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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 48 74
Rank change year-on-year -27 +26 -9
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,611 1,363 1,229
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.17% 4.51% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.72% 4.95% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 834 759
10th Percentile £402 £375 £355
25th Percentile £476 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £700
90th Percentile £800 £875 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.70% -2.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 26 41
10th Percentile £21.13 £47.06 £12.25
25th Percentile £45.90 £48.94 £22.34
Median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +30.00% +370.37%
75th Percentile £87.16 £84.74 £61.25
90th Percentile £106.50 £87.38 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.40% +30.00% +410.20%

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 43,249 27,546 37,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.99% 91.07% 85.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,953 17,432 23,598
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -4.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £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 2,594 1,315 2,564
10th Percentile £14.81 £14.20 £12.74
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.44 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.95 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.71 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.66 £38.12
% change year-on-year +82.48% -35.31% +17.65%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 1,434 £563 -4.26% 675
UK excluding London -7 823 £525 +2.44% 434
London -40 680 £600 -9.43% 327
Work from Home -23 472 £550 -7.72% 314
North of England -9 251 £512 - 98
South East -6 208 £563 +2.27% 154
Yorkshire +7 125 £500 -1.23% 33
North West -16 124 £533 +4.15% 53
Midlands -40 118 £550 +15.79% 61
South West +6 98 £570 +11.76% 57
Scotland +1 94 £475 +0.85% 17
West Midlands -33 88 £545 +9.00% 34
East of England +4 51 £525 -4.55% 44
East Midlands -9 30 £550 +23.66% 27
Northern Ireland -1 9 £394 -28.41% 7
Wales -16 5 £800 +77.78% 7
North East -35 4 £454 -17.50% 14

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 (4.53%) Confluence
2 36 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.62%) SAS
4 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.25%) IIS
6 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.062%) Apache
8 1 (0.062%) Appian
8 1 (0.062%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.062%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.062%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.062%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.062%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.062%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.062%) WebSphere
Applications
1 51 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (2.61%) Microsoft Project
3 41 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
4 35 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.25%) Revit
6 4 (0.25%) Trello
7 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.19%) Windchill
8 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.062%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.062%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 28 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.74%) Endur
3 11 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
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%) Actimize
6 5 (0.31%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.25%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.25%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.25%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.19%) Findur
8 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 228 (14.15%) Azure
2 168 (10.43%) AWS
3 71 (4.41%) GCP
4 64 (3.97%) Power Platform
5 58 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
6 50 (3.10%) SaaS
7 49 (3.04%) Entra ID
8 33 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (1.74%) GitHub
9 28 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
10 19 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
10 19 (1.18%) PaaS
11 18 (1.12%) Snowflake
12 16 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (0.93%) Google Workspace
14 13 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
14 13 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (0.81%) Serverless
15 12 (0.74%) Google Sheets
15 12 (0.74%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 57 (3.54%) Network Security
2 38 (2.36%) Firewall
3 16 (0.99%) DNS
4 14 (0.87%) DHCP
4 14 (0.87%) TCP/IP
5 12 (0.74%) WAN
6 11 (0.68%) 5G
6 11 (0.68%) BIG-IP
7 10 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.56%) 4G
8 9 (0.56%) 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 (0.25%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.17%) Power BI
2 35 (2.17%) Metadata
3 29 (1.80%) Relational Database
4 25 (1.55%) SQL Server
5 21 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.99%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 11 (0.68%) Db2
9 10 (0.62%) Tableau
10 9 (0.56%) Big Data
10 9 (0.56%) RDBMS
11 6 (0.37%) MySQL
11 6 (0.37%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.31%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 122 (7.57%) JIRA
2 21 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 20 (1.24%) Git
4 8 (0.50%) 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 (0.25%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (0.25%) DbUnit
8 4 (0.25%) jMock
8 4 (0.25%) Maven
8 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.19%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.19%) MLflow
9 3 (0.19%) Postman
10 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 604 (37.49%) Finance
2 597 (37.06%) Social Skills
3 250 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
4 191 (11.86%) Public Sector
5 187 (11.61%) Banking
6 128 (7.95%) Legal
7 54 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
8 53 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
9 44 (2.73%) Front Office
10 42 (2.61%) Financial Institution
11 40 (2.48%) Telecoms
12 37 (2.30%) Investment Banking
13 36 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
13 36 (2.23%) Retail
14 34 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
15 31 (1.92%) Manufacturing
16 30 (1.86%) Military
17 27 (1.68%) Law
18 25 (1.55%) Aerospace
19 23 (1.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 203 (12.60%) Lead
2 197 (12.23%) Project Manager
3 176 (10.92%) Architect
4 158 (9.81%) Senior
5 153 (9.50%) Analyst
6 91 (5.65%) Consultant
7 71 (4.41%) Security Architect
8 69 (4.28%) Developer
9 68 (4.22%) Programme Manager
10 67 (4.16%) Business Analyst
11 59 (3.66%) Risk Manager
12 58 (3.60%) Senior Manager
13 44 (2.73%) IT Manager
14 39 (2.42%) Delivery Manager
15 38 (2.36%) Security Consultant
16 37 (2.30%) Security Engineer
17 35 (2.17%) Security Manager
18 32 (1.99%) Solutions Architect
19 27 (1.68%) Risk Analyst
20 26 (1.61%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
2 26 (1.61%) REST
3 25 (1.55%) .NET
4 21 (1.30%) Kafka
5 19 (1.18%) Middleware
6 16 (0.99%) XML
7 13 (0.81%) JSON
8 12 (0.74%) SOAP
9 11 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
9 11 (0.68%) Leaflet
9 11 (0.68%) OAuth
9 11 (0.68%) OpenID
9 11 (0.68%) React
9 11 (0.68%) RESTful
9 11 (0.68%) SAML
10 10 (0.62%) Web Services
11 9 (0.56%) LDAP
12 8 (0.50%) PySpark
12 8 (0.50%) PyTorch
13 7 (0.43%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.64%) Management Information System
2 83 (5.15%) Product Ownership
3 71 (4.41%) Onboarding
4 64 (3.97%) Cloud Native
5 63 (3.91%) Security Posture
6 60 (3.72%) Operational Technology
7 48 (2.98%) Data Centre
8 47 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
9 40 (2.48%) Derivative
10 30 (1.86%) Market Risk
11 26 (1.61%) PMI
12 25 (1.55%) AI Agents
12 25 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.49%) NHS
14 23 (1.43%) Data Structures
15 22 (1.37%) Fixed Income
16 21 (1.30%) Credit Risk
17 20 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
18 18 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
18 18 (1.12%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.29%) Windows
2 44 (2.73%) Linux
3 31 (1.92%) Unix
4 19 (1.18%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.43%) zOS
7 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (32.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 408 (25.33%) Agile
3 357 (22.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 328 (20.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 322 (19.99%) Cybersecurity
6 254 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
7 240 (14.90%) Decision-Making
8 235 (14.59%) Project Management
9 203 (12.60%) Roadmaps
10 197 (12.23%) AI
10 197 (12.23%) Information Security
11 174 (10.80%) Change Management
12 155 (9.62%) Project Delivery
13 144 (8.94%) Migration
14 138 (8.57%) DevOps
15 134 (8.32%) CI/CD
16 133 (8.26%) Analytics
17 126 (7.82%) Regulatory Compliance
18 121 (7.51%) Data Protection
19 120 (7.45%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 125 (7.76%) Python
2 109 (6.77%) SQL
3 56 (3.48%) Java
4 38 (2.36%) PowerShell
5 24 (1.49%) C#
6 16 (0.99%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.74%) VBA
8 11 (0.68%) C++
9 10 (0.62%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.56%) Bash
11 8 (0.50%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.43%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.37%) Go
14 4 (0.25%) Assembly Language
14 4 (0.25%) Bicep
14 4 (0.25%) CLIST
14 4 (0.25%) JCL
14 4 (0.25%) REXX
15 3 (0.19%) C
15 3 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 385 (23.90%) Security Cleared
2 283 (17.57%) SC Cleared
3 188 (11.67%) Degree
4 146 (9.06%) CISSP
5 100 (6.21%) CISM
6 92 (5.71%) DV Cleared
7 77 (4.78%) PMI Certification
8 71 (4.41%) PMP
9 43 (2.67%) CRISC
10 38 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
12 32 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
13 31 (1.92%) CISA
14 28 (1.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 25 (1.55%) Master's Degree
16 24 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 16 (0.99%) CESG Certified Professional
17 16 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 15 (0.93%) AWS Certification
18 15 (0.93%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (12.10%) NIST
2 192 (11.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 151 (9.37%) GRC
4 108 (6.70%) GDPR
5 76 (4.72%) PMO
6 75 (4.66%) QA
7 66 (4.10%) Data Quality
8 58 (3.60%) NCSC
9 40 (2.48%) PCI DSS
10 37 (2.30%) JSP 440
11 31 (1.92%) SOC 2
12 30 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
12 30 (1.86%) SLA
13 25 (1.55%) COBIT
13 25 (1.55%) NIST 800
14 17 (1.06%) ISO 31000
14 17 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 17 (1.06%) RMADS
14 17 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 14 (0.87%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 32 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.99%) Docker
3 9 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.25%) Postfix
5 4 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.062%) Ceph
8 1 (0.062%) FreeRADIUS
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.062%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (1.68%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.49%) Terraform
3 21 (1.30%) Ansible
4 14 (0.87%) SCCM
5 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (0.62%) Grafana
7 8 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.43%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.31%) Control-M
9 5 (0.31%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.25%) OMEGAMON
11 3 (0.19%) CASB
11 3 (0.19%) Nessus
12 2 (0.12%) Istio
12 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.12%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.12%) NSN NetAct
12 2 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 211 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.90%) ServiceNow
3 83 (5.15%) Oracle
4 80 (4.97%) SAP
5 44 (2.73%) Google
6 22 (1.37%) Workday
7 19 (1.18%) IBM
7 19 (1.18%) Salesforce
8 18 (1.12%) Cisco
9 16 (0.99%) Murex
10 14 (0.87%) Splunk
10 14 (0.87%) Sybase
11 13 (0.81%) F5
11 13 (0.81%) VMware
12 12 (0.74%) Ariba
12 12 (0.74%) Databricks
12 12 (0.74%) Qualys
13 11 (0.68%) Foundry
14 10 (0.62%) Infoblox
15 9 (0.56%) CrowdStrike