Risk Management Contracts

Risk Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Risk Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Risk Management over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 65 96
Rank change year-on-year -2 +31 +26
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,311 1,906 2,417
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.08% 3.33% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.58% 3.71% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 1,091 1,659
10th Percentile £362 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +3.53%
75th Percentile £700 £730 £657
90th Percentile £825 £875 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 239 55
10th Percentile £12.25 - £24.52
25th Percentile £28.18 £9.80 £25.68
Median hourly rate £50.00 £10.63 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year +370.37% -67.19% -14.51%
75th Percentile £61.25 £12.02 £58.57
90th Percentile £82.39 £68.85 £66.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £9.80 £42.50
% change year-on-year +410.20% -76.94% +9.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,644 51,414 79,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 35,622 55,798
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,693 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.99 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -5.27%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Top 18 Contract 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 19 May 2024. 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 -1 1,117 £560 -6.75% 1,106
UK excluding London +4 622 £525 -4.55% 630
London +5 580 £600 -7.69% 544
Work from Home +21 440 £550 -8.33% 438
North of England +22 186 £590 +18.00% 143
South East -1 142 £525 -4.55% 178
North West +24 116 £670 +37.08% 76
South West -24 103 £520 -22.96% 84
Scotland +12 75 £450 -15.85% 51
Yorkshire -8 64 £475 -3.80% 45
Midlands -15 62 £525 +5.00% 100
West Midlands -6 52 £475 -9.95% 60
East of England +8 28 £300 -45.45% 58
Wales +32 15 £600 +17.07% 20
Northern Ireland +14 14 £435 -24.87% 8
East Midlands +6 10 £598 +44.85% 40
North East +21 8 £590 +31.11% 25
Isle of Man - 2 - - 3

Risk Management
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 40 (3.05%) Confluence
2 37 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.98%) SAS
4 15 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.23%) Apache
7 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.23%) nginx
8 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.076%) CMS
9 1 (0.076%) IIS
9 1 (0.076%) Mendix
9 1 (0.076%) Moodle
Applications
1 73 (5.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (3.66%) MS Visio
4 46 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.76%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.076%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.99%) ION MarketView
3 10 (0.76%) Aligne
4 8 (0.61%) Endur
5 7 (0.53%) Temenos T24
6 6 (0.46%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 5 (0.38%) Shopify
8 4 (0.31%) Primavera
8 4 (0.31%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.31%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.23%) Aladdin
9 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
9 3 (0.23%) NEC Housing
9 3 (0.23%) Orchestrade
10 2 (0.15%) Bloomberg AIM
10 2 (0.15%) Loan IQ
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 103 (7.86%) Azure
2 44 (3.36%) AWS
3 31 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (2.29%) SaaS
5 23 (1.75%) Power Platform
6 16 (1.22%) IaaS
7 14 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (0.92%) GCP
8 12 (0.92%) PaaS
9 9 (0.69%) Entra ID
9 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (0.61%) Kong
10 8 (0.61%) WhatsApp
11 7 (0.53%) Apigee
12 6 (0.46%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.38%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (0.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 84 (6.41%) Firewall
2 55 (4.20%) Network Security
3 54 (4.12%) VPN
4 23 (1.75%) Structured Cabling
5 18 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (1.07%) FIX Connectivity
7 12 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 11 (0.84%) DNS
9 9 (0.69%) DWDM
9 9 (0.69%) Intranet
10 8 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (0.61%) Wireless
11 6 (0.46%) SAN
12 4 (0.31%) DHCP
12 4 (0.31%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.31%) LAN
12 4 (0.31%) PPP
12 4 (0.31%) VLAN
12 4 (0.31%) Wideband
13 3 (0.23%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 20 (1.53%) Power BI
3 17 (1.30%) Relational Database
4 13 (0.99%) MongoDB
5 10 (0.76%) Metadata
6 9 (0.69%) KDB
7 7 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.53%) OLAP
7 7 (0.53%) OLTP
8 6 (0.46%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.46%) Oracle OLAP
9 5 (0.38%) Data Mart
9 5 (0.38%) MySQL
10 4 (0.31%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.31%) NonStop SQL
10 4 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.23%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.23%) ClickHouse
11 3 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 79 (6.03%) JIRA
2 13 (0.99%) Jenkins
2 13 (0.99%) TeamCity
3 8 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (0.53%) Git
5 5 (0.38%) LoadRunner
5 5 (0.38%) NeoLoad
6 4 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.31%) Sourcetree
7 3 (0.23%) GitLab
7 3 (0.23%) Maven
8 2 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.076%) Ant
9 1 (0.076%) Babel
9 1 (0.076%) MLflow
9 1 (0.076%) Selenium
9 1 (0.076%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.076%) VisualWorks
9 1 (0.076%) webpack
General
1 404 (30.82%) Finance
2 391 (29.82%) Social Skills
3 176 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (11.52%) Public Sector
5 112 (8.54%) Banking
6 80 (6.10%) Legal
7 62 (4.73%) Front Office
8 52 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
9 51 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
10 44 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
10 44 (3.36%) Marketing
11 38 (2.90%) Telecoms
12 29 (2.21%) Investment Banking
13 25 (1.91%) Manufacturing
14 24 (1.83%) Retail
15 23 (1.75%) Financial Institution
16 22 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (1.30%) Local Government
18 16 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
19 15 (1.14%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 218 (16.63%) Project Manager
2 201 (15.33%) Analyst
3 155 (11.82%) Architect
4 131 (9.99%) Lead
5 116 (8.85%) Senior
6 95 (7.25%) Consultant
7 63 (4.81%) Security Architect
8 61 (4.65%) Business Analyst
9 54 (4.12%) Developer
10 53 (4.04%) Senior Manager
11 43 (3.28%) Technical Architect
12 40 (3.05%) Security Consultant
13 36 (2.75%) Lead Architect
13 36 (2.75%) Security Manager
14 34 (2.59%) Risk Analyst
15 33 (2.52%) Technical Leader
16 30 (2.29%) IT Manager
16 30 (2.29%) Programme Manager
16 30 (2.29%) Risk Manager
16 30 (2.29%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.51%) Node.js
2 36 (2.75%) ISPF
3 18 (1.37%) XML
4 16 (1.22%) FIX Protocol
5 15 (1.14%) Kafka
6 13 (0.99%) .NET
6 13 (0.99%) SAML
7 12 (0.92%) OAuth
7 12 (0.92%) Web Services
8 11 (0.84%) CSS
8 11 (0.84%) HTML
8 11 (0.84%) OpenID
9 10 (0.76%) J2EE
9 10 (0.76%) Middleware
9 10 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
9 10 (0.76%) SailPoint
9 10 (0.76%) Spring
10 8 (0.61%) AngularJS
10 8 (0.61%) LDAP
10 8 (0.61%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 142 (10.83%) Management Information System
2 42 (3.20%) Public Cloud
3 41 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
3 41 (3.13%) Derivative
4 39 (2.97%) Mainframe
5 37 (2.82%) Security Posture
6 34 (2.59%) Product Ownership
7 26 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 24 (1.83%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.68%) Fixed Income
10 18 (1.37%) Operational Technology
11 17 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
11 17 (1.30%) Market Risk
11 17 (1.30%) NHS
12 15 (1.14%) Freedom of Information
12 15 (1.14%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (0.99%) CMDB
14 13 (0.99%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 112 (8.54%) Windows
2 52 (3.97%) Linux
3 46 (3.51%) Windows Server
4 44 (3.36%) Android
4 44 (3.36%) Apple iOS
5 38 (2.90%) Unix
5 38 (2.90%) zOS
6 10 (0.76%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.076%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (25.93%) Project Management
2 268 (20.44%) Agile
3 251 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 243 (18.54%) Cybersecurity
5 197 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
6 168 (12.81%) Information Security
7 158 (12.05%) Project Delivery
8 139 (10.60%) Change Management
9 124 (9.46%) PRINCE2
10 117 (8.92%) DevOps
11 111 (8.47%) Decision-Making
11 111 (8.47%) Roadmaps
12 106 (8.09%) Security Architecture
13 98 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
14 87 (6.64%) Project Planning
15 75 (5.72%) Threat Intelligence
16 74 (5.64%) ITIL
17 72 (5.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 70 (5.34%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
19 67 (5.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 91 (6.94%) SQL
2 82 (6.25%) Python
3 40 (3.05%) Java
4 36 (2.75%) JCL
4 36 (2.75%) PowerShell
5 33 (2.52%) REXX
6 24 (1.83%) C#
7 20 (1.53%) Assembly Language
8 18 (1.37%) JavaScript
9 15 (1.14%) C++
10 14 (1.07%) CLIST
11 6 (0.46%) Scala
12 5 (0.38%) C
13 4 (0.31%) ABAP
13 4 (0.31%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.31%) VBA
14 3 (0.23%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.23%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.23%) Perl
14 3 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 237 (18.08%) Security Cleared
2 196 (14.95%) Degree
3 168 (12.81%) SC Cleared
4 107 (8.16%) CISSP
5 79 (6.03%) CISM
6 65 (4.96%) DV Cleared
7 60 (4.58%) PMI Certification
7 60 (4.58%) PMP
8 44 (3.36%) CISA
9 40 (3.05%) CRISC
10 37 (2.82%) Master's Degree
11 33 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 14 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
14 14 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 14 (1.07%) SANS
15 12 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 9 (0.69%) APMP
17 8 (0.61%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (9.99%) NIST
2 127 (9.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (7.09%) PMO
4 81 (6.18%) QA
5 56 (4.27%) GRC
6 51 (3.89%) GDPR
7 34 (2.59%) PCI DSS
8 30 (2.29%) COBIT
8 30 (2.29%) Data Quality
9 24 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (1.30%) HIPAA
11 16 (1.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 15 (1.14%) NCSC
12 15 (1.14%) NIST 800
13 13 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 12 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 12 (0.92%) SLA
15 11 (0.84%) ISO 31000
16 9 (0.69%) EMIR
17 8 (0.61%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 36 (2.75%) Time Sharing Option
2 15 (1.14%) ACF2
2 15 (1.14%) RACF
3 12 (0.92%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.84%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 11 (0.84%) Microcode
5 10 (0.76%) Docker
6 3 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.076%) Firmware
7 1 (0.076%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.076%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.076%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (1.83%) OMEGAMON
2 14 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (0.84%) Grafana
3 11 (0.84%) Terraform
4 8 (0.61%) ITRS Geneos
5 7 (0.53%) Ansible
6 4 (0.31%) PingFederate
7 3 (0.23%) Nagios
7 3 (0.23%) OpenView
7 3 (0.23%) SCCM
7 3 (0.23%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 2 (0.15%) CEMLI
8 2 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.15%) Nessus
8 2 (0.15%) Nexpose
9 1 (0.076%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.076%) CASB
9 1 (0.076%) Consul
9 1 (0.076%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.076%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 130 (9.92%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.03%) SAP
3 58 (4.42%) Oracle
4 55 (4.20%) IBM
5 28 (2.14%) Splunk
6 26 (1.98%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.68%) ION Trading
8 19 (1.45%) Bloomberg
8 19 (1.45%) Broadcom
9 18 (1.37%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.30%) Google
10 17 (1.30%) Tradeweb
11 16 (1.22%) Adobe
12 15 (1.14%) MarketAxess
13 12 (0.92%) Murex
14 11 (0.84%) Cisco
15 10 (0.76%) CA
15 10 (0.76%) Qualys
16 9 (0.69%) Atlassian
17 8 (0.61%) Dynatrace