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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 55 65
Rank change year-on-year -13 +10 +1
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,899 1,421 1,259
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.48% 4.30% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 4.76% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,156 882 738
10th Percentile £400 £358 £383
25th Percentile £475 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £571 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.68% +1.96% -5.18%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £800 £875 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 26 29
10th Percentile £24.72 £22.16 £31.02
25th Percentile £46.25 £23.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.31% -41.74% +17.35%
75th Percentile £80.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £89.00 £80.50 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £33.50 £58.38
% change year-on-year +126.87% -42.61% -2.71%

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 46,202 29,871 32,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.62% 90.47% 85.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,118 18,549 20,447
10th Percentile £325 £300 £311
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,059 1,786 1,512
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.23 £14.71
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.30 £20.09
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +3.61%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +76.76% -47.37% +8.72%

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 11 September 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 11 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Top 18 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 11 September 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 -15 1,658 £554 -3.70% 1,659
UK excluding London -5 952 £525 +5.00% 887
London -26 801 £600 -7.69% 992
Work from Home -17 513 £550 -7.95% 711
North of England -10 271 £512 +2.38% 181
South East +17 255 £575 +4.55% 262
North West -19 138 £525 +2.68% 116
Yorkshire -4 127 £500 +0.81% 47
Scotland +17 123 £475 +5.56% 91
South West -21 115 £600 +4.35% 127
Midlands -39 110 £538 +15.41% 121
West Midlands -24 87 £525 +10.53% 77
East of England -3 68 £513 -14.58% 72
East Midlands -26 20 £547 +36.07% 44
Wales -17 11 £600 +45.45% 16
Northern Ireland -4 10 £456 -17.05% 26
North East -45 6 £454 - 21
Channel Islands - 2 £600 - 1

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 (3.84%) Confluence
2 47 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.53%) SAS
4 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.21%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.16%) IIS
7 2 (0.11%) CMS
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.053%) Apache
8 1 (0.053%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.053%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.053%) Appian
8 1 (0.053%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.053%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.053%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 67 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.21%) Revit
7 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.16%) Windchill
8 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.053%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 48 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.84%) SAP GRC
3 14 (0.74%) Endur
4 10 (0.53%) Primavera
5 9 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.21%) Actimize
8 4 (0.21%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.21%) Magento
8 4 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.21%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (0.21%) Summit
9 3 (0.16%) Findur
9 3 (0.16%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 280 (14.74%) Azure
2 194 (10.22%) AWS
3 91 (4.79%) Power Platform
4 83 (4.37%) GCP
5 64 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (3.32%) Entra ID
7 57 (3.00%) SaaS
8 40 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.79%) GitHub
10 26 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
11 25 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (1.26%) OCI
13 22 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
14 21 (1.11%) Snowflake
15 20 (1.05%) PaaS
16 19 (1.00%) Azure AI
17 17 (0.90%) Anthropic Claude
18 16 (0.84%) IaaS
19 15 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
19 15 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 66 (3.48%) Network Security
2 44 (2.32%) Firewall
3 23 (1.21%) TCP/IP
4 18 (0.95%) WAN
5 17 (0.90%) DNS
6 16 (0.84%) LAN
7 14 (0.74%) 5G
8 13 (0.68%) DHCP
9 12 (0.63%) 4G
10 8 (0.42%) BIG-IP
10 8 (0.42%) Internet
10 8 (0.42%) VPN
11 7 (0.37%) Cisco IPT
11 7 (0.37%) HTTP
12 6 (0.32%) HTTPS
12 6 (0.32%) Kerberos
12 6 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.26%) 3G
13 5 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
13 5 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (3.74%) Power BI
2 45 (2.37%) Metadata
3 39 (2.05%) SQL Server
4 34 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.00%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.79%) Data Lake
7 15 (0.79%) Db2
7 15 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (0.63%) Big Data
8 12 (0.63%) Tableau
9 11 (0.58%) Oracle Database
10 9 (0.47%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.37%) MySQL
12 6 (0.32%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.26%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 4 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.21%) Ataccama
14 4 (0.21%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 130 (6.85%) JIRA
2 28 (1.47%) Git
3 21 (1.11%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.68%) Selenium
5 9 (0.47%) Cypress.io
5 9 (0.47%) Zephyr
6 8 (0.42%) Postman
7 7 (0.37%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.32%) Claude Code
8 6 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.32%) GitLab
9 5 (0.26%) Artifactory
9 5 (0.26%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.21%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.21%) Gradle
10 4 (0.21%) Maven
10 4 (0.21%) Subversion
11 3 (0.16%) DbUnit
11 3 (0.16%) JUnit
11 3 (0.16%) Mockito
General
1 763 (40.18%) Social Skills
2 694 (36.55%) Finance
3 323 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
4 233 (12.27%) Public Sector
5 211 (11.11%) Banking
6 144 (7.58%) Legal
7 94 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
8 75 (3.95%) Front Office
8 75 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
9 53 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
10 51 (2.69%) Aerospace
11 47 (2.47%) Investment Banking
11 47 (2.47%) Military
12 43 (2.26%) Telecoms
13 42 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
14 41 (2.16%) Retail
15 40 (2.11%) Manufacturing
16 38 (2.00%) Financial Institution
17 36 (1.90%) Law
18 25 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 247 (13.01%) Lead
2 235 (12.37%) Architect
3 196 (10.32%) Project Manager
4 191 (10.06%) Analyst
5 184 (9.69%) Senior
6 105 (5.53%) Consultant
7 96 (5.06%) Security Architect
8 75 (3.95%) Programme Manager
9 74 (3.90%) Developer
10 69 (3.63%) Business Analyst
11 56 (2.95%) IT Manager
12 53 (2.79%) Risk Manager
12 53 (2.79%) Senior Manager
13 48 (2.53%) Delivery Manager
14 43 (2.26%) Security Consultant
15 38 (2.00%) Solutions Architect
16 36 (1.90%) Risk Analyst
16 36 (1.90%) Security Manager
17 35 (1.84%) Senior Analyst
18 34 (1.79%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.32%) Terraform
2 38 (2.00%) REST
3 35 (1.84%) .NET
4 27 (1.42%) Middleware
5 23 (1.21%) Kafka
6 20 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
7 18 (0.95%) OAuth
8 15 (0.79%) JSON
8 15 (0.79%) Spring
9 13 (0.68%) XML
10 12 (0.63%) SAML
10 12 (0.63%) SOAP
11 11 (0.58%) OpenID
11 11 (0.58%) React
11 11 (0.58%) SailPoint
11 11 (0.58%) SLSA
11 11 (0.58%) Spring Boot
12 10 (0.53%) RESTful
13 9 (0.47%) LDAP
13 9 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 121 (6.37%) Management Information System
2 118 (6.21%) Onboarding
3 97 (5.11%) Product Ownership
4 79 (4.16%) Security Posture
5 72 (3.79%) Cloud Native
6 63 (3.32%) Data Protection Act
7 54 (2.84%) Operational Technology
8 43 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
8 43 (2.26%) Data Centre
9 36 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
10 35 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
11 34 (1.79%) AI Agents
12 32 (1.69%) Market Risk
13 30 (1.58%) Derivative
14 29 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
15 27 (1.42%) Data Structures
16 26 (1.37%) NHS
17 23 (1.21%) Credit Risk
17 23 (1.21%) PMI
18 22 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 64 (3.37%) Windows
2 61 (3.21%) Linux
3 41 (2.16%) Unix
4 21 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.32%) zOS
8 4 (0.21%) Android
8 4 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.21%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.16%) AIX
9 3 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.053%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 753 (39.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 474 (24.96%) Cybersecurity
3 469 (24.70%) Agile
4 419 (22.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 418 (22.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 309 (16.27%) Decision-Making
7 282 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
8 270 (14.22%) AI
9 256 (13.48%) Project Management
10 244 (12.85%) Roadmaps
11 219 (11.53%) Information Security
12 209 (11.01%) Project Delivery
13 182 (9.58%) DevOps
14 179 (9.43%) CI/CD
15 175 (9.22%) Migration
16 167 (8.79%) Change Management
17 162 (8.53%) Analytics
18 158 (8.32%) Vulnerability Management
19 153 (8.06%) PRINCE2
20 151 (7.95%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 151 (7.95%) Python
2 108 (5.69%) SQL
3 52 (2.74%) Java
4 41 (2.16%) PowerShell
5 31 (1.63%) C#
6 18 (0.95%) JavaScript
7 15 (0.79%) Bash
8 14 (0.74%) C++
9 12 (0.63%) Shell Script
10 11 (0.58%) VBA
11 8 (0.42%) Go
11 8 (0.42%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.42%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.32%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.26%) Bicep
13 5 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.21%) Assembly Language
14 4 (0.21%) CLIST
14 4 (0.21%) Perl
14 4 (0.21%) REXX
Qualifications
1 528 (27.80%) Security Cleared
2 380 (20.01%) SC Cleared
3 172 (9.06%) Degree
4 168 (8.85%) CISSP
5 125 (6.58%) DV Cleared
6 116 (6.11%) CISM
7 89 (4.69%) PMI Certification
8 86 (4.53%) PMP
9 55 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 54 (2.84%) CRISC
11 43 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
12 40 (2.11%) CISA
13 38 (2.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 28 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
15 26 (1.37%) Master's Degree
15 26 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 25 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
17 23 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
18 22 (1.16%) CCSP
19 21 (1.11%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 236 (12.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 223 (11.74%) NIST
3 195 (10.27%) GRC
4 123 (6.48%) GDPR
5 113 (5.95%) QA
6 88 (4.63%) Data Quality
7 82 (4.32%) NCSC
8 69 (3.63%) PMO
9 38 (2.00%) JSP 440
10 37 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
11 25 (1.32%) NIST 800
12 22 (1.16%) COBIT
13 19 (1.00%) Accessibility
13 19 (1.00%) SOC 2
14 17 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 16 (0.84%) Def Stans
15 16 (0.84%) ISO 31000
15 16 (0.84%) PCI DSS
16 15 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (2.32%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.32%) Docker
3 12 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.32%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.26%) vSphere
7 4 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (0.21%) Time Sharing Option
7 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.16%) Firmware
8 3 (0.16%) FreeRADIUS
8 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.16%) Postfix
8 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.11%) IAG
9 2 (0.11%) NFS
10 1 (0.053%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 49 (2.58%) Kubernetes
2 34 (1.79%) Ansible
3 14 (0.74%) Grafana
4 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.58%) SCCM
6 8 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.32%) Control-M
8 5 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.21%) Data Guard
9 4 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.21%) Nessus
9 4 (0.21%) OMEGAMON
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (0.21%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.16%) Puppet
11 2 (0.11%) Istio
11 2 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 276 (14.53%) Microsoft
2 112 (5.90%) ServiceNow
3 92 (4.84%) SAP
4 78 (4.11%) Oracle
5 42 (2.21%) Google
6 23 (1.21%) IBM
7 22 (1.16%) Splunk
8 19 (1.00%) VMware
9 18 (0.95%) Salesforce
10 17 (0.90%) Cisco
10 17 (0.90%) Databricks
10 17 (0.90%) Sybase
11 15 (0.79%) Foundry
12 14 (0.74%) Murex
13 13 (0.68%) Qualys
14 11 (0.58%) Ariba
14 11 (0.58%) BeyondTrust
14 11 (0.58%) CyberArk
14 11 (0.58%) Workday
15 9 (0.47%) Okta