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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 43 77
Rank change year-on-year -29 +34 -16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 764 720 522
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.80% 5.35% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 5.78% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 474 324
10th Percentile £413 £390 £392
25th Percentile £500 £492 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £725 £813 £750
90th Percentile £850 £888 £863
England median daily rate £565 £575 £577
% change year-on-year -1.80% -0.35% -3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 3
10th Percentile £35.37 £39.45 £22.02
25th Percentile £38.01 £48.25 £25.06
Median hourly rate £43.05 £65.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year -33.77% +115.80% +38.48%
75th Percentile £48.71 - £39.44
90th Percentile £51.74 £79.00 £45.02
England median hourly rate £64.09 £56.25 £57.50
% change year-on-year +13.94% -2.18% +15.00%

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 17,907 12,452 14,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.46% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,698 8,284 9,876
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
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 291 255 193
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.00 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.89 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -12.33% -8.75%
75th Percentile £56.63 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.75
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.63%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -8 108 £600 -4.00% 101
West London -14 16 £500 +17.65% 73
East London +3 6 £750 +50.00% 9
South London -25 2 £413 -28.63% 11
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 36 (4.71%) Confluence
2 13 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.52%) SAS
4 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.26%) CMS
4 2 (0.26%) IIS
4 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) Appian
5 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.13%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 31 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.44%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) Trello
7 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.70%) Endur
3 5 (0.65%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.65%) SAP GRC
4 4 (0.52%) Actimize
4 4 (0.52%) Magento
4 4 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.39%) Findur
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.39%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.39%) Summit
6 2 (0.26%) Eikon
6 2 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.26%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 109 (14.27%) Azure
2 89 (11.65%) AWS
3 32 (4.19%) GCP
4 29 (3.80%) Entra ID
5 28 (3.66%) SaaS
6 23 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (3.01%) Power Platform
7 13 (1.70%) GitHub
8 12 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
9 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (1.31%) OCI
10 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.05%) PaaS
12 7 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (0.92%) Snowflake
12 7 (0.92%) SuccessFactors
13 6 (0.79%) Azure AI
13 6 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.01%) Firewall
2 16 (2.09%) Network Security
3 8 (1.05%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.79%) 4G
4 6 (0.79%) 5G
4 6 (0.79%) Internet
5 5 (0.65%) DNS
5 5 (0.65%) LAN
5 5 (0.65%) VPN
5 5 (0.65%) WAN
6 4 (0.52%) Cisco IPT
6 4 (0.52%) DHCP
6 4 (0.52%) Wireless
7 3 (0.39%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.39%) VoLTE
7 3 (0.39%) WinSCP
8 2 (0.26%) Intranet
8 2 (0.26%) Modbus
8 2 (0.26%) NAS
8 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.01%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.23%) Power BI
3 15 (1.96%) Metadata
4 14 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.44%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.79%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.79%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.65%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.65%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.52%) Big Data
8 4 (0.52%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.39%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.39%) Db2
9 3 (0.39%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.39%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.39%) Tableau
10 2 (0.26%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 58 (7.59%) JIRA
2 13 (1.70%) Git
3 12 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.65%) GitLab
4 5 (0.65%) Selenium
5 4 (0.52%) Subversion
6 3 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.39%) MLflow
6 3 (0.39%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.39%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.13%) Gradle
8 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 346 (45.29%) Finance
2 296 (38.74%) Social Skills
3 125 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (16.10%) Banking
5 83 (10.86%) Public Sector
6 76 (9.95%) Legal
7 61 (7.98%) Front Office
8 32 (4.19%) Influencing Skills
8 32 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (3.93%) Investment Banking
10 23 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.88%) Telecoms
12 20 (2.62%) Financial Institution
13 16 (2.09%) Law
13 16 (2.09%) Marketing
13 16 (2.09%) Retail
14 13 (1.70%) Manufacturing
15 12 (1.57%) Back Office
15 12 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 102 (13.35%) Lead
2 91 (11.91%) Senior
3 79 (10.34%) Analyst
4 78 (10.21%) Architect
5 70 (9.16%) Project Manager
6 48 (6.28%) Developer
7 46 (6.02%) Programme Manager
8 43 (5.63%) Business Analyst
9 37 (4.84%) Security Architect
10 32 (4.19%) Consultant
11 26 (3.40%) Senior Manager
12 24 (3.14%) IT Manager
13 23 (3.01%) Delivery Manager
14 19 (2.49%) Risk Analyst
15 18 (2.36%) Security Engineer
16 17 (2.23%) Security Manager
17 16 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
18 15 (1.96%) Risk Business Analyst
18 15 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
18 15 (1.96%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.93%) .NET
2 23 (3.01%) Terraform
3 21 (2.75%) REST
4 18 (2.36%) Middleware
5 16 (2.09%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (1.31%) Kafka
7 8 (1.05%) Azure Blueprints
7 8 (1.05%) React
8 7 (0.92%) .NET Core
8 7 (0.92%) PySpark
8 7 (0.92%) XML
9 6 (0.79%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.79%) SOAP
10 5 (0.65%) JSON
10 5 (0.65%) VML
11 4 (0.52%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.52%) Jakarta EE
11 4 (0.52%) JSP
11 4 (0.52%) OAuth
11 4 (0.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.97%) Cloud Native
1 38 (4.97%) Onboarding
2 35 (4.58%) Security Posture
3 34 (4.45%) Management Information System
4 32 (4.19%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.27%) Derivative
6 24 (3.14%) Market Risk
7 22 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (2.75%) Credit Risk
8 21 (2.75%) Fixed Income
9 18 (2.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 15 (1.96%) AI Agents
10 15 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.83%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.57%) Equities
12 12 (1.57%) NHS
13 11 (1.44%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.44%) Operational Technology
14 10 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.58%) Windows
2 22 (2.88%) Linux
3 19 (2.49%) Unix
4 13 (1.70%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.39%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.39%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.13%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (40.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 198 (25.92%) Agile
3 162 (21.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 146 (19.11%) Cybersecurity
5 136 (17.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 130 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (15.71%) Decision-Making
8 117 (15.31%) AI
9 111 (14.53%) Roadmaps
10 99 (12.96%) Project Management
11 94 (12.30%) Information Security
12 93 (12.17%) Migration
13 88 (11.52%) Project Delivery
14 86 (11.26%) Analytics
15 76 (9.95%) DevOps
16 72 (9.42%) Change Management
17 67 (8.77%) CI/CD
18 64 (8.38%) SDLC
19 59 (7.72%) Data Protection
19 59 (7.72%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 67 (8.77%) Python
2 64 (8.38%) SQL
3 23 (3.01%) C#
3 23 (3.01%) Java
4 19 (2.49%) PowerShell
5 7 (0.92%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.79%) Bash
7 5 (0.65%) Bicep
8 4 (0.52%) C++
8 4 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.52%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.39%) C
9 3 (0.39%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.39%) Korn
9 3 (0.39%) R
9 3 (0.39%) Scala
9 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.39%) VBA
9 3 (0.39%) VBScript
10 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 132 (17.28%) Security Cleared
2 97 (12.70%) SC Cleared
3 88 (11.52%) Degree
4 62 (8.12%) CISSP
5 36 (4.71%) PMI Certification
6 35 (4.58%) CISM
6 35 (4.58%) PMP
7 30 (3.93%) DV Cleared
8 20 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.96%) CRISC
10 14 (1.83%) CISA
11 13 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.70%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 9 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 7 (0.92%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.79%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.79%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (10.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (9.69%) NIST
3 67 (8.77%) GRC
4 61 (7.98%) QA
5 32 (4.19%) GDPR
6 30 (3.93%) PMO
7 29 (3.80%) Data Quality
8 23 (3.01%) NCSC
9 14 (1.83%) COBIT
9 14 (1.83%) SLA
10 12 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (1.44%) PCI DSS
11 11 (1.44%) SOC 2
12 9 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.79%) ITGC
14 5 (0.65%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (2.36%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.18%) Docker
2 9 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.26%) NFS
5 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (1.83%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.57%) Ansible
3 5 (0.65%) Grafana
3 5 (0.65%) SCCM
4 4 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.52%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.39%) Control-M
5 3 (0.39%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.39%) Puppet
5 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.26%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.26%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.13%) Argo
7 1 (0.13%) CA Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) CASB
7 1 (0.13%) Istio
7 1 (0.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 116 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.68%) ServiceNow
3 42 (5.50%) Oracle
3 42 (5.50%) SAP
4 14 (1.83%) Salesforce
4 14 (1.83%) Splunk
5 12 (1.57%) Google
5 12 (1.57%) Murex
6 10 (1.31%) Workday
7 9 (1.18%) Qualys
8 8 (1.05%) Databricks
8 8 (1.05%) Tenable
9 6 (0.79%) Cisco
9 6 (0.79%) CyberArk
9 6 (0.79%) OpenAI
9 6 (0.79%) OpenLink
9 6 (0.79%) Rapid7
9 6 (0.79%) Sybase
10 5 (0.65%) Bloomberg
10 5 (0.65%) Red Hat