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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 50 66
Rank change year-on-year -21 +16 +5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,529 1,299 1,333
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.21% 4.43% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 4.87% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 985 795 861
10th Percentile £402 £363 £350
25th Percentile £463 £458 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £700
90th Percentile £838 £850 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £523 £525
% change year-on-year +0.48% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 36 46
10th Percentile £20.27 £40.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £38.45 £47.96 £30.96
Median hourly rate £71.83 £64.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% +28.00% +370.37%
75th Percentile £99.38 £80.80 £60.94
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.28 £81.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.49 £62.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year +19.67% +18.57% +435.71%

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 40,206 26,654 37,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.43% 90.92% 86.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,270 17,186 24,018
10th Percentile £320 £307 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £482 £500
% change year-on-year +1.09% -3.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,084 2,441
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.64 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.88 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.95
Median % change year-on-year +43.29% -19.33% +0.42%
75th Percentile £67.25 £61.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.00 £27.70 £37.50
% change year-on-year +58.84% -26.13% +7.14%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -21 1,347 £550 -4.35% 710
UK excluding London -15 740 £525 +0.48% 473
London -31 656 £600 -7.69% 309
Work from Home -6 438 £550 -4.35% 342
North of England -6 224 £511 -0.38% 114
South East -8 202 £550 -4.35% 151
Yorkshire -6 111 £492 -1.60% 48
North West -11 111 £550 +8.37% 57
Midlands -48 107 £537 +7.40% 63
South West 0 80 £550 +22.22% 62
Scotland +5 79 £465 -7.00% 23
West Midlands -33 75 £525 +2.24% 36
East of England -14 46 £525 -0.94% 52
East Midlands -28 32 £538 +19.44% 26
Northern Ireland -2 7 £475 -16.67% 6
Wales -17 3 £214 -55.03% 13
North East -31 2 £480 -16.52% 10

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 67 (4.38%) Confluence
2 39 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.52%) SAS
5 6 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.26%) 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
8 2 (0.13%) IIS
9 1 (0.065%) CMS
9 1 (0.065%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.065%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.065%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.065%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.065%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.065%) WebSphere
Applications
1 70 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (3.53%) Microsoft Project
3 44 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
4 42 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.33%) Revit
7 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.26%) Trello
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.065%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.065%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 26 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.52%) Endur
4 7 (0.46%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.46%) Summit
5 6 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.33%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.26%) Actimize
7 4 (0.26%) Primavera
7 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics SL
8 3 (0.20%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 191 (12.49%) Azure
2 149 (9.74%) AWS
3 69 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (4.32%) Power Platform
5 55 (3.60%) GCP
6 39 (2.55%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.49%) SaaS
8 25 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
9 23 (1.50%) GitHub
10 21 (1.37%) Google Workspace
11 20 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
12 18 (1.18%) Google Sheets
12 18 (1.18%) Snowflake
13 17 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (1.11%) PaaS
14 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
16 10 (0.65%) Amazon S3
16 10 (0.65%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.27%) Network Security
2 33 (2.16%) Firewall
3 21 (1.37%) DNS
4 13 (0.85%) DHCP
5 12 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.65%) BIG-IP
7 9 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
7 9 (0.59%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.59%) WAN
8 8 (0.52%) 5G
8 8 (0.52%) LAN
9 7 (0.46%) HTTP
10 6 (0.39%) Internet
11 5 (0.33%) 3G
11 5 (0.33%) 4G
12 4 (0.26%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.26%) VPN
13 3 (0.20%) Kerberos
13 3 (0.20%) SAN
13 3 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.53%) Power BI
2 37 (2.42%) Metadata
3 26 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (1.64%) Relational Database
5 20 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.24%) SQL Server
7 11 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 11 (0.72%) Tableau
8 9 (0.59%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.52%) RDBMS
10 7 (0.46%) Big Data
11 6 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.39%) DB2
11 6 (0.39%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.39%) MySQL
11 6 (0.39%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 133 (8.70%) JIRA
2 23 (1.50%) Git
3 19 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.65%) GitLab
5 5 (0.33%) JUnit
5 5 (0.33%) Mockito
5 5 (0.33%) Zephyr
6 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
6 4 (0.26%) DbUnit
6 4 (0.26%) jMock
6 4 (0.26%) Maven
6 4 (0.26%) Selenium
6 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.26%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.26%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.065%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.065%) Flyway
7 1 (0.065%) MLflow
7 1 (0.065%) Postman
7 1 (0.065%) TestRail
General
1 568 (37.15%) Social Skills
2 561 (36.69%) Finance
3 242 (15.83%) Analytical Skills
4 192 (12.56%) Banking
5 168 (10.99%) Public Sector
6 109 (7.13%) Legal
7 48 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
8 45 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (2.55%) Investment Banking
9 39 (2.55%) Retail
10 38 (2.49%) Front Office
11 36 (2.35%) Financial Institution
12 34 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
13 32 (2.09%) Military
13 32 (2.09%) Telecoms
14 31 (2.03%) Manufacturing
14 31 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.24%) Law
15 19 (1.24%) Marketing
16 17 (1.11%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 203 (13.28%) Project Manager
2 186 (12.16%) Lead
3 154 (10.07%) Architect
4 152 (9.94%) Senior
5 150 (9.81%) Analyst
6 93 (6.08%) Consultant
7 76 (4.97%) Developer
8 74 (4.84%) Programme Manager
9 73 (4.77%) Business Analyst
10 67 (4.38%) Security Architect
11 50 (3.27%) Risk Manager
11 50 (3.27%) Senior Manager
12 45 (2.94%) Delivery Manager
13 39 (2.55%) Security Consultant
14 35 (2.29%) Security Engineer
15 33 (2.16%) IT Manager
16 31 (2.03%) Risk Analyst
17 30 (1.96%) Security Manager
18 29 (1.90%) Solutions Architect
19 28 (1.83%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (1.37%) Kafka
2 21 (1.37%) REST
3 19 (1.24%) .NET
4 14 (0.92%) RESTful
5 12 (0.78%) Middleware
5 12 (0.78%) XML
6 11 (0.72%) Leaflet
7 10 (0.65%) JSON
8 8 (0.52%) LDAP
8 8 (0.52%) OAuth
8 8 (0.52%) PyTorch
8 8 (0.52%) React
9 7 (0.46%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.46%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.46%) scikit-learn
9 7 (0.46%) SOAP
9 7 (0.46%) TensorFlow
10 6 (0.39%) JSP
10 6 (0.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 125 (8.18%) Management Information System
2 63 (4.12%) Product Ownership
3 62 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 55 (3.60%) Derivative
4 55 (3.60%) Security Posture
5 49 (3.20%) Operational Technology
6 43 (2.81%) Data Centre
7 41 (2.68%) Cloud Native
7 41 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
8 38 (2.49%) Market Risk
9 29 (1.90%) Credit Risk
10 24 (1.57%) Data Structures
11 23 (1.50%) AI Agents
11 23 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 23 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
12 22 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.44%) Equities
13 21 (1.37%) NHS
14 20 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
14 20 (1.31%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 48 (3.14%) Windows
2 40 (2.62%) Linux
3 23 (1.50%) Unix
4 9 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.20%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.20%) zOS
8 2 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (30.87%) Stakeholder Management
2 389 (25.44%) Agile
3 300 (19.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 278 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 268 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
6 256 (16.74%) Cybersecurity
7 245 (16.02%) Project Management
8 205 (13.41%) Decision-Making
9 185 (12.10%) Information Security
10 167 (10.92%) AI
11 166 (10.86%) Change Management
12 165 (10.79%) Roadmaps
13 157 (10.27%) Project Delivery
14 144 (9.42%) Migration
15 134 (8.76%) Analytics
16 127 (8.31%) Regulatory Compliance
17 121 (7.91%) PRINCE2
18 120 (7.85%) Data Protection
19 118 (7.72%) DevOps
20 106 (6.93%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 124 (8.11%) SQL
2 119 (7.78%) Python
3 59 (3.86%) Java
4 33 (2.16%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.44%) C#
6 21 (1.37%) C++
7 15 (0.98%) JavaScript
8 13 (0.85%) VBA
9 7 (0.46%) Bash
9 7 (0.46%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.39%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.39%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.26%) Perl
12 3 (0.20%) Korn
12 3 (0.20%) Scala
13 2 (0.13%) Go
13 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.13%) R
13 2 (0.13%) RPG
14 1 (0.065%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 341 (22.30%) Security Cleared
2 254 (16.61%) SC Cleared
3 206 (13.47%) Degree
4 130 (8.50%) CISSP
5 92 (6.02%) CISM
6 79 (5.17%) DV Cleared
6 79 (5.17%) PMP
7 75 (4.91%) PMI Certification
8 40 (2.62%) CRISC
9 33 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 28 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
12 26 (1.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 24 (1.57%) Master's Degree
14 22 (1.44%) CISA
15 19 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 15 (0.98%) CESG Certified Professional
16 15 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 12 (0.78%) CCSP
17 12 (0.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (12.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 191 (12.49%) NIST
3 129 (8.44%) GRC
4 120 (7.85%) GDPR
5 91 (5.95%) PMO
6 81 (5.30%) QA
7 63 (4.12%) Data Quality
8 48 (3.14%) PCI DSS
9 47 (3.07%) NCSC
10 32 (2.09%) JSP 440
10 32 (2.09%) SLA
11 28 (1.83%) COBIT
12 27 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
13 26 (1.70%) SOC 2
14 24 (1.57%) NIST 800
15 19 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 18 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
17 17 (1.11%) RMADS
17 17 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 16 (1.05%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 35 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.98%) Docker
3 9 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.26%) Postfix
4 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.065%) Ceph
7 1 (0.065%) NFS
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.065%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (1.50%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.05%) Ansible
3 14 (0.92%) Terraform
4 10 (0.65%) SCCM
5 9 (0.59%) Grafana
5 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.39%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.33%) Control-M
7 5 (0.33%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.20%) CASB
9 3 (0.20%) WSUS
10 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.13%) Nessus
10 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.13%) NSN NetAct
10 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 200 (13.08%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.62%) ServiceNow
3 84 (5.49%) Oracle
4 80 (5.23%) SAP
5 42 (2.75%) Google
6 23 (1.50%) Workday
7 21 (1.37%) Murex
8 17 (1.11%) Ariba
8 17 (1.11%) Salesforce
9 14 (0.92%) Databricks
10 12 (0.78%) Cisco
10 12 (0.78%) F5
10 12 (0.78%) IBM
10 12 (0.78%) VMware
11 9 (0.59%) Splunk
12 8 (0.52%) Infoblox
13 7 (0.46%) Bloomberg
13 7 (0.46%) Foundry
13 7 (0.46%) Remedy
13 7 (0.46%) Sybase