Risk Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Risk Consultant
UK > England

The median Risk Consultant daily rate in England is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 496 540
Rank change year-on-year -19 +44 +155
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Consultant 24 17 24
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.076% 0.059% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.064% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 12 17
10th Percentile - £336 -
25th Percentile £461 £497 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £588 £650
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% -9.62% -
75th Percentile £713 £678 £680
90th Percentile £805 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £650 £588 £538
% change year-on-year +10.64% +9.30% -17.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £73.56 -
UK median hourly rate - £73.56 -

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 28,847 26,756 34,133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 92.94% 93.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,393 16,655 23,374
10th Percentile £294 £300 £285
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,772 837 1,370
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.74 £15.24
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.40 £35.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -24.57% -22.58% +39.02%
75th Percentile £60.34 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.95 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +45.77%

Risk Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Risk Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Risk Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Risk Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Consultant in England over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Consultant in England

Risk Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Consultant job vacancies in England

Risk Consultant
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 Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 24 December 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 -2 22 £663 +20.45% 4
South West -5 1 £513 -24.07% 6
South East - 1 - - 9
Risk Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Risk Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 18 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 10 (41.67%) AI
3 9 (37.50%) NIST
4 8 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (29.17%) Agile
5 7 (29.17%) CISM
5 7 (29.17%) CISSP
5 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
6 6 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (25.00%) Validation
7 5 (20.83%) EBIOS
7 5 (20.83%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 5 (20.83%) Machine Learning
7 5 (20.83%) MLOps
7 5 (20.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 5 (20.83%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (16.67%) Oracle
9 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
9 3 (12.50%) Python
9 3 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (12.50%) SQL
10 2 (8.33%) CISA
10 2 (8.33%) COBIT
10 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
10 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (8.33%) Data Mart
10 2 (8.33%) ERP

Risk Consultant 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.17%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Market Risk
2 1 (4.17%) Derivative
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 10 (41.67%) AI
3 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (29.17%) Agile
5 6 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (25.00%) Validation
6 5 (20.83%) EBIOS
6 5 (20.83%) Machine Learning
6 5 (20.83%) MLOps
6 5 (20.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 5 (20.83%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
8 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (8.33%) ERP
8 2 (8.33%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (8.33%) Information Security
8 2 (8.33%) IT Audit
9 1 (4.17%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) Python
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (4.17%) C++
3 1 (4.17%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) CISM
2 7 (29.17%) CISSP
2 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) CISA
4 1 (4.17%) CEH
4 1 (4.17%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (37.50%) NIST
2 5 (20.83%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (8.33%) COBIT
5 2 (8.33%) ITGC
5 2 (8.33%) SOX 404
6 1 (4.17%) GDPR
6 1 (4.17%) JSP 440
6 1 (4.17%) NCSC
6 1 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle
2 2 (8.33%) Murex
2 2 (8.33%) SAP
3 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.17%) IBM
3 1 (4.17%) Qualys
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) Splunk