Risk Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Risk Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Risk Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 408 477
Rank change year-on-year +35 +69 -72
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Analyst 17 35 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.083% 0.15% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.16% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 25
10th Percentile £378 - £410
25th Percentile £406 - £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £563 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £588 £608
UK median daily rate £544 £600 £558
% change year-on-year -9.38% +7.62% +4.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £31.27 -
UK median hourly rate - £31.27 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 18,948 22,031 29,122
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 94.29% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,552 15,391 20,383
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,261 1,134 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +112.16% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.16
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%

Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Risk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Risk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Risk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Risk Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
North of England +32 8 £475 +18.75% 6
North West +15 7 £400 - 5
Midlands +19 4 £425 +6.25% 3
Scotland +43 3 - - 1
West Midlands +16 3 £450 -14.29% 3
South East +14 2 £500 -11.11% 4
Yorkshire +17 1 £550 +28.50% 1
East Midlands +10 1 £400 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 -
Risk Analyst
UK

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Risk Analyst 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (58.82%) Risk Management
1 10 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
4 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
5 5 (29.41%) Validation
5 5 (29.41%) Finance
6 4 (23.53%) Banking
6 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
7 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (17.65%) Data Validation
7 3 (17.65%) Migration
7 3 (17.65%) SAS
7 3 (17.65%) SQL
8 2 (11.76%) Project Management
8 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
8 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
8 2 (11.76%) CISSP
8 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (11.76%) Security Management
8 2 (11.76%) Risk Assessment
8 2 (11.76%) Degree
8 2 (11.76%) Legal
8 2 (11.76%) Data Protection

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (17.65%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (11.76%) Power Automate
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Finance
4 4 (23.53%) Banking
4 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
5 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (11.76%) Legal
7 1 (5.88%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Derivative
1 1 (5.88%) Equities
1 1 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Risk Management
1 10 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (29.41%) Validation
3 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (17.65%) Data Validation
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Change Control
5 2 (11.76%) Coaching
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
5 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
5 2 (11.76%) Project Management
5 2 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (11.76%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (11.76%) Risk Register
5 2 (11.76%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.76%) CISSP
3 2 (11.76%) CRISC
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GRC
1 1 (5.88%) ISO 31000
1 1 (5.88%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft