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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 51 72
Rank change year-on-year -27 +21 -3
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,706 1,440 1,153
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.22% 4.40% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.79% 4.87% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,084 879 707
10th Percentile £410 £363 £363
25th Percentile £479 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £553 £551
Median % change year-on-year +1.72% +0.45% -7.87%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £717
90th Percentile £788 £875 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £511 £550
% change year-on-year +2.68% -7.04% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 32 35
10th Percentile £26.23 £22.16 £13.64
25th Percentile £50.25 £25.56 £36.25
Median hourly rate £78.85 £49.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.28% -10.00% +74.60%
75th Percentile £85.40 £74.12 £63.13
90th Percentile £104.63 £87.23 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £53.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +50.94% -7.83% -21.05%

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 45,072 29,587 34,698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.43% 85.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,942 18,578 22,301
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £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 2,665 1,596 2,086
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £17.33 £17.31
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.80 £68.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £24.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +83.17% -40.00% -1.45%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -21 1,507 £569 -1.09% 952
UK excluding London -8 885 £525 +2.68% 525
London -38 699 £600 -7.69% 531
Work from Home -25 487 £550 -4.76% 375
North of England -15 261 £514 +0.41% 131
South East +1 244 £575 +4.55% 168
North West -27 130 £533 +4.93% 74
Yorkshire +3 128 £500 -4.76% 45
Midlands -35 110 £550 +17.27% 71
Scotland 0 101 £475 +5.56% 36
South West -10 99 £570 -0.87% 64
West Midlands -34 88 £545 +9.00% 41
East of England +21 63 £525 -4.55% 37
East Midlands -24 20 £550 +24.72% 30
Northern Ireland -3 9 £394 -28.41% 20
Wales -19 8 £650 +45.09% 10
North East -45 5 £454 -17.50% 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 74 (4.34%) Confluence
2 38 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.53%) SAS
4 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.23%) IIS
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.059%) Apache
8 1 (0.059%) Appian
8 1 (0.059%) CMS
8 1 (0.059%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.059%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.059%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.059%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.059%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.059%) WebSphere
Applications
1 51 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.23%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.23%) Revit
6 4 (0.23%) Trello
7 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.059%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.059%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 42 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.64%) Endur
3 10 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.53%) Primavera
4 9 (0.53%) SAP GRC
5 7 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.35%) Actimize
6 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.29%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.23%) Loan IQ
8 4 (0.23%) Magento
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.23%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.23%) Summit
8 4 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 252 (14.77%) Azure
2 181 (10.61%) AWS
3 79 (4.63%) GCP
4 69 (4.04%) Power Platform
5 58 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.05%) Entra ID
7 46 (2.70%) SaaS
8 37 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.99%) GitHub
10 27 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
11 20 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
11 20 (1.17%) PaaS
11 20 (1.17%) Snowflake
12 16 (0.94%) Anthropic Claude
12 16 (0.94%) Azure AI
12 16 (0.94%) Serverless
13 14 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
13 14 (0.82%) OCI
14 13 (0.76%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.46%) Network Security
2 42 (2.46%) Firewall
3 18 (1.06%) TCP/IP
4 16 (0.94%) WAN
5 15 (0.88%) DNS
6 13 (0.76%) 5G
6 13 (0.76%) DHCP
6 13 (0.76%) LAN
7 11 (0.64%) 4G
8 10 (0.59%) BIG-IP
8 10 (0.59%) HTTP
8 10 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.41%) Internet
9 7 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.35%) VPN
11 5 (0.29%) 3G
11 5 (0.29%) NAS
11 5 (0.29%) NGFW
11 5 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
11 5 (0.29%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.05%) Power BI
2 33 (1.93%) Metadata
3 31 (1.82%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.70%) SQL Server
5 20 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.94%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.76%) Db2
9 12 (0.70%) Data Lake
10 10 (0.59%) Big Data
10 10 (0.59%) RDBMS
10 10 (0.59%) Tableau
11 6 (0.35%) MySQL
11 6 (0.35%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.29%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.29%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (0.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 121 (7.09%) JIRA
2 25 (1.47%) Git
3 23 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.64%) Selenium
5 9 (0.53%) GitLab
6 7 (0.41%) Postman
6 7 (0.41%) Zephyr
7 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.35%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.29%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.29%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.23%) DbUnit
9 4 (0.23%) jMock
9 4 (0.23%) JUnit
9 4 (0.23%) Maven
9 4 (0.23%) Mockito
9 4 (0.23%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.23%) Subversion
10 3 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 650 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 632 (37.05%) Finance
3 263 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
4 198 (11.61%) Public Sector
5 192 (11.25%) Banking
6 124 (7.27%) Legal
7 66 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
8 65 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (2.87%) Front Office
10 43 (2.52%) Telecoms
11 41 (2.40%) Aerospace
11 41 (2.40%) Financial Institution
11 41 (2.40%) Retail
12 37 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
12 37 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
13 34 (1.99%) Investment Banking
14 31 (1.82%) Military
15 29 (1.70%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 25 (1.47%) Law
Job Titles
1 226 (13.25%) Lead
2 206 (12.08%) Project Manager
3 201 (11.78%) Architect
4 169 (9.91%) Senior
5 156 (9.14%) Analyst
6 95 (5.57%) Consultant
7 87 (5.10%) Security Architect
8 72 (4.22%) Developer
9 68 (3.99%) Programme Manager
10 63 (3.69%) Business Analyst
10 63 (3.69%) Senior Manager
11 58 (3.40%) Risk Manager
12 48 (2.81%) Delivery Manager
13 47 (2.75%) IT Manager
14 39 (2.29%) Security Consultant
15 36 (2.11%) Security Engineer
15 36 (2.11%) Security Manager
15 36 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
16 31 (1.82%) Product Manager
17 29 (1.70%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.64%) REST
2 26 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
3 25 (1.47%) .NET
4 20 (1.17%) Middleware
5 19 (1.11%) Kafka
6 15 (0.88%) OAuth
7 14 (0.82%) XML
8 13 (0.76%) JSON
9 11 (0.64%) Azure Blueprints
9 11 (0.64%) Leaflet
9 11 (0.64%) OpenID
9 11 (0.64%) React
9 11 (0.64%) RESTful
9 11 (0.64%) SAML
9 11 (0.64%) SOAP
9 11 (0.64%) Spring
10 9 (0.53%) LDAP
10 9 (0.53%) SLSA
11 8 (0.47%) PySpark
11 8 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 119 (6.98%) Management Information System
2 90 (5.28%) Product Ownership
3 88 (5.16%) Onboarding
4 71 (4.16%) Cloud Native
5 66 (3.87%) Security Posture
6 62 (3.63%) Operational Technology
7 51 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
8 45 (2.64%) Data Centre
9 33 (1.93%) Derivative
10 31 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
11 30 (1.76%) Market Risk
12 27 (1.58%) AI Agents
13 26 (1.52%) PMI
14 25 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
15 23 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
16 22 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
16 22 (1.29%) Fixed Income
16 22 (1.29%) NHS
17 20 (1.17%) Data Structures
17 20 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (3.17%) Windows
2 51 (2.99%) Linux
3 34 (1.99%) Unix
4 20 (1.17%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.29%) zOS
7 4 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.12%) AIX
10 1 (0.059%) Android
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 612 (35.87%) Stakeholder Management
2 419 (24.56%) Agile
3 384 (22.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 374 (21.92%) Cybersecurity
5 363 (21.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 258 (15.12%) Decision-Making
6 258 (15.12%) Project Management
7 255 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
8 229 (13.42%) AI
9 224 (13.13%) Roadmaps
10 202 (11.84%) Information Security
11 175 (10.26%) Change Management
12 171 (10.02%) Project Delivery
13 154 (9.03%) Migration
14 151 (8.85%) CI/CD
14 151 (8.85%) DevOps
15 137 (8.03%) Analytics
16 129 (7.56%) Vulnerability Management
17 126 (7.39%) PRINCE2
18 123 (7.21%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 123 (7.21%) Python
2 90 (5.28%) SQL
3 60 (3.52%) Java
4 35 (2.05%) PowerShell
5 24 (1.41%) C#
6 18 (1.06%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.70%) VBA
8 11 (0.64%) C++
9 10 (0.59%) Shell Script
10 9 (0.53%) Bash
10 9 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.29%) Go
13 4 (0.23%) Assembly Language
13 4 (0.23%) Bicep
13 4 (0.23%) CLIST
13 4 (0.23%) JCL
13 4 (0.23%) REXX
13 4 (0.23%) Scala
14 3 (0.18%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 431 (25.26%) Security Cleared
2 321 (18.82%) SC Cleared
3 177 (10.38%) Degree
4 163 (9.55%) CISSP
5 107 (6.27%) DV Cleared
6 104 (6.10%) CISM
7 79 (4.63%) PMI Certification
8 75 (4.40%) PMP
9 43 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 41 (2.40%) CRISC
11 35 (2.05%) CISA
11 35 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
12 30 (1.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 30 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
13 29 (1.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 28 (1.64%) Master's Degree
15 21 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
16 17 (1.00%) CESG Certified Professional
17 16 (0.94%) AWS Certification
17 16 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (12.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 204 (11.96%) NIST
3 165 (9.67%) GRC
4 112 (6.57%) GDPR
5 86 (5.04%) QA
6 70 (4.10%) PMO
7 64 (3.75%) Data Quality
8 59 (3.46%) NCSC
9 35 (2.05%) JSP 440
9 35 (2.05%) PCI DSS
10 32 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
11 31 (1.82%) SOC 2
12 28 (1.64%) NIST 800
12 28 (1.64%) SLA
13 20 (1.17%) COBIT
14 18 (1.06%) ISO 31000
15 17 (1.00%) Def Stans
16 16 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 16 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 36 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.23%) Docker
3 10 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.23%) Postfix
5 4 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) FreeRADIUS
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.059%) Ceph
8 1 (0.059%) IAG
8 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (1.76%) Kubernetes
1 30 (1.76%) Terraform
2 24 (1.41%) Ansible
3 12 (0.70%) Grafana
3 12 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.59%) SCCM
5 9 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.29%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.23%) Control-M
8 4 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.23%) Nessus
8 4 (0.23%) OMEGAMON
9 3 (0.18%) CASB
9 3 (0.18%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.12%) Istio
10 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 222 (13.01%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.45%) ServiceNow
3 86 (5.04%) SAP
4 74 (4.34%) Oracle
5 44 (2.58%) Google
6 21 (1.23%) IBM
7 20 (1.17%) Cisco
8 19 (1.11%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.00%) Workday
10 16 (0.94%) Splunk
10 16 (0.94%) Sybase
11 15 (0.88%) Foundry
12 12 (0.70%) Qualys
13 11 (0.64%) Ariba
13 11 (0.64%) Databricks
13 11 (0.64%) F5
13 11 (0.64%) Murex
14 10 (0.59%) Infoblox
14 10 (0.59%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.59%) VMware