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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 49 69
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 -13
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 872 689 559
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.28% 5.11% 3.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.82% 5.52% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 445 335
10th Percentile £413 £386 £408
25th Percentile £503 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £640 £606
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +5.61% -1.06%
75th Percentile £725 £800 £763
90th Percentile £825 £895 £875
England median daily rate £569 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -1.04% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 3
10th Percentile £31.92 £39.45 £22.02
25th Percentile £32.55 £48.25 £25.06
Median hourly rate £33.60 £65.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year -48.31% +115.80% +38.48%
75th Percentile £44.13 - £33.44
90th Percentile £49.90 £79.00 £35.42
England median hourly rate £73.59 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +119.67% -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 18,082 12,492 14,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.60% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,829 8,233 9,474
10th Percentile £358 £331 £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 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 246 181
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -17.12% -2.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -6 120 £545 -12.80% 186
West London -19 17 £650 +52.94% 64
East London +4 4 £750 +108.33% 10
South London -16 4 £495 -14.86% 16
North London -1 1 £550 -
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 33 (3.78%) Confluence
2 14 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.57%) SAS
4 4 (0.46%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.34%) CMS
6 2 (0.23%) IIS
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.11%) Apache
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) Appian
7 1 (0.11%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.11%) nginx
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 31 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.38%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.11%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.49%) Endur
3 5 (0.57%) SAP GRC
3 5 (0.57%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.46%) Actimize
4 4 (0.46%) Magento
4 4 (0.46%) 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
5 3 (0.34%) Summit
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
Cloud Services
1 135 (15.48%) Azure
2 106 (12.16%) AWS
3 45 (5.16%) GCP
4 36 (4.13%) Entra ID
5 31 (3.56%) SaaS
6 30 (3.44%) Power Platform
7 25 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (2.64%) GitHub
9 17 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.72%) OCI
11 13 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (0.92%) Snowflake
14 8 (0.92%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (0.80%) Collibra
15 7 (0.80%) OpenShift
15 7 (0.80%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.75%) Firewall
2 20 (2.29%) Network Security
3 10 (1.15%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.92%) LAN
4 8 (0.92%) WAN
5 6 (0.69%) 4G
5 6 (0.69%) 5G
5 6 (0.69%) DNS
5 6 (0.69%) Internet
6 5 (0.57%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (0.57%) VPN
7 4 (0.46%) DHCP
7 4 (0.46%) Wireless
8 3 (0.34%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.34%) Modbus
8 3 (0.34%) VoLTE
8 3 (0.34%) WinSCP
9 2 (0.23%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.64%) Power BI
3 19 (2.18%) Metadata
4 15 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.03%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.03%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.03%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.92%) Oracle Database
7 7 (0.80%) Big Data
8 5 (0.57%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.46%) Ataccama
9 4 (0.46%) Db2
9 4 (0.46%) Neo4j
9 4 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.34%) ClickHouse
10 3 (0.34%) Data Mart
10 3 (0.34%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.34%) Kdb+
10 3 (0.34%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 59 (6.77%) JIRA
2 21 (2.41%) Git
3 13 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.46%) Artifactory
4 4 (0.46%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.46%) Claude Code
4 4 (0.46%) GitLab
4 4 (0.46%) Gradle
4 4 (0.46%) Selenium
4 4 (0.46%) Subversion
5 3 (0.34%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.23%) MLflow
6 2 (0.23%) QUnit
6 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.11%) Postman
7 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.11%) SOAtest
7 1 (0.11%) TestRail
General
1 410 (47.02%) Finance
2 334 (38.30%) Social Skills
3 159 (18.23%) Banking
4 155 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
5 95 (10.89%) Public Sector
6 88 (10.09%) Legal
7 73 (8.37%) Front Office
8 44 (5.05%) Influencing Skills
9 37 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
10 32 (3.67%) Investment Banking
11 27 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (2.64%) Financial Institution
13 20 (2.29%) Telecoms
14 19 (2.18%) Law
15 17 (1.95%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.83%) Marketing
17 15 (1.72%) Retail
18 12 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (1.38%) Military
19 10 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 114 (13.07%) Senior
2 105 (12.04%) Lead
3 100 (11.47%) Analyst
4 91 (10.44%) Architect
5 79 (9.06%) Project Manager
6 55 (6.31%) Developer
7 52 (5.96%) Business Analyst
8 47 (5.39%) Programme Manager
9 40 (4.59%) Consultant
10 36 (4.13%) Security Architect
11 30 (3.44%) IT Manager
12 27 (3.10%) Senior Manager
13 26 (2.98%) Delivery Manager
13 26 (2.98%) Senior Analyst
14 22 (2.52%) Risk Analyst
15 20 (2.29%) Security Engineer
15 20 (2.29%) Senior Business Analyst
15 20 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
16 19 (2.18%) Technical Manager
17 17 (1.95%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.36%) Terraform
2 31 (3.56%) .NET
3 25 (2.87%) REST
4 18 (2.06%) Middleware
5 17 (1.95%) Kafka
6 13 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (0.92%) .NET Core
7 8 (0.92%) Azure Blueprints
7 8 (0.92%) XGBoost
8 7 (0.80%) PySpark
8 7 (0.80%) React
9 6 (0.69%) Model Context Protocol
9 6 (0.69%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.69%) SOAP
9 6 (0.69%) Spring
9 6 (0.69%) Spring Boot
9 6 (0.69%) Web Services
10 5 (0.57%) JSON
10 5 (0.57%) OAuth
10 5 (0.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.85%) Onboarding
2 44 (5.05%) Cloud Native
3 40 (4.59%) Management Information System
4 39 (4.47%) Product Ownership
5 36 (4.13%) Security Posture
6 33 (3.78%) Market Risk
7 29 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
8 27 (3.10%) Credit Risk
9 24 (2.75%) Data Centre
10 23 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (2.52%) Fixed Income
12 21 (2.41%) Derivative
13 19 (2.18%) AI Agents
13 19 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 17 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
15 16 (1.83%) Data Structures
16 15 (1.72%) Operational Technology
17 14 (1.61%) NHS
18 13 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
19 11 (1.26%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 40 (4.59%) Windows
2 33 (3.78%) Linux
3 28 (3.21%) Unix
4 15 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.15%) 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
1 377 (43.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 232 (26.61%) Agile
3 174 (19.95%) Cybersecurity
3 174 (19.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 160 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 151 (17.32%) AI
5 151 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
6 146 (16.74%) Roadmaps
7 140 (16.06%) Decision-Making
8 108 (12.39%) Information Security
9 106 (12.16%) Project Management
10 103 (11.81%) Migration
11 100 (11.47%) Analytics
12 99 (11.35%) Project Delivery
13 92 (10.55%) DevOps
14 87 (9.98%) CI/CD
15 80 (9.17%) Change Management
16 72 (8.26%) Data Protection
17 68 (7.80%) Validation
18 66 (7.57%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 95 (10.89%) Python
2 83 (9.52%) SQL
3 29 (3.33%) C#
3 29 (3.33%) Java
4 25 (2.87%) PowerShell
5 16 (1.83%) Bash
6 11 (1.26%) Shell Script
7 6 (0.69%) C++
8 5 (0.57%) Bicep
8 5 (0.57%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.57%) Korn
8 5 (0.57%) R
8 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.57%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.46%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.34%) C
10 3 (0.34%) Scala
10 3 (0.34%) VBA
10 3 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 158 (18.12%) Security Cleared
2 120 (13.76%) SC Cleared
3 108 (12.39%) Degree
4 70 (8.03%) CISSP
5 46 (5.28%) PMI Certification
6 44 (5.05%) PMP
7 41 (4.70%) CISM
8 34 (3.90%) DV Cleared
9 22 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (2.41%) Master's Degree
11 19 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (2.18%) CRISC
12 18 (2.06%) CISA
13 15 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 15 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (1.49%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.38%) Azure Certification
15 12 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 8 (0.92%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (11.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (9.75%) NIST
3 77 (8.83%) GRC
4 61 (7.00%) QA
5 46 (5.28%) Data Quality
6 34 (3.90%) GDPR
7 32 (3.67%) PMO
8 26 (2.98%) NCSC
9 17 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (1.38%) COBIT
10 12 (1.38%) SOC 2
11 10 (1.15%) Basel III
11 10 (1.15%) SLA
12 8 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.80%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 6 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 6 (0.69%) ITGC
14 6 (0.69%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (2.87%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.61%) Docker
3 9 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.34%) 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 27 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.06%) Ansible
3 8 (0.92%) Grafana
4 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.57%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.57%) SCCM
6 4 (0.46%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.34%) Argo
7 3 (0.34%) Control-M
7 3 (0.34%) Puppet
8 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
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%) Podman
9 1 (0.11%) QRadar
9 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 140 (16.06%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.42%) ServiceNow
3 47 (5.39%) SAP
4 43 (4.93%) Oracle
5 21 (2.41%) Google
5 21 (2.41%) Murex
6 17 (1.95%) Splunk
7 13 (1.49%) Databricks
8 12 (1.38%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.15%) Qualys
10 9 (1.03%) CyberArk
10 9 (1.03%) Tenable
11 8 (0.92%) Bloomberg
11 8 (0.92%) Cisco
12 7 (0.80%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.80%) Rapid7
12 7 (0.80%) Workday
13 6 (0.69%) BeyondTrust
13 6 (0.69%) IBM
13 6 (0.69%) Zscaler