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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 35 76
Rank change year-on-year -39 +41 -7
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 676 702 539
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.57% 5.68% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 6.15% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 454 361
10th Percentile £413 £406 £363
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 £728 £813 £750
90th Percentile £888 £875 £850
England median daily rate £550 £593 £563
% change year-on-year -7.29% +5.47% -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 £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 16,795 11,414 15,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.28% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,181 7,654 11,105
10th Percentile £360 £343 £343
25th Percentile £435 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 205 313
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.56% +13.33% -24.84%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.80
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.45 £37.75
% change year-on-year +71.22% -27.28% +7.09%

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 17 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 17 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 -18 103 £563 -10.00% 49
West London -11 14 £506 +19.12% 20
East London +4 11 £590 -1.67% 7
South London -17 5 £500 -13.79% 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 (4.14%) Confluence
2 7 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.59%) 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 Workflow
4 1 (0.15%) ThingWorx
4 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.63%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.30%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.48%) Endur
3 7 (1.04%) Summit
4 6 (0.89%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.74%) Actimize
5 5 (0.74%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.44%) Dynamics SL
7 3 (0.44%) Findur
7 3 (0.44%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.44%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.44%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 90 (13.31%) Azure
2 73 (10.80%) AWS
3 26 (3.85%) GCP
4 21 (3.11%) SaaS
5 19 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (2.66%) Entra ID
6 18 (2.66%) Power Platform
7 13 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.63%) GitHub
9 10 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
11 8 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (1.04%) Amazon S3
12 7 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (0.89%) OCI
13 6 (0.89%) PaaS
13 6 (0.89%) Snowflake
14 5 (0.74%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.07%) Firewall
2 10 (1.48%) Network Security
3 3 (0.44%) Internet
3 3 (0.44%) VPN
4 2 (0.30%) 4G
4 2 (0.30%) 5G
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
4 2 (0.30%) VoLTE
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%) RFID
5 1 (0.15%) SSL
5 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.22%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (2.07%) Power BI
3 11 (1.63%) Metadata
4 10 (1.48%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.04%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.89%) MongoDB
6 6 (0.89%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.74%) Tableau
8 4 (0.59%) Big Data
9 3 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.44%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.30%) Db2
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 53 (7.84%) JIRA
2 8 (1.18%) Git
2 8 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.74%) GitLab
3 5 (0.74%) Selenium
4 4 (0.59%) TeamCity
4 4 (0.59%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.44%) MLflow
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
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%) Mockito
6 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 317 (46.89%) Finance
2 242 (35.80%) Social Skills
3 124 (18.34%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (16.86%) Banking
5 71 (10.50%) Legal
6 68 (10.06%) Public Sector
7 31 (4.59%) Front Office
8 25 (3.70%) Investment Banking
9 23 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (3.11%) Financial Institution
11 20 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (2.22%) Retail
14 13 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.92%) Law
15 12 (1.78%) Marketing
15 12 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (1.78%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 101 (14.94%) Lead
2 88 (13.02%) Senior
3 69 (10.21%) Analyst
4 66 (9.76%) Architect
5 65 (9.62%) Project Manager
6 50 (7.40%) Developer
7 47 (6.95%) Business Analyst
8 35 (5.18%) Consultant
9 34 (5.03%) Programme Manager
10 31 (4.59%) Security Architect
11 22 (3.25%) Senior Manager
12 21 (3.11%) Risk Analyst
13 18 (2.66%) Delivery Manager
13 18 (2.66%) IT Manager
13 18 (2.66%) Risk Business Analyst
13 18 (2.66%) Risk Manager
14 17 (2.51%) Senior Developer
15 16 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
16 14 (2.07%) Security Engineer
16 14 (2.07%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.11%) .NET
2 17 (2.51%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (2.07%) Kafka
4 13 (1.92%) Middleware
5 12 (1.78%) REST
6 11 (1.63%) Azure Blueprints
7 9 (1.33%) React
7 9 (1.33%) XML
8 7 (1.04%) PySpark
9 6 (0.89%) J2EE
9 6 (0.89%) JSP
10 5 (0.74%) SOAP
11 4 (0.59%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.59%) JSON
11 4 (0.59%) OAuth
11 4 (0.59%) OpenID
11 4 (0.59%) RESTful
11 4 (0.59%) SAML
12 3 (0.44%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.44%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.25%) Management Information System
2 37 (5.47%) Cloud Native
3 35 (5.18%) Derivative
4 32 (4.73%) Onboarding
5 31 (4.59%) Product Ownership
6 30 (4.44%) Security Posture
7 28 (4.14%) Market Risk
8 22 (3.25%) Credit Risk
9 21 (3.11%) Fixed Income
10 19 (2.81%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
11 17 (2.51%) Equities
12 15 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 14 (2.07%) AI Agents
14 13 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.78%) Data Structures
16 11 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (1.63%) NHS
16 11 (1.63%) Operational Technology
17 9 (1.33%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.25%) Linux
2 20 (2.96%) Windows
3 12 (1.78%) Unix
4 7 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.04%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.44%) Alpine Linux
5 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.30%) zOS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (31.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 171 (25.30%) Agile
3 133 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (19.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 124 (18.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 108 (15.98%) Roadmaps
7 107 (15.83%) Cybersecurity
8 98 (14.50%) Decision-Making
9 90 (13.31%) Project Management
10 86 (12.72%) AI
11 85 (12.57%) Information Security
12 73 (10.80%) Project Delivery
13 71 (10.50%) Analytics
14 68 (10.06%) Regulatory Compliance
15 67 (9.91%) DevOps
16 65 (9.62%) Migration
17 62 (9.17%) Change Management
18 61 (9.02%) CI/CD
19 57 (8.43%) Data Protection
20 55 (8.14%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 62 (9.17%) SQL
2 56 (8.28%) Python
3 36 (5.33%) Java
4 16 (2.37%) C#
5 14 (2.07%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.74%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.74%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.59%) Bash
7 4 (0.59%) Bicep
7 4 (0.59%) C++
8 3 (0.44%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.44%) 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%) Go
10 1 (0.15%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 101 (14.94%) Security Cleared
2 94 (13.91%) Degree
3 69 (10.21%) SC Cleared
4 58 (8.58%) CISSP
5 38 (5.62%) CISM
6 29 (4.29%) PMI Certification
7 27 (3.99%) PMP
8 23 (3.40%) CRISC
9 22 (3.25%) DV Cleared
10 19 (2.81%) CISA
10 19 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (2.07%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 7 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 6 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.89%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (11.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (9.76%) GRC
2 66 (9.76%) NIST
3 47 (6.95%) QA
4 42 (6.21%) GDPR
5 30 (4.44%) PMO
6 29 (4.29%) Data Quality
7 27 (3.99%) PCI DSS
8 21 (3.11%) SLA
9 19 (2.81%) NCSC
10 17 (2.51%) COBIT
11 16 (2.37%) SOC 2
12 9 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (1.33%) NIST 800
13 7 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.74%) GMP
15 5 (0.74%) GxP
15 5 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.33%) Docker
2 8 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.04%) 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 (2.22%) Terraform
2 12 (1.78%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.89%) 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 (0.30%) 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 (12.57%) Microsoft
2 46 (6.80%) Oracle
3 43 (6.36%) SAP
4 36 (5.33%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.66%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.51%) Murex
7 16 (2.37%) Workday
8 9 (1.33%) Google
9 8 (1.18%) Databricks
9 8 (1.18%) Splunk
10 7 (1.04%) OpenLink
10 7 (1.04%) Qualys
10 7 (1.04%) Tenable
11 6 (0.89%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.74%) Ariba
12 5 (0.74%) Charles River
12 5 (0.74%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (0.74%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.74%) Remedy
12 5 (0.74%) Sybase