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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 35 73
Rank change year-on-year -39 +38 -3
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 679 699 548
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.57% 5.59% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 6.05% 3.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 452 363
10th Percentile £413 £405 £370
25th Percentile £505 £506 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £737 £813 £750
90th Percentile £888 £875 £848
England median daily rate £560 £593 £564
% change year-on-year -5.60% +5.23% -6.04%
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 £63.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.33% +26.50% +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 16,916 11,555 15,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.87% 92.40% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,270 7,751 11,170
10th Percentile £360 £338 £340
25th Percentile £437 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 210 314
10th Percentile £18.06 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.22 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +18.39% -29.38%
75th Percentile £59.99 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.70
England median hourly rate £47.50 £27.40 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.36% -27.18% +4.81%

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 20 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 20 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 -17 101 £575 -8.00% 32
West London -19 14 £506 +19.12% 14
East London +4 10 £588 -2.08% 8
South London -14 5 £500 -13.79% 5
North London +1 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 (4.12%) Confluence
2 7 (1.03%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.74%) SAS
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.15%) Appian
5 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.15%) IIS
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 28 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (2.36%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.62%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.47%) Endur
3 6 (0.88%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.88%) Summit
4 5 (0.74%) Actimize
4 5 (0.74%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.44%) Dynamics SL
6 3 (0.44%) Findur
6 3 (0.44%) Infor CloudSuite
6 3 (0.44%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.44%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 90 (13.25%) Azure
2 75 (11.05%) AWS
3 28 (4.12%) GCP
4 24 (3.53%) SaaS
5 18 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.50%) Entra ID
7 16 (2.36%) Power Platform
8 13 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.77%) GitHub
10 10 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
12 7 (1.03%) Amazon S3
12 7 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (1.03%) OCI
13 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (0.88%) PaaS
13 6 (0.88%) Snowflake
14 5 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.77%) Firewall
2 9 (1.33%) Network Security
3 3 (0.44%) Internet
3 3 (0.44%) VPN
4 2 (0.29%) 4G
4 2 (0.29%) 5G
4 2 (0.29%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.29%) NAS
4 2 (0.29%) NGFW
4 2 (0.29%) SAN
4 2 (0.29%) VLAN
4 2 (0.29%) VoLTE
4 2 (0.29%) X.509
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%) LAN
5 1 (0.15%) WAN
5 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.06%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (1.77%) Metadata
2 12 (1.77%) Power BI
3 9 (1.33%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.03%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.88%) RDBMS
6 5 (0.74%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.59%) Big Data
7 4 (0.59%) Tableau
8 3 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.44%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.29%) Db2
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 52 (7.66%) JIRA
2 9 (1.33%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.18%) Git
4 6 (0.88%) GitLab
5 5 (0.74%) Selenium
6 4 (0.59%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.59%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.44%) MLflow
8 1 (0.15%) Appium
8 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.15%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.15%) Gradle
8 1 (0.15%) Mockito
8 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 316 (46.54%) Finance
2 243 (35.79%) Social Skills
3 123 (18.11%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (16.94%) Banking
5 72 (10.60%) Legal
6 69 (10.16%) Public Sector
7 31 (4.57%) Front Office
8 24 (3.53%) Investment Banking
8 24 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (2.95%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.21%) Retail
12 14 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (1.91%) Law
14 12 (1.77%) Local Government
14 12 (1.77%) Marketing
14 12 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
14 12 (1.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 103 (15.17%) Lead
2 89 (13.11%) Senior
3 69 (10.16%) Analyst
3 69 (10.16%) Architect
4 64 (9.43%) Project Manager
5 51 (7.51%) Developer
6 45 (6.63%) Business Analyst
7 35 (5.15%) Consultant
8 33 (4.86%) Programme Manager
9 32 (4.71%) Security Architect
10 22 (3.24%) Senior Manager
11 20 (2.95%) Risk Analyst
12 18 (2.65%) IT Manager
12 18 (2.65%) Risk Manager
13 17 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (2.36%) Delivery Manager
14 16 (2.36%) Risk Business Analyst
14 16 (2.36%) Senior Developer
15 13 (1.91%) Security Engineer
15 13 (1.91%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.09%) .NET
2 17 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (2.21%) Kafka
4 12 (1.77%) Middleware
5 11 (1.62%) Azure Blueprints
5 11 (1.62%) REST
6 9 (1.33%) React
7 8 (1.18%) PySpark
7 8 (1.18%) XML
8 6 (0.88%) J2EE
8 6 (0.88%) JSP
9 5 (0.74%) SOAP
10 4 (0.59%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.59%) JSON
10 4 (0.59%) OAuth
10 4 (0.59%) OpenID
10 4 (0.59%) RESTful
10 4 (0.59%) SAML
11 3 (0.44%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.44%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.36%) Management Information System
2 36 (5.30%) Cloud Native
3 34 (5.01%) Derivative
3 34 (5.01%) Product Ownership
4 31 (4.57%) Onboarding
5 29 (4.27%) Security Posture
6 27 (3.98%) Market Risk
7 21 (3.09%) Fixed Income
8 20 (2.95%) Credit Risk
8 20 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (2.21%) Equities
10 15 (2.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 14 (2.06%) AI Agents
12 13 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.77%) Data Structures
14 11 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.62%) NHS
14 11 (1.62%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.33%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.24%) Linux
2 20 (2.95%) Windows
3 11 (1.62%) Unix
4 7 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.44%) Alpine Linux
5 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.29%) zOS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (32.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 171 (25.18%) Agile
3 136 (20.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 132 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (18.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 109 (16.05%) Roadmaps
7 105 (15.46%) Cybersecurity
8 102 (15.02%) Decision-Making
9 88 (12.96%) AI
9 88 (12.96%) Project Management
10 85 (12.52%) Information Security
11 73 (10.75%) Analytics
12 70 (10.31%) Project Delivery
13 68 (10.01%) DevOps
14 67 (9.87%) Regulatory Compliance
15 64 (9.43%) Migration
16 63 (9.28%) CI/CD
17 60 (8.84%) Change Management
18 57 (8.39%) Data Protection
19 55 (8.10%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 61 (8.98%) SQL
2 59 (8.69%) Python
3 36 (5.30%) Java
4 16 (2.36%) C#
5 13 (1.91%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.74%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.74%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.59%) Bash
7 4 (0.59%) Bicep
8 3 (0.44%) C++
8 3 (0.44%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.44%) Korn
8 3 (0.44%) Scala
8 3 (0.44%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.44%) VBA
9 2 (0.29%) C
9 2 (0.29%) Perl
9 2 (0.29%) RPG
10 1 (0.15%) ProC
10 1 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 102 (15.02%) Security Cleared
2 92 (13.55%) Degree
3 69 (10.16%) SC Cleared
4 56 (8.25%) CISSP
5 36 (5.30%) CISM
6 27 (3.98%) PMI Certification
7 25 (3.68%) PMP
8 24 (3.53%) DV Cleared
9 22 (3.24%) CRISC
10 21 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (2.80%) CISA
12 15 (2.21%) Master's Degree
13 14 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 7 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 6 (0.88%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.88%) RIBA
17 5 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
17 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (10.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (10.01%) GRC
3 66 (9.72%) NIST
4 46 (6.77%) QA
5 41 (6.04%) GDPR
6 31 (4.57%) PMO
7 28 (4.12%) Data Quality
8 26 (3.83%) PCI DSS
9 21 (3.09%) SLA
10 18 (2.65%) NCSC
11 16 (2.36%) COBIT
11 16 (2.36%) SOC 2
12 9 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (1.33%) NIST 800
13 7 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.74%) GMP
15 5 (0.74%) GxP
15 5 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 9 (1.33%) Docker
2 7 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.15%) NFS
3 1 (0.15%) Postfix
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (2.21%) Terraform
2 12 (1.77%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.88%) Ansible
4 5 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.59%) Control-M
5 4 (0.59%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.44%) Grafana
6 3 (0.44%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.29%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.15%) Avamar
8 1 (0.15%) CASB
8 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.15%) Nessus
8 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 83 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.63%) Oracle
3 43 (6.33%) SAP
4 39 (5.74%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.50%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.36%) Murex
6 16 (2.36%) Workday
7 9 (1.33%) Databricks
7 9 (1.33%) Google
8 8 (1.18%) Splunk
9 7 (1.03%) OpenLink
9 7 (1.03%) Qualys
9 7 (1.03%) Tenable
10 6 (0.88%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.88%) Rapid7
11 5 (0.74%) Ariba
11 5 (0.74%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (0.74%) Remedy
11 5 (0.74%) Sybase
12 4 (0.59%) Adaptive Insights