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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 48 53
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +26
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 644 589 731
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.43% 4.27% 3.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 4.72% 4.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 362 517
10th Percentile £413 £400 £413
25th Percentile £494 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -4.91%
75th Percentile £775 £750 £750
90th Percentile £988 £850 £825
England median daily rate £550 £593 £575
% change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% -5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile - £24.80 -
25th Percentile £65.00 £28.50 £21.50
Median hourly rate £67.18 £73.60 £28.92
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% +154.52% -57.16%
75th Percentile £75.46 £83.20 £42.25
90th Percentile £86.43 £85.56 £52.90
England median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% - +464.44%

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 13,214 12,475 16,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.00% 90.45% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,766 7,927 11,738
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 155 320
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.24
25th Percentile £24.89 £24.66 £19.49
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +16.67% -16.08%
75th Percentile £56.25 £52.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.20 £79.50 £72.84
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.15% -6.70% +7.35%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 26 January 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 -16 88 £600 +4.35% 41
West London -14 9 £448 +24.31% 3
South London -22 6 £500 -20.00% 9
East London -1 4 £675 - 4
North London - 3 £700 -
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 24 (3.73%) Confluence
2 11 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.78%) SAS
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.16%) Camunda
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 52 (8.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (2.64%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (1.55%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.31%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.16%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.16%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.93%) Loan IQ
3 5 (0.78%) Endur
4 3 (0.47%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.47%) SAP IBP
4 3 (0.47%) Summit
5 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.16%) Maximo
6 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 86 (13.35%) Azure
2 72 (11.18%) AWS
3 28 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 26 (4.04%) GCP
5 18 (2.80%) Entra ID
6 17 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.02%) SaaS
8 12 (1.86%) GitHub
8 12 (1.86%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (0.93%) dbt
12 6 (0.93%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.78%) Miro
14 4 (0.62%) Azure AI
14 4 (0.62%) Azure Key Vault
14 4 (0.62%) OCI
14 4 (0.62%) WhatsApp
15 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.57%) Firewall
2 5 (0.78%) Network Security
3 4 (0.62%) 5G
4 3 (0.47%) Broadband
4 3 (0.47%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (0.47%) Multicast
4 3 (0.47%) S/MIME
4 3 (0.47%) SSL
4 3 (0.47%) VPN
4 3 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.31%) Internet
5 2 (0.31%) LAN
5 2 (0.31%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.31%) WAN
6 1 (0.16%) BGP
6 1 (0.16%) DHCP
6 1 (0.16%) DNS
6 1 (0.16%) Intranet
6 1 (0.16%) MPLS
6 1 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.88%) Power BI
2 23 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (3.11%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.55%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.24%) KDB
6 8 (1.24%) Kdb+
6 8 (1.24%) Tableau
7 7 (1.09%) Big Data
7 7 (1.09%) Metadata
8 5 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (0.78%) Apache Arrow
8 5 (0.78%) Apache Iceberg
8 5 (0.78%) Dremio
9 4 (0.62%) Data Mart
9 4 (0.62%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.62%) Star Schema
10 3 (0.47%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 62 (9.63%) JIRA
2 11 (1.71%) Git
3 9 (1.40%) SpecFlow
4 5 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.78%) QUnit
5 3 (0.47%) GCC
5 3 (0.47%) GDB
5 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.16%) GitLab
6 1 (0.16%) MLflow
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 315 (48.91%) Finance
2 282 (43.79%) Social Skills
3 135 (20.96%) Banking
4 109 (16.93%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (9.01%) Legal
6 55 (8.54%) Front Office
7 44 (6.83%) Public Sector
8 40 (6.21%) Investment Banking
9 28 (4.35%) Financial Institution
10 22 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.86%) Law
14 10 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (1.55%) Retail
15 9 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.24%) Back Office
16 8 (1.24%) Telecoms
17 7 (1.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 91 (14.13%) Analyst
2 90 (13.98%) Developer
3 88 (13.66%) Senior
4 71 (11.02%) Project Manager
5 66 (10.25%) Lead
6 57 (8.85%) Consultant
7 46 (7.14%) Business Analyst
8 43 (6.68%) Architect
9 37 (5.75%) Senior Developer
10 32 (4.97%) Programme Manager
11 25 (3.88%) Java Developer
12 24 (3.73%) Risk Analyst
13 23 (3.57%) Senior Manager
14 22 (3.42%) AWS Developer
14 22 (3.42%) Python Developer
15 21 (3.26%) IT Manager
16 20 (3.11%) Delivery Manager
17 19 (2.95%) Security Architect
18 18 (2.80%) Security Consultant
18 18 (2.80%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.11%) Kafka
2 14 (2.17%) .NET
2 14 (2.17%) NumPy
2 14 (2.17%) Pandas
3 13 (2.02%) .NET Framework
3 13 (2.02%) REST
4 10 (1.55%) AngularJS
4 10 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
5 9 (1.40%) COM
5 9 (1.40%) Dask
5 9 (1.40%) Entity Framework
5 9 (1.40%) NHibernate
5 9 (1.40%) Playwright
6 8 (1.24%) Middleware
6 8 (1.24%) React
6 8 (1.24%) RESTful
6 8 (1.24%) XML
7 5 (0.78%) Node.js
7 5 (0.78%) TensorFlow
7 5 (0.78%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 82 (12.73%) Management Information System
2 62 (9.63%) Derivative
3 42 (6.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 38 (5.90%) Equities
4 38 (5.90%) Market Risk
5 32 (4.97%) Security Posture
6 30 (4.66%) Product Ownership
7 29 (4.50%) Algorithms
8 28 (4.35%) Credit Risk
8 28 (4.35%) Fixed Income
9 20 (3.11%) Data Protection Act
9 20 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (2.95%) Cloud Native
10 19 (2.95%) Onboarding
11 17 (2.64%) Hedge funds
12 16 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (2.02%) Data Structures
14 11 (1.71%) Equity Derivative
14 11 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.55%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.04%) Linux
2 18 (2.80%) Unix
3 16 (2.48%) Windows
4 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.31%) zOS
5 1 (0.16%) Android
5 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (27.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 168 (26.09%) Agile
3 143 (22.20%) Problem-Solving
4 120 (18.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 100 (15.53%) Project Management
6 91 (14.13%) Cybersecurity
7 86 (13.35%) Analytics
8 74 (11.49%) Information Security
9 73 (11.34%) Decision-Making
10 72 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 72 (11.18%) Project Delivery
11 69 (10.71%) AI
12 58 (9.01%) Computer Science
12 58 (9.01%) Scrum
13 57 (8.85%) Change Management
13 57 (8.85%) Regulatory Compliance
14 49 (7.61%) Roadmaps
15 47 (7.30%) Data Protection
16 46 (7.14%) Machine Learning
17 44 (6.83%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 96 (14.91%) Python
2 86 (13.35%) SQL
3 35 (5.43%) Java
4 25 (3.88%) C++
5 23 (3.57%) C#
6 15 (2.33%) PowerShell
7 14 (2.17%) VBA
8 11 (1.71%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.93%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.78%) Korn
11 3 (0.47%) Bash
11 3 (0.47%) R
11 3 (0.47%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.31%) Perl
12 2 (0.31%) RPG
12 2 (0.31%) Scala
13 1 (0.16%) Bicep
13 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.16%) VC++
Qualifications
1 142 (22.05%) Degree
2 78 (12.11%) Security Cleared
3 66 (10.25%) CISSP
4 65 (10.09%) SC Cleared
5 54 (8.39%) PMI Certification
6 50 (7.76%) PMP
7 41 (6.37%) CISM
8 40 (6.21%) Master's Degree
9 20 (3.11%) DV Cleared
10 19 (2.95%) CRISC
11 15 (2.33%) Numerate Degree
12 13 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.86%) CISA
14 11 (1.71%) PhD
15 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (1.24%) CESG Certified Professional
17 7 (1.09%) FFIEC
18 6 (0.93%) Azure Certification
19 5 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
19 5 (0.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (11.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (10.56%) NIST
3 52 (8.07%) GDPR
4 49 (7.61%) GRC
5 33 (5.12%) QA
6 25 (3.88%) PMO
7 24 (3.73%) Data Quality
8 22 (3.42%) PCI DSS
9 21 (3.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 13 (2.02%) EU AI Act
11 11 (1.71%) NCSC
12 10 (1.55%) Basel III
12 10 (1.55%) COBIT
13 9 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 8 (1.24%) SLA
15 7 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.93%) GMP
16 6 (0.93%) SOC 2
17 5 (0.78%) Accessibility
17 5 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 15 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.71%) Docker
3 6 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (1.71%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.40%) Terraform
3 5 (0.78%) Ansible
3 5 (0.78%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.31%) Grafana
5 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.31%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) Consul
6 1 (0.16%) Control-M
6 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.16%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.16%) Packer
6 1 (0.16%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 69 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.50%) Oracle
3 27 (4.19%) SAP
4 23 (3.57%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.64%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.48%) Murex
7 7 (1.09%) Databricks
8 6 (0.93%) Ariba
8 6 (0.93%) Bloomberg
8 6 (0.93%) Informatica
9 5 (0.78%) Citrix
9 5 (0.78%) Solace
9 5 (0.78%) Workday
10 4 (0.62%) Charles River
10 4 (0.62%) IBM
11 3 (0.47%) Cisco
11 3 (0.47%) Foundry
11 3 (0.47%) Google
11 3 (0.47%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.47%) Remedy