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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 49 76
Rank change year-on-year -22 +27 -11
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,636 1,394 1,230
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.18% 4.46% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 4.91% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,045 849 760
10th Percentile £406 £375 £356
25th Percentile £481 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £700
90th Percentile £800 £875 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £516 £540
% change year-on-year +1.84% -4.54% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 27 41
10th Percentile £22.21 £46.30 £12.25
25th Percentile £47.19 £48.13 £22.34
Median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +30.00% +370.37%
75th Percentile £85.40 £80.24 £61.25
90th Percentile £105.78 £87.35 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.05 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +3.15% +30.00% +370.37%

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 43,799 28,390 37,058
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.01% 90.78% 85.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,227 17,909 23,638
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £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 2,638 1,396 2,532
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.21 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.45%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £24.66 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.26% -35.31% +8.91%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -23 1,455 £569 -2.17% 895
UK excluding London -7 834 £525 +1.84% 521
London -41 690 £600 -7.69% 460
Work from Home -19 473 £550 -7.72% 470
North of England -10 257 £514 +0.29% 123
South East -10 212 £566 +2.95% 182
North West -17 130 £540 +5.62% 76
Yorkshire -1 125 £500 -4.76% 40
Midlands -34 118 £550 +15.79% 70
South West +6 94 £570 +9.62% 64
Scotland +3 94 £475 +0.85% 31
West Midlands -35 88 £563 +12.50% 33
East of England +12 55 £525 -4.55% 40
East Midlands -14 30 £550 +24.29% 37
Northern Ireland -1 9 £394 -28.41% 15
Wales -21 5 £800 +77.78% 8
North East -41 4 £454 -17.50% 9

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 71 (4.34%) Confluence
2 35 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.61%) SAS
4 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.24%) IIS
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.061%) Apache
8 1 (0.061%) Appian
8 1 (0.061%) CMS
8 1 (0.061%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.061%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.061%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.061%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.061%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.061%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.061%) WebSphere
Applications
1 51 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
4 35 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.86%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.24%) Revit
6 4 (0.24%) Trello
7 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.061%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.061%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 34 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.73%) Endur
3 11 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.37%) Actimize
5 6 (0.37%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.37%) Primavera
5 6 (0.37%) Summit
6 5 (0.31%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.24%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.24%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.24%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.18%) Findur
8 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 242 (14.79%) Azure
2 171 (10.45%) AWS
3 75 (4.58%) GCP
4 68 (4.16%) Power Platform
5 56 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.18%) Entra ID
7 48 (2.93%) SaaS
8 33 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.89%) GitHub
10 28 (1.71%) Microsoft Purview
11 21 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
12 20 (1.22%) PaaS
13 19 (1.16%) Snowflake
14 17 (1.04%) Google Workspace
15 15 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
16 14 (0.86%) Azure AI
17 13 (0.79%) Anthropic Claude
17 13 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
17 13 (0.79%) OCI
17 13 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 57 (3.48%) Network Security
2 38 (2.32%) Firewall
3 16 (0.98%) DNS
4 14 (0.86%) DHCP
4 14 (0.86%) TCP/IP
5 12 (0.73%) WAN
6 11 (0.67%) 5G
6 11 (0.67%) BIG-IP
7 10 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.55%) 4G
8 9 (0.55%) LAN
9 7 (0.43%) HTTP
9 7 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.37%) Internet
10 6 (0.37%) VPN
11 5 (0.31%) 3G
11 5 (0.31%) NAS
11 5 (0.31%) NGFW
11 5 (0.31%) SAN
12 4 (0.24%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.12%) Power BI
2 35 (2.14%) Metadata
3 30 (1.83%) Relational Database
4 25 (1.53%) SQL Server
5 21 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.98%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.73%) Db2
9 11 (0.67%) Data Lake
10 10 (0.61%) Tableau
11 9 (0.55%) Big Data
11 9 (0.55%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.37%) MySQL
12 6 (0.37%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.31%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 122 (7.46%) JIRA
2 23 (1.41%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.34%) Git
4 8 (0.49%) GitLab
5 7 (0.43%) Selenium
6 6 (0.37%) TeamCity
6 6 (0.37%) Zephyr
7 5 (0.31%) JUnit
7 5 (0.31%) Mockito
8 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (0.24%) DbUnit
8 4 (0.24%) jMock
8 4 (0.24%) Maven
8 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.18%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.18%) MLflow
9 3 (0.18%) Postman
10 2 (0.12%) Subversion
10 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 619 (37.84%) Finance
2 612 (37.41%) Social Skills
3 256 (15.65%) Analytical Skills
4 190 (11.61%) Public Sector
5 187 (11.43%) Banking
6 130 (7.95%) Legal
7 58 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
8 57 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
9 47 (2.87%) Front Office
10 44 (2.69%) Financial Institution
11 38 (2.32%) Retail
12 37 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
12 37 (2.26%) Investment Banking
12 37 (2.26%) Telecoms
13 36 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (1.96%) Military
15 31 (1.89%) Manufacturing
16 28 (1.71%) Aerospace
17 26 (1.59%) Law
18 22 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 205 (12.53%) Lead
2 198 (12.10%) Project Manager
3 181 (11.06%) Architect
4 158 (9.66%) Senior
5 155 (9.47%) Analyst
6 91 (5.56%) Consultant
7 75 (4.58%) Security Architect
8 70 (4.28%) Developer
9 68 (4.16%) Business Analyst
9 68 (4.16%) Programme Manager
10 59 (3.61%) Senior Manager
11 55 (3.36%) Risk Manager
12 46 (2.81%) IT Manager
13 40 (2.44%) Delivery Manager
14 37 (2.26%) Security Consultant
15 36 (2.20%) Security Engineer
16 35 (2.14%) Security Manager
17 32 (1.96%) Solutions Architect
18 29 (1.77%) Product Manager
19 27 (1.65%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.71%) Oracle Fusion
2 26 (1.59%) .NET
2 26 (1.59%) REST
3 20 (1.22%) Kafka
3 20 (1.22%) Middleware
4 16 (0.98%) XML
5 13 (0.79%) JSON
6 12 (0.73%) RESTful
6 12 (0.73%) SOAP
7 11 (0.67%) Azure Blueprints
7 11 (0.67%) Leaflet
7 11 (0.67%) OAuth
7 11 (0.67%) OpenID
7 11 (0.67%) React
7 11 (0.67%) SAML
8 10 (0.61%) Web Services
9 9 (0.55%) LDAP
10 8 (0.49%) PySpark
10 8 (0.49%) PyTorch
11 7 (0.43%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.40%) Management Information System
2 82 (5.01%) Product Ownership
3 78 (4.77%) Onboarding
4 66 (4.03%) Cloud Native
5 65 (3.97%) Security Posture
6 61 (3.73%) Operational Technology
7 51 (3.12%) Data Protection Act
8 47 (2.87%) Data Centre
9 38 (2.32%) Derivative
10 30 (1.83%) Market Risk
11 26 (1.59%) AI Agents
12 25 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
12 25 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (1.53%) PMI
13 24 (1.47%) Data Structures
13 24 (1.47%) Fixed Income
13 24 (1.47%) NHS
14 21 (1.28%) Credit Risk
15 18 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
15 18 (1.10%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 54 (3.30%) Windows
2 44 (2.69%) Linux
3 32 (1.96%) Unix
4 19 (1.16%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.43%) zOS
7 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (33.80%) Stakeholder Management
2 413 (25.24%) Agile
3 370 (22.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 335 (20.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 334 (20.42%) Cybersecurity
6 251 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
7 242 (14.79%) Decision-Making
8 241 (14.73%) Project Management
9 209 (12.78%) Roadmaps
10 206 (12.59%) AI
11 201 (12.29%) Information Security
12 177 (10.82%) Change Management
13 157 (9.60%) Project Delivery
14 150 (9.17%) Migration
15 140 (8.56%) DevOps
16 137 (8.37%) Analytics
16 137 (8.37%) CI/CD
17 131 (8.01%) Regulatory Compliance
18 125 (7.64%) Data Protection
19 121 (7.40%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 129 (7.89%) Python
2 109 (6.66%) SQL
3 56 (3.42%) Java
4 38 (2.32%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.41%) C#
6 16 (0.98%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.79%) VBA
8 10 (0.61%) PL/SQL
9 9 (0.55%) Bash
9 9 (0.55%) C++
9 9 (0.55%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.43%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.37%) Go
12 4 (0.24%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.24%) Bicep
12 4 (0.24%) CLIST
12 4 (0.24%) JCL
12 4 (0.24%) REXX
13 3 (0.18%) C
13 3 (0.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 393 (24.02%) Security Cleared
2 292 (17.85%) SC Cleared
3 189 (11.55%) Degree
4 152 (9.29%) CISSP
5 101 (6.17%) CISM
6 93 (5.68%) DV Cleared
7 78 (4.77%) PMI Certification
8 73 (4.46%) PMP
9 40 (2.44%) CRISC
10 36 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
13 31 (1.89%) CISA
14 29 (1.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 27 (1.65%) Master's Degree
16 25 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 16 (0.98%) CESG Certified Professional
17 16 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 15 (0.92%) AWS Certification
18 15 (0.92%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 199 (12.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 198 (12.10%) NIST
3 150 (9.17%) GRC
4 113 (6.91%) GDPR
5 77 (4.71%) QA
6 73 (4.46%) PMO
7 71 (4.34%) Data Quality
8 57 (3.48%) NCSC
9 40 (2.44%) PCI DSS
10 37 (2.26%) JSP 440
11 33 (2.02%) SOC 2
12 31 (1.89%) SLA
13 30 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
14 26 (1.59%) NIST 800
15 23 (1.41%) COBIT
16 17 (1.04%) ISO 31000
17 16 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 16 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 15 (0.92%) RMADS
19 14 (0.86%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 36 (2.20%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.98%) Docker
3 9 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.24%) Postfix
4 4 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
5 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.12%) NFS
6 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.061%) Ceph
7 1 (0.061%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.061%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (1.59%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.53%) Terraform
3 22 (1.34%) Ansible
4 14 (0.86%) SCCM
5 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (0.67%) Grafana
7 8 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.31%) Control-M
8 5 (0.31%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.24%) OMEGAMON
10 3 (0.18%) CASB
10 3 (0.18%) Nessus
11 2 (0.12%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.12%) Istio
11 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.12%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.12%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 215 (13.14%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.68%) ServiceNow
3 84 (5.13%) Oracle
3 84 (5.13%) SAP
4 48 (2.93%) Google
5 21 (1.28%) Workday
6 20 (1.22%) IBM
7 19 (1.16%) Cisco
7 19 (1.16%) Salesforce
8 16 (0.98%) Murex
9 15 (0.92%) Sybase
10 14 (0.86%) Foundry
10 14 (0.86%) Splunk
11 13 (0.79%) F5
11 13 (0.79%) Qualys
11 13 (0.79%) VMware
12 11 (0.67%) Ariba
13 10 (0.61%) Databricks
13 10 (0.61%) Infoblox
14 9 (0.55%) Rapid7