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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 58 66
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,927 1,370 1,274
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.53% 4.16% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.18% 4.60% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,175 845 730
10th Percentile £400 £360 £378
25th Percentile £474 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +1.79% -2.61%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £789 £875 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 31 30
10th Percentile £25.78 £22.16 £34.63
25th Percentile £47.13 £23.50 £44.34
Median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.94
Median % change year-on-year +91.31% -42.18% +18.24%
75th Percentile £80.00 £50.88 £69.51
90th Percentile £89.20 £73.75 £80.50
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 46,068 29,787 33,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.40% 90.53% 85.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,926 18,499 20,227
10th Percentile £325 £300 £309
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 £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,164 1,816 1,455
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.23 £14.90
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £67.48 £44.05 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.03 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.91% -47.67% +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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -9 1,681 £554 -3.61% 3,531
UK excluding London -2 952 £525 +5.00% 1,610
London -23 822 £600 -7.69% 2,208
Work from Home -18 518 £550 -8.18% 1,306
North of England -6 268 £510 +2.00% 360
South East +14 251 £575 +10.84% 439
North West -23 131 £525 +3.83% 222
Yorkshire +9 130 £500 - 111
Scotland +17 126 £500 +11.11% 181
Midlands -30 113 £525 +16.67% 217
South West -19 112 £585 +1.74% 191
West Midlands -17 91 £500 - 134
East of England +3 70 £513 -14.58% 121
East Midlands -30 19 £549 +36.44% 83
Wales -14 11 £600 +45.45% 38
Northern Ireland +1 10 £500 -9.09% 77
North East -38 8 £454 - 32
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 (3.79%) Confluence
2 45 (2.34%) 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 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.99%) 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 48 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.83%) SAP GRC
3 14 (0.73%) 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 EBS
7 6 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
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%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 295 (15.31%) Azure
2 210 (10.90%) AWS
3 96 (4.98%) GCP
4 93 (4.83%) Power Platform
5 73 (3.79%) Entra ID
6 63 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (3.11%) SaaS
8 41 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (1.87%) GitHub
10 28 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
11 27 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
13 23 (1.19%) OCI
14 21 (1.09%) Snowflake
15 20 (1.04%) Azure AI
15 20 (1.04%) PaaS
16 18 (0.93%) Anthropic Claude
16 18 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
16 18 (0.93%) Serverless
17 16 (0.83%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (3.48%) Network Security
2 53 (2.75%) Firewall
3 24 (1.25%) TCP/IP
4 21 (1.09%) WAN
5 18 (0.93%) LAN
6 17 (0.88%) DNS
7 13 (0.67%) 5G
7 13 (0.67%) DHCP
8 11 (0.57%) 4G
8 11 (0.57%) VPN
9 8 (0.42%) BIG-IP
9 8 (0.42%) Internet
10 7 (0.36%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (0.31%) HTTP
11 6 (0.31%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.26%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
12 5 (0.26%) Wireless
13 4 (0.21%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (3.74%) Power BI
2 43 (2.23%) SQL Server
3 41 (2.13%) Metadata
4 32 (1.66%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (0.88%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.78%) Data Lake
7 15 (0.78%) Db2
8 14 (0.73%) Big Data
9 13 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (0.62%) Oracle Database
11 11 (0.57%) Tableau
12 7 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.36%) MySQL
12 7 (0.36%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.31%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.21%) Ataccama
15 4 (0.21%) Neo4j
15 4 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 132 (6.85%) JIRA
2 30 (1.56%) Git
3 22 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.73%) Selenium
5 11 (0.57%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.52%) Postman
7 9 (0.47%) WebDriver
8 8 (0.42%) Cucumber
8 8 (0.42%) 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%) Bitbucket Server
13 3 (0.16%) DbUnit
13 3 (0.16%) Mockito
General
1 780 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 706 (36.64%) Finance
3 330 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
4 246 (12.77%) Public Sector
5 219 (11.36%) Banking
6 146 (7.58%) Legal
7 104 (5.40%) Influencing Skills
8 78 (4.05%) Front Office
8 78 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
9 53 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
10 51 (2.65%) Aerospace
11 50 (2.59%) Military
12 44 (2.28%) Investment Banking
13 42 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
14 41 (2.13%) Manufacturing
14 41 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 39 (2.02%) Retail
16 37 (1.92%) Financial Institution
16 37 (1.92%) Law
17 29 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 256 (13.28%) Lead
2 243 (12.61%) Architect
3 200 (10.38%) Analyst
4 192 (9.96%) Senior
5 188 (9.76%) Project Manager
6 101 (5.24%) Consultant
7 93 (4.83%) Security Architect
8 76 (3.94%) Developer
9 72 (3.74%) Programme Manager
10 68 (3.53%) Business Analyst
11 55 (2.85%) Risk Manager
12 54 (2.80%) Senior Manager
13 53 (2.75%) IT Manager
14 49 (2.54%) Delivery Manager
15 42 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
16 41 (2.13%) Security Consultant
17 40 (2.08%) Security Engineer
18 39 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
19 37 (1.92%) Risk Analyst
20 36 (1.87%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.75%) Terraform
2 40 (2.08%) REST
3 38 (1.97%) .NET
4 26 (1.35%) Middleware
5 24 (1.25%) 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%) SailPoint
9 11 (0.57%) SLSA
9 11 (0.57%) Spring Boot
10 10 (0.52%) RESTful
10 10 (0.52%) Web Services
10 10 (0.52%) XML
11 9 (0.47%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 125 (6.49%) Management Information System
1 125 (6.49%) Onboarding
2 97 (5.03%) Product Ownership
3 89 (4.62%) Security Posture
4 75 (3.89%) Cloud Native
5 61 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
6 56 (2.91%) Operational Technology
7 49 (2.54%) Data Centre
8 46 (2.39%) Cyber Threat
9 41 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
10 37 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
11 32 (1.66%) AI Agents
12 31 (1.61%) Market Risk
13 30 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
14 28 (1.45%) Derivative
15 26 (1.35%) Data Structures
15 26 (1.35%) NHS
16 25 (1.30%) Credit Risk
17 22 (1.14%) PMI
18 20 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 70 (3.63%) Windows
2 64 (3.32%) Linux
3 43 (2.23%) Unix
4 23 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.42%) 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
1 772 (40.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 493 (25.58%) Cybersecurity
3 471 (24.44%) Agile
4 433 (22.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 426 (22.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 320 (16.61%) Decision-Making
7 287 (14.89%) AI
8 284 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
9 264 (13.70%) Roadmaps
10 251 (13.03%) Project Management
11 224 (11.62%) Information Security
12 207 (10.74%) Project Delivery
13 192 (9.96%) CI/CD
14 182 (9.44%) DevOps
15 180 (9.34%) Migration
16 166 (8.61%) Vulnerability Management
17 165 (8.56%) Change Management
18 158 (8.20%) Analytics
18 158 (8.20%) Data Protection
19 153 (7.94%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 158 (8.20%) Python
2 109 (5.66%) SQL
3 55 (2.85%) Java
4 46 (2.39%) PowerShell
5 36 (1.87%) C#
6 20 (1.04%) JavaScript
7 17 (0.88%) Bash
8 16 (0.83%) Shell Script
9 14 (0.73%) C++
10 12 (0.62%) VBA
11 9 (0.47%) Go
11 9 (0.47%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.36%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.31%) Bicep
13 6 (0.31%) Korn
14 5 (0.26%) Assembly Language
14 5 (0.26%) CLIST
14 5 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.26%) JCL
14 5 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 534 (27.71%) Security Cleared
2 382 (19.82%) SC Cleared
3 178 (9.24%) Degree
4 175 (9.08%) CISSP
5 123 (6.38%) DV Cleared
6 121 (6.28%) CISM
7 86 (4.46%) PMI Certification
8 81 (4.20%) PMP
9 58 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 56 (2.91%) CRISC
11 48 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
12 43 (2.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 41 (2.13%) CISA
14 28 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
14 28 (1.45%) Master's Degree
15 26 (1.35%) AWS Certification
15 26 (1.35%) Azure Certification
15 26 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 26 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
16 25 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (12.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 225 (11.68%) NIST
3 200 (10.38%) GRC
4 123 (6.38%) GDPR
5 113 (5.86%) QA
6 96 (4.98%) Data Quality
7 84 (4.36%) NCSC
8 63 (3.27%) PMO
9 40 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
10 34 (1.76%) JSP 440
11 24 (1.25%) NIST 800
12 20 (1.04%) Accessibility
12 20 (1.04%) COBIT
13 18 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 18 (0.93%) SOC 2
14 16 (0.83%) PCI DSS
14 16 (0.83%) SLA
15 15 (0.78%) Def Stans
15 15 (0.78%) ISO 31000
15 15 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.30%) Docker
3 13 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.36%) vSphere
6 5 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
7 4 (0.21%) FreeRADIUS
7 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.16%) Firmware
8 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.16%) Postfix
8 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.10%) IAG
9 2 (0.10%) NFS
Systems Management
1 55 (2.85%) Kubernetes
2 37 (1.92%) Ansible
3 17 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.73%) Grafana
5 12 (0.62%) SCCM
6 8 (0.42%) 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%) NSN NetAct
11 2 (0.10%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 290 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 116 (6.02%) ServiceNow
3 90 (4.67%) SAP
4 74 (3.84%) Oracle
5 50 (2.59%) Google
6 24 (1.25%) IBM
7 23 (1.19%) Splunk
8 21 (1.09%) VMware
9 19 (0.99%) Salesforce
10 18 (0.93%) Cisco
10 18 (0.93%) Databricks
11 17 (0.88%) Sybase
12 16 (0.83%) Foundry
12 16 (0.83%) Qualys
13 15 (0.78%) Murex
14 14 (0.73%) BeyondTrust
14 14 (0.73%) CyberArk
15 12 (0.62%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.57%) Tenable
17 10 (0.52%) Workday