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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 50 62
Rank change year-on-year -20 +12 +14
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,342 1,233 1,487
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.44% 3.99% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 4.46% 3.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 848 701 1,007
10th Percentile £400 £363 £400
25th Percentile £461 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £688 £690 £681
90th Percentile £838 £813 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 40 63
10th Percentile £27.80 £26.11 £15.50
25th Percentile £33.50 £40.00 £38.54
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +464.44%
75th Percentile £82.50 £74.81 £83.40
90th Percentile £102.20 £80.32 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% - +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 34,038 27,619 38,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.15% 89.27% 87.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,556 16,812 25,649
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £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 £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £497 £500
% change year-on-year -3.34% -0.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,054 864 2,107
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +9.38%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £61.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £31.29 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.10% -10.60% +20.69%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 1,197 £550 -7.17% 474
London -6 660 £601 -3.92% 190
UK excluding London -32 565 £500 -4.76% 378
Work from Home -4 370 £569 +3.41% 251
North of England -26 167 £492 -8.04% 62
South East -16 158 £520 -9.57% 164
Midlands -52 90 £531 +3.41% 64
Yorkshire +9 87 £492 -7.95% 15
North West -38 78 £498 -0.50% 43
West Midlands -49 56 £518 -10.97% 46
South West -16 55 £513 +5.13% 41
Scotland -3 45 £428 -5.00% 12
East of England -36 35 £575 - 32
East Midlands -27 34 £544 +15.64% 18
Wales +14 13 £308 -41.98% 9
Northern Ireland +5 9 £500 +66.67% 1
North East -21 2 £550 -13.73% 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 53 (3.95%) Confluence
2 28 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.82%) SAS
6 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.30%) CMS
7 4 (0.30%) nginx
8 3 (0.22%) CICS
9 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.075%) Apache
10 1 (0.075%) Camunda
10 1 (0.075%) IIS
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.075%) Tomcat
Applications
1 83 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
3 44 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (1.34%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.30%) Revit
6 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.22%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.22%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 27 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.52%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.37%) Primavera
6 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.30%) Endur
6 4 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.30%) Summit
7 3 (0.22%) Aladdin
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
7 3 (0.22%) VisionPLUS
8 2 (0.15%) Actimize
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.15%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 152 (11.33%) Azure
2 134 (9.99%) AWS
3 58 (4.32%) GCP
4 53 (3.95%) Power Platform
5 43 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (2.68%) SaaS
7 33 (2.46%) Entra ID
8 26 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
9 24 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
10 22 (1.64%) GitHub
11 21 (1.56%) Google Workspace
12 18 (1.34%) Google Sheets
13 15 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (0.67%) OCI
15 9 (0.67%) OpenShift
15 9 (0.67%) PaaS
16 8 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (0.60%) Serverless
17 7 (0.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.80%) Firewall
2 33 (2.46%) Network Security
3 12 (0.89%) DNS
4 10 (0.75%) Internet
5 9 (0.67%) Kerberos
5 9 (0.67%) LAN
6 8 (0.60%) VPN
7 7 (0.52%) WAN
8 6 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.37%) Cisco IPT
9 5 (0.37%) DHCP
9 5 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (0.30%) 5G
10 4 (0.30%) BIG-IP
11 3 (0.22%) Broadband
11 3 (0.22%) HTTP
11 3 (0.22%) Multicast
11 3 (0.22%) S/MIME
11 3 (0.22%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.28%) Power BI
2 32 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.56%) SQL Server
4 20 (1.49%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (1.12%) Metadata
7 12 (0.89%) NoSQL
8 9 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.67%) Tableau
9 8 (0.60%) KDB
9 8 (0.60%) Kdb+
9 8 (0.60%) RDBMS
10 7 (0.52%) Big Data
10 7 (0.52%) MySQL
11 6 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (0.45%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.45%) Redis
12 5 (0.37%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.37%) Data Mart
12 5 (0.37%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 120 (8.94%) JIRA
2 18 (1.34%) Git
3 16 (1.19%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.67%) SpecFlow
5 6 (0.45%) GitLab
5 6 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.37%) QUnit
7 4 (0.30%) Gradle
7 4 (0.30%) Maven
7 4 (0.30%) SonarLint
7 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.22%) GCC
8 3 (0.22%) GDB
9 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.15%) Postman
10 1 (0.075%) MLflow
10 1 (0.075%) Mockito
10 1 (0.075%) REST Assured
General
1 560 (41.73%) Social Skills
2 519 (38.67%) Finance
3 225 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (13.64%) Banking
5 144 (10.73%) Public Sector
6 107 (7.97%) Legal
7 58 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (4.17%) Front Office
9 46 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
10 45 (3.35%) Investment Banking
11 33 (2.46%) Financial Institution
12 31 (2.31%) Manufacturing
13 29 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
15 26 (1.94%) Retail
16 23 (1.71%) Telecoms
17 22 (1.64%) Military
18 21 (1.56%) Law
19 19 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 17 (1.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 165 (12.30%) Analyst
2 153 (11.40%) Project Manager
3 138 (10.28%) Lead
4 133 (9.91%) Senior
5 117 (8.72%) Architect
6 111 (8.27%) Consultant
7 103 (7.68%) Developer
8 66 (4.92%) Business Analyst
9 62 (4.62%) Programme Manager
10 55 (4.10%) Security Architect
11 44 (3.28%) Senior Manager
12 43 (3.20%) Delivery Manager
13 38 (2.83%) Risk Analyst
13 38 (2.83%) Security Consultant
13 38 (2.83%) Senior Developer
14 34 (2.53%) Risk Manager
15 30 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
16 29 (2.16%) Technical Manager
17 28 (2.09%) Java Developer
18 26 (1.94%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.86%) Kafka
2 20 (1.49%) REST
3 19 (1.42%) .NET
4 17 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
4 17 (1.27%) RESTful
5 14 (1.04%) .NET Framework
5 14 (1.04%) Middleware
5 14 (1.04%) OAuth
6 13 (0.97%) NumPy
6 13 (0.97%) Pandas
7 12 (0.89%) SAML
8 10 (0.75%) Entity Framework
8 10 (0.75%) Playwright
8 10 (0.75%) XML
9 9 (0.67%) AngularJS
9 9 (0.67%) COM
9 9 (0.67%) Dask
9 9 (0.67%) NHibernate
10 8 (0.60%) LDAP
10 8 (0.60%) React
Miscellaneous
1 153 (11.40%) Management Information System
2 70 (5.22%) Product Ownership
3 68 (5.07%) Derivative
4 63 (4.69%) Security Posture
5 52 (3.87%) Onboarding
6 45 (3.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 40 (2.98%) Equities
7 40 (2.98%) Market Risk
8 36 (2.68%) Credit Risk
9 35 (2.61%) Data Centre
10 34 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
10 34 (2.53%) Cloud Native
11 31 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
11 31 (2.31%) Fixed Income
12 30 (2.24%) Algorithms
13 26 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
14 22 (1.64%) NHS
15 19 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
15 19 (1.42%) Data Structures
15 19 (1.42%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.28%) Linux
2 35 (2.61%) Windows
3 19 (1.42%) Unix
4 6 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.22%) VMS
5 3 (0.22%) zOS
6 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
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 (0.075%) Android
7 1 (0.075%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (28.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 323 (24.07%) Agile
3 268 (19.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 256 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
5 228 (16.99%) Cybersecurity
6 213 (15.87%) Project Management
7 193 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 172 (12.82%) Decision-Making
9 155 (11.55%) Information Security
10 134 (9.99%) Change Management
11 124 (9.24%) Project Delivery
12 123 (9.17%) Roadmaps
13 122 (9.09%) Migration
14 121 (9.02%) Regulatory Compliance
15 120 (8.94%) Analytics
16 109 (8.12%) AI
17 104 (7.75%) PRINCE2
18 99 (7.38%) Data Protection
18 99 (7.38%) Scrum
19 90 (6.71%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 135 (10.06%) SQL
2 126 (9.39%) Python
3 57 (4.25%) Java
4 30 (2.24%) C#
4 30 (2.24%) PowerShell
5 29 (2.16%) C++
6 16 (1.19%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.19%) VBA
7 8 (0.60%) R
7 8 (0.60%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.37%) Korn
8 5 (0.37%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.30%) JCL
10 3 (0.22%) Bash
10 3 (0.22%) COBOL
10 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.15%) Go
11 2 (0.15%) Rust
11 2 (0.15%) Scala
11 2 (0.15%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 249 (18.55%) Security Cleared
2 229 (17.06%) Degree
3 182 (13.56%) SC Cleared
4 117 (8.72%) CISSP
5 84 (6.26%) CISM
6 79 (5.89%) PMI Certification
7 74 (5.51%) PMP
8 65 (4.84%) DV Cleared
9 58 (4.32%) Master's Degree
10 42 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (2.01%) CRISC
12 26 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 21 (1.56%) CISA
15 16 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (1.19%) PhD
16 15 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
17 12 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
18 11 (0.82%) GIAC
19 9 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (12.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 156 (11.62%) NIST
3 116 (8.64%) GDPR
4 107 (7.97%) GRC
5 75 (5.59%) PMO
6 70 (5.22%) QA
7 41 (3.06%) PCI DSS
8 37 (2.76%) Data Quality
9 36 (2.68%) NCSC
10 26 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 19 (1.42%) COBIT
12 18 (1.34%) NIST 800
13 17 (1.27%) Def Stans
14 16 (1.19%) SLA
15 15 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
15 15 (1.12%) EU AI Act
16 14 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 13 (0.97%) Basel III
17 13 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
18 12 (0.89%) JSP 440
System Software
1 35 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.64%) Docker
3 9 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.075%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.075%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (2.09%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.42%) Terraform
3 11 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.75%) Ansible
5 9 (0.67%) RSA Archer
6 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.45%) SCCM
8 5 (0.37%) Grafana
8 5 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
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
12 1 (0.075%) Consul
12 1 (0.075%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.075%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.075%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.075%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 177 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 67 (4.99%) SAP
3 58 (4.32%) ServiceNow
4 56 (4.17%) Oracle
5 40 (2.98%) Google
6 20 (1.49%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.42%) Murex
8 15 (1.12%) Ariba
9 12 (0.89%) Databricks
9 12 (0.89%) Splunk
10 11 (0.82%) Workday
11 10 (0.75%) VMware
12 9 (0.67%) Cisco
12 9 (0.67%) Citrix
12 9 (0.67%) CyberArk
12 9 (0.67%) F5
12 9 (0.67%) IBM
13 8 (0.60%) Informatica
14 7 (0.52%) Bloomberg
15 5 (0.37%) Solace