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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 50 61
Rank change year-on-year -19 +11 +16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,316 1,263 1,492
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.49% 4.04% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 4.53% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 836 718 1,007
10th Percentile £397 £363 £400
25th Percentile £460 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £699 £694 £688
90th Percentile £839 £813 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 38 58
10th Percentile - £26.08 £16.03
25th Percentile £33.50 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +1.25% +464.44%
75th Percentile £79.85 £74.94 £83.40
90th Percentile £97.00 £80.96 £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £60.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -40.74% +1.25% +512.24%

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 32,948 27,851 38,703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.34% 89.03% 87.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,870 16,883 25,489
10th Percentile £305 £306 £300
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £643
90th Percentile £723 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,006 881 1,954
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.02
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -9.78% +12.89%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £62.47
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.71 £30.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.85% -18.80% +41.24%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 26 January 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 -17 1,175 £550 -7.17% 599
London -8 644 £625 - 162
UK excluding London -29 560 £500 -4.76% 546
Work from Home -7 356 £575 +4.55% 317
North of England -22 167 £492 -8.04% 83
South East -18 152 £525 -8.70% 201
Yorkshire +13 84 £492 -9.31% 27
Midlands -49 84 £525 -5.83% 85
North West -32 81 £488 -2.01% 46
South West -10 62 £513 +5.13% 68
West Midlands -55 49 £505 -12.17% 53
Scotland -6 45 £430 -4.44% 22
East Midlands -22 35 £531 +12.38% 32
East of England -26 35 £575 - 67
Wales +9 13 £308 - 25
Northern Ireland +2 9 £500 +66.67% 10
North East -22 2 £550 -13.73% 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 50 (3.80%) Confluence
2 28 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.84%) SAS
6 6 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.38%) CMS
8 4 (0.30%) CICS
8 4 (0.30%) nginx
9 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.076%) Apache
10 1 (0.076%) Camunda
10 1 (0.076%) IIS
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.076%) Tomcat
Applications
1 81 (6.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (4.48%) Microsoft Project
3 42 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.29%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.30%) Revit
7 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.23%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.23%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 31 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.61%) SAP CO
3 8 (0.61%) SAP FI
3 8 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.46%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.38%) Endur
6 5 (0.38%) Primavera
7 4 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.30%) VisionPLUS
8 3 (0.23%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.23%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.23%) Summit
9 2 (0.15%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 148 (11.25%) Azure
2 132 (10.03%) AWS
3 57 (4.33%) GCP
4 55 (4.18%) Power Platform
5 43 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (2.74%) SaaS
7 33 (2.51%) Entra ID
8 25 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (1.75%) GitHub
10 21 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
11 20 (1.52%) Google Workspace
12 17 (1.29%) Google Sheets
13 15 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (0.68%) OCI
16 8 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (0.61%) OpenShift
16 8 (0.61%) PaaS
16 8 (0.61%) Snowflake
17 7 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.72%) Firewall
2 28 (2.13%) Network Security
3 10 (0.76%) DNS
3 10 (0.76%) Internet
3 10 (0.76%) LAN
4 9 (0.68%) Kerberos
5 7 (0.53%) VPN
5 7 (0.53%) WAN
5 7 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.38%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.30%) 5G
8 3 (0.23%) Broadband
8 3 (0.23%) DHCP
8 3 (0.23%) HTTP
8 3 (0.23%) Multicast
8 3 (0.23%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.23%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.23%) SSL
9 2 (0.15%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.50%) Power BI
2 33 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.75%) SQL Server
4 20 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (1.52%) Relational Database
5 12 (0.91%) Metadata
5 12 (0.91%) NoSQL
6 9 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.68%) Tableau
7 8 (0.61%) Big Data
7 8 (0.61%) KDB
7 8 (0.61%) Kdb+
8 7 (0.53%) MySQL
8 7 (0.53%) RDBMS
9 6 (0.46%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (0.46%) DynamoDB
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.46%) Redis
10 5 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (0.38%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 116 (8.81%) JIRA
2 19 (1.44%) Git
3 15 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.68%) SpecFlow
5 6 (0.46%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.38%) GitLab
6 5 (0.38%) QUnit
7 4 (0.30%) Gradle
7 4 (0.30%) Maven
7 4 (0.30%) SonarLint
7 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.23%) GCC
8 3 (0.23%) GDB
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.15%) Postman
10 1 (0.076%) MLflow
10 1 (0.076%) Mockito
10 1 (0.076%) REST Assured
General
1 547 (41.57%) Social Skills
2 515 (39.13%) Finance
3 218 (16.57%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (13.53%) Banking
5 139 (10.56%) Public Sector
6 107 (8.13%) Legal
7 58 (4.41%) Front Office
8 56 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
9 45 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
10 43 (3.27%) Investment Banking
11 33 (2.51%) Financial Institution
11 33 (2.51%) Manufacturing
12 27 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
12 27 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (1.90%) Retail
13 25 (1.90%) Telecoms
14 22 (1.67%) Law
15 21 (1.60%) Military
16 19 (1.44%) Local Government
17 17 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 161 (12.23%) Analyst
2 155 (11.78%) Project Manager
3 131 (9.95%) Senior
4 124 (9.42%) Lead
5 116 (8.81%) Architect
6 114 (8.66%) Consultant
7 106 (8.05%) Developer
8 62 (4.71%) Programme Manager
9 58 (4.41%) Business Analyst
10 53 (4.03%) Security Architect
11 43 (3.27%) Delivery Manager
12 42 (3.19%) Security Consultant
13 41 (3.12%) Senior Manager
14 37 (2.81%) Senior Developer
15 36 (2.74%) Risk Analyst
16 34 (2.58%) Risk Manager
17 32 (2.43%) Security Analyst
18 30 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
19 29 (2.20%) Technical Manager
20 27 (2.05%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.82%) Kafka
2 19 (1.44%) .NET
2 19 (1.44%) REST
3 17 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
3 17 (1.29%) RESTful
4 14 (1.06%) .NET Framework
4 14 (1.06%) Middleware
4 14 (1.06%) NumPy
4 14 (1.06%) OAuth
4 14 (1.06%) Pandas
5 12 (0.91%) SAML
6 10 (0.76%) AngularJS
6 10 (0.76%) Entity Framework
6 10 (0.76%) Playwright
6 10 (0.76%) React
7 9 (0.68%) COM
7 9 (0.68%) Dask
7 9 (0.68%) NHibernate
7 9 (0.68%) XML
8 8 (0.61%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 153 (11.63%) Management Information System
2 66 (5.02%) Product Ownership
2 66 (5.02%) Security Posture
3 64 (4.86%) Derivative
4 56 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 43 (3.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 40 (3.04%) Equities
6 40 (3.04%) Market Risk
7 36 (2.74%) Credit Risk
8 35 (2.66%) Data Centre
9 33 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
10 32 (2.43%) Cloud Native
10 32 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
11 30 (2.28%) Fixed Income
12 29 (2.20%) Algorithms
13 25 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
14 21 (1.60%) NHS
15 20 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
16 18 (1.37%) Data Structures
17 17 (1.29%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 42 (3.19%) Linux
2 34 (2.58%) Windows
3 19 (1.44%) Unix
4 6 (0.46%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.23%) VMS
5 3 (0.23%) zOS
6 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.076%) Android
7 1 (0.076%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (26.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 320 (24.32%) Agile
3 265 (20.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 254 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
5 229 (17.40%) Cybersecurity
6 208 (15.81%) Project Management
7 182 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 172 (13.07%) Decision-Making
9 160 (12.16%) Information Security
10 127 (9.65%) Project Delivery
11 126 (9.57%) Change Management
12 120 (9.12%) Regulatory Compliance
13 119 (9.04%) Migration
14 114 (8.66%) Roadmaps
15 110 (8.36%) Analytics
16 103 (7.83%) AI
17 102 (7.75%) PRINCE2
18 99 (7.52%) Data Protection
19 94 (7.14%) Scrum
20 91 (6.91%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 131 (9.95%) SQL
2 125 (9.50%) Python
3 55 (4.18%) Java
4 30 (2.28%) C#
4 30 (2.28%) C++
4 30 (2.28%) PowerShell
5 16 (1.22%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.06%) VBA
7 9 (0.68%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.61%) R
9 5 (0.38%) JCL
9 5 (0.38%) Korn
10 4 (0.30%) COBOL
10 4 (0.30%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.23%) Bash
11 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.15%) Go
12 2 (0.15%) Rust
12 2 (0.15%) Scala
12 2 (0.15%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 252 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 225 (17.10%) Degree
3 186 (14.13%) SC Cleared
4 120 (9.12%) CISSP
5 84 (6.38%) CISM
6 80 (6.08%) PMI Certification
7 75 (5.70%) PMP
8 64 (4.86%) DV Cleared
9 59 (4.48%) Master's Degree
10 37 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (2.13%) CRISC
12 27 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.67%) CISA
14 21 (1.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 16 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (1.22%) PhD
16 15 (1.14%) Numerate Degree
17 11 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
17 11 (0.84%) GIAC
18 9 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (12.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 159 (12.08%) NIST
3 116 (8.81%) GDPR
4 101 (7.67%) GRC
5 73 (5.55%) PMO
6 67 (5.09%) QA
7 42 (3.19%) PCI DSS
8 35 (2.66%) NCSC
9 34 (2.58%) Data Quality
10 28 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 20 (1.52%) COBIT
12 16 (1.22%) Def Stans
12 16 (1.22%) EU AI Act
12 16 (1.22%) SLA
13 15 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 15 (1.14%) NIST 800
14 14 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 13 (0.99%) Basel III
16 12 (0.91%) JSP 440
17 11 (0.84%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (2.58%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.67%) Docker
3 7 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.076%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.076%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.076%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.44%) Terraform
3 11 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.68%) RSA Archer
5 8 (0.61%) Ansible
6 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.38%) Grafana
7 5 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (0.38%) SCCM
8 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.23%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.23%) QRadar
9 3 (0.23%) WSUS
10 2 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.076%) Consul
11 1 (0.076%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.076%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.076%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.076%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 171 (12.99%) Microsoft
2 73 (5.55%) SAP
3 57 (4.33%) ServiceNow
4 56 (4.26%) Oracle
5 38 (2.89%) Google
6 20 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.29%) Murex
8 15 (1.14%) Ariba
9 12 (0.91%) Databricks
9 12 (0.91%) Splunk
10 11 (0.84%) Workday
11 9 (0.68%) CyberArk
11 9 (0.68%) IBM
12 8 (0.61%) Citrix
12 8 (0.61%) F5
12 8 (0.61%) VMware
13 7 (0.53%) Informatica
14 6 (0.46%) Bloomberg
14 6 (0.46%) Cisco
15 5 (0.38%) OneTrust