Risk Register Contracts

Risk Register
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Risk Register skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Register over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 528 576
Rank change year-on-year +72 +48 +123
Contract jobs citing Risk Register 83 62 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.14% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 43 68
10th Percentile £185 £165 £213
25th Percentile £363 £413 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £505 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +6.32% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £578 £600
90th Percentile £650 £691 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £467 £473
% change year-on-year -14.35% -1.16% -5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £27.42 £31.25 £23.98
Median hourly rate £32.74 £39.87 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% +26.57% +16.75%
75th Percentile £35.43 £44.74 £56.00
90th Percentile £35.77 £55.38 £70.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.48 £44.74 £31.50
% change year-on-year -36.35% +42.03% +16.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Register 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 28,438 37,047 49,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.78% 85.22% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,912 23,635 34,414
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,399 2,530 1,711
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.30 £64.81
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +64.71%

Risk Register
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Risk Register as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Register.

Daily rate trend for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Register over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Register.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Register within the UK over the 6 months to 3 July 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 +71 70 £475 -5.94% 314
UK excluding London +39 42 £400 -14.35% 173
London +53 32 £523 -0.48% 172
Work from Home +37 24 £506 +30.98% 118
South East +41 14 £403 +136.76% 56
North of England +9 8 £463 -13.95% 31
Midlands +16 7 £400 -15.79% 22
West Midlands +10 7 £400 -15.79% 11
South West +32 6 £190 -68.98% 18
North West +5 4 £331 -38.37% 17
Yorkshire - 4 £500 - 12
East of England - 3 - - 17
Scotland -1 2 - - 18
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 4
Wales +6 1 £450 -55.00% 10

Risk Register
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (6.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.41%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Primavera
1 1 (1.20%) SAP CRM
1 1 (1.20%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.20%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.02%) Azure
2 4 (4.82%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.61%) AWS
3 3 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.41%) GCP
4 2 (2.41%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.20%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.20%) OCI
5 1 (1.20%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.20%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.20%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.82%) Firewall
1 4 (4.82%) LAN
1 4 (4.82%) WAN
2 3 (3.61%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (1.20%) PPP
3 1 (1.20%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) Power BI
2 2 (2.41%) Tableau
3 1 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.20%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (6.02%) JIRA
General
1 24 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 22 (26.51%) Finance
3 10 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.64%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.43%) Banking
5 7 (8.43%) Legal
6 6 (7.23%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.82%) Local Government
8 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.61%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.41%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.41%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.41%) Marketing
9 2 (2.41%) Police
9 2 (2.41%) Retail
10 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Military
10 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (21.69%) Analyst
2 13 (15.66%) Project Manager
3 12 (14.46%) Consultant
4 8 (9.64%) Business Analyst
4 8 (9.64%) Security Consultant
5 7 (8.43%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 6 (7.23%) Programme Manager
6 6 (7.23%) Project Officer
6 6 (7.23%) Project Support Officer
6 6 (7.23%) Support Officer
7 5 (6.02%) Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Security Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Senior
7 5 (6.02%) Service Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Risk Analyst
8 4 (4.82%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) PMO Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.84%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.82%) Security Posture
2 4 (4.82%) Virtual Team
3 3 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.61%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.41%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.20%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.20%) FMCG
5 1 (1.20%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.20%) NHS
5 1 (1.20%) PMI
5 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.61%) Windows
1 3 (3.61%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.41%) Linux
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.94%) Risk Management
2 23 (27.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (25.30%) Project Management
4 20 (24.10%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (19.28%) Decision-Making
6 14 (16.87%) Project Delivery
7 13 (15.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (13.25%) Information Security
9 10 (12.05%) Data Analysis
10 9 (10.84%) ITIL
10 9 (10.84%) Roadmaps
10 9 (10.84%) Workshop Facilitation
11 8 (9.64%) Agile
11 8 (9.64%) Business Analysis
11 8 (9.64%) Incident Response
11 8 (9.64%) PRINCE2
11 8 (9.64%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (9.64%) Risk Assessment
12 7 (8.43%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (21.69%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.87%) SC Cleared
3 11 (13.25%) CISSP
4 10 (12.05%) Degree
5 8 (9.64%) CISM
6 5 (6.02%) GIAC
6 5 (6.02%) PMP
7 4 (4.82%) DV Cleared
7 4 (4.82%) PMI Certification
8 3 (3.61%) CISA
8 3 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.61%) CRISC
8 3 (3.61%) ISACA
8 3 (3.61%) SANS
9 2 (2.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.41%) CASP
9 2 (2.41%) CCSP
9 2 (2.41%) CREST Certified
9 2 (2.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (20.48%) NIST
2 10 (12.05%) GRC
2 10 (12.05%) PMO
3 8 (9.64%) GDPR
4 6 (7.23%) NCSC
5 4 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (2.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (2.41%) HIPAA
7 2 (2.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (2.41%) NIST 800
7 2 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.41%) RMADS
7 2 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.20%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.20%) SLA
8 1 (1.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (3.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.20%) XenApp
2 1 (1.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.41%) HP Data Protector
2 2 (2.41%) NetBackup
2 2 (2.41%) SELinux
3 1 (1.20%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.20%) Nessus
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.61%) Cisco
2 3 (3.61%) Oracle
2 3 (3.61%) SAP
2 3 (3.61%) Tenable
3 2 (2.41%) Dell
3 2 (2.41%) Veritas
4 1 (1.20%) Citrix
4 1 (1.20%) eFront
4 1 (1.20%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.20%) HP
4 1 (1.20%) Infoblox
4 1 (1.20%) NEC
4 1 (1.20%) OneTrust
4 1 (1.20%) Qualys
4 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.20%) VMware