Risk Consultant Contract Job Trends in London

Risk Consultant
England > London

The median Risk Consultant daily rate in London 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 367 375 396
Rank change year-on-year +8 +21 +164
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Consultant 18 11 24
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.070% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.075% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 9 23
10th Percentile - £484 £350
25th Percentile £461 £550 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +25.00% -25.60%
75th Percentile £838 £675 £680
90th Percentile £873 £678 £686
England median daily rate £675 £625 £500
% change year-on-year +8.00% +25.00% -23.08%

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 12,865 14,764 18,970
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.01% 93.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,551 9,538 13,795
10th Percentile £333 £338 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £664 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £798
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 155 213
10th Percentile £17.42 £17.25 £18.20
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.15 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.78 £37.50 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -28.59% -4.87% +20.37%
75th Percentile £47.50 £59.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.21
% change year-on-year -37.63% -10.81% +50.70%

Risk Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Risk Consultant job vacancy trend in London

Risk Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Risk Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Consultant in London over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Consultant in London

Risk Consultant
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 Consultant within the London 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
Central London +11 4 £755 +11.85% 1
Risk Consultant
England

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

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 London region featuring Risk Consultant in the job title.

1 12 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 9 (50.00%) Agile
2 9 (50.00%) AI
3 7 (38.89%) NIST
3 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (33.33%) CISM
4 6 (33.33%) CISSP
4 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (27.78%) EBIOS
5 5 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 5 (27.78%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (22.22%) Analytics
6 4 (22.22%) Basel II
6 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (22.22%) Data Mining
6 4 (22.22%) DV Cleared
6 4 (22.22%) Machine Learning
6 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (22.22%) MLOps
6 4 (22.22%) Power BI
6 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
6 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (22.22%) SaaS
6 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
6 4 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (22.22%) Scrum
6 4 (22.22%) SDLC
6 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
6 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery

Risk Consultant 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:

Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
1 4 (22.22%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) Data Mining
1 4 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 12 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Banking
2 4 (22.22%) Investment Banking
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Market Risk
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 9 (50.00%) Agile
2 9 (50.00%) AI
3 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (27.78%) EBIOS
5 5 (27.78%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (22.22%) Analytics
6 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (22.22%) Machine Learning
6 4 (22.22%) MLOps
6 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (22.22%) Scrum
6 4 (22.22%) SDLC
6 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
6 4 (22.22%) Stress Testing
6 4 (22.22%) Validation
7 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) CISM
1 6 (33.33%) CISSP
2 4 (22.22%) DV Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) NIST
2 5 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 4 (22.22%) Basel II
4 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (11.11%) COBIT
5 2 (11.11%) ITGC
5 2 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (11.11%) SOX 404
6 1 (5.56%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle
1 2 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.56%) Qualys
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Splunk