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 citing Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	42	36	54
Rank change year-on-year	-6	+18	-5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management	29	29	20
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh	4.48%	4.69%	2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	5.11%	4.95%	3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted	15	15	11
10^th Percentile	£388	£405	£363
25^th Percentile	£456	£413	£371
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£575	£450	£425
Median % change year-on-year	+27.78%	+5.88%	-10.53%
75^th Percentile	£619	£518	£456
90^th Percentile	£720	£545	£488
Scotland median daily rate	£550	£450	£450
% change year-on-year	+22.22%	-	-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 citing process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	567	586	641
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh	87.64%	94.82%	85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted	306	290	335
10^th Percentile	£231	£262	£226
25^th Percentile	£383	£413	£359
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£475	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-	+5.56%	-5.26%
75^th Percentile	£547	£538	£524
90^th Percentile	£620	£600	£600
Scotland median daily rate	£473	£465	£450
% change year-on-year	+1.61%	+3.33%	-5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted	21	18	24
10^th Percentile	-	£16.19	£14.04
25^th Percentile	£15.81	-	£19.28
Median hourly rate	£18.25	£17.87	£23.59
Median % change year-on-year	+2.13%	-24.25%	-50.96%
75^th Percentile	£19.33	£55.00	£24.18
90^th Percentile	£68.00	£67.25	-
Scotland median hourly rate	£16.75	£20.00	£22.88
% change year-on-year	-16.25%	-12.57%	+17.31%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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 1 November 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.

Risk Management Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Risk Management also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region citing Risk Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	58.6%	17
2	Azure	41.4%	12
3	AI	34.5%	10
4	AWS	31.0%	9
5	Agile	24.1%	7
6	Machine Learning	20.7%	6
6	Migration	20.7%	6
6	Stakeholder Engagement	20.7%	6
9	Analytics	17.2%	5
9	Continuous Improvement	17.2%	5
9	Data Governance	17.2%	5
9	Data Science	17.2%	5
9	GCP	17.2%	5
9	Network Security	17.2%	5
9	Requirements Gathering	17.2%	5
16	Apigee	13.8%	4
16	Azure AKS	13.8%	4
16	BigQuery	13.8%	4
16	Change Control	13.8%	4
16	Cloud Composer	13.8%	4
16	Cloud Run	13.8%	4
16	Cybersecurity	13.8%	4
16	Data Architecture	13.8%	4
16	Data Protection	13.8%	4
16	Data Quality	13.8%	4
16	DataStage	13.8%	4
16	Decision-Making	13.8%	4
16	Design Patterns	13.8%	4
16	Digital Transformation Programme	13.8%	4
16	Entra ID	13.8%	4

Risk Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	58.6%	17
2	AI	34.5%	10
3	Agile	24.1%	7
4	Machine Learning	20.7%	6
4	Migration	20.7%	6
4	Stakeholder Engagement	20.7%	6
7	Analytics	17.2%	5
7	Continuous Improvement	17.2%	5
7	Data Governance	17.2%	5
7	Data Science	17.2%	5
7	Requirements Gathering	17.2%	5
12	Change Control	13.8%	4
12	Cybersecurity	13.8%	4
12	Data Architecture	13.8%	4
12	Data Protection	13.8%	4
12	Decision-Making	13.8%	4
12	Design Patterns	13.8%	4
12	Digital Transformation Programme	13.8%	4
12	ETL	13.8%	4
12	Event-Driven	13.8%	4