Risk Management Contracts

Risk Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Risk Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Management over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 66 93
Rank change year-on-year -9 +27 +29
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,243 1,875 2,429
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.85% 3.38% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.34% 3.77% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 1,091 1,672
10th Percentile £350 £400 £399
25th Percentile £450 £495 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £660
90th Percentile £825 £883 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 237 56
10th Percentile £12.25 - -
25th Percentile £28.18 £9.80 £25.68
Median hourly rate £50.00 £10.63 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +370.37% -67.29% -21.08%
75th Percentile £60.31 £12.02 £63.00
90th Percentile £77.05 £73.23 £69.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £9.80 £49.53
% change year-on-year +410.20% -80.21% +17.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Management 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 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -12 1,046 £563 -6.25% 1,055
UK excluding London -4 587 £525 -4.55% 593
London -4 542 £600 -7.69% 483
Work from Home +10 413 £550 -4.35% 400
North of England +9 179 £600 +20.00% 144
South East -13 132 £525 -4.55% 161
North West +26 121 £695 +39.00% 96
South West -44 83 £520 -25.71% 89
Scotland +18 68 £450 -18.18% 44
Midlands -11 61 £525 +12.90% 92
Yorkshire -16 51 £500 +1.27% 34
West Midlands -7 49 £475 -7.32% 57
East of England -2 32 £300 -45.45% 70
Northern Ireland +12 18 £435 -25.16% 6
Wales +32 15 £600 - 7
East Midlands 0 12 £595 +44.24% 35
North East +16 9 £590 +31.11% 16
Isle of Man - 2 - -

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 43 (3.46%) SharePoint
2 38 (3.06%) Confluence
3 21 (1.69%) SAS
4 20 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.24%) Apache
7 3 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.24%) nginx
8 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.080%) CMS
9 1 (0.080%) IIS
Applications
1 66 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (3.22%) MS Visio
4 39 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.80%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.080%) Revit
7 1 (0.080%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.97%) ION MarketView
3 10 (0.80%) Aligne
3 10 (0.80%) Endur
4 7 (0.56%) Primavera
4 7 (0.56%) Temenos T24
5 6 (0.48%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 5 (0.40%) Shopify
7 4 (0.32%) SAP GTS
8 3 (0.24%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.16%) Bloomberg AIM
9 2 (0.16%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.16%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.16%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 99 (7.96%) Azure
2 44 (3.54%) AWS
3 32 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (2.33%) SaaS
6 28 (2.25%) Power Platform
7 14 (1.13%) IaaS
7 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (1.05%) Entra ID
9 11 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (0.80%) GCP
10 10 (0.80%) PaaS
11 9 (0.72%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.72%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (0.64%) Kong
12 8 (0.64%) WhatsApp
13 7 (0.56%) Apigee
14 5 (0.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 5 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 81 (6.52%) Firewall
2 54 (4.34%) Network Security
2 54 (4.34%) VPN
3 22 (1.77%) Structured Cabling
4 18 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (0.97%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.88%) FIX Connectivity
7 10 (0.80%) DNS
8 8 (0.64%) Intranet
9 7 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.56%) Wireless
10 5 (0.40%) DWDM
10 5 (0.40%) LAN
11 4 (0.32%) DHCP
11 4 (0.32%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.32%) PPP
11 4 (0.32%) VLAN
11 4 (0.32%) Wideband
12 3 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.24%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (2.01%) Power BI
2 24 (1.93%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.13%) MongoDB
3 14 (1.13%) Relational Database
4 12 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (0.88%) Metadata
6 9 (0.72%) KDB
7 8 (0.64%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.56%) OLAP
8 7 (0.56%) OLTP
9 6 (0.48%) Oracle OLAP
10 5 (0.40%) MySQL
10 5 (0.40%) Tableau
11 4 (0.32%) NonStop SQL
11 4 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.24%) Big Data
12 3 (0.24%) ClickHouse
12 3 (0.24%) Data Mart
12 3 (0.24%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 80 (6.44%) JIRA
2 13 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.80%) TeamCity
4 7 (0.56%) Git
4 7 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
5 5 (0.40%) LoadRunner
5 5 (0.40%) NeoLoad
6 4 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.32%) Sourcetree
7 3 (0.24%) GitLab
7 3 (0.24%) Maven
7 3 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.080%) Ant
9 1 (0.080%) Babel
9 1 (0.080%) MLflow
9 1 (0.080%) Selenium
9 1 (0.080%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.080%) VisualWorks
9 1 (0.080%) webpack
General
1 398 (32.02%) Finance
2 371 (29.85%) Social Skills
3 170 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (11.75%) Public Sector
5 115 (9.25%) Banking
6 83 (6.68%) Legal
7 50 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
8 48 (3.86%) Front Office
9 46 (3.70%) Marketing
10 45 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
11 42 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
12 37 (2.98%) Telecoms
13 29 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 26 (2.09%) Investment Banking
15 25 (2.01%) Manufacturing
16 23 (1.85%) Retail
17 20 (1.61%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.37%) Local Government
19 14 (1.13%) Electronics
19 14 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 216 (17.38%) Project Manager
2 191 (15.37%) Analyst
3 154 (12.39%) Architect
4 118 (9.49%) Senior
5 104 (8.37%) Lead
6 96 (7.72%) Consultant
7 61 (4.91%) Security Architect
8 60 (4.83%) Business Analyst
9 58 (4.67%) Senior Manager
10 51 (4.10%) Developer
11 46 (3.70%) Technical Architect
12 39 (3.14%) IT Manager
13 38 (3.06%) Lead Architect
14 37 (2.98%) Risk Analyst
15 36 (2.90%) Security Manager
16 34 (2.74%) Technical Leader
17 32 (2.57%) Security Consultant
18 30 (2.41%) Programme Manager
19 29 (2.33%) Risk Manager
20 27 (2.17%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.70%) Node.js
2 24 (1.93%) ISPF
3 15 (1.21%) Kafka
3 15 (1.21%) XML
4 11 (0.88%) .NET
4 11 (0.88%) CSS
4 11 (0.88%) FIX Protocol
4 11 (0.88%) SAML
4 11 (0.88%) Web Services
5 10 (0.80%) HTML
5 10 (0.80%) J2EE
5 10 (0.80%) OAuth
5 10 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
5 10 (0.80%) Spring
6 9 (0.72%) OpenID
6 9 (0.72%) SailPoint
7 8 (0.64%) LDAP
7 8 (0.64%) Middleware
7 8 (0.64%) SOAP
8 7 (0.56%) IBM Integration Bus
Miscellaneous
1 132 (10.62%) Management Information System
2 42 (3.38%) Public Cloud
3 38 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
4 35 (2.82%) Derivative
5 26 (2.09%) Product Ownership
6 25 (2.01%) Data Centre
6 25 (2.01%) Mainframe
7 22 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 21 (1.69%) Security Posture
9 18 (1.45%) Fixed Income
9 18 (1.45%) NHS
10 17 (1.37%) Onboarding
11 16 (1.29%) Credit Risk
11 16 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (1.21%) Freedom of Information
12 15 (1.21%) Operational Technology
12 15 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.13%) Market Risk
14 13 (1.05%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 102 (8.21%) Windows
2 47 (3.78%) Windows Server
3 46 (3.70%) Android
3 46 (3.70%) Apple iOS
4 43 (3.46%) Linux
5 30 (2.41%) Unix
6 24 (1.93%) zOS
7 10 (0.80%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.24%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.080%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (27.84%) Project Management
2 263 (21.16%) Agile
3 252 (20.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 201 (16.17%) Cybersecurity
5 195 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
6 165 (13.27%) Information Security
7 154 (12.39%) Project Delivery
8 137 (11.02%) Change Management
9 125 (10.06%) PRINCE2
10 118 (9.49%) DevOps
11 105 (8.45%) Security Architecture
12 104 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
13 101 (8.13%) Decision-Making
14 90 (7.24%) Roadmaps
15 89 (7.16%) Project Planning
16 80 (6.44%) ITIL
17 75 (6.03%) Migration
18 73 (5.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 73 (5.87%) Threat Intelligence
19 69 (5.55%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 83 (6.68%) SQL
2 76 (6.11%) Python
3 40 (3.22%) Java
4 29 (2.33%) PowerShell
5 24 (1.93%) JCL
6 23 (1.85%) REXX
7 20 (1.61%) C#
8 18 (1.45%) JavaScript
9 16 (1.29%) Assembly Language
10 14 (1.13%) C++
11 10 (0.80%) CLIST
12 6 (0.48%) VBA
13 5 (0.40%) C
13 5 (0.40%) Scala
14 4 (0.32%) ABAP
14 4 (0.32%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.24%) Groovy
15 3 (0.24%) Perl
15 3 (0.24%) R
15 3 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 223 (17.94%) Security Cleared
2 183 (14.72%) Degree
3 156 (12.55%) SC Cleared
4 90 (7.24%) CISSP
5 66 (5.31%) CISM
6 65 (5.23%) PMI Certification
7 64 (5.15%) PMP
8 59 (4.75%) DV Cleared
9 37 (2.98%) CISA
10 33 (2.65%) Master's Degree
11 31 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
12 30 (2.41%) CRISC
13 17 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 12 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 12 (0.97%) SANS
16 11 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 10 (0.80%) APMP
17 10 (0.80%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (9.33%) NIST
2 113 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 86 (6.92%) PMO
4 79 (6.36%) QA
5 49 (3.94%) GDPR
6 48 (3.86%) GRC
7 32 (2.57%) Data Quality
8 30 (2.41%) PCI DSS
9 24 (1.93%) COBIT
10 20 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (1.37%) HIPAA
12 16 (1.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 15 (1.21%) NIST 800
13 15 (1.21%) SLA
14 12 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 11 (0.88%) NCSC
15 11 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.56%) EMIR
16 7 (0.56%) ISO 31000
17 5 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 24 (1.93%) Time Sharing Option
2 18 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.88%) ACF2
3 11 (0.88%) RACF
4 10 (0.80%) Docker
5 5 (0.40%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 5 (0.40%) Microcode
6 3 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.080%) Firmware
7 1 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.080%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (1.45%) OMEGAMON
2 14 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (1.05%) Terraform
4 10 (0.80%) Grafana
5 7 (0.56%) Ansible
5 7 (0.56%) ITRS Geneos
6 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.32%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.24%) Nagios
8 3 (0.24%) OpenView
8 3 (0.24%) SCCM
8 3 (0.24%) Thomson Reuters DACS
9 2 (0.16%) CEMLI
9 2 (0.16%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.16%) Nessus
9 2 (0.16%) Nexpose
10 1 (0.080%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.080%) CASB
10 1 (0.080%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.080%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 126 (10.14%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.55%) SAP
3 54 (4.34%) Oracle
4 38 (3.06%) IBM
5 25 (2.01%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.61%) ION Trading
7 18 (1.45%) ServiceNow
8 17 (1.37%) Bloomberg
8 17 (1.37%) Splunk
9 15 (1.21%) Adobe
10 14 (1.13%) Broadcom
10 14 (1.13%) Google
10 14 (1.13%) Tradeweb
11 12 (0.97%) MarketAxess
12 11 (0.88%) Cisco
13 10 (0.80%) CA
13 10 (0.80%) Qualys
14 8 (0.64%) OpenLink
15 7 (0.56%) Atlassian
15 7 (0.56%) BT