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 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 49 55
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +21
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 629 594 707
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.37% 4.23% 3.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.79% 4.69% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 366 495
10th Percentile £402 £400 £413
25th Percentile £475 £500 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £620 £603
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +2.90% -3.91%
75th Percentile £775 £750 £750
90th Percentile £988 £850 £850
England median daily rate £550 £583 £575
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.39% -5.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 4
10th Percentile £41.75 £24.80 -
25th Percentile - £28.50 £21.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £73.60 £28.92
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +154.52% -59.98%
75th Percentile £69.36 £83.20 £42.25
90th Percentile £83.99 £85.56 £52.90
England median hourly rate £33.50 £60.75 £66.66
% change year-on-year -44.85% -8.86% +580.15%

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 13,144 12,678 15,980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.30% 90.34% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,697 8,106 11,397
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 155 261
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.94 £16.63
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.99 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.01%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £54.13
90th Percentile £68.93 £80.45 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -17.65% +21.43%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 16 January 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 -17 84 £600 +9.09% 41
West London -16 10 £448 +24.31% 5
South London -23 6 £500 -16.67% 7
East London -4 3 £675 - 5
North London - 3 £700 -
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 25 (3.97%) Confluence
2 11 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.59%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.79%) SAS
6 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.32%) IIS
8 1 (0.16%) Camunda
8 1 (0.16%) CMS
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 52 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (4.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (2.54%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.75%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.48%) Trello
7 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.16%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.16%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.16%) Revit
Business Applications
1 11 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.79%) Endur
2 5 (0.79%) Loan IQ
3 3 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.48%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.32%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.32%) SAP GTS
4 2 (0.32%) Summit
5 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 77 (12.24%) Azure
2 67 (10.65%) AWS
3 28 (4.45%) GCP
4 27 (4.29%) Power Platform
5 17 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 17 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
6 12 (1.91%) SaaS
7 11 (1.75%) GitHub
8 9 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.27%) dbt
10 7 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (0.95%) Miro
12 5 (0.79%) OCI
12 5 (0.79%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
13 4 (0.64%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.48%) Azure AI
15 2 (0.32%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.66%) Firewall
2 6 (0.95%) Network Security
3 4 (0.64%) 5G
4 3 (0.48%) Broadband
4 3 (0.48%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (0.48%) Multicast
4 3 (0.48%) S/MIME
4 3 (0.48%) SSL
4 3 (0.48%) VPN
4 3 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.32%) Internet
5 2 (0.32%) LAN
5 2 (0.32%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.32%) WAN
6 1 (0.16%) BGP
6 1 (0.16%) DHCP
6 1 (0.16%) DNS
6 1 (0.16%) Intranet
6 1 (0.16%) MPLS
6 1 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (3.97%) Power BI
3 20 (3.18%) SQL Server
4 13 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.43%) Tableau
6 8 (1.27%) KDB
6 8 (1.27%) Kdb+
6 8 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
7 7 (1.11%) Apache Arrow
7 7 (1.11%) Apache Iceberg
7 7 (1.11%) Big Data
7 7 (1.11%) Dremio
7 7 (1.11%) Metadata
8 4 (0.64%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.64%) Star Schema
9 3 (0.48%) Data Mart
9 3 (0.48%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 62 (9.86%) JIRA
2 11 (1.75%) Git
3 9 (1.43%) SpecFlow
4 5 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.79%) QUnit
5 3 (0.48%) GCC
5 3 (0.48%) GDB
5 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.16%) GitLab
6 1 (0.16%) MLflow
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 311 (49.44%) Finance
2 275 (43.72%) Social Skills
3 138 (21.94%) Banking
4 109 (17.33%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (9.06%) Front Office
6 52 (8.27%) Legal
7 40 (6.36%) Investment Banking
8 37 (5.88%) Public Sector
9 27 (4.29%) Financial Institution
10 25 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (2.07%) Back Office
13 13 (2.07%) Law
14 11 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.59%) Retail
16 8 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.27%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 93 (14.79%) Developer
2 92 (14.63%) Analyst
3 85 (13.51%) Senior
4 74 (11.76%) Project Manager
5 62 (9.86%) Lead
6 58 (9.22%) Consultant
7 48 (7.63%) Business Analyst
8 38 (6.04%) Senior Developer
9 37 (5.88%) Architect
10 30 (4.77%) Programme Manager
11 26 (4.13%) Java Developer
12 25 (3.97%) AWS Developer
12 25 (3.97%) IT Manager
13 24 (3.82%) Python Developer
13 24 (3.82%) Risk Analyst
14 21 (3.34%) Senior Manager
15 20 (3.18%) Delivery Manager
16 19 (3.02%) Security Consultant
16 19 (3.02%) Senior Java Developer
17 18 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.34%) Kafka
2 16 (2.54%) NumPy
2 16 (2.54%) Pandas
3 14 (2.23%) .NET
4 13 (2.07%) .NET Framework
4 13 (2.07%) REST
5 12 (1.91%) AngularJS
6 11 (1.75%) XML
7 10 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (1.59%) React
8 9 (1.43%) COM
8 9 (1.43%) Dask
8 9 (1.43%) Entity Framework
8 9 (1.43%) NHibernate
8 9 (1.43%) Playwright
9 8 (1.27%) Middleware
9 8 (1.27%) RESTful
10 7 (1.11%) Node.js
10 7 (1.11%) SciPy
10 7 (1.11%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 82 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 61 (9.70%) Derivative
3 44 (7.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 39 (6.20%) Equities
5 37 (5.88%) Market Risk
6 30 (4.77%) Security Posture
7 29 (4.61%) Product Ownership
8 28 (4.45%) Algorithms
8 28 (4.45%) Fixed Income
9 25 (3.97%) Credit Risk
10 19 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
11 18 (2.86%) Onboarding
12 17 (2.70%) Cloud Native
12 17 (2.70%) Hedge funds
13 15 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.75%) Data Structures
14 11 (1.75%) Distributed Computing
14 11 (1.75%) Equity Derivative
15 10 (1.59%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.13%) Linux
2 17 (2.70%) Unix
3 16 (2.54%) Windows
4 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.32%) zOS
5 1 (0.16%) Android
5 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (27.34%) Agile
2 169 (26.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 141 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
4 116 (18.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 101 (16.06%) Project Management
6 88 (13.99%) Cybersecurity
7 81 (12.88%) Analytics
8 73 (11.61%) Project Delivery
9 72 (11.45%) Information Security
10 71 (11.29%) Decision-Making
11 64 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 63 (10.02%) AI
13 59 (9.38%) Computer Science
14 58 (9.22%) Scrum
15 55 (8.74%) Change Management
16 52 (8.27%) Regulatory Compliance
17 46 (7.31%) Roadmaps
18 45 (7.15%) Migration
19 44 (7.00%) PRINCE2
20 43 (6.84%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 94 (14.94%) Python
2 83 (13.20%) SQL
3 35 (5.56%) Java
4 26 (4.13%) C++
5 22 (3.50%) C#
6 15 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 14 (2.23%) VBA
8 11 (1.75%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.11%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.79%) Korn
11 4 (0.64%) R
12 3 (0.48%) Bash
13 2 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.32%) Perl
13 2 (0.32%) RPG
13 2 (0.32%) Scala
13 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.16%) Bicep
14 1 (0.16%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 144 (22.89%) Degree
2 74 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 64 (10.17%) CISSP
4 62 (9.86%) SC Cleared
5 54 (8.59%) PMI Certification
6 50 (7.95%) PMP
7 40 (6.36%) CISM
8 39 (6.20%) Master's Degree
9 21 (3.34%) DV Cleared
10 16 (2.54%) CRISC
11 15 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (2.38%) Numerate Degree
12 14 (2.23%) CISA
13 11 (1.75%) PhD
14 10 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (1.27%) CESG Certified Professional
16 7 (1.11%) FFIEC
17 6 (0.95%) Azure Certification
17 6 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 5 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (11.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (10.49%) NIST
3 47 (7.47%) GRC
4 46 (7.31%) GDPR
5 32 (5.09%) QA
6 25 (3.97%) Data Quality
6 25 (3.97%) PMO
7 21 (3.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 20 (3.18%) PCI DSS
9 13 (2.07%) EU AI Act
10 10 (1.59%) Basel III
10 10 (1.59%) COBIT
10 10 (1.59%) NCSC
11 9 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 8 (1.27%) SLA
13 7 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.95%) GMP
15 5 (0.79%) Accessibility
15 5 (0.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.59%) Docker
3 6 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (1.43%) Kubernetes
1 9 (1.43%) Terraform
2 5 (0.79%) Ansible
2 5 (0.79%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.48%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) Consul
6 1 (0.16%) Control-M
6 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.16%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.16%) Packer
6 1 (0.16%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 64 (10.17%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.45%) Oracle
2 28 (4.45%) SAP
3 23 (3.66%) ServiceNow
4 15 (2.38%) Murex
4 15 (2.38%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.11%) Databricks
6 6 (0.95%) Ariba
6 6 (0.95%) Bloomberg
7 5 (0.79%) Citrix
7 5 (0.79%) Informatica
7 5 (0.79%) Solace
7 5 (0.79%) Workday
8 4 (0.64%) Google
8 4 (0.64%) IBM
9 3 (0.48%) Cisco
9 3 (0.48%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.48%) Remedy
9 3 (0.48%) Splunk
10 2 (0.32%) Foundry