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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 41 52
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 -4
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 23 30 20
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 3.31% 4.75% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.92% 5.02% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 10
10th Percentile £358 - £357
25th Percentile £375 £413 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £463 £438
Median % change year-on-year +9.46% +5.71% -2.78%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £459
90th Percentile £626 £585 £516
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% 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 586 598 711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.32% 94.77% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 295 375
10th Percentile £250 £303 £213
25th Percentile £400 £413 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% +8.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £533
90th Percentile £638 £600 £619
Scotland median daily rate £470 £468 £450
% change year-on-year +0.53% +3.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 25 23
10th Percentile £15.81 - £13.27
25th Percentile £16.03 £17.30 £16.50
Median hourly rate £19.33 £17.87 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -18.77% -53.68%
75th Percentile £41.63 £45.80 £24.18
90th Percentile £79.00 £63.50 £48.84
Scotland median hourly rate £16.49 £19.97 £19.59
% change year-on-year -17.45% +1.94% +2.14%

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 September 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%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Azure
2 5 (21.74%) Power Platform
3 4 (17.39%) AWS
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%) Apigee
5 1 (4.35%) Azure AKS
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Composer
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Run
5 1 (4.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (4.35%) SaaS
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
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Public Sector
4 4 (17.39%) Banking
5 3 (13.04%) Retail
6 2 (8.70%) General Ledger
6 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
7 1 (4.35%) Retail Banking
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%) Lead
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 Migration Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Data Quality Business Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Data Scientist
4 1 (4.35%) Qualitative Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Security Assurance Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Senior
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) LangChain
1 1 (4.35%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
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 9 (39.13%) Agile
2 8 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (30.43%) AI
3 7 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (21.74%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (21.74%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (17.39%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
5 4 (17.39%) Generative AI
5 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Analytics
6 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
6 3 (13.04%) Change Control
6 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Data Governance
6 3 (13.04%) Data Management
6 3 (13.04%) Data Protection
6 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.04%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) 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%) 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 2 (8.70%) Oracle
3 1 (4.35%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow