Risk Assessment Contracts in London

Risk Assessment
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Risk Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 265 346
Rank change year-on-year +13 +81 +113
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 92 125 133
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.75% 0.71% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.81% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 89 80
10th Percentile £388 £373 £495
25th Percentile £453 £488 £573
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £585 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% -10.00% +18.18%
75th Percentile £677 £738 £725
90th Percentile £786 £803 £779
England median daily rate £537 £575 £613
% change year-on-year -6.61% -6.12% +11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £70.24 £30.22 -
25th Percentile £72.40 £36.18 -
Median hourly rate £78.40 £46.12 £23.08
Median % change year-on-year +69.99% +99.83% -
75th Percentile £82.00 £56.06 -
90th Percentile £82.72 £62.02 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £14.54 £72.40
% change year-on-year +381.43% -79.92% +7.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Risk Assessment falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,313 15,450 23,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.24% 88.36% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,587 11,083 16,719
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £449 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 320 262
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.99 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £39.21
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -28.59% +11.79%
75th Percentile £49.88 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £68.08 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.18 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.85% - +50.00%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Risk Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in London

Risk Assessment
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Assessment in London

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Risk Assessment in London

Risk Assessment
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Assessment in London

Risk Assessment
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 Assessment within the London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 -4 13 £550 +15.79% 8
South London - 3 £650 - 2
Risk Assessment
England

Risk Assessment
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 (5.43%) Confluence
2 2 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.09%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Endur
1 1 (1.09%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.09%) SAP GRC
1 1 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 20 (21.74%) Azure
2 19 (20.65%) AWS
3 6 (6.52%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (5.43%) OCI
4 5 (5.43%) SaaS
5 4 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (4.35%) GCP
5 4 (4.35%) GitHub
6 3 (3.26%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (3.26%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (3.26%) Amazon S3
6 3 (3.26%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.26%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.26%) Serverless
6 3 (3.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.17%) IaaS
7 2 (2.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (16.30%) Firewall
2 9 (9.78%) Network Security
3 7 (7.61%) SSL
4 4 (4.35%) DNS
4 4 (4.35%) FTP
4 4 (4.35%) HTTP
4 4 (4.35%) SMTP
4 4 (4.35%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.26%) VPN
6 2 (2.17%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.09%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.26%) Data Mining
2 2 (2.17%) EDMS
3 1 (1.09%) Big Data
3 1 (1.09%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.09%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.09%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (11.96%) JIRA
General
1 33 (35.87%) Social Skills
2 26 (28.26%) Finance
3 18 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.96%) Banking
4 11 (11.96%) Public Sector
5 9 (9.78%) Legal
6 5 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.26%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.17%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (2.17%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.17%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.17%) Law
8 2 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.17%) Retail
8 2 (2.17%) Retail Banking
8 2 (2.17%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.09%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.09%) Front Office
9 1 (1.09%) Police
Job Titles
1 18 (19.57%) Analyst
2 17 (18.48%) Architect
3 13 (14.13%) Security Architect
4 12 (13.04%) Consultant
5 11 (11.96%) Security Consultant
6 9 (9.78%) Business Analyst
7 6 (6.52%) Security Engineer
8 5 (5.43%) Risk Analyst
9 4 (4.35%) Information Security Consultant
9 4 (4.35%) Lead
9 4 (4.35%) Project Manager
9 4 (4.35%) Security Manager
9 4 (4.35%) Senior
10 3 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 3 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 3 (3.26%) Risk Manager
10 3 (3.26%) Security Analyst
11 2 (2.17%) AWS Engineer
11 2 (2.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 2 (2.17%) Security Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.43%) OAuth
1 5 (5.43%) OpenID
1 5 (5.43%) Oracle Fusion
1 5 (5.43%) SAML
2 4 (4.35%) .NET
3 1 (1.09%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.09%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.09%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.09%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.09%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.13%) Security Posture
2 10 (10.87%) Management Information System
3 6 (6.52%) Operational Technology
4 5 (5.43%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.26%) Credit Risk
7 2 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.17%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.17%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.09%) Blockchain
8 1 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.09%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.17%) Windows
2 1 (1.09%) Linux
2 1 (1.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (40.22%) Risk Management
2 28 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (23.91%) Agile
5 18 (19.57%) Cloud Security
5 18 (19.57%) Information Security
6 16 (17.39%) Incident Response
7 15 (16.30%) Decision-Making
8 13 (14.13%) DevOps
8 13 (14.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (13.04%) Identity Access Management
9 12 (13.04%) Project Management
9 12 (13.04%) Regulatory Compliance
10 11 (11.96%) Enterprise Architecture
10 11 (11.96%) Roadmaps
10 11 (11.96%) Threat Modelling
10 11 (11.96%) Workshop Facilitation
11 10 (10.87%) Computer Science
11 10 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.87%) Python
2 8 (8.70%) Java
3 6 (6.52%) C#
4 4 (4.35%) PowerShell
4 4 (4.35%) SQL
5 3 (3.26%) Bash
6 2 (2.17%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.09%) C++
7 1 (1.09%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.09%) R
7 1 (1.09%) Rust
Qualifications
1 24 (26.09%) CISSP
1 24 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 17 (18.48%) Degree
2 17 (18.48%) SC Cleared
3 14 (15.22%) CISM
4 8 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (8.70%) CRISC
5 7 (7.61%) AWS Certification
5 7 (7.61%) Azure Certification
5 7 (7.61%) CISA
6 5 (5.43%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (5.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 5 (5.43%) OCP
6 5 (5.43%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (4.35%) Master's Degree
8 3 (3.26%) CBAP
9 2 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (2.17%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (2.17%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (35.87%) NIST
2 29 (31.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (15.22%) GDPR
4 8 (8.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (6.52%) QA
5 6 (6.52%) SOC 2
6 5 (5.43%) GRC
6 5 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (4.35%) EU AI Act
7 4 (4.35%) NCSC
8 3 (3.26%) Basel II
8 3 (3.26%) Basel III
8 3 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (3.26%) NIST 800
9 2 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (2.17%) Data Quality
9 2 (2.17%) HIPAA
9 2 (2.17%) PCI DSS
9 2 (2.17%) SLA
10 1 (1.09%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 3 (3.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.09%) IAG
2 1 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.09%) CASB
Vendors
1 14 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.43%) Okta
2 5 (5.43%) Oracle
2 5 (5.43%) Qualys
3 4 (4.35%) Ping Identity
3 4 (4.35%) Planview
3 4 (4.35%) SAP
4 3 (3.26%) Tenable
5 2 (2.17%) Google
6 1 (1.09%) Alibaba
6 1 (1.09%) Ariba
6 1 (1.09%) Concur
6 1 (1.09%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.09%) ION Trading