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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 54 67
Rank change year-on-year -20 +13 -2
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,783 1,439 1,198
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.32% 4.40% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.93% 4.86% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,107 895 731
10th Percentile £406 £359 £363
25th Percentile £475 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.78%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £800 £875 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £540
% change year-on-year +2.44% -5.09% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 29 28
10th Percentile £24.37 £22.16 £27.08
25th Percentile £46.69 £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 £73.00 £51.00 £59.19
% change year-on-year +43.14% -13.83% -4.65%

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 45,365 29,616 33,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.57% 90.47% 85.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,789 18,444 20,998
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% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,884 1,758 1,700
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £13.87
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% -3.67%
75th Percentile £67.99 £47.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.63 £42.50
% change year-on-year +94.26% -46.75% +6.25%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -19 1,564 £569 -1.04% 1,928
UK excluding London -6 920 £525 +2.44% 986
London -34 732 £600 -7.69% 1,200
Work from Home -20 485 £550 -5.46% 849
North of England -11 271 £503 -0.87% 208
South East +10 248 £575 +4.55% 204
North West -30 137 £525 +2.68% 123
Yorkshire +3 128 £492 -1.60% 66
South West -10 115 £570 -2.98% 187
Scotland +14 113 £475 +2.70% 124
Midlands -53 100 £563 +19.94% 112
West Midlands -33 77 £553 +10.50% 64
East of England +9 66 £513 -12.77% 90
East Midlands -30 20 £547 +36.07% 48
Wales -16 10 £625 +51.52% 29
Northern Ireland -5 8 £394 -28.41% 45
North East -40 6 £454 -22.77% 21

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 (4.21%) Confluence
2 43 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.56%) SAS
4 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.22%) 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 60 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.22%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.22%) Revit
7 3 (0.17%) Windchill
8 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.11%) Trello
9 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.056%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 45 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.84%) SAP GRC
3 13 (0.73%) Endur
4 11 (0.62%) Primavera
5 10 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
7 7 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.22%) Actimize
9 4 (0.22%) Magento
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
9 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 3 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.17%) SAP HCM
10 3 (0.17%) Summit
10 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 253 (14.19%) Azure
2 182 (10.21%) AWS
3 81 (4.54%) GCP
4 75 (4.21%) Power Platform
5 63 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (3.25%) Entra ID
7 50 (2.80%) SaaS
8 36 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (1.63%) GitHub
10 26 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
11 22 (1.23%) OCI
12 20 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
12 20 (1.12%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.07%) Azure AI
13 19 (1.07%) PaaS
14 16 (0.90%) Anthropic Claude
15 15 (0.84%) Serverless
16 14 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
17 13 (0.73%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (3.65%) Network Security
2 42 (2.36%) Firewall
3 22 (1.23%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.01%) WAN
5 17 (0.95%) DNS
6 16 (0.90%) LAN
7 14 (0.79%) 5G
7 14 (0.79%) DHCP
8 12 (0.67%) 4G
9 9 (0.50%) HTTP
9 9 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.45%) BIG-IP
10 8 (0.45%) Internet
10 8 (0.45%) VPN
11 6 (0.34%) HTTPS
11 6 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
12 5 (0.28%) 3G
12 5 (0.28%) NGFW
12 5 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
12 5 (0.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.14%) Power BI
2 40 (2.24%) Metadata
3 35 (1.96%) SQL Server
4 32 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (0.90%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (0.73%) Data Lake
8 13 (0.73%) Db2
9 12 (0.67%) Tableau
10 10 (0.56%) Big Data
11 9 (0.50%) Oracle Database
11 9 (0.50%) RDBMS
12 7 (0.39%) MySQL
13 6 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 5 (0.28%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.28%) NoSQL
15 4 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.22%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.22%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 120 (6.73%) JIRA
2 25 (1.40%) Git
3 19 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.73%) Selenium
5 9 (0.50%) Postman
5 9 (0.50%) Zephyr
6 8 (0.45%) Cypress.io
7 7 (0.39%) GitLab
7 7 (0.39%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.34%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.22%) Claude Code
9 4 (0.22%) Subversion
10 3 (0.17%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (0.17%) JUnit
10 3 (0.17%) Maven
10 3 (0.17%) MLflow
10 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.17%) TestRail
General
1 703 (39.43%) Social Skills
2 648 (36.34%) Finance
3 290 (16.26%) Analytical Skills
4 214 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 192 (10.77%) Banking
6 131 (7.35%) Legal
7 82 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
8 70 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
9 66 (3.70%) Front Office
10 47 (2.64%) Aerospace
11 46 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
12 43 (2.41%) Retail
12 43 (2.41%) Telecoms
13 40 (2.24%) Investment Banking
13 40 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
14 38 (2.13%) Military
15 37 (2.08%) Financial Institution
16 34 (1.91%) Law
16 34 (1.91%) Manufacturing
17 26 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 238 (13.35%) Lead
2 215 (12.06%) Architect
3 195 (10.94%) Project Manager
4 168 (9.42%) Senior
5 164 (9.20%) Analyst
6 107 (6.00%) Consultant
7 95 (5.33%) Security Architect
8 75 (4.21%) Programme Manager
9 71 (3.98%) Developer
10 63 (3.53%) Business Analyst
11 55 (3.08%) Senior Manager
12 54 (3.03%) Risk Manager
13 49 (2.75%) IT Manager
14 46 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
15 42 (2.36%) Security Consultant
16 36 (2.02%) Solutions Architect
17 35 (1.96%) Security Manager
18 32 (1.79%) Security Engineer
19 29 (1.63%) Coordinator
19 29 (1.63%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.02%) Terraform
2 34 (1.91%) REST
3 29 (1.63%) .NET
4 25 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
5 24 (1.35%) Middleware
6 16 (0.90%) Kafka
6 16 (0.90%) OAuth
7 14 (0.79%) JSON
8 13 (0.73%) XML
9 11 (0.62%) Leaflet
9 11 (0.62%) RESTful
9 11 (0.62%) SAML
9 11 (0.62%) SOAP
10 10 (0.56%) OpenID
10 10 (0.56%) SLSA
10 10 (0.56%) Spring
11 9 (0.50%) LDAP
11 9 (0.50%) React
11 9 (0.50%) SailPoint
12 8 (0.45%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 115 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 92 (5.16%) Onboarding
3 91 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 73 (4.09%) Security Posture
5 69 (3.87%) Cloud Native
6 55 (3.08%) Operational Technology
7 52 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
8 42 (2.36%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
10 36 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
11 32 (1.79%) Derivative
12 31 (1.74%) AI Agents
13 28 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
13 28 (1.57%) Market Risk
13 28 (1.57%) NHS
14 24 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
15 23 (1.29%) Credit Risk
15 23 (1.29%) PMI
16 22 (1.23%) Data Structures
17 20 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 60 (3.37%) Windows
2 53 (2.97%) Linux
3 36 (2.02%) 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
1 678 (38.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 435 (24.40%) Agile
3 420 (23.56%) Cybersecurity
4 406 (22.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 379 (21.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 275 (15.42%) Decision-Making
7 263 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
8 252 (14.13%) AI
9 250 (14.02%) Project Management
10 224 (12.56%) Roadmaps
11 201 (11.27%) Project Delivery
12 195 (10.94%) Information Security
13 167 (9.37%) Change Management
13 167 (9.37%) Migration
14 160 (8.97%) CI/CD
15 157 (8.81%) DevOps
16 146 (8.19%) Analytics
17 143 (8.02%) PRINCE2
18 134 (7.52%) Vulnerability Management
19 131 (7.35%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 130 (7.29%) Python
2 91 (5.10%) SQL
3 49 (2.75%) Java
4 34 (1.91%) PowerShell
5 29 (1.63%) C#
6 17 (0.95%) JavaScript
7 14 (0.79%) 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 (0.22%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.22%) CLIST
12 4 (0.22%) JCL
12 4 (0.22%) REXX
12 4 (0.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 476 (26.70%) Security Cleared
2 345 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 171 (9.59%) Degree
4 155 (8.69%) CISSP
5 117 (6.56%) DV Cleared
6 109 (6.11%) CISM
7 84 (4.71%) PMI Certification
8 82 (4.60%) PMP
9 50 (2.80%) CRISC
10 45 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
11 39 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
12 36 (2.02%) CISA
13 34 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 30 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
15 28 (1.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 24 (1.35%) Master's Degree
17 22 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
18 18 (1.01%) CCSP
19 17 (0.95%) AWS Certification
19 17 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (12.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 213 (11.95%) NIST
3 181 (10.15%) GRC
4 115 (6.45%) GDPR
5 98 (5.50%) QA
6 77 (4.32%) NCSC
7 75 (4.21%) Data Quality
8 62 (3.48%) PMO
9 38 (2.13%) JSP 440
10 33 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (1.29%) SOC 2
12 21 (1.18%) COBIT
13 20 (1.12%) PCI DSS
13 20 (1.12%) SLA
14 19 (1.07%) NIST 800
15 17 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 16 (0.90%) Accessibility
17 15 (0.84%) ISO 31000
18 14 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
19 13 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 38 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.07%) Docker
3 9 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
5 3 (0.17%) FreeRADIUS
5 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.17%) Postfix
5 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.11%) NFS
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.056%) Ceph
7 1 (0.056%) IAG
7 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (2.08%) Kubernetes
2 28 (1.57%) Ansible
3 13 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.67%) SCCM
5 11 (0.62%) Grafana
6 8 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.22%) Control-M
8 4 (0.22%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.22%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.22%) Nessus
8 4 (0.22%) OMEGAMON
8 4 (0.22%) 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 (13.97%) Microsoft
2 97 (5.44%) ServiceNow
3 87 (4.88%) SAP
4 79 (4.43%) Oracle
5 43 (2.41%) Google
6 21 (1.18%) IBM
7 20 (1.12%) Salesforce
8 17 (0.95%) Cisco
8 17 (0.95%) Splunk
9 16 (0.90%) Sybase
10 15 (0.84%) Foundry
11 14 (0.79%) Databricks
11 14 (0.79%) Workday
12 13 (0.73%) VMware
13 12 (0.67%) Murex
13 12 (0.67%) Qualys
14 9 (0.50%) F5
14 9 (0.50%) Okta
14 9 (0.50%) OpenAI
15 8 (0.45%) Tenable