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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 53 68
Rank change year-on-year -22 +15 -1
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,777 1,448 1,191
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.32% 4.42% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.92% 4.88% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,103 897 726
10th Percentile £406 £360 £363
25th Percentile £475 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - -6.88%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £712
90th Percentile £788 £875 £844
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 29 28
10th Percentile £24.72 £22.16 £27.08
25th Percentile £47.56 £23.50 £39.38
Median hourly rate £64.09 £49.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.47% -13.91% +16.16%
75th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £68.17
90th Percentile £87.16 £87.30 £81.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £51.00 £59.19
% change year-on-year +49.02% -13.83% -7.73%

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 45,356 29,667 33,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.68% 90.51% 85.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,834 18,495 21,131
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,855 1,741 1,763
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.31 £17.33 £18.00
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -37.90% -1.22%
75th Percentile £67.94 £49.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £24.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year +83.17% -42.17% +12.54%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 1,559 £570 -0.87% 792
UK excluding London -3 923 £525 +2.44% 594
London -35 722 £600 -7.69% 333
Work from Home -26 480 £550 -6.78% 346
North of England -13 272 £510 -0.25% 127
South East +9 250 £575 +2.22% 195
North West -25 135 £525 +2.68% 73
Yorkshire -2 131 £493 -1.40% 41
South West -17 114 £570 -2.98% 99
Scotland +7 111 £475 +2.70% 34
Midlands -43 103 £550 +17.27% 62
West Midlands -36 81 £538 +7.50% 38
East of England +18 67 £513 -10.87% 60
East Midlands -31 19 £549 +36.44% 22
Wales -20 9 £650 +52.94% 21
Northern Ireland -5 8 £394 -28.41% 12
North East -37 6 £454 -22.77% 18

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 75 (4.22%) Confluence
2 42 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.56%) SAS
4 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.23%) IIS
6 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.11%) CMS
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.056%) Appian
8 1 (0.056%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.056%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.056%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.056%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.056%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.056%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 58 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.23%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.23%) Revit
7 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 3 (0.17%) Windchill
8 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.056%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 43 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.73%) Endur
2 13 (0.73%) SAP GRC
3 11 (0.62%) Primavera
4 10 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.23%) Actimize
8 4 (0.23%) Magento
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.23%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.17%) Findur
9 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.17%) Summit
9 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 254 (14.29%) Azure
2 188 (10.58%) AWS
3 82 (4.61%) GCP
4 74 (4.16%) Power Platform
5 63 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (3.21%) Entra ID
7 50 (2.81%) SaaS
8 36 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.74%) GitHub
10 25 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (1.24%) OCI
12 21 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
13 20 (1.13%) Snowflake
14 19 (1.07%) Azure AI
14 19 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
14 19 (1.07%) PaaS
15 16 (0.90%) Anthropic Claude
16 15 (0.84%) Serverless
17 14 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
18 12 (0.68%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 69 (3.88%) Network Security
2 41 (2.31%) Firewall
3 22 (1.24%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.01%) WAN
5 17 (0.96%) DNS
6 16 (0.90%) LAN
7 14 (0.79%) 5G
7 14 (0.79%) DHCP
8 12 (0.68%) 4G
8 12 (0.68%) HTTP
9 9 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.45%) BIG-IP
10 8 (0.45%) VPN
11 7 (0.39%) Internet
12 6 (0.34%) HTTPS
12 6 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (0.28%) NAS
13 5 (0.28%) NGFW
13 5 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
13 5 (0.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.15%) Power BI
2 39 (2.19%) Metadata
3 35 (1.97%) SQL Server
4 32 (1.80%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (0.90%) MongoDB
6 16 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 13 (0.73%) Db2
8 12 (0.68%) Tableau
9 10 (0.56%) Big Data
10 9 (0.51%) Oracle Database
10 9 (0.51%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.39%) MySQL
12 6 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 5 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.28%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.28%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.28%) NoSQL
14 4 (0.23%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 122 (6.87%) JIRA
2 27 (1.52%) Git
3 20 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.73%) Selenium
5 9 (0.51%) Postman
5 9 (0.51%) Zephyr
6 8 (0.45%) Cypress.io
7 7 (0.39%) GitLab
7 7 (0.39%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.34%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.23%) DbUnit
9 4 (0.23%) jMock
9 4 (0.23%) JUnit
9 4 (0.23%) Maven
9 4 (0.23%) Mockito
9 4 (0.23%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.23%) Subversion
9 4 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 694 (39.05%) Social Skills
2 644 (36.24%) Finance
3 287 (16.15%) Analytical Skills
4 213 (11.99%) Public Sector
5 191 (10.75%) Banking
6 126 (7.09%) Legal
7 79 (4.45%) Influencing Skills
8 69 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
9 64 (3.60%) Front Office
10 47 (2.64%) Aerospace
11 46 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
12 44 (2.48%) Telecoms
13 43 (2.42%) Retail
14 40 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (2.19%) Investment Banking
16 38 (2.14%) Financial Institution
17 37 (2.08%) Military
18 34 (1.91%) Manufacturing
19 32 (1.80%) Law
20 25 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 235 (13.22%) Lead
2 219 (12.32%) Architect
3 195 (10.97%) Project Manager
4 166 (9.34%) Senior
5 162 (9.12%) Analyst
6 109 (6.13%) Consultant
7 97 (5.46%) Security Architect
8 74 (4.16%) Programme Manager
9 72 (4.05%) Developer
10 62 (3.49%) Business Analyst
11 55 (3.10%) Risk Manager
11 55 (3.10%) Senior Manager
12 49 (2.76%) IT Manager
13 47 (2.64%) Delivery Manager
14 45 (2.53%) Security Consultant
15 37 (2.08%) Security Manager
15 37 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (1.86%) Security Engineer
17 29 (1.63%) Coordinator
18 28 (1.58%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.08%) Terraform
2 34 (1.91%) REST
3 28 (1.58%) .NET
4 26 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
5 23 (1.29%) Middleware
6 16 (0.90%) OAuth
7 15 (0.84%) Kafka
8 13 (0.73%) JSON
8 13 (0.73%) XML
9 12 (0.68%) SOAP
10 11 (0.62%) Leaflet
10 11 (0.62%) RESTful
10 11 (0.62%) SAML
10 11 (0.62%) Spring
11 10 (0.56%) OpenID
11 10 (0.56%) SLSA
12 9 (0.51%) LDAP
12 9 (0.51%) PyTorch
12 9 (0.51%) React
12 9 (0.51%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 118 (6.64%) Management Information System
2 93 (5.23%) Product Ownership
3 88 (4.95%) Onboarding
4 75 (4.22%) Security Posture
5 72 (4.05%) Cloud Native
6 55 (3.10%) Operational Technology
7 53 (2.98%) Data Protection Act
8 43 (2.42%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
10 36 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
11 31 (1.74%) AI Agents
11 31 (1.74%) Derivative
12 29 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
13 28 (1.58%) Market Risk
13 28 (1.58%) NHS
14 24 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
14 24 (1.35%) PMI
15 22 (1.24%) Credit Risk
15 22 (1.24%) Data Structures
16 20 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 59 (3.32%) Windows
2 53 (2.98%) Linux
3 36 (2.03%) Unix
4 21 (1.18%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.28%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.28%) zOS
7 3 (0.17%) AIX
7 3 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.11%) Android
9 1 (0.056%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (37.70%) Stakeholder Management
2 432 (24.31%) Agile
3 418 (23.52%) Cybersecurity
4 400 (22.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 379 (21.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 271 (15.25%) Decision-Making
7 256 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
8 250 (14.07%) AI
9 249 (14.01%) Project Management
10 222 (12.49%) Roadmaps
11 195 (10.97%) Information Security
12 193 (10.86%) Project Delivery
13 167 (9.40%) Migration
14 164 (9.23%) Change Management
15 160 (9.00%) CI/CD
16 158 (8.89%) DevOps
17 146 (8.22%) Analytics
18 139 (7.82%) PRINCE2
19 134 (7.54%) Vulnerability Management
20 132 (7.43%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 129 (7.26%) Python
2 92 (5.18%) SQL
3 52 (2.93%) Java
4 35 (1.97%) PowerShell
5 29 (1.63%) C#
6 17 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.73%) C++
8 11 (0.62%) Bash
8 11 (0.62%) VBA
9 8 (0.45%) Go
9 8 (0.45%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.45%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.34%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.28%) Bicep
11 5 (0.28%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.23%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.23%) CLIST
12 4 (0.23%) JCL
12 4 (0.23%) REXX
12 4 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 475 (26.73%) Security Cleared
2 341 (19.19%) SC Cleared
3 172 (9.68%) Degree
4 158 (8.89%) CISSP
5 118 (6.64%) DV Cleared
6 110 (6.19%) CISM
7 84 (4.73%) PMI Certification
8 82 (4.61%) PMP
9 47 (2.64%) CRISC
10 45 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 39 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
12 34 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 33 (1.86%) CISA
14 30 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
15 28 (1.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 25 (1.41%) Master's Degree
17 22 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
18 18 (1.01%) AWS Certification
18 18 (1.01%) CCSP
19 17 (0.96%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 224 (12.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 216 (12.16%) NIST
3 177 (9.96%) GRC
4 117 (6.58%) GDPR
5 97 (5.46%) QA
6 77 (4.33%) NCSC
7 74 (4.16%) Data Quality
8 62 (3.49%) PMO
9 38 (2.14%) JSP 440
10 33 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
11 24 (1.35%) PCI DSS
12 23 (1.29%) SOC 2
13 20 (1.13%) SLA
14 19 (1.07%) COBIT
14 19 (1.07%) NIST 800
15 17 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 16 (0.90%) Accessibility
16 16 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.84%) ISO 31000
18 14 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 38 (2.14%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.13%) Docker
3 9 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (0.23%) Postfix
5 4 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.17%) FreeRADIUS
6 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.11%) NFS
7 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.056%) Ceph
8 1 (0.056%) IAG
8 1 (0.056%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (2.08%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.52%) Ansible
3 13 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.68%) Grafana
5 11 (0.62%) SCCM
6 9 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.23%) Control-M
8 4 (0.23%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.23%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.23%) Nessus
8 4 (0.23%) OMEGAMON
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (0.17%) CASB
9 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.17%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) Istio
Vendors
1 249 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 97 (5.46%) ServiceNow
3 82 (4.61%) SAP
4 80 (4.50%) Oracle
5 44 (2.48%) Google
6 21 (1.18%) IBM
6 21 (1.18%) Salesforce
7 17 (0.96%) Cisco
7 17 (0.96%) Splunk
8 16 (0.90%) Sybase
9 15 (0.84%) Foundry
10 14 (0.79%) Databricks
10 14 (0.79%) Workday
11 12 (0.68%) Murex
11 12 (0.68%) Qualys
11 12 (0.68%) VMware
12 9 (0.51%) F5
12 9 (0.51%) Okta
13 8 (0.45%) BeyondTrust
13 8 (0.45%) CrowdStrike