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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 52 62
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 +16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,448 1,243 1,445
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.39% 4.08% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.93% 4.52% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 919 718 954
10th Percentile £402 £360 £400
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.77% -6.75%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £681
90th Percentile £800 £825 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 45 57
10th Percentile £26.12 £28.79 £12.34
25th Percentile £33.50 £46.12 £36.33
Median hourly rate £57.25 £61.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +6.95% +440.92%
75th Percentile £95.63 £78.36 £83.11
90th Percentile £106.70 £84.43 £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.78 £60.75 £53.75
% change year-on-year -24.64% +13.02% +448.47%

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 36,846 27,490 38,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.38% 90.18% 86.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,348 17,263 25,101
10th Percentile £313 £306 £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 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -2.18% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,189 895 2,262
10th Percentile £14.79 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.05 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -1.52% -5.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £71.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £31.76 £33.28
% change year-on-year -20.09% -4.57% -4.91%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 March 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 1,293 £550 -5.98% 580
London -13 691 £600 -4.00% 209
UK excluding London -21 635 £525 - 446
Work from Home -5 411 £550 - 295
South East -13 189 £525 -8.70% 156
North of England -18 189 £507 -3.43% 93
Midlands -40 101 £550 +3.29% 71
Yorkshire +3 95 £500 -5.48% 32
North West -13 92 £525 +5.00% 56
West Midlands -38 68 £533 -11.25% 50
South West -5 62 £513 +3.80% 65
Scotland -9 49 £425 -8.99% 20
East Midlands -21 33 £550 +22.22% 20
East of England -33 32 £510 +8.97% 30
Wales +7 11 £293 -44.72% 15
Northern Ireland +2 9 £500 +66.67% 2
North East -24 2 £550 -4.35% 5

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 61 (4.21%) Confluence
2 25 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.76%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.41%) SAS
6 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.28%) nginx
7 2 (0.14%) Apache
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.069%) Camunda
8 1 (0.069%) CMS
8 1 (0.069%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.069%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.069%) WebSphere
Applications
1 74 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.87%) Microsoft Project
3 39 (2.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
9 2 (0.14%) Revit
10 1 (0.069%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.069%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 23 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.62%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.41%) Primavera
5 5 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.35%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.28%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.28%) Summit
7 3 (0.21%) Endur
7 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.21%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.14%) Actimize
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.14%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 170 (11.74%) Azure
2 140 (9.67%) AWS
3 59 (4.07%) GCP
4 52 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
5 49 (3.38%) Power Platform
6 34 (2.35%) Entra ID
7 32 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
8 31 (2.14%) SaaS
9 23 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.45%) GitHub
10 21 (1.45%) Google Workspace
11 18 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (1.24%) Google Sheets
12 15 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (0.76%) OCI
13 11 (0.76%) OpenShift
14 10 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (0.55%) Collibra
16 7 (0.48%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.45%) Firewall
2 40 (2.76%) Network Security
3 13 (0.90%) DNS
4 10 (0.69%) Internet
4 10 (0.69%) LAN
5 9 (0.62%) Kerberos
5 9 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
7 7 (0.48%) HTTP
7 7 (0.48%) WAN
8 6 (0.41%) DHCP
9 5 (0.35%) BIG-IP
9 5 (0.35%) Cisco IPT
10 4 (0.28%) 5G
10 4 (0.28%) VPN
11 3 (0.21%) Broadband
11 3 (0.21%) NGFW
11 3 (0.21%) SAN
11 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.14%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.76%) Power BI
2 23 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.31%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.10%) Metadata
6 15 (1.04%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.41%) Big Data
8 6 (0.41%) KDB
8 6 (0.41%) Kdb+
8 6 (0.41%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.35%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.35%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.35%) Tableau
10 4 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.28%) Data Mart
10 4 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.28%) MS Access
10 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 125 (8.63%) JIRA
2 16 (1.10%) Git
3 15 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.62%) GitLab
5 6 (0.41%) SpecFlow
6 4 (0.28%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.21%) QUnit
8 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.14%) GCC
8 2 (0.14%) GDB
8 2 (0.14%) JUnit
8 2 (0.14%) Mockito
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.14%) Postman
8 2 (0.14%) Selenium
8 2 (0.14%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.069%) JMeter
9 1 (0.069%) jMock
9 1 (0.069%) MLflow
General
1 568 (39.23%) Social Skills
2 540 (37.29%) Finance
3 228 (15.75%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (12.78%) Banking
5 146 (10.08%) Public Sector
6 114 (7.87%) Legal
7 56 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
8 55 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
9 52 (3.59%) Front Office
10 44 (3.04%) Investment Banking
11 40 (2.76%) Financial Institution
12 36 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (2.21%) Retail
14 29 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (1.86%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.73%) Telecoms
17 22 (1.52%) Military
18 19 (1.31%) Aerospace
19 18 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 18 (1.24%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 173 (11.95%) Analyst
2 172 (11.88%) Project Manager
3 157 (10.84%) Lead
4 150 (10.36%) Senior
5 130 (8.98%) Architect
6 114 (7.87%) Consultant
7 85 (5.87%) Developer
8 72 (4.97%) Programme Manager
9 67 (4.63%) Business Analyst
10 66 (4.56%) Security Architect
11 52 (3.59%) Senior Manager
12 50 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
13 45 (3.11%) Security Consultant
14 41 (2.83%) Risk Manager
15 39 (2.69%) Risk Analyst
16 32 (2.21%) Senior Developer
16 32 (2.21%) Solutions Architect
17 29 (2.00%) Security Analyst
17 29 (2.00%) Technical Manager
18 27 (1.86%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 23 (1.59%) Kafka
2 23 (1.59%) REST
3 18 (1.24%) .NET
4 16 (1.10%) OAuth
5 13 (0.90%) SAML
6 12 (0.83%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.83%) Middleware
7 11 (0.76%) XML
8 10 (0.69%) NumPy
8 10 (0.69%) Pandas
8 10 (0.69%) RESTful
9 9 (0.62%) COM
9 9 (0.62%) Dask
10 8 (0.55%) LDAP
10 8 (0.55%) PyTorch
11 7 (0.48%) Entity Framework
11 7 (0.48%) OpenID
11 7 (0.48%) React
11 7 (0.48%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 159 (10.98%) Management Information System
2 73 (5.04%) Product Ownership
3 69 (4.77%) Security Posture
4 66 (4.56%) Derivative
5 55 (3.80%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.76%) Data Centre
7 39 (2.69%) Cloud Native
7 39 (2.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 38 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
8 38 (2.62%) Market Risk
9 37 (2.56%) Equities
10 28 (1.93%) Algorithms
10 28 (1.93%) Operational Technology
11 27 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
11 27 (1.86%) Credit Risk
12 26 (1.80%) Fixed Income
13 24 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
14 21 (1.45%) NHS
15 19 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
16 18 (1.24%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.83%) Linux
2 35 (2.42%) Windows
3 15 (1.04%) Unix
4 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.21%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.21%) VMS
5 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.21%) zOS
6 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.069%) Android
7 1 (0.069%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (28.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 334 (23.07%) Agile
3 285 (19.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 255 (17.61%) Cybersecurity
5 254 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
6 236 (16.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 226 (15.61%) Project Management
8 188 (12.98%) Decision-Making
9 184 (12.71%) Information Security
10 159 (10.98%) Change Management
11 151 (10.43%) Roadmaps
12 135 (9.32%) Migration
13 134 (9.25%) Project Delivery
14 130 (8.98%) Regulatory Compliance
15 128 (8.84%) AI
16 120 (8.29%) Data Protection
17 117 (8.08%) Analytics
18 104 (7.18%) PRINCE2
19 103 (7.11%) Scrum
20 93 (6.42%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 127 (8.77%) SQL
2 118 (8.15%) Python
3 52 (3.59%) Java
4 38 (2.62%) PowerShell
5 31 (2.14%) C#
6 27 (1.86%) C++
7 16 (1.10%) VBA
8 14 (0.97%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.35%) Bash
9 5 (0.35%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.28%) Korn
11 3 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.14%) Perl
12 2 (0.14%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.14%) R
12 2 (0.14%) RPG
12 2 (0.14%) Rust
12 2 (0.14%) Scala
12 2 (0.14%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 305 (21.06%) Security Cleared
2 238 (16.44%) Degree
3 233 (16.09%) SC Cleared
4 136 (9.39%) CISSP
5 98 (6.77%) CISM
6 75 (5.18%) DV Cleared
7 72 (4.97%) PMI Certification
8 69 (4.77%) PMP
9 58 (4.01%) Master's Degree
10 39 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (2.35%) CRISC
12 31 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
13 26 (1.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 23 (1.59%) CISA
15 16 (1.10%) PhD
16 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (1.04%) Numerate Degree
17 12 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 11 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
19 10 (0.69%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (13.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 194 (13.40%) NIST
3 129 (8.91%) GRC
4 125 (8.63%) GDPR
5 84 (5.80%) PMO
6 73 (5.04%) QA
7 58 (4.01%) PCI DSS
8 44 (3.04%) Data Quality
9 41 (2.83%) NCSC
10 29 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 28 (1.93%) NIST 800
12 23 (1.59%) SLA
12 23 (1.59%) SOC 2
13 21 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
13 21 (1.45%) Def Stans
14 20 (1.38%) COBIT
15 16 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
15 16 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 15 (1.04%) JSP 440
17 13 (0.90%) RMADS
System Software
1 33 (2.28%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.97%) Docker
3 8 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.21%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.069%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.069%) Postfix
6 1 (0.069%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.069%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.069%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (1.59%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.31%) Terraform
3 13 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.69%) Ansible
4 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.55%) SCCM
6 7 (0.48%) RSA Archer
7 4 (0.28%) Grafana
7 4 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.21%) CASB
8 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.21%) Kubeflow
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%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.14%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 179 (12.36%) Microsoft
2 70 (4.83%) SAP
3 68 (4.70%) Oracle
4 66 (4.56%) ServiceNow
5 46 (3.18%) Google
6 21 (1.45%) Murex
7 18 (1.24%) Workday
8 17 (1.17%) Ariba
9 16 (1.10%) Salesforce
10 11 (0.76%) Databricks
10 11 (0.76%) Splunk
11 10 (0.69%) Cisco
11 10 (0.69%) CyberArk
11 10 (0.69%) VMware
12 8 (0.55%) F5
12 8 (0.55%) IBM
12 8 (0.55%) Informatica
13 6 (0.41%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.41%) Citrix
14 5 (0.35%) Charles River