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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 35 75
Rank change year-on-year -36 +40 -4
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 669 701 542
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.55% 5.71% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 6.19% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 451 364
10th Percentile £413 £405 £364
25th Percentile £505 £505 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £672 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £725 £813 £770
90th Percentile £888 £875 £850
England median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £48.04 £23.90
25th Percentile £85.00 £48.25 £26.23
Median hourly rate £90.00 £57.25 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +57.20% +90.08% -41.75%
75th Percentile £95.00 £75.05 £39.44
90th Percentile - £89.20 £45.02
England median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.40% +30.00% +370.37%

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 16,739 11,333 15,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.82% 92.30% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,153 7,596 11,160
10th Percentile £359 £344 £341
25th Percentile £433 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 201 315
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.17 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +13.33% -24.68%
75th Percentile £58.96 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.85 £37.50
% change year-on-year +68.76% -25.73% +4.17%

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 June 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 13 June 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 -16 103 £563 -10.00% 70
West London -18 14 £506 +19.12% 22
East London +3 11 £590 -1.67% 8
South London -14 5 £500 -13.04% 5
North London 0 1 £325 -40.91% 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 28 (4.19%) Confluence
2 9 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.60%) SAS
4 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.15%) Appian
4 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.15%) IIS
4 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.15%) ThingWorx
4 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (2.24%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.64%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.30%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.49%) Endur
3 7 (1.05%) Summit
4 6 (0.90%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.75%) Actimize
5 5 (0.75%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.45%) Dynamics SL
7 3 (0.45%) Findur
7 3 (0.45%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.45%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.45%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.45%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 89 (13.30%) Azure
2 71 (10.61%) AWS
3 25 (3.74%) GCP
4 19 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (2.84%) SaaS
5 18 (2.69%) Entra ID
5 18 (2.69%) Power Platform
6 13 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.64%) GitHub
9 9 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
10 8 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (1.05%) Amazon S3
11 7 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (0.90%) OCI
12 6 (0.90%) PaaS
12 6 (0.90%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (0.75%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.09%) Firewall
2 10 (1.49%) Network Security
3 3 (0.45%) Internet
3 3 (0.45%) VPN
4 2 (0.30%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.30%) NAS
4 2 (0.30%) NGFW
4 2 (0.30%) SAN
4 2 (0.30%) VLAN
5 1 (0.15%) 4G
5 1 (0.15%) 5G
5 1 (0.15%) DMZ
5 1 (0.15%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.15%) Intranet
5 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.15%) IPsec
5 1 (0.15%) RFID
5 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.15%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
1 14 (2.09%) Power BI
1 14 (2.09%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.64%) Metadata
3 10 (1.49%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.05%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.90%) RDBMS
6 5 (0.75%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.75%) Tableau
7 4 (0.60%) Big Data
8 3 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.45%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.30%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.30%) Db2
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 52 (7.77%) JIRA
2 8 (1.20%) Git
2 8 (1.20%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.75%) GitLab
3 5 (0.75%) Selenium
4 4 (0.60%) TeamCity
4 4 (0.60%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.45%) MLflow
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.15%) DbUnit
6 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.15%) Gradle
6 1 (0.15%) jMock
6 1 (0.15%) Mockito
6 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 313 (46.79%) Finance
2 243 (36.32%) Social Skills
3 123 (18.39%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (17.04%) Banking
5 69 (10.31%) Legal
5 69 (10.31%) Public Sector
6 29 (4.33%) Front Office
7 25 (3.74%) Investment Banking
8 23 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (2.99%) Financial Institution
10 19 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.24%) Retail
12 13 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (1.94%) Law
13 12 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.79%) Marketing
13 12 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (1.64%) Local Government
14 11 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 100 (14.95%) Lead
2 87 (13.00%) Senior
3 68 (10.16%) Architect
4 67 (10.01%) Analyst
5 65 (9.72%) Project Manager
6 49 (7.32%) Developer
7 46 (6.88%) Business Analyst
8 36 (5.38%) Consultant
9 33 (4.93%) Programme Manager
10 31 (4.63%) Security Architect
11 21 (3.14%) Senior Manager
12 20 (2.99%) Risk Analyst
13 18 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
13 18 (2.69%) Risk Manager
13 18 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (2.54%) IT Manager
14 17 (2.54%) Risk Business Analyst
14 17 (2.54%) Senior Developer
15 14 (2.09%) Security Engineer
15 14 (2.09%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.99%) .NET
2 18 (2.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (2.09%) Kafka
4 13 (1.94%) Middleware
5 12 (1.79%) REST
6 11 (1.64%) Azure Blueprints
7 10 (1.49%) XML
8 9 (1.35%) React
9 7 (1.05%) PySpark
10 6 (0.90%) J2EE
10 6 (0.90%) JSP
11 5 (0.75%) JSON
11 5 (0.75%) SOAP
12 4 (0.60%) AngularJS
12 4 (0.60%) OAuth
12 4 (0.60%) OpenID
12 4 (0.60%) RESTful
12 4 (0.60%) SAML
13 3 (0.45%) .NET Core
13 3 (0.45%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.32%) Management Information System
2 36 (5.38%) Cloud Native
3 34 (5.08%) Derivative
4 32 (4.78%) Onboarding
5 31 (4.63%) Product Ownership
6 30 (4.48%) Security Posture
7 27 (4.04%) Market Risk
8 22 (3.29%) Credit Risk
9 19 (2.84%) Fixed Income
10 18 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (2.39%) Equities
13 14 (2.09%) AI Agents
13 14 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 13 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.79%) Data Structures
15 12 (1.79%) NHS
16 11 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (1.64%) Operational Technology
17 9 (1.35%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.29%) Linux
2 20 (2.99%) Windows
3 12 (1.79%) Unix
4 7 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.05%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.45%) Alpine Linux
5 3 (0.45%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.30%) zOS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (30.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 170 (25.41%) Agile
3 132 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
4 129 (19.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 122 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 107 (15.99%) Roadmaps
7 106 (15.84%) Cybersecurity
8 97 (14.50%) Decision-Making
9 89 (13.30%) Project Management
10 85 (12.71%) AI
10 85 (12.71%) Information Security
11 72 (10.76%) Project Delivery
12 69 (10.31%) Analytics
13 67 (10.01%) Regulatory Compliance
14 66 (9.87%) DevOps
15 64 (9.57%) Migration
16 62 (9.27%) Change Management
17 60 (8.97%) CI/CD
18 57 (8.52%) Data Protection
18 57 (8.52%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 62 (9.27%) SQL
2 55 (8.22%) Python
3 36 (5.38%) Java
4 15 (2.24%) C#
5 14 (2.09%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.75%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.75%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.60%) Bash
7 4 (0.60%) Bicep
7 4 (0.60%) C++
8 3 (0.45%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.30%) C
9 2 (0.30%) Korn
9 2 (0.30%) Perl
9 2 (0.30%) RPG
9 2 (0.30%) Scala
9 2 (0.30%) VBA
10 1 (0.15%) Groovy
10 1 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 103 (15.40%) Security Cleared
2 94 (14.05%) Degree
3 71 (10.61%) SC Cleared
4 58 (8.67%) CISSP
5 39 (5.83%) CISM
6 29 (4.33%) PMI Certification
7 27 (4.04%) PMP
8 23 (3.44%) CRISC
9 21 (3.14%) DV Cleared
10 19 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (2.69%) CISA
12 14 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (1.94%) Master's Degree
14 12 (1.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 8 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 6 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.90%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.90%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (11.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (9.87%) NIST
3 64 (9.57%) GRC
4 50 (7.47%) QA
5 41 (6.13%) GDPR
6 31 (4.63%) PMO
7 28 (4.19%) Data Quality
8 27 (4.04%) PCI DSS
9 20 (2.99%) NCSC
9 20 (2.99%) SLA
10 17 (2.54%) COBIT
11 15 (2.24%) SOC 2
12 9 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (1.35%) NIST 800
13 7 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.75%) GMP
15 5 (0.75%) GxP
15 5 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.35%) Docker
2 8 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) NFS
4 1 (0.15%) Postfix
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (2.24%) Terraform
2 12 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.90%) Ansible
4 5 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.60%) Control-M
5 4 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.45%) Grafana
6 3 (0.45%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.30%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.15%) Avamar
8 1 (0.15%) CASB
8 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.15%) Nessus
8 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 85 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 47 (7.03%) Oracle
3 43 (6.43%) SAP
4 36 (5.38%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.69%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.54%) Murex
7 15 (2.24%) Workday
8 9 (1.35%) Google
9 8 (1.20%) Databricks
9 8 (1.20%) Splunk
10 7 (1.05%) OpenLink
10 7 (1.05%) Qualys
10 7 (1.05%) Tenable
11 6 (0.90%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.75%) Ariba
12 5 (0.75%) Charles River
12 5 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (0.75%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.75%) Remedy
12 5 (0.75%) Sybase