Risk Consultant Contracts

Risk Consultant
UK

The median Risk Consultant daily rate in the UK is £520 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 680 815
Rank change year-on-year +116 +135 -193
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Consultant 22 36 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.050% 0.059% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.063% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 29 29
10th Percentile £235 £405 £498
25th Percentile £481 £600 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.80% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £581 £775 £725
90th Percentile £618 £825 £785
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £713 £550
% change year-on-year -19.30% +29.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

Risk Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Risk Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Consultant over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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 +99 18 £500 -21.88% 18
London +95 11 £500 -20.63% 12
Work from Home +119 9 £498 -23.46% 9
UK excluding London +68 7 £575 -19.30% 6
East Midlands - 5 £520 -
Midlands - 5 £520 -
East of England +15 1 £575 -28.35%
South East +13 1 £750 - 1

Risk Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Risk Consultant 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 featuring Risk Consultant in the job title.

1 13 (59.09%) Risk Management
2 11 (50.00%) Finance
3 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
4 7 (31.82%) SQL
5 6 (27.27%) Information Security
5 6 (27.27%) Degree
5 6 (27.27%) Computer Science
5 6 (27.27%) Master's Degree
5 6 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
7 4 (18.18%) CISSP
7 4 (18.18%) Banking
7 4 (18.18%) NIST
8 3 (13.64%) Backtesting
8 3 (13.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 3 (13.64%) Impact Assessments
8 3 (13.64%) NIST 800
8 3 (13.64%) EBIOS
8 3 (13.64%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (13.64%) Data Privacy
8 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
8 3 (13.64%) NEC
8 3 (13.64%) CISM
8 3 (13.64%) Information Security Management
8 3 (13.64%) Security Management
8 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (13.64%) C#
8 3 (13.64%) C++
8 3 (13.64%) Python
8 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel

Risk Consultant Skill Set
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 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) NEC Housing
General
1 11 (50.00%) Finance
2 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Banking
4 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) German Language
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Derivative
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Smart Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Risk Management
2 6 (27.27%) Computer Science
2 6 (27.27%) Information Security
3 3 (13.64%) Backtesting
3 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
3 3 (13.64%) Data Privacy
3 3 (13.64%) EBIOS
3 3 (13.64%) Fintech
3 3 (13.64%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (13.64%) Information Security Management
3 3 (13.64%) Mathematics
3 3 (13.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 3 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (13.64%) Security Management
3 3 (13.64%) Test Scripting
3 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.09%) Validation
5 1 (4.55%) Information Management
5 1 (4.55%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) C#
2 3 (13.64%) C++
2 3 (13.64%) Python
2 3 (13.64%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
1 6 (27.27%) Master's Degree
2 4 (18.18%) CISSP
3 3 (13.64%) CISM
3 3 (13.64%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (13.64%) PhD
4 1 (4.55%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) NIST
2 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.64%) NIST 800
2 3 (13.64%) SLA
3 1 (4.55%) COBIT
3 1 (4.55%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) GRC
3 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) NEC
3 2 (9.09%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.55%) SAP