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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 59 65
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 -3
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,933 1,347 1,249
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.54% 4.15% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.20% 4.58% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,179 832 713
10th Percentile £400 £360 £376
25th Percentile £475 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £564 £560
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.67% -2.61%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £788 £875 £836
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 31 29
10th Percentile £25.78 £22.16 £34.25
25th Percentile £47.13 £23.50 £43.75
Median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.31% -41.74% +16.16%
75th Percentile £80.00 £50.88 £70.18
90th Percentile £89.20 £73.75 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £33.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +126.87% -44.17% -

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 46,027 29,389 32,594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.35% 90.49% 85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,906 18,237 19,938
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,152 1,808 1,420
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -1.10%
75th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £74.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.08 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +79.61% -48.10% +1.18%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -5 1,685 £560 -2.61% 4,288
UK excluding London -6 952 £525 +3.96% 1,985
London -19 825 £600 -7.69% 2,674
Work from Home -16 519 £550 -7.72% 2,354
North of England -5 269 £510 +2.00% 466
South East +12 252 £575 +9.52% 507
Yorkshire +10 131 £497 -0.60% 145
North West -24 131 £525 +2.68% 290
Scotland +18 125 £500 +11.11% 226
Midlands -28 112 £525 +16.67% 270
South West -20 110 £570 -0.87% 239
West Midlands -19 90 £500 - 169
East of England -1 71 £513 -14.58% 130
East Midlands -27 19 £549 +36.44% 101
Wales -11 12 £600 +45.45% 44
Northern Ireland +3 10 £500 -9.09% 111
North East -32 8 £454 -17.50% 37
Channel Islands - 2 £600 - 2

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 73 (3.78%) Confluence
2 45 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.62%) SAS
4 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.21%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.16%) IIS
7 2 (0.10%) CMS
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.052%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.052%) Apache
8 1 (0.052%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.052%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.052%) Appian
8 1 (0.052%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.052%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.052%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.052%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 67 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.98%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.21%) Revit
7 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.16%) Windchill
8 2 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.052%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.052%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 49 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.83%) SAP GRC
3 14 (0.72%) Endur
4 10 (0.52%) Primavera
5 9 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.21%) Actimize
9 4 (0.21%) Magento
9 4 (0.21%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.16%) Front Arena
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.16%) SAP HCM
10 3 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 296 (15.31%) Azure
2 210 (10.86%) AWS
3 98 (5.07%) GCP
4 94 (4.86%) Power Platform
5 73 (3.78%) Entra ID
6 64 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
7 61 (3.16%) SaaS
8 41 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (1.81%) GitHub
10 28 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
11 27 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
13 23 (1.19%) OCI
14 21 (1.09%) Snowflake
15 20 (1.03%) Azure AI
15 20 (1.03%) PaaS
16 18 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
16 18 (0.93%) Serverless
17 17 (0.88%) Anthropic Claude
18 16 (0.83%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (3.47%) Network Security
2 53 (2.74%) Firewall
3 24 (1.24%) TCP/IP
4 22 (1.14%) WAN
5 19 (0.98%) LAN
6 17 (0.88%) DNS
7 13 (0.67%) 5G
7 13 (0.67%) DHCP
8 12 (0.62%) VPN
9 11 (0.57%) 4G
10 8 (0.41%) BIG-IP
10 8 (0.41%) Internet
11 7 (0.36%) Cisco IPT
12 6 (0.31%) HTTP
12 6 (0.31%) Kerberos
12 6 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.26%) HTTPS
13 5 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
13 5 (0.26%) Wireless
14 4 (0.21%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (3.78%) Power BI
2 43 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 40 (2.07%) Metadata
4 31 (1.60%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (0.83%) MongoDB
7 14 (0.72%) Big Data
7 14 (0.72%) Data Lake
7 14 (0.72%) Db2
8 13 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (0.62%) Oracle Database
10 11 (0.57%) Tableau
11 7 (0.36%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.36%) MySQL
11 7 (0.36%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.31%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.21%) Ataccama
14 4 (0.21%) Neo4j
14 4 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 131 (6.78%) JIRA
2 31 (1.60%) Git
3 22 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.72%) Selenium
5 11 (0.57%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.52%) Postman
7 9 (0.47%) WebDriver
8 8 (0.41%) Cucumber
8 8 (0.41%) Zephyr
9 7 (0.36%) GitLab
10 6 (0.31%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.26%) Artifactory
11 5 (0.26%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.21%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.21%) Gradle
12 4 (0.21%) Maven
12 4 (0.21%) Subversion
13 3 (0.16%) DbUnit
13 3 (0.16%) jMock
13 3 (0.16%) JUnit
General
1 782 (40.46%) Social Skills
2 712 (36.83%) Finance
3 331 (17.12%) Analytical Skills
4 245 (12.67%) Public Sector
5 222 (11.48%) Banking
6 147 (7.60%) Legal
7 107 (5.54%) Influencing Skills
8 80 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
9 77 (3.98%) Front Office
10 52 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
11 51 (2.64%) Aerospace
12 50 (2.59%) Military
13 46 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
14 43 (2.22%) Investment Banking
15 41 (2.12%) Manufacturing
15 41 (2.12%) Telecoms
16 38 (1.97%) Retail
17 37 (1.91%) Financial Institution
17 37 (1.91%) Law
18 29 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 255 (13.19%) Lead
2 240 (12.42%) Architect
3 200 (10.35%) Analyst
4 196 (10.14%) Senior
5 191 (9.88%) Project Manager
6 100 (5.17%) Consultant
7 92 (4.76%) Security Architect
8 75 (3.88%) Developer
9 74 (3.83%) Programme Manager
10 69 (3.57%) Business Analyst
11 57 (2.95%) Risk Manager
12 56 (2.90%) Senior Manager
13 55 (2.85%) IT Manager
14 51 (2.64%) Delivery Manager
15 42 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
16 41 (2.12%) Security Consultant
17 40 (2.07%) Security Engineer
17 40 (2.07%) Senior Analyst
18 37 (1.91%) Service Manager
19 36 (1.86%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.74%) Terraform
2 40 (2.07%) REST
3 38 (1.97%) .NET
4 26 (1.35%) Middleware
5 24 (1.24%) Kafka
6 18 (0.93%) OAuth
6 18 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (0.78%) JSON
7 15 (0.78%) Spring
8 12 (0.62%) React
8 12 (0.62%) SAML
8 12 (0.62%) SOAP
9 11 (0.57%) OpenID
9 11 (0.57%) SLSA
9 11 (0.57%) Spring Boot
10 10 (0.52%) RESTful
10 10 (0.52%) SailPoint
10 10 (0.52%) Web Services
10 10 (0.52%) XML
11 9 (0.47%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 127 (6.57%) Onboarding
2 121 (6.26%) Management Information System
3 98 (5.07%) Product Ownership
4 89 (4.60%) Security Posture
5 75 (3.88%) Cloud Native
6 61 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
7 57 (2.95%) Operational Technology
8 51 (2.64%) Data Centre
9 44 (2.28%) Cyber Threat
10 41 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
11 39 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
12 32 (1.66%) AI Agents
13 31 (1.60%) Market Risk
14 30 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
15 27 (1.40%) Derivative
16 26 (1.35%) Credit Risk
16 26 (1.35%) Data Structures
16 26 (1.35%) NHS
17 22 (1.14%) PMI
18 21 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 71 (3.67%) Windows
2 65 (3.36%) Linux
3 44 (2.28%) Unix
4 24 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.36%) zOS
8 5 (0.26%) Android
8 5 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.21%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.16%) AIX
10 3 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
10 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.052%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 780 (40.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 492 (25.45%) Cybersecurity
3 471 (24.37%) Agile
4 436 (22.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 420 (21.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 321 (16.61%) Decision-Making
7 286 (14.80%) AI
8 280 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
9 268 (13.86%) Roadmaps
10 256 (13.24%) Project Management
11 219 (11.33%) Information Security
12 210 (10.86%) Project Delivery
13 192 (9.93%) CI/CD
14 183 (9.47%) DevOps
14 183 (9.47%) Migration
15 167 (8.64%) Change Management
16 163 (8.43%) Vulnerability Management
17 159 (8.23%) Analytics
18 158 (8.17%) Data Protection
19 152 (7.86%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 158 (8.17%) Python
2 109 (5.64%) SQL
3 54 (2.79%) Java
4 46 (2.38%) PowerShell
5 36 (1.86%) C#
6 20 (1.03%) JavaScript
7 17 (0.88%) Bash
7 17 (0.88%) Shell Script
8 13 (0.67%) C++
9 12 (0.62%) VBA
10 9 (0.47%) Go
10 9 (0.47%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.36%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.31%) Bicep
12 6 (0.31%) Korn
13 5 (0.26%) Assembly Language
13 5 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.26%) JCL
13 5 (0.26%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.26%) REXX
Qualifications
1 534 (27.63%) Security Cleared
2 382 (19.76%) SC Cleared
3 181 (9.36%) Degree
4 175 (9.05%) CISSP
5 123 (6.36%) DV Cleared
6 120 (6.21%) CISM
7 86 (4.45%) PMI Certification
8 81 (4.19%) PMP
9 59 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 55 (2.85%) CRISC
11 48 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
12 43 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 40 (2.07%) CISA
14 29 (1.50%) Master's Degree
15 28 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
16 27 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 26 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
18 25 (1.29%) AWS Certification
18 25 (1.29%) Azure Certification
18 25 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (12.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 222 (11.48%) NIST
3 202 (10.45%) GRC
4 120 (6.21%) GDPR
5 112 (5.79%) QA
6 96 (4.97%) Data Quality
7 83 (4.29%) NCSC
8 64 (3.31%) PMO
9 41 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 33 (1.71%) JSP 440
11 23 (1.19%) NIST 800
12 20 (1.03%) Accessibility
13 19 (0.98%) COBIT
14 18 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 18 (0.93%) SOC 2
15 16 (0.83%) SLA
16 15 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 15 (0.78%) ISO 31000
16 15 (0.78%) PCI DSS
17 14 (0.72%) Def Stans
System Software
1 49 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.29%) Docker
3 14 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.41%) vSphere
6 7 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
8 4 (0.21%) FreeRADIUS
8 4 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.16%) Firmware
9 3 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.16%) Postfix
9 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.10%) IAG
10 2 (0.10%) NFS
Systems Management
1 55 (2.85%) Kubernetes
2 37 (1.91%) Ansible
3 17 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.72%) Grafana
5 12 (0.62%) SCCM
6 8 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.26%) Control-M
8 5 (0.26%) OMEGAMON
9 4 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.21%) Nessus
9 4 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.16%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.16%) Puppet
11 2 (0.10%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.10%) Istio
11 2 (0.10%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 292 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 117 (6.05%) ServiceNow
3 93 (4.81%) SAP
4 73 (3.78%) Oracle
5 50 (2.59%) Google
6 23 (1.19%) IBM
6 23 (1.19%) Splunk
6 23 (1.19%) VMware
7 19 (0.98%) Cisco
7 19 (0.98%) Salesforce
8 18 (0.93%) Databricks
9 16 (0.83%) Foundry
9 16 (0.83%) Qualys
9 16 (0.83%) Sybase
10 15 (0.78%) Murex
11 14 (0.72%) BeyondTrust
12 13 (0.67%) CyberArk
13 12 (0.62%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.57%) Ariba
14 11 (0.57%) Tenable