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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 48 71
Rank change year-on-year -24 +23 -5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,560 1,324 1,259
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.15% 4.51% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.72% 4.95% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 815 783
10th Percentile £402 £375 £355
25th Percentile £475 £459 £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 £800 £875 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 26 45
10th Percentile £20.86 £46.30 £12.25
25th Percentile £39.52 £48.25 £30.12
Median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +30.00% +370.37%
75th Percentile £91.08 £82.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.28 £76.07
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 41,920 26,731 37,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.71% 91.01% 85.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,154 16,984 23,772
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 2,513 1,182 2,587
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.28 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.14% -25.26% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.84 £56.00 £61.16
90th Percentile £81.24 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% +8.91%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 1,388 £550 -5.98% 560
UK excluding London -5 781 £525 +2.44% 400
London -40 666 £600 -11.11% 228
Work from Home -20 453 £550 -4.35% 264
North of England -4 240 £514 +1.28% 101
South East -12 192 £563 +2.27% 142
Yorkshire +4 123 £500 - 39
North West -11 116 £540 +6.40% 52
Midlands -40 111 £550 +12.82% 55
South West +19 97 £570 +20.00% 54
Scotland -4 88 £475 -0.52% 18
West Midlands -35 78 £550 +10.00% 29
East of England +4 51 £525 -4.55% 31
East Midlands -21 33 £550 +23.04% 26
Northern Ireland -2 8 £450 -18.18% 5
Wales -16 2 £600 +26.32% 6
North East -30 1 £480 -12.73% 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 73 (4.68%) Confluence
2 39 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.45%) SAS
4 3 (0.19%) IIS
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.064%) Apache
6 1 (0.064%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.064%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.064%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.064%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.064%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.064%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.064%) WebSphere
Applications
1 53 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.32%) Revit
6 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.26%) Trello
7 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.064%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.064%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 25 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.58%) Endur
4 7 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.45%) 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%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.32%) Primavera
6 5 (0.32%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.26%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.26%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.19%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 208 (13.33%) Azure
2 157 (10.06%) AWS
3 68 (4.36%) Power Platform
4 65 (4.17%) GCP
5 64 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (3.14%) Entra ID
7 40 (2.56%) SaaS
8 28 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
10 24 (1.54%) GitHub
11 21 (1.35%) Google Workspace
12 20 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
13 18 (1.15%) PaaS
13 18 (1.15%) Snowflake
14 17 (1.09%) Google Sheets
14 17 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
15 14 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (0.71%) IaaS
16 11 (0.71%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.46%) Network Security
2 31 (1.99%) Firewall
3 17 (1.09%) DNS
4 14 (0.90%) DHCP
5 12 (0.77%) BIG-IP
6 11 (0.71%) TCP/IP
7 10 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.58%) WAN
9 8 (0.51%) 5G
9 8 (0.51%) Internet
9 8 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
10 7 (0.45%) HTTP
11 6 (0.38%) 4G
11 6 (0.38%) LAN
12 5 (0.32%) 3G
12 5 (0.32%) Kerberos
13 4 (0.26%) NAS
13 4 (0.26%) NGFW
13 4 (0.26%) SAN
14 3 (0.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.46%) Power BI
2 35 (2.24%) Metadata
3 26 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 23 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (1.35%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.03%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.77%) Tableau
9 9 (0.58%) Db2
10 8 (0.51%) Big Data
10 8 (0.51%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.51%) RDBMS
11 6 (0.38%) MySQL
12 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.32%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.32%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 121 (7.76%) JIRA
2 19 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.09%) Git
4 7 (0.45%) GitLab
5 6 (0.38%) Zephyr
6 5 (0.32%) JUnit
6 5 (0.32%) Mockito
6 5 (0.32%) Selenium
6 5 (0.32%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.26%) DbUnit
7 4 (0.26%) jMock
7 4 (0.26%) Maven
7 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.13%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 2 (0.13%) TestRail
9 1 (0.064%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.064%) Flyway
9 1 (0.064%) Postman
General
1 573 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 571 (36.60%) Finance
3 253 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (11.41%) Public Sector
5 176 (11.28%) Banking
6 120 (7.69%) Legal
7 48 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
8 46 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
9 40 (2.56%) Front Office
10 38 (2.44%) Investment Banking
11 37 (2.37%) Telecoms
12 35 (2.24%) Financial Institution
13 34 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
13 34 (2.18%) Retail
14 32 (2.05%) Manufacturing
15 31 (1.99%) Military
16 30 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
17 26 (1.67%) Law
18 23 (1.47%) Aerospace
19 20 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 197 (12.63%) Project Manager
2 194 (12.44%) Lead
3 166 (10.64%) Architect
4 158 (10.13%) Senior
5 148 (9.49%) Analyst
6 86 (5.51%) Consultant
7 71 (4.55%) Security Architect
8 70 (4.49%) Programme Manager
9 69 (4.42%) Business Analyst
10 67 (4.29%) Developer
11 58 (3.72%) Senior Manager
12 55 (3.53%) Risk Manager
13 41 (2.63%) Delivery Manager
14 39 (2.50%) Security Engineer
15 37 (2.37%) IT Manager
16 36 (2.31%) Security Manager
17 35 (2.24%) Security Consultant
18 33 (2.12%) Risk Analyst
19 30 (1.92%) Solutions Architect
20 26 (1.67%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (1.60%) REST
3 21 (1.35%) .NET
3 21 (1.35%) Kafka
4 17 (1.09%) XML
5 15 (0.96%) Middleware
6 13 (0.83%) JSON
6 13 (0.83%) OAuth
7 12 (0.77%) OpenID
8 11 (0.71%) Azure Blueprints
8 11 (0.71%) Leaflet
8 11 (0.71%) RESTful
8 11 (0.71%) SAML
9 10 (0.64%) LDAP
9 10 (0.64%) SOAP
10 9 (0.58%) Web Services
11 8 (0.51%) React
12 7 (0.45%) AngularJS
12 7 (0.45%) Spring
13 6 (0.38%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (7.82%) Management Information System
2 71 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 68 (4.36%) Onboarding
4 60 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 57 (3.65%) Operational Technology
6 54 (3.46%) Cloud Native
7 45 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
8 43 (2.76%) Derivative
9 41 (2.63%) Data Centre
10 31 (1.99%) Market Risk
11 26 (1.67%) AI Agents
12 25 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
13 23 (1.47%) Credit Risk
13 23 (1.47%) Data Structures
14 22 (1.41%) NHS
15 21 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
15 21 (1.35%) PMI
16 20 (1.28%) Fixed Income
17 18 (1.15%) SCADA
18 17 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 51 (3.27%) Windows
2 42 (2.69%) Linux
3 26 (1.67%) Unix
4 17 (1.09%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.58%) 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
1 483 (30.96%) Stakeholder Management
2 384 (24.62%) Agile
3 325 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 302 (19.36%) Cybersecurity
5 300 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 259 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
7 240 (15.38%) Project Management
8 228 (14.62%) Decision-Making
9 189 (12.12%) Information Security
10 184 (11.79%) AI
10 184 (11.79%) Roadmaps
11 172 (11.03%) Change Management
12 149 (9.55%) Project Delivery
13 141 (9.04%) Migration
14 129 (8.27%) Regulatory Compliance
15 126 (8.08%) Analytics
16 125 (8.01%) DevOps
17 120 (7.69%) Data Protection
18 119 (7.63%) CI/CD
19 115 (7.37%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 110 (7.05%) Python
2 107 (6.86%) SQL
3 57 (3.65%) Java
4 35 (2.24%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.41%) C#
6 16 (1.03%) C++
7 13 (0.83%) JavaScript
8 11 (0.71%) VBA
9 9 (0.58%) Bash
10 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.45%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.32%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.19%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.19%) Bicep
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
1 368 (23.59%) Security Cleared
2 271 (17.37%) SC Cleared
3 187 (11.99%) Degree
4 136 (8.72%) CISSP
5 98 (6.28%) CISM
6 83 (5.32%) DV Cleared
7 73 (4.68%) PMI Certification
8 70 (4.49%) PMP
9 45 (2.88%) CRISC
10 38 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 31 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
12 29 (1.86%) CISA
13 28 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 27 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
15 21 (1.35%) Master's Degree
15 21 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 15 (0.96%) CESG Certified Professional
17 14 (0.90%) CCSP
17 14 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 12 (0.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (12.44%) NIST
2 190 (12.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 144 (9.23%) GRC
4 110 (7.05%) GDPR
5 78 (5.00%) QA
6 75 (4.81%) PMO
7 66 (4.23%) Data Quality
8 53 (3.40%) NCSC
9 41 (2.63%) PCI DSS
10 36 (2.31%) JSP 440
11 29 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
11 29 (1.86%) SOC 2
12 28 (1.79%) COBIT
13 27 (1.73%) SLA
14 25 (1.60%) NIST 800
15 17 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 16 (1.03%) ISO 31000
16 16 (1.03%) RMADS
16 16 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 33 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.96%) Docker
3 10 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.26%) 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 (0.064%) Ceph
7 1 (0.064%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.064%) NFS
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.064%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (1.67%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.28%) Terraform
3 19 (1.22%) Ansible
4 11 (0.71%) Grafana
4 11 (0.71%) SCCM
5 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.32%) Control-M
8 5 (0.32%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.26%) 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%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.13%) NSN NetAct
11 2 (0.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 213 (13.65%) Microsoft
2 87 (5.58%) ServiceNow
3 85 (5.45%) Oracle
4 77 (4.94%) SAP
5 47 (3.01%) Google
6 21 (1.35%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.35%) Workday
7 17 (1.09%) Murex
8 15 (0.96%) Cisco
8 15 (0.96%) IBM
9 14 (0.90%) Databricks
9 14 (0.90%) F5
10 13 (0.83%) Ariba
10 13 (0.83%) VMware
11 12 (0.77%) Splunk
11 12 (0.77%) Sybase
12 10 (0.64%) Infoblox
13 9 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (0.58%) Foundry
13 9 (0.58%) Qualys