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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 65 94
Rank change year-on-year -8 +29 +26
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,263 1,896 2,420
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.93% 3.38% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.43% 3.77% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 800 1,088 1,668
10th Percentile £359 £400 £399
25th Percentile £450 £488 £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 £875 £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 43 239 56
10th Percentile £12.25 - -
25th Percentile £26.23 £9.80 £25.68
Median hourly rate £50.00 £10.63 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +370.37% -67.29% -18.75%
75th Percentile £60.63 £12.02 £63.00
90th Percentile £78.04 £73.10 £69.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £9.80 £49.53
% change year-on-year +410.20% -80.21% +23.83%

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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -11 1,069 £555 -7.58% 1,113
UK excluding London +2 598 £525 -4.55% 625
London 0 552 £600 -7.69% 517
Work from Home +15 427 £550 -4.35% 391
North of England +15 185 £600 +20.00% 158
South East -7 135 £525 -5.41% 159
North West +26 116 £704 +40.70% 92
South West -36 91 £520 -25.71% 86
Scotland +6 66 £450 -14.29% 53
Yorkshire -3 62 £470 -6.00% 44
Midlands -8 61 £513 +4.59% 90
West Midlands -9 51 £475 -9.52% 55
East of England -3 29 £300 -45.45% 77
Northern Ireland +16 17 £435 -25.16% 7
Wales +30 15 £600 - 8
East Midlands +1 10 £578 +40.00% 35
North East +19 9 £590 +31.11% 25
Isle of Man - 2 - - 1

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 42 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 38 (3.01%) Confluence
3 27 (2.14%) SAS
4 19 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
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 (0.079%) CMS
9 1 (0.079%) IIS
9 1 (0.079%) Mendix
Applications
1 71 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (3.64%) MS Visio
4 43 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.79%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.079%) Revit
7 1 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.079%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.11%) ION MarketView
3 10 (0.79%) Aligne
3 10 (0.79%) Endur
4 7 (0.55%) Temenos T24
5 6 (0.48%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 6 (0.48%) Primavera
6 5 (0.40%) Shopify
7 4 (0.32%) SAP GTS
8 3 (0.24%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.24%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.16%) Bloomberg AIM
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 FI
9 2 (0.16%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 101 (8.00%) Azure
2 44 (3.48%) AWS
3 33 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (2.45%) SaaS
6 26 (2.06%) Power Platform
7 15 (1.19%) IaaS
8 13 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (0.95%) Entra ID
9 12 (0.95%) GCP
9 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (0.87%) PaaS
11 9 (0.71%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (0.63%) Kong
12 8 (0.63%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.63%) WhatsApp
13 7 (0.55%) Apigee
14 5 (0.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 5 (0.40%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 82 (6.49%) Firewall
2 54 (4.28%) VPN
3 52 (4.12%) Network Security
4 23 (1.82%) Structured Cabling
5 18 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (1.03%) FIX Connectivity
7 12 (0.95%) TCP/IP
8 10 (0.79%) DNS
9 9 (0.71%) DWDM
10 8 (0.63%) Intranet
11 7 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.55%) Wireless
12 4 (0.32%) DHCP
12 4 (0.32%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.32%) LAN
12 4 (0.32%) PPP
12 4 (0.32%) SAN
12 4 (0.32%) VLAN
12 4 (0.32%) Wideband
13 3 (0.24%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (1.90%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.82%) Power BI
3 14 (1.11%) Relational Database
4 13 (1.03%) MongoDB
5 11 (0.87%) Metadata
6 9 (0.71%) KDB
7 8 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.55%) OLAP
8 7 (0.55%) OLTP
9 6 (0.48%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.48%) Oracle OLAP
10 5 (0.40%) MySQL
11 4 (0.32%) Data Mart
11 4 (0.32%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.32%) NonStop SQL
11 4 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.24%) ClickHouse
12 3 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 79 (6.25%) JIRA
2 13 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 12 (0.95%) TeamCity
4 7 (0.55%) Git
4 7 (0.55%) 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 (0.079%) Ant
9 1 (0.079%) Babel
9 1 (0.079%) MLflow
9 1 (0.079%) Selenium
9 1 (0.079%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.079%) VisualWorks
9 1 (0.079%) webpack
General
1 388 (30.72%) Finance
2 383 (30.32%) Social Skills
3 172 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (11.32%) Public Sector
5 115 (9.11%) Banking
6 84 (6.65%) Legal
7 54 (4.28%) Front Office
8 50 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
9 47 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
10 44 (3.48%) Marketing
11 42 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
12 38 (3.01%) Telecoms
13 29 (2.30%) Investment Banking
14 26 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 25 (1.98%) Retail
16 23 (1.82%) Manufacturing
17 20 (1.58%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.35%) Local Government
19 14 (1.11%) Electronics
19 14 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 217 (17.18%) Project Manager
2 201 (15.91%) Analyst
3 151 (11.96%) Architect
4 115 (9.11%) Senior
5 113 (8.95%) Lead
6 96 (7.60%) Consultant
7 61 (4.83%) Business Analyst
8 60 (4.75%) Security Architect
9 56 (4.43%) Senior Manager
10 53 (4.20%) Developer
11 44 (3.48%) Technical Architect
12 38 (3.01%) Lead Architect
12 38 (3.01%) Risk Analyst
13 37 (2.93%) IT Manager
14 35 (2.77%) Security Manager
15 34 (2.69%) Technical Leader
16 32 (2.53%) Security Consultant
17 30 (2.38%) Programme Manager
18 28 (2.22%) Risk Manager
19 27 (2.14%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.64%) Node.js
2 37 (2.93%) ISPF
3 17 (1.35%) XML
4 15 (1.19%) Kafka
5 14 (1.11%) FIX Protocol
6 13 (1.03%) SAML
7 12 (0.95%) .NET
7 12 (0.95%) OAuth
8 11 (0.87%) CSS
8 11 (0.87%) HTML
8 11 (0.87%) OpenID
8 11 (0.87%) Web Services
9 10 (0.79%) J2EE
9 10 (0.79%) RabbitMQ
9 10 (0.79%) SailPoint
9 10 (0.79%) Spring
10 8 (0.63%) LDAP
10 8 (0.63%) Middleware
10 8 (0.63%) SOAP
11 7 (0.55%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 131 (10.37%) Management Information System
2 42 (3.33%) Public Cloud
3 40 (3.17%) Derivative
4 39 (3.09%) Mainframe
5 36 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
6 32 (2.53%) Product Ownership
7 28 (2.22%) Security Posture
8 23 (1.82%) Data Centre
8 23 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 20 (1.58%) Fixed Income
10 17 (1.35%) NHS
10 17 (1.35%) Onboarding
11 16 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.27%) Operational Technology
12 15 (1.19%) Credit Risk
12 15 (1.19%) Freedom of Information
13 14 (1.11%) Market Risk
13 14 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (1.03%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 105 (8.31%) Windows
2 47 (3.72%) Windows Server
3 46 (3.64%) Linux
4 45 (3.56%) Android
4 45 (3.56%) Apple iOS
5 38 (3.01%) zOS
6 33 (2.61%) Unix
7 11 (0.87%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.24%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.079%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (27.16%) Project Management
2 264 (20.90%) Agile
3 254 (20.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 209 (16.55%) Cybersecurity
5 196 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
6 160 (12.67%) Information Security
7 155 (12.27%) Project Delivery
8 139 (11.01%) Change Management
9 124 (9.82%) PRINCE2
10 117 (9.26%) DevOps
11 105 (8.31%) Decision-Making
12 102 (8.08%) Security Architecture
13 100 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 98 (7.76%) Roadmaps
15 88 (6.97%) Project Planning
16 79 (6.25%) ITIL
17 72 (5.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 72 (5.70%) Threat Intelligence
18 70 (5.54%) Migration
19 68 (5.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 87 (6.89%) SQL
2 80 (6.33%) Python
3 39 (3.09%) Java
4 37 (2.93%) JCL
5 34 (2.69%) REXX
6 31 (2.45%) PowerShell
7 22 (1.74%) C#
8 21 (1.66%) Assembly Language
9 19 (1.50%) JavaScript
10 15 (1.19%) CLIST
11 14 (1.11%) C++
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%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.24%) Embedded C++
15 3 (0.24%) Perl
15 3 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 225 (17.81%) Security Cleared
2 188 (14.89%) Degree
3 155 (12.27%) SC Cleared
4 93 (7.36%) CISSP
5 66 (5.23%) CISM
6 62 (4.91%) PMI Certification
6 62 (4.91%) PMP
7 61 (4.83%) DV Cleared
8 37 (2.93%) CISA
9 33 (2.61%) Master's Degree
10 32 (2.53%) CRISC
11 30 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 13 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 12 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 12 (0.95%) SANS
16 10 (0.79%) APMP
17 9 (0.71%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (9.34%) NIST
2 112 (8.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 89 (7.05%) PMO
4 79 (6.25%) QA
5 51 (4.04%) GDPR
6 48 (3.80%) GRC
7 32 (2.53%) Data Quality
7 32 (2.53%) PCI DSS
8 25 (1.98%) COBIT
9 20 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
10 18 (1.43%) HIPAA
11 17 (1.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 15 (1.19%) NCSC
12 15 (1.19%) NIST 800
13 14 (1.11%) SLA
14 12 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 11 (0.87%) ISO 31000
15 11 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.71%) EMIR
17 7 (0.55%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 37 (2.93%) Time Sharing Option
2 16 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.19%) ACF2
3 15 (1.19%) RACF
4 11 (0.87%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 11 (0.87%) Microcode
5 10 (0.79%) Docker
6 3 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.079%) Firmware
8 1 (0.079%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.079%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (1.98%) OMEGAMON
2 14 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (0.87%) Terraform
4 10 (0.79%) Grafana
5 7 (0.55%) Ansible
5 7 (0.55%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.32%) PingFederate
7 3 (0.24%) Nagios
7 3 (0.24%) OpenView
7 3 (0.24%) SCCM
7 3 (0.24%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 2 (0.16%) CEMLI
8 2 (0.16%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.16%) Nessus
8 2 (0.16%) Nexpose
9 1 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.079%) CASB
9 1 (0.079%) Consul
9 1 (0.079%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 128 (10.13%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.46%) SAP
3 56 (4.43%) Oracle
4 54 (4.28%) IBM
5 26 (2.06%) Splunk
6 25 (1.98%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.74%) ION Trading
8 20 (1.58%) Broadcom
9 19 (1.50%) Bloomberg
10 17 (1.35%) Google
10 17 (1.35%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.27%) Adobe
11 16 (1.27%) Tradeweb
12 14 (1.11%) MarketAxess
13 11 (0.87%) CA
13 11 (0.87%) Cisco
14 10 (0.79%) Qualys
15 8 (0.63%) Murex
15 8 (0.63%) OpenLink
16 7 (0.55%) BT