Risk Management Contract Job Trends in London

Risk Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 40 77
Rank change year-on-year -38 +37 -13
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 710 748 496
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.55% 5.49% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 5.95% 3.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 492 307
10th Percentile £425 £401 £379
25th Percentile £500 £500 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £725 £802 £763
90th Percentile £838 £875 £863
England median daily rate £570 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £35.05 £31.73
25th Percentile £85.00 £48.25 £34.15
Median hourly rate £90.00 £49.50 £38.81
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% +27.54% +66.14%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.00 £44.09
90th Percentile - £86.00 £46.89
England median hourly rate £79.50 £50.25 £57.50
% change year-on-year +58.21% -12.61% +40.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Risk Management 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 17,809 12,563 14,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.23% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,743 8,414 10,214
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 248 196
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.97
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.62 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.86 £29.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.54% -16.31% -14.59%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Risk Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Risk Management job vacancy trend in London

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Risk Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in London over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in London

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Risk Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Risk Management

Risk Management
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 Management within the London region over the 6 months to 4 August 2026. 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 -15 104 £550 -12.00% 97
West London -12 17 £513 +20.59% 24
East London +3 7 £590 +7.27% 11
South London -26 2 £413 -28.63% 12
Risk Management
England

Risk Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 34 (4.79%) Confluence
2 9 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.56%) SAS
4 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.28%) IIS
4 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.14%) Appian
5 1 (0.14%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.14%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 27 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.54%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.55%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.28%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (1.69%) Endur
2 11 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.56%) Actimize
3 4 (0.56%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.56%) Magento
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.42%) Dynamics SL
4 3 (0.42%) Findur
4 3 (0.42%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.42%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.42%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.42%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 103 (14.51%) Azure
2 83 (11.69%) AWS
3 31 (4.37%) GCP
4 26 (3.66%) Entra ID
4 26 (3.66%) SaaS
5 21 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.39%) Power Platform
7 14 (1.97%) GitHub
8 13 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (1.13%) OCI
10 8 (1.13%) PaaS
11 7 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.99%) Snowflake
12 6 (0.85%) Amazon S3
12 6 (0.85%) AWS Control Tower
12 6 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.54%) Firewall
2 12 (1.69%) Network Security
3 6 (0.85%) 4G
3 6 (0.85%) 5G
3 6 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.70%) Internet
4 5 (0.70%) LAN
4 5 (0.70%) WAN
5 3 (0.42%) DNS
5 3 (0.42%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.42%) NAS
5 3 (0.42%) SAN
5 3 (0.42%) VoLTE
5 3 (0.42%) VPN
5 3 (0.42%) WinSCP
6 2 (0.28%) DHCP
6 2 (0.28%) Intranet
6 2 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.28%) SSL
6 2 (0.28%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.68%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.69%) Power BI
4 10 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.99%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.99%) Metadata
6 6 (0.85%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.70%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.56%) Big Data
8 4 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.42%) Db2
9 3 (0.42%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.42%) Tableau
10 2 (0.28%) Redis
10 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.28%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 56 (7.89%) JIRA
2 16 (2.25%) Git
3 14 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.70%) GitLab
4 5 (0.70%) Selenium
4 5 (0.70%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.56%) Subversion
5 4 (0.56%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.42%) MLflow
7 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.28%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.14%) Appium
8 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.14%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.14%) Gradle
8 1 (0.14%) Mockito
8 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 332 (46.76%) Finance
2 257 (36.20%) Social Skills
3 116 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (16.20%) Banking
5 75 (10.56%) Legal
6 70 (9.86%) Public Sector
7 45 (6.34%) Front Office
8 27 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (3.24%) Investment Banking
11 22 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (2.82%) Financial Institution
12 20 (2.82%) Telecoms
13 19 (2.68%) Retail
14 18 (2.54%) Marketing
15 12 (1.69%) Law
15 12 (1.69%) Local Government
16 11 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 100 (14.08%) Lead
2 96 (13.52%) Senior
3 72 (10.14%) Architect
4 70 (9.86%) Project Manager
5 64 (9.01%) Analyst
6 47 (6.62%) Developer
7 44 (6.20%) Programme Manager
8 38 (5.35%) Business Analyst
9 37 (5.21%) Consultant
10 35 (4.93%) Security Architect
11 30 (4.23%) Senior Manager
12 22 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
13 19 (2.68%) IT Manager
14 18 (2.54%) Risk Analyst
15 16 (2.25%) Security Engineer
15 16 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
16 15 (2.11%) Product Manager
16 15 (2.11%) Risk Business Analyst
16 15 (2.11%) Technical Manager
17 14 (1.97%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.38%) .NET
2 17 (2.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 17 (2.39%) REST
3 14 (1.97%) Middleware
4 11 (1.55%) Azure Blueprints
4 11 (1.55%) Kafka
5 9 (1.27%) React
6 8 (1.13%) PySpark
7 7 (0.99%) SOAP
7 7 (0.99%) XML
8 5 (0.70%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.70%) OAuth
8 5 (0.70%) SailPoint
8 5 (0.70%) VML
9 4 (0.56%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.56%) Jakarta EE
9 4 (0.56%) JSON
9 4 (0.56%) JSP
9 4 (0.56%) OpenID
9 4 (0.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.77%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.35%) Onboarding
3 37 (5.21%) Management Information System
4 36 (5.07%) Product Ownership
5 31 (4.37%) Security Posture
6 24 (3.38%) Derivative
7 23 (3.24%) Market Risk
8 21 (2.96%) Fixed Income
9 20 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
10 17 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 16 (2.25%) AI Agents
11 16 (2.25%) Credit Risk
12 13 (1.83%) Data Centre
12 13 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (1.55%) Equities
15 10 (1.41%) CMDB
15 10 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (1.41%) NHS
15 10 (1.41%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.08%) Windows
2 24 (3.38%) Linux
3 18 (2.54%) Unix
4 13 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.42%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (37.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 188 (26.48%) Agile
3 150 (21.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 126 (17.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 120 (16.90%) Cybersecurity
6 116 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
7 109 (15.35%) Roadmaps
8 103 (14.51%) Decision-Making
9 100 (14.08%) AI
10 97 (13.66%) Project Management
11 90 (12.68%) Information Security
12 81 (11.41%) Project Delivery
13 79 (11.13%) Migration
14 71 (10.00%) DevOps
15 69 (9.72%) Analytics
16 63 (8.87%) Change Management
17 62 (8.73%) CI/CD
18 60 (8.45%) Regulatory Compliance
19 56 (7.89%) SDLC
20 54 (7.61%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 59 (8.31%) Python
2 58 (8.17%) SQL
3 30 (4.23%) Java
4 18 (2.54%) C#
4 18 (2.54%) PowerShell
5 7 (0.99%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.56%) Bash
6 4 (0.56%) Bicep
6 4 (0.56%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.42%) C
7 3 (0.42%) C++
7 3 (0.42%) Scala
7 3 (0.42%) VBA
8 2 (0.28%) Delphi
8 2 (0.28%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.28%) Korn
8 2 (0.28%) Perl
8 2 (0.28%) ProC
8 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 112 (15.77%) Security Cleared
2 89 (12.54%) Degree
3 80 (11.27%) SC Cleared
4 58 (8.17%) CISSP
5 32 (4.51%) PMI Certification
6 31 (4.37%) CISM
7 30 (4.23%) PMP
8 27 (3.80%) DV Cleared
9 19 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (2.54%) CISA
11 16 (2.25%) CRISC
11 16 (2.25%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 9 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 6 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.85%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.85%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (11.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (10.70%) NIST
3 64 (9.01%) GRC
4 53 (7.46%) QA
5 32 (4.51%) GDPR
6 31 (4.37%) PMO
7 28 (3.94%) Data Quality
8 23 (3.24%) PCI DSS
9 22 (3.10%) SLA
10 19 (2.68%) NCSC
11 18 (2.54%) SOC 2
12 13 (1.83%) COBIT
13 10 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (1.13%) NIST 800
15 7 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 6 (0.85%) ITGC
17 4 (0.56%) EU AI Act
17 4 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (1.97%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.99%) Docker
4 2 (0.28%) NFS
5 1 (0.14%) Postfix
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (2.54%) Terraform
2 10 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.27%) Ansible
4 5 (0.70%) Grafana
4 5 (0.70%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.56%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.42%) Control-M
6 3 (0.42%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.28%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.28%) Puppet
7 2 (0.28%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.28%) SCCM
8 1 (0.14%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) CASB
8 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.14%) Nessus
8 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 95 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 43 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 40 (5.63%) Oracle
4 35 (4.93%) SAP
5 15 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.69%) Google
6 12 (1.69%) Murex
6 12 (1.69%) Splunk
6 12 (1.69%) Workday
7 8 (1.13%) Qualys
7 8 (1.13%) Tenable
8 7 (0.99%) OpenAI
8 7 (0.99%) Rapid7
9 6 (0.85%) Databricks
9 6 (0.85%) OpenLink
9 6 (0.85%) Sybase
10 5 (0.70%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.70%) Foundry
10 5 (0.70%) Sitecore
10 5 (0.70%) Zscaler