Risk Register Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Risk Register
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 332 408
Rank change year-on-year +47 +76 +127
Contract jobs citing Risk Register 24 20 45
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 27
10th Percentile £345 - £318
25th Percentile £404 £165 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £387 £470
Median % change year-on-year +30.98% -17.77% -6.00%
75th Percentile £536 £519 £578
90th Percentile £609 £575 £713
UK median daily rate £483 £505 £475
% change year-on-year -4.46% +6.32% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £35.00 -
25th Percentile £30.61 £37.44 £30.75
Median hourly rate £32.74 £44.74 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% +42.03% -52.27%
75th Percentile £34.86 - £32.25
90th Percentile - £49.25 -
UK median hourly rate £32.74 £39.87 £31.50
% change year-on-year -17.90% +26.57% +16.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,291 12,763 21,492
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.77% 87.18% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,296 8,590 15,171
10th Percentile £325 £325 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +0.93%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £760 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 552 514
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.17 £17.80
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.50 £25.95
Median hourly rate £34.65 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.42% -18.10% +31.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.76 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £37.42
% change year-on-year -32.93% +0.21% +43.92%

Risk Register
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Risk Register as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Risk Register trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Risk Register
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Risk Register.

Risk Register daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Risk Register
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Risk Register over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Risk Register daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Risk Register
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Risk Register.

Risk Register hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Risk Register
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (4.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) LAN
1 1 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 9 (37.50%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Legal
3 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.50%) Banking
5 2 (8.33%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Police
6 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.17%) Military
6 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Analyst
1 5 (20.83%) Programme Manager
1 5 (20.83%) Project Manager
2 4 (16.67%) Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) Security Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) IT Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Service Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Service Transition Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Transition Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.17%) PMI
4 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Risk Management
2 10 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (37.50%) Decision-Making
4 8 (33.33%) Project Management
5 7 (29.17%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (29.17%) Roadmaps
6 6 (25.00%) Information Security
7 5 (20.83%) Incident Response
7 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
8 4 (16.67%) Business Analysis
8 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
8 4 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
9 3 (12.50%) Information Security Management
9 3 (12.50%) ITIL
9 3 (12.50%) Programme Management
9 3 (12.50%) Security Management
9 3 (12.50%) SIEM
9 3 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
3 5 (20.83%) Degree
4 4 (16.67%) CISSP
5 3 (12.50%) CISM
5 3 (12.50%) PMI Certification
5 3 (12.50%) PMP
6 2 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (4.17%) CCDA
7 1 (4.17%) CCDP
7 1 (4.17%) CCNA
7 1 (4.17%) CCNP
7 1 (4.17%) CEH
7 1 (4.17%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (4.17%) CFA
7 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (4.17%) CRISC
7 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
7 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (25.00%) NIST
3 4 (16.67%) GRC
4 3 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (12.50%) GDPR
4 3 (12.50%) NCSC
5 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (4.17%) ISO 9001
5 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.17%) PMO
5 1 (4.17%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (4.17%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle
2 1 (4.17%) eFront
2 1 (4.17%) HP
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) OneTrust
2 1 (4.17%) Qualys
2 1 (4.17%) SAP
2 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow