Risk Manager Contracts

Risk Manager
UK

The median Risk Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 552 530 730
Rank change year-on-year -22 +200 -97
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Manager 50 166 126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.30% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.32% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 125 81
10th Percentile £384 £468 £500
25th Percentile £469 £563 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £653 £950 £738
90th Percentile £750 £1,000 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £581 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -3.13% +9.09% +15.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £46.37 £34.68 -
25th Percentile £46.56 £40.56 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - -
75th Percentile £59.38 £60.56 -
90th Percentile £65.75 £66.23 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.44 £31.50 -
% change year-on-year +85.51% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,232 52,519 83,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.52% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,887 36,654 58,907
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,899 1,488 1,954
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.88 £65.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in the UK

Risk Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Manager in the UK

Risk Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Manager in the UK

Risk Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Manager in the UK

Risk Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Manager over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Manager in the UK

Risk Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 -10 42 £550 -24.14% 89
UK excluding London +22 25 £581 -3.13% 49
London -3 21 £550 -24.14% 45
Work from Home +86 18 £541 -17.72% 43
South East +20 10 £600 -25.00% 11
South West 0 5 £450 -35.71% 2
Scotland +30 4 £532 -7.48% 6
North of England +23 4 £500 -9.09% 18
Midlands +22 2 £900 +80.00% 8
North West +14 2 £550 +17.65% 9
West Midlands +14 2 £900 +63.64% 2
Yorkshire +9 2 £500 -9.09% 8

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Risk Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 29 (58.00%) Risk Management
2 22 (44.00%) Finance
3 14 (28.00%) Social Skills
4 10 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (18.00%) Risk Assessment
5 9 (18.00%) Agile
5 9 (18.00%) Project Management
6 8 (16.00%) GRC
7 7 (14.00%) Banking
8 5 (10.00%) Information Security
8 5 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
8 5 (10.00%) NIST
9 4 (8.00%) Project Delivery
9 4 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (8.00%) Decision-Making
9 4 (8.00%) Remediation Plan
9 4 (8.00%) Business Strategy
9 4 (8.00%) Portfolio Management
9 4 (8.00%) JIRA
9 4 (8.00%) Risk Analysis
9 4 (8.00%) Line Management
9 4 (8.00%) Change Management
10 3 (6.00%) Data Security
10 3 (6.00%) Management Information System
10 3 (6.00%) Primavera
10 3 (6.00%) PRINCE2
10 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
10 3 (6.00%) Data Analysis
10 3 (6.00%) Analytics

Risk Manager Skill Set
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 2 (4.00%) Confluence
1 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Primavera
2 1 (2.00%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.00%) Asana
1 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (2.00%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 22 (44.00%) Finance
2 14 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (14.00%) Banking
4 4 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Front Office
6 2 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.00%) Retail
6 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.00%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.00%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Credit Risk
1 3 (6.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.00%) Market Risk
2 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.00%) Life Science
3 1 (2.00%) NHS
3 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (58.00%) Risk Management
2 10 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (18.00%) Agile
3 9 (18.00%) Project Management
3 9 (18.00%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (10.00%) Information Security
5 4 (8.00%) Business Strategy
5 4 (8.00%) Change Management
5 4 (8.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (8.00%) Line Management
5 4 (8.00%) Portfolio Management
5 4 (8.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (8.00%) Remediation Plan
5 4 (8.00%) Risk Analysis
6 3 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (6.00%) Data Security
6 3 (6.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (6.00%) Risk Register
6 3 (6.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.00%) CISM
3 2 (4.00%) CRISC
4 1 (2.00%) CISSP
4 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.00%) GRC
2 5 (10.00%) NIST
3 3 (6.00%) Data Quality
3 3 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.00%) PMO
4 2 (4.00%) COBIT
4 2 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (2.00%) COSO
5 1 (2.00%) IFRS
5 1 (2.00%) IFRS 9
5 1 (2.00%) ISO 31000
5 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (2.00%) NCSC
5 1 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (2.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (2.00%) Cadence
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.00%) Planview
1 1 (2.00%) SAP