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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 50 73
Rank change year-on-year -23 +23 -7
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,687 1,433 1,220
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.21% 4.41% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 4.88% 3.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,081 871 748
10th Percentile £411 £375 £360
25th Percentile £481 £454 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +4.55% -6.58%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £715
90th Percentile £800 £875 £841
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £512 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.93% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 28 41
10th Percentile £24.14 £23.10 £12.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £46.30 £22.34
Median hourly rate £75.00 £53.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.51% +11.58% +297.82%
75th Percentile £85.84 £77.74 £60.00
90th Percentile £105.33 £87.33 £70.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £58.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +37.34% +16.50% +26.42%

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 44,779 29,366 36,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.09% 90.39% 85.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,858 18,449 23,259
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £419 £405 £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 2,648 1,547 2,431
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.22 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.21 £17.45 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.29%
75th Percentile £68.50 £52.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.65 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.34 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.88% -36.15% -3.74%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -22 1,493 £570 -1.72% 734
UK excluding London -7 869 £538 +5.00% 468
London -34 698 £600 -10.91% 346
Work from Home -20 485 £550 -5.98% 311
North of England -9 261 £514 - 123
South East -1 237 £575 +4.55% 146
North West -20 132 £533 +4.15% 76
Yorkshire -1 127 £500 -4.76% 38
Midlands -42 114 £550 +15.79% 64
Scotland -2 99 £475 +1.71% 21
South West -5 93 £570 -0.87% 64
West Midlands -38 87 £540 +8.00% 37
East of England +15 59 £525 -4.55% 36
East Midlands -15 26 £550 +23.66% 27
Northern Ireland -4 9 £394 -28.41% 13
Wales -12 7 £725 +62.56% 8
North East -42 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 69 (4.09%) Confluence
2 37 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.53%) SAS
4 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.24%) 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 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
4 36 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.83%) 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 (0.059%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.059%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.059%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 39 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.71%) Endur
3 10 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.36%) Actimize
5 6 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.36%) Primavera
5 6 (0.36%) SAP GRC
6 5 (0.30%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.30%) Summit
7 4 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.24%) Loan IQ
7 4 (0.24%) Magento
7 4 (0.24%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.24%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 251 (14.88%) Azure
2 176 (10.43%) AWS
3 78 (4.62%) GCP
4 70 (4.15%) Power Platform
5 61 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (3.26%) Entra ID
7 44 (2.61%) SaaS
8 34 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.84%) GitHub
10 30 (1.78%) Microsoft Purview
11 23 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (1.13%) Snowflake
13 18 (1.07%) PaaS
14 16 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (0.89%) Azure AI
15 15 (0.89%) Serverless
16 14 (0.83%) Google Workspace
16 14 (0.83%) OCI
17 13 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
17 13 (0.77%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.32%) Network Security
2 39 (2.31%) Firewall
3 16 (0.95%) DNS
3 16 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 15 (0.89%) WAN
5 14 (0.83%) DHCP
6 12 (0.71%) 5G
6 12 (0.71%) LAN
7 11 (0.65%) BIG-IP
8 10 (0.59%) 4G
8 10 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.47%) HTTP
10 7 (0.41%) Internet
10 7 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (0.36%) VPN
12 5 (0.30%) 3G
12 5 (0.30%) NAS
12 5 (0.30%) NGFW
12 5 (0.30%) SAN
12 5 (0.30%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.08%) Power BI
2 34 (2.02%) Metadata
3 32 (1.90%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.66%) SQL Server
5 20 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (0.95%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.71%) Db2
8 11 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 10 (0.59%) Big Data
9 10 (0.59%) RDBMS
9 10 (0.59%) Tableau
10 6 (0.36%) MySQL
10 6 (0.36%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.30%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.30%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 118 (6.99%) JIRA
2 26 (1.54%) Git
3 24 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.53%) GitLab
5 8 (0.47%) Selenium
6 6 (0.36%) TeamCity
6 6 (0.36%) Zephyr
7 5 (0.30%) JUnit
7 5 (0.30%) Mockito
8 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.24%) DbUnit
8 4 (0.24%) jMock
8 4 (0.24%) Maven
8 4 (0.24%) Postman
8 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.24%) Subversion
9 3 (0.18%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.18%) MLflow
General
1 632 (37.46%) Social Skills
2 626 (37.11%) Finance
3 257 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
4 202 (11.97%) Public Sector
5 187 (11.08%) Banking
6 132 (7.82%) Legal
7 63 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
8 62 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
9 50 (2.96%) Front Office
10 42 (2.49%) Financial Institution
11 41 (2.43%) Telecoms
12 39 (2.31%) Aerospace
12 39 (2.31%) Retail
13 38 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
14 37 (2.19%) Investment Banking
14 37 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
15 31 (1.84%) Military
16 28 (1.66%) Manufacturing
17 25 (1.48%) Law
18 23 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 224 (13.28%) Lead
2 203 (12.03%) Project Manager
3 202 (11.97%) Architect
4 166 (9.84%) Senior
5 157 (9.31%) Analyst
6 88 (5.22%) Consultant
7 85 (5.04%) Security Architect
8 71 (4.21%) Programme Manager
9 69 (4.09%) Developer
10 67 (3.97%) Business Analyst
11 66 (3.91%) Senior Manager
12 57 (3.38%) Risk Manager
13 47 (2.79%) Delivery Manager
14 44 (2.61%) IT Manager
15 36 (2.13%) Security Engineer
16 35 (2.07%) Security Consultant
16 35 (2.07%) Security Manager
16 35 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (1.78%) Product Manager
18 29 (1.72%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
2 26 (1.54%) REST
3 25 (1.48%) .NET
4 19 (1.13%) Kafka
5 18 (1.07%) Middleware
6 15 (0.89%) XML
7 14 (0.83%) OAuth
8 13 (0.77%) JSON
9 12 (0.71%) RESTful
9 12 (0.71%) SOAP
10 11 (0.65%) Azure Blueprints
10 11 (0.65%) Leaflet
10 11 (0.65%) OpenID
10 11 (0.65%) React
10 11 (0.65%) SAML
11 10 (0.59%) Spring
11 10 (0.59%) Web Services
12 9 (0.53%) LDAP
12 9 (0.53%) SLSA
13 8 (0.47%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 117 (6.94%) Management Information System
2 88 (5.22%) Onboarding
3 86 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 68 (4.03%) Cloud Native
5 65 (3.85%) Security Posture
6 61 (3.62%) Operational Technology
7 52 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
8 47 (2.79%) Data Centre
9 36 (2.13%) Derivative
10 31 (1.84%) Market Risk
11 30 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
12 28 (1.66%) AI Agents
13 26 (1.54%) PMI
14 25 (1.48%) Fixed Income
14 25 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
15 24 (1.42%) NHS
16 21 (1.24%) Data Structures
16 21 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
17 19 (1.13%) Virtual Team
18 18 (1.07%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 54 (3.20%) Windows
2 47 (2.79%) Linux
3 34 (2.02%) Unix
4 21 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.30%) zOS
8 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
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
11 1 (0.059%) AIX
11 1 (0.059%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (34.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 416 (24.66%) Agile
3 382 (22.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 355 (21.04%) Cybersecurity
5 350 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 252 (14.94%) Project Management
7 250 (14.82%) Decision-Making
8 249 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
9 224 (13.28%) AI
9 224 (13.28%) Roadmaps
10 201 (11.91%) Information Security
11 178 (10.55%) Change Management
12 162 (9.60%) Project Delivery
13 156 (9.25%) Migration
14 147 (8.71%) CI/CD
15 143 (8.48%) DevOps
16 141 (8.36%) Analytics
17 127 (7.53%) Vulnerability Management
18 125 (7.41%) Data Protection
18 125 (7.41%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 129 (7.65%) Python
2 101 (5.99%) SQL
3 57 (3.38%) Java
4 39 (2.31%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.36%) C#
6 18 (1.07%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.71%) VBA
8 10 (0.59%) C++
8 10 (0.59%) Shell Script
9 9 (0.53%) Bash
9 9 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.41%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.36%) 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
12 4 (0.24%) Scala
13 3 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 422 (25.01%) Security Cleared
2 311 (18.44%) SC Cleared
3 185 (10.97%) Degree
4 164 (9.72%) CISSP
5 105 (6.22%) DV Cleared
6 102 (6.05%) CISM
7 81 (4.80%) PMI Certification
8 76 (4.51%) PMP
9 41 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 40 (2.37%) CRISC
11 34 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
12 32 (1.90%) CISA
12 32 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
13 30 (1.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 29 (1.72%) Master's Degree
15 28 (1.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 21 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
17 16 (0.95%) AWS Certification
17 16 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
17 16 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (12.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 202 (11.97%) NIST
3 158 (9.37%) GRC
4 118 (6.99%) GDPR
5 80 (4.74%) QA
6 69 (4.09%) PMO
7 67 (3.97%) Data Quality
8 59 (3.50%) NCSC
9 37 (2.19%) PCI DSS
10 34 (2.02%) JSP 440
11 32 (1.90%) SOC 2
12 31 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
13 29 (1.72%) NIST 800
14 28 (1.66%) SLA
15 21 (1.24%) COBIT
16 18 (1.07%) ISO 31000
17 17 (1.01%) Def Stans
18 16 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 15 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
20 14 (0.83%) RMADS
System Software
1 37 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.19%) Docker
3 10 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.24%) Postfix
5 4 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.059%) Ceph
8 1 (0.059%) FreeRADIUS
8 1 (0.059%) IAG
8 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.059%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (1.72%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.60%) Terraform
3 24 (1.42%) Ansible
4 14 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.71%) SCCM
6 11 (0.65%) Grafana
7 8 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.30%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.24%) Control-M
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%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 230 (13.63%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.33%) ServiceNow
3 82 (4.86%) SAP
4 78 (4.62%) Oracle
5 47 (2.79%) Google
6 20 (1.19%) Cisco
6 20 (1.19%) IBM
7 19 (1.13%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.01%) Workday
9 15 (0.89%) Splunk
9 15 (0.89%) Sybase
10 14 (0.83%) Foundry
11 13 (0.77%) F5
11 13 (0.77%) VMware
12 12 (0.71%) Murex
12 12 (0.71%) Qualys
13 11 (0.65%) Databricks
14 10 (0.59%) Infoblox
15 9 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
15 9 (0.53%) OpenAI