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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 55 67
Rank change year-on-year -17 +12 0
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,828 1,392 1,210
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.41% 4.28% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 4.74% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,122 874 728
10th Percentile £401 £359 £379
25th Percentile £475 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £564 £560
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.67% -6.67%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £705
90th Percentile £800 £875 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
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 45,377 29,398 32,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.63% 90.44% 85.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,769 18,279 20,543
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% -3.49%
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 2,906 1,760 1,592
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.73 £17.30 £18.69
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.03 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.58 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +88.14% -47.37% +14.67%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -18 1,600 £565 -1.74% 3,253
UK excluding London -7 916 £525 +2.44% 1,493
London -27 772 £600 -7.69% 2,174
Work from Home -19 494 £550 -8.33% 1,387
North of England -10 268 £511 +2.13% 325
South East +12 246 £575 +4.55% 358
North West -26 135 £525 +2.68% 203
Yorkshire +3 127 £500 - 96
Scotland +9 115 £475 +5.56% 203
South West -12 113 £600 +2.13% 214
Midlands -46 102 £550 +17.27% 177
West Midlands -38 79 £525 +5.00% 103
East of England +6 65 £513 -14.58% 121
East Midlands -32 20 £547 +36.07% 74
Wales -16 11 £600 +45.45% 32
Northern Ireland -4 8 £394 -28.41% 74
North East -41 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 73 (3.99%) Confluence
2 45 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.55%) 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 (0.055%) Apache
8 1 (0.055%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.055%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.055%) Appian
8 1 (0.055%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.055%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.055%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.055%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 68 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.88%) 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
8 2 (0.11%) Trello
9 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.055%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 48 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.88%) SAP GRC
3 13 (0.71%) Endur
4 10 (0.55%) Primavera
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.44%) 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 5 (0.27%) Aladdin
10 4 (0.22%) Actimize
10 4 (0.22%) Magento
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
10 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 3 (0.16%) Findur
11 3 (0.16%) SAP CO
11 3 (0.16%) Summit
11 3 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 268 (14.66%) Azure
2 187 (10.23%) AWS
3 85 (4.65%) Power Platform
4 81 (4.43%) GCP
5 63 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 60 (3.28%) Entra ID
7 55 (3.01%) SaaS
8 39 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (1.59%) GitHub
10 25 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
11 22 (1.20%) OCI
11 22 (1.20%) Snowflake
12 21 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
13 19 (1.04%) Azure AI
13 19 (1.04%) PaaS
14 16 (0.88%) Anthropic Claude
15 15 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
15 15 (0.82%) IaaS
15 15 (0.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 65 (3.56%) Network Security
2 43 (2.35%) Firewall
3 23 (1.26%) TCP/IP
4 18 (0.98%) WAN
5 17 (0.93%) DNS
6 16 (0.88%) LAN
7 14 (0.77%) 5G
7 14 (0.77%) DHCP
8 12 (0.66%) 4G
9 8 (0.44%) BIG-IP
9 8 (0.44%) HTTP
9 8 (0.44%) Internet
9 8 (0.44%) 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%) Radio Access Network
12 5 (0.27%) Wireless
13 4 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (3.61%) Power BI
2 41 (2.24%) Metadata
3 36 (1.97%) SQL Server
4 34 (1.86%) Relational Database
5 20 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (0.98%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (0.77%) Db2
9 13 (0.71%) Data Lake
10 12 (0.66%) Tableau
11 10 (0.55%) Big Data
11 10 (0.55%) 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%) Neo4j
15 4 (0.22%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 127 (6.95%) JIRA
2 27 (1.48%) Git
3 20 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.66%) Selenium
5 9 (0.49%) Cypress.io
5 9 (0.49%) Zephyr
6 8 (0.44%) 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%) Gradle
11 3 (0.16%) jMock
11 3 (0.16%) JUnit
11 3 (0.16%) Mockito
General
1 739 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 666 (36.43%) Finance
3 307 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
4 227 (12.42%) Public Sector
5 199 (10.89%) Banking
6 135 (7.39%) Legal
7 86 (4.70%) Influencing Skills
8 73 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
9 72 (3.94%) Front Office
10 50 (2.74%) Aerospace
10 50 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
11 45 (2.46%) Investment Banking
12 43 (2.35%) Telecoms
13 42 (2.30%) Military
13 42 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
14 41 (2.24%) Retail
15 39 (2.13%) Manufacturing
16 38 (2.08%) Financial Institution
17 34 (1.86%) Law
18 26 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 238 (13.02%) Lead
2 225 (12.31%) Architect
3 195 (10.67%) Project Manager
4 178 (9.74%) Analyst
5 173 (9.46%) Senior
6 102 (5.58%) Consultant
7 96 (5.25%) Security Architect
8 75 (4.10%) Programme Manager
9 73 (3.99%) Developer
10 63 (3.45%) Business Analyst
11 54 (2.95%) IT Manager
12 53 (2.90%) Risk Manager
12 53 (2.90%) Senior Manager
13 48 (2.63%) Delivery Manager
14 41 (2.24%) Security Consultant
15 35 (1.91%) Risk Analyst
15 35 (1.91%) Security Engineer
15 35 (1.91%) Solutions Architect
16 34 (1.86%) Security Manager
17 32 (1.75%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.19%) Terraform
2 35 (1.91%) REST
3 31 (1.70%) .NET
4 25 (1.37%) Middleware
5 22 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
6 19 (1.04%) Kafka
7 17 (0.93%) OAuth
8 15 (0.82%) JSON
9 13 (0.71%) XML
10 12 (0.66%) SAML
10 12 (0.66%) Spring
11 11 (0.60%) OpenID
11 11 (0.60%) React
11 11 (0.60%) SLSA
11 11 (0.60%) SOAP
12 10 (0.55%) RESTful
12 10 (0.55%) SailPoint
13 9 (0.49%) LDAP
13 9 (0.49%) Leaflet
14 8 (0.44%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 116 (6.35%) Management Information System
2 103 (5.63%) Onboarding
3 88 (4.81%) Product Ownership
4 75 (4.10%) Security Posture
5 70 (3.83%) Cloud Native
6 56 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
7 53 (2.90%) Operational Technology
8 40 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
8 40 (2.19%) Data Centre
9 35 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
10 33 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
11 32 (1.75%) AI Agents
11 32 (1.75%) Derivative
12 31 (1.70%) Market Risk
13 27 (1.48%) Data Structures
13 27 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
13 27 (1.48%) NHS
14 23 (1.26%) Credit Risk
14 23 (1.26%) PMI
15 22 (1.20%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 61 (3.34%) Windows
2 57 (3.12%) Linux
3 39 (2.13%) Unix
4 21 (1.15%) 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 (0.055%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 712 (38.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 449 (24.56%) Agile
2 449 (24.56%) Cybersecurity
3 409 (22.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 396 (21.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 292 (15.97%) Decision-Making
6 273 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
7 263 (14.39%) AI
8 250 (13.68%) Project Management
9 228 (12.47%) Roadmaps
10 211 (11.54%) Information Security
11 205 (11.21%) Project Delivery
12 175 (9.57%) Migration
13 171 (9.35%) CI/CD
13 171 (9.35%) DevOps
14 158 (8.64%) Change Management
15 157 (8.59%) Analytics
16 153 (8.37%) Vulnerability Management
17 147 (8.04%) PRINCE2
18 139 (7.60%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 145 (7.93%) Python
2 101 (5.53%) SQL
3 49 (2.68%) Java
4 38 (2.08%) PowerShell
5 28 (1.53%) C#
6 18 (0.98%) JavaScript
7 14 (0.77%) C++
8 12 (0.66%) Bash
9 11 (0.60%) VBA
10 10 (0.55%) Shell Script
11 8 (0.44%) Go
11 8 (0.44%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.44%) 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%) Scala
Qualifications
1 502 (27.46%) Security Cleared
2 360 (19.69%) SC Cleared
3 172 (9.41%) Degree
4 162 (8.86%) CISSP
5 123 (6.73%) DV Cleared
6 112 (6.13%) CISM
7 85 (4.65%) PMI Certification
8 82 (4.49%) PMP
9 54 (2.95%) CRISC
10 49 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 42 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
12 39 (2.13%) CISA
13 37 (2.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 30 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
15 26 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 23 (1.26%) Master's Degree
16 23 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
17 21 (1.15%) CCSP
17 21 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
18 18 (0.98%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (12.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 214 (11.71%) NIST
3 190 (10.39%) GRC
4 117 (6.40%) GDPR
5 108 (5.91%) QA
6 82 (4.49%) Data Quality
7 79 (4.32%) NCSC
8 68 (3.72%) PMO
9 38 (2.08%) JSP 440
10 34 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
11 22 (1.20%) COBIT
12 21 (1.15%) NIST 800
13 20 (1.09%) SLA
14 18 (0.98%) SOC 2
15 17 (0.93%) Accessibility
15 17 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 17 (0.93%) PCI DSS
16 16 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.82%) ISO 31000
18 14 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 41 (2.24%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.15%) Docker
3 10 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
4 4 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.16%) FreeRADIUS
5 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.16%) Postfix
5 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.11%) Firmware
6 2 (0.11%) NFS
6 2 (0.11%) vSphere
7 1 (0.055%) Ceph
7 1 (0.055%) IAG
Systems Management
1 43 (2.35%) Kubernetes
2 32 (1.75%) Ansible
3 14 (0.77%) Grafana
4 12 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.66%) SCCM
5 8 (0.44%) 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%) Istio
10 2 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 263 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 107 (5.85%) ServiceNow
3 90 (4.92%) SAP
4 75 (4.10%) Oracle
5 41 (2.24%) Google
6 23 (1.26%) IBM
7 20 (1.09%) Salesforce
8 19 (1.04%) Splunk
9 16 (0.88%) Cisco
9 16 (0.88%) Sybase
10 15 (0.82%) Foundry
10 15 (0.82%) VMware
11 14 (0.77%) Databricks
12 13 (0.71%) Qualys
13 11 (0.60%) Ariba
13 11 (0.60%) Murex
14 10 (0.55%) Workday
15 9 (0.49%) BeyondTrust
15 9 (0.49%) Okta
15 9 (0.49%) Tenable