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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 51 62
Rank change year-on-year -19 +11 +14
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,388 1,225 1,456
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.41% 4.01% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 4.47% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 876 700 961
10th Percentile £401 £363 £400
25th Percentile £463 £454 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £838 £814 £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 60
10th Percentile £25.57 £28.26 £15.18
25th Percentile £33.50 £40.94 £41.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% +4.67% +452.68%
75th Percentile £96.25 £75.84 £83.40
90th Percentile £106.80 £83.20 -
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 35,244 27,423 38,727
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.69% 89.85% 87.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,345 16,931 25,318
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 £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,112 856 2,183
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.94 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £32.91 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.68% -3.93% -2.14%
75th Percentile £60.79 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.38 £72.26
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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -14 1,239 £550 -8.33% 445
London -9 679 £600 -4.00% 171
UK excluding London -27 589 £520 -0.95% 359
Work from Home -3 402 £550 - 258
South East -8 174 £525 -8.70% 152
North of England -17 171 £500 -6.28% 73
Midlands -44 99 £550 -4.35% 53
North West -26 87 £520 +4.26% 42
Yorkshire -4 82 £500 -6.54% 28
West Midlands -46 65 £540 -10.00% 38
South West -6 55 £513 +3.80% 39
Scotland -12 44 £425 -5.56% 13
East Midlands -26 34 £550 +19.57% 15
East of England -37 33 £525 -8.70% 27
Wales +2 11 £293 -44.72% 6
Northern Ireland +4 9 £500 +66.67% 2
North East -25 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 (3.96%) Confluence
2 24 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.94%) 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 (0.072%) Camunda
7 1 (0.072%) CMS
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.072%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.072%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.072%) WebSphere
Applications
1 75 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (4.18%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (1.08%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.29%) Revit
8 3 (0.22%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 2 (0.14%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.072%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.58%) 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 Receivables
6 4 (0.29%) Summit
7 3 (0.22%) Endur
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.22%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.22%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 159 (11.46%) Azure
2 129 (9.29%) AWS
3 53 (3.82%) GCP
4 52 (3.75%) Power Platform
5 51 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (2.38%) Entra ID
7 32 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
7 32 (2.31%) SaaS
8 26 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (1.51%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.30%) Google Sheets
11 17 (1.22%) GitHub
12 15 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (0.72%) OpenShift
15 9 (0.65%) OCI
16 8 (0.58%) Collibra
17 6 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.46%) Firewall
2 33 (2.38%) Network Security
3 12 (0.86%) DNS
4 10 (0.72%) Internet
4 10 (0.72%) LAN
5 9 (0.65%) Kerberos
6 7 (0.50%) WAN
6 7 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
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 (0.22%) Broadband
10 3 (0.22%) HTTP
10 3 (0.22%) S/MIME
10 3 (0.22%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.22%) SSL
11 2 (0.14%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.10%) Power BI
2 25 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.30%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.15%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.08%) 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
1 117 (8.43%) 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 (0.22%) 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 (0.072%) Appium
7 1 (0.072%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.072%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.072%) JMeter
7 1 (0.072%) JUnit
7 1 (0.072%) Mockito
7 1 (0.072%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.072%) Selenium
General
1 550 (39.63%) Social Skills
2 531 (38.26%) Finance
3 227 (16.35%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (13.40%) Banking
5 137 (9.87%) Public Sector
6 113 (8.14%) Legal
7 59 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
8 52 (3.75%) Front Office
9 50 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
10 45 (3.24%) Investment Banking
11 36 (2.59%) Financial Institution
12 33 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (2.16%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.16%) Retail
14 28 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.73%) Telecoms
16 20 (1.44%) Military
17 19 (1.37%) Aerospace
18 18 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 18 (1.30%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 171 (12.32%) Analyst
2 163 (11.74%) Project Manager
3 150 (10.81%) Lead
4 146 (10.52%) Senior
5 118 (8.50%) Architect
6 107 (7.71%) Consultant
7 88 (6.34%) Developer
8 71 (5.12%) Programme Manager
9 68 (4.90%) Business Analyst
10 60 (4.32%) Security Architect
11 51 (3.67%) Senior Manager
12 46 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
13 41 (2.95%) Security Consultant
14 40 (2.88%) Risk Analyst
15 37 (2.67%) Risk Manager
16 34 (2.45%) Senior Developer
17 30 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (2.16%) Technical Manager
18 27 (1.95%) Java Developer
18 27 (1.95%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.80%) Kafka
2 20 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (1.44%) REST
3 19 (1.37%) .NET
4 16 (1.15%) OAuth
5 13 (0.94%) .NET Framework
5 13 (0.94%) Middleware
5 13 (0.94%) SAML
6 12 (0.86%) NumPy
6 12 (0.86%) Pandas
7 11 (0.79%) XML
8 9 (0.65%) COM
8 9 (0.65%) Dask
8 9 (0.65%) React
8 9 (0.65%) RESTful
9 8 (0.58%) Entity Framework
9 8 (0.58%) LDAP
9 8 (0.58%) Playwright
10 7 (0.50%) NHibernate
10 7 (0.50%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 154 (11.10%) Management Information System
2 67 (4.83%) Derivative
3 65 (4.68%) Security Posture
4 61 (4.39%) Product Ownership
5 53 (3.82%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 39 (2.81%) Equities
7 39 (2.81%) Market Risk
8 37 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
9 35 (2.52%) Cloud Native
9 35 (2.52%) Data Centre
10 32 (2.31%) Credit Risk
11 29 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
12 28 (2.02%) Algorithms
12 28 (2.02%) Fixed Income
13 24 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
13 24 (1.73%) Operational Technology
14 19 (1.37%) Data Structures
14 19 (1.37%) NHS
15 18 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.88%) Linux
2 33 (2.38%) Windows
3 16 (1.15%) Unix
4 4 (0.29%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.22%) VMS
5 3 (0.22%) 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 (0.072%) Android
7 1 (0.072%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (28.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 321 (23.13%) Agile
3 277 (19.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 251 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
5 240 (17.29%) Cybersecurity
6 219 (15.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 216 (15.56%) Project Management
8 179 (12.90%) Decision-Making
9 177 (12.75%) Information Security
10 145 (10.45%) Change Management
11 137 (9.87%) Roadmaps
12 130 (9.37%) Regulatory Compliance
13 129 (9.29%) Migration
14 124 (8.93%) Project Delivery
15 119 (8.57%) AI
16 118 (8.50%) Analytics
17 114 (8.21%) Data Protection
18 104 (7.49%) PRINCE2
19 93 (6.70%) Scrum
20 91 (6.56%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (9.51%) SQL
2 123 (8.86%) Python
3 54 (3.89%) Java
4 35 (2.52%) PowerShell
5 28 (2.02%) C#
6 27 (1.95%) C++
7 16 (1.15%) VBA
8 15 (1.08%) 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 (0.22%) 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
1 282 (20.32%) Security Cleared
2 230 (16.57%) Degree
3 216 (15.56%) SC Cleared
4 124 (8.93%) CISSP
5 88 (6.34%) CISM
6 73 (5.26%) DV Cleared
7 72 (5.19%) PMI Certification
8 66 (4.76%) PMP
9 59 (4.25%) Master's Degree
10 38 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
11 33 (2.38%) CRISC
12 29 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
13 24 (1.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 23 (1.66%) CISA
15 16 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (1.15%) PhD
16 15 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
17 10 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
17 10 (0.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 10 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 176 (12.68%) NIST
3 121 (8.72%) GRC
4 120 (8.65%) GDPR
5 78 (5.62%) PMO
6 70 (5.04%) QA
7 52 (3.75%) PCI DSS
8 40 (2.88%) Data Quality
9 38 (2.74%) NCSC
10 27 (1.95%) NIST 800
11 25 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 23 (1.66%) SLA
13 21 (1.51%) Def Stans
14 20 (1.44%) COBIT
15 18 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
15 18 (1.30%) SOC 2
16 16 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
16 16 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 12 (0.86%) EU AI Act
17 12 (0.86%) JSP 440
System Software
1 33 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.86%) Docker
3 8 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.072%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.072%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.072%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.072%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (1.51%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.15%) Terraform
3 13 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.72%) Ansible
5 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.50%) RSA Archer
6 7 (0.50%) SCCM
7 5 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.22%) Grafana
8 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.22%) QRadar
8 3 (0.22%) WSUS
9 2 (0.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (0.14%) Nessus
9 2 (0.14%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.072%) Consul
10 1 (0.072%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.072%) Packer
Vendors
1 176 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 71 (5.12%) SAP
3 63 (4.54%) ServiceNow
4 60 (4.32%) Oracle
5 41 (2.95%) Google
6 20 (1.44%) Murex
7 18 (1.30%) Ariba
8 16 (1.15%) Salesforce
9 13 (0.94%) Workday
10 11 (0.79%) Databricks
11 10 (0.72%) CyberArk
11 10 (0.72%) Splunk
12 9 (0.65%) Cisco
12 9 (0.65%) IBM
12 9 (0.65%) VMware
13 8 (0.58%) Informatica
14 7 (0.50%) Citrix
14 7 (0.50%) F5
15 6 (0.43%) Bloomberg
16 5 (0.36%) Charles River