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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 38 78
Rank change year-on-year -34 +40 -12
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 698 745 525
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.53% 5.49% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 5.96% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 478 339
10th Percentile £422 £406 £379
25th Percentile £509 £504 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £674 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +12.25% -6.98%
75th Percentile £725 £813 £770
90th Percentile £875 £875 £850
England median daily rate £570 £580 £575
% change year-on-year -1.72% +0.87% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £48.00 £23.90
25th Percentile £85.00 £48.25 £26.23
Median hourly rate £90.00 £49.51 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +81.80% +64.36% -23.59%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.00 £39.44
90th Percentile - £86.00 £45.02
England median hourly rate £80.00 £53.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +50.94% +6.00% +318.76%

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 17,581 12,493 15,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.12% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,664 8,343 10,937
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £446 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £770 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 239 281
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +13.28% +6.10% -27.33%
75th Percentile £58.44 £50.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.35 £69.50
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -8.14%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -11 107 £550 -15.38% 45
West London -7 14 £506 +19.12% 19
East London +3 9 £590 -1.67% 9
South London -24 3 £569 -2.11% 2
North London -3 1 £325 -40.91%
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 27 (3.87%) Confluence
2 7 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.57%) SAS
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.29%) IIS
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%) Jupyter
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 28 (4.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (2.72%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.58%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.72%) Endur
3 6 (0.86%) Actimize
4 5 (0.72%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.72%) Summit
5 4 (0.57%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.57%) Magento
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.43%) Dynamics SL
6 3 (0.43%) Findur
6 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.43%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 101 (14.47%) Azure
2 80 (11.46%) AWS
3 32 (4.58%) GCP
4 25 (3.58%) Entra ID
5 24 (3.44%) SaaS
6 18 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.44%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.01%) GitHub
9 13 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
11 8 (1.15%) OCI
11 8 (1.15%) PaaS
12 7 (1.00%) Amazon S3
12 7 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (1.00%) Snowflake
13 6 (0.86%) AWS Control Tower
13 6 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.44%) Firewall
2 9 (1.29%) Network Security
3 5 (0.72%) Internet
4 4 (0.57%) 4G
4 4 (0.57%) 5G
4 4 (0.57%) LAN
4 4 (0.57%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.57%) WAN
5 3 (0.43%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.43%) NAS
5 3 (0.43%) SAN
5 3 (0.43%) VoLTE
5 3 (0.43%) VPN
5 3 (0.43%) WinSCP
6 2 (0.29%) Intranet
6 2 (0.29%) NGFW
6 2 (0.29%) VLAN
6 2 (0.29%) X.509
7 1 (0.14%) DMZ
7 1 (0.14%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.72%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.58%) Metadata
4 11 (1.58%) Power BI
5 7 (1.00%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.00%) RDBMS
6 5 (0.72%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.57%) Big Data
8 3 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.43%) Db2
8 3 (0.43%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (0.43%) Tableau
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.29%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 51 (7.31%) JIRA
2 15 (2.15%) Git
2 15 (2.15%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.86%) GitLab
4 5 (0.72%) Selenium
4 5 (0.72%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.57%) Subversion
5 4 (0.57%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.43%) MLflow
7 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.14%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.14%) Gradle
8 1 (0.14%) jMock
8 1 (0.14%) Maven
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 333 (47.71%) Finance
2 250 (35.82%) Social Skills
3 117 (16.76%) Banking
4 113 (16.19%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (10.89%) Legal
6 73 (10.46%) Public Sector
7 39 (5.59%) Front Office
8 24 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
8 24 (3.44%) Investment Banking
8 24 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (3.01%) Financial Institution
10 19 (2.72%) Retail
11 18 (2.58%) Marketing
12 16 (2.29%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.72%) Local Government
15 10 (1.43%) Law
15 10 (1.43%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 101 (14.47%) Lead
2 93 (13.32%) Senior
3 72 (10.32%) Architect
4 68 (9.74%) Analyst
5 66 (9.46%) Project Manager
6 49 (7.02%) Developer
7 40 (5.73%) Business Analyst
8 35 (5.01%) Programme Manager
8 35 (5.01%) Security Architect
9 34 (4.87%) Consultant
10 30 (4.30%) Senior Manager
11 19 (2.72%) Risk Analyst
12 18 (2.58%) IT Manager
13 17 (2.44%) Delivery Manager
14 16 (2.29%) Risk Business Analyst
15 14 (2.01%) Security Engineer
15 14 (2.01%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (1.86%) Risk Manager
16 13 (1.86%) Senior Project Manager
17 12 (1.72%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.30%) .NET
2 18 (2.58%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (2.01%) Middleware
4 13 (1.86%) REST
5 12 (1.72%) Kafka
6 11 (1.58%) Azure Blueprints
7 9 (1.29%) React
7 9 (1.29%) XML
8 8 (1.15%) PySpark
9 7 (1.00%) SOAP
10 5 (0.72%) VML
11 4 (0.57%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.57%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.57%) J2EE
11 4 (0.57%) JSON
11 4 (0.57%) JSP
11 4 (0.57%) OAuth
11 4 (0.57%) OpenID
11 4 (0.57%) RESTful
11 4 (0.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.73%) Management Information System
2 37 (5.30%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.73%) Onboarding
4 32 (4.58%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.30%) Security Posture
6 28 (4.01%) Derivative
7 27 (3.87%) Market Risk
8 24 (3.44%) Fixed Income
9 21 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
10 17 (2.44%) Credit Risk
11 16 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (2.01%) AI Agents
13 13 (1.86%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.72%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (1.72%) Equities
15 11 (1.58%) NHS
15 11 (1.58%) Operational Technology
16 10 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.58%) Linux
1 25 (3.58%) Windows
2 18 (2.58%) Unix
3 12 (1.72%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.43%) Alpine Linux
5 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.14%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (33.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 175 (25.07%) Agile
3 145 (20.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 129 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 118 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
6 117 (16.76%) Roadmaps
7 110 (15.76%) Decision-Making
8 109 (15.62%) Cybersecurity
9 97 (13.90%) AI
10 96 (13.75%) Project Management
11 83 (11.89%) Information Security
12 81 (11.60%) Analytics
13 74 (10.60%) Migration
13 74 (10.60%) Project Delivery
14 69 (9.89%) DevOps
15 67 (9.60%) Regulatory Compliance
16 59 (8.45%) Change Management
16 59 (8.45%) CI/CD
17 56 (8.02%) Data Protection
18 54 (7.74%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 62 (8.88%) Python
2 61 (8.74%) SQL
3 31 (4.44%) Java
4 18 (2.58%) C#
5 16 (2.29%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.00%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.72%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.57%) Bash
8 4 (0.57%) Bicep
8 4 (0.57%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.43%) C
9 3 (0.43%) Scala
9 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.43%) VBA
10 2 (0.29%) C++
10 2 (0.29%) Perl
10 2 (0.29%) ProC
11 1 (0.14%) Delphi
11 1 (0.14%) Groovy
11 1 (0.14%) Korn
Qualifications
1 106 (15.19%) Security Cleared
2 91 (13.04%) Degree
3 73 (10.46%) SC Cleared
4 60 (8.60%) CISSP
5 31 (4.44%) CISM
6 29 (4.15%) PMI Certification
7 26 (3.72%) DV Cleared
8 25 (3.58%) PMP
9 20 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (2.58%) CISA
11 16 (2.29%) Master's Degree
12 15 (2.15%) CRISC
13 13 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (1.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 8 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 6 (0.86%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.86%) RIBA
17 5 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 5 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
17 5 (0.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (10.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (10.03%) NIST
3 65 (9.31%) GRC
4 50 (7.16%) QA
5 39 (5.59%) GDPR
6 30 (4.30%) PMO
7 28 (4.01%) Data Quality
8 24 (3.44%) PCI DSS
9 21 (3.01%) SLA
10 19 (2.72%) NCSC
10 19 (2.72%) SOC 2
11 12 (1.72%) COBIT
12 9 (1.29%) NIST 800
13 8 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 5 (0.72%) ITGC
17 4 (0.57%) EU AI Act
18 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
System Software
1 11 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.29%) Docker
2 9 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.29%) NFS
4 1 (0.14%) Postfix
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (2.29%) Terraform
2 12 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.15%) Ansible
4 5 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.57%) Grafana
5 4 (0.57%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.43%) Control-M
6 3 (0.43%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.29%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.14%) Avamar
8 1 (0.14%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) CASB
8 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.14%) Nessus
8 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.14%) Puppet
8 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 90 (12.89%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.30%) Oracle
3 39 (5.59%) ServiceNow
4 36 (5.16%) SAP
5 15 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.86%) Workday
7 12 (1.72%) Google
7 12 (1.72%) Murex
8 11 (1.58%) Splunk
9 8 (1.15%) Qualys
9 8 (1.15%) Tenable
10 7 (1.00%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.00%) Rapid7
11 6 (0.86%) OpenLink
11 6 (0.86%) Sitecore
11 6 (0.86%) Sybase
12 5 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (0.72%) Databricks
13 4 (0.57%) Adaptive Insights
13 4 (0.57%) Zscaler