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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 46 70
Rank change year-on-year -13 +24 -14
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 843 690 552
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.17% 5.20% 3.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.70% 5.61% 3.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 446 333
10th Percentile £413 £388 £400
25th Percentile £500 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £725 £801 £775
90th Percentile £825 £894 £875
England median daily rate £564 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -1.87% - -3.77%
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 £70.00 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +108.96% -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 17,952 12,291 14,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.77% 92.58% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,781 8,116 9,426
10th Percentile £358 £325 £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 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 240 179
10th Percentile £16.25 £17.89 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.25 £25.01 £23.98
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.07% -14.79% -5.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.13 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.25
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -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 29 September 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 29 September 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 29 September 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 +4 122 £550 -12.00% 213
West London -13 17 £575 +35.29% 70
East London +3 4 £750 +108.33% 11
South London -16 4 £495 -14.86% 17
North London -1 1 £550 - 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 33 (3.91%) Confluence
2 14 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.59%) SAS
4 3 (0.36%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.24%) CMS
5 2 (0.24%) IIS
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 29 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.54%) Endur
3 5 (0.59%) SAP GRC
4 4 (0.47%) Actimize
4 4 (0.47%) Magento
4 4 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.47%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.36%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.36%) Front Arena
5 3 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.36%) Summit
6 2 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.24%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.24%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.24%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.24%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 128 (15.18%) Azure
2 105 (12.46%) AWS
3 44 (5.22%) GCP
4 35 (4.15%) Entra ID
5 30 (3.56%) SaaS
6 29 (3.44%) Power Platform
7 24 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (2.25%) GitHub
9 16 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (1.42%) OCI
11 11 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (0.95%) Azure AI
13 8 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
14 7 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (0.83%) Collibra
14 7 (0.83%) PaaS
14 7 (0.83%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.73%) Firewall
2 18 (2.14%) Network Security
3 10 (1.19%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.95%) LAN
4 8 (0.95%) WAN
5 6 (0.71%) 4G
5 6 (0.71%) 5G
5 6 (0.71%) Internet
6 5 (0.59%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (0.59%) DNS
6 5 (0.59%) VPN
7 4 (0.47%) DHCP
7 4 (0.47%) Wireless
8 3 (0.36%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.36%) Modbus
8 3 (0.36%) VoLTE
8 3 (0.36%) WinSCP
9 2 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.24%) Intranet
9 2 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.61%) Power BI
3 18 (2.14%) Metadata
4 15 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.07%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.07%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.83%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.83%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.59%) Big Data
7 5 (0.59%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.47%) Ataccama
8 4 (0.47%) Db2
8 4 (0.47%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.47%) Tableau
9 3 (0.36%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.36%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.36%) Kdb+
9 3 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.36%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.36%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 55 (6.52%) JIRA
2 19 (2.25%) Git
3 13 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.59%) Selenium
5 4 (0.47%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.47%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.47%) Claude Code
5 4 (0.47%) GitLab
5 4 (0.47%) Gradle
5 4 (0.47%) Subversion
6 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.36%) MLflow
7 2 (0.24%) QUnit
7 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.24%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.12%) Postman
8 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 390 (46.26%) Finance
2 321 (38.08%) Social Skills
3 149 (17.67%) Banking
4 147 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
5 94 (11.15%) Public Sector
6 86 (10.20%) Legal
7 71 (8.42%) Front Office
8 42 (4.98%) Influencing Skills
9 34 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
10 30 (3.56%) Investment Banking
11 27 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.49%) Financial Institution
12 21 (2.49%) Telecoms
13 18 (2.14%) Law
14 15 (1.78%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.78%) Retail
15 14 (1.66%) Marketing
16 13 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (1.30%) Back Office
17 11 (1.30%) Military
Job Titles
1 106 (12.57%) Senior
2 102 (12.10%) Lead
3 98 (11.63%) Analyst
4 92 (10.91%) Architect
5 73 (8.66%) Project Manager
6 51 (6.05%) Business Analyst
6 51 (6.05%) Developer
7 45 (5.34%) Programme Manager
8 37 (4.39%) Security Architect
9 35 (4.15%) Consultant
10 28 (3.32%) IT Manager
11 25 (2.97%) Delivery Manager
11 25 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
12 23 (2.73%) Senior Manager
13 22 (2.61%) Risk Analyst
14 20 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
15 19 (2.25%) Security Engineer
15 19 (2.25%) Senior Business Analyst
16 17 (2.02%) Technical Manager
17 16 (1.90%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.03%) Terraform
2 31 (3.68%) .NET
3 24 (2.85%) REST
4 19 (2.25%) Middleware
5 16 (1.90%) Kafka
6 12 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (0.95%) .NET Core
7 8 (0.95%) Azure Blueprints
7 8 (0.95%) React
8 7 (0.83%) PySpark
8 7 (0.83%) XGBoost
9 6 (0.71%) Model Context Protocol
9 6 (0.71%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.71%) SOAP
9 6 (0.71%) Spring
9 6 (0.71%) Spring Boot
10 5 (0.59%) JSON
10 5 (0.59%) OAuth
10 5 (0.59%) RESTful
10 5 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.17%) Onboarding
2 44 (5.22%) Cloud Native
3 40 (4.74%) Management Information System
4 38 (4.51%) Product Ownership
5 36 (4.27%) Security Posture
6 29 (3.44%) Market Risk
7 27 (3.20%) Data Protection Act
8 25 (2.97%) Credit Risk
9 23 (2.73%) Data Centre
10 22 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
11 21 (2.49%) Fixed Income
12 20 (2.37%) Derivative
13 18 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 17 (2.02%) AI Agents
14 17 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
15 16 (1.90%) Data Structures
16 14 (1.66%) Operational Technology
17 13 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
17 13 (1.54%) NHS
18 11 (1.30%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.63%) Windows
2 30 (3.56%) Linux
3 27 (3.20%) Unix
4 15 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.36%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.36%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) Android
7 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (42.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 220 (26.10%) Agile
3 169 (20.05%) Cybersecurity
4 168 (19.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 157 (18.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 144 (17.08%) AI
6 144 (17.08%) Roadmaps
7 143 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
8 141 (16.73%) Decision-Making
9 106 (12.57%) Information Security
10 100 (11.86%) Project Management
11 99 (11.74%) Migration
12 96 (11.39%) Analytics
13 91 (10.79%) Project Delivery
14 83 (9.85%) DevOps
15 81 (9.61%) CI/CD
16 78 (9.25%) Change Management
17 72 (8.54%) Data Protection
18 68 (8.07%) Validation
19 63 (7.47%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 85 (10.08%) Python
2 79 (9.37%) SQL
3 27 (3.20%) Java
4 26 (3.08%) C#
5 23 (2.73%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.42%) Bash
7 11 (1.30%) Shell Script
8 6 (0.71%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.59%) Bicep
9 5 (0.59%) C++
9 5 (0.59%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.59%) Korn
9 5 (0.59%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.59%) R
9 5 (0.59%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.36%) C
11 3 (0.36%) Scala
11 3 (0.36%) VBA
11 3 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 151 (17.91%) Security Cleared
2 113 (13.40%) SC Cleared
3 102 (12.10%) Degree
4 70 (8.30%) CISSP
5 41 (4.86%) CISM
6 39 (4.63%) PMI Certification
7 37 (4.39%) PMP
8 34 (4.03%) DV Cleared
9 20 (2.37%) Master's Degree
10 19 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (2.14%) CRISC
12 17 (2.02%) CISA
13 14 (1.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 14 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (1.54%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.42%) Azure Certification
15 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 7 (0.83%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (11.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (9.61%) NIST
3 75 (8.90%) GRC
4 61 (7.24%) QA
5 43 (5.10%) Data Quality
6 35 (4.15%) GDPR
7 30 (3.56%) PMO
8 24 (2.85%) NCSC
9 16 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (1.42%) COBIT
10 12 (1.42%) SOC 2
11 10 (1.19%) Basel III
11 10 (1.19%) SLA
12 8 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.71%) EU AI Act
13 6 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.71%) ITGC
13 6 (0.71%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.71%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (2.85%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.42%) Docker
3 9 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.36%) vSphere
5 2 (0.24%) IAG
6 1 (0.12%) NFS
6 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (2.85%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.02%) Ansible
3 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.59%) Grafana
4 5 (0.59%) SCCM
5 4 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.36%) Control-M
6 3 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.36%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.36%) Puppet
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.12%) Argo
8 1 (0.12%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.12%) Istio
8 1 (0.12%) Nessus
8 1 (0.12%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.12%) Podman
8 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 128 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.76%) ServiceNow
3 44 (5.22%) SAP
4 39 (4.63%) Oracle
5 19 (2.25%) Google
6 18 (2.14%) Murex
7 16 (1.90%) Splunk
8 12 (1.42%) Databricks
8 12 (1.42%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.19%) Qualys
10 9 (1.07%) CyberArk
10 9 (1.07%) Tenable
11 8 (0.95%) Bloomberg
12 7 (0.83%) Cisco
12 7 (0.83%) Rapid7
12 7 (0.83%) Workday
13 6 (0.71%) BeyondTrust
13 6 (0.71%) IBM
13 6 (0.71%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.71%) Zscaler