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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 52 61
Rank change year-on-year -20 +9 +15
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,420 1,192 1,447
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.29% 4.06% 3.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 4.49% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 714 963
10th Percentile £402 £358 £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 £725 £680
90th Percentile £800 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 45 46
10th Percentile £22.90 £28.79 £12.25
25th Percentile £45.90 £46.30 £25.12
Median hourly rate £77.34 £61.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.77% +22.99% +370.37%
75th Percentile £99.38 £78.36 £68.31
90th Percentile £107.00 £84.43 £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £61.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +30.09% +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 37,130 26,538 38,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.00% 90.38% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,530 17,031 25,049
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £745 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,210 919 2,337
10th Percentile £14.89 £15.25 £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 £64.62 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.76 £31.50
% change year-on-year -13.41% +0.83% -10.07%

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 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 17 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 17 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 -16 1,269 £550 -8.33% 542
London -15 670 £600 -7.69% 224
UK excluding London -17 629 £525 - 399
Work from Home -4 405 £550 -4.35% 240
South East -6 194 £535 -6.96% 138
North of England -11 190 £520 - 96
Midlands -39 102 £540 +1.41% 58
North West -13 96 £540 +8.00% 54
Yorkshire +3 92 £500 -4.76% 38
West Midlands -48 69 £533 -11.25% 42
South West -9 52 £525 +5.00% 56
Scotland -13 48 £425 -8.99% 19
East of England -30 33 £510 -3.77% 22
East Midlands -31 33 £550 +19.57% 16
Wales -4 9 £214 -59.69% 11
Northern Ireland -1 8 £500 +66.67% 3
North East -22 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 65 (4.58%) 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%) CMS
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 55 (3.87%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (2.04%) 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
8 1 (0.070%) Windchill
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
5 6 (0.42%) Primavera
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
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
8 3 (0.21%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.14%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 170 (11.97%) Azure
2 142 (10.00%) AWS
3 57 (4.01%) GCP
4 56 (3.94%) 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%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (1.48%) Google Workspace
11 20 (1.41%) GitHub
12 18 (1.27%) Google Sheets
13 15 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.77%) OCI
14 11 (0.77%) OpenShift
15 10 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (0.56%) Collibra
17 7 (0.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.10%) Firewall
2 42 (2.96%) 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%) HTTP
6 9 (0.63%) Kerberos
7 8 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
7 8 (0.56%) WAN
8 7 (0.49%) DHCP
9 5 (0.35%) BIG-IP
10 4 (0.28%) 5G
10 4 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
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 20 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.34%) Metadata
4 16 (1.13%) SQL Server
5 14 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.42%) Big Data
6 6 (0.42%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.42%) KDB
6 6 (0.42%) Kdb+
6 6 (0.42%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.35%) Tableau
8 4 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.28%) Data Mart
8 4 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (0.28%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 130 (9.15%) JIRA
2 16 (1.13%) Git
3 13 (0.92%) 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%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.070%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.070%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.070%) SonarQube
General
1 536 (37.75%) Social Skills
2 532 (37.46%) Finance
3 232 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
4 180 (12.68%) Banking
5 149 (10.49%) Public Sector
6 110 (7.75%) Legal
7 55 (3.87%) Front Office
7 55 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (2.89%) Investment Banking
8 41 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
9 37 (2.61%) Financial Institution
10 36 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (2.32%) Retail
12 30 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (1.97%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.83%) Telecoms
15 23 (1.62%) Military
16 20 (1.41%) Aerospace
16 20 (1.41%) Marketing
17 17 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 180 (12.68%) Project Manager
2 159 (11.20%) Lead
3 157 (11.06%) Analyst
4 147 (10.35%) Senior
5 127 (8.94%) Architect
6 109 (7.68%) Consultant
7 82 (5.77%) 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 47 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
12 46 (3.24%) Security Consultant
13 41 (2.89%) Risk Manager
14 36 (2.54%) Risk Analyst
15 32 (2.25%) Senior Developer
16 31 (2.18%) Security Engineer
16 31 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
17 26 (1.83%) Technical Manager
18 24 (1.69%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (1.48%) Kafka
3 20 (1.41%) 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%) Leaflet
12 6 (0.42%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 146 (10.28%) Management Information System
2 72 (5.07%) Product Ownership
3 66 (4.65%) Derivative
4 60 (4.23%) Security Posture
5 51 (3.59%) 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
9 36 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
9 36 (2.54%) Market Risk
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 23 (1.62%) NHS
15 17 (1.20%) Data Structures
15 17 (1.20%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.54%) Linux
2 33 (2.32%) 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
1 412 (29.01%) Stakeholder Management
2 342 (24.08%) Agile
3 281 (19.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 259 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
5 237 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 234 (16.48%) Cybersecurity
7 223 (15.70%) Project Management
8 190 (13.38%) Decision-Making
9 171 (12.04%) Information Security
10 161 (11.34%) Change Management
11 152 (10.70%) Roadmaps
12 138 (9.72%) Project Delivery
13 135 (9.51%) Migration
14 131 (9.23%) AI
15 128 (9.01%) Regulatory Compliance
16 120 (8.45%) Analytics
17 114 (8.03%) Data Protection
18 111 (7.82%) PRINCE2
19 100 (7.04%) Scrum
20 99 (6.97%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 127 (8.94%) SQL
2 117 (8.24%) Python
3 51 (3.59%) 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
1 301 (21.20%) Security Cleared
2 231 (16.27%) Degree
3 225 (15.85%) SC Cleared
4 130 (9.15%) CISSP
5 93 (6.55%) CISM
6 79 (5.56%) DV Cleared
7 77 (5.42%) PMI Certification
8 75 (5.28%) PMP
9 47 (3.31%) Master's Degree
10 31 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 31 (2.18%) CRISC
11 24 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.13%) CISA
12 16 (1.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 16 (1.13%) PhD
13 15 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
14 14 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (0.92%) CESG Certified Professional
15 13 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 11 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (12.82%) NIST
2 170 (11.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 121 (8.52%) GDPR
4 109 (7.68%) GRC
5 86 (6.06%) PMO
6 75 (5.28%) QA
7 53 (3.73%) PCI DSS
8 46 (3.24%) Data Quality
9 45 (3.17%) NCSC
10 30 (2.11%) NIST 800
11 28 (1.97%) SLA
12 24 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 24 (1.69%) SOC 2
13 21 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
13 21 (1.48%) JSP 440
14 20 (1.41%) COBIT
15 17 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
16 16 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 14 (0.99%) RMADS
18 12 (0.85%) Def Stans
System Software
1 33 (2.32%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.92%) Docker
3 8 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.42%) 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 23 (1.62%) 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 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.21%) CASB
7 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.21%) Grafana
7 3 (0.21%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.21%) QRadar
7 3 (0.21%) WSUS
8 2 (0.14%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.14%) Nessus
8 2 (0.14%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.14%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 176 (12.39%) Microsoft
2 70 (4.93%) Oracle
3 66 (4.65%) SAP
4 62 (4.37%) ServiceNow
5 44 (3.10%) Google
6 22 (1.55%) Murex
7 20 (1.41%) 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%) Charles River
13 6 (0.42%) OpenAI