Risk Analyst Contracts in England

Risk Analyst
UK > England

The median Risk Analyst daily rate in England is £495, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 431 475 491
Rank change year-on-year +44 +16 +156
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Analyst 54 67 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.18% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.19% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 46 113
10th Percentile £375 £416 £400
25th Percentile £416 £475 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -6.25% +4.35%
75th Percentile £628 £675 £768
90th Percentile £741 £806 £858
UK median daily rate £490 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -10.91% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.64
Median hourly rate - - £31.27
75th Percentile - - £31.91
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £31.27

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Risk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analyst in England

Risk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Analyst in England

Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analyst in England

Risk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Analyst in England

Risk Analyst
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 Analyst 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 +21 36 £525 -8.70% 72
Midlands +23 5 £600 +41.18% 20
North of England +16 4 £438 -7.89% 21
North West +15 4 £438 +9.38% 9
West Midlands +15 4 £600 +33.33% 9
South East +47 3 - - 39
East of England +32 3 £400 -15.89% 14
South West - 2 £525 - 9
East Midlands +10 1 £447 +11.75% 10
Risk Analyst
UK

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Risk Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 35 (64.81%) Social Skills
2 31 (57.41%) Risk Management
3 19 (35.19%) Finance
4 18 (33.33%) Banking
5 16 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
7 14 (25.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 14 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (24.07%) SQL
9 12 (22.22%) Analytics
9 12 (22.22%) Credit Risk
10 11 (20.37%) Data Analysis
11 10 (18.52%) SAS
11 10 (18.52%) Python
12 9 (16.67%) Front Office
12 9 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (14.81%) Market Risk
13 8 (14.81%) JIRA
13 8 (14.81%) Project Management
13 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
14 7 (12.96%) Validation
14 7 (12.96%) VBA
14 7 (12.96%) Confluence
14 7 (12.96%) Tableau
15 6 (11.11%) Data Quality
15 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
15 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
15 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
15 6 (11.11%) Information Security
15 6 (11.11%) Investment Banking

Risk Analyst Skill Set
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 10 (18.52%) SAS
2 7 (12.96%) Confluence
3 4 (7.41%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.85%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (25.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Bankmaster
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.85%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.56%) LAN
1 3 (5.56%) WAN
2 2 (3.70%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.96%) Tableau
2 6 (11.11%) Power BI
3 2 (3.70%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (14.81%) JIRA
General
1 35 (64.81%) Social Skills
2 19 (35.19%) Finance
3 18 (33.33%) Banking
4 16 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (16.67%) Front Office
6 6 (11.11%) Investment Banking
6 6 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (7.41%) Retail Banking
9 3 (5.56%) Legal
9 3 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (5.56%) Retail
10 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.85%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (1.85%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.22%) Credit Risk
2 8 (14.81%) Market Risk
3 4 (7.41%) Operational Technology
3 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.70%) Equities
4 2 (3.70%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.85%) Derivative
5 1 (1.85%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Pricing Data
5 1 (1.85%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (57.41%) Risk Management
2 14 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (22.22%) Analytics
4 11 (20.37%) Data Analysis
5 9 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (14.81%) Project Management
6 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (12.96%) Validation
8 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (11.11%) Decision-Making
8 6 (11.11%) Information Security
9 5 (9.26%) Agile
9 5 (9.26%) PnL Attribution
9 5 (9.26%) Risk Assessment
9 5 (9.26%) Stress Testing
9 5 (9.26%) Visualisation
10 4 (7.41%) Data Visualisation
10 4 (7.41%) Greeks
10 4 (7.41%) Regulatory Compliance
10 4 (7.41%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.07%) SQL
2 10 (18.52%) Python
3 7 (12.96%) VBA
4 1 (1.85%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.85%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (7.41%) Degree
2 3 (5.56%) CISM
2 3 (5.56%) CISSP
2 3 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.70%) CISA
4 1 (1.85%) CRISC
4 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.26%) NIST
3 4 (7.41%) IFRS
3 4 (7.41%) IFRS 9
3 4 (7.41%) NIST 800
4 3 (5.56%) GRC
4 3 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (5.56%) QA
5 2 (3.70%) Basel III
5 2 (3.70%) NCSC
6 1 (1.85%) GDPR
6 1 (1.85%) ISO 31000
6 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.85%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.70%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.85%) Databricks
3 1 (1.85%) Murex
3 1 (1.85%) OneTrust