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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 35 55
Rank change year-on-year -7 +20 +5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 32 36 20
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.03% 5.56% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% 5.82% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 8
10th Percentile £355 £339 £404
25th Percentile £375 £403 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £491 £592
90th Percentile £600 £549 £718
Scotland median daily rate £475 £471 £450
% change year-on-year +0.85% +4.67% -16.43%

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 685 619 727
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.27% 95.52% 84.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 321 415
10th Percentile £350 £211 £215
25th Percentile £413 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £463 £470
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -1.49% -1.16%
75th Percentile £550 £531 £550
90th Percentile £643 £600 £650
Scotland median daily rate £460 £463 £455
% change year-on-year -0.54% +1.59% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 31
10th Percentile £17.86 £17.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.38
Median hourly rate £53.75 £22.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +144.32% -9.02% -24.64%
75th Percentile £75.00 £29.86 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £60.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £20.62
% change year-on-year -7.50% -2.98% +28.92%

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 27 June 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 3 (9.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.13%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 11 (34.38%) Azure
2 5 (15.63%) Power Platform
3 4 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (9.38%) AWS
4 3 (9.38%) GCP
4 3 (9.38%) SaaS
5 2 (6.25%) GitHub
5 2 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (3.13%) Apigee
6 1 (3.13%) Azure AKS
6 1 (3.13%) Cloud Composer
6 1 (3.13%) Cloud Run
6 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.13%) Google Ads
6 1 (3.13%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (3.13%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Network Security
2 1 (3.13%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) BigQuery
2 1 (3.13%) DataStage
2 1 (3.13%) Looker
2 1 (3.13%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) JIRA
2 2 (6.25%) GitLab
2 2 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 2 (6.25%) Zephyr
3 1 (3.13%) Git
3 1 (3.13%) Postman
3 1 (3.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (46.88%) Finance
2 13 (40.63%) Social Skills
3 9 (28.13%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.50%) Banking
4 4 (12.50%) Retail
5 3 (9.38%) General Ledger
5 3 (9.38%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Military
7 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.13%) Local Government
7 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Private Banking
7 1 (3.13%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Project Manager
3 5 (15.63%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Lead
5 2 (6.25%) Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Finance Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Risk Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Test Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Data Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Data Migration Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Information Governance Officer
6 1 (3.13%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Qualitative Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Security Specialist
6 1 (3.13%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) REST
2 1 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) AWS CDK
2 1 (3.13%) LangChain
2 1 (3.13%) LangGraph
2 1 (3.13%) Node.js
2 1 (3.13%) RESTful
2 1 (3.13%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
1 3 (9.38%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.13%) AI Agents
3 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.13%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.13%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (3.13%) PKI
3 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Agile
2 8 (25.00%) AI
2 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (18.75%) Generative AI
4 6 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 5 (15.63%) DevOps
5 5 (15.63%) Migration
5 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (12.50%) Data Protection
6 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 4 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Identification
6 4 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (9.38%) Application Security
7 3 (9.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 3 (9.38%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) Bash
2 1 (3.13%) C#
2 1 (3.13%) C++
2 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.13%) CISM
2 1 (3.13%) CISSP
2 1 (3.13%) CRISC
2 1 (3.13%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (3.13%) MCSE
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.13%) PhD
2 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) GDPR
1 2 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.13%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.13%) Istio
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.13%) SCCM
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Oracle
3 1 (3.13%) ForgeRock
3 1 (3.13%) Google
3 1 (3.13%) SAP
3 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow