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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 54 66
Rank change year-on-year -14 +12 -1
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,892 1,410 1,260
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.48% 4.28% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.12% 4.73% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,149 874 736
10th Percentile £400 £360 £379
25th Percentile £475 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £574 £561
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +2.18% -4.97%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £792 £875 £834
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 27 28
10th Percentile £24.72 £22.16 £33.88
25th Percentile £46.25 £23.50 £42.81
Median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.31% -41.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80.00 £65.00 £68.17
90th Percentile £89.00 £79.15 £81.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £33.50 £59.19
% change year-on-year +126.87% -43.40% -18.24%

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 45,937 29,792 32,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.50% 90.51% 85.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,939 18,514 20,418
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,060 1,790 1,498
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.23 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.44 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £43.94 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.10 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.13 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +78.36% -47.67% +7.50%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -15 1,653 £550 -4.35% 2,533
UK excluding London -3 945 £525 +5.00% 1,168
London -27 802 £600 -7.69% 1,608
Work from Home -19 513 £550 -8.18% 1,120
North of England -8 265 £511 +2.13% 246
South East +11 254 £575 +4.55% 330
North West -26 133 £525 +5.85% 159
Yorkshire +4 126 £500 - 64
Scotland +12 121 £500 +11.11% 128
South West -19 114 £585 +1.74% 147
Midlands -27 112 £525 +11.94% 177
West Midlands -25 89 £500 +2.56% 112
East of England +6 68 £513 -14.58% 97
East Midlands -29 20 £547 +36.07% 65
Northern Ireland -3 11 £500 -9.09% 37
Wales -17 11 £600 +45.45% 21
North East -40 6 £454 - 28
Channel Islands - 2 £600 - 1

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 72 (3.81%) Confluence
2 46 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.58%) SAS
4 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.21%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.16%) IIS
7 2 (0.11%) CMS
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.053%) Apache
8 1 (0.053%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.053%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.053%) Appian
8 1 (0.053%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.053%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.053%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 66 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.21%) Revit
7 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.16%) Windchill
8 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.053%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 48 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.85%) SAP GRC
3 14 (0.74%) Endur
4 10 (0.53%) Primavera
5 9 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
9 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.26%) Summit
10 4 (0.21%) Actimize
10 4 (0.21%) Aladdin
10 4 (0.21%) Front Arena
10 4 (0.21%) Magento
10 4 (0.21%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
11 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.16%) SAP HCM
11 3 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 280 (14.80%) Azure
2 194 (10.25%) AWS
3 91 (4.81%) Power Platform
4 82 (4.33%) GCP
5 63 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (3.28%) Entra ID
7 57 (3.01%) SaaS
8 40 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.80%) GitHub
10 26 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
12 24 (1.27%) OCI
13 22 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
14 21 (1.11%) Snowflake
15 20 (1.06%) Azure AI
15 20 (1.06%) PaaS
16 18 (0.95%) Anthropic Claude
17 16 (0.85%) IaaS
17 16 (0.85%) Serverless
18 15 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 66 (3.49%) Network Security
2 44 (2.33%) Firewall
3 23 (1.22%) TCP/IP
4 19 (1.00%) WAN
5 17 (0.90%) DNS
5 17 (0.90%) LAN
6 14 (0.74%) 5G
7 13 (0.69%) DHCP
8 12 (0.63%) 4G
9 8 (0.42%) BIG-IP
9 8 (0.42%) Internet
9 8 (0.42%) VPN
10 7 (0.37%) Cisco IPT
10 7 (0.37%) HTTP
11 6 (0.32%) HTTPS
11 6 (0.32%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.26%) 3G
12 5 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
12 5 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (3.70%) Power BI
2 42 (2.22%) Metadata
3 40 (2.11%) SQL Server
4 34 (1.80%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.00%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.79%) Db2
7 15 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (0.74%) Data Lake
9 12 (0.63%) Big Data
9 12 (0.63%) Tableau
10 11 (0.58%) Oracle Database
11 9 (0.48%) RDBMS
12 7 (0.37%) MySQL
13 6 (0.32%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.26%) BigQuery
15 4 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.21%) Neo4j
15 4 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 4 (0.21%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 129 (6.82%) JIRA
2 28 (1.48%) Git
3 21 (1.11%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.69%) Selenium
5 10 (0.53%) Cypress.io
6 9 (0.48%) Postman
7 8 (0.42%) WebDriver
7 8 (0.42%) Zephyr
8 7 (0.37%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.32%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.32%) GitLab
10 5 (0.26%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.26%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.21%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.21%) Gradle
11 4 (0.21%) Maven
11 4 (0.21%) Subversion
12 3 (0.16%) DbUnit
12 3 (0.16%) jMock
12 3 (0.16%) Mockito
General
1 762 (40.27%) Social Skills
2 694 (36.68%) Finance
3 320 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
4 234 (12.37%) Public Sector
5 208 (10.99%) Banking
6 144 (7.61%) Legal
7 95 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
8 76 (4.02%) Front Office
9 74 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
10 52 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
11 50 (2.64%) Aerospace
12 47 (2.48%) Investment Banking
12 47 (2.48%) Military
13 43 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
13 43 (2.27%) Telecoms
14 40 (2.11%) Manufacturing
14 40 (2.11%) Retail
15 38 (2.01%) Financial Institution
16 36 (1.90%) Law
17 26 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 249 (13.16%) Lead
2 232 (12.26%) Architect
3 196 (10.36%) Analyst
4 194 (10.25%) Project Manager
5 185 (9.78%) Senior
6 104 (5.50%) Consultant
7 93 (4.92%) Security Architect
8 75 (3.96%) Programme Manager
9 73 (3.86%) Developer
10 69 (3.65%) Business Analyst
11 55 (2.91%) IT Manager
12 53 (2.80%) Risk Manager
12 53 (2.80%) Senior Manager
13 48 (2.54%) Delivery Manager
14 43 (2.27%) Security Consultant
15 38 (2.01%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (1.96%) Risk Analyst
17 36 (1.90%) Security Manager
17 36 (1.90%) Senior Analyst
18 34 (1.80%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.27%) Terraform
2 38 (2.01%) REST
3 35 (1.85%) .NET
4 26 (1.37%) Middleware
5 23 (1.22%) Kafka
6 19 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
7 18 (0.95%) OAuth
8 15 (0.79%) JSON
8 15 (0.79%) Spring
9 12 (0.63%) SAML
9 12 (0.63%) SOAP
9 12 (0.63%) XML
10 11 (0.58%) OpenID
10 11 (0.58%) React
10 11 (0.58%) SailPoint
10 11 (0.58%) SLSA
10 11 (0.58%) Spring Boot
11 10 (0.53%) RESTful
12 9 (0.48%) LDAP
12 9 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 122 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 118 (6.24%) Onboarding
3 97 (5.13%) Product Ownership
4 78 (4.12%) Security Posture
5 71 (3.75%) Cloud Native
6 64 (3.38%) Data Protection Act
7 54 (2.85%) Operational Technology
8 43 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
8 43 (2.27%) Data Centre
9 38 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
10 34 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
11 32 (1.69%) AI Agents
11 32 (1.69%) Market Risk
12 30 (1.59%) Derivative
13 29 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
14 26 (1.37%) Data Structures
15 25 (1.32%) NHS
16 23 (1.22%) Credit Risk
17 22 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 22 (1.16%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 65 (3.44%) Windows
2 62 (3.28%) Linux
3 41 (2.17%) Unix
4 21 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.32%) zOS
8 4 (0.21%) Android
8 4 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.21%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.16%) AIX
9 3 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.053%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 750 (39.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 473 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 465 (24.58%) Agile
4 419 (22.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 417 (22.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 306 (16.17%) Decision-Making
7 281 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
8 272 (14.38%) AI
9 256 (13.53%) Project Management
10 245 (12.95%) Roadmaps
11 219 (11.58%) Information Security
12 209 (11.05%) Project Delivery
13 181 (9.57%) DevOps
14 178 (9.41%) CI/CD
15 175 (9.25%) Migration
16 165 (8.72%) Change Management
17 158 (8.35%) Analytics
17 158 (8.35%) Vulnerability Management
18 151 (7.98%) PRINCE2
19 149 (7.88%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 152 (8.03%) Python
2 107 (5.66%) SQL
3 53 (2.80%) Java
4 42 (2.22%) PowerShell
5 32 (1.69%) C#
6 19 (1.00%) JavaScript
7 16 (0.85%) Bash
8 14 (0.74%) C++
9 13 (0.69%) Shell Script
10 11 (0.58%) VBA
11 8 (0.42%) Go
11 8 (0.42%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.32%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.26%) Bicep
14 5 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.26%) Korn
15 4 (0.21%) CLIST
15 4 (0.21%) JCL
15 4 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 526 (27.80%) Security Cleared
2 379 (20.03%) SC Cleared
3 172 (9.09%) Degree
4 168 (8.88%) CISSP
5 122 (6.45%) DV Cleared
6 117 (6.18%) CISM
7 86 (4.55%) PMI Certification
8 84 (4.44%) PMP
9 54 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 54 (2.85%) CRISC
10 43 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
11 40 (2.11%) CISA
12 38 (2.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 28 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
14 26 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 25 (1.32%) Master's Degree
15 25 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
16 24 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
17 22 (1.16%) Azure Certification
17 22 (1.16%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (12.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 222 (11.73%) NIST
3 194 (10.25%) GRC
4 122 (6.45%) GDPR
5 113 (5.97%) QA
6 86 (4.55%) Data Quality
7 80 (4.23%) NCSC
8 69 (3.65%) PMO
9 37 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
10 36 (1.90%) JSP 440
11 25 (1.32%) NIST 800
12 22 (1.16%) COBIT
13 20 (1.06%) Accessibility
14 19 (1.00%) SOC 2
15 17 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 16 (0.85%) Def Stans
17 15 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 15 (0.79%) ISO 31000
17 15 (0.79%) PCI DSS
17 15 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.32%) Docker
3 12 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.32%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.26%) vSphere
7 4 (0.21%) FreeRADIUS
7 4 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (0.21%) Time Sharing Option
7 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.16%) Firmware
8 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.16%) Postfix
8 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.11%) IAG
9 2 (0.11%) NFS
10 1 (0.053%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 49 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 34 (1.80%) Ansible
3 14 (0.74%) Grafana
4 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.58%) SCCM
6 8 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.32%) Control-M
8 5 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.21%) Data Guard
9 4 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.21%) Nessus
9 4 (0.21%) OMEGAMON
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.16%) Puppet
11 2 (0.11%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.11%) Istio
11 2 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 275 (14.53%) Microsoft
2 112 (5.92%) ServiceNow
3 92 (4.86%) SAP
4 76 (4.02%) Oracle
5 43 (2.27%) Google
6 22 (1.16%) IBM
6 22 (1.16%) Splunk
7 19 (1.00%) VMware
8 18 (0.95%) Cisco
8 18 (0.95%) Salesforce
9 17 (0.90%) Databricks
9 17 (0.90%) Sybase
10 15 (0.79%) Foundry
10 15 (0.79%) Murex
11 14 (0.74%) Qualys
12 11 (0.58%) Ariba
12 11 (0.58%) BeyondTrust
12 11 (0.58%) CyberArk
12 11 (0.58%) Workday
13 10 (0.53%) Tenable