Risk Assessment Contracts

Risk Assessment
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Risk Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 413 568
Rank change year-on-year +77 +155 -73
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 272 300 309
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.54% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.60% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 185 196
10th Percentile £331 £451 £363
25th Percentile £450 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £601 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% +4.43% +9.52%
75th Percentile £656 £700 £637
90th Percentile £760 £775 £722
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -10.64% +2.17% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 3
10th Percentile - £29.22 £60.67
25th Percentile - £59.73 £63.17
Median hourly rate £14.54 £72.40 £68.58
Median % change year-on-year -79.92% +5.56% +4.82%
75th Percentile £53.06 £73.59 £70.46
90th Percentile £66.45 £73.72 £70.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.54 £72.40 £68.58
% change year-on-year -79.92% +5.56% +4.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Assessment 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 37,161 49,793 79,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.16% 89.64% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,765 34,463 55,606
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
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 2,583 1,678 1,849
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.90
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.02 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% +36.35% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £33.14 £21.00
% change year-on-year +15.02% +57.82% -

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Assessment over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Assessment within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 +72 226 £575 -6.12% 323
London +71 123 £600 -7.69% 88
UK excluding London +42 123 £525 -10.64% 247
Work from Home +84 92 £575 -4.17% 117
South East +12 44 £540 -11.48% 52
Scotland +51 28 £525 +8.64% 26
South West +7 27 £300 -51.02% 37
North of England +25 17 £344 -37.50% 64
North West +18 13 £238 -60.42% 49
Midlands +13 5 £438 -8.85% 40
West Midlands +8 4 £450 -6.25% 25
East of England 0 3 £563 +2.27% 27
North East - 3 £575 - 6
Isle of Man - 2 - -
Yorkshire -6 1 - - 10
East Midlands - 1 £350 - 15

Risk Assessment
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 5 (1.84%) Confluence
2 4 (1.47%) Apache Solr
2 4 (1.47%) nginx
3 1 (0.37%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 15 (5.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.84%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.47%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.37%) SAP EHS
2 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 35 (12.87%) Azure
2 19 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (5.51%) GCP
4 11 (4.04%) AWS
5 10 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (3.68%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.57%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.47%) Azure API Management
8 3 (1.10%) Cloud Composer
8 3 (1.10%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.10%) Google App Engine
8 3 (1.10%) Google Compute Engine
8 3 (1.10%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (0.74%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.74%) SaaS
10 1 (0.37%) Amazon SageMaker
10 1 (0.37%) Rekognition
10 1 (0.37%) SAP Fieldglass
10 1 (0.37%) Textract
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.56%) Firewall
2 19 (6.99%) Network Security
3 12 (4.41%) WAN
4 11 (4.04%) MPLS
4 11 (4.04%) SD-WAN
5 7 (2.57%) BGP
6 5 (1.84%) DNS
6 5 (1.84%) IPsec
6 5 (1.84%) SNMP
7 4 (1.47%) HTTPS
7 4 (1.47%) PBX
7 4 (1.47%) PSTN
7 4 (1.47%) SSL
7 4 (1.47%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.47%) VoIP
7 4 (1.47%) Wireshark
8 3 (1.10%) LTE
9 2 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.74%) Wireless
10 1 (0.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.47%) Couchbase
1 4 (1.47%) MySQL
1 4 (1.47%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.10%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.10%) Data Vault
2 3 (1.10%) Power BI
3 2 (0.74%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.37%) IDMS
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.37%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (4.78%) JIRA
2 4 (1.47%) Postman
3 3 (1.10%) JMeter
3 3 (1.10%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.37%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.37%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
General
1 76 (27.94%) Finance
2 52 (19.12%) Social Skills
3 33 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 28 (10.29%) Telecoms
6 16 (5.88%) Banking
7 13 (4.78%) Legal
8 12 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.57%) Local Government
9 7 (2.57%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.84%) Police
10 5 (1.84%) Retail
11 4 (1.47%) Advertising
11 4 (1.47%) Electronics
11 4 (1.47%) Fire and Rescue
11 4 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.10%) Back Office
12 3 (1.10%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (1.10%) Marketing
12 3 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (13.97%) Analyst
2 34 (12.50%) Architect
3 29 (10.66%) Project Manager
4 26 (9.56%) Senior
5 25 (9.19%) Security Architect
6 21 (7.72%) Consultant
7 17 (6.25%) Security Consultant
8 16 (5.88%) Lead
9 15 (5.51%) Business Analyst
10 13 (4.78%) Security Specialist
11 12 (4.41%) Security Engineer
12 10 (3.68%) Developer
13 9 (3.31%) Risk Analyst
13 9 (3.31%) Risk Manager
14 7 (2.57%) IP Engineer
14 7 (2.57%) Microsoft 365 Architect
14 7 (2.57%) Senior IP Engineer
14 7 (2.57%) Senior Test Engineer
14 7 (2.57%) Test Engineer
14 7 (2.57%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.57%) GWT
1 7 (2.57%) JAX-RS
1 7 (2.57%) REST
1 7 (2.57%) Restlet
1 7 (2.57%) SAML
1 7 (2.57%) Spring
1 7 (2.57%) Spring Boot
2 4 (1.47%) JSON
2 4 (1.47%) LEMP Stack
2 4 (1.47%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (1.47%) Swagger
2 4 (1.47%) YAML
3 3 (1.10%) EDI
4 1 (0.37%) .NET
4 1 (0.37%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.37%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.40%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.72%) PKI
3 12 (4.41%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (3.31%) Operational Technology
5 7 (2.57%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.57%) Insider Threat
5 7 (2.57%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.21%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.84%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.84%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.84%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.47%) Industry 4.0
8 4 (1.47%) IoT
8 4 (1.47%) Robotics
8 4 (1.47%) SCADA
9 3 (1.10%) FMCG
10 2 (0.74%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.31%) Linux
2 6 (2.21%) Windows
3 4 (1.47%) CentOS
3 4 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (21.69%) Risk Management
3 55 (20.22%) Information Security
4 46 (16.91%) Agile
5 39 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (12.13%) Cloud Security
7 30 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (9.56%) Migration
8 26 (9.56%) Penetration Testing
9 24 (8.82%) Identity Access Management
10 23 (8.46%) Decision-Making
10 23 (8.46%) Project Management
10 23 (8.46%) Security Management
11 22 (8.09%) Security Architecture
12 21 (7.72%) Information Security Management
13 20 (7.35%) DevOps
14 19 (6.99%) Change Management
14 19 (6.99%) Information Assurance
14 19 (6.99%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.15%) Java
2 7 (2.57%) Python
3 5 (1.84%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (1.47%) PHP
5 3 (1.10%) C#
5 3 (1.10%) C++
5 3 (1.10%) Go
5 3 (1.10%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.37%) C
6 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (17.65%) Degree
2 37 (13.60%) Security Cleared
3 33 (12.13%) CISSP
4 25 (9.19%) CISM
4 25 (9.19%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.15%) CISA
6 11 (4.04%) CRISC
7 9 (3.31%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.94%) CREST Certified
8 8 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 7 (2.57%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.21%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.21%) MCSE
10 6 (2.21%) PMP
11 5 (1.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 5 (1.84%) SANS
12 4 (1.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (11.76%) NIST
3 19 (6.99%) NCSC
4 16 (5.88%) QA
5 10 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 9 (3.31%) GDPR
7 7 (2.57%) Data Quality
8 6 (2.21%) GRC
8 6 (2.21%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.84%) COBIT
9 5 (1.84%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.47%) Accessibility
11 3 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (1.10%) PMO
11 3 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.74%) PSD2
13 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.37%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 7 (2.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.47%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.37%) Docker
3 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.57%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.47%) Ansible
3 4 (1.47%) Functional Safety
3 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.47%) SCCM
3 4 (1.47%) Terraform
4 3 (1.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 1 (0.37%) Grafana
5 1 (0.37%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 43 (15.81%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.15%) Google
3 10 (3.68%) BT
4 8 (2.94%) SAP
5 7 (2.57%) Juniper
6 5 (1.84%) Bloomberg
6 5 (1.84%) Refinitiv
7 4 (1.47%) Qualys
8 3 (1.10%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.74%) Remedy
9 2 (0.74%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.37%) Ariba
10 1 (0.37%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.37%) Cisco
10 1 (0.37%) EMC
10 1 (0.37%) HP
10 1 (0.37%) Oracle
10 1 (0.37%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.37%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.37%) VMware