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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 48 68
Rank change year-on-year -21 +20 -2
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,547 1,293 1,290
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.17% 4.53% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.76% 4.97% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,009 805 833
10th Percentile £405 £371 £361
25th Percentile £475 £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 £819 £871 £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 31 33 45
10th Percentile £20.27 £41.26 £12.25
25th Percentile £29.00 £48.00 £30.12
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% +370.37%
75th Percentile £101.38 £78.40 £60.00
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.05 £76.07
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 41,181 26,010 36,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.50% 91.03% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,765 16,696 23,578
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,462 1,066 2,486
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.73 £17.92 £16.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £27.45 £36.02
Median % change year-on-year +52.79% -23.80% -2.64%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.69 £25.15 £37.75
% change year-on-year +69.72% -33.38% +7.86%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -23 1,369 £550 -7.17% 845
UK excluding London -11 762 £525 +2.44% 525
London -36 666 £600 -10.31% 417
Work from Home -11 446 £550 -5.66% 381
North of England -11 230 £513 - 134
South East -6 197 £550 - 159
Yorkshire +2 121 £492 -1.60% 43
Midlands -48 109 £538 +7.50% 71
North West -11 108 £550 +7.44% 81
South West +8 89 £570 +26.67% 64
Scotland +4 89 £475 -0.52% 38
West Midlands -43 76 £525 +5.00% 45
East of England -7 48 £525 -4.55% 41
East Midlands -23 33 £550 +22.63% 26
Northern Ireland -1 8 £450 -21.05% 13
Wales -19 2 £600 +26.32% 12
North East -32 1 £480 -16.52% 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 69 (4.46%) Confluence
2 37 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.39%) SAS
5 4 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.13%) Apache
7 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.13%) IIS
7 2 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.065%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.065%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.065%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.065%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.065%) WebSphere
Applications
1 61 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
3 41 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.32%) Revit
7 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.26%) Trello
8 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.13%) Windchill
10 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.065%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.065%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (1.55%) 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%) Summit
5 6 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.39%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.32%) Actimize
6 5 (0.32%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.32%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.26%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.19%) SAP GRC
8 3 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 198 (12.80%) Azure
2 149 (9.63%) AWS
3 66 (4.27%) Power Platform
4 64 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
5 60 (3.88%) GCP
6 41 (2.65%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.46%) SaaS
8 27 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (1.55%) GitHub
9 24 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
10 21 (1.36%) Google Workspace
11 20 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
12 19 (1.23%) Snowflake
13 18 (1.16%) Google Sheets
14 17 (1.10%) PaaS
15 15 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (0.71%) OpenShift
17 10 (0.65%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.30%) Network Security
2 32 (2.07%) Firewall
3 17 (1.10%) DNS
4 12 (0.78%) DHCP
5 11 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.65%) BIG-IP
7 9 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
7 9 (0.58%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.52%) WAN
9 7 (0.45%) 5G
9 7 (0.45%) HTTP
10 6 (0.39%) LAN
11 5 (0.32%) 3G
11 5 (0.32%) 4G
11 5 (0.32%) Internet
12 4 (0.26%) NAS
12 4 (0.26%) SAN
13 3 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.19%) Kerberos
13 3 (0.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.49%) Power BI
2 37 (2.39%) Metadata
3 25 (1.62%) Relational Database
4 24 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.16%) SQL Server
6 17 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (0.90%) MongoDB
8 11 (0.71%) Tableau
9 10 (0.65%) Big Data
10 9 (0.58%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.52%) DB2
12 7 (0.45%) MySQL
12 7 (0.45%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.39%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.32%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.32%) Oracle Database
14 5 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 126 (8.14%) JIRA
2 19 (1.23%) Git
2 19 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.58%) GitLab
4 5 (0.32%) JUnit
4 5 (0.32%) Mockito
4 5 (0.32%) 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
6 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 1 (0.065%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.065%) Flyway
8 1 (0.065%) Postman
8 1 (0.065%) TestRail
General
1 571 (36.91%) Finance
2 558 (36.07%) Social Skills
3 240 (15.51%) Analytical Skills
4 176 (11.38%) Public Sector
5 173 (11.18%) Banking
6 118 (7.63%) Legal
7 49 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
7 49 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
8 41 (2.65%) Investment Banking
9 40 (2.59%) Front Office
10 37 (2.39%) Retail
11 35 (2.26%) Financial Institution
11 35 (2.26%) Telecoms
12 33 (2.13%) Military
13 30 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (1.81%) Manufacturing
14 28 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.29%) Law
15 20 (1.29%) Local Government
16 18 (1.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 197 (12.73%) Project Manager
2 190 (12.28%) Lead
3 158 (10.21%) Architect
4 156 (10.08%) Senior
5 146 (9.44%) Analyst
6 92 (5.95%) Consultant
7 72 (4.65%) Business Analyst
8 71 (4.59%) Programme Manager
9 69 (4.46%) Developer
10 67 (4.33%) Security Architect
11 56 (3.62%) Risk Manager
12 55 (3.56%) Senior Manager
13 43 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
14 38 (2.46%) Security Consultant
15 37 (2.39%) Security Engineer
16 34 (2.20%) Risk Analyst
17 33 (2.13%) IT Manager
17 33 (2.13%) Security Manager
18 30 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
19 26 (1.68%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 24 (1.55%) REST
3 20 (1.29%) Kafka
4 18 (1.16%) .NET
5 15 (0.97%) Middleware
5 15 (0.97%) XML
6 11 (0.71%) JSON
6 11 (0.71%) Leaflet
6 11 (0.71%) RESTful
7 8 (0.52%) LDAP
7 8 (0.52%) OAuth
7 8 (0.52%) React
7 8 (0.52%) SOAP
8 7 (0.45%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.45%) OpenID
8 7 (0.45%) PyTorch
8 7 (0.45%) Web Services
9 6 (0.39%) Azure Blueprints
9 6 (0.39%) scikit-learn
9 6 (0.39%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.63%) Management Information System
2 69 (4.46%) Product Ownership
3 62 (4.01%) Onboarding
4 57 (3.68%) Security Posture
5 53 (3.43%) Derivative
6 52 (3.36%) Operational Technology
7 47 (3.04%) Data Centre
8 45 (2.91%) Cloud Native
8 45 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
9 34 (2.20%) Market Risk
10 26 (1.68%) Data Structures
11 25 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
12 24 (1.55%) AI Agents
12 24 (1.55%) Credit Risk
13 23 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
14 22 (1.42%) Fixed Income
15 21 (1.36%) NHS
16 19 (1.23%) Equities
16 19 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 19 (1.23%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 46 (2.97%) Windows
2 37 (2.39%) Linux
3 23 (1.49%) Unix
4 11 (0.71%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.19%) zOS
8 2 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (29.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 392 (25.34%) Agile
3 306 (19.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 288 (18.62%) Cybersecurity
5 287 (18.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 264 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
7 239 (15.45%) Project Management
8 220 (14.22%) Decision-Making
9 186 (12.02%) AI
10 182 (11.76%) Information Security
11 167 (10.80%) Change Management
12 165 (10.67%) Roadmaps
13 145 (9.37%) Project Delivery
14 143 (9.24%) Migration
15 134 (8.66%) Analytics
16 128 (8.27%) Regulatory Compliance
17 122 (7.89%) Data Protection
18 118 (7.63%) DevOps
19 117 (7.56%) CI/CD
20 115 (7.43%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 114 (7.37%) Python
2 111 (7.18%) SQL
3 58 (3.75%) Java
4 30 (1.94%) PowerShell
5 20 (1.29%) C#
5 20 (1.29%) C++
6 12 (0.78%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.65%) VBA
8 9 (0.58%) Bash
9 7 (0.45%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.32%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.19%) Go
12 3 (0.19%) Perl
13 2 (0.13%) Korn
13 2 (0.13%) RPG
13 2 (0.13%) Scala
14 1 (0.065%) C
14 1 (0.065%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 357 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 264 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 202 (13.06%) Degree
4 130 (8.40%) CISSP
5 95 (6.14%) CISM
6 83 (5.37%) DV Cleared
7 70 (4.52%) PMI Certification
8 69 (4.46%) PMP
9 42 (2.71%) CRISC
10 37 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
12 27 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 27 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
13 25 (1.62%) CISA
14 24 (1.55%) Master's Degree
15 22 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 15 (0.97%) CESG Certified Professional
17 14 (0.90%) GIAC
17 14 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 13 (0.84%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (11.96%) NIST
2 181 (11.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 136 (8.79%) GRC
4 114 (7.37%) GDPR
5 80 (5.17%) PMO
6 75 (4.85%) QA
7 67 (4.33%) Data Quality
8 55 (3.56%) NCSC
9 46 (2.97%) PCI DSS
10 35 (2.26%) JSP 440
11 31 (2.00%) SLA
12 30 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
13 27 (1.75%) COBIT
14 26 (1.68%) SOC 2
15 21 (1.36%) NIST 800
16 17 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
16 17 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 16 (1.03%) ISO 31000
17 16 (1.03%) RMADS
17 16 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.97%) Docker
3 11 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.26%) Postfix
5 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.065%) Ceph
7 1 (0.065%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.065%) NFS
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.065%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (1.62%) Kubernetes
2 15 (0.97%) Ansible
2 15 (0.97%) Terraform
3 11 (0.71%) SCCM
4 10 (0.65%) Grafana
5 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.32%) Control-M
7 5 (0.32%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.19%) CASB
9 3 (0.19%) Nessus
10 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.13%) NSN NetAct
10 2 (0.13%) OpenVAS
10 2 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 203 (13.12%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.43%) ServiceNow
3 83 (5.37%) Oracle
4 75 (4.85%) SAP
5 43 (2.78%) Google
6 22 (1.42%) Workday
7 21 (1.36%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.29%) Murex
9 15 (0.97%) Databricks
10 14 (0.90%) VMware
11 13 (0.84%) Ariba
11 13 (0.84%) Cisco
12 12 (0.78%) F5
13 11 (0.71%) IBM
14 10 (0.65%) Sybase
15 8 (0.52%) Infoblox
15 8 (0.52%) Remedy
15 8 (0.52%) Splunk
16 7 (0.45%) Foundry
16 7 (0.45%) OpenAI