Risk Management Contracts in Scotland

Risk Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 50 68 108
Rank change year-on-year +18 +40 -16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 68 101 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.17% 3.78% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 4.11% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 60 46
10th Percentile £325 £219 £271
25th Percentile £372 £405 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £565 £650 £593
90th Percentile £649 £700 £663
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 0
Median hourly rate - £10.63 -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £10.63 £32.50
% change year-on-year +370.37% -67.29% -21.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,857 2,457 3,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.65% 91.95% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,150 1,716 2,260
10th Percentile £221 £258 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 57 54
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.07 £11.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £43.75 £50.27
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.63 £57.05
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region 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
Edinburgh +13 24 £500 +8.11% 13
Glasgow -8 23 £425 -26.09% 19
South Lanarkshire - 13 £350 -
East Lothian - 5 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 £500 - 6
Fife - 1 £420 -
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (4.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (7.35%) MS Visio
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.76%) Azure
2 7 (10.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.47%) OpenShift
3 1 (1.47%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.94%) Firewall
2 1 (1.47%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (1.47%) Network Security
2 1 (1.47%) SCCP
2 1 (1.47%) SNMP
2 1 (1.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (7.35%) JIRA
General
1 38 (55.88%) Public Sector
2 19 (27.94%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (10.29%) Banking
5 6 (8.82%) Finance
6 5 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.88%) Retail Banking
8 3 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.47%) Back Office
9 1 (1.47%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.47%) Legal
9 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (23.53%) Lead
2 13 (19.12%) Project Manager
3 11 (16.18%) Risk Officer
4 5 (7.35%) Analyst
4 5 (7.35%) Security Specialist
4 5 (7.35%) Senior
5 4 (5.88%) Agile Project Manager
5 4 (5.88%) Security Advisor
6 3 (4.41%) Senior Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Agile Delivery Lead
7 2 (2.94%) Delivery Project Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Facilities Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Junior
7 2 (2.94%) Lead Architect
7 2 (2.94%) Release Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (2.94%) Risk Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Technical Architect
7 2 (2.94%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (2.94%) Equities
2 2 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (2.94%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.47%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.47%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.94%) Windows
2 1 (1.47%) Android
2 1 (1.47%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.47%) Linux
2 1 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.06%) Agile
1 15 (22.06%) Project Management
2 14 (20.59%) Project Delivery
3 13 (19.12%) Decision-Making
4 12 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (16.18%) DevOps
5 11 (16.18%) Information Security
6 10 (14.71%) Supplier Management
7 9 (13.24%) Security Architecture
8 8 (11.76%) Change Control
8 8 (11.76%) Dependency Management
8 8 (11.76%) Software Delivery
9 7 (10.29%) User Research
10 6 (8.82%) Change Management
10 6 (8.82%) Design Patterns
10 6 (8.82%) ISMS
10 6 (8.82%) PRINCE2
11 5 (7.35%) Computer Security
11 5 (7.35%) Service Delivery
12 4 (5.88%) Integration Testing
Qualifications
1 17 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 17 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.76%) Degree
3 6 (8.82%) CISSP
4 5 (7.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 3 (4.41%) CGEIT
5 3 (4.41%) CISA
5 3 (4.41%) CISM
5 3 (4.41%) CRISC
6 2 (2.94%) ISEB
6 2 (2.94%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (2.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (2.94%) PMP
7 1 (1.47%) APMP
7 1 (1.47%) CLAS
7 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (10.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (8.82%) NIST
3 6 (8.82%) PMO
4 5 (7.35%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (4.41%) ISO 31000
5 3 (4.41%) PCI DSS
5 3 (4.41%) QA
6 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 2 (2.94%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.47%) Nagios
2 1 (1.47%) OpenView
Vendors
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.47%) Atlassian
2 1 (1.47%) Cisco
2 1 (1.47%) Fortinet
2 1 (1.47%) Oracle
2 1 (1.47%) Red Hat
2 1 (1.47%) SolarWinds