Risk Analysis Contracts in England

Risk Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Risk Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 421 463 540
Rank change year-on-year +42 +77 +66
Contract jobs citing Risk Analysis 64 79 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.25% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 43 76
10th Percentile £505 £214 £388
25th Percentile £522 £413 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £505 £600
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -15.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £750 £655 £667
90th Percentile £834 £750 £838
UK median daily rate £600 £505 £600
% change year-on-year +18.81% -15.83% +10.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 9
10th Percentile £34.47 £41.45 £22.17
25th Percentile - £47.19 £46.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £83.31
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -39.98% +17.50%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 -
90th Percentile £70.05 £66.84 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £83.31
% change year-on-year -20.00% -39.98% +17.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Risk Analysis 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Risk Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Risk Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analysis in England

Risk Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Analysis in England.

Daily rate trend for Risk Analysis in England

Risk Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Analysis in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analysis in England

Risk Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Analysis in England.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Analysis in England

Risk Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Analysis in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Analysis in England

Risk Analysis
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +32 38 £663 +31.19% 100
North of England +25 11 £569 +4.36% 49
North West +24 9 £575 +5.50% 25
South East +44 7 £550 +223.53% 66
East of England +33 5 - - 30
Midlands +23 2 £663 - 43
West Midlands +15 2 £663 - 20
North East +1 2 £550 - 7
South West +33 1 - - 22
Risk Analysis
UK

Risk Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Primavera
2 2 (3.13%) SAP CO
2 2 (3.13%) SAP ECC
2 2 (3.13%) SAP FI
2 2 (3.13%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.56%) Endur
3 1 (1.56%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 17 (26.56%) Azure
2 10 (15.63%) AWS
3 8 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (6.25%) GCP
5 2 (3.13%) Akamai
5 2 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.56%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.50%) Ethernet
2 5 (7.81%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (6.25%) Firewall
4 2 (3.13%) Network Security
5 1 (1.56%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (4.69%) Redis
2 2 (3.13%) Big Data
3 1 (1.56%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle ODI
3 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Cypress.io
1 1 (1.56%) Git
1 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.56%) JIRA
1 1 (1.56%) PHPUnit
1 1 (1.56%) Selenium
General
1 28 (43.75%) Finance
2 22 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 19 (29.69%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (20.31%) Banking
5 7 (10.94%) Investment Banking
5 7 (10.94%) Legal
6 5 (7.81%) Automotive
7 4 (6.25%) Front Office
8 3 (4.69%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.13%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.56%) Japanese Language
10 1 (1.56%) Law
10 1 (1.56%) Marketing
10 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (23.44%) Architect
1 15 (23.44%) Senior
2 13 (20.31%) Security Architect
3 11 (17.19%) Developer
4 7 (10.94%) Lead
5 6 (9.38%) Analyst
6 5 (7.81%) Security Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Business Analyst
7 4 (6.25%) C# Developer
7 4 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) FPGA Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Network Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Senior Architect
7 4 (6.25%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Senior Security Architect
8 3 (4.69%) Consultant
8 3 (4.69%) Lead Developer
8 3 (4.69%) Lead Java Developer
8 3 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.81%) .NET
2 4 (6.25%) WPF
3 3 (4.69%) ActiveMQ
3 3 (4.69%) Java Concurrency
3 3 (4.69%) Kafka
4 2 (3.13%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.56%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.56%) Jest
5 1 (1.56%) Playwright
5 1 (1.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.06%) Market Risk
2 8 (12.50%) Derivative
3 7 (10.94%) Algorithms
4 5 (7.81%) Data Centre
4 5 (7.81%) Management Information System
5 4 (6.25%) FPGA
5 4 (6.25%) PCIe
5 4 (6.25%) Security Posture
5 4 (6.25%) Verilog
5 4 (6.25%) VHDL
6 3 (4.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (3.13%) Credit Risk
7 2 (3.13%) Fixed Income
7 2 (3.13%) Operational Technology
7 2 (3.13%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.56%) CESG
8 1 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.56%) PMI
8 1 (1.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Android
1 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (43.75%) Risk Management
2 24 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (23.44%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (20.31%) Project Management
5 12 (18.75%) DevOps
6 11 (17.19%) Agile
6 11 (17.19%) Cloud Security
6 11 (17.19%) Computer Science
6 11 (17.19%) Machine Learning
6 11 (17.19%) Security Architecture
7 10 (15.63%) Artificial Intelligence
7 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (14.06%) Analytics
8 9 (14.06%) Decision-Making
9 8 (12.50%) Architectural Design
9 8 (12.50%) Mathematics
10 7 (10.94%) BDD
10 7 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (10.94%) Economics
10 7 (10.94%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.06%) Python
2 5 (7.81%) C#
3 4 (6.25%) Haskell
3 4 (6.25%) Java
3 4 (6.25%) SystemVerilog
3 4 (6.25%) Tcl
4 3 (4.69%) SQL
5 2 (3.13%) Bash
5 2 (3.13%) C++
5 2 (3.13%) PHP
5 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.56%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (25.00%) Degree
2 10 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 9 (14.06%) SC Cleared
4 8 (12.50%) CISSP
4 8 (12.50%) Numerate Degree
5 5 (7.81%) CISM
6 3 (4.69%) CRISC
7 2 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.56%) CCNA
8 1 (1.56%) CEH
8 1 (1.56%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (1.56%) CISA
8 1 (1.56%) MRICS
8 1 (1.56%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.19%) GDPR
2 8 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (12.50%) NIST
3 5 (7.81%) PCI DSS
4 4 (6.25%) GRC
5 3 (4.69%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (4.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (4.69%) HIPAA
6 2 (3.13%) QA
7 1 (1.56%) COBIT
7 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.56%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (1.56%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.56%) NCSC
7 1 (1.56%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Ansible
2 1 (1.56%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (1.56%) Grafana
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (1.56%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.25%) Intel
2 4 (6.25%) SAP
2 4 (6.25%) Xilinx
3 2 (3.13%) Databricks
3 2 (3.13%) F5
3 2 (3.13%) Google
3 2 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.56%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.56%) Ariba
4 1 (1.56%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.56%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.56%) OpenLink
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle
4 1 (1.56%) Siemens
4 1 (1.56%) VMware