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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 51 74
Rank change year-on-year -24 +23 -7
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,678 1,431 1,204
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.19% 4.40% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% 4.87% 3.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,072 873 739
10th Percentile £411 £375 £362
25th Percentile £481 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £721
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £512 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.93% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 28 40
10th Percentile £24.14 £23.10 £12.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £46.30 £28.18
Median hourly rate £75.00 £53.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.51% +6.00% +318.76%
75th Percentile £85.84 £77.74 £61.25
90th Percentile £105.33 £87.33 £80.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £58.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +37.34% +16.50% +26.42%

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 44,805 29,397 36,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.38% 85.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,846 18,489 23,062
10th Percentile £325 £300 £303
25th Percentile £419 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £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 2,636 1,550 2,325
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.34 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.50 £51.65 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.75 £70.00 £73.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.33 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.96% -36.18% -4.70%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 1,484 £570 -0.87% 705
UK excluding London -8 861 £538 +5.00% 424
London -38 697 £600 -8.57% 357
Work from Home -19 483 £550 -5.98% 297
North of England -11 260 £514 +0.15% 110
South East -3 233 £575 +5.50% 133
North West -22 132 £533 +4.15% 65
Yorkshire +3 126 £500 -4.76% 38
Midlands -39 112 £550 +15.79% 61
Scotland +1 99 £475 +1.71% 20
South West -16 92 £573 -0.43% 59
West Midlands -40 86 £545 +9.00% 34
East of England +14 59 £525 -4.55% 34
East Midlands -18 25 £550 +23.66% 27
Northern Ireland -4 9 £394 -28.41% 6
Wales -17 7 £725 +61.83% 8
North East -41 4 £454 -17.50% 7

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 68 (4.05%) Confluence
2 36 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.54%) SAS
4 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.24%) IIS
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.060%) Apache
8 1 (0.060%) Appian
8 1 (0.060%) CMS
8 1 (0.060%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.060%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.060%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.060%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.060%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.060%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.060%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
4 35 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.24%) Revit
6 4 (0.24%) Trello
7 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.060%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.060%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 39 (2.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.72%) Endur
3 10 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.36%) Actimize
5 6 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.36%) Primavera
5 6 (0.36%) SAP GRC
6 5 (0.30%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.30%) Summit
7 4 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.24%) Loan IQ
7 4 (0.24%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.24%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 250 (14.90%) Azure
2 176 (10.49%) AWS
3 78 (4.65%) GCP
4 68 (4.05%) Power Platform
5 60 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (3.22%) Entra ID
7 44 (2.62%) SaaS
8 34 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.85%) GitHub
10 30 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
11 23 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (1.07%) PaaS
12 18 (1.07%) Snowflake
13 16 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
14 15 (0.89%) Azure AI
14 15 (0.89%) Serverless
15 14 (0.83%) Anthropic Claude
15 14 (0.83%) Google Workspace
16 13 (0.77%) IaaS
16 13 (0.77%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 57 (3.40%) Network Security
2 39 (2.32%) Firewall
3 16 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 15 (0.89%) DNS
4 15 (0.89%) WAN
5 13 (0.77%) DHCP
6 12 (0.72%) 5G
6 12 (0.72%) LAN
7 10 (0.60%) 4G
7 10 (0.60%) BIG-IP
7 10 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.48%) HTTP
9 7 (0.42%) Internet
9 7 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.36%) VPN
11 5 (0.30%) 3G
11 5 (0.30%) NAS
11 5 (0.30%) NGFW
11 5 (0.30%) SAN
11 5 (0.30%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (2.98%) Power BI
2 34 (2.03%) Metadata
3 33 (1.97%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.67%) SQL Server
5 19 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.95%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.77%) Db2
9 11 (0.66%) Data Lake
10 10 (0.60%) Big Data
10 10 (0.60%) RDBMS
10 10 (0.60%) Tableau
11 6 (0.36%) MySQL
11 6 (0.36%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.30%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.30%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 114 (6.79%) JIRA
2 26 (1.55%) Git
3 24 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.54%) GitLab
5 8 (0.48%) Selenium
6 6 (0.36%) TeamCity
6 6 (0.36%) Zephyr
7 5 (0.30%) JUnit
7 5 (0.30%) Mockito
8 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.24%) DbUnit
8 4 (0.24%) jMock
8 4 (0.24%) Maven
8 4 (0.24%) Postman
8 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.24%) Subversion
9 3 (0.18%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.18%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.18%) MLflow
General
1 634 (37.78%) Social Skills
2 622 (37.07%) Finance
3 256 (15.26%) Analytical Skills
4 201 (11.98%) Public Sector
5 187 (11.14%) Banking
6 130 (7.75%) Legal
7 63 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
8 61 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
9 50 (2.98%) Front Office
10 42 (2.50%) Financial Institution
11 41 (2.44%) Telecoms
12 40 (2.38%) Retail
13 39 (2.32%) Aerospace
14 38 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
14 38 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
15 36 (2.15%) Investment Banking
16 31 (1.85%) Military
17 27 (1.61%) Manufacturing
18 23 (1.37%) Law
19 22 (1.31%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 220 (13.11%) Lead
2 204 (12.16%) Project Manager
3 198 (11.80%) Architect
4 163 (9.71%) Senior
5 156 (9.30%) Analyst
6 87 (5.18%) Consultant
7 83 (4.95%) Security Architect
8 71 (4.23%) Developer
8 71 (4.23%) Programme Manager
9 67 (3.99%) Business Analyst
10 65 (3.87%) Senior Manager
11 55 (3.28%) Risk Manager
12 46 (2.74%) Delivery Manager
13 44 (2.62%) IT Manager
14 36 (2.15%) Security Engineer
15 35 (2.09%) Security Consultant
15 35 (2.09%) Security Manager
15 35 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
16 30 (1.79%) Product Manager
17 29 (1.73%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 26 (1.55%) REST
3 25 (1.49%) .NET
4 19 (1.13%) Kafka
5 18 (1.07%) Middleware
6 15 (0.89%) OAuth
6 15 (0.89%) XML
7 13 (0.77%) JSON
8 12 (0.72%) RESTful
8 12 (0.72%) SOAP
9 11 (0.66%) Azure Blueprints
9 11 (0.66%) Leaflet
9 11 (0.66%) OpenID
9 11 (0.66%) React
9 11 (0.66%) SAML
9 11 (0.66%) Spring
10 10 (0.60%) Web Services
11 9 (0.54%) LDAP
11 9 (0.54%) SLSA
12 8 (0.48%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 117 (6.97%) Management Information System
2 88 (5.24%) Onboarding
3 86 (5.13%) Product Ownership
4 68 (4.05%) Cloud Native
5 65 (3.87%) Security Posture
6 61 (3.64%) Operational Technology
7 52 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
8 46 (2.74%) Data Centre
9 35 (2.09%) Derivative
10 30 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
10 30 (1.79%) Market Risk
11 28 (1.67%) AI Agents
12 26 (1.55%) PMI
13 25 (1.49%) Fixed Income
13 25 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
14 24 (1.43%) NHS
15 21 (1.25%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
16 19 (1.13%) Virtual Team
17 18 (1.07%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 52 (3.10%) Windows
2 47 (2.80%) Linux
3 35 (2.09%) Unix
4 20 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.30%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.30%) zOS
7 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.060%) AIX
9 1 (0.060%) Android
9 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (34.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 413 (24.61%) Agile
3 383 (22.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 355 (21.16%) Cybersecurity
5 351 (20.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 251 (14.96%) Project Management
7 250 (14.90%) Decision-Making
7 250 (14.90%) Problem-Solving
8 223 (13.29%) AI
8 223 (13.29%) Roadmaps
9 201 (11.98%) Information Security
10 178 (10.61%) Change Management
11 161 (9.59%) Project Delivery
12 154 (9.18%) Migration
13 148 (8.82%) CI/CD
14 144 (8.58%) DevOps
15 137 (8.16%) Analytics
16 127 (7.57%) Vulnerability Management
17 125 (7.45%) Data Protection
18 124 (7.39%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 128 (7.63%) Python
2 100 (5.96%) SQL
3 58 (3.46%) Java
4 39 (2.32%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.37%) C#
6 17 (1.01%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.72%) VBA
8 10 (0.60%) C++
8 10 (0.60%) Shell Script
9 9 (0.54%) Bash
9 9 (0.54%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.42%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.36%) Go
12 4 (0.24%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.24%) Bicep
12 4 (0.24%) CLIST
12 4 (0.24%) JCL
12 4 (0.24%) REXX
12 4 (0.24%) Scala
13 3 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 418 (24.91%) Security Cleared
2 311 (18.53%) SC Cleared
3 183 (10.91%) Degree
4 163 (9.71%) CISSP
5 102 (6.08%) DV Cleared
6 101 (6.02%) CISM
7 80 (4.77%) PMI Certification
8 76 (4.53%) PMP
9 40 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 39 (2.32%) CRISC
11 34 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
12 32 (1.91%) CISA
13 31 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
14 30 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 29 (1.73%) Master's Degree
16 27 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 21 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
18 16 (0.95%) AWS Certification
18 16 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
18 16 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (12.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 203 (12.10%) NIST
3 155 (9.24%) GRC
4 118 (7.03%) GDPR
5 80 (4.77%) QA
6 68 (4.05%) PMO
7 66 (3.93%) Data Quality
8 58 (3.46%) NCSC
9 36 (2.15%) PCI DSS
10 33 (1.97%) JSP 440
11 32 (1.91%) SOC 2
12 31 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
13 29 (1.73%) NIST 800
14 28 (1.67%) SLA
15 21 (1.25%) COBIT
16 18 (1.07%) ISO 31000
17 17 (1.01%) Def Stans
18 16 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 15 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
20 13 (0.77%) RMADS
System Software
1 36 (2.15%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.19%) Docker
3 10 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.24%) Postfix
5 4 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.060%) Ceph
8 1 (0.060%) FreeRADIUS
8 1 (0.060%) IAG
8 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.060%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (1.73%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.61%) Terraform
3 24 (1.43%) Ansible
4 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.66%) Grafana
6 10 (0.60%) SCCM
7 8 (0.48%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.30%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.24%) Control-M
10 4 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.24%) OMEGAMON
11 3 (0.18%) CASB
11 3 (0.18%) Nessus
12 2 (0.12%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.12%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.12%) Istio
12 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 228 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.36%) ServiceNow
3 81 (4.83%) SAP
4 75 (4.47%) Oracle
5 47 (2.80%) Google
6 21 (1.25%) IBM
7 20 (1.19%) Cisco
7 20 (1.19%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.01%) Workday
9 16 (0.95%) Sybase
10 15 (0.89%) Splunk
11 14 (0.83%) Foundry
12 12 (0.72%) F5
12 12 (0.72%) Qualys
13 11 (0.66%) Databricks
13 11 (0.66%) Murex
13 11 (0.66%) VMware
14 10 (0.60%) Infoblox
15 9 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
15 9 (0.54%) OpenAI