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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 49 56
Rank change year-on-year +12 +7 +16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 29 20 35
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.63% 2.78% 3.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 3.21% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 25
10th Percentile £308 £363 £348
25th Percentile £413 £371 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -7.89% -2.06%
75th Percentile £509 £475 £549
90th Percentile £544 £538 £665
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -6.86%

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 591 623 892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.26% 86.53% 91.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 320 557
10th Percentile £258 £228 £200
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £541 £532 £543
90th Percentile £603 £612 £610
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £482
% change year-on-year +2.78% -6.54% +1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 25 9
10th Percentile £16.43 £14.18 £12.95
25th Percentile - £19.64 £17.72
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% -32.60% +80.65%
75th Percentile £45.00 £24.18 £53.70
90th Percentile £65.75 - £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.88 £19.50
% change year-on-year -12.57% +17.31% +4.00%

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 13 November 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 & 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 1 (3.45%) Confluence
1 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (6.90%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) AWS
2 4 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.90%) Lucidchart
4 1 (3.45%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (3.45%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.45%) Azure AKS
4 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.45%) GitHub
4 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
1 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Subversion
2 1 (3.45%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.45%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 19 (65.52%) Social Skills
2 12 (41.38%) Finance
3 9 (31.03%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.34%) Banking
4 3 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Business Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Information Governance Officer
4 3 (10.34%) Information Officer
4 3 (10.34%) Programme Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Data Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Information Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Programme Test Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Test Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) .NET
1 1 (3.45%) Kafka
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Freedom of Information
2 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
3 4 (13.79%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Agile
2 10 (34.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (31.03%) Data Protection
3 9 (31.03%) Project Management
4 8 (27.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (20.69%) DevOps
6 6 (20.69%) Impact Assessments
7 5 (17.24%) Information Governance
7 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2
8 4 (13.79%) Change Management
8 4 (13.79%) Incident Management
8 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
8 4 (13.79%) Software Delivery
9 3 (10.34%) Business Case
9 3 (10.34%) Change Control
9 3 (10.34%) Coaching
9 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
9 3 (10.34%) Records Management
9 3 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) Java
2 1 (3.45%) C++
2 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.45%) Python
2 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) CISA
2 2 (6.90%) CISM
2 2 (6.90%) HND
2 2 (6.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (6.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (6.90%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (3.45%) ISEB
3 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.45%) PMP
3 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (31.03%) GDPR
2 6 (20.69%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.90%) PMO
3 2 (6.90%) QA
4 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.45%) P3O
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (6.90%) Tenable
2 1 (3.45%) Atlassian
2 1 (3.45%) F5
2 1 (3.45%) IBM
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle
2 1 (3.45%) Pega
2 1 (3.45%) StreamSets