Risk Management Contracts in Edinburgh

Risk Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Risk Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 54 64
Rank change year-on-year +17 +10 +27
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 31 19 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.91% 2.33% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.17% 2.62% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 31
10th Percentile £343 £398 -
25th Percentile £431 £406 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £538 £598 £597
90th Percentile £584 £675 £700
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%

All Process and 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 600 724 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.94% 88.83% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 422 884
10th Percentile £219 £228 £254
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £545
90th Percentile £638 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 32 11
10th Percentile - £13.66 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £21.02 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -1.13% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £18.79 £17.47
% change year-on-year +14.90% +7.59% -56.33%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Risk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in Edinburgh

Risk Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Management in Edinburgh

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in Edinburgh

Risk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (9.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (3.23%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) Azure
2 5 (16.13%) Power Platform
3 4 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (6.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Git
1 1 (3.23%) JUnit
1 1 (3.23%) MSTest
1 1 (3.23%) NUnit
1 1 (3.23%) Postman
1 1 (3.23%) Ranorex
1 1 (3.23%) Selenium
General
1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 12 (38.71%) Banking
3 9 (29.03%) Public Sector
4 7 (22.58%) Finance
4 7 (22.58%) Retail Banking
5 4 (12.90%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (12.90%) Lead
1 4 (12.90%) Security Specialist
1 4 (12.90%) Senior
2 3 (9.68%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (9.68%) Project Manager
3 2 (6.45%) Analyst
3 2 (6.45%) IT Manager
3 2 (6.45%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (6.45%) Programme Manager
3 2 (6.45%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 2 (6.45%) Senior Manager
3 2 (6.45%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 2 (6.45%) Technical Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (3.23%) Engineering Specialist
4 1 (3.23%) Lead Project Manager
4 1 (3.23%) PMO Officer
4 1 (3.23%) Strategy Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Support Officer
4 1 (3.23%) Test Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) JSON
1 2 (6.45%) XML
2 1 (3.23%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) CSS
2 1 (3.23%) HTML
2 1 (3.23%) Playwright
2 1 (3.23%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) SOAP
2 1 (3.23%) WebSockets
2 1 (3.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (9.68%) Security Posture
2 2 (6.45%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.45%) PKI
2 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.23%) CMDB
3 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Unix
2 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (51.61%) Agile
2 9 (29.03%) Project Management
3 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (19.35%) Project Delivery
4 6 (19.35%) Service Management
4 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (16.13%) DevOps
5 5 (16.13%) Waterfall
6 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.90%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
7 3 (9.68%) Change Control
7 3 (9.68%) Data Modelling
7 3 (9.68%) Dependency Management
7 3 (9.68%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (9.68%) Programme Management
7 3 (9.68%) Supplier Management
7 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.23%) C#
3 1 (3.23%) Java
3 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) CRISC
3 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.23%) CEH
3 1 (3.23%) CISSP
3 1 (3.23%) GCIH
3 1 (3.23%) ISEB
3 1 (3.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) Disclosure Scotland
1 3 (9.68%) PMO
2 2 (6.45%) P3O
2 2 (6.45%) QA
2 2 (6.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.23%) GRC
3 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (6.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) CyberArk
1 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
1 2 (6.45%) Splunk
1 2 (6.45%) Thycotic
2 1 (3.23%) Qualys