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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 37 78
Rank change year-on-year -39 +41 -10
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 700 748 522
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.54% 5.53% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 6.00% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 480 337
10th Percentile £413 £406 £366
25th Percentile £513 £504 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £667 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.08% +11.21% -6.98%
75th Percentile £725 £813 £770
90th Percentile £875 £875 £850
England median daily rate £570 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £48.00 £23.90
25th Percentile £85.00 £48.25 £26.23
Median hourly rate £90.00 £49.51 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +81.80% +64.36% -23.59%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.00 £39.44
90th Percentile - £86.00 £45.02
England median hourly rate £80.00 £53.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +50.94% +6.00% +318.76%

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 17,566 12,468 15,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.16% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,659 8,340 10,970
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £444 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 235 285
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.16 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £36.25 £32.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +7.76% -27.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £50.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.55 £69.20
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -6.09%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -6 109 £550 -13.73% 45
West London -8 13 £506 +19.12% 19
East London +4 9 £590 -1.67% 8
South London -24 3 £569 -2.11% 3
North London -3 1 £325 -40.91%
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 27 (3.86%) Confluence
2 7 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.71%) SAS
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.14%) Appian
5 1 (0.14%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.14%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 31 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.57%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.71%) Endur
3 6 (0.86%) Actimize
4 5 (0.71%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.71%) Loan IQ
4 5 (0.71%) Summit
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.43%) Dynamics SL
6 3 (0.43%) Findur
6 3 (0.43%) Magento
6 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.43%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 100 (14.29%) Azure
2 79 (11.29%) AWS
3 32 (4.57%) GCP
4 25 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 25 (3.57%) SaaS
5 18 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (2.57%) Power Platform
6 14 (2.00%) GitHub
7 13 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
9 8 (1.14%) OCI
9 8 (1.14%) PaaS
10 7 (1.00%) Amazon S3
10 7 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (1.00%) Snowflake
11 6 (0.86%) AWS Control Tower
11 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.43%) Firewall
2 9 (1.29%) Network Security
3 5 (0.71%) Internet
4 4 (0.57%) 4G
4 4 (0.57%) 5G
4 4 (0.57%) LAN
4 4 (0.57%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.57%) WAN
5 3 (0.43%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.43%) NAS
5 3 (0.43%) SAN
5 3 (0.43%) VoLTE
5 3 (0.43%) VPN
5 3 (0.43%) WinSCP
6 2 (0.29%) Intranet
6 2 (0.29%) NGFW
6 2 (0.29%) VLAN
6 2 (0.29%) X.509
7 1 (0.14%) DMZ
7 1 (0.14%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.43%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (1.86%) Relational Database
3 12 (1.71%) Power BI
4 11 (1.57%) Metadata
5 7 (1.00%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.00%) RDBMS
6 5 (0.71%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.57%) Big Data
8 3 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.43%) Db2
8 3 (0.43%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (0.43%) Tableau
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.29%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 52 (7.43%) JIRA
2 14 (2.00%) Git
2 14 (2.00%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.86%) GitLab
4 5 (0.71%) Selenium
4 5 (0.71%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.57%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.43%) MLflow
6 3 (0.43%) Subversion
7 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.14%) Appium
8 1 (0.14%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.14%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.14%) Gradle
8 1 (0.14%) Mockito
8 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 334 (47.71%) Finance
2 251 (35.86%) Social Skills
3 119 (17.00%) Banking
4 116 (16.57%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (11.00%) Legal
6 71 (10.14%) Public Sector
7 39 (5.57%) Front Office
8 26 (3.71%) Presentation Skills
9 25 (3.57%) Investment Banking
10 24 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (3.00%) Financial Institution
12 18 (2.57%) Retail
13 17 (2.43%) Marketing
14 15 (2.14%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.71%) Local Government
17 10 (1.43%) Law
17 10 (1.43%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 101 (14.43%) Lead
2 93 (13.29%) Senior
3 72 (10.29%) Architect
4 71 (10.14%) Analyst
5 66 (9.43%) Project Manager
6 49 (7.00%) Developer
7 42 (6.00%) Business Analyst
8 35 (5.00%) Consultant
8 35 (5.00%) Security Architect
9 33 (4.71%) Programme Manager
10 30 (4.29%) Senior Manager
11 20 (2.86%) Risk Analyst
12 18 (2.57%) IT Manager
12 18 (2.57%) Risk Business Analyst
13 17 (2.43%) Delivery Manager
14 15 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (2.00%) Security Engineer
16 13 (1.86%) Risk Manager
16 13 (1.86%) Senior Project Manager
17 12 (1.71%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.43%) .NET
2 18 (2.57%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (2.00%) Middleware
4 13 (1.86%) REST
5 12 (1.71%) Kafka
6 11 (1.57%) Azure Blueprints
7 9 (1.29%) React
7 9 (1.29%) XML
8 8 (1.14%) PySpark
9 7 (1.00%) SOAP
10 5 (0.71%) J2EE
10 5 (0.71%) JSP
11 4 (0.57%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.57%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.57%) JSON
11 4 (0.57%) OAuth
11 4 (0.57%) OpenID
11 4 (0.57%) RESTful
11 4 (0.57%) SAML
11 4 (0.57%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.86%) Management Information System
2 37 (5.29%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.71%) Onboarding
4 32 (4.57%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.29%) Derivative
5 30 (4.29%) Security Posture
6 27 (3.86%) Market Risk
7 25 (3.57%) Fixed Income
8 21 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (2.71%) Credit Risk
10 16 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 14 (2.00%) AI Agents
12 13 (1.86%) Data Centre
12 13 (1.86%) Equities
12 13 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.71%) Data Structures
13 12 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.57%) NHS
14 11 (1.57%) Operational Technology
15 10 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.57%) Linux
1 25 (3.57%) Windows
2 18 (2.57%) Unix
3 12 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.43%) Alpine Linux
5 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.14%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (33.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 174 (24.86%) Agile
3 144 (20.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 131 (18.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 124 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
6 116 (16.57%) Roadmaps
7 111 (15.86%) Decision-Making
8 110 (15.71%) Cybersecurity
9 97 (13.86%) AI
10 96 (13.71%) Project Management
11 85 (12.14%) Information Security
12 81 (11.57%) Analytics
13 75 (10.71%) Migration
14 73 (10.43%) Project Delivery
15 68 (9.71%) DevOps
16 67 (9.57%) Regulatory Compliance
17 60 (8.57%) CI/CD
18 59 (8.43%) Change Management
19 56 (8.00%) Data Protection
20 55 (7.86%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 63 (9.00%) Python
1 63 (9.00%) SQL
2 32 (4.57%) Java
3 18 (2.57%) C#
4 16 (2.29%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.00%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.71%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.57%) Bash
7 4 (0.57%) Bicep
7 4 (0.57%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.57%) VBA
8 3 (0.43%) C
8 3 (0.43%) Scala
8 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.29%) C++
9 2 (0.29%) Perl
9 2 (0.29%) ProC
10 1 (0.14%) Groovy
10 1 (0.14%) Korn
10 1 (0.14%) RPG
Qualifications
1 104 (14.86%) Security Cleared
2 92 (13.14%) Degree
3 71 (10.14%) SC Cleared
4 61 (8.71%) CISSP
5 33 (4.71%) CISM
6 28 (4.00%) PMI Certification
7 25 (3.57%) DV Cleared
7 25 (3.57%) PMP
8 22 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.57%) CISA
10 17 (2.43%) CRISC
11 16 (2.29%) Master's Degree
12 14 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (1.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 8 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 6 (0.86%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.86%) RIBA
16 5 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.71%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (10.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (9.71%) NIST
3 66 (9.43%) GRC
4 50 (7.14%) QA
5 39 (5.57%) GDPR
6 30 (4.29%) PMO
7 29 (4.14%) Data Quality
8 24 (3.43%) PCI DSS
9 21 (3.00%) SLA
10 19 (2.71%) SOC 2
11 17 (2.43%) NCSC
12 12 (1.71%) COBIT
13 9 (1.29%) NIST 800
14 8 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 5 (0.71%) ITGC
18 4 (0.57%) EU AI Act
19 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
System Software
1 11 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.29%) Docker
2 9 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.29%) NFS
4 1 (0.14%) Postfix
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (2.29%) Terraform
2 12 (1.71%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.14%) Ansible
4 5 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.57%) Control-M
5 4 (0.57%) Grafana
5 4 (0.57%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.43%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.29%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.14%) Avamar
8 1 (0.14%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) CASB
8 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.14%) Nessus
8 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.14%) Puppet
8 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 92 (13.14%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.29%) Oracle
3 39 (5.57%) ServiceNow
4 36 (5.14%) SAP
5 15 (2.14%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.00%) Murex
7 13 (1.86%) Workday
8 12 (1.71%) Google
9 11 (1.57%) Splunk
10 8 (1.14%) Qualys
10 8 (1.14%) Tenable
11 7 (1.00%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.00%) Rapid7
12 6 (0.86%) OpenLink
12 6 (0.86%) Sitecore
12 6 (0.86%) Sybase
13 5 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (0.71%) Databricks
14 4 (0.57%) Adaptive Insights
14 4 (0.57%) Zscaler