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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 44 75
Rank change year-on-year -28 +31 -15
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 808 715 529
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.00% 5.32% 3.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.50% 5.75% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 462 323
10th Percentile £413 £391 £393
25th Percentile £500 £486 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £725 £805 £750
90th Percentile £838 £888 £860
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 3
10th Percentile £31.92 £39.45 £22.02
25th Percentile £32.55 £48.25 £25.06
Median hourly rate £33.60 £65.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year -48.31% +115.80% +38.48%
75th Percentile £44.13 - £39.44
90th Percentile £49.90 £79.00 £45.02
England median hourly rate £67.05 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +100.13% -41.74% -4.17%

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 17,943 12,436 14,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.58% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,720 8,226 9,619
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 251 180
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.92 £31.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -10.00% -12.31%
75th Percentile £56.81 £48.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £82.38 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%

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 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management in London over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in London

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 September 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 -5 115 £550 -13.73% 230
West London -17 15 £500 +17.65% 59
East London +1 5 £670 +34.00% 12
South London -17 4 £495 -14.36% 16
North London -1 1 £550 - 2
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 32 (3.96%) Confluence
2 14 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.62%) SAS
4 3 (0.37%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.25%) CMS
5 2 (0.25%) IIS
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 30 (3.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.25%) Windchill
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.73%) Endur
3 5 (0.62%) SAP GRC
3 5 (0.62%) Summit
4 4 (0.50%) Actimize
4 4 (0.50%) Front Arena
4 4 (0.50%) Magento
4 4 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.37%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.37%) Findur
5 3 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.37%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.25%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.25%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.25%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.25%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 118 (14.60%) Azure
2 94 (11.63%) AWS
3 35 (4.33%) GCP
4 32 (3.96%) Entra ID
5 31 (3.84%) SaaS
6 27 (3.34%) Power Platform
7 25 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (2.10%) GitHub
9 16 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
11 11 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.36%) OCI
12 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (0.99%) PaaS
15 7 (0.87%) Azure AI
15 7 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.87%) Collibra
15 7 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
16 6 (0.74%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.72%) Firewall
2 15 (1.86%) Network Security
3 9 (1.11%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.74%) 4G
4 6 (0.74%) 5G
4 6 (0.74%) Internet
4 6 (0.74%) LAN
4 6 (0.74%) WAN
5 5 (0.62%) Cisco IPT
5 5 (0.62%) DNS
5 5 (0.62%) VPN
6 4 (0.50%) DHCP
6 4 (0.50%) Wireless
7 3 (0.37%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.37%) Modbus
7 3 (0.37%) VoLTE
7 3 (0.37%) WinSCP
8 2 (0.25%) NAS
8 2 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.22%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.48%) Power BI
3 17 (2.10%) Metadata
4 13 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.36%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.11%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.87%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.74%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.62%) Big Data
9 5 (0.62%) Db2
9 5 (0.62%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.62%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.50%) Ataccama
10 4 (0.50%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.37%) ClickHouse
11 3 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.37%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 56 (6.93%) JIRA
2 17 (2.10%) Git
3 13 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.62%) Selenium
5 4 (0.50%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.50%) GitLab
5 4 (0.50%) Gradle
5 4 (0.50%) Subversion
6 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.37%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.37%) MLflow
7 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.25%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.25%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.12%) eggPlant
8 1 (0.12%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.12%) NeoLoad
General
1 372 (46.04%) Finance
2 306 (37.87%) Social Skills
3 140 (17.33%) Banking
4 137 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
5 89 (11.01%) Public Sector
6 82 (10.15%) Legal
7 66 (8.17%) Front Office
8 37 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
9 34 (4.21%) Investment Banking
10 32 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.60%) Telecoms
13 20 (2.48%) Financial Institution
14 17 (2.10%) Law
15 16 (1.98%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.73%) Marketing
16 14 (1.73%) Retail
17 13 (1.61%) Back Office
17 13 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 101 (12.50%) Senior
2 100 (12.38%) Lead
3 93 (11.51%) Analyst
4 85 (10.52%) Architect
5 70 (8.66%) Project Manager
6 50 (6.19%) Developer
7 46 (5.69%) Business Analyst
8 45 (5.57%) Programme Manager
9 35 (4.33%) Security Architect
10 33 (4.08%) Consultant
11 25 (3.09%) IT Manager
11 25 (3.09%) Senior Manager
12 23 (2.85%) Delivery Manager
12 23 (2.85%) Risk Analyst
13 20 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
14 19 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
15 17 (2.10%) Security Engineer
15 17 (2.10%) Security Manager
15 17 (2.10%) Technical Manager
16 16 (1.98%) Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.21%) .NET
2 27 (3.34%) Terraform
3 24 (2.97%) REST
4 19 (2.35%) Middleware
5 15 (1.86%) Kafka
6 12 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (1.11%) React
8 8 (0.99%) .NET Core
8 8 (0.99%) Azure Blueprints
9 7 (0.87%) PySpark
9 7 (0.87%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.74%) SOAP
10 6 (0.74%) Spring
10 6 (0.74%) Spring Boot
10 6 (0.74%) XML
11 5 (0.62%) JSON
11 5 (0.62%) OAuth
11 5 (0.62%) Web Services
11 5 (0.62%) XGBoost
12 4 (0.50%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.82%) Onboarding
2 40 (4.95%) Cloud Native
3 37 (4.58%) Management Information System
4 36 (4.46%) Security Posture
5 35 (4.33%) Product Ownership
6 27 (3.34%) Market Risk
7 26 (3.22%) Data Protection Act
8 23 (2.85%) Credit Risk
8 23 (2.85%) Derivative
9 21 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (2.60%) Fixed Income
10 20 (2.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 18 (2.23%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.86%) AI Agents
13 14 (1.73%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.61%) NHS
14 13 (1.61%) Operational Technology
15 11 (1.36%) Equities
16 10 (1.24%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.70%) Windows
2 26 (3.22%) Linux
3 25 (3.09%) Unix
4 14 (1.73%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.37%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.12%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (42.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 214 (26.49%) Agile
3 168 (20.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 163 (20.17%) Cybersecurity
5 148 (18.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 137 (16.96%) Decision-Making
7 135 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
8 131 (16.21%) AI
9 129 (15.97%) Roadmaps
10 98 (12.13%) Information Security
11 95 (11.76%) Project Management
12 93 (11.51%) Migration
13 91 (11.26%) Analytics
14 87 (10.77%) Project Delivery
15 81 (10.02%) DevOps
16 79 (9.78%) CI/CD
17 68 (8.42%) Change Management
18 66 (8.17%) Data Protection
19 64 (7.92%) Regulatory Compliance
19 64 (7.92%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 80 (9.90%) Python
2 77 (9.53%) SQL
3 27 (3.34%) Java
4 25 (3.09%) C#
5 23 (2.85%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.24%) Bash
7 9 (1.11%) Shell Script
8 6 (0.74%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.74%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.62%) Bicep
9 5 (0.62%) Korn
10 4 (0.50%) C++
10 4 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.50%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.50%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.50%) VBA
11 3 (0.37%) C
11 3 (0.37%) R
11 3 (0.37%) Scala
11 3 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 146 (18.07%) Security Cleared
2 108 (13.37%) SC Cleared
3 92 (11.39%) Degree
4 65 (8.04%) CISSP
5 39 (4.83%) PMI Certification
6 38 (4.70%) PMP
7 36 (4.46%) CISM
8 33 (4.08%) DV Cleared
9 18 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.23%) Master's Degree
10 16 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.98%) CRISC
11 14 (1.73%) CISA
12 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 10 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (1.11%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.87%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 7 (0.87%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (11.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (9.53%) NIST
3 72 (8.91%) GRC
4 61 (7.55%) QA
5 39 (4.83%) Data Quality
6 35 (4.33%) GDPR
7 27 (3.34%) PMO
8 23 (2.85%) NCSC
9 14 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (1.49%) COBIT
10 12 (1.49%) SLA
10 12 (1.49%) SOC 2
11 9 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (1.11%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.99%) Basel III
13 6 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.74%) ITGC
13 6 (0.74%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 21 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.36%) Docker
3 9 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.25%) NFS
5 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) vSphere
6 1 (0.12%) IAG
6 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (2.23%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.73%) Ansible
3 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.62%) Grafana
4 5 (0.62%) SCCM
5 4 (0.50%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.37%) Control-M
6 3 (0.37%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.37%) Puppet
6 3 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.25%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.12%) Argo
8 1 (0.12%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.12%) Istio
8 1 (0.12%) Nessus
Vendors
1 126 (15.59%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.81%) ServiceNow
3 41 (5.07%) SAP
4 40 (4.95%) Oracle
5 15 (1.86%) Murex
5 15 (1.86%) Splunk
6 13 (1.61%) Google
7 12 (1.49%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.11%) Databricks
8 9 (1.11%) Qualys
9 8 (0.99%) Tenable
10 7 (0.87%) CyberArk
10 7 (0.87%) OpenLink
10 7 (0.87%) Sybase
10 7 (0.87%) Workday
11 6 (0.74%) Bloomberg
11 6 (0.74%) Cisco
11 6 (0.74%) Informatica
11 6 (0.74%) Rapid7
11 6 (0.74%) Siemens