Risk Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Risk Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Risk Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 118 153
Rank change year-on-year 0 +35 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Analyst 5 9 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.28% 0.41% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.43% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 11
10th Percentile £444 £346 £563
25th Percentile £500 £481 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% -23.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £656 £662 £763
90th Percentile £690 £811 £775
Central London median daily rate £581 £500 £630
% change year-on-year +16.25% -20.63% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,634 2,084 3,467
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.07% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,026 1,480 2,358
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £561 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% -6.46% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.67%

Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analyst in the City of London

Risk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Analyst in the City of London

Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analyst in the City of London

Risk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Analyst in the City of London

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) IT Audit
4 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) GDPR
4 1 (20.00%) Data Science
4 1 (20.00%) Alteryx
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Tableau
4 1 (20.00%) CRISC
4 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) NIST
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
4 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (20.00%) Security Posture

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) International Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (20.00%) Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Market Risk
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) CRISC
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Alteryx