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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 38 57
Rank change year-on-year -10 +19 -8
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 23 27 19
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 3.41% 4.36% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 4.61% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 10
10th Percentile £358 - £357
25th Percentile £375 £413 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +2.86% -7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £459
90th Percentile £626 £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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 575 586 699
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.31% 94.67% 85.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 290 370
10th Percentile £238 £306 £213
25th Percentile £384 £413 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £530
90th Percentile £638 £600 £613
Scotland median daily rate £467 £468 £450
% change year-on-year -0.11% +3.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 21 23
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.30 £13.27
25th Percentile £16.03 - £16.50
Median hourly rate £19.33 £17.87 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -18.77% -48.24%
75th Percentile £22.54 £45.80 £24.18
90th Percentile £73.40 £65.00 £48.84
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -15.70% +2.09% +6.90%

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 11 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.

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 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Azure
2 5 (21.74%) AWS
2 5 (21.74%) Power Platform
3 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.70%) GCP
5 1 (4.35%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (4.35%) Apigee
5 1 (4.35%) Azure AKS
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Composer
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Run
5 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (4.35%) SaaS
5 1 (4.35%) Snowflake
5 1 (4.35%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Network Security
2 1 (4.35%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) BigQuery
2 1 (4.35%) DataStage
2 1 (4.35%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Banking
3 6 (26.09%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Retail Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Marketing
5 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Business Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Business Systems Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Programme Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Risk Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Risk Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Security Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (4.35%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Data Quality Business Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Digital Programme Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (4.35%) Qualitative Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Security Assurance Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) LangChain
1 1 (4.35%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) PKI
2 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) AI Agents
3 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.35%) Credit Risk
3 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
1 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Agile
1 10 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (21.74%) AI
3 5 (21.74%) Decision-Making
3 5 (21.74%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (21.74%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (17.39%) Analytics
4 4 (17.39%) Data Protection
4 4 (17.39%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
4 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) Change Control
5 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Data Governance
5 3 (13.04%) Data Management
5 3 (13.04%) Migration
5 3 (13.04%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) CISM
2 1 (4.35%) CISSP
2 1 (4.35%) CRISC
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (4.35%) MCSE
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.35%) PgMP
2 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) GRC
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.35%) NIST
2 1 (4.35%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Istio
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe
2 1 (4.35%) Google
2 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.35%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow