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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 49 68
Rank change year-on-year -10 +19 -12
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 863 690 556
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.24% 5.12% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.77% 5.53% 3.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 445 334
10th Percentile £413 £386 £408
25th Percentile £500 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £605
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +7.44% -1.22%
75th Percentile £725 £800 £775
90th Percentile £825 £900 £875
England median daily rate £565 £575 £577
% change year-on-year -1.74% -0.35% -3.83%
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 - £33.44
90th Percentile £49.90 £79.00 £35.42
England median hourly rate £72.34 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +115.94% -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 18,082 12,478 14,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.84% 92.59% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,837 8,221 9,471
10th Percentile £358 £331 £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 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 246 179
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.17
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -14.79% -5.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.25
England median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -3 120 £545 -12.80% 187
West London -17 17 £650 +52.94% 67
East London +3 4 £750 +108.33% 10
South London -17 4 £495 -14.86% 18
North London -1 1 £550 -
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 33 (3.82%) Confluence
2 14 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.58%) SAS
4 4 (0.46%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.35%) CMS
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.23%) IIS
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 31 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.39%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.12%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.51%) Endur
3 5 (0.58%) SAP GRC
4 4 (0.46%) Actimize
4 4 (0.46%) Magento
4 4 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.46%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.35%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.35%) Summit
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.23%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.23%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 132 (15.30%) Azure
2 106 (12.28%) AWS
3 45 (5.21%) GCP
4 35 (4.06%) Entra ID
5 31 (3.59%) SaaS
6 29 (3.36%) Power Platform
7 25 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (2.43%) GitHub
9 17 (1.97%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (1.74%) OCI
11 14 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
16 7 (0.81%) Azure AI
16 7 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (0.81%) Collibra
16 7 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
16 7 (0.81%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.67%) Firewall
2 19 (2.20%) Network Security
3 10 (1.16%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.93%) LAN
4 8 (0.93%) WAN
5 6 (0.70%) 4G
5 6 (0.70%) 5G
5 6 (0.70%) Internet
6 5 (0.58%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (0.58%) DNS
6 5 (0.58%) VPN
7 4 (0.46%) DHCP
7 4 (0.46%) Wireless
8 3 (0.35%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.35%) Modbus
8 3 (0.35%) VoLTE
8 3 (0.35%) WinSCP
9 2 (0.23%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.23%) Intranet
9 2 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.36%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.55%) Power BI
3 18 (2.09%) Metadata
4 15 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.04%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.04%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.93%) Oracle Database
7 7 (0.81%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.70%) Big Data
9 5 (0.58%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.46%) Ataccama
10 4 (0.46%) Db2
10 4 (0.46%) Neo4j
10 4 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.35%) ClickHouse
11 3 (0.35%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.35%) Kdb+
11 3 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.35%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 59 (6.84%) JIRA
2 21 (2.43%) Git
3 13 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.46%) Artifactory
4 4 (0.46%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.46%) Claude Code
4 4 (0.46%) GitLab
4 4 (0.46%) Gradle
4 4 (0.46%) Selenium
4 4 (0.46%) Subversion
5 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.23%) MLflow
6 2 (0.23%) QUnit
6 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.12%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.12%) SOAtest
7 1 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 406 (47.05%) Finance
2 328 (38.01%) Social Skills
3 157 (18.19%) Banking
4 152 (17.61%) Analytical Skills
5 91 (10.54%) Public Sector
6 88 (10.20%) Legal
7 72 (8.34%) Front Office
8 43 (4.98%) Influencing Skills
9 37 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (3.59%) Investment Banking
11 27 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (2.67%) Financial Institution
13 20 (2.32%) Telecoms
14 18 (2.09%) Law
15 17 (1.97%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.85%) Marketing
17 15 (1.74%) Retail
18 12 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
19 11 (1.27%) Military
20 10 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 112 (12.98%) Senior
2 105 (12.17%) Lead
3 99 (11.47%) Analyst
4 90 (10.43%) Architect
5 80 (9.27%) Project Manager
6 53 (6.14%) Developer
7 51 (5.91%) Business Analyst
8 46 (5.33%) Programme Manager
9 39 (4.52%) Consultant
10 36 (4.17%) Security Architect
11 30 (3.48%) IT Manager
12 27 (3.13%) Senior Manager
13 26 (3.01%) Delivery Manager
14 25 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
15 22 (2.55%) Risk Analyst
16 20 (2.32%) Security Engineer
17 19 (2.20%) Senior Business Analyst
17 19 (2.20%) Solutions Architect
17 19 (2.20%) Technical Manager
18 17 (1.97%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.29%) Terraform
2 31 (3.59%) .NET
3 25 (2.90%) REST
4 18 (2.09%) Middleware
5 16 (1.85%) Kafka
6 12 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (0.93%) .NET Core
7 8 (0.93%) Azure Blueprints
7 8 (0.93%) XGBoost
8 7 (0.81%) PySpark
8 7 (0.81%) React
9 6 (0.70%) Model Context Protocol
9 6 (0.70%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.70%) SOAP
9 6 (0.70%) Spring
9 6 (0.70%) Spring Boot
9 6 (0.70%) Web Services
10 5 (0.58%) JSON
10 5 (0.58%) OAuth
10 5 (0.58%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.03%) Onboarding
2 43 (4.98%) Cloud Native
3 39 (4.52%) Management Information System
4 38 (4.40%) Product Ownership
5 36 (4.17%) Security Posture
6 33 (3.82%) Market Risk
7 28 (3.24%) Data Protection Act
8 27 (3.13%) Credit Risk
9 24 (2.78%) Data Centre
10 22 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (2.55%) Fixed Income
11 21 (2.43%) Derivative
12 19 (2.20%) AI Agents
13 18 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 16 (1.85%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
15 15 (1.74%) Operational Technology
16 13 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
16 13 (1.51%) NHS
17 11 (1.27%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.52%) Windows
2 31 (3.59%) Linux
3 28 (3.24%) Unix
4 15 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.35%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (43.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 228 (26.42%) Agile
3 172 (19.93%) Cybersecurity
4 171 (19.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 160 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 148 (17.15%) Problem-Solving
7 146 (16.92%) AI
8 145 (16.80%) Roadmaps
9 139 (16.11%) Decision-Making
10 107 (12.40%) Information Security
11 106 (12.28%) Project Management
12 101 (11.70%) Migration
13 99 (11.47%) Project Delivery
14 97 (11.24%) Analytics
15 89 (10.31%) DevOps
16 85 (9.85%) CI/CD
17 77 (8.92%) Change Management
18 71 (8.23%) Data Protection
19 68 (7.88%) Validation
20 65 (7.53%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 93 (10.78%) Python
2 81 (9.39%) SQL
3 27 (3.13%) C#
3 27 (3.13%) Java
4 24 (2.78%) PowerShell
5 15 (1.74%) Bash
6 11 (1.27%) Shell Script
7 5 (0.58%) Bicep
7 5 (0.58%) C++
7 5 (0.58%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.58%) Korn
7 5 (0.58%) R
7 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.58%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.46%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.35%) C
9 3 (0.35%) Scala
9 3 (0.35%) VBA
9 3 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 154 (17.84%) Security Cleared
2 116 (13.44%) SC Cleared
3 106 (12.28%) Degree
4 70 (8.11%) CISSP
5 46 (5.33%) PMI Certification
6 44 (5.10%) PMP
7 41 (4.75%) CISM
8 34 (3.94%) DV Cleared
9 21 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (2.43%) Master's Degree
10 19 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (2.20%) CRISC
11 18 (2.09%) CISA
12 15 (1.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (1.51%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.39%) Azure Certification
14 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 8 (0.93%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (11.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (9.85%) NIST
3 77 (8.92%) GRC
4 61 (7.07%) QA
5 43 (4.98%) Data Quality
6 34 (3.94%) GDPR
7 31 (3.59%) PMO
8 26 (3.01%) NCSC
9 17 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (1.39%) COBIT
10 12 (1.39%) SOC 2
11 10 (1.16%) Basel III
11 10 (1.16%) SLA
12 8 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.70%) ITGC
13 6 (0.70%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.70%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 24 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.62%) Docker
3 9 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.35%) vSphere
5 2 (0.23%) IAG
6 1 (0.12%) NFS
6 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (3.01%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.97%) Ansible
3 7 (0.81%) Grafana
3 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.58%) SCCM
5 4 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.35%) Argo
6 3 (0.35%) Control-M
6 3 (0.35%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.35%) Puppet
7 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.12%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.12%) Istio
8 1 (0.12%) Nessus
8 1 (0.12%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.12%) Podman
8 1 (0.12%) QRadar
8 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 138 (15.99%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.49%) ServiceNow
3 45 (5.21%) SAP
4 43 (4.98%) Oracle
5 21 (2.43%) Murex
6 20 (2.32%) Google
7 17 (1.97%) Splunk
8 12 (1.39%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.27%) Databricks
10 10 (1.16%) Qualys
11 9 (1.04%) CyberArk
11 9 (1.04%) Tenable
12 8 (0.93%) Bloomberg
12 8 (0.93%) Cisco
13 7 (0.81%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.81%) Rapid7
13 7 (0.81%) Workday
14 6 (0.70%) BeyondTrust
14 6 (0.70%) VMware
14 6 (0.70%) Zscaler