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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 49 65
Rank change year-on-year -6 +16 -12
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 883 675 564
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.33% 5.08% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 5.49% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 443 338
10th Percentile £413 £388 £408
25th Percentile £500 £486 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £650 £609
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +6.69% -1.18%
75th Percentile £725 £794 £750
90th Percentile £825 £900 £866
England median daily rate £570 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £31.92 £41.75 £24.28
25th Percentile £32.55 - £30.69
Median hourly rate £33.60 £65.00 £54.55
Median % change year-on-year -48.31% +19.16% +150.80%
75th Percentile £44.13 - £79.60
90th Percentile £49.90 £82.25 £81.76
England median hourly rate £75.50 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +125.37% -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 18,128 12,293 14,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.49% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,864 8,121 9,276
10th Percentile £360 £332 £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 £663 £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 342 242 178
10th Percentile £15.90 £18.25 £17.43
25th Percentile £18.81 £25.02 £24.18
Median hourly rate £33.30 £30.25 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +10.08% -17.46% -8.38%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £79.88 £64.98 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -2 114 £550 -15.38% 130
West London -14 17 £650 +52.94% 25
East London +5 5 £750 +108.33% 9
South London -24 3 £495 -14.86% 7
North London -4 1 £550 - 1
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 36 (4.08%) Confluence
2 14 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.68%) SAS
4 5 (0.57%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.45%) CMS
6 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.34%) nginx
7 2 (0.23%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.11%) Appian
8 1 (0.11%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 29 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.36%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.23%) LaTeX
6 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.36%) Endur
3 5 (0.57%) SAP GRC
3 5 (0.57%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.45%) Actimize
4 4 (0.45%) Magento
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.34%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.23%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.23%) Eikon
6 2 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite
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
6 2 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 134 (15.18%) Azure
2 111 (12.57%) AWS
3 45 (5.10%) GCP
4 37 (4.19%) SaaS
5 36 (4.08%) Entra ID
6 28 (3.17%) Power Platform
7 26 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (2.72%) GitHub
9 17 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
10 16 (1.81%) OCI
11 13 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (0.91%) Snowflake
14 7 (0.79%) Azure AI
14 7 (0.79%) Collibra
14 7 (0.79%) OpenShift
14 7 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.72%) Firewall
2 20 (2.27%) Network Security
3 10 (1.13%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.91%) DNS
4 8 (0.91%) LAN
4 8 (0.91%) WAN
5 7 (0.79%) Internet
5 7 (0.79%) VPN
6 6 (0.68%) 4G
6 6 (0.68%) 5G
6 6 (0.68%) Cisco IPT
7 5 (0.57%) DHCP
8 4 (0.45%) Wireless
9 3 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (0.34%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.34%) Modbus
9 3 (0.34%) Multicast
9 3 (0.34%) VoLTE
9 3 (0.34%) WinSCP
10 2 (0.23%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.38%) Power BI
3 17 (1.93%) Metadata
4 14 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.13%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.91%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.91%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.79%) Big Data
9 6 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.57%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.45%) Ataccama
11 4 (0.45%) Data Mart
11 4 (0.45%) Db2
11 4 (0.45%) Neo4j
12 3 (0.34%) ClickHouse
12 3 (0.34%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.34%) KDB
12 3 (0.34%) Kdb+
12 3 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 63 (7.13%) JIRA
2 22 (2.49%) Git
3 16 (1.81%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.68%) GitLab
4 6 (0.68%) Selenium
5 5 (0.57%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.45%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.45%) Claude Code
6 4 (0.45%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.45%) Gradle
6 4 (0.45%) Subversion
7 3 (0.34%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.23%) GCC
8 2 (0.23%) GDB
8 2 (0.23%) MLflow
8 2 (0.23%) Postman
8 2 (0.23%) QUnit
8 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
General
1 425 (48.13%) Finance
2 344 (38.96%) Social Skills
3 170 (19.25%) Banking
4 157 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
5 95 (10.76%) Public Sector
6 86 (9.74%) Legal
7 77 (8.72%) Front Office
8 43 (4.87%) Influencing Skills
9 38 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
10 34 (3.85%) Investment Banking
11 25 (2.83%) Financial Institution
11 25 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.38%) Law
13 20 (2.27%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.93%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.81%) Marketing
16 14 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.59%) Retail
17 11 (1.25%) Military
18 9 (1.02%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 113 (12.80%) Senior
2 109 (12.34%) Lead
3 103 (11.66%) Analyst
4 87 (9.85%) Architect
5 85 (9.63%) Project Manager
6 52 (5.89%) Business Analyst
6 52 (5.89%) Developer
7 47 (5.32%) Programme Manager
8 44 (4.98%) Consultant
9 34 (3.85%) Security Architect
10 31 (3.51%) IT Manager
11 29 (3.28%) Senior Manager
12 28 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
13 27 (3.06%) Delivery Manager
14 25 (2.83%) Risk Analyst
15 22 (2.49%) Senior Business Analyst
16 21 (2.38%) Technical Manager
17 20 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
18 19 (2.15%) Security Engineer
19 18 (2.04%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.76%) Terraform
2 35 (3.96%) .NET
3 30 (3.40%) REST
4 18 (2.04%) Kafka
4 18 (2.04%) Middleware
5 12 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
6 9 (1.02%) XGBoost
7 8 (0.91%) .NET Core
7 8 (0.91%) Azure Blueprints
7 8 (0.91%) PySpark
7 8 (0.91%) React
7 8 (0.91%) Web Services
8 6 (0.68%) Model Context Protocol
8 6 (0.68%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.68%) SOAP
8 6 (0.68%) Spring
8 6 (0.68%) Spring Boot
9 5 (0.57%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.57%) OAuth
9 5 (0.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 50 (5.66%) Onboarding
2 43 (4.87%) Cloud Native
2 43 (4.87%) Product Ownership
3 38 (4.30%) Management Information System
4 34 (3.85%) Market Risk
4 34 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 29 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
6 28 (3.17%) Credit Risk
7 26 (2.94%) Data Centre
8 23 (2.60%) Derivative
8 23 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (2.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 21 (2.38%) Fixed Income
11 20 (2.27%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (1.81%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
14 15 (1.70%) Operational Technology
15 13 (1.47%) Algorithms
15 13 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (4.76%) Windows
2 39 (4.42%) Linux
3 28 (3.17%) Unix
4 16 (1.81%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.34%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (43.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 237 (26.84%) Agile
3 180 (20.39%) Cybersecurity
4 174 (19.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 167 (18.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 149 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
7 147 (16.65%) AI
8 146 (16.53%) Roadmaps
9 141 (15.97%) Decision-Making
10 107 (12.12%) Project Management
11 105 (11.89%) Analytics
12 104 (11.78%) Migration
13 101 (11.44%) Information Security
13 101 (11.44%) Project Delivery
14 94 (10.65%) DevOps
15 92 (10.42%) CI/CD
16 82 (9.29%) Change Management
17 71 (8.04%) Data Protection
18 69 (7.81%) SDLC
18 69 (7.81%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 103 (11.66%) Python
2 86 (9.74%) SQL
3 34 (3.85%) C#
4 29 (3.28%) Java
5 26 (2.94%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.93%) Bash
7 11 (1.25%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.02%) C++
9 8 (0.91%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.57%) Bicep
10 5 (0.57%) Korn
10 5 (0.57%) R
10 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.45%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.34%) C
12 3 (0.34%) Groovy
12 3 (0.34%) VBA
12 3 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 160 (18.12%) Security Cleared
2 124 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 109 (12.34%) Degree
4 71 (8.04%) CISSP
5 46 (5.21%) PMI Certification
6 45 (5.10%) CISM
6 45 (5.10%) PMP
7 34 (3.85%) DV Cleared
8 24 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (2.49%) CRISC
10 21 (2.38%) Master's Degree
11 18 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (2.04%) CISA
12 15 (1.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (1.47%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.36%) Azure Certification
14 12 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 8 (0.91%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (11.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (9.63%) NIST
3 74 (8.38%) GRC
4 64 (7.25%) QA
5 47 (5.32%) Data Quality
6 35 (3.96%) GDPR
7 30 (3.40%) PMO
8 27 (3.06%) NCSC
9 16 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (1.25%) COBIT
10 11 (1.25%) SOC 2
11 10 (1.13%) Basel III
11 10 (1.13%) SLA
12 8 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.91%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 6 (0.68%) ITGC
14 6 (0.68%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.93%) Docker
3 9 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.57%) vSphere
5 2 (0.23%) IAG
6 1 (0.11%) NFS
6 1 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.27%) Ansible
3 8 (0.91%) Grafana
3 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.68%) SCCM
5 5 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.45%) Control-M
6 4 (0.45%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.34%) Argo
7 3 (0.34%) Podman
7 3 (0.34%) Puppet
8 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.23%) Kibana
8 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) CA Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Istio
9 1 (0.11%) Nessus
9 1 (0.11%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.11%) QRadar
Vendors
1 143 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.34%) ServiceNow
3 45 (5.10%) Oracle
4 44 (4.98%) SAP
5 25 (2.83%) Murex
6 21 (2.38%) Google
7 17 (1.93%) Splunk
8 13 (1.47%) Databricks
8 13 (1.47%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.25%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.13%) Qualys
11 9 (1.02%) Cisco
11 9 (1.02%) CyberArk
11 9 (1.02%) Tenable
12 8 (0.91%) Workday
13 7 (0.79%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.79%) Rapid7
13 7 (0.79%) VMware
14 6 (0.68%) Calypso
14 6 (0.68%) IBM