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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 43 63
Rank change year-on-year -27 +20 +11
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 655 633 617
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.79% 5.00% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 5.45% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 404 428
10th Percentile £425 £400 £400
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £772 £775 £756
90th Percentile £975 £859 £825
England median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 5
10th Percentile £71.74 £28.25 £25.45
25th Percentile £75.31 £47.93 £30.12
Median hourly rate £87.50 £61.55 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year +42.16% +69.40% -47.15%
75th Percentile £94.38 £83.20 £48.75
90th Percentile £94.75 £95.50 £55.50
England median hourly rate £74.49 £60.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +24.15% +4.35% +440.92%

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 15,430 11,609 15,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.20% 91.65% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,356 7,870 11,343
10th Percentile £352 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £443 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £760 £801 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 168 332
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.36 £24.54 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%
75th Percentile £56.13 £50.86 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% -4.41% -9.33%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -23 87 £600 - 92
East London +1 9 £585 -8.24% 9
West London -26 8 £575 +161.36% 11
South London -37 7 £500 -14.53% 2
North London - 4 £513 - 2
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 32 (4.89%) Confluence
2 8 (1.22%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.07%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.92%) SAS
5 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.15%) nginx
6 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.15%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 44 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (3.51%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.68%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.31%) Trello
6 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.22%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.07%) Summit
4 5 (0.76%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.61%) Endur
6 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.46%) Findur
6 3 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.31%) Actimize
7 2 (0.31%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.31%) Global One
7 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.31%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 86 (13.13%) Azure
2 74 (11.30%) AWS
3 26 (3.97%) GCP
4 23 (3.51%) Power Platform
5 17 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.14%) Entra ID
7 12 (1.83%) SaaS
8 11 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.68%) GitHub
8 11 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.07%) Amazon S3
11 6 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (0.76%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.61%) Azure AI
13 4 (0.61%) Miro
13 4 (0.61%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.68%) Firewall
2 8 (1.22%) Network Security
3 4 (0.61%) 5G
4 3 (0.46%) Broadband
4 3 (0.46%) VPN
5 2 (0.31%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (0.31%) Internet
5 2 (0.31%) NAS
5 2 (0.31%) SAN
6 1 (0.15%) BGP
6 1 (0.15%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.15%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.15%) LAN
6 1 (0.15%) MPLS
6 1 (0.15%) Multicast
6 1 (0.15%) RSVP
6 1 (0.15%) WAN
6 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.90%) Power BI
2 14 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.98%) Metadata
4 11 (1.68%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.92%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.92%) Tableau
7 5 (0.76%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.61%) Big Data
8 4 (0.61%) Data Mart
9 3 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.46%) KDB
9 3 (0.46%) Kdb+
9 3 (0.46%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.31%) PowerCenter
10 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 65 (9.92%) JIRA
2 13 (1.98%) Git
3 8 (1.22%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.61%) GitLab
5 3 (0.46%) Selenium
5 3 (0.46%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.46%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.46%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.15%) DbUnit
6 1 (0.15%) ERwin
6 1 (0.15%) GCC
6 1 (0.15%) GDB
6 1 (0.15%) jMock
6 1 (0.15%) JUnit
6 1 (0.15%) Maven
6 1 (0.15%) Mockito
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
General
1 306 (46.72%) Finance
2 261 (39.85%) Social Skills
3 130 (19.85%) Banking
4 124 (18.93%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (9.16%) Legal
5 60 (9.16%) Public Sector
6 42 (6.41%) Front Office
7 35 (5.34%) Investment Banking
8 28 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (4.12%) Financial Institution
10 23 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (2.75%) Retail
13 14 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.68%) Back Office
15 10 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.53%) Law
15 10 (1.53%) Marketing
15 10 (1.53%) Military
16 9 (1.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 88 (13.44%) Senior
2 80 (12.21%) Lead
3 75 (11.45%) Analyst
4 71 (10.84%) Project Manager
5 67 (10.23%) Developer
6 57 (8.70%) Consultant
7 54 (8.24%) Business Analyst
8 53 (8.09%) Architect
9 33 (5.04%) Programme Manager
10 29 (4.43%) Security Architect
11 28 (4.27%) Senior Developer
12 23 (3.51%) Senior Manager
13 22 (3.36%) Delivery Manager
13 22 (3.36%) Security Consultant
14 20 (3.05%) Java Developer
15 19 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
16 18 (2.75%) Python Developer
17 17 (2.60%) Risk Analyst
18 16 (2.44%) Risk Manager
19 14 (2.14%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.75%) REST
2 17 (2.60%) Oracle Fusion
3 16 (2.44%) Kafka
4 14 (2.14%) .NET
5 10 (1.53%) XML
6 9 (1.37%) COM
6 9 (1.37%) NumPy
6 9 (1.37%) Pandas
7 7 (1.07%) .NET Framework
7 7 (1.07%) Dask
7 7 (1.07%) Middleware
8 6 (0.92%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (0.92%) J2EE
8 6 (0.92%) JSP
8 6 (0.92%) RESTful
9 5 (0.76%) .NET Core
9 5 (0.76%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.76%) React
10 4 (0.61%) WinForms
10 4 (0.61%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.47%) Management Information System
2 58 (8.85%) Derivative
3 39 (5.95%) Product Ownership
4 38 (5.80%) Security Posture
5 36 (5.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 35 (5.34%) Market Risk
7 31 (4.73%) Equities
8 26 (3.97%) Cloud Native
9 24 (3.66%) Credit Risk
10 23 (3.51%) Onboarding
11 20 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (3.05%) Fixed Income
12 18 (2.75%) Algorithms
12 18 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (2.14%) Hedge funds
14 13 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (1.98%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.83%) AI Agents
15 12 (1.83%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.60%) Linux
2 16 (2.44%) Windows
3 13 (1.98%) Unix
4 2 (0.31%) zOS
5 1 (0.15%) Android
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (29.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 178 (27.18%) Agile
3 146 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 104 (15.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 96 (14.66%) Project Management
7 87 (13.28%) AI
7 87 (13.28%) Roadmaps
8 83 (12.67%) Analytics
9 82 (12.52%) Decision-Making
10 81 (12.37%) Cybersecurity
11 76 (11.60%) Information Security
11 76 (11.60%) Project Delivery
12 60 (9.16%) Regulatory Compliance
13 57 (8.70%) DevOps
14 56 (8.55%) Data Protection
15 54 (8.24%) Change Management
15 54 (8.24%) Scrum
16 51 (7.79%) CI/CD
17 50 (7.63%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 81 (12.37%) SQL
2 80 (12.21%) Python
3 42 (6.41%) Java
4 18 (2.75%) C++
5 15 (2.29%) C#
5 15 (2.29%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.83%) VBA
7 4 (0.61%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.61%) Perl
7 4 (0.61%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.46%) Korn
8 3 (0.46%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.31%) Bash
9 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.31%) R
9 2 (0.31%) RPG
10 1 (0.15%) Bicep
10 1 (0.15%) Go
10 1 (0.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 127 (19.39%) Degree
2 90 (13.74%) Security Cleared
3 69 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 53 (8.09%) CISSP
5 40 (6.11%) PMI Certification
6 38 (5.80%) PMP
7 36 (5.50%) CISM
8 23 (3.51%) Master's Degree
9 19 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (2.75%) CRISC
11 15 (2.29%) DV Cleared
12 13 (1.98%) Numerate Degree
13 10 (1.53%) CISA
13 10 (1.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 9 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 8 (1.22%) PhD
16 6 (0.92%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.92%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (9.16%) NIST
3 55 (8.40%) GRC
4 46 (7.02%) GDPR
5 43 (6.56%) QA
6 32 (4.89%) PMO
7 30 (4.58%) PCI DSS
8 29 (4.43%) Data Quality
9 21 (3.21%) SLA
10 14 (2.14%) NCSC
11 12 (1.83%) COBIT
11 12 (1.83%) SOC 2
12 11 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (1.22%) EU AI Act
14 7 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 7 (1.07%) NIST 800
14 7 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
16 4 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 4 (0.61%) IFRS
System Software
1 8 (1.22%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.22%) Docker
2 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.15%) NFS
3 1 (0.15%) Postfix
3 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.22%) Terraform
3 4 (0.61%) Control-M
3 4 (0.61%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.46%) Ansible
4 3 (0.46%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) Avamar
6 1 (0.15%) CASB
6 1 (0.15%) Consul
6 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.15%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.15%) Packer
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 70 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 43 (6.56%) Oracle
3 32 (4.89%) SAP
4 31 (4.73%) ServiceNow
5 23 (3.51%) Murex
6 14 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.83%) Workday
8 7 (1.07%) Databricks
9 5 (0.76%) Ariba
9 5 (0.76%) Bloomberg
9 5 (0.76%) Charles River
9 5 (0.76%) Foundry
9 5 (0.76%) Google
9 5 (0.76%) Informatica
9 5 (0.76%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.76%) OpenLink
9 5 (0.76%) Splunk
10 4 (0.61%) IBM
11 3 (0.46%) HP
11 3 (0.46%) Remedy