EE
12 6 (0.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 116 (7.62%) Management Information System
2 65 (4.27%) Product Ownership
3 60 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 55 (3.61%) Security Posture
5 51 (3.35%) Derivative
6 50 (3.29%) Operational Technology
7 49 (3.22%) Data Centre
8 44 (2.89%) Cloud Native
9 42 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
10 34 (2.23%) Market Risk
11 25 (1.64%) Data Structures
12 24 (1.58%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.51%) Credit Risk
14 22 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
15 21 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
16 20 (1.31%) Fixed Income
17 19 (1.25%) Equities
17 19 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 19 (1.25%) NHS
18 17 (1.12%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 43 (2.83%) Windows
2 36 (2.37%) Linux
3 23 (1.51%) Unix
4 10 (0.66%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.20%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.20%) zOS
8 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (30.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 391 (25.69%) Agile
3 303 (19.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 280 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 270 (17.74%) Cybersecurity
6 262 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
7 245 (16.10%) Project Management
8 212 (13.93%) Decision-Making
9 178 (11.70%) AI
10 176 (11.56%) Information Security
11 166 (10.91%) Roadmaps
12 165 (10.84%) Change Management
13 149 (9.79%) Project Delivery
14 143 (9.40%) Migration
15 129 (8.48%) Analytics
16 124 (8.15%) Regulatory Compliance
17 119 (7.82%) PRINCE2
18 117 (7.69%) DevOps
19 116 (7.62%) Data Protection
20 111 (7.29%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 114 (7.49%) Python
2 112 (7.36%) SQL
3 56 (3.68%) Java
4 30 (1.97%) PowerShell
5 20 (1.31%) C++
6 18 (1.18%) C#
7 13 (0.85%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.66%) VBA
9 8 (0.53%) Bash
9 8 (0.53%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.33%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.20%) Perl
13 2 (0.13%) Go
13 2 (0.13%) Korn
13 2 (0.13%) RPG
13 2 (0.13%) Scala
14 1 (0.066%) C
14 1 (0.066%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 349 (22.93%) Security Cleared
2 258 (16.95%) SC Cleared
3 202 (13.27%) Degree
4 126 (8.28%) CISSP
5 93 (6.11%) CISM
6 83 (5.45%) DV Cleared
7 73 (4.80%) PMP
8 70 (4.60%) PMI Certification
9 40 (2.63%) CRISC
10 35 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
12 27 (1.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 26 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
14 23 (1.51%) CISA
14 23 (1.51%) Master's Degree
15 20 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 15 (0.99%) CESG Certified Professional
17 14 (0.92%) GIAC
18 13 (0.85%) CCSP
18 13 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (12.22%) NIST
2 180 (11.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 124 (8.15%) GRC
4 110 (7.23%) GDPR
5 84 (5.52%) PMO
6 74 (4.86%) QA
7 62 (4.07%) Data Quality
8 51 (3.35%) NCSC
9 44 (2.89%) PCI DSS
10 35 (2.30%) JSP 440
11 32 (2.10%) SLA
12 28 (1.84%) COBIT
13 27 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
14 26 (1.71%) SOC 2
15 22 (1.45%) NIST 800
16 17 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
16 17 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 17 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (1.05%) ISO 31000
17 16 (1.05%) RMADS
System Software
1 31 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.92%) Docker
3 11 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.26%) Postfix
5 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.066%) Ceph
7 1 (0.066%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.066%) NFS
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.066%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (1.58%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.92%) Ansible
3 13 (0.85%) Terraform
4 11 (0.72%) SCCM
5 9 (0.59%) Grafana
5 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.39%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.33%) Control-M
7 5 (0.33%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.20%) CASB
9 3 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.20%) Nessus
9 3 (0.20%) WSUS
10 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.13%) NSN NetAct
10 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 201 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.65%) Oracle
3 84 (5.52%) ServiceNow
4 76 (4.99%) SAP
5 42 (2.76%) Google
6 22 (1.45%) Workday
7 21 (1.38%) Murex
8 20 (1.31%) Salesforce
9 15 (0.99%) Databricks
10 14 (0.92%) Ariba
10 14 (0.92%) VMware
11 13 (0.85%) Cisco
12 12 (0.79%) F5
13 11 (0.72%) IBM
14 8 (0.53%) Infoblox
14 8 (0.53%) Remedy
14 8 (0.53%) Splunk
15 7 (0.46%) Foundry
15 7 (0.46%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.46%) Sybase