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 £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 415 471
Rank change year-on-year +41 +56 -54
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Analyst 24 32 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.15% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 31
10th Percentile £352 - £413
25th Percentile £419 - £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £525 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £588 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +4.76%

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 19,265 21,604 29,212
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.27% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,031 20,565
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,432 1,082 1,393
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.19
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

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 2 June 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 2 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
North of England +29 10 £400 - 5
North West +16 9 £398 -0.63% 2
Midlands +18 8 £450 +12.50% 4
East Midlands +3 5 £448 +11.88%
South East +12 4 £475 -17.39% 11
Scotland +41 3 £268 -53.39% 1
West Midlands +15 3 £450 -14.29% 4
Yorkshire +21 1 £550 +28.50% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 - 1
Risk Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 11 (45.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (41.67%) Risk Management
2 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (29.17%) Finance
3 7 (29.17%) SQL
3 7 (29.17%) SAS
3 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 5 (20.83%) Credit Risk
5 5 (20.83%) Banking
5 5 (20.83%) Validation
6 4 (16.67%) Analytics
6 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (12.50%) Data Validation
7 3 (12.50%) Migration
7 3 (12.50%) Project Management
8 2 (8.33%) CISSP
8 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
8 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
8 2 (8.33%) Automotive
8 2 (8.33%) Process Management
8 2 (8.33%) Security Management

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 7 (29.17%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (8.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Finance
3 5 (20.83%) Banking
4 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Automotive
6 2 (8.33%) Legal
6 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.17%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Credit Risk
2 2 (8.33%) Derivative
2 2 (8.33%) Equities
2 2 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (41.67%) Risk Management
3 5 (20.83%) Validation
4 4 (16.67%) Analytics
4 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.50%) Data Validation
5 3 (12.50%) Migration
5 3 (12.50%) Project Management
5 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (8.33%) Agile
6 2 (8.33%) Change Control
6 2 (8.33%) Coaching
6 2 (8.33%) Data Protection
6 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
6 2 (8.33%) Process Management
6 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (8.33%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.33%) CISSP
3 2 (8.33%) CRISC
3 2 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) PMO
2 1 (4.17%) GRC
2 1 (4.17%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft