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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 48 75
Rank change year-on-year -25 +27 -9
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,572 1,318 1,256
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.15% 4.48% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 4.92% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,020 807 783
10th Percentile £406 £372 £355
25th Percentile £476 £457 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £700
90th Percentile £800 £875 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 27 44
10th Percentile £20.86 £46.30 £12.25
25th Percentile £39.52 £48.25 £28.18
Median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +30.00% +370.37%
75th Percentile £91.08 £84.23 £60.31
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.35 £77.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.40% +30.00% +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 42,365 26,787 37,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.77% 91.01% 85.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,429 17,005 23,768
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 2,540 1,187 2,585
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.21 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.56% -25.45% +4.20%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +15.02%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -23 1,400 £550 -4.35% 667
UK excluding London 0 788 £525 +2.44% 454
London -39 673 £600 -10.51% 295
Work from Home -21 456 £550 -4.35% 346
North of England -1 242 £514 +1.28% 121
South East -15 195 £563 +2.27% 157
Yorkshire +6 123 £500 - 42
North West -5 118 £540 +6.40% 69
Midlands -36 112 £550 +12.82% 59
South West +14 97 £570 +20.00% 62
Scotland -1 89 £475 - 27
West Midlands -38 79 £545 +9.00% 32
East of England +6 51 £525 -4.55% 33
East Midlands -16 33 £550 +23.04% 27
Northern Ireland -3 8 £450 -18.18% 4
Wales -18 2 £600 +26.32% 5
North East -41 1 £480 -12.73% 12

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 73 (4.64%) Confluence
2 39 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.45%) SAS
4 3 (0.19%) IIS
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.064%) Apache
6 1 (0.064%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.064%) Appian
6 1 (0.064%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.064%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.064%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.064%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.064%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.064%) WebSphere
Applications
1 53 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (2.61%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.25%) Navisworks
5 4 (0.25%) Revit
5 4 (0.25%) Trello
6 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.13%) Windchill
8 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.064%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.064%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 25 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.64%) Endur
4 7 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.45%) Summit
5 6 (0.38%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.32%) Actimize
6 5 (0.32%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.32%) Primavera
6 5 (0.32%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.25%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.19%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.19%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 215 (13.68%) Azure
2 159 (10.11%) AWS
3 68 (4.33%) Power Platform
4 65 (4.13%) GCP
5 64 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (3.24%) Entra ID
7 40 (2.54%) SaaS
8 29 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
10 25 (1.59%) GitHub
11 21 (1.34%) Google Workspace
12 20 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
13 18 (1.15%) PaaS
13 18 (1.15%) Snowflake
14 17 (1.08%) Google Sheets
14 17 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
15 14 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (0.70%) IaaS
16 11 (0.70%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.50%) Network Security
2 32 (2.04%) Firewall
3 17 (1.08%) DNS
4 14 (0.89%) DHCP
5 12 (0.76%) BIG-IP
5 12 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.57%) WAN
6 9 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.51%) 5G
7 8 (0.51%) Internet
8 7 (0.45%) HTTP
8 7 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.38%) 4G
9 6 (0.38%) LAN
10 5 (0.32%) 3G
10 5 (0.32%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.25%) NAS
11 4 (0.25%) NGFW
11 4 (0.25%) SAN
11 4 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.44%) Power BI
2 34 (2.16%) Metadata
3 26 (1.65%) Relational Database
4 23 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (1.34%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.76%) Tableau
9 9 (0.57%) Big Data
9 9 (0.57%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.57%) Db2
10 8 (0.51%) RDBMS
11 6 (0.38%) MySQL
11 6 (0.38%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.32%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 121 (7.70%) JIRA
2 19 (1.21%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.15%) Git
4 7 (0.45%) GitLab
5 6 (0.38%) Zephyr
6 5 (0.32%) JUnit
6 5 (0.32%) Mockito
6 5 (0.32%) Selenium
6 5 (0.32%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.25%) DbUnit
7 4 (0.25%) jMock
7 4 (0.25%) Maven
7 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.19%) MLflow
9 2 (0.13%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.13%) TestRail
10 1 (0.064%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.064%) Flyway
10 1 (0.064%) Postman
General
1 577 (36.70%) Social Skills
2 574 (36.51%) Finance
3 254 (16.16%) Analytical Skills
4 180 (11.45%) Public Sector
5 177 (11.26%) Banking
6 123 (7.82%) Legal
7 49 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
8 46 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
9 41 (2.61%) Front Office
10 38 (2.42%) Investment Banking
10 38 (2.42%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.23%) Financial Institution
12 34 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
12 34 (2.16%) Retail
13 31 (1.97%) Manufacturing
13 31 (1.97%) Military
14 30 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
15 27 (1.72%) Law
16 23 (1.46%) Aerospace
17 21 (1.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 196 (12.47%) Project Manager
2 195 (12.40%) Lead
3 170 (10.81%) Architect
4 158 (10.05%) Senior
5 149 (9.48%) Analyst
6 85 (5.41%) Consultant
7 72 (4.58%) Security Architect
8 70 (4.45%) Programme Manager
9 69 (4.39%) Business Analyst
10 67 (4.26%) Developer
11 58 (3.69%) Senior Manager
12 55 (3.50%) Risk Manager
13 42 (2.67%) Delivery Manager
14 39 (2.48%) Security Engineer
15 38 (2.42%) IT Manager
16 36 (2.29%) Security Manager
17 35 (2.23%) Security Consultant
18 33 (2.10%) Risk Analyst
19 31 (1.97%) Solutions Architect
20 26 (1.65%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (1.59%) REST
3 22 (1.40%) .NET
3 22 (1.40%) Kafka
4 17 (1.08%) XML
5 16 (1.02%) Middleware
6 14 (0.89%) JSON
7 13 (0.83%) OAuth
8 12 (0.76%) OpenID
8 12 (0.76%) SAML
9 11 (0.70%) Azure Blueprints
9 11 (0.70%) Leaflet
9 11 (0.70%) RESTful
10 10 (0.64%) LDAP
10 10 (0.64%) SOAP
11 9 (0.57%) React
11 9 (0.57%) Web Services
12 7 (0.45%) AngularJS
12 7 (0.45%) Spring
13 6 (0.38%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.82%) Management Information System
2 73 (4.64%) Product Ownership
3 71 (4.52%) Onboarding
4 60 (3.82%) Security Posture
5 57 (3.63%) Operational Technology
6 56 (3.56%) Cloud Native
7 45 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
8 43 (2.74%) Derivative
9 41 (2.61%) Data Centre
10 31 (1.97%) Market Risk
11 26 (1.65%) AI Agents
12 25 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
13 23 (1.46%) Credit Risk
13 23 (1.46%) Data Structures
13 23 (1.46%) NHS
14 21 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
14 21 (1.34%) PMI
15 20 (1.27%) Fixed Income
16 18 (1.15%) SCADA
17 17 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 51 (3.24%) Windows
2 42 (2.67%) Linux
3 26 (1.65%) Unix
4 17 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.38%) zOS
7 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 489 (31.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 387 (24.62%) Agile
3 330 (20.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 309 (19.66%) Cybersecurity
5 308 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 261 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
7 240 (15.27%) Project Management
8 231 (14.69%) Decision-Making
9 191 (12.15%) Information Security
10 184 (11.70%) AI
10 184 (11.70%) Roadmaps
11 173 (11.01%) Change Management
12 150 (9.54%) Project Delivery
13 142 (9.03%) Migration
14 128 (8.14%) Analytics
14 128 (8.14%) Regulatory Compliance
15 126 (8.02%) DevOps
16 122 (7.76%) CI/CD
17 121 (7.70%) Data Protection
18 115 (7.32%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 114 (7.25%) Python
2 109 (6.93%) SQL
3 57 (3.63%) Java
4 39 (2.48%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.40%) C#
6 16 (1.02%) C++
7 13 (0.83%) JavaScript
8 11 (0.70%) VBA
9 9 (0.57%) Bash
10 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.45%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.32%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.19%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.19%) Bicep
13 3 (0.19%) CLIST
13 3 (0.19%) Go
13 3 (0.19%) JCL
13 3 (0.19%) REXX
14 2 (0.13%) Korn
14 2 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 368 (23.41%) Security Cleared
2 270 (17.18%) SC Cleared
3 188 (11.96%) Degree
4 136 (8.65%) CISSP
5 98 (6.23%) CISM
6 82 (5.22%) DV Cleared
7 73 (4.64%) PMI Certification
8 70 (4.45%) PMP
9 45 (2.86%) CRISC
10 38 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 31 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
12 29 (1.84%) CISA
13 28 (1.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 27 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
15 21 (1.34%) Master's Degree
16 20 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 15 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
18 14 (0.89%) CCSP
18 14 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
19 12 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (12.34%) NIST
2 192 (12.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 145 (9.22%) GRC
4 110 (7.00%) GDPR
5 78 (4.96%) QA
6 77 (4.90%) PMO
7 65 (4.13%) Data Quality
8 54 (3.44%) NCSC
9 41 (2.61%) PCI DSS
10 36 (2.29%) JSP 440
11 29 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
11 29 (1.84%) SOC 2
12 28 (1.78%) COBIT
13 27 (1.72%) SLA
14 25 (1.59%) NIST 800
15 17 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 16 (1.02%) ISO 31000
16 16 (1.02%) RMADS
16 16 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 34 (2.16%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.95%) Docker
3 10 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.25%) Postfix
6 3 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.064%) Ceph
7 1 (0.064%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.064%) NFS
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.064%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (1.65%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.40%) Terraform
3 21 (1.34%) Ansible
4 14 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.89%) SCCM
5 11 (0.70%) Grafana
6 10 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.51%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.32%) Control-M
9 5 (0.32%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.19%) CASB
11 3 (0.19%) Nessus
11 3 (0.19%) OMEGAMON
12 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.13%) NSN NetAct
12 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 214 (13.61%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.73%) ServiceNow
3 85 (5.41%) Oracle
4 76 (4.83%) SAP
5 47 (2.99%) Google
6 21 (1.34%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.34%) Workday
7 17 (1.08%) Murex
8 16 (1.02%) Cisco
9 15 (0.95%) IBM
10 14 (0.89%) Databricks
10 14 (0.89%) F5
11 13 (0.83%) VMware
12 12 (0.76%) Ariba
12 12 (0.76%) Qualys
12 12 (0.76%) Splunk
12 12 (0.76%) Sybase
13 10 (0.64%) Infoblox
14 9 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
14 9 (0.57%) Foundry