Risk Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Risk Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 35 50
Rank change year-on-year +3 +15 +21
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 33 32 21
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.63% 5.10% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.37% 5.37% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 13
10th Percentile £221 £343 £398
25th Percentile £255 £389 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £425 £538 £675
90th Percentile £438 £578 £699
Scotland median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Risk Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 614 596 714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.12% 95.06% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 330 420
10th Percentile £246 £210 £227
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £463 £482
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -3.84% +1.37%
75th Percentile £543 £538 £575
90th Percentile £643 £631 £675
Scotland median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 26 31
10th Percentile £17.23 £17.30 £15.10
25th Percentile £28.38 £18.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.94 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +117.98% +0.30% +6.55%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.54 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £40.04 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £19.34
% change year-on-year -9.09% +13.78% +9.11%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Risk Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Risk Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Risk Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 28 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in Edinburgh

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Risk Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.03%) iTrent
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (15.15%) Power Platform
3 3 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.06%) GitHub
4 2 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (6.06%) SaaS
5 1 (3.03%) AWS
5 1 (3.03%) Azure AKS
5 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.03%) GCP
5 1 (3.03%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Power BI
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.03%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) JIRA
2 2 (6.06%) GitLab
2 2 (6.06%) Jenkins
2 2 (6.06%) Zephyr
3 1 (3.03%) Git
3 1 (3.03%) Postman
3 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (45.45%) Finance
2 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
3 10 (30.30%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Retail
5 3 (9.09%) Banking
5 3 (9.09%) General Ledger
6 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Military
7 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.03%) Local Government
7 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Private Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Project Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Lead
4 3 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Information Governance Officer
4 3 (9.09%) Information Officer
4 3 (9.09%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Finance Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Test Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Business Transformation Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Business Transformation Business Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Health and Safety Manager
6 1 (3.03%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Pensions Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Senior
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) REST
2 1 (3.03%) .NET
2 1 (3.03%) AWS CDK
2 1 (3.03%) Node.js
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.03%) RESTful
2 1 (3.03%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Management Information System
2 5 (15.15%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
4 3 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (9.09%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Agile
1 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (21.21%) Project Delivery
3 6 (18.18%) AI
3 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (18.18%) Project Management
4 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (15.15%) Data Protection
4 5 (15.15%) Decision-Making
4 5 (15.15%) Generative AI
5 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (12.12%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (12.12%) DevOps
5 4 (12.12%) Migration
5 4 (12.12%) Records Management
5 4 (12.12%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Identification
5 4 (12.12%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (6.06%) SQL
3 1 (3.03%) Bash
3 1 (3.03%) C#
3 1 (3.03%) C++
3 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) CEH
2 1 (3.03%) CISSP
2 1 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (3.03%) PhD
2 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.03%) PMP
2 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (12.12%) GDPR
3 2 (6.06%) GRC
3 2 (6.06%) QA
4 1 (3.03%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.03%) NIST
4 1 (3.03%) PMO
4 1 (3.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Oracle
3 1 (3.03%) ForgeRock
3 1 (3.03%) Pega
3 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow