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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 54 67
Rank change year-on-year -18 +13 0
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,840 1,392 1,212
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.43% 4.31% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 4.76% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,130 866 727
10th Percentile £400 £359 £383
25th Percentile £475 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £574 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +2.41% -6.28%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £707
90th Percentile £800 £875 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £512 £550
% change year-on-year +2.56% -6.93% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 23 27
10th Percentile £24.72 £22.16 £30.80
25th Percentile £46.69 £23.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £64.09 £49.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.47% -13.91% +17.35%
75th Percentile £80.00 £69.38 £68.84
90th Percentile £87.40 £84.85 £82.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.34 £51.00 £58.38
% change year-on-year +47.73% -12.63% -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 45,398 29,222 32,553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.63% 90.44% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,773 18,158 20,413
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
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 2,911 1,744 1,558
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.20 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.72 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67.84 £46.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.18 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +87.80% -47.37% +12.13%

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 4 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 4 September 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 4 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 -20 1,610 £563 -2.17% 3,161
UK excluding London -6 920 £525 +2.56% 1,443
London -28 776 £600 -7.69% 2,098
Work from Home -27 497 £550 -8.33% 1,332
North of England -10 269 £511 +2.26% 327
South East +10 248 £575 +4.55% 349
North West -16 136 £525 +2.68% 204
Yorkshire +2 127 £500 - 97
Scotland +11 116 £488 +8.33% 181
South West -17 113 £600 +4.35% 210
Midlands -42 103 £550 +17.27% 180
West Midlands -31 80 £525 +5.00% 104
East of England +7 65 £513 -14.58% 112
East Midlands -34 20 £547 +36.07% 76
Wales -15 11 £600 +45.45% 26
Northern Ireland -2 8 £394 -28.41% 70
North East -36 6 £454 - 31

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 72 (3.91%) Confluence
2 45 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.54%) SAS
4 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.22%) IIS
6 3 (0.16%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.11%) CMS
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.054%) Apache
8 1 (0.054%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.054%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.054%) Appian
8 1 (0.054%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.054%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.054%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.054%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.054%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 68 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.22%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.22%) Revit
7 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.16%) Windchill
8 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.054%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.054%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.054%) Trello
Business Applications
1 48 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.87%) SAP GRC
3 14 (0.76%) Endur
4 10 (0.54%) Primavera
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.22%) Actimize
9 4 (0.22%) Aladdin
9 4 (0.22%) Magento
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
9 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 3 (0.16%) Findur
10 3 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.16%) Summit
10 3 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 271 (14.73%) Azure
2 189 (10.27%) AWS
3 87 (4.73%) Power Platform
4 81 (4.40%) GCP
5 63 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (3.32%) Entra ID
7 55 (2.99%) SaaS
8 39 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (1.58%) GitHub
10 25 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
11 23 (1.25%) OCI
12 21 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
12 21 (1.14%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.03%) Azure AI
13 19 (1.03%) PaaS
14 16 (0.87%) Anthropic Claude
15 15 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
15 15 (0.82%) IaaS
15 15 (0.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 65 (3.53%) Network Security
2 43 (2.34%) Firewall
3 23 (1.25%) TCP/IP
4 18 (0.98%) WAN
5 17 (0.92%) DNS
6 16 (0.87%) LAN
7 14 (0.76%) 5G
7 14 (0.76%) DHCP
8 12 (0.65%) 4G
9 8 (0.43%) BIG-IP
9 8 (0.43%) HTTP
9 8 (0.43%) Internet
9 8 (0.43%) VPN
10 7 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.33%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (0.33%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.27%) 3G
12 5 (0.27%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
12 5 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (3.70%) Power BI
2 44 (2.39%) Metadata
3 37 (2.01%) SQL Server
4 34 (1.85%) Relational Database
5 20 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (0.98%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (0.76%) Db2
9 13 (0.71%) Data Lake
10 12 (0.65%) Tableau
11 10 (0.54%) Big Data
11 10 (0.54%) Oracle Database
12 9 (0.49%) RDBMS
13 7 (0.38%) MySQL
14 5 (0.27%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.27%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 4 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.22%) Ataccama
15 4 (0.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 127 (6.90%) JIRA
2 27 (1.47%) Git
3 20 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.65%) Selenium
5 9 (0.49%) Cypress.io
5 9 (0.49%) Zephyr
6 8 (0.43%) Postman
7 7 (0.38%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.33%) GitLab
9 5 (0.27%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.22%) Maven
10 4 (0.22%) Subversion
11 3 (0.16%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.16%) DbUnit
11 3 (0.16%) jMock
11 3 (0.16%) JUnit
11 3 (0.16%) Mockito
11 3 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 740 (40.22%) Social Skills
2 666 (36.20%) Finance
3 311 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
4 227 (12.34%) Public Sector
5 200 (10.87%) Banking
6 136 (7.39%) Legal
7 86 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
8 74 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
9 71 (3.86%) Front Office
10 51 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
11 50 (2.72%) Aerospace
12 44 (2.39%) Investment Banking
13 43 (2.34%) Military
13 43 (2.34%) Telecoms
14 42 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
15 41 (2.23%) Retail
16 39 (2.12%) Manufacturing
17 38 (2.07%) Financial Institution
18 34 (1.85%) Law
19 25 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 240 (13.04%) Lead
2 227 (12.34%) Architect
3 195 (10.60%) Project Manager
4 181 (9.84%) Analyst
5 175 (9.51%) Senior
6 104 (5.65%) Consultant
7 97 (5.27%) Security Architect
8 75 (4.08%) Programme Manager
9 73 (3.97%) Developer
10 64 (3.48%) Business Analyst
11 55 (2.99%) IT Manager
12 54 (2.93%) Senior Manager
13 53 (2.88%) Risk Manager
14 47 (2.55%) Delivery Manager
15 42 (2.28%) Security Consultant
16 35 (1.90%) Risk Analyst
16 35 (1.90%) Security Engineer
16 35 (1.90%) Solutions Architect
17 34 (1.85%) Security Manager
18 32 (1.74%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.17%) Terraform
2 35 (1.90%) REST
3 31 (1.68%) .NET
4 25 (1.36%) Middleware
5 22 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
6 19 (1.03%) Kafka
7 17 (0.92%) OAuth
8 15 (0.82%) JSON
9 13 (0.71%) XML
10 12 (0.65%) SAML
10 12 (0.65%) Spring
11 11 (0.60%) OpenID
11 11 (0.60%) React
11 11 (0.60%) SLSA
11 11 (0.60%) SOAP
12 10 (0.54%) RESTful
12 10 (0.54%) SailPoint
13 9 (0.49%) LDAP
14 8 (0.43%) Azure Blueprints
14 8 (0.43%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 116 (6.30%) Management Information System
2 109 (5.92%) Onboarding
3 88 (4.78%) Product Ownership
4 75 (4.08%) Security Posture
5 69 (3.75%) Cloud Native
6 56 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
7 53 (2.88%) Operational Technology
8 41 (2.23%) Data Centre
9 40 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
10 35 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
11 33 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
12 32 (1.74%) AI Agents
13 31 (1.68%) Derivative
13 31 (1.68%) Market Risk
14 27 (1.47%) Data Structures
14 27 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
15 26 (1.41%) NHS
16 23 (1.25%) Credit Risk
16 23 (1.25%) PMI
17 21 (1.14%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 61 (3.32%) Windows
2 57 (3.10%) Linux
3 39 (2.12%) Unix
4 21 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.33%) zOS
7 5 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.16%) AIX
8 3 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.16%) Android
8 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.054%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 723 (39.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 454 (24.67%) Cybersecurity
3 452 (24.57%) Agile
4 410 (22.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 397 (21.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 295 (16.03%) Decision-Making
7 271 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
8 265 (14.40%) AI
9 250 (13.59%) Project Management
10 230 (12.50%) Roadmaps
11 214 (11.63%) Information Security
12 205 (11.14%) Project Delivery
13 178 (9.67%) Migration
14 172 (9.35%) DevOps
15 169 (9.18%) CI/CD
16 158 (8.59%) Analytics
16 158 (8.59%) Change Management
17 152 (8.26%) Vulnerability Management
18 147 (7.99%) PRINCE2
19 139 (7.55%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 144 (7.83%) Python
2 100 (5.43%) SQL
3 49 (2.66%) Java
4 38 (2.07%) PowerShell
5 28 (1.52%) C#
6 18 (0.98%) JavaScript
7 14 (0.76%) C++
8 12 (0.65%) Bash
9 11 (0.60%) VBA
10 10 (0.54%) Shell Script
11 8 (0.43%) Go
11 8 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.43%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.33%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.27%) Bicep
13 5 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.22%) Assembly Language
14 4 (0.22%) CLIST
14 4 (0.22%) Perl
14 4 (0.22%) REXX
Qualifications
1 508 (27.61%) Security Cleared
2 365 (19.84%) SC Cleared
3 171 (9.29%) Degree
4 162 (8.80%) CISSP
5 122 (6.63%) DV Cleared
6 112 (6.09%) CISM
7 85 (4.62%) PMI Certification
8 82 (4.46%) PMP
9 53 (2.88%) CRISC
10 51 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 42 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
12 39 (2.12%) CISA
13 37 (2.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 29 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
15 26 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 23 (1.25%) Master's Degree
16 23 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
17 22 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
18 21 (1.14%) CCSP
19 18 (0.98%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 227 (12.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 215 (11.68%) NIST
3 193 (10.49%) GRC
4 117 (6.36%) GDPR
5 111 (6.03%) QA
6 85 (4.62%) Data Quality
7 80 (4.35%) NCSC
8 69 (3.75%) PMO
9 38 (2.07%) JSP 440
10 34 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
11 22 (1.20%) COBIT
11 22 (1.20%) NIST 800
12 19 (1.03%) Accessibility
13 18 (0.98%) SLA
13 18 (0.98%) SOC 2
14 17 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 17 (0.92%) PCI DSS
15 16 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.82%) Def Stans
16 15 (0.82%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 43 (2.34%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.14%) Docker
3 10 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.27%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
5 4 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.16%) FreeRADIUS
6 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.16%) Postfix
6 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.16%) vSphere
7 2 (0.11%) Firmware
7 2 (0.11%) NFS
8 1 (0.054%) Ceph
8 1 (0.054%) IAG
Systems Management
1 43 (2.34%) Kubernetes
2 32 (1.74%) Ansible
3 14 (0.76%) Grafana
4 12 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.65%) SCCM
5 8 (0.43%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.33%) Control-M
7 5 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.22%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.22%) Nessus
8 4 (0.22%) OMEGAMON
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.16%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.11%) Istio
Vendors
1 268 (14.57%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.03%) ServiceNow
3 91 (4.95%) SAP
4 75 (4.08%) Oracle
5 41 (2.23%) Google
6 23 (1.25%) IBM
7 20 (1.09%) Salesforce
8 19 (1.03%) Splunk
9 16 (0.87%) Cisco
9 16 (0.87%) Sybase
9 16 (0.87%) VMware
10 15 (0.82%) Foundry
11 14 (0.76%) Databricks
12 13 (0.71%) Qualys
13 11 (0.60%) Ariba
14 10 (0.54%) BeyondTrust
14 10 (0.54%) Murex
14 10 (0.54%) Workday
15 9 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
15 9 (0.49%) Okta