Risk Analysis Contract Job Trends in England

Risk Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Risk Analysis skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 438 469 486
Rank change year-on-year +31 +17 +115
Contract jobs citing Risk Analysis 68 64 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.19% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.23% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 26 77
10th Percentile £466 £218 £396
25th Percentile £475 £298 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £443 £550
Median % change year-on-year +24.29% -19.55% -18.52%
75th Percentile £639 £566 £650
90th Percentile £698 £639 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £468 £549
% change year-on-year +12.30% -14.81% -15.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 13
10th Percentile - £36.15 £54.06
25th Percentile - £40.00 -
Median hourly rate £47.00 £47.50 £83.40
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -43.05% +39.00%
75th Percentile £48.50 £60.00 -
90th Percentile £49.40 £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate £47.00 £47.50 £83.40
% change year-on-year -1.05% -43.05% +39.00%

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 25,042 28,353 38,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.78% 85.86% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,940 18,160 26,873
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £756 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,470 1,457 1,373
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.61 £18.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +53.90%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.03 £41.90
% change year-on-year -40.16% +0.31% +52.36%

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
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Risk Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Risk Analysis

Risk Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Analysis in England over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analysis in England

Risk Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Risk Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Risk Analysis

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 29 August 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 +34 42 £555 +30.59% 44
North of England -6 11 £575 -8.00% 11
South East +6 8 £500 +65.56% 21
North West -3 7 £575 -4.17% 3
South West +19 4 £488 -9.72% 6
Yorkshire -9 3 £475 -26.92% 7
East of England -1 2 - - 2
West Midlands -8 1 £400 -27.27% 4
Midlands -9 1 £400 -27.27% 5
North East - 1 - - 2
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 (1.47%) Confluence
1 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Primavera
2 1 (1.47%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.65%) AWS
2 11 (16.18%) Azure
3 6 (8.82%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.88%) Akamai
4 4 (5.88%) GCP
5 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.47%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.29%) Firewall
1 7 (10.29%) Network Security
2 3 (4.41%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (2.94%) Ethernet
3 2 (2.94%) VPN
4 1 (1.47%) BGP
4 1 (1.47%) HTTP
4 1 (1.47%) IPsec
4 1 (1.47%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.47%) SSL
4 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.82%) NoSQL
1 6 (8.82%) Power BI
2 3 (4.41%) Power Query
3 2 (2.94%) Big Data
4 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.47%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (10.29%) JIRA
General
1 34 (50.00%) Finance
2 31 (45.59%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (36.76%) Social Skills
4 21 (30.88%) Banking
5 9 (13.24%) Telecoms
6 5 (7.35%) Legal
6 5 (7.35%) Marketing
6 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.41%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.94%) Automotive
8 2 (2.94%) Front Office
8 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.94%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.47%) Back Office
9 1 (1.47%) Digital Health
9 1 (1.47%) Electronics
9 1 (1.47%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.47%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (26.47%) Architect
2 15 (22.06%) Security Architect
3 12 (17.65%) Senior
4 10 (14.71%) Analyst
5 7 (10.29%) Risk Analyst
6 6 (8.82%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (8.82%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (8.82%) Senior Architect
6 6 (8.82%) Senior Security Architect
7 4 (5.88%) AWS DevOps
7 4 (5.88%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Developer
7 4 (5.88%) Security Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.41%) Business Analyst
8 3 (4.41%) Consultant
8 3 (4.41%) Data Modeller
8 3 (4.41%) IT Architect
8 3 (4.41%) IT Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) .NET
1 4 (5.88%) SailPoint
2 2 (2.94%) WPF
3 1 (1.47%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (8.82%) Algorithms
3 5 (7.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (7.35%) Derivative
4 4 (5.88%) Credit Risk
4 4 (5.88%) Market Risk
4 4 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.88%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.94%) PKI
5 2 (2.94%) PMI
6 1 (1.47%) CESG
6 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.47%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (1.47%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.47%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.47%) NHS
6 1 (1.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.47%) Linux
1 1 (1.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (30.88%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (27.94%) Risk Management
4 17 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 13 (19.12%) Analytics
6 12 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
7 11 (16.18%) Agile
7 11 (16.18%) DevOps
7 11 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (14.71%) Cloud Security
8 10 (14.71%) Security Architecture
9 9 (13.24%) Project Management
9 9 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (11.76%) High Availability
11 7 (10.29%) CI/CD
11 7 (10.29%) Machine Learning
11 7 (10.29%) SIEM
11 7 (10.29%) Validation
11 7 (10.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 7 (10.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.06%) Python
2 12 (17.65%) SQL
3 4 (5.88%) C#
3 4 (5.88%) VBA
4 3 (4.41%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.94%) Bash
5 2 (2.94%) C++
5 2 (2.94%) Haskell
6 1 (1.47%) C
6 1 (1.47%) Java
6 1 (1.47%) PHP
6 1 (1.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (22.06%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.18%) SC Cleared
3 10 (14.71%) Degree
4 7 (10.29%) CISSP
5 6 (8.82%) AWS Certification
6 5 (7.35%) CISM
7 4 (5.88%) PMP
8 3 (4.41%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.41%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.94%) CEH
9 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.94%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.47%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (14.71%) NIST
2 9 (13.24%) GDPR
3 6 (8.82%) QA
4 5 (7.35%) GRC
4 5 (7.35%) PCI DSS
5 4 (5.88%) EU AI Act
5 4 (5.88%) HIPAA
6 3 (4.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (2.94%) AUTOSAR
7 2 (2.94%) PMO
8 1 (1.47%) COBIT
8 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
8 1 (1.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (1.47%) JSP 440
8 1 (1.47%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 14 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.88%) F5
2 4 (5.88%) Google
3 2 (2.94%) Alteryx
3 2 (2.94%) Databricks
3 2 (2.94%) QAD
3 2 (2.94%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.94%) SAP
4 1 (1.47%) AlgoSec
4 1 (1.47%) Cisco
4 1 (1.47%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.47%) Intel
4 1 (1.47%) NEC
4 1 (1.47%) Siemens
4 1 (1.47%) Tufin