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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 53 61
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +15
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,414 1,183 1,454
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.32% 4.01% 3.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.86% 4.44% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 905 704 956
10th Percentile £402 £361 £394
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £680
90th Percentile £800 £834 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 44 56
10th Percentile £30.00 £28.72 £12.33
25th Percentile £33.50 £45.04 £36.00
Median hourly rate £69.36 £61.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +12.79% +14.41% +405.64%
75th Percentile £97.50 £78.37 £82.41
90th Percentile £107.00 £84.64 £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.15 £61.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +12.45% +22.99% +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 36,632 26,629 38,749
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.08% 90.34% 86.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,216 16,983 25,185
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -1.84% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,179 898 2,347
10th Percentile £14.64 £15.57 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.68 £76.53 £71.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.55 £32.00 £31.80
% change year-on-year -17.02% +0.63% -9.14%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -12 1,266 £550 -8.30% 552
London -15 675 £600 -5.66% 215
UK excluding London -20 619 £525 - 401
Work from Home -4 403 £550 -4.35% 268
South East -10 186 £525 -8.70% 135
North of England -13 185 £519 -1.24% 95
Midlands -49 102 £550 +1.85% 64
North West -17 92 £533 +6.50% 55
Yorkshire -1 91 £500 -5.48% 36
West Midlands -39 69 £540 -10.00% 47
South West +2 57 £525 +5.00% 59
Scotland -12 46 £423 -10.30% 17
East of England -28 33 £510 -3.77% 21
East Midlands -33 33 £550 +22.22% 17
Wales 0 9 £214 -59.69% 11
Northern Ireland +2 8 £500 +66.67% 3
North East -23 2 £550 -4.35% 4

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 63 (4.46%) Confluence
2 24 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.42%) SAS
6 4 (0.28%) nginx
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Apache
8 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.071%) CMS
9 1 (0.071%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.071%) IIS
9 1 (0.071%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.071%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.071%) WebSphere
Applications
1 71 (5.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (3.75%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (2.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.13%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.28%) Trello
8 2 (0.14%) Revit
9 1 (0.071%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.071%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 22 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.64%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (0.42%) Primavera
5 5 (0.35%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.35%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.28%) Summit
7 3 (0.21%) Endur
7 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.21%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.14%) Actimize
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.14%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 168 (11.88%) Azure
2 141 (9.97%) AWS
3 56 (3.96%) GCP
4 53 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (3.39%) Power Platform
6 34 (2.40%) Entra ID
7 32 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 31 (2.19%) SaaS
9 23 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.49%) Google Workspace
11 19 (1.34%) GitHub
12 18 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (1.27%) Google Sheets
13 15 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.78%) OCI
14 11 (0.78%) OpenShift
15 10 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
15 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
16 8 (0.57%) Collibra
17 7 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.04%) Firewall
2 40 (2.83%) Network Security
3 14 (0.99%) DNS
4 11 (0.78%) LAN
5 10 (0.71%) Internet
5 10 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (0.64%) Kerberos
7 8 (0.57%) HTTP
7 8 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
7 8 (0.57%) WAN
8 7 (0.50%) DHCP
9 5 (0.35%) BIG-IP
9 5 (0.35%) Cisco IPT
10 4 (0.28%) 5G
10 4 (0.28%) VPN
11 3 (0.21%) Broadband
11 3 (0.21%) NGFW
11 3 (0.21%) SAN
11 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.76%) Power BI
2 22 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (1.20%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.13%) Metadata
6 14 (0.99%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.42%) Big Data
8 6 (0.42%) KDB
8 6 (0.42%) Kdb+
8 6 (0.42%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.35%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.35%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.35%) Tableau
10 4 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.28%) Data Mart
10 4 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.28%) MS Access
10 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 127 (8.98%) JIRA
2 16 (1.13%) Git
3 14 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.64%) GitLab
5 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
5 4 (0.28%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.21%) QUnit
7 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.14%) GCC
7 2 (0.14%) GDB
7 2 (0.14%) JUnit
7 2 (0.14%) Mockito
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.14%) Postman
7 2 (0.14%) Selenium
7 2 (0.14%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.071%) JMeter
8 1 (0.071%) jMock
8 1 (0.071%) Maven
General
1 547 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 532 (37.62%) Finance
3 228 (16.12%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (12.94%) Banking
5 145 (10.25%) Public Sector
6 111 (7.85%) Legal
7 55 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
8 54 (3.82%) Front Office
9 49 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
10 43 (3.04%) Investment Banking
11 38 (2.69%) Financial Institution
12 34 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (2.26%) Retail
14 29 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
15 28 (1.98%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.77%) Telecoms
17 22 (1.56%) Military
18 20 (1.41%) Marketing
19 18 (1.27%) Aerospace
20 17 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 171 (12.09%) Project Manager
2 161 (11.39%) Analyst
3 160 (11.32%) Lead
4 150 (10.61%) Senior
5 127 (8.98%) Architect
6 109 (7.71%) Consultant
7 83 (5.87%) Developer
8 72 (5.09%) Programme Manager
9 66 (4.67%) Business Analyst
10 63 (4.46%) Security Architect
11 52 (3.68%) Senior Manager
12 51 (3.61%) Delivery Manager
13 44 (3.11%) Security Consultant
14 40 (2.83%) Risk Manager
15 38 (2.69%) Risk Analyst
16 32 (2.26%) Senior Developer
17 31 (2.19%) Solutions Architect
18 30 (2.12%) Security Engineer
19 29 (2.05%) Technical Manager
20 26 (1.84%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.84%) Oracle Fusion
2 23 (1.63%) Kafka
2 23 (1.63%) REST
3 16 (1.13%) .NET
3 16 (1.13%) OAuth
4 13 (0.92%) SAML
5 11 (0.78%) Middleware
6 10 (0.71%) .NET Framework
6 10 (0.71%) RESTful
6 10 (0.71%) XML
7 9 (0.64%) COM
7 9 (0.64%) Dask
7 9 (0.64%) NumPy
7 9 (0.64%) Pandas
8 8 (0.57%) LDAP
8 8 (0.57%) PyTorch
9 7 (0.50%) OpenID
9 7 (0.50%) TensorFlow
10 6 (0.42%) React
10 6 (0.42%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 152 (10.75%) Management Information System
2 70 (4.95%) Product Ownership
3 68 (4.81%) Derivative
4 66 (4.67%) Security Posture
5 52 (3.68%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.83%) Cloud Native
7 38 (2.69%) Data Centre
7 38 (2.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 38 (2.69%) Market Risk
8 37 (2.62%) Equities
9 35 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
10 27 (1.91%) Algorithms
10 27 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
10 27 (1.91%) Operational Technology
11 26 (1.84%) Credit Risk
11 26 (1.84%) Fixed Income
12 24 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
13 22 (1.56%) NHS
14 17 (1.20%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.20%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 37 (2.62%) Linux
2 34 (2.40%) Windows
3 14 (0.99%) Unix
4 6 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.21%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.21%) VMS
6 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.21%) zOS
7 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.071%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 403 (28.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 334 (23.62%) Agile
3 277 (19.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 254 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
5 231 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 231 (16.34%) Cybersecurity
6 216 (15.28%) Project Management
7 184 (13.01%) Decision-Making
8 179 (12.66%) Information Security
9 155 (10.96%) Change Management
10 152 (10.75%) Roadmaps
11 138 (9.76%) Migration
12 134 (9.48%) Project Delivery
13 128 (9.05%) AI
14 126 (8.91%) Regulatory Compliance
15 120 (8.49%) Analytics
16 111 (7.85%) Data Protection
17 104 (7.36%) PRINCE2
18 101 (7.14%) Scrum
19 95 (6.72%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 128 (9.05%) SQL
2 118 (8.35%) Python
3 53 (3.75%) Java
4 37 (2.62%) PowerShell
5 28 (1.98%) C#
6 26 (1.84%) C++
7 15 (1.06%) VBA
8 13 (0.92%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.35%) Bash
9 5 (0.35%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.28%) Korn
10 4 (0.28%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.14%) Perl
12 2 (0.14%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.14%) R
12 2 (0.14%) RPG
12 2 (0.14%) Rust
12 2 (0.14%) Scala
12 2 (0.14%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 297 (21.00%) Security Cleared
2 236 (16.69%) Degree
3 225 (15.91%) SC Cleared
4 131 (9.26%) CISSP
5 96 (6.79%) CISM
6 74 (5.23%) DV Cleared
7 71 (5.02%) PMI Certification
8 68 (4.81%) PMP
9 53 (3.75%) Master's Degree
10 35 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 32 (2.26%) CRISC
12 31 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
13 23 (1.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 21 (1.49%) CISA
15 16 (1.13%) PhD
16 15 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
17 12 (0.85%) CESG Certified Professional
17 12 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 11 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (12.73%) NIST
2 177 (12.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 121 (8.56%) GDPR
4 119 (8.42%) GRC
5 81 (5.73%) PMO
6 74 (5.23%) QA
7 54 (3.82%) PCI DSS
8 43 (3.04%) Data Quality
9 42 (2.97%) NCSC
10 28 (1.98%) NIST 800
10 28 (1.98%) SLA
11 25 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 23 (1.63%) SOC 2
13 20 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
13 20 (1.41%) COBIT
14 18 (1.27%) Def Stans
15 17 (1.20%) JSP 440
16 16 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
16 16 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 12 (0.85%) RMADS
System Software
1 34 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.99%) Docker
3 8 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.21%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.071%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.071%) Postfix
6 1 (0.071%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.071%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.071%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (1.63%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.20%) Terraform
3 13 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.64%) Ansible
5 9 (0.64%) SCCM
6 7 (0.50%) RSA Archer
7 4 (0.28%) Grafana
7 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.21%) CASB
8 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.21%) Kubeflow
8 3 (0.21%) QRadar
8 3 (0.21%) WSUS
9 2 (0.14%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.14%) Nessus
9 2 (0.14%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.14%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 172 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 70 (4.95%) Oracle
3 68 (4.81%) SAP
4 66 (4.67%) ServiceNow
5 44 (3.11%) Google
6 22 (1.56%) Murex
7 19 (1.34%) Workday
8 18 (1.27%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.13%) Ariba
10 11 (0.78%) Databricks
11 10 (0.71%) Cisco
11 10 (0.71%) CyberArk
11 10 (0.71%) Splunk
11 10 (0.71%) VMware
12 8 (0.57%) F5
12 8 (0.57%) Informatica
13 7 (0.50%) Bloomberg
13 7 (0.50%) IBM
14 6 (0.42%) Charles River
14 6 (0.42%) Citrix