Risk Analyst Contracts in London

Risk Analyst
England > London

The median Risk Analyst daily rate in London is £525, 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 317 338 364
Rank change year-on-year +21 +26 +129
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Analyst 36 53 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.29% 0.30% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.32% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 36 92
10th Percentile £353 £436 £431
25th Percentile £450 £489 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £645
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -10.85% +3.20%
75th Percentile £713 £774 £775
90th Percentile £750 £840 £874
England median daily rate £495 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -12.00% -6.25% +4.35%

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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analyst in London

Risk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Analyst in London

Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analyst in London

Risk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Analyst in London

Risk Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London 0 5 £581 +16.25%
Risk Analyst
England

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

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 London region featuring Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 19 (52.78%) Risk Management
3 14 (38.89%) Banking
4 12 (33.33%) Finance
5 10 (27.78%) SQL
5 10 (27.78%) Data Analysis
5 10 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (25.00%) Front Office
6 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (22.22%) Python
7 8 (22.22%) Project Management
7 8 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (22.22%) Credit Risk
7 8 (22.22%) Market Risk
8 6 (16.67%) Power BI
8 6 (16.67%) Investment Banking
8 6 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (16.67%) Validation
8 6 (16.67%) Power Platform
9 5 (13.89%) Decision-Making
9 5 (13.89%) PnL Attribution
9 5 (13.89%) SAS
9 5 (13.89%) Agile
9 5 (13.89%) Risk Assessment
9 5 (13.89%) Information Security
9 5 (13.89%) Analytics
9 5 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (11.11%) Greeks

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (13.89%) SAS
2 2 (5.56%) Confluence
3 1 (2.78%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Bankmaster
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.78%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) Power BI
2 3 (8.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 22 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 14 (38.89%) Banking
3 12 (33.33%) Finance
4 10 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (25.00%) Front Office
6 6 (16.67%) Investment Banking
7 4 (11.11%) Retail Banking
8 3 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (5.56%) Legal
9 2 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (2.78%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (2.78%) International Banking
10 1 (2.78%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Credit Risk
1 8 (22.22%) Market Risk
2 4 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.56%) Equities
3 2 (5.56%) Operational Technology
3 2 (5.56%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.78%) Derivative
4 1 (2.78%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.78%) Pricing Data
4 1 (2.78%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.78%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) Risk Management
2 10 (27.78%) Data Analysis
3 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (22.22%) Project Management
5 6 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (16.67%) Validation
6 5 (13.89%) Agile
6 5 (13.89%) Analytics
6 5 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (13.89%) Decision-Making
6 5 (13.89%) Information Security
6 5 (13.89%) PnL Attribution
6 5 (13.89%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (11.11%) Greeks
7 4 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (8.33%) Business Analysis
8 3 (8.33%) Mathematics
8 3 (8.33%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.78%) SQL
2 8 (22.22%) Python
3 4 (11.11%) VBA
4 1 (2.78%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) CISM
2 3 (8.33%) CISSP
2 3 (8.33%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.56%) CISA
4 1 (2.78%) CRISC
4 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) NIST
2 3 (8.33%) NIST 800
3 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.78%) Basel III
4 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.78%) GDPR
4 1 (2.78%) GRC
4 1 (2.78%) ISO 31000
4 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (2.78%) NCSC
4 1 (2.78%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.56%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.78%) Databricks
3 1 (2.78%) Murex