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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 59 65
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 -3
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,958 1,353 1,262
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.57% 4.10% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 4.53% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,190 835 711
10th Percentile £400 £362 £372
25th Percentile £474 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +1.79% -2.61%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £788 £875 £830
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 31 30
10th Percentile £25.78 £22.16 £33.95
25th Percentile £47.13 £23.50 £40.94
Median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.31% -41.74% +16.16%
75th Percentile £80.00 £50.88 £69.51
90th Percentile £89.20 £73.75 £80.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £33.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +126.87% -44.17% -

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 46,295 29,870 32,935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.37% 90.52% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,040 18,573 20,019
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £627 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,185 1,844 1,407
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.33 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.33 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £74.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.03 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.91% -47.67% +1.18%

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 25 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 25 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Top 18 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 25 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 -7 1,706 £554 -3.61% 3,408
UK excluding London 0 962 £525 +3.96% 1,587
London -17 839 £600 -7.69% 2,109
Work from Home -14 525 £550 -8.33% 1,318
North of England -1 268 £507 +1.30% 327
South East +10 259 £575 +4.55% 426
North West -26 131 £525 +2.68% 206
Yorkshire +14 130 £494 -1.20% 92
Scotland +17 127 £500 +11.11% 162
Midlands -28 113 £525 +15.07% 226
South West -22 110 £570 -0.87% 213
West Midlands -13 91 £500 - 144
East of England +1 72 £513 -16.33% 116
East Midlands -24 19 £549 +36.44% 82
Wales -14 13 £600 +45.45% 38
Northern Ireland +1 10 £500 -9.09% 91
North East -40 8 £454 -17.50% 32
Channel Islands - 2 £600 - 2

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 77 (3.93%) Confluence
2 44 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.61%) SAS
4 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.20%) IIS
5 4 (0.20%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.10%) CMS
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.051%) Apache
8 1 (0.051%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.051%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.051%) Appian
8 1 (0.051%) CICS
8 1 (0.051%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.051%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.051%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 67 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.97%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.20%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.20%) Revit
7 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.10%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.10%) Windchill
9 1 (0.051%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.051%) Gliffy
9 1 (0.051%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.051%) Trello
Business Applications
1 50 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.82%) SAP GRC
3 14 (0.72%) Endur
4 10 (0.51%) Primavera
5 9 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.20%) Actimize
9 4 (0.20%) Magento
9 4 (0.20%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 3 (0.15%) Aladdin
10 3 (0.15%) NEC Housing
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.15%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.15%) SAP HCM
10 3 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 300 (15.32%) Azure
2 213 (10.88%) AWS
3 98 (5.01%) GCP
4 94 (4.80%) Power Platform
5 73 (3.73%) Entra ID
6 62 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
7 61 (3.12%) SaaS
8 43 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (1.89%) GitHub
10 28 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
11 27 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
13 23 (1.17%) OCI
14 21 (1.07%) Azure AI
15 20 (1.02%) PaaS
15 20 (1.02%) Snowflake
16 18 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
16 18 (0.92%) Serverless
17 17 (0.87%) Anthropic Claude
18 16 (0.82%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (3.58%) Network Security
2 54 (2.76%) Firewall
3 24 (1.23%) TCP/IP
3 24 (1.23%) WAN
4 21 (1.07%) LAN
5 17 (0.87%) DNS
6 13 (0.66%) 5G
6 13 (0.66%) DHCP
7 12 (0.61%) VPN
8 11 (0.56%) 4G
9 8 (0.41%) BIG-IP
10 7 (0.36%) Cisco IPT
10 7 (0.36%) Internet
11 6 (0.31%) HTTP
11 6 (0.31%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
12 5 (0.26%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.26%) Softphone
12 5 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (3.73%) Power BI
2 43 (2.20%) SQL Server
3 40 (2.04%) Metadata
4 31 (1.58%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (0.82%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.77%) Db2
8 14 (0.72%) Data Lake
9 13 (0.66%) Big Data
9 13 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (0.61%) Oracle Database
11 10 (0.51%) Tableau
12 7 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.36%) MySQL
12 7 (0.36%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.31%) NoSQL
14 4 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.20%) Neo4j
14 4 (0.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 4 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 134 (6.84%) JIRA
2 30 (1.53%) Git
3 21 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.72%) Selenium
5 11 (0.56%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.51%) Postman
7 9 (0.46%) WebDriver
8 8 (0.41%) Cucumber
8 8 (0.41%) Zephyr
9 7 (0.36%) Claude Code
9 7 (0.36%) GitLab
10 5 (0.26%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.26%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.20%) Gradle
11 4 (0.20%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.20%) Subversion
12 3 (0.15%) JMeter
12 3 (0.15%) Maven
12 3 (0.15%) MLflow
12 3 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 795 (40.60%) Social Skills
2 718 (36.67%) Finance
3 334 (17.06%) Analytical Skills
4 253 (12.92%) Public Sector
5 221 (11.29%) Banking
6 149 (7.61%) Legal
7 106 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
8 83 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
9 77 (3.93%) Front Office
10 54 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
11 52 (2.66%) Military
12 51 (2.60%) Aerospace
13 47 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
14 42 (2.15%) Investment Banking
15 41 (2.09%) Telecoms
16 40 (2.04%) Manufacturing
17 39 (1.99%) Law
18 37 (1.89%) Financial Institution
18 37 (1.89%) Retail
19 29 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 258 (13.18%) Lead
2 243 (12.41%) Architect
3 203 (10.37%) Analyst
4 197 (10.06%) Senior
5 192 (9.81%) Project Manager
6 104 (5.31%) Consultant
7 94 (4.80%) Security Architect
8 75 (3.83%) Developer
8 75 (3.83%) Programme Manager
9 71 (3.63%) Business Analyst
10 57 (2.91%) IT Manager
11 56 (2.86%) Risk Manager
11 56 (2.86%) Senior Manager
12 51 (2.60%) Delivery Manager
13 43 (2.20%) Solutions Architect
14 42 (2.15%) Security Engineer
15 40 (2.04%) Security Consultant
15 40 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
16 37 (1.89%) Risk Analyst
16 37 (1.89%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (2.81%) Terraform
2 41 (2.09%) REST
3 38 (1.94%) .NET
4 27 (1.38%) Middleware
5 25 (1.28%) Kafka
6 18 (0.92%) OAuth
6 18 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (0.77%) JSON
8 14 (0.72%) Spring
9 12 (0.61%) OpenID
9 12 (0.61%) React
9 12 (0.61%) SAML
10 11 (0.56%) SLSA
10 11 (0.56%) SOAP
11 10 (0.51%) RESTful
11 10 (0.51%) SailPoint
11 10 (0.51%) Spring Boot
11 10 (0.51%) XML
12 9 (0.46%) .NET Core
12 9 (0.46%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 128 (6.54%) Onboarding
2 124 (6.33%) Management Information System
3 100 (5.11%) Product Ownership
4 86 (4.39%) Security Posture
5 78 (3.98%) Cloud Native
6 61 (3.12%) Data Protection Act
7 56 (2.86%) Operational Technology
8 54 (2.76%) Data Centre
9 44 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
9 44 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
10 38 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
11 34 (1.74%) AI Agents
12 33 (1.69%) Market Risk
13 29 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
14 28 (1.43%) Credit Risk
15 27 (1.38%) Derivative
15 27 (1.38%) NHS
16 26 (1.33%) Data Structures
17 23 (1.17%) PMI
18 22 (1.12%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 73 (3.73%) Windows
2 67 (3.42%) Linux
3 46 (2.35%) Unix
4 24 (1.23%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.41%) zOS
7 5 (0.26%) Android
7 5 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.15%) AIX
9 3 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.051%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.051%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 793 (40.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 502 (25.64%) Cybersecurity
3 478 (24.41%) Agile
4 443 (22.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 422 (21.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 318 (16.24%) Decision-Making
7 296 (15.12%) AI
8 287 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
9 272 (13.89%) Roadmaps
10 260 (13.28%) Project Management
11 223 (11.39%) Information Security
12 220 (11.24%) Project Delivery
13 193 (9.86%) CI/CD
14 189 (9.65%) DevOps
15 188 (9.60%) Migration
16 171 (8.73%) Change Management
17 168 (8.58%) Vulnerability Management
18 162 (8.27%) Data Protection
19 160 (8.17%) Analytics
20 151 (7.71%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 161 (8.22%) Python
2 110 (5.62%) SQL
3 52 (2.66%) Java
4 46 (2.35%) PowerShell
5 37 (1.89%) C#
6 21 (1.07%) JavaScript
7 19 (0.97%) Bash
8 17 (0.87%) Shell Script
9 13 (0.66%) C++
10 12 (0.61%) VBA
11 10 (0.51%) Go
11 10 (0.51%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.36%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.31%) Bicep
13 6 (0.31%) JCL
13 6 (0.31%) Korn
14 5 (0.26%) Assembly Language
14 5 (0.26%) CLIST
14 5 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.26%) REXX
Qualifications
1 544 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 392 (20.02%) SC Cleared
3 187 (9.55%) Degree
4 177 (9.04%) CISSP
5 123 (6.28%) DV Cleared
6 121 (6.18%) CISM
7 87 (4.44%) PMI Certification
8 81 (4.14%) PMP
9 59 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 56 (2.86%) CRISC
11 49 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
12 44 (2.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 42 (2.15%) CISA
14 31 (1.58%) Master's Degree
15 30 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
16 28 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 27 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
18 26 (1.33%) AWS Certification
19 25 (1.28%) Azure Certification
19 25 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (12.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 224 (11.44%) NIST
3 205 (10.47%) GRC
4 119 (6.08%) GDPR
5 116 (5.92%) QA
6 95 (4.85%) Data Quality
7 86 (4.39%) NCSC
8 68 (3.47%) PMO
9 41 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
10 31 (1.58%) JSP 440
11 23 (1.17%) NIST 800
12 20 (1.02%) Accessibility
12 20 (1.02%) COBIT
13 19 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 17 (0.87%) SOC 2
15 16 (0.82%) ISO 31000
15 16 (0.82%) SLA
16 15 (0.77%) PCI DSS
17 14 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 14 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (2.45%) Active Directory
2 24 (1.23%) Docker
3 15 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.46%) vSphere
6 7 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.26%) FreeRADIUS
7 5 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
8 4 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.15%) Firmware
9 3 (0.15%) IAG
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.10%) NFS
10 2 (0.10%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 58 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 37 (1.89%) Ansible
3 17 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (0.66%) Grafana
5 12 (0.61%) SCCM
6 7 (0.36%) Control-M
6 7 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.26%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.26%) Nessus
8 5 (0.26%) OMEGAMON
9 4 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.15%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.15%) Puppet
11 2 (0.10%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.10%) Istio
11 2 (0.10%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 291 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 120 (6.13%) ServiceNow
3 95 (4.85%) SAP
4 73 (3.73%) Oracle
5 50 (2.55%) Google
6 24 (1.23%) VMware
7 23 (1.17%) IBM
7 23 (1.17%) Splunk
8 21 (1.07%) Cisco
9 19 (0.97%) Salesforce
10 18 (0.92%) Databricks
10 18 (0.92%) Murex
11 16 (0.82%) Foundry
11 16 (0.82%) Qualys
11 16 (0.82%) Sybase
12 14 (0.72%) BeyondTrust
13 13 (0.66%) Ariba
13 13 (0.66%) CyberArk
14 12 (0.61%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.56%) Tenable