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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 51 61
Rank change year-on-year -17 +10 +24
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,300 1,284 1,458
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.52% 3.99% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 4.51% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 824 727 985
10th Percentile £363 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £693 £694
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 38 51
10th Percentile £22.16 £26.08 £40.75
25th Percentile £31.69 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.17% -2.44% +527.55%
75th Percentile £66.09 £75.30 £83.40
90th Percentile £94.38 £83.20 £83.41
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £73.31
% change year-on-year -44.17% -18.16% +648.06%

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 32,455 28,477 37,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.94% 88.47% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,517 17,306 24,837
10th Percentile £304 £308 £305
25th Percentile £406 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £720 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,999 921 1,524
10th Percentile £14.73 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £18.92
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.76% -32.33% +50.00%

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 6 January 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 6 January 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 6 January 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 -16 1,156 £550 -4.35% 444
London -5 628 £601 -3.92% 197
UK excluding London -25 564 £500 -4.76% 317
Work from Home -5 362 £550 - 229
North of England -22 164 £492 -8.04% 72
South East -15 151 £511 -9.11% 120
Yorkshire +5 82 £492 -10.55% 31
North West -36 80 £488 -2.01% 39
Midlands -54 74 £475 -18.28% 49
South West +3 73 £575 +17.95% 37
West Midlands -55 47 £500 -14.89% 36
Scotland -16 46 £444 -1.39% 12
East of England -30 36 £553 -3.83% 25
East Midlands -23 27 £437 -8.00% 13
Wales +13 15 £308 - 8
Northern Ireland +1 11 £500 +66.67% 2
North East -19 2 £550 -13.73% 3

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 48 (3.69%) Confluence
2 27 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.77%) SAS
6 9 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.62%) CMS
8 4 (0.31%) CICS
8 4 (0.31%) nginx
9 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.077%) Apache
10 1 (0.077%) Camunda
10 1 (0.077%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
Applications
1 83 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (4.15%) Microsoft Project
3 47 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
4 43 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.31%) Revit
6 4 (0.31%) Trello
7 3 (0.23%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 31 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.62%) SAP CO
3 8 (0.62%) SAP FI
3 8 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (0.54%) Endur
4 7 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.31%) Primavera
5 4 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.31%) SAP GTS
5 4 (0.31%) VisionPLUS
6 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.23%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 141 (10.85%) Azure
2 132 (10.15%) AWS
3 60 (4.62%) GCP
4 49 (3.77%) Power Platform
5 38 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (2.38%) SaaS
7 30 (2.31%) Entra ID
8 22 (1.69%) GitHub
9 17 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
10 14 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (0.85%) OCI
13 10 (0.77%) Google Workspace
14 9 (0.69%) dbt
14 9 (0.69%) OpenShift
15 8 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
16 7 (0.54%) Google Sheets
16 7 (0.54%) Power Automate
16 7 (0.54%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.92%) Firewall
2 29 (2.23%) Network Security
3 10 (0.77%) Internet
3 10 (0.77%) LAN
4 9 (0.69%) DNS
4 9 (0.69%) Kerberos
5 7 (0.54%) VPN
5 7 (0.54%) WAN
5 7 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.38%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.31%) 5G
7 4 (0.31%) Multicast
8 3 (0.23%) Broadband
8 3 (0.23%) HTTP
8 3 (0.23%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.23%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.23%) SSL
9 2 (0.15%) DHCP
9 2 (0.15%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.15%) Power BI
2 35 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (1.69%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.23%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.92%) Metadata
7 11 (0.85%) NoSQL
8 10 (0.77%) Tableau
9 8 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
9 8 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (0.62%) Apache Arrow
9 8 (0.62%) Apache Iceberg
9 8 (0.62%) Big Data
9 8 (0.62%) Dremio
9 8 (0.62%) KDB
9 8 (0.62%) Kdb+
10 7 (0.54%) MySQL
10 7 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.46%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (0.46%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 114 (8.77%) JIRA
2 18 (1.38%) Git
3 12 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.69%) SpecFlow
5 6 (0.46%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.38%) QUnit
7 4 (0.31%) GCC
7 4 (0.31%) GDB
7 4 (0.31%) GitLab
7 4 (0.31%) Gradle
7 4 (0.31%) Maven
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.31%) SonarLint
8 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.15%) Postman
10 1 (0.077%) MLflow
10 1 (0.077%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.077%) SoapUI
General
1 542 (41.69%) Social Skills
2 510 (39.23%) Finance
3 218 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 184 (14.15%) Banking
5 135 (10.38%) Public Sector
6 104 (8.00%) Legal
7 61 (4.69%) Front Office
8 55 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
9 52 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (3.15%) Investment Banking
11 34 (2.62%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.38%) Financial Institution
13 28 (2.15%) Telecoms
14 25 (1.92%) Retail
15 24 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
16 22 (1.69%) Law
16 22 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
17 21 (1.62%) Local Government
18 20 (1.54%) Military
19 19 (1.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 166 (12.77%) Analyst
2 160 (12.31%) Project Manager
3 127 (9.77%) Senior
4 114 (8.77%) Lead
5 112 (8.62%) Consultant
6 111 (8.54%) Developer
7 107 (8.23%) Architect
8 60 (4.62%) Business Analyst
9 46 (3.54%) Programme Manager
9 46 (3.54%) Security Architect
10 42 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
11 41 (3.15%) Security Consultant
12 39 (3.00%) Senior Developer
13 37 (2.85%) Risk Analyst
13 37 (2.85%) Senior Manager
14 35 (2.69%) Risk Manager
15 33 (2.54%) Security Analyst
16 29 (2.23%) Solutions Architect
16 29 (2.23%) Technical Manager
17 28 (2.15%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.92%) Kafka
2 18 (1.38%) .NET
2 18 (1.38%) REST
3 17 (1.31%) NumPy
3 17 (1.31%) Pandas
4 16 (1.23%) RESTful
5 15 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (1.08%) .NET Framework
6 14 (1.08%) OAuth
6 14 (1.08%) React
7 13 (1.00%) AngularJS
7 13 (1.00%) Middleware
8 12 (0.92%) SAML
9 11 (0.85%) XML
10 10 (0.77%) Entity Framework
10 10 (0.77%) Playwright
11 9 (0.69%) COM
11 9 (0.69%) Dask
11 9 (0.69%) NHibernate
12 8 (0.62%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 155 (11.92%) Management Information System
2 66 (5.08%) Product Ownership
3 63 (4.85%) Security Posture
4 60 (4.62%) Derivative
5 53 (4.08%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 42 (3.23%) Equities
8 38 (2.92%) Market Risk
9 37 (2.85%) Data Centre
10 32 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 30 (2.31%) Fixed Income
12 29 (2.23%) Cloud Native
12 29 (2.23%) Credit Risk
12 29 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
13 28 (2.15%) Algorithms
14 23 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
14 23 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
15 17 (1.31%) Hedge funds
15 17 (1.31%) NHS
15 17 (1.31%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.38%) Linux
2 30 (2.31%) Windows
3 19 (1.46%) Unix
4 5 (0.38%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.23%) VMS
6 1 (0.077%) Android
6 1 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.077%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (26.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 329 (25.31%) Agile
3 257 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
4 256 (19.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 229 (17.62%) Cybersecurity
6 213 (16.38%) Project Management
7 177 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 172 (13.23%) Decision-Making
9 156 (12.00%) Information Security
10 130 (10.00%) Project Delivery
11 120 (9.23%) Migration
12 118 (9.08%) Change Management
13 107 (8.23%) Roadmaps
14 104 (8.00%) PRINCE2
15 102 (7.85%) Analytics
16 100 (7.69%) AI
17 98 (7.54%) Data Protection
17 98 (7.54%) Regulatory Compliance
18 94 (7.23%) Incident Response
19 91 (7.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 123 (9.46%) Python
2 116 (8.92%) SQL
3 55 (4.23%) Java
4 31 (2.38%) C++
5 29 (2.23%) C#
6 26 (2.00%) PowerShell
7 17 (1.31%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.00%) VBA
9 11 (0.85%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.69%) R
11 5 (0.38%) JCL
11 5 (0.38%) Korn
12 4 (0.31%) COBOL
13 3 (0.23%) Bash
13 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.23%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.15%) Perl
14 2 (0.15%) Rust
14 2 (0.15%) Scala
14 2 (0.15%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 247 (19.00%) Security Cleared
2 214 (16.46%) Degree
3 185 (14.23%) SC Cleared
4 118 (9.08%) CISSP
5 82 (6.31%) CISM
6 79 (6.08%) PMI Certification
7 74 (5.69%) PMP
8 60 (4.62%) DV Cleared
9 58 (4.46%) Master's Degree
10 37 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 31 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 26 (2.00%) CRISC
13 25 (1.92%) CISA
14 20 (1.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 17 (1.31%) Numerate Degree
16 16 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
17 15 (1.15%) PhD
18 13 (1.00%) GIAC
19 12 (0.92%) Azure Certification
20 10 (0.77%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (12.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 159 (12.23%) NIST
3 112 (8.62%) GDPR
4 92 (7.08%) GRC
5 76 (5.85%) PMO
6 73 (5.62%) QA
7 41 (3.15%) PCI DSS
8 37 (2.85%) NCSC
9 33 (2.54%) Data Quality
10 25 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 19 (1.46%) COBIT
12 16 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
12 16 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (1.23%) EU AI Act
12 16 (1.23%) SLA
13 15 (1.15%) Def Stans
13 15 (1.15%) NIST 800
14 14 (1.08%) Accessibility
14 14 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 12 (0.92%) JSP 440
System Software
1 32 (2.46%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.69%) Docker
3 6 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.077%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.077%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.077%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.077%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.54%) Terraform
3 11 (0.85%) Ansible
4 10 (0.77%) RSA Archer
4 10 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (0.31%) Grafana
8 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.23%) QRadar
8 3 (0.23%) WSUS
9 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.077%) Consul
10 1 (0.077%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.077%) OMEGAMON
10 1 (0.077%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.077%) SCCM
10 1 (0.077%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 165 (12.69%) Microsoft
2 79 (6.08%) SAP
3 54 (4.15%) ServiceNow
4 48 (3.69%) Oracle
5 28 (2.15%) Google
6 19 (1.46%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.23%) Splunk
8 14 (1.08%) Ariba
9 13 (1.00%) Databricks
10 12 (0.92%) Murex
11 9 (0.69%) CyberArk
11 9 (0.69%) IBM
12 8 (0.62%) Workday
13 7 (0.54%) Citrix
14 6 (0.46%) Bloomberg
14 6 (0.46%) Cisco
14 6 (0.46%) F5
14 6 (0.46%) Informatica
14 6 (0.46%) Solace
15 5 (0.38%) ArcSight