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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 53 60
Rank change year-on-year -20 +7 +14
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,420 1,193 1,438
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.29% 4.04% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 4.48% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 914 709 956
10th Percentile £402 £360 £393
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 £675
90th Percentile £813 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 45 49
10th Percentile £23.42 £28.79 £12.25
25th Percentile £34.75 £46.30 £33.48
Median hourly rate £74.31 £61.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +22.99% +370.37%
75th Percentile £98.75 £78.36 £63.25
90th Percentile £107.00 £84.43 £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.49 £61.50 £48.44
% change year-on-year +21.14% +26.96% +394.23%

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 37,150 26,655 38,571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.07% 90.32% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,527 17,023 25,087
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 £612 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,218 906 2,334
10th Percentile £14.88 £15.39 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £31.65
% change year-on-year -15.38% +2.69% -9.57%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -18 1,268 £550 -8.33% 534
London -16 673 £600 -7.69% 213
UK excluding London -17 625 £525 - 398
Work from Home -2 405 £550 -4.35% 257
North of England -12 190 £523 -0.48% 93
South East -8 188 £543 -5.65% 137
Midlands -42 100 £550 +3.29% 59
North West -15 96 £540 +7.57% 54
Yorkshire +5 92 £500 -4.76% 35
West Midlands -49 67 £540 -9.05% 43
South West -7 56 £525 +5.00% 58
Scotland -13 49 £425 -8.99% 21
East Midlands -27 33 £550 +22.22% 16
East of England -28 33 £510 -3.77% 19
Wales -4 9 £214 -59.69% 11
Northern Ireland +2 7 £500 +66.67% 3
North East -24 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 64 (4.51%) Confluence
2 25 (1.76%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.42%) SAS
6 4 (0.28%) nginx
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.14%) Apache
8 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.070%) Camunda
9 1 (0.070%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.070%) IIS
9 1 (0.070%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.070%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.070%) WebSphere
Applications
1 69 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
3 35 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.20%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.28%) Trello
7 2 (0.14%) Revit
8 1 (0.070%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.070%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 21 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.56%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.42%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.35%) Primavera
7 4 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.28%) Summit
8 3 (0.21%) Endur
8 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.21%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.14%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 169 (11.90%) Azure
2 142 (10.00%) AWS
3 57 (4.01%) GCP
4 54 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
5 49 (3.45%) Power Platform
6 35 (2.46%) Entra ID
7 33 (2.32%) Microsoft Purview
8 32 (2.25%) SaaS
9 23 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.48%) Google Workspace
11 20 (1.41%) GitHub
12 19 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (1.27%) Google Sheets
14 15 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.77%) OCI
15 11 (0.77%) OpenShift
16 10 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
17 8 (0.56%) Collibra
18 7 (0.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.10%) Firewall
2 41 (2.89%) Network Security
3 14 (0.99%) DNS
4 11 (0.77%) LAN
5 10 (0.70%) Internet
5 10 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (0.63%) Kerberos
7 8 (0.56%) HTTP
7 8 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
7 8 (0.56%) WAN
8 7 (0.49%) 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 40 (2.82%) Power BI
2 22 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.34%) Metadata
5 16 (1.13%) SQL Server
6 14 (0.99%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.42%) Big Data
7 6 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.42%) KDB
7 6 (0.42%) Kdb+
7 6 (0.42%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.35%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.35%) Tableau
9 4 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 129 (9.08%) JIRA
2 16 (1.13%) Git
3 14 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.63%) GitLab
5 4 (0.28%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.21%) QUnit
6 3 (0.21%) Selenium
6 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.21%) Zephyr
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%) Postman
8 1 (0.070%) Appium
8 1 (0.070%) ERwin
8 1 (0.070%) JMeter
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Forms
General
1 541 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 531 (37.39%) Finance
3 232 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (12.89%) Banking
5 148 (10.42%) Public Sector
6 111 (7.82%) Legal
7 55 (3.87%) Front Office
7 55 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
8 47 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
9 42 (2.96%) Investment Banking
10 37 (2.61%) Financial Institution
11 34 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (2.32%) Retail
13 30 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (1.97%) Manufacturing
15 25 (1.76%) Telecoms
16 23 (1.62%) Military
17 20 (1.41%) Marketing
18 19 (1.34%) Aerospace
19 17 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 176 (12.39%) Project Manager
2 161 (11.34%) Lead
3 157 (11.06%) Analyst
4 149 (10.49%) Senior
5 129 (9.08%) Architect
6 108 (7.61%) Consultant
7 83 (5.85%) Developer
8 72 (5.07%) Programme Manager
9 66 (4.65%) Business Analyst
9 66 (4.65%) Security Architect
10 52 (3.66%) Senior Manager
11 48 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
12 44 (3.10%) Security Consultant
13 41 (2.89%) Risk Manager
14 37 (2.61%) Risk Analyst
15 33 (2.32%) Senior Developer
16 31 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (2.11%) Security Engineer
18 27 (1.90%) Technical Manager
19 25 (1.76%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 23 (1.62%) Kafka
3 22 (1.55%) REST
4 16 (1.13%) OAuth
5 15 (1.06%) .NET
6 13 (0.92%) SAML
7 11 (0.77%) Middleware
7 11 (0.77%) XML
8 10 (0.70%) RESTful
9 9 (0.63%) .NET Framework
9 9 (0.63%) COM
9 9 (0.63%) Dask
9 9 (0.63%) NumPy
9 9 (0.63%) Pandas
10 8 (0.56%) LDAP
10 8 (0.56%) PyTorch
11 7 (0.49%) OpenID
11 7 (0.49%) TensorFlow
12 6 (0.42%) FIX Protocol
12 6 (0.42%) React
Miscellaneous
1 152 (10.70%) Management Information System
2 72 (5.07%) Product Ownership
3 67 (4.72%) Derivative
4 64 (4.51%) Security Posture
5 53 (3.73%) Onboarding
6 42 (2.96%) Cloud Native
7 38 (2.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 37 (2.61%) Data Centre
8 37 (2.61%) Equities
8 37 (2.61%) Market Risk
9 36 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
10 28 (1.97%) Operational Technology
11 27 (1.90%) Algorithms
12 26 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 26 (1.83%) Credit Risk
12 26 (1.83%) Fixed Income
13 24 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
14 22 (1.55%) NHS
15 18 (1.27%) Data Structures
16 17 (1.20%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.54%) Linux
2 34 (2.39%) 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 (0.070%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (28.87%) Stakeholder Management
2 337 (23.73%) Agile
3 283 (19.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 257 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
5 234 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 234 (16.48%) Cybersecurity
6 214 (15.07%) Project Management
7 188 (13.24%) Decision-Making
8 178 (12.54%) Information Security
9 159 (11.20%) Change Management
10 152 (10.70%) Roadmaps
11 136 (9.58%) Migration
12 134 (9.44%) Project Delivery
13 130 (9.15%) AI
14 128 (9.01%) Regulatory Compliance
15 121 (8.52%) Analytics
16 116 (8.17%) Data Protection
17 107 (7.54%) PRINCE2
18 98 (6.90%) DevOps
18 98 (6.90%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 128 (9.01%) SQL
2 117 (8.24%) Python
3 53 (3.73%) Java
4 37 (2.61%) PowerShell
5 27 (1.90%) C#
6 26 (1.83%) C++
7 15 (1.06%) VBA
8 12 (0.85%) 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
11 3 (0.21%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.14%) Perl
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
1 300 (21.13%) Security Cleared
2 232 (16.34%) Degree
3 225 (15.85%) SC Cleared
4 129 (9.08%) CISSP
5 93 (6.55%) CISM
6 76 (5.35%) DV Cleared
6 76 (5.35%) PMI Certification
7 72 (5.07%) PMP
8 51 (3.59%) Master's Degree
9 34 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 31 (2.18%) CRISC
11 28 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (1.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 17 (1.20%) CISA
14 16 (1.13%) PhD
15 15 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
16 14 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
17 12 (0.85%) CESG Certified Professional
17 12 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 11 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (12.68%) NIST
2 174 (12.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 122 (8.59%) GDPR
4 112 (7.89%) GRC
5 80 (5.63%) PMO
6 75 (5.28%) QA
7 52 (3.66%) PCI DSS
8 46 (3.24%) Data Quality
9 44 (3.10%) NCSC
10 29 (2.04%) NIST 800
11 28 (1.97%) SLA
12 24 (1.69%) SOC 2
13 23 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 21 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
15 19 (1.34%) COBIT
15 19 (1.34%) JSP 440
16 17 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
17 16 (1.13%) Def Stans
17 16 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 13 (0.92%) RMADS
System Software
1 33 (2.32%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.99%) Docker
3 8 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.21%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.070%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.070%) Postfix
6 1 (0.070%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.070%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.070%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.27%) Terraform
3 14 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.63%) Ansible
5 9 (0.63%) SCCM
6 5 (0.35%) 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%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.21%) QRadar
8 3 (0.21%) WSUS
9 2 (0.14%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.14%) Nessus
9 2 (0.14%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.14%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 172 (12.11%) Microsoft
2 70 (4.93%) Oracle
3 68 (4.79%) SAP
4 63 (4.44%) ServiceNow
5 44 (3.10%) Google
6 22 (1.55%) Murex
7 19 (1.34%) Workday
8 18 (1.27%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.13%) Ariba
10 11 (0.77%) Databricks
11 10 (0.70%) Cisco
11 10 (0.70%) CyberArk
11 10 (0.70%) Splunk
11 10 (0.70%) VMware
12 8 (0.56%) F5
12 8 (0.56%) IBM
12 8 (0.56%) Informatica
13 6 (0.42%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.42%) Citrix
13 6 (0.42%) OpenAI