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 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 57 43
Rank change year-on-year +19 -14 +28
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 27 19 42
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.37% 2.36% 4.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.62% 2.74% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 23
10th Percentile - £357 £233
25th Percentile £413 £387 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £500 £459 £619
90th Percentile £548 £516 £670
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -7.77%

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 585 694 903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.66% 86.10% 91.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 367 551
10th Percentile £304 £213 £208
25th Percentile £413 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -2.06%
75th Percentile £550 £528 £538
90th Percentile £600 £605 £600
Scotland median daily rate £468 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.89% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 23 7
10th Percentile £17.30 £13.27 £12.56
25th Percentile - £16.50 £13.22
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -48.24% +125.76%
75th Percentile £45.80 £24.18 £53.73
90th Percentile £65.00 £48.84 £57.25
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.94 £18.93
% change year-on-year +0.31% +5.32% +0.56%

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 14 October 2025.

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 (3.70%) Confluence
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) AWS
1 4 (14.81%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.41%) Lucidchart
4 1 (3.70%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (3.70%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.70%) GitHub
4 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (3.70%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
1 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Subversion
2 1 (3.70%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.70%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 18 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (40.74%) Finance
3 10 (37.04%) Public Sector
4 3 (11.11%) Banking
4 3 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Business Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Programme Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Data Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Information Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Programme Test Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Security Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Security Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Test Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Freedom of Information
1 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Agile
2 8 (29.63%) Data Protection
2 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (22.22%) Project Management
5 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (18.52%) DevOps
6 4 (14.81%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (14.81%) Information Governance
6 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
7 3 (11.11%) Business Analysis
7 3 (11.11%) Business Case
7 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
7 3 (11.11%) Change Management
7 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 3 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 3 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 3 (11.11%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Java
2 1 (3.70%) C++
2 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.70%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) CISM
3 2 (7.41%) CISA
3 2 (7.41%) HND
3 2 (7.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (7.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (7.41%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (3.70%) CISSP
4 1 (3.70%) CRISC
4 1 (3.70%) ISEB
4 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) GDPR
2 3 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.41%) QA
4 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.70%) P3O
4 1 (3.70%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Tenable
2 1 (3.70%) Atlassian
2 1 (3.70%) F5
2 1 (3.70%) IBM
2 1 (3.70%) StreamSets