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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 44 63
Rank change year-on-year -25 +19 +10
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 648 628 616
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.79% 4.95% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 5.41% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 398 427
10th Percentile £425 £400 £400
25th Percentile £500 £501 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £630 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £753
90th Percentile £975 £863 £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 £74.31 £60.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +23.84% +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 15,277 11,605 15,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.33% 91.50% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,260 7,873 11,316
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £806 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 169 332
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.18 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%
75th Percentile £56.00 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -13.95%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -20 84 £600 - 92
East London +3 9 £585 -8.24% 9
West London -21 8 £575 +161.36% 11
South London -33 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 33 (5.09%) Confluence
2 9 (1.39%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.93%) 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 43 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (3.09%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (1.85%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.31%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.23%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.93%) Summit
4 5 (0.77%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.46%) Endur
5 3 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.31%) Actimize
6 2 (0.31%) Findur
6 2 (0.31%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.31%) Global One
6 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.31%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 91 (14.04%) Azure
2 75 (11.57%) AWS
3 25 (3.86%) GCP
3 25 (3.86%) Power Platform
4 17 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (2.31%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
7 12 (1.85%) SaaS
8 11 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.70%) GitHub
9 7 (1.08%) Amazon S3
10 6 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.62%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (0.62%) Azure AI
12 4 (0.62%) OCI
12 4 (0.62%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.70%) Firewall
2 7 (1.08%) Network Security
3 4 (0.62%) 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%) DNS
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%) 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 21 (3.24%) Power BI
2 14 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.85%) Metadata
4 10 (1.54%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.54%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.23%) Tableau
6 6 (0.93%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.77%) Big Data
8 4 (0.62%) Data Mart
8 4 (0.62%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.46%) KDB
9 3 (0.46%) Kdb+
9 3 (0.46%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.46%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.31%) PowerCenter
10 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 68 (10.49%) JIRA
2 13 (2.01%) Git
3 8 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.62%) 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%) DbUnit
6 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
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
1 308 (47.53%) Finance
2 260 (40.12%) Social Skills
3 126 (19.44%) Banking
4 123 (18.98%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (9.26%) Legal
6 59 (9.10%) Public Sector
7 43 (6.64%) Front Office
8 35 (5.40%) Investment Banking
9 28 (4.32%) Financial Institution
10 27 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (2.62%) Retail
14 14 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.54%) Law
16 10 (1.54%) Marketing
16 10 (1.54%) Military
17 9 (1.39%) Back Office
18 8 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 86 (13.27%) Senior
2 85 (13.12%) Lead
3 74 (11.42%) Analyst
4 71 (10.96%) Project Manager
5 66 (10.19%) Developer
6 61 (9.41%) Consultant
7 52 (8.02%) Business Analyst
8 51 (7.87%) Architect
9 32 (4.94%) Programme Manager
10 28 (4.32%) Senior Developer
11 27 (4.17%) Security Architect
12 24 (3.70%) Security Consultant
12 24 (3.70%) Senior Manager
13 22 (3.40%) Delivery Manager
14 20 (3.09%) Java Developer
15 19 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
16 18 (2.78%) Python Developer
17 17 (2.62%) Risk Analyst
18 16 (2.47%) Risk Manager
19 14 (2.16%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.62%) Oracle Fusion
1 17 (2.62%) REST
2 16 (2.47%) Kafka
3 13 (2.01%) .NET
4 10 (1.54%) XML
5 9 (1.39%) COM
5 9 (1.39%) Dask
5 9 (1.39%) NumPy
5 9 (1.39%) Pandas
6 7 (1.08%) .NET Framework
6 7 (1.08%) Middleware
7 6 (0.93%) FIX Protocol
7 6 (0.93%) RESTful
8 5 (0.77%) .NET Core
8 5 (0.77%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.77%) React
9 4 (0.62%) JSP
9 4 (0.62%) PyTorch
9 4 (0.62%) TensorFlow
9 4 (0.62%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.26%) Derivative
1 60 (9.26%) Management Information System
2 38 (5.86%) Product Ownership
3 36 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 34 (5.25%) Security Posture
5 33 (5.09%) Equities
5 33 (5.09%) Market Risk
6 28 (4.32%) Cloud Native
7 23 (3.55%) Credit Risk
7 23 (3.55%) Onboarding
8 21 (3.24%) Algorithms
8 21 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
9 20 (3.09%) Fixed Income
10 18 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (2.31%) Hedge funds
12 14 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (2.01%) Equity Derivative
13 13 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.85%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.70%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.78%) Linux
2 16 (2.47%) Windows
3 13 (2.01%) 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
1 191 (29.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 178 (27.47%) Agile
3 144 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (16.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 104 (16.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 96 (14.81%) Project Management
7 86 (13.27%) AI
8 85 (13.12%) Roadmaps
9 84 (12.96%) Analytics
10 81 (12.50%) Decision-Making
11 80 (12.35%) Cybersecurity
12 76 (11.73%) Project Delivery
13 69 (10.65%) Information Security
14 60 (9.26%) Regulatory Compliance
15 57 (8.80%) DevOps
16 56 (8.64%) Data Protection
16 56 (8.64%) Scrum
17 54 (8.33%) Change Management
18 50 (7.72%) CI/CD
19 49 (7.56%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 86 (13.27%) Python
2 82 (12.65%) SQL
3 40 (6.17%) Java
4 19 (2.93%) C++
5 16 (2.47%) PowerShell
6 15 (2.31%) C#
7 12 (1.85%) VBA
8 4 (0.62%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.62%) Perl
8 4 (0.62%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.46%) Bash
9 3 (0.46%) Korn
9 3 (0.46%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.31%) R
10 2 (0.31%) RPG
10 2 (0.31%) Scala
11 1 (0.15%) Bicep
11 1 (0.15%) Go
Qualifications
1 131 (20.22%) Degree
2 88 (13.58%) Security Cleared
3 69 (10.65%) SC Cleared
4 55 (8.49%) CISSP
5 40 (6.17%) PMI Certification
6 39 (6.02%) PMP
7 38 (5.86%) CISM
8 25 (3.86%) Master's Degree
9 19 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (2.78%) CRISC
11 17 (2.62%) DV Cleared
12 14 (2.16%) Numerate Degree
13 10 (1.54%) CISA
13 10 (1.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 10 (1.54%) PhD
14 9 (1.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 8 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.93%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.93%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (8.95%) NIST
3 53 (8.18%) GRC
4 45 (6.94%) GDPR
5 43 (6.64%) QA
6 32 (4.94%) PMO
7 29 (4.48%) Data Quality
7 29 (4.48%) PCI DSS
8 21 (3.24%) SLA
9 13 (2.01%) NCSC
10 11 (1.70%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (1.70%) COBIT
10 11 (1.70%) SOC 2
11 9 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 7 (1.08%) EU AI Act
12 7 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.93%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.62%) IFRS
System Software
1 8 (1.23%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.23%) 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 (1.54%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.39%) Terraform
3 4 (0.62%) Control-M
3 4 (0.62%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.62%) 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 69 (10.65%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.48%) Oracle
3 31 (4.78%) SAP
3 31 (4.78%) ServiceNow
4 23 (3.55%) Murex
5 15 (2.31%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.85%) Workday
7 7 (1.08%) Databricks
8 5 (0.77%) Ariba
8 5 (0.77%) Bloomberg
8 5 (0.77%) Charles River
8 5 (0.77%) Foundry
8 5 (0.77%) Google
8 5 (0.77%) Informatica
8 5 (0.77%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.77%) Splunk
9 4 (0.62%) IBM
9 4 (0.62%) OpenLink
10 3 (0.46%) HP
10 3 (0.46%) Remedy