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 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 44 50
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 +16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 27 26 32
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.31% 3.97% 3.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.81% 4.21% 4.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 23
10th Percentile £216 £343 £398
25th Percentile £236 £384 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £458
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -1.75% -0.97%
75th Percentile £428 £525 £598
90th Percentile £438 £538 £675
Scotland median daily rate £425 £467 £443
% change year-on-year -8.99% +5.54% -7.81%

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 561 617 795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.47% 94.20% 90.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 350 473
10th Percentile £191 £200 £232
25th Percentile £406 £390 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £480
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £649
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 26 27
10th Percentile £17.36 £20.65 £13.27
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.34 £16.13
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.95% -32.60% +63.06%
75th Percentile £69.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.38 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £21.64
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.28% +24.89%

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 February 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 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) iTrent
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.41%) GitHub
4 2 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (7.41%) Lucidchart
4 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 2 (7.41%) SaaS
5 1 (3.70%) AWS
5 1 (3.70%) Azure AKS
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.70%) GCP
5 1 (3.70%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.70%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) GitLab
1 2 (7.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.70%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Postman
2 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (40.74%) Finance
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.11%) Banking
3 3 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Local Government
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Business Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Project Manager
3 4 (14.81%) Information Governance Officer
3 4 (14.81%) Information Officer
4 3 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Design Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Quantitative Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Release Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Release Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) REST
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) AWS CDK
2 1 (3.70%) Node.js
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.70%) RESTful
2 1 (3.70%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
2 6 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (14.81%) Freedom of Information
4 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Data Protection
2 7 (25.93%) Agile
2 7 (25.93%) Project Delivery
2 7 (25.93%) Project Management
2 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
4 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
4 5 (18.52%) DevOps
4 5 (18.52%) Records Management
4 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (14.81%) Data Sharing
5 4 (14.81%) Incident Management
5 4 (14.81%) Information Governance
5 4 (14.81%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (11.11%) Customer Experience
6 3 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (11.11%) Due Diligence
6 3 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Python
2 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.41%) SQL
3 1 (3.70%) Bash
3 1 (3.70%) C#
3 1 (3.70%) C++
3 1 (3.70%) Java
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.70%) CEH
2 1 (3.70%) CISSP
2 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (3.70%) PhD
2 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) Disclosure Scotland
1 7 (25.93%) GDPR
2 2 (7.41%) GRC
3 1 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (3.70%) NIST
3 1 (3.70%) PMO
3 1 (3.70%) QA
3 1 (3.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) ForgeRock
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle
2 1 (3.70%) Pega
2 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow