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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 35 50
Rank change year-on-year +1 +15 +25
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 30 28 28
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.58% 4.66% 3.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.22% 4.92% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 19
10th Percentile £218 £341 £393
25th Percentile £237 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £438 £538 £656
90th Percentile - - £695
Scotland median daily rate £425 £478 £450
% change year-on-year -10.99% +6.11% -10.00%

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 575 569 723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.79% 94.68% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 320 431
10th Percentile £233 £200 £219
25th Percentile £405 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £461 £483
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -4.50% +1.68%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £666 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £453 £480
% change year-on-year -0.55% -5.73% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 30
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.93 £14.91
25th Percentile £28.38 £21.92 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.09 £24.44
Median % change year-on-year +107.56% -1.41% +14.93%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.30 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.97 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% +10.05%

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 31 March 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 (3.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.33%) iTrent
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.67%) GitHub
4 2 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.67%) SaaS
5 1 (3.33%) AWS
5 1 (3.33%) Azure AKS
5 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.33%) GCP
5 1 (3.33%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Firewall
1 1 (3.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.33%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) JIRA
2 2 (6.67%) GitLab
2 2 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (6.67%) Zephyr
3 1 (3.33%) Git
3 1 (3.33%) Postman
3 1 (3.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (46.67%) Finance
2 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 8 (26.67%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Banking
4 3 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Retail
5 2 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.67%) General Ledger
5 2 (6.67%) Military
6 1 (3.33%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.33%) Local Government
6 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Private Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Analyst
2 7 (23.33%) Project Manager
3 3 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Information Governance Officer
3 3 (10.00%) Information Officer
3 3 (10.00%) Lead
4 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Finance Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Test Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Design Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.33%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Quantitative Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Release Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Release Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Technical Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) REST
2 1 (3.33%) .NET
2 1 (3.33%) AWS CDK
2 1 (3.33%) Node.js
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.33%) RESTful
2 1 (3.33%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (10.00%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Project Delivery
1 8 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (23.33%) Project Management
3 6 (20.00%) Agile
3 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (16.67%) AI
4 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 5 (16.67%) DevOps
4 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 4 (13.33%) Generative AI
5 4 (13.33%) Migration
5 4 (13.33%) Records Management
5 4 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (10.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (10.00%) Information Governance
6 3 (10.00%) Project Governance
6 3 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) Python
2 2 (6.67%) SQL
3 1 (3.33%) Bash
3 1 (3.33%) C#
3 1 (3.33%) C++
3 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.33%) CEH
2 1 (3.33%) CISSP
2 1 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (3.33%) PhD
2 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.33%) PMP
2 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (13.33%) GDPR
3 2 (6.67%) GRC
3 2 (6.67%) QA
4 1 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.33%) NIST
4 1 (3.33%) PMO
4 1 (3.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (3.33%) ForgeRock
3 1 (3.33%) Pega
3 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow