Risk Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Risk Consultant
UK > England

The median Risk Consultant daily rate in England is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 497 544
Rank change year-on-year -18 +47 +165
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Consultant 20 16 35
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.067% 0.051% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.055% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 26
10th Percentile £461 £514 £313
25th Percentile £462 £544 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +25.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £838 £678 £680
90th Percentile £864 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £675 £625 £500
% change year-on-year +8.00% +25.00% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £71.54 -
25th Percentile £85.75 £72.08 -
Median hourly rate £86.50 £73.56 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.59% - -
75th Percentile £87.25 £74.45 -
90th Percentile - £74.63 -
UK median hourly rate £86.50 £73.56 -
% change year-on-year +17.59% - -

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 27,117 29,070 37,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 92.99% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,434 17,754 25,839
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £404 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
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 1,602 1,095 1,412
10th Percentile £14.09 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% -10.81% +50.70%
75th Percentile £51.50 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.32% +54.84%

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 7 November 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 7 November 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 +8 18 £675 +8.00% 6
South West +3 1 £513 -24.07% 1
South East - 1 - - 3
Risk Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 November 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 14 (70.00%) Risk Management
2 9 (45.00%) Agile
2 9 (45.00%) AI
3 7 (35.00%) NIST
3 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (30.00%) CISM
4 6 (30.00%) CISSP
4 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (25.00%) DV Cleared
5 5 (25.00%) EBIOS
5 5 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 5 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 4 (20.00%) Analytics
6 4 (20.00%) Basel II
6 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (20.00%) Data Mining
6 4 (20.00%) Machine Learning
6 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (20.00%) MLOps
6 4 (20.00%) Power BI
6 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
6 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (20.00%) SaaS
6 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 4 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Scrum
6 4 (20.00%) SDLC
6 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery

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:

Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Data Mining
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Banking
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Legal
3 1 (5.00%) Marketing
3 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Market Risk
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Risk Management
2 9 (45.00%) Agile
2 9 (45.00%) AI
3 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (25.00%) EBIOS
5 5 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (20.00%) Analytics
6 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (20.00%) Machine Learning
6 4 (20.00%) MLOps
6 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Scrum
6 4 (20.00%) SDLC
6 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 4 (20.00%) Stress Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Validation
7 3 (15.00%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) CISM
1 6 (30.00%) CISSP
2 5 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) NIST
2 5 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 4 (20.00%) Basel II
4 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (10.00%) COBIT
5 2 (10.00%) ITGC
5 2 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (10.00%) SOX 404
6 1 (5.00%) GDPR
6 1 (5.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle
1 2 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.00%) IBM
2 1 (5.00%) Qualys
2 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.00%) Splunk