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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 53 45
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 +25
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 24 17 39
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 3.96% 2.58% 4.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 2.89% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 27
10th Percentile £220 £363 £365
25th Percentile £400 £371 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £535 £475 £547
90th Percentile £548 £538 £660
Scotland median daily rate £456 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.39% -5.26% -7.32%

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 559 589 839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 92.24% 89.51% 91.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 302 513
10th Percentile £225 £209 £209
25th Percentile £409 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £453 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.97% -4.74% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 26 9
10th Percentile £16.68 £16.59 £12.95
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.47 £17.72
Median hourly rate £19.19 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% -32.60% +64.63%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £53.70
90th Percentile £71.75 - £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.94 £19.75
% change year-on-year -12.81% +16.14% +9.06%

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 4 December 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 (4.17%) Confluence
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (8.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (8.33%) Lucidchart
4 1 (4.17%) Azure AKS
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.17%) GitHub
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (4.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
1 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) Subversion
2 1 (4.17%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.17%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 15 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 8 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Banking
5 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Information Governance Officer
3 3 (12.50%) Information Officer
3 3 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) Programme Test Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Test Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Test Programme Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Data Architect
5 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) .NET
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
2 5 (20.83%) Management Information System
3 4 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Agile
2 9 (37.50%) Data Protection
3 8 (33.33%) Project Management
4 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (20.83%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (20.83%) Information Governance
5 5 (20.83%) PRINCE2
6 4 (16.67%) DevOps
6 4 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 4 (16.67%) Software Delivery
7 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
7 3 (12.50%) Change Control
7 3 (12.50%) Coaching
7 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (12.50%) Data Governance
7 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 3 (12.50%) Records Management
7 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (4.17%) C++
2 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.17%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) HND
2 2 (8.33%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (4.17%) CEH
3 1 (4.17%) CISSP
3 1 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (4.17%) ISEB
3 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.17%) PMP
3 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (37.50%) GDPR
2 6 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (8.33%) PMO
3 2 (8.33%) QA
4 1 (4.17%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.17%) F5
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle
2 1 (4.17%) Pega