IT Risk Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

IT Risk Analyst
England > London

The median IT Risk Analyst daily rate in London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
20 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 376 401
Rank change year-on-year -3 +25 +156
Contract jobs requiring an IT Risk Analyst 3 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% 0.047% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.050% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 1
10th Percentile £514 £319 -
25th Percentile £546 £363 £788
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £825
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -36.36% +21.51%
75th Percentile - £681 £863
90th Percentile - £735 -
England median daily rate £600 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -13.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,276 14,056 17,631
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 93.53% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,790 9,097 12,749
10th Percentile £345 £338 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £681
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 209
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.65
25th Percentile £22.25 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

IT Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IT Risk Analyst job vacancy trend in London

IT Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Risk Analyst job vacancies in London

IT Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Risk Analyst in London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Risk Analyst in London

IT Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, IT 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 London region featuring IT Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 1 (33.33%) Collateral Management
3 1 (33.33%) Domain-Driven Design
3 1 (33.33%) EMIR
3 1 (33.33%) MiFID
3 1 (33.33%) Model Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) RESTful
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) WPF

IT Risk Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
1 1 (33.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Credit Risk
1 2 (66.67%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
1 1 (33.33%) Collateral Management
1 1 (33.33%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (33.33%) Model Validation
1 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) EMIR
1 1 (33.33%) MiFID
IT Risk Analyst jobs