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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 40 82
Rank change year-on-year -38 +42 -15
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 689 743 482
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.47% 5.46% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 5.93% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 484 301
10th Percentile £425 £400 £388
25th Percentile £500 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £725 £802 £773
90th Percentile £863 £875 £863
England median daily rate £570 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £35.05 £23.90
25th Percentile £85.00 £48.25 £26.23
Median hourly rate £90.00 £49.50 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% +64.34% +28.94%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.00 £39.44
90th Percentile - £86.00 £45.02
England median hourly rate £79.00 £51.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +54.90% -11.30% +98.34%

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 17,663 12,532 14,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.17% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,664 8,387 10,335
10th Percentile £363 £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 £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 242 212
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -12.50% -18.07%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.23 £71.25
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +85.35% -39.40% -2.35%

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 29 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 29 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 -18 102 £550 -12.00% 56
West London -10 16 £506 +19.12% 21
East London +3 7 £590 +7.27% 11
South London -29 3 £569 -1.60% 11
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 30 (4.35%) Confluence
2 9 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.58%) SAS
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.15%) Appian
5 1 (0.15%) CMS
5 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.15%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 25 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (1.45%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.29%) Trello
6 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (1.74%) Endur
2 11 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.73%) Actimize
4 4 (0.58%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.58%) Magento
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.44%) Dynamics SL
5 3 (0.44%) Findur
5 3 (0.44%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.44%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.44%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.44%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.44%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 101 (14.66%) Azure
2 82 (11.90%) AWS
3 32 (4.64%) GCP
4 26 (3.77%) SaaS
5 25 (3.63%) Entra ID
6 19 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.47%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.03%) GitHub
9 13 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.16%) OCI
10 8 (1.16%) PaaS
11 7 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (1.02%) Snowflake
12 6 (0.87%) AWS Control Tower
12 6 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (0.73%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.47%) Firewall
2 10 (1.45%) Network Security
3 5 (0.73%) 4G
3 5 (0.73%) 5G
3 5 (0.73%) Internet
4 4 (0.58%) LAN
4 4 (0.58%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.58%) WAN
5 3 (0.44%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.44%) NAS
5 3 (0.44%) SAN
5 3 (0.44%) VoLTE
5 3 (0.44%) WinSCP
6 2 (0.29%) Intranet
6 2 (0.29%) NGFW
6 2 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.29%) VLAN
6 2 (0.29%) VPN
6 2 (0.29%) X.509
7 1 (0.15%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.74%) Power BI
4 10 (1.45%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.16%) Metadata
6 7 (1.02%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.87%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.73%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.58%) Big Data
10 3 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.44%) Db2
10 3 (0.44%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.44%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.44%) Tableau
11 2 (0.29%) Redis
11 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.29%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 52 (7.55%) JIRA
2 16 (2.32%) Git
3 15 (2.18%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.87%) GitLab
5 5 (0.73%) Selenium
5 5 (0.73%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.58%) Subversion
6 4 (0.58%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.44%) MLflow
8 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.29%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.15%) Appium
9 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.15%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.15%) Gradle
9 1 (0.15%) Maven
9 1 (0.15%) Mockito
9 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 327 (47.46%) Finance
2 242 (35.12%) Social Skills
3 112 (16.26%) Banking
4 107 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (10.45%) Legal
6 67 (9.72%) Public Sector
7 39 (5.66%) Front Office
8 24 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
8 24 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (3.05%) Investment Banking
9 21 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (2.90%) Financial Institution
11 19 (2.76%) Marketing
12 18 (2.61%) Retail
13 16 (2.32%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.74%) Law
15 11 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.60%) Local Government
16 10 (1.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 101 (14.66%) Lead
2 91 (13.21%) Senior
3 71 (10.30%) Project Manager
4 70 (10.16%) Architect
5 60 (8.71%) Analyst
6 48 (6.97%) Developer
7 39 (5.66%) Programme Manager
8 35 (5.08%) Consultant
8 35 (5.08%) Security Architect
9 34 (4.93%) Business Analyst
10 27 (3.92%) Senior Manager
11 21 (3.05%) Delivery Manager
12 19 (2.76%) IT Manager
12 19 (2.76%) Risk Analyst
13 15 (2.18%) Risk Business Analyst
13 15 (2.18%) Security Engineer
13 15 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (2.18%) Technical Manager
14 13 (1.89%) Security Manager
15 12 (1.74%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.48%) .NET
2 17 (2.47%) Oracle Fusion
3 16 (2.32%) REST
4 14 (2.03%) Middleware
5 12 (1.74%) Kafka
6 11 (1.60%) Azure Blueprints
7 9 (1.31%) React
8 8 (1.16%) PySpark
9 7 (1.02%) SOAP
9 7 (1.02%) XML
10 5 (0.73%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.73%) OAuth
10 5 (0.73%) SailPoint
10 5 (0.73%) VML
11 4 (0.58%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.58%) Jakarta EE
11 4 (0.58%) JSON
11 4 (0.58%) JSP
11 4 (0.58%) OpenID
11 4 (0.58%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 39 (5.66%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.52%) Management Information System
3 35 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 34 (4.93%) Product Ownership
5 29 (4.21%) Security Posture
6 23 (3.34%) Derivative
6 23 (3.34%) Market Risk
7 21 (3.05%) Fixed Income
8 19 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (2.03%) AI Agents
10 14 (2.03%) Credit Risk
11 13 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.74%) Data Centre
12 12 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.60%) Equities
13 11 (1.60%) Operational Technology
14 10 (1.45%) CMDB
14 10 (1.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.92%) Windows
2 24 (3.48%) Linux
3 16 (2.32%) Unix
4 12 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.44%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (36.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 177 (25.69%) Agile
3 145 (21.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 126 (18.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 112 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
6 110 (15.97%) Cybersecurity
7 109 (15.82%) Roadmaps
8 102 (14.80%) Decision-Making
9 97 (14.08%) Project Management
10 95 (13.79%) AI
11 84 (12.19%) Information Security
12 78 (11.32%) Project Delivery
13 75 (10.89%) Migration
14 70 (10.16%) Analytics
14 70 (10.16%) DevOps
15 63 (9.14%) CI/CD
16 61 (8.85%) Regulatory Compliance
17 60 (8.71%) Change Management
18 56 (8.13%) SDLC
19 51 (7.40%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (8.27%) Python
2 56 (8.13%) SQL
3 31 (4.50%) Java
4 18 (2.61%) C#
5 16 (2.32%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.02%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.58%) Bash
7 4 (0.58%) Bicep
7 4 (0.58%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.44%) C
8 3 (0.44%) Scala
8 3 (0.44%) VBA
9 2 (0.29%) C++
9 2 (0.29%) Delphi
9 2 (0.29%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.29%) Korn
9 2 (0.29%) Perl
9 2 (0.29%) ProC
9 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.15%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 104 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 86 (12.48%) Degree
3 73 (10.60%) SC Cleared
4 55 (7.98%) CISSP
5 30 (4.35%) PMI Certification
6 27 (3.92%) CISM
6 27 (3.92%) DV Cleared
6 27 (3.92%) PMP
7 18 (2.61%) CISA
7 18 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (2.18%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.74%) CRISC
10 9 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 6 (0.87%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.87%) RIBA
13 5 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.73%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (10.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (10.45%) NIST
3 63 (9.14%) GRC
4 52 (7.55%) QA
5 30 (4.35%) GDPR
5 30 (4.35%) PMO
6 24 (3.48%) Data Quality
7 22 (3.19%) PCI DSS
8 21 (3.05%) SLA
9 18 (2.61%) SOC 2
10 17 (2.47%) NCSC
11 12 (1.74%) COBIT
12 9 (1.31%) NIST 800
13 8 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 6 (0.87%) ITGC
16 4 (0.58%) EU AI Act
16 4 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.16%) Docker
4 2 (0.29%) NFS
5 1 (0.15%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 18 (2.61%) Terraform
2 12 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.16%) Ansible
4 5 (0.73%) Grafana
4 5 (0.73%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.58%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.44%) Control-M
6 3 (0.44%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.29%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.15%) Avamar
8 1 (0.15%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.15%) CASB
8 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.15%) Istio
8 1 (0.15%) Nessus
8 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 86 (12.48%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.10%) ServiceNow
3 40 (5.81%) Oracle
4 34 (4.93%) SAP
5 15 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.89%) Google
7 12 (1.74%) Workday
8 11 (1.60%) Splunk
9 9 (1.31%) Murex
10 8 (1.16%) Qualys
10 8 (1.16%) Tenable
11 7 (1.02%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.02%) Rapid7
12 6 (0.87%) Databricks
12 6 (0.87%) OpenLink
12 6 (0.87%) Sybase
13 5 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (0.73%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.73%) Okta
13 5 (0.73%) Sitecore