Risk Management Contracts

Risk Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Risk Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 76 65
Rank change year-on-year +27 -11 +25
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,394 1,230 1,900
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.45% 2.83% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.90% 3.32% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 760 1,130
10th Percentile £375 £356 £400
25th Percentile £455 £463 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £738 £700 £725
90th Percentile £875 £838 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £516 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.54% -1.82% +0.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 41 211
10th Percentile £46.30 £12.25 -
25th Percentile £48.13 £22.34 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +370.37% -67.29%
75th Percentile £80.24 £61.25 £14.61
90th Percentile £87.35 £80.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £10.63
% change year-on-year +30.00% +370.37% -76.13%

All Process and 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 28,438 37,047 49,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.78% 85.22% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,912 23,635 34,414
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,399 2,530 1,711
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.30 £64.81
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +64.71%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Risk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Management.

Daily rate trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Management.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Top 17 Contract 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 2025. 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 +32 1,206 £581 +3.36% 2,291
London +42 727 £650 +8.33% 1,424
UK excluding London +10 550 £516 -4.54% 988
Work from Home +23 418 £596 +8.36% 1,042
North of England +4 154 £513 -21.15% 230
South East +30 128 £550 +4.76% 280
Midlands +37 97 £475 -9.52% 142
North West -4 92 £511 -26.43% 142
Scotland +14 84 £471 +1.84% 73
West Midlands +23 65 £500 +5.26% 88
Yorkshire +17 56 £525 +5.00% 75
South West +3 54 £520 -0.95% 124
East Midlands +19 30 £443 -23.38% 46
East of England +13 20 £550 +62.96% 79
Northern Ireland -11 13 £550 +26.44% 33
North East 0 8 £550 -6.78% 14
Wales 0 8 £450 -25.00% 39

Risk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 54 (3.87%) Confluence
2 32 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (1.79%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.43%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.65%) Apache
6 8 (0.57%) CMS
7 6 (0.43%) SAS
8 5 (0.36%) CICS
9 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.072%) JBoss
12 1 (0.072%) Kentico
12 1 (0.072%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.072%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.072%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.072%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.072%) WebSphere
Applications
1 61 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (3.01%) Microsoft Project
3 34 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
4 29 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.08%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.29%) Trello
7 2 (0.14%) GNU Octave
7 2 (0.14%) Simulink
7 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.072%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 32 (2.30%) Endur
1 32 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 7 (0.50%) Kondor
4 6 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.36%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.36%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.29%) ION Anvil
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.29%) SAP GRC
7 3 (0.22%) Primavera
7 3 (0.22%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.22%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.22%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 158 (11.33%) AWS
2 154 (11.05%) Azure
3 62 (4.45%) GCP
4 44 (3.16%) Power Platform
5 31 (2.22%) dbt
6 28 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (1.94%) SaaS
8 22 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
9 16 (1.15%) Amazon S3
10 14 (1.00%) Entra ID
11 13 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (0.72%) Google Workspace
14 9 (0.65%) GitHub
15 8 (0.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (0.57%) Amazon SQS
15 8 (0.57%) OCI
16 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.02%) Firewall
2 39 (2.80%) Network Security
3 13 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (0.50%) 5G
4 7 (0.50%) WAN
5 6 (0.43%) SAN
6 5 (0.36%) VPN
7 4 (0.29%) LAN
7 4 (0.29%) Multicast
7 4 (0.29%) NAS
8 3 (0.22%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (0.22%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.22%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.22%) SSL
8 3 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.14%) BGP
9 2 (0.14%) DNS
9 2 (0.14%) Internet
9 2 (0.14%) MPLS
9 2 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (3.01%) Power BI
3 36 (2.58%) SQL Server
4 31 (2.22%) Amazon Athena
4 31 (2.22%) Apache Arrow
4 31 (2.22%) Apache Iceberg
4 31 (2.22%) Dremio
5 21 (1.51%) Big Data
6 17 (1.22%) Hadoop
6 17 (1.22%) Relational Database
7 12 (0.86%) Tableau
8 11 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
9 8 (0.57%) Apache Hive
10 7 (0.50%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.50%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.50%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.50%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 104 (7.46%) JIRA
2 41 (2.94%) Git
3 23 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.15%) JUnit
5 14 (1.00%) Maven
5 14 (1.00%) TeamCity
6 13 (0.93%) SonarQube
7 11 (0.79%) Selenium
8 10 (0.72%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.65%) Mockito
10 6 (0.43%) MSTest
10 6 (0.43%) NUnit
10 6 (0.43%) Postman
10 6 (0.43%) Ranorex
11 5 (0.36%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (0.36%) DbUnit
11 5 (0.36%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.36%) jMock
11 5 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.36%) SpecFlow
General
1 597 (42.83%) Finance
2 564 (40.46%) Social Skills
3 268 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 230 (16.50%) Banking
5 117 (8.39%) Front Office
6 108 (7.75%) Public Sector
7 87 (6.24%) Legal
8 76 (5.45%) Investment Banking
9 39 (2.80%) Telecoms
10 38 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
11 37 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (2.44%) Manufacturing
13 33 (2.37%) Back Office
14 32 (2.30%) Retail Banking
15 31 (2.22%) Financial Institution
15 31 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
16 30 (2.15%) Marketing
17 25 (1.79%) Law
18 21 (1.51%) Retail
19 20 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 184 (13.20%) Analyst
2 170 (12.20%) Developer
2 170 (12.20%) Project Manager
3 150 (10.76%) Senior
4 131 (9.40%) Architect
5 121 (8.68%) Lead
6 113 (8.11%) Business Analyst
7 93 (6.67%) Consultant
8 61 (4.38%) Programme Manager
9 58 (4.16%) IT Manager
9 58 (4.16%) Security Architect
10 50 (3.59%) Java Developer
11 44 (3.16%) AWS Developer
12 43 (3.08%) Security Consultant
13 42 (3.01%) Risk Manager
14 40 (2.87%) Delivery Manager
15 36 (2.58%) Python Developer
15 36 (2.58%) Risk Analyst
15 36 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (2.37%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (4.02%) React
2 55 (3.95%) AngularJS
3 39 (2.80%) .NET
4 38 (2.73%) Node.js
4 38 (2.73%) NumPy
4 38 (2.73%) REST
5 37 (2.65%) Pandas
6 33 (2.37%) SciPy
7 31 (2.22%) Vue
8 28 (2.01%) Kafka
9 25 (1.79%) SOAP
10 21 (1.51%) RESTful
11 14 (1.00%) Web Services
12 13 (0.93%) Spring Boot
13 12 (0.86%) PySpark
14 11 (0.79%) Playwright
14 11 (0.79%) TensorFlow
15 10 (0.72%) Middleware
15 10 (0.72%) Spring
16 9 (0.65%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 135 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 65 (4.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 60 (4.30%) Market Risk
4 57 (4.09%) Derivative
5 54 (3.87%) Security Posture
6 47 (3.37%) Fixed Income
6 47 (3.37%) Product Ownership
7 41 (2.94%) Equities
8 38 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
9 37 (2.65%) Data Centre
10 32 (2.30%) Credit Risk
11 28 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
12 27 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
13 26 (1.87%) Onboarding
14 20 (1.43%) Algorithms
14 20 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
16 18 (1.29%) NHS
17 17 (1.22%) Operational Technology
17 17 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.87%) Linux
1 40 (2.87%) Windows
2 20 (1.43%) Unix
3 7 (0.50%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.50%) zOS
4 5 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.22%) Windows 7
5 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.072%) Android
7 1 (0.072%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.072%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.072%) VMS
7 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (26.54%) Agile
2 351 (25.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 315 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (20.80%) Project Management
5 223 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 197 (14.13%) Cybersecurity
7 180 (12.91%) Decision-Making
8 176 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 145 (10.40%) Change Management
10 127 (9.11%) Project Delivery
11 125 (8.97%) Scrum
12 121 (8.68%) Information Security
13 119 (8.54%) Analytics
14 114 (8.18%) Migration
15 111 (7.96%) DevOps
16 94 (6.74%) Roadmaps
17 87 (6.24%) Risk Assessment
18 81 (5.81%) Data Analysis
18 81 (5.81%) Resource Allocation
18 81 (5.81%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 171 (12.27%) Python
2 131 (9.40%) SQL
3 106 (7.60%) Java
4 71 (5.09%) JavaScript
5 64 (4.59%) TypeScript
6 46 (3.30%) C#
7 31 (2.22%) C++
8 17 (1.22%) PowerShell
9 10 (0.72%) JCL
10 9 (0.65%) Haskell
11 7 (0.50%) REXX
11 7 (0.50%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.36%) CLIST
13 4 (0.29%) Assembly Language
13 4 (0.29%) Bash
13 4 (0.29%) Go
13 4 (0.29%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.22%) COBOL
14 3 (0.22%) OCaml
14 3 (0.22%) R
Qualifications
1 204 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 177 (12.70%) Degree
3 145 (10.40%) SC Cleared
4 106 (7.60%) CISSP
5 85 (6.10%) CISM
6 56 (4.02%) DV Cleared
7 51 (3.66%) PMP
8 50 (3.59%) PMI Certification
9 41 (2.94%) CRISC
10 38 (2.73%) CISA
11 34 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (2.37%) Master's Degree
13 20 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.15%) CBAP
15 15 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 14 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 14 (1.00%) Numerate Degree
17 13 (0.93%) AWS Certification
17 13 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
18 12 (0.86%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (9.33%) NIST
2 129 (9.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 85 (6.10%) QA
4 83 (5.95%) GDPR
5 66 (4.73%) GRC
6 47 (3.37%) PMO
7 39 (2.80%) PCI DSS
8 38 (2.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 31 (2.22%) Data Quality
10 30 (2.15%) HIPAA
11 28 (2.01%) NCSC
12 26 (1.87%) NIST 800
13 25 (1.79%) MiFID
14 19 (1.36%) Accessibility
15 16 (1.15%) Basel III
16 15 (1.08%) SOC 2
17 13 (0.93%) SLA
18 11 (0.79%) EMIR
19 9 (0.65%) COBIT
19 9 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 32 (2.30%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.58%) Docker
3 9 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.50%) Time Sharing Option
5 6 (0.43%) Postfix
6 3 (0.22%) Firmware
6 3 (0.22%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.14%) IAG
7 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.072%) HDFS
8 1 (0.072%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.072%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 1 (0.072%) Microcode
8 1 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (1.00%) Grafana
2 12 (0.86%) Ansible
2 12 (0.86%) Prometheus
3 11 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.65%) Terraform
5 6 (0.43%) Amdocs OSS
6 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.29%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.29%) OMEGAMON
8 3 (0.22%) CASB
8 3 (0.22%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.22%) Puppet
8 3 (0.22%) QRadar
9 2 (0.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (0.14%) OPNET
9 2 (0.14%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.14%) SCCM
10 1 (0.072%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.072%) Nessus
Vendors
1 135 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 88 (6.31%) SAP
3 79 (5.67%) ServiceNow
4 47 (3.37%) Oracle
5 25 (1.79%) Cisco
6 20 (1.43%) Google
6 20 (1.43%) Splunk
7 19 (1.36%) Databricks
8 17 (1.22%) OpenLink
9 16 (1.15%) Ariba
9 16 (1.15%) Salesforce
10 13 (0.93%) Murex
10 13 (0.93%) Qualys
10 13 (0.93%) Sybase
11 12 (0.86%) Workday
12 11 (0.79%) Atlassian
12 11 (0.79%) IBM
13 10 (0.72%) VMware
14 9 (0.65%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.65%) Darktrace