Risk Manager
UK
The median Risk Manager daily rate in the UK is £631, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 456 | 527 | 558 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +71 | +31 | +168 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Risk Manager | 64 | 55 | 160 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.22% | 0.13% | 0.27% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.24% | 0.14% | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 44 | 34 | 119 |
| 10th Percentile | £463 | £401 | £466 |
| 25th Percentile | £504 | £503 | £553 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £631 | £600 | £675 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.17% | -11.11% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £734 | £950 |
| 90th Percentile | £786 | £861 | £1,000 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £625 | £619 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.01% | +7.61% | +4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | £63.00 | £47.50 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.63% | -32.14% | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.00 | £58.44 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +7.81% | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 27,084 | 40,415 | 56,464 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.78% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,692 | 26,309 | 39,470 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £492 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.46% | -1.60% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,035 | 2,664 | 1,570 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.07 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.42 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.37% | -19.07% | +91.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £39.55 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.20% | -6.94% | +117.95% |
Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager.
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Top 12 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 | +70 | 61 | £636 | +6.04% | 197 |
| London | +54 | 43 | £638 | +6.25% | 145 |
| UK excluding London | +58 | 18 | £625 | +1.01% | 69 |
| Work from Home | +38 | 16 | £635 | +3.84% | 68 |
| South East | +47 | 9 | £650 | +1.96% | 23 |
| North of England | +22 | 5 | £485 | -11.91% | 28 |
| Yorkshire | - | 4 | £485 | - | 8 |
| South West | +44 | 3 | £525 | +16.67% | |
| Midlands | +19 | 2 | £385 | -50.32% | 11 |
| North West | +16 | 1 | - | - | 17 |
| West Midlands | +11 | 1 | £469 | -47.89% | 3 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £300 | - | 8 |
Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Risk Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Risk Manager in the job title.
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Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: