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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 51 61
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 +16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,354 1,238 1,495
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.39% 4.01% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 4.47% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 869 703 997
10th Percentile £400 £363 £400
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £685
90th Percentile £838 £823 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 41 63
10th Percentile £27.85 £26.12 £15.50
25th Percentile £33.50 £40.00 £38.54
Median hourly rate £54.00 £61.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% +2.49% +464.44%
75th Percentile £94.38 £75.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £105.60 £83.20 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.97 £61.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -33.38% +2.49% +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 34,716 27,671 39,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.89% 89.53% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,993 16,979 25,588
10th Percentile £310 £306 £300
25th Percentile £409 £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 £721 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -3.43% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,102 844 2,136
10th Percentile £14.55 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.28
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -2.35% -1.12%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £60.29
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.41% -13.00% +7.69%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 15 February 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 1,209 £550 -8.33% 478
London -4 667 £600 -4.00% 179
UK excluding London -34 567 £513 -2.38% 381
Work from Home -2 382 £556 +1.14% 254
South East -13 170 £525 -8.70% 160
North of England -32 162 £500 -4.76% 66
Midlands -44 96 £540 +1.41% 54
North West -35 83 £504 +1.49% 43
Yorkshire -14 77 £492 -8.04% 20
West Midlands -41 62 £525 -12.50% 38
South West -18 52 £506 +3.85% 49
Scotland -22 42 £425 -7.31% 17
East Midlands -26 34 £550 +19.57% 15
East of England -35 32 £525 -4.98% 32
Wales +9 12 £300 -43.35% 9
Northern Ireland +3 8 £500 +66.67% 3
North East -21 2 £550 -4.35% 3

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 53 (3.91%) Confluence
2 24 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.81%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.81%) SAS
5 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.30%) nginx
7 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.074%) Apache
8 1 (0.074%) Camunda
8 1 (0.074%) CMS
8 1 (0.074%) IIS
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
Applications
1 75 (5.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (4.21%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.30%) Revit
8 3 (0.22%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 23 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.52%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.37%) Primavera
6 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.30%) Endur
6 4 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.30%) Summit
7 3 (0.22%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.15%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 155 (11.45%) Azure
2 129 (9.53%) AWS
3 53 (3.91%) GCP
4 51 (3.77%) Power Platform
5 45 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (2.36%) Entra ID
6 32 (2.36%) SaaS
7 27 (1.99%) Microsoft Purview
8 26 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (1.55%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.33%) Google Sheets
11 16 (1.18%) GitHub
12 15 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.66%) OpenShift
16 8 (0.59%) Collibra
16 8 (0.59%) OCI
17 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
17 6 (0.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.77%) Firewall
2 33 (2.44%) Network Security
3 12 (0.89%) DNS
4 10 (0.74%) Internet
4 10 (0.74%) LAN
5 9 (0.66%) Kerberos
6 7 (0.52%) WAN
6 7 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (0.44%) VPN
8 5 (0.37%) Cisco IPT
8 5 (0.37%) DHCP
9 4 (0.30%) 5G
9 4 (0.30%) BIG-IP
10 3 (0.22%) Broadband
10 3 (0.22%) HTTP
10 3 (0.22%) Multicast
10 3 (0.22%) S/MIME
10 3 (0.22%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (3.10%) Power BI
2 26 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.33%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (1.11%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.03%) Metadata
7 8 (0.59%) Tableau
8 7 (0.52%) KDB
8 7 (0.52%) Kdb+
9 6 (0.44%) Big Data
9 6 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.37%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.37%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.30%) Data Mart
11 4 (0.30%) Dremio
11 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.30%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.30%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 116 (8.57%) JIRA
2 13 (0.96%) Git
3 12 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.52%) GitLab
4 7 (0.52%) SpecFlow
5 4 (0.30%) QUnit
5 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.22%) GCC
6 3 (0.22%) GDB
7 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.15%) Postman
7 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.074%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.074%) JMeter
8 1 (0.074%) MLflow
8 1 (0.074%) Mockito
8 1 (0.074%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.074%) Selenium
8 1 (0.074%) SonarQube
General
1 552 (40.77%) Social Skills
2 519 (38.33%) Finance
3 225 (16.62%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (13.44%) Banking
5 134 (9.90%) Public Sector
6 104 (7.68%) Legal
7 58 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
8 54 (3.99%) Front Office
9 48 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
10 45 (3.32%) Investment Banking
11 35 (2.58%) Financial Institution
12 31 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (2.22%) Manufacturing
14 29 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (1.99%) Retail
16 24 (1.77%) Telecoms
17 22 (1.62%) Military
18 19 (1.40%) Aerospace
18 19 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 17 (1.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 167 (12.33%) Analyst
2 158 (11.67%) Project Manager
3 144 (10.64%) Lead
4 140 (10.34%) Senior
5 114 (8.42%) Architect
6 103 (7.61%) Consultant
7 91 (6.72%) Developer
8 67 (4.95%) Programme Manager
9 66 (4.87%) Business Analyst
10 57 (4.21%) Security Architect
11 48 (3.55%) Senior Manager
12 43 (3.18%) Delivery Manager
13 40 (2.95%) Risk Analyst
14 39 (2.88%) Risk Manager
15 38 (2.81%) Security Consultant
16 35 (2.58%) Senior Developer
17 30 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
18 27 (1.99%) Java Developer
18 27 (1.99%) Security Analyst
18 27 (1.99%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.77%) Kafka
2 20 (1.48%) REST
3 19 (1.40%) .NET
4 18 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
5 15 (1.11%) OAuth
6 13 (0.96%) Middleware
6 13 (0.96%) NumPy
6 13 (0.96%) Pandas
7 12 (0.89%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.89%) SAML
8 11 (0.81%) XML
9 10 (0.74%) React
10 9 (0.66%) COM
10 9 (0.66%) Dask
10 9 (0.66%) RESTful
11 8 (0.59%) Entity Framework
11 8 (0.59%) LDAP
11 8 (0.59%) Playwright
12 7 (0.52%) AngularJS
12 7 (0.52%) NHibernate
Miscellaneous
1 149 (11.00%) Management Information System
2 68 (5.02%) Derivative
3 62 (4.58%) Security Posture
4 60 (4.43%) Product Ownership
5 53 (3.91%) Onboarding
6 44 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 41 (3.03%) Market Risk
8 39 (2.88%) Equities
9 35 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
10 34 (2.51%) Data Centre
11 33 (2.44%) Credit Risk
12 32 (2.36%) Cloud Native
13 30 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
13 30 (2.22%) Fixed Income
14 29 (2.14%) Algorithms
15 26 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
15 26 (1.92%) Operational Technology
16 21 (1.55%) NHS
17 19 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
17 19 (1.40%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 41 (3.03%) Linux
2 33 (2.44%) Windows
3 17 (1.26%) Unix
4 4 (0.30%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.22%) VMS
5 3 (0.22%) 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 (0.074%) Android
7 1 (0.074%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (28.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 310 (22.90%) Agile
3 273 (20.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 247 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
5 235 (17.36%) Cybersecurity
6 209 (15.44%) Project Management
7 205 (15.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 174 (12.85%) Decision-Making
9 168 (12.41%) Information Security
10 143 (10.56%) Change Management
11 126 (9.31%) Regulatory Compliance
11 126 (9.31%) Roadmaps
12 125 (9.23%) Migration
13 120 (8.86%) Project Delivery
14 118 (8.71%) Analytics
15 114 (8.42%) AI
16 104 (7.68%) Data Protection
17 102 (7.53%) PRINCE2
18 93 (6.87%) Scrum
19 89 (6.57%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 134 (9.90%) SQL
2 125 (9.23%) Python
3 53 (3.91%) Java
4 33 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 29 (2.14%) C#
6 28 (2.07%) C++
7 16 (1.18%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.18%) VBA
8 8 (0.59%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.52%) R
10 4 (0.30%) Korn
10 4 (0.30%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.22%) Bash
11 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.15%) Perl
12 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.15%) RPG
12 2 (0.15%) Rust
12 2 (0.15%) Scala
12 2 (0.15%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 272 (20.09%) Security Cleared
2 226 (16.69%) Degree
3 210 (15.51%) SC Cleared
4 119 (8.79%) CISSP
5 85 (6.28%) CISM
6 72 (5.32%) PMI Certification
7 68 (5.02%) DV Cleared
8 66 (4.87%) PMP
9 58 (4.28%) Master's Degree
10 38 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 31 (2.29%) CRISC
12 28 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.62%) CISA
13 22 (1.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 16 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (1.18%) PhD
15 15 (1.11%) Numerate Degree
16 12 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
17 10 (0.74%) GIAC
17 10 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (13.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 172 (12.70%) NIST
3 114 (8.42%) GRC
4 112 (8.27%) GDPR
5 76 (5.61%) PMO
6 72 (5.32%) QA
7 48 (3.55%) PCI DSS
8 39 (2.88%) Data Quality
9 37 (2.73%) NCSC
10 25 (1.85%) NIST 800
11 24 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 20 (1.48%) COBIT
13 19 (1.40%) Def Stans
13 19 (1.40%) SLA
14 18 (1.33%) SOC 2
15 16 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
15 16 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 14 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
17 13 (0.96%) EU AI Act
18 11 (0.81%) Basel III
System Software
1 35 (2.58%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.11%) Docker
3 9 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.074%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.074%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.074%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (1.55%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.26%) Terraform
3 12 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.74%) Ansible
5 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.59%) RSA Archer
7 7 (0.52%) SCCM
8 5 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.30%) Grafana
9 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.22%) QRadar
10 3 (0.22%) WSUS
11 2 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.15%) Nessus
11 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
12 1 (0.074%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.074%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.074%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 172 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 67 (4.95%) SAP
3 58 (4.28%) Oracle
3 58 (4.28%) ServiceNow
4 41 (3.03%) Google
5 19 (1.40%) Murex
6 16 (1.18%) Ariba
7 15 (1.11%) Salesforce
8 11 (0.81%) Databricks
8 11 (0.81%) Splunk
8 11 (0.81%) Workday
9 10 (0.74%) Cisco
9 10 (0.74%) Citrix
10 9 (0.66%) CyberArk
10 9 (0.66%) VMware
11 8 (0.59%) IBM
11 8 (0.59%) Informatica
12 7 (0.52%) F5
13 6 (0.44%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.37%) Solace