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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 49 63
Rank change year-on-year -26 +14 +11
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,494 1,253 1,385
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.26% 4.29% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 4.73% 3.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 972 764 910
10th Percentile £402 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £838 £838 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 41 43
10th Percentile £20.27 £29.23 £12.25
25th Percentile £38.00 £46.30 £26.23
Median hourly rate £74.31 £61.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +22.99% +370.37%
75th Percentile £98.75 £78.36 £61.25
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.05 £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.49 £61.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +21.14% +22.99% +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 39,137 26,475 37,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.32% 90.62% 86.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,793 17,183 24,611
10th Percentile £315 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £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 £725 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.05% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,316 1,000 2,387
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.81
25th Percentile £19.34 £19.25 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £31.04 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +18.27% -6.12% -8.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.28 £70.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.71 £29.23 £33.07
% change year-on-year +25.59% -11.60% -7.64%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 10 April 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 1,324 £550 -4.35% 603
UK excluding London -16 700 £525 - 424
London -27 664 £600 -4.00% 260
Work from Home -1 432 £550 -2.22% 271
North of England -15 212 £509 -0.54% 112
South East -12 206 £550 -4.35% 145
North West -2 109 £540 +8.00% 65
Midlands -41 108 £535 +6.79% 70
Yorkshire -6 101 £500 -1.23% 39
West Midlands -39 76 £510 -0.68% 56
South West -2 71 £549 +22.00% 37
Scotland -3 59 £425 -15.00% 16
East of England -25 38 £525 -0.94% 31
East Midlands -31 32 £544 +20.78% 14
Northern Ireland -2 8 £500 -4.76% 7
Wales -7 8 £214 -59.69% 9
North East -28 2 £480 -16.52% 8

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 66 (4.42%) Confluence
2 29 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.60%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.40%) SAS
6 4 (0.27%) nginx
7 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.13%) Apache
8 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.067%) CMS
9 1 (0.067%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.067%) IIS
9 1 (0.067%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.067%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 67 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.68%) Microsoft Project
3 37 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
4 36 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.27%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Revit
7 2 (0.13%) Windchill
8 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.067%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.067%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.067%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 20 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.54%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.47%) Summit
5 5 (0.33%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.27%) Endur
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.27%) Primavera
7 3 (0.20%) Findur
7 3 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.20%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.20%) SAP GRC
7 3 (0.20%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.13%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 179 (11.98%) Azure
2 150 (10.04%) AWS
3 58 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (3.82%) GCP
4 57 (3.82%) Power Platform
5 36 (2.41%) Entra ID
6 34 (2.28%) SaaS
7 29 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
8 22 (1.47%) Google Workspace
9 21 (1.41%) GitHub
10 20 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (1.20%) Google Sheets
13 16 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
14 15 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
15 12 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
15 12 (0.80%) OCI
16 11 (0.74%) Snowflake
17 10 (0.67%) OpenShift
18 9 (0.60%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.35%) Network Security
2 36 (2.41%) Firewall
3 18 (1.20%) DNS
4 10 (0.67%) DHCP
5 9 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (0.54%) BIG-IP
6 8 (0.54%) Internet
6 8 (0.54%) LAN
7 7 (0.47%) 5G
7 7 (0.47%) HTTP
7 7 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
8 6 (0.40%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.33%) WAN
10 4 (0.27%) Cisco IPT
10 4 (0.27%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.27%) SAN
10 4 (0.27%) VPN
11 3 (0.20%) 4G
11 3 (0.20%) NAS
11 3 (0.20%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.01%) Power BI
2 29 (1.94%) Metadata
3 24 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.27%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.07%) SQL Server
6 10 (0.67%) Data Lake
6 10 (0.67%) Tableau
7 7 (0.47%) Big Data
7 7 (0.47%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (0.47%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.40%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.33%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.33%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 130 (8.70%) JIRA
2 23 (1.54%) Git
3 16 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.60%) GitLab
5 5 (0.33%) Zephyr
6 4 (0.27%) JUnit
6 4 (0.27%) Mockito
6 4 (0.27%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket Server
7 3 (0.20%) DbUnit
7 3 (0.20%) jMock
7 3 (0.20%) Maven
7 3 (0.20%) Selenium
7 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.067%) Appium
8 1 (0.067%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.067%) Flyway
8 1 (0.067%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.067%) Postman
General
1 564 (37.75%) Social Skills
2 543 (36.35%) Finance
3 244 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (12.45%) Banking
5 166 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 112 (7.50%) Legal
7 49 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
8 47 (3.15%) Front Office
9 42 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
10 41 (2.74%) Investment Banking
11 38 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
11 38 (2.54%) Retail
12 35 (2.34%) Financial Institution
13 32 (2.14%) Manufacturing
14 30 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
15 29 (1.94%) Military
16 28 (1.87%) Telecoms
17 21 (1.41%) Aerospace
17 21 (1.41%) Marketing
18 18 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 197 (13.19%) Project Manager
2 172 (11.51%) Lead
3 155 (10.37%) Senior
4 154 (10.31%) Analyst
5 146 (9.77%) Architect
6 111 (7.43%) Consultant
7 79 (5.29%) Developer
8 73 (4.89%) Business Analyst
8 73 (4.89%) Security Architect
9 70 (4.69%) Programme Manager
10 55 (3.68%) Senior Manager
11 50 (3.35%) Risk Manager
12 47 (3.15%) Delivery Manager
12 47 (3.15%) Security Consultant
13 34 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (2.14%) Risk Analyst
15 31 (2.07%) Security Engineer
15 31 (2.07%) Senior Developer
16 29 (1.94%) IT Manager
16 29 (1.94%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 26 (1.74%) REST
3 22 (1.47%) Kafka
4 18 (1.20%) .NET
5 12 (0.80%) RESTful
5 12 (0.80%) XML
6 11 (0.74%) Leaflet
6 11 (0.74%) Middleware
7 10 (0.67%) OAuth
8 9 (0.60%) COM
8 9 (0.60%) NumPy
8 9 (0.60%) Pandas
9 8 (0.54%) .NET Framework
9 8 (0.54%) LDAP
10 7 (0.47%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.47%) Dask
10 7 (0.47%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (0.47%) JSON
10 7 (0.47%) React
10 7 (0.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 139 (9.30%) Management Information System
2 69 (4.62%) Product Ownership
3 65 (4.35%) Security Posture
4 61 (4.08%) Derivative
4 61 (4.08%) Onboarding
5 43 (2.88%) Cloud Native
6 41 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
7 40 (2.68%) Data Centre
8 37 (2.48%) Market Risk
9 36 (2.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 33 (2.21%) Operational Technology
11 31 (2.07%) Equities
12 27 (1.81%) Credit Risk
13 25 (1.67%) NHS
14 24 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
15 23 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
16 22 (1.47%) Data Structures
17 21 (1.41%) AI Agents
17 21 (1.41%) Fixed Income
18 20 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.61%) Windows
2 33 (2.21%) Linux
3 16 (1.07%) Unix
4 8 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.33%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.20%) VMS
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.13%) zOS
9 1 (0.067%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (30.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 374 (25.03%) Agile
3 286 (19.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 274 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
5 257 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 251 (16.80%) Cybersecurity
7 242 (16.20%) Project Management
8 191 (12.78%) Decision-Making
9 181 (12.12%) Information Security
10 164 (10.98%) Change Management
10 164 (10.98%) Roadmaps
11 155 (10.37%) AI
12 149 (9.97%) Project Delivery
13 143 (9.57%) Migration
14 130 (8.70%) Data Protection
15 129 (8.63%) Regulatory Compliance
16 124 (8.30%) Analytics
17 115 (7.70%) PRINCE2
18 111 (7.43%) DevOps
19 101 (6.76%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 129 (8.63%) SQL
2 118 (7.90%) Python
3 56 (3.75%) Java
4 36 (2.41%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.54%) C++
6 22 (1.47%) C#
7 17 (1.14%) VBA
8 12 (0.80%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.40%) Bash
9 6 (0.40%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.40%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.33%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.27%) Perl
12 3 (0.20%) Korn
12 3 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.13%) R
13 2 (0.13%) RPG
13 2 (0.13%) Rust
13 2 (0.13%) Scala
13 2 (0.13%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 331 (22.16%) Security Cleared
2 248 (16.60%) SC Cleared
3 215 (14.39%) Degree
4 128 (8.57%) CISSP
5 93 (6.22%) CISM
6 82 (5.49%) DV Cleared
7 79 (5.29%) PMP
8 76 (5.09%) PMI Certification
9 38 (2.54%) CRISC
10 36 (2.41%) Master's Degree
11 35 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
12 26 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
13 20 (1.34%) CISA
14 15 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 15 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 14 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 14 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.87%) Numerate Degree
17 12 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 11 (0.74%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (13.25%) NIST
2 188 (12.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 132 (8.84%) GDPR
4 128 (8.57%) GRC
5 87 (5.82%) PMO
6 77 (5.15%) QA
7 53 (3.55%) PCI DSS
8 52 (3.48%) Data Quality
9 49 (3.28%) NCSC
10 29 (1.94%) JSP 440
10 29 (1.94%) SLA
11 28 (1.87%) NIST 800
11 28 (1.87%) SOC 2
12 24 (1.61%) COBIT
13 19 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 19 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
14 18 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 17 (1.14%) RMADS
15 17 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 13 (0.87%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 32 (2.14%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.94%) Docker
3 9 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.20%) Postfix
5 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.067%) Ceph
7 1 (0.067%) NFS
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.067%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.067%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.07%) Terraform
3 13 (0.87%) Ansible
4 10 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.60%) SCCM
6 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.47%) Grafana
8 6 (0.40%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.33%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.27%) Control-M
10 4 (0.27%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.20%) CASB
11 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.20%) WSUS
12 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.13%) Nessus
12 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 185 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.49%) Oracle
3 78 (5.22%) ServiceNow
4 69 (4.62%) SAP
5 43 (2.88%) Google
6 23 (1.54%) Murex
7 20 (1.34%) Workday
8 15 (1.00%) Ariba
8 15 (1.00%) Salesforce
9 13 (0.87%) Databricks
10 12 (0.80%) VMware
11 11 (0.74%) F5
12 10 (0.67%) Splunk
13 9 (0.60%) Cisco
13 9 (0.60%) IBM
14 8 (0.54%) Foundry
15 7 (0.47%) OpenAI
16 6 (0.40%) CyberArk
16 6 (0.40%) Infoblox
16 6 (0.40%) Informatica