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

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	42	36	58
Rank change year-on-year	-6	+22	-9
Contract jobs citing Risk Management	27	27	19
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh	3.93%	4.39%	2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	4.57%	4.63%	2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted	16	13	10
10^th Percentile	£363	-	£357
25^th Percentile	£375	£413	£387
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£506	£450	£438
Median % change year-on-year	+12.50%	+2.86%	-7.89%
75^th Percentile	£600	£500	£459
90^th Percentile	£706	£548	£516
Scotland median daily rate	£500	£450	£450
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-	-5.26%

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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	591	583	688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh	86.03%	94.80%	86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted	317	287	366
10^th Percentile	£238	£291	£217
25^th Percentile	£388	£413	£342
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£475	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-	+5.56%	-5.26%
75^th Percentile	£550	£550	£525
90^th Percentile	£638	£605	£600
Scotland median daily rate	£470	£465	£450
% change year-on-year	+1.08%	+3.33%	-5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted	20	21	22
10^th Percentile	-	£17.30	£13.24
25^th Percentile	£15.81	-	£15.75
Median hourly rate	£18.79	£17.87	£22.05
Median % change year-on-year	+5.15%	-18.94%	-48.13%
75^th Percentile	£20.94	£45.80	£24.18
90^th Percentile	£70.70	£65.00	£51.92
Scotland median hourly rate	£16.81	£19.97	£20.94
% change year-on-year	-15.85%	-4.62%	+9.88%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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 18 October 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.

Risk Management Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Risk Management also mentioned 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 Edinburgh region with a requirement for Risk Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	48.1%	13
2	Azure	40.7%	11
3	Agile	37.0%	10
4	Stakeholder Engagement	29.6%	8
5	AI	25.9%	7
5	AWS	25.9%	7
5	Cybersecurity	25.9%	7
8	Data Quality	18.5%	5
8	Decision-Making	18.5%	5
8	Migration	18.5%	5
8	Power Platform	18.5%	5
8	Requirements Gathering	18.5%	5
8	Risk Assessment	18.5%	5
14	Analytics	14.8%	4
14	Change Control	14.8%	4
14	Data Governance	14.8%	4
14	Data Protection	14.8%	4
14	Data Science	14.8%	4
14	Data-Driven Decision Making	14.8%	4
14	GCP	14.8%	4
14	Machine Learning	14.8%	4
14	Microsoft	14.8%	4
14	Microsoft 365	14.8%	4
14	Network Security	14.8%	4
14	Power BI	14.8%	4
14	PRINCE2	14.8%	4
14	Process Improvement	14.8%	4
28	Apigee	11.1%	3
28	Azure AKS	11.1%	3
28	BigQuery	11.1%	3

Risk Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	48.1%	13
2	Agile	37.0%	10
3	Stakeholder Engagement	29.6%	8
4	AI	25.9%	7
4	Cybersecurity	25.9%	7
6	Decision-Making	18.5%	5
6	Migration	18.5%	5
6	Requirements Gathering	18.5%	5
6	Risk Assessment	18.5%	5
10	Analytics	14.8%	4
10	Change Control	14.8%	4
10	Data Governance	14.8%	4
10	Data Protection	14.8%	4
10	Data Science	14.8%	4
10	Data-Driven Decision Making	14.8%	4
10	Machine Learning	14.8%	4
10	PRINCE2	14.8%	4
10	Process Improvement	14.8%	4
19	Business Analysis	11.1%	3
19	Business Intelligence	11.1%	3