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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 53 53
Rank change year-on-year +16 0 +35
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 30 21 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.73% 2.57% 4.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.03% 3.01% 4.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 26
10th Percentile - £357 £213
25th Percentile £413 £387 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -7.89% -7.99%
75th Percentile £538 £459 £579
90th Percentile £585 £702 £644
Scotland median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -6.54%

All Process and 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 597 698 991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.16% 85.43% 91.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 365 629
10th Percentile £304 £223 £230
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £546 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £625 £600
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 23 6
10th Percentile - £13.27 £12.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.50 £20.18
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -53.68% +152.32%
75th Percentile £42.90 £24.18 £53.74
90th Percentile £61.00 £48.84 £58.13
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £20.94 £19.06
% change year-on-year -4.48% +9.88% -9.26%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Risk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management 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 14 September 2025.

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 and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.33%) Confluence
1 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) AWS
2 3 (10.00%) Azure
3 2 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.67%) Lucidchart
4 1 (3.33%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (3.33%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.33%) GitHub
4 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (3.33%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
1 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) Subversion
2 1 (3.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.33%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 19 (63.33%) Social Skills
2 12 (40.00%) Finance
3 10 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 7 (23.33%) Banking
5 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Programme Manager
2 5 (16.67%) Senior
3 4 (13.33%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Technical Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Data Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Information Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Programme Test Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Test Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) .NET
1 1 (3.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Freedom of Information
1 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.33%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
2 1 (3.33%) Linux
2 1 (3.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Agile
2 9 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 9 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (23.33%) Data Protection
4 5 (16.67%) Project Management
4 5 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (13.33%) DevOps
5 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2
5 4 (13.33%) Roadmaps
5 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
6 3 (10.00%) Business Case
6 3 (10.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (10.00%) Information Governance
6 3 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) C++
1 1 (3.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) CISM
3 2 (6.67%) CISA
3 2 (6.67%) CISSP
3 2 (6.67%) HND
3 2 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (6.67%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (3.33%) CEH
4 1 (3.33%) CRISC
4 1 (3.33%) GCIH
4 1 (3.33%) ISEB
4 1 (3.33%) OSCP
4 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) GDPR
2 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.33%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.33%) P3O
3 1 (3.33%) PMO
3 1 (3.33%) QA
3 1 (3.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (6.67%) Tenable
2 1 (3.33%) Atlassian
2 1 (3.33%) F5
2 1 (3.33%) IBM
2 1 (3.33%) Qualys
2 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.33%) StreamSets