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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 34 54
Rank change year-on-year -3 +20 -1
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 34 32 20
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.58% 5.16% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.34% 5.39% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 11
10th Percentile £265 £343 £398
25th Percentile £350 £425 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £438 £538 £598
90th Percentile £595 £584 £675
Scotland median daily rate £475 £480 £450
% change year-on-year -1.04% +6.67% -17.36%

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 637 594 707
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.85% 95.81% 86.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 328 418
10th Percentile £338 £243 £217
25th Percentile £413 £406 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -2.53% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £568
90th Percentile £650 £602 £663
Scotland median daily rate £455 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -1.09% -3.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 31
10th Percentile £17.23 - £13.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.13
Median hourly rate £53.75 £22.00 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year +144.32% +14.76% -10.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £27.45 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £50.06 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.97 £19.50
% change year-on-year +0.15% +2.41% +21.95%

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 23 May 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 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.94%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 12 (35.29%) Azure
2 7 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (20.59%) Power Platform
3 3 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.82%) SaaS
4 2 (5.88%) AWS
4 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.88%) GCP
4 2 (5.88%) GitHub
4 2 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.94%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (2.94%) Intranet
2 1 (2.94%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) Power BI
2 1 (2.94%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) JIRA
2 2 (5.88%) GitLab
2 2 (5.88%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.88%) Zephyr
3 1 (2.94%) Git
3 1 (2.94%) Postman
3 1 (2.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (41.18%) Finance
2 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
3 11 (32.35%) Public Sector
4 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Retail
5 3 (8.82%) Banking
5 3 (8.82%) General Ledger
5 3 (8.82%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Military
7 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.94%) Local Government
7 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Private Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Analyst
2 7 (20.59%) Project Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Business Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Lead
4 3 (8.82%) Risk Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Security Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Finance Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Risk Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Test Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Business Transformation Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Business Transformation Business Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 1 (2.94%) Health and Safety Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Information Officer
6 1 (2.94%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Pensions Project Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Qualitative Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Senior
6 1 (2.94%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) REST
2 1 (2.94%) .NET
2 1 (2.94%) AWS CDK
2 1 (2.94%) Node.js
2 1 (2.94%) RESTful
2 1 (2.94%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 5 (14.71%) Product Ownership
3 3 (8.82%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (8.82%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.94%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.94%) PKI
4 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Agile
1 10 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (26.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (20.59%) AI
3 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (17.65%) Generative AI
4 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 6 (17.65%) Risk Assessment
5 5 (14.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 5 (14.71%) Decision-Making
6 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (11.76%) Data Protection
6 4 (11.76%) DevOps
6 4 (11.76%) Migration
6 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Identification
6 4 (11.76%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (8.82%) Business Analysis
7 3 (8.82%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) Python
2 2 (5.88%) SQL
3 1 (2.94%) Bash
3 1 (2.94%) C#
3 1 (2.94%) C++
3 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.88%) CISSP
2 2 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (2.94%) CEH
3 1 (2.94%) CISM
3 1 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.94%) CRISC
3 1 (2.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (2.94%) MCSE
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.94%) PhD
3 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (5.88%) GDPR
1 2 (5.88%) GRC
1 2 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) NIST
2 1 (2.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.94%) SCCM
1 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Oracle
3 1 (2.94%) ForgeRock
3 1 (2.94%) SAP
3 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow