Risk Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Risk Project Manager
UK

The median Risk Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 636 507 570
Rank change year-on-year -129 +63 +98
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Project Manager 5 16 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.056% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.060% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 10
10th Percentile £536 £478 £375
25th Percentile £553 £534 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £650 £556
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +16.85% -14.42%
75th Percentile £684 £748 £648
90th Percentile £739 £793 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate - £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -7.69%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 45,155 26,550 39,743
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.33% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,543 17,231 25,865
10th Percentile £325 £290 £280
25th Percentile £413 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,003 1,045 2,776
10th Percentile £15.01 £14.00 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.50 £17.87 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.50 £27.99 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +51.84% -24.72% -17.38%
75th Percentile £66.38 £59.90 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.61 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +73.38% -37.13% -5.88%

Risk Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Risk Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Risk Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Risk Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

Risk Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Project Manager over the 6 months to 29 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Project Manager in the UK

Risk Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

Risk Project Manager
Top 3 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 Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
London -84 5 £588 -11.32% 2
England -135 5 £588 -11.32% 3
Work from Home -34 3 £588 -7.48%

Risk Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, Risk Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Risk Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Aladdin
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (20.00%) Bloomberg
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
4 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Murex
4 1 (20.00%) PnL Attribution
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Identification
4 1 (20.00%) Stress Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow

Risk Project Manager Skill Set
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 1 (20.00%) IBM HTTP Server
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Aladdin
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Advertising
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Front Office
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (20.00%) Market Risk
1 1 (20.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
4 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) PnL Attribution
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Identification
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Bloomberg
1 1 (20.00%) Murex