Risk Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Risk Analyst
UK > England

The median Risk Analyst daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 537 451 443
Rank change year-on-year -86 -8 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Analyst 100 71 90
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.22% 0.26% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.28% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 44 62
10th Percentile £358 £353 £425
25th Percentile £440 £449 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £691 £731
90th Percentile £763 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £27.38 £32.74 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% - -
UK median hourly rate £27.38 £32.74 -
% change year-on-year -16.36% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 42,776 25,207 30,347
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 91.34% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,638 16,245 19,141
10th Percentile £325 £281 £305
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,349 1,343 1,530
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.57 £14.56
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £44.46 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +76.76% -47.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Risk Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Risk Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Analyst job vacancies in England

Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Analyst in England over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analyst in England

Risk Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Analyst job vacancies 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 9 September 2026. 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 -84 56 £600 - 47
Midlands -38 18 £650 +62.50% 2
North of England -55 17 £397 +35.56% 6
Yorkshire -24 11 £365 +1.39% 3
West Midlands -37 10 £650 +8.33% 2
East Midlands -12 8 £650 +73.33%
South East -67 6 £575 +17.35% 6
North West -49 5 £425 +88.89% 2
East of England -23 2 - -
North East - 1 £450 - 1
Risk Analyst
UK

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 September 2026, Risk Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (31.00%) Risk Management
2 29 (29.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 19 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (19.00%) SQL
5 18 (18.00%) Agile
5 18 (18.00%) Decision-Making
6 17 (17.00%) Python
6 17 (17.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (16.00%) Business Analysis
7 16 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
8 14 (14.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (13.00%) AI
9 13 (13.00%) Analytics
9 13 (13.00%) NIST
9 13 (13.00%) Validation
10 12 (12.00%) Workshop Facilitation
11 11 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (11.00%) Power BI
11 11 (11.00%) Power Platform
11 11 (11.00%) Requirements Gathering
12 10 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (10.00%) Data Protection
12 10 (10.00%) GRC
13 9 (9.00%) Information Security
13 9 (9.00%) Project Management
13 9 (9.00%) QA
13 9 (9.00%) Scrum
14 8 (8.00%) Data Sharing

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (2.00%) Confluence
1 2 (2.00%) SAS
1 2 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.00%) Jupyter
Applications
1 16 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.00%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.00%) Endur
1 3 (3.00%) Primavera
2 1 (1.00%) Aligne
2 1 (1.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.00%) ZaiNet
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (8.00%) SaaS
3 6 (6.00%) Azure
4 3 (3.00%) AWS
5 2 (2.00%) Collibra
5 2 (2.00%) GCP
6 1 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.00%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (1.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.00%) Power BI
2 7 (7.00%) Tableau
3 4 (4.00%) Metadata
4 1 (1.00%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (1.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (7.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.00%) Git
General
1 51 (51.00%) Finance
2 38 (38.00%) Social Skills
3 33 (33.00%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (18.00%) Banking
5 13 (13.00%) Front Office
6 11 (11.00%) Investment Banking
7 9 (9.00%) Legal
8 8 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (3.00%) Public Sector
11 2 (2.00%) Back Office
11 2 (2.00%) Financial Institution
12 1 (1.00%) Aerospace
12 1 (1.00%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.00%) Marketing
12 1 (1.00%) Private Banking
12 1 (1.00%) Retail
12 1 (1.00%) Retail Banking
12 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.00%) Market Risk
2 14 (14.00%) Credit Risk
3 9 (9.00%) Derivative
4 7 (7.00%) Onboarding
4 7 (7.00%) Product Ownership
5 6 (6.00%) Fixed Income
6 5 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (4.00%) AI Agents
7 4 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (4.00%) Management Information System
8 3 (3.00%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (3.00%) Equities
8 3 (3.00%) Replication
9 2 (2.00%) Data Structures
9 2 (2.00%) Insider Threat
10 1 (1.00%) Algorithms
10 1 (1.00%) Credit Derivative
10 1 (1.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
10 1 (1.00%) Security Posture
10 1 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.00%) Risk Management
2 29 (29.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 19 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (18.00%) Agile
5 18 (18.00%) Decision-Making
6 17 (17.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (16.00%) Business Analysis
7 16 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (13.00%) AI
8 13 (13.00%) Analytics
8 13 (13.00%) Validation
9 12 (12.00%) Workshop Facilitation
10 11 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (11.00%) Requirements Gathering
11 10 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (10.00%) Data Protection
12 9 (9.00%) Information Security
12 9 (9.00%) Project Management
12 9 (9.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 19 (19.00%) SQL
2 17 (17.00%) Python
3 3 (3.00%) VBA
4 2 (2.00%) R
4 2 (2.00%) Scala
5 1 (1.00%) C#
5 1 (1.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (7.00%) CISA
1 7 (7.00%) Degree
2 6 (6.00%) CRISC
3 5 (5.00%) CISSP
3 5 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (4.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.00%) CISM
5 2 (2.00%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.00%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.00%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.00%) CBAP
6 1 (1.00%) CEH
6 1 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.00%) GIAC
6 1 (1.00%) GSEC
6 1 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (1.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (13.00%) NIST
3 10 (10.00%) GRC
4 9 (9.00%) QA
5 6 (6.00%) Data Quality
6 4 (4.00%) GDPR
6 4 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (3.00%) COBIT
7 3 (3.00%) ITGC
8 2 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.00%) Basel III
9 1 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.00%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (1.00%) PMO
9 1 (1.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 8 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.00%) Murex
3 1 (1.00%) BMC
3 1 (1.00%) Databricks
3 1 (1.00%) OpenLink
3 1 (1.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.00%) SAP
3 1 (1.00%) ServiceNow