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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 49 65
Rank change year-on-year -22 +16 +2
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,503 1,282 1,310
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.15% 4.41% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 4.85% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 969 797 848
10th Percentile £404 £369 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £681 £750 £700
90th Percentile £838 £850 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 34 46
10th Percentile £20.66 £40.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £37.52 £47.87 £30.96
Median hourly rate £74.68 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.89% +30.00% +370.37%
75th Percentile £102.63 £82.00 £60.94
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.37 £81.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.68 £63.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +18.54% +20.00% +435.71%

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 40,228 26,443 36,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.35% 90.98% 86.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,265 17,000 23,677
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,380 1,081 2,436
10th Percentile £14.89 £14.42 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.38 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.83% -21.23% +0.29%
75th Percentile £67.31 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £26.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year +69.81% -30.26% +8.57%

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 15 May 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 May 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 May 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 -24 1,329 £550 -5.66% 691
UK excluding London -15 736 £525 - 431
London -34 639 £600 -7.69% 322
Work from Home -6 436 £550 -5.98% 330
North of England -10 228 £513 -0.87% 104
South East -12 197 £556 -3.26% 157
Yorkshire -1 117 £485 -4.20% 45
North West -8 109 £550 +7.44% 55
Midlands -38 107 £537 +7.40% 51
South West +8 82 £550 +22.22% 48
Scotland +6 80 £470 -5.05% 20
West Midlands -34 74 £525 +5.00% 37
East of England -13 43 £525 -2.78% 44
East Midlands -25 33 £550 +22.22% 14
Northern Ireland -4 6 £450 -23.73% 5
North East -29 2 £480 -16.52% 5
Wales -11 1 - - 8

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 67 (4.46%) Confluence
2 37 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.47%) SAS
5 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.20%) nginx
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.13%) Apache
6 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.067%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.067%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.067%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.067%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.067%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (3.59%) Microsoft Project
3 44 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
4 41 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.33%) Revit
7 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.27%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.27%) Trello
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.067%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.067%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 27 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.53%) Endur
4 7 (0.47%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.47%) Summit
5 6 (0.40%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.33%) Actimize
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.33%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.27%) Primavera
7 4 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.20%) Findur
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.20%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.20%) SAP GRC
8 3 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 192 (12.77%) Azure
2 145 (9.65%) AWS
3 68 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (4.46%) Power Platform
5 60 (3.99%) GCP
6 40 (2.66%) SaaS
7 38 (2.53%) Entra ID
8 24 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
9 23 (1.53%) GitHub
10 21 (1.40%) Google Workspace
11 19 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (1.26%) Snowflake
12 18 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.20%) Google Sheets
12 18 (1.20%) PaaS
13 15 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.73%) OpenShift
15 10 (0.67%) IaaS
15 10 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.33%) Network Security
2 31 (2.06%) Firewall
3 20 (1.33%) DNS
4 12 (0.80%) DHCP
4 12 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (0.67%) BIG-IP
6 9 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (0.60%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.60%) WAN
7 7 (0.47%) 5G
7 7 (0.47%) HTTP
7 7 (0.47%) LAN
8 6 (0.40%) Internet
9 5 (0.33%) 3G
9 5 (0.33%) 4G
10 4 (0.27%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.27%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.20%) SAN
11 3 (0.20%) VPN
11 3 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.53%) Power BI
2 37 (2.46%) Metadata
3 24 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (1.60%) Relational Database
4 20 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 11 (0.73%) Tableau
7 10 (0.67%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.60%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.47%) MySQL
9 7 (0.47%) RDBMS
10 6 (0.40%) Big Data
10 6 (0.40%) DB2
10 6 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.33%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.27%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 128 (8.52%) JIRA
2 19 (1.26%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.20%) Git
4 10 (0.67%) GitLab
5 5 (0.33%) JUnit
5 5 (0.33%) Mockito
5 5 (0.33%) Zephyr
6 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket Server
6 4 (0.27%) DbUnit
6 4 (0.27%) jMock
6 4 (0.27%) Maven
6 4 (0.27%) Selenium
6 4 (0.27%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.27%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.067%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.067%) Flyway
7 1 (0.067%) MLflow
7 1 (0.067%) Postman
7 1 (0.067%) TestRail
General
1 552 (36.73%) Finance
2 546 (36.33%) Social Skills
3 232 (15.44%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (11.84%) Banking
5 165 (10.98%) Public Sector
6 102 (6.79%) Legal
7 49 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
8 47 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 37 (2.46%) Investment Banking
10 36 (2.40%) Front Office
11 35 (2.33%) Financial Institution
11 35 (2.33%) Retail
12 33 (2.20%) Telecoms
13 31 (2.06%) Military
13 31 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
15 29 (1.93%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.20%) Marketing
17 17 (1.13%) Aerospace
17 17 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 197 (13.11%) Project Manager
2 193 (12.84%) Lead
3 153 (10.18%) Architect
4 147 (9.78%) Senior
5 146 (9.71%) Analyst
6 91 (6.05%) Consultant
7 74 (4.92%) Programme Manager
8 72 (4.79%) Business Analyst
9 66 (4.39%) Developer
10 63 (4.19%) Security Architect
11 50 (3.33%) Risk Manager
12 49 (3.26%) Senior Manager
13 45 (2.99%) Delivery Manager
14 37 (2.46%) Security Consultant
15 35 (2.33%) Security Engineer
16 34 (2.26%) IT Manager
17 33 (2.20%) Risk Analyst
18 30 (2.00%) Security Manager
19 29 (1.93%) Solutions Architect
20 26 (1.73%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.20%) Oracle Fusion
2 22 (1.46%) REST
3 17 (1.13%) Kafka
4 14 (0.93%) .NET
5 13 (0.86%) XML
6 12 (0.80%) Middleware
7 11 (0.73%) Leaflet
8 10 (0.67%) JSON
8 10 (0.67%) RESTful
9 9 (0.60%) LDAP
10 8 (0.53%) OAuth
10 8 (0.53%) SOAP
11 7 (0.47%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.47%) PyTorch
11 7 (0.47%) React
11 7 (0.47%) Web Services
12 6 (0.40%) JSP
12 6 (0.40%) SAML
12 6 (0.40%) scikit-learn
12 6 (0.40%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.85%) Management Information System
2 63 (4.19%) Product Ownership
3 61 (4.06%) Onboarding
4 52 (3.46%) Derivative
5 51 (3.39%) Security Posture
6 49 (3.26%) Operational Technology
7 46 (3.06%) Data Centre
8 42 (2.79%) Cloud Native
9 41 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
10 34 (2.26%) Market Risk
11 26 (1.73%) Data Structures
12 24 (1.60%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.53%) Credit Risk
14 22 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
15 20 (1.33%) Fixed Income
15 20 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (1.26%) Equities
16 19 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 19 (1.26%) NHS
17 16 (1.06%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.73%) Windows
2 38 (2.53%) Linux
3 23 (1.53%) Unix
4 8 (0.53%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.20%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.20%) zOS
8 2 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (30.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 381 (25.35%) Agile
3 295 (19.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 280 (18.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 264 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
6 255 (16.97%) Cybersecurity
7 242 (16.10%) Project Management
8 209 (13.91%) Decision-Making
9 176 (11.71%) Information Security
10 174 (11.58%) AI
11 168 (11.18%) Roadmaps
12 166 (11.04%) Change Management
13 154 (10.25%) Project Delivery
14 143 (9.51%) Migration
15 127 (8.45%) Analytics
16 125 (8.32%) Regulatory Compliance
17 119 (7.92%) PRINCE2
18 116 (7.72%) Data Protection
18 116 (7.72%) DevOps
19 109 (7.25%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 116 (7.72%) SQL
2 115 (7.65%) Python
3 55 (3.66%) Java
4 30 (2.00%) PowerShell
5 21 (1.40%) C++
6 17 (1.13%) C#
7 13 (0.86%) JavaScript
8 11 (0.73%) VBA
9 8 (0.53%) Bash
9 8 (0.53%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.40%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.33%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.27%) Perl
13 2 (0.13%) Go
13 2 (0.13%) Korn
13 2 (0.13%) RPG
13 2 (0.13%) Scala
14 1 (0.067%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.067%) R
Qualifications
1 339 (22.55%) Security Cleared
2 254 (16.90%) SC Cleared
3 205 (13.64%) Degree
4 127 (8.45%) CISSP
5 93 (6.19%) CISM
6 76 (5.06%) PMP
7 75 (4.99%) DV Cleared
8 72 (4.79%) PMI Certification
9 39 (2.59%) CRISC
10 34 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
12 27 (1.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 26 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
14 23 (1.53%) CISA
15 22 (1.46%) Master's Degree
16 19 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 15 (1.00%) CESG Certified Professional
18 14 (0.93%) GIAC
18 14 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
19 13 (0.86%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (12.24%) NIST
2 182 (12.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 123 (8.18%) GRC
4 110 (7.32%) GDPR
5 87 (5.79%) PMO
6 77 (5.12%) QA
7 59 (3.93%) Data Quality
8 46 (3.06%) PCI DSS
9 44 (2.93%) NCSC
10 32 (2.13%) SLA
11 31 (2.06%) JSP 440
12 28 (1.86%) COBIT
13 26 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
13 26 (1.73%) SOC 2
14 23 (1.53%) NIST 800
15 18 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
15 18 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 17 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (1.06%) ISO 31000
17 16 (1.06%) RMADS
System Software
1 33 (2.20%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.86%) Docker
3 10 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.27%) Postfix
5 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.067%) Ceph
7 1 (0.067%) NFS
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.067%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.93%) Ansible
3 12 (0.80%) Terraform
4 10 (0.67%) SCCM
5 9 (0.60%) Grafana
5 9 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.33%) Control-M
8 5 (0.33%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.20%) CASB
10 3 (0.20%) WSUS
11 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.13%) Nessus
11 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.13%) NSN NetAct
11 2 (0.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 203 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.92%) Oracle
3 83 (5.52%) SAP
3 83 (5.52%) ServiceNow
4 42 (2.79%) Google
5 24 (1.60%) Workday
6 21 (1.40%) Murex
7 19 (1.26%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.13%) Ariba
9 16 (1.06%) Databricks
10 13 (0.86%) VMware
11 12 (0.80%) Cisco
11 12 (0.80%) F5
12 11 (0.73%) IBM
13 9 (0.60%) Splunk
14 8 (0.53%) Infoblox
15 7 (0.47%) Bloomberg
15 7 (0.47%) Foundry
15 7 (0.47%) HP
15 7 (0.47%) Sybase