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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 52 62
Rank change year-on-year -16 +10 +16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,401 1,211 1,446
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.42% 4.01% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 4.46% 3.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 886 695 955
10th Percentile £402 £363 £400
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £680 £700 £688
90th Percentile £838 £820 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 40 59
10th Percentile £25.57 £28.26 £14.85
25th Percentile £33.50 £40.94 £41.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% +6.95% +440.92%
75th Percentile £96.25 £75.84 £83.26
90th Percentile £106.80 £83.20 £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.86 £61.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -28.68% +6.95% +486.73%

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 35,552 27,150 38,650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.77% 89.86% 87.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,564 16,816 25,267
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,120 854 2,192
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.96 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £33.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.91% -2.94% -2.86%
75th Percentile £60.90 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.43 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.81% -9.26% -

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -15 1,251 £550 -8.33% 446
London -8 681 £600 -4.00% 172
UK excluding London -20 598 £520 -0.95% 357
Work from Home 0 405 £550 - 204
South East -12 178 £525 -8.70% 151
North of England -19 173 £502 -5.93% 76
Midlands -44 101 £550 -4.35% 49
North West -23 88 £523 +4.76% 43
Yorkshire -3 83 £500 -6.54% 30
West Midlands -45 67 £540 -10.00% 38
South West -6 56 £513 +3.80% 41
Scotland -15 44 £425 -5.56% 10
East Midlands -28 34 £550 +19.57% 11
East of England -31 33 £525 -8.70% 28
Wales +4 11 £293 -44.72% 6
Northern Ireland +4 9 £500 +66.67% 2
North East -23 2 £550 -4.35% 3

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 55 (3.93%) Confluence
2 24 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.79%) SAS
5 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.29%) nginx
6 2 (0.14%) Apache
6 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.071%) Camunda
7 1 (0.071%) CMS
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.071%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.071%) WebSphere
Applications
1 75 (5.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (4.14%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (1.07%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.29%) Revit
8 3 (0.21%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
9 2 (0.14%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.071%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.57%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.36%) Primavera
5 5 (0.36%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.29%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.29%) Summit
7 3 (0.21%) Endur
7 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.21%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.21%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 162 (11.56%) Azure
2 133 (9.49%) AWS
3 53 (3.78%) GCP
4 52 (3.71%) Power Platform
5 51 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (2.36%) Entra ID
7 32 (2.28%) Microsoft Purview
7 32 (2.28%) SaaS
8 26 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (1.50%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.28%) Google Sheets
11 17 (1.21%) GitHub
12 16 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (0.71%) OpenShift
15 9 (0.64%) OCI
16 8 (0.57%) Collibra
17 6 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.50%) Firewall
2 37 (2.64%) Network Security
3 12 (0.86%) DNS
4 10 (0.71%) Internet
4 10 (0.71%) LAN
5 9 (0.64%) Kerberos
6 7 (0.50%) WAN
6 7 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.43%) HTTP
7 6 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.36%) Cisco IPT
8 5 (0.36%) DHCP
9 4 (0.29%) 5G
9 4 (0.29%) BIG-IP
9 4 (0.29%) VPN
10 3 (0.21%) Broadband
10 3 (0.21%) S/MIME
10 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.21%) SSL
11 2 (0.14%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.07%) Power BI
2 25 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.28%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.14%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.07%) Metadata
7 7 (0.50%) Tableau
8 6 (0.43%) Big Data
8 6 (0.43%) KDB
8 6 (0.43%) Kdb+
8 6 (0.43%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.36%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.36%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.36%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.29%) Data Mart
10 4 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.29%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 118 (8.42%) JIRA
2 12 (0.86%) Git
2 12 (0.86%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.50%) GitLab
3 7 (0.50%) SpecFlow
4 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.21%) QUnit
6 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.14%) GCC
6 2 (0.14%) GDB
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.071%) Appium
7 1 (0.071%) JMeter
7 1 (0.071%) JUnit
7 1 (0.071%) MLflow
7 1 (0.071%) Mockito
7 1 (0.071%) Postman
7 1 (0.071%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.071%) Selenium
General
1 552 (39.40%) Social Skills
2 535 (38.19%) Finance
3 228 (16.27%) Analytical Skills
4 187 (13.35%) Banking
5 137 (9.78%) Public Sector
6 113 (8.07%) Legal
7 59 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
8 52 (3.71%) Front Office
9 50 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
10 45 (3.21%) Investment Banking
11 36 (2.57%) Financial Institution
12 33 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (2.14%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.14%) Retail
14 28 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.71%) Telecoms
16 21 (1.50%) Military
17 19 (1.36%) Aerospace
18 18 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 18 (1.28%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 174 (12.42%) Analyst
2 164 (11.71%) Project Manager
3 150 (10.71%) Lead
4 146 (10.42%) Senior
5 120 (8.57%) Architect
6 108 (7.71%) Consultant
7 88 (6.28%) Developer
8 71 (5.07%) Programme Manager
9 68 (4.85%) Business Analyst
10 61 (4.35%) Security Architect
11 51 (3.64%) Senior Manager
12 48 (3.43%) Delivery Manager
13 42 (3.00%) Security Consultant
14 41 (2.93%) Risk Analyst
15 39 (2.78%) Risk Manager
16 34 (2.43%) Senior Developer
17 30 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (2.14%) Technical Manager
18 29 (2.07%) Security Analyst
19 27 (1.93%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.78%) Kafka
2 21 (1.50%) Oracle Fusion
3 20 (1.43%) REST
4 19 (1.36%) .NET
5 16 (1.14%) OAuth
6 13 (0.93%) .NET Framework
6 13 (0.93%) Middleware
6 13 (0.93%) SAML
7 12 (0.86%) NumPy
7 12 (0.86%) Pandas
8 11 (0.79%) XML
9 9 (0.64%) COM
9 9 (0.64%) Dask
9 9 (0.64%) React
9 9 (0.64%) RESTful
10 8 (0.57%) Entity Framework
10 8 (0.57%) LDAP
10 8 (0.57%) Playwright
11 7 (0.50%) NHibernate
11 7 (0.50%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 157 (11.21%) Management Information System
2 67 (4.78%) Derivative
3 66 (4.71%) Security Posture
4 63 (4.50%) Product Ownership
5 53 (3.78%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 39 (2.78%) Equities
7 39 (2.78%) Market Risk
8 38 (2.71%) Cloud Native
9 37 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
10 36 (2.57%) Data Centre
11 32 (2.28%) Credit Risk
12 29 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
13 28 (2.00%) Algorithms
13 28 (2.00%) Fixed Income
14 24 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
14 24 (1.71%) Operational Technology
15 19 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
15 19 (1.36%) Data Structures
16 18 (1.28%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.86%) Linux
2 33 (2.36%) Windows
3 16 (1.14%) Unix
4 4 (0.29%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.21%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.21%) VMS
5 3 (0.21%) zOS
6 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.071%) Android
7 1 (0.071%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (28.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 327 (23.34%) Agile
3 277 (19.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 251 (17.92%) Problem-Solving
5 246 (17.56%) Cybersecurity
6 222 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 217 (15.49%) Project Management
8 182 (12.99%) Decision-Making
9 180 (12.85%) Information Security
10 148 (10.56%) Change Management
11 139 (9.92%) Roadmaps
12 131 (9.35%) Regulatory Compliance
13 129 (9.21%) Migration
14 124 (8.85%) Project Delivery
15 120 (8.57%) AI
15 120 (8.57%) Analytics
16 114 (8.14%) Data Protection
17 104 (7.42%) PRINCE2
18 96 (6.85%) Scrum
19 91 (6.50%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (9.42%) SQL
2 124 (8.85%) Python
3 56 (4.00%) Java
4 35 (2.50%) PowerShell
5 28 (2.00%) C#
6 27 (1.93%) C++
7 16 (1.14%) VBA
8 15 (1.07%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.50%) R
9 7 (0.50%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.36%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.29%) Bash
11 4 (0.29%) Korn
12 3 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.14%) Perl
13 2 (0.14%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.14%) RPG
13 2 (0.14%) Rust
13 2 (0.14%) Scala
13 2 (0.14%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 284 (20.27%) Security Cleared
2 236 (16.85%) Degree
3 218 (15.56%) SC Cleared
4 128 (9.14%) CISSP
5 91 (6.50%) CISM
6 73 (5.21%) DV Cleared
6 73 (5.21%) PMI Certification
7 67 (4.78%) PMP
8 60 (4.28%) Master's Degree
9 38 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 33 (2.36%) CRISC
11 30 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (1.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 23 (1.64%) CISA
14 16 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (1.14%) PhD
15 15 (1.07%) Numerate Degree
16 10 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (0.71%) GIAC
16 10 (0.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (12.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 179 (12.78%) NIST
3 123 (8.78%) GDPR
4 121 (8.64%) GRC
5 80 (5.71%) PMO
6 70 (5.00%) QA
7 55 (3.93%) PCI DSS
8 40 (2.86%) Data Quality
9 38 (2.71%) NCSC
10 28 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 27 (1.93%) NIST 800
12 23 (1.64%) SLA
13 21 (1.50%) Def Stans
14 20 (1.43%) COBIT
15 19 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
16 18 (1.28%) SOC 2
17 16 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
17 16 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 12 (0.86%) EU AI Act
18 12 (0.86%) JSP 440
System Software
1 33 (2.36%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.86%) Docker
3 8 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.071%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.071%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.071%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.071%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (1.50%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.14%) Terraform
3 13 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.71%) Ansible
5 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.50%) RSA Archer
6 7 (0.50%) SCCM
7 5 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.21%) Grafana
8 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.21%) QRadar
8 3 (0.21%) WSUS
9 2 (0.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (0.14%) Nessus
9 2 (0.14%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.071%) Consul
10 1 (0.071%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.071%) Packer
Vendors
1 179 (12.78%) Microsoft
2 71 (5.07%) SAP
3 63 (4.50%) ServiceNow
4 61 (4.35%) Oracle
5 41 (2.93%) Google
6 20 (1.43%) Murex
7 18 (1.28%) Ariba
8 16 (1.14%) Salesforce
9 13 (0.93%) Workday
10 11 (0.79%) Databricks
11 10 (0.71%) CyberArk
11 10 (0.71%) Splunk
12 9 (0.64%) Cisco
12 9 (0.64%) IBM
12 9 (0.64%) VMware
13 8 (0.57%) Informatica
14 7 (0.50%) Citrix
14 7 (0.50%) F5
15 6 (0.43%) Bloomberg
16 5 (0.36%) Charles River