Risk Analyst Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Risk Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Risk Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 115 120
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Analyst 11 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.58% 0.22% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.24% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 6
10th Percentile £468 £427 £314
25th Percentile £513 £458 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £519 £650
Median % change year-on-year +18.07% -20.19% -
75th Percentile £700 £583 £850
90th Percentile £920 £616 £909
Central London median daily rate £613 £519 £650
% change year-on-year +18.07% -20.19% -3.70%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,784 1,686 2,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 92.84% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,227 1,007 1,629
10th Percentile £350 £352 £340
25th Percentile £431 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.22% -3.85%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 22
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.95 £26.63 £19.18
Median hourly rate £37.25 £38.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +60.42% -26.15%
75th Percentile £46.29 £80.38 £40.00
90th Percentile £55.54 £112.00 £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
% change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +5.51%

Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Risk Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Risk Analyst job vacancy trend in the City of London

Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Analyst job vacancies 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 10 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analyst in the City of London

Risk Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 10 February 2026, Risk Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (27.27%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (27.27%) Stress Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Basel III
4 2 (18.18%) Data Management
4 2 (18.18%) Data Mapping
4 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
4 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
4 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 2 (18.18%) Murex
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Analytics
5 1 (9.09%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 1 (9.09%) Backlog Refinement
5 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Business Process Modelling
5 1 (9.09%) CFA
5 1 (9.09%) Change Management
5 1 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (9.09%) Collibra
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Collibra
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.09%) Metadata
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Banking
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Front Office
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Murex MxML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Credit Risk
1 2 (18.18%) Market Risk
2 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 1 (9.09%) Derivative
2 1 (9.09%) Equities
2 1 (9.09%) Fixed Income
2 1 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
2 3 (27.27%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (27.27%) Stress Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Data Management
3 2 (18.18%) Data Mapping
3 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Change Management
4 1 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.09%) Project Management
4 1 (9.09%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (9.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) CFA
2 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
2 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Basel III
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) CRD IV
2 1 (9.09%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Murex