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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 48 75
Rank change year-on-year -25 +27 -9
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,602 1,339 1,225
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.16% 4.48% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.73% 4.93% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,043 819 754
10th Percentile £406 £372 £356
25th Percentile £476 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £700
90th Percentile £800 £875 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £516 £539
% change year-on-year +1.84% -4.27% -2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 28 42
10th Percentile £21.08 £46.30 £12.25
25th Percentile £44.34 £48.25 £24.29
Median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +33.33% +358.61%
75th Percentile £87.37 £83.71 £60.94
90th Percentile £106.70 £87.33 £79.02
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 42,996 27,186 37,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.90% 91.05% 84.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,808 17,251 23,716
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% -4.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £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 2,575 1,262 2,618
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.73
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.82 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.39% -32.00% +7.05%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +17.29%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -23 1,429 £560 -5.60% 553
UK excluding London -6 816 £525 +1.84% 397
London -39 679 £600 -11.11% 254
Work from Home -17 469 £550 -7.72% 263
North of England -10 248 £511 -0.13% 98
South East -17 206 £563 +2.27% 136
Yorkshire +4 125 £500 - 30
North West -18 121 £540 +5.62% 59
Midlands -38 118 £550 +12.82% 48
South West +9 99 £570 +14.00% 51
Scotland +1 93 £475 - 16
West Midlands -36 87 £540 +8.00% 24
East of England -1 52 £525 -4.55% 34
East Midlands -15 31 £550 +23.04% 24
Northern Ireland -5 7 £425 -22.73% 22
Wales -13 5 £800 +68.42% 5
North East -39 4 £454 -17.50% 11

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 (4.49%) Confluence
2 37 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.62%) SAS
4 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.19%) IIS
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.062%) Apache
7 1 (0.062%) Appian
7 1 (0.062%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.062%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.062%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.062%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.062%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.062%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.062%) WebSphere
Applications
1 51 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
3 41 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
4 35 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.81%) 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
8 2 (0.12%) Windchill
9 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.062%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.062%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 27 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.62%) Endur
4 7 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.37%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.37%) Summit
6 5 (0.31%) Actimize
6 5 (0.31%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.31%) Primavera
7 4 (0.25%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.25%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 218 (13.61%) Azure
2 164 (10.24%) AWS
3 68 (4.24%) GCP
4 64 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 59 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
6 47 (2.93%) SaaS
7 46 (2.87%) Entra ID
8 31 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (1.75%) GitHub
10 27 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
11 18 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
11 18 (1.12%) PaaS
11 18 (1.12%) Snowflake
12 17 (1.06%) Google Workspace
13 15 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
14 14 (0.87%) Google Sheets
15 13 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
16 12 (0.75%) OCI
17 11 (0.69%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.37%) Network Security
2 34 (2.12%) Firewall
3 16 (1.00%) DNS
4 14 (0.87%) DHCP
5 12 (0.75%) BIG-IP
5 12 (0.75%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.62%) 5G
6 10 (0.62%) WAN
6 10 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.50%) 4G
8 7 (0.44%) HTTP
8 7 (0.44%) LAN
8 7 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.37%) VPN
10 5 (0.31%) 3G
10 5 (0.31%) NGFW
11 4 (0.25%) Internet
11 4 (0.25%) NAS
11 4 (0.25%) SAN
11 4 (0.25%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.25%) Power BI
2 34 (2.12%) Metadata
3 26 (1.62%) Relational Database
4 22 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.37%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.00%) MongoDB
6 15 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (0.69%) Data Lake
7 11 (0.69%) Tableau
8 10 (0.62%) Db2
9 9 (0.56%) Big Data
10 8 (0.50%) 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
13 4 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 121 (7.55%) JIRA
2 20 (1.25%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.12%) Git
4 8 (0.50%) GitLab
5 6 (0.37%) Selenium
5 6 (0.37%) Zephyr
6 5 (0.31%) JUnit
6 5 (0.31%) Mockito
6 5 (0.31%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.25%) DbUnit
7 4 (0.25%) jMock
7 4 (0.25%) Maven
7 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.19%) MLflow
9 2 (0.12%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.12%) Postman
9 2 (0.12%) TestRail
9 2 (0.12%) Vite
General
1 586 (36.58%) Finance
1 586 (36.58%) Social Skills
2 256 (15.98%) Analytical Skills
3 187 (11.67%) Public Sector
4 183 (11.42%) Banking
5 126 (7.87%) Legal
6 53 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
7 49 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
8 42 (2.62%) Front Office
9 41 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 37 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
11 36 (2.25%) Investment Banking
12 35 (2.18%) Financial Institution
13 34 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (2.06%) Retail
15 30 (1.87%) Manufacturing
15 30 (1.87%) Military
16 27 (1.69%) Law
17 24 (1.50%) Aerospace
18 23 (1.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 202 (12.61%) Lead
2 198 (12.36%) Project Manager
3 176 (10.99%) Architect
4 158 (9.86%) Senior
5 151 (9.43%) Analyst
6 85 (5.31%) Consultant
7 71 (4.43%) Security Architect
8 69 (4.31%) Programme Manager
9 68 (4.24%) Business Analyst
9 68 (4.24%) Developer
10 61 (3.81%) Risk Manager
11 57 (3.56%) Senior Manager
12 41 (2.56%) IT Manager
13 39 (2.43%) Delivery Manager
14 38 (2.37%) Security Engineer
15 35 (2.18%) Security Consultant
15 35 (2.18%) Security Manager
16 31 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
17 29 (1.81%) Risk Analyst
18 26 (1.62%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 24 (1.50%) REST
3 23 (1.44%) .NET
4 22 (1.37%) Kafka
5 18 (1.12%) Middleware
6 15 (0.94%) XML
7 13 (0.81%) JSON
8 11 (0.69%) Azure Blueprints
8 11 (0.69%) Leaflet
8 11 (0.69%) OAuth
8 11 (0.69%) OpenID
8 11 (0.69%) React
8 11 (0.69%) RESTful
8 11 (0.69%) SAML
9 10 (0.62%) SOAP
10 9 (0.56%) Web Services
11 8 (0.50%) LDAP
11 8 (0.50%) PySpark
11 8 (0.50%) PyTorch
12 7 (0.44%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 127 (7.93%) Management Information System
2 86 (5.37%) Product Ownership
3 67 (4.18%) Onboarding
4 63 (3.93%) Security Posture
5 60 (3.75%) Cloud Native
6 58 (3.62%) Operational Technology
7 47 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
8 44 (2.75%) Data Centre
9 42 (2.62%) Derivative
10 31 (1.94%) Market Risk
11 25 (1.56%) AI Agents
11 25 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
11 25 (1.56%) PMI
12 24 (1.50%) NHS
13 23 (1.44%) Data Structures
14 22 (1.37%) Fixed Income
15 21 (1.31%) Credit Risk
15 21 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
16 18 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
16 18 (1.12%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.12%) Windows
2 42 (2.62%) Linux
3 26 (1.62%) Unix
4 17 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.44%) zOS
7 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.31%) 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
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 513 (32.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 403 (25.16%) Agile
3 349 (21.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 322 (20.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 314 (19.60%) Cybersecurity
6 261 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
7 240 (14.98%) Project Management
8 238 (14.86%) Decision-Making
9 201 (12.55%) Roadmaps
10 193 (12.05%) Information Security
11 191 (11.92%) AI
12 172 (10.74%) Change Management
13 153 (9.55%) Project Delivery
14 138 (8.61%) Migration
15 133 (8.30%) DevOps
16 132 (8.24%) Analytics
17 131 (8.18%) CI/CD
18 125 (7.80%) Regulatory Compliance
19 123 (7.68%) Data Protection
20 118 (7.37%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 124 (7.74%) Python
2 108 (6.74%) SQL
3 56 (3.50%) Java
4 35 (2.18%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.37%) C#
6 14 (0.87%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.81%) C++
8 12 (0.75%) VBA
9 9 (0.56%) Bash
10 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.50%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.44%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.31%) Go
13 4 (0.25%) Assembly Language
13 4 (0.25%) Bicep
13 4 (0.25%) CLIST
13 4 (0.25%) JCL
13 4 (0.25%) REXX
14 3 (0.19%) Korn
14 3 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 384 (23.97%) Security Cleared
2 280 (17.48%) SC Cleared
3 188 (11.74%) Degree
4 144 (8.99%) CISSP
5 101 (6.30%) CISM
6 91 (5.68%) DV Cleared
7 76 (4.74%) PMI Certification
8 70 (4.37%) PMP
9 46 (2.87%) CRISC
10 41 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
11 32 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
11 32 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
12 30 (1.87%) CISA
13 28 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 25 (1.56%) Master's Degree
15 21 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 15 (0.94%) AWS Certification
16 15 (0.94%) CCSP
16 15 (0.94%) CESG Certified Professional
17 14 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (12.17%) NIST
2 191 (11.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 150 (9.36%) GRC
4 107 (6.68%) GDPR
5 78 (4.87%) PMO
6 74 (4.62%) QA
7 64 (4.00%) Data Quality
8 58 (3.62%) NCSC
9 39 (2.43%) PCI DSS
10 37 (2.31%) JSP 440
11 29 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
11 29 (1.81%) SOC 2
12 28 (1.75%) SLA
13 27 (1.69%) COBIT
14 25 (1.56%) NIST 800
15 17 (1.06%) ISO 31000
15 17 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 17 (1.06%) RMADS
16 16 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 13 (0.81%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 31 (1.94%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.94%) Docker
3 10 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.25%) Postfix
5 4 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
5 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.062%) Ceph
7 1 (0.062%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.062%) NFS
7 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.062%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (1.62%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.44%) Terraform
3 21 (1.31%) Ansible
4 14 (0.87%) SCCM
5 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (0.69%) Grafana
7 9 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.50%) 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%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.12%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.12%) NSN NetAct
12 2 (0.12%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 210 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.93%) ServiceNow
3 80 (4.99%) Oracle
4 79 (4.93%) SAP
5 43 (2.68%) Google
6 22 (1.37%) Workday
7 20 (1.25%) Salesforce
8 19 (1.19%) IBM
9 18 (1.12%) Cisco
10 16 (1.00%) Murex
11 15 (0.94%) Databricks
12 14 (0.87%) F5
12 14 (0.87%) VMware
13 13 (0.81%) Sybase
14 12 (0.75%) Ariba
14 12 (0.75%) Qualys
14 12 (0.75%) Splunk
15 10 (0.62%) Foundry
15 10 (0.62%) Infoblox
16 9 (0.56%) CrowdStrike