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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 44 75
Rank change year-on-year -29 +31 -13
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 767 720 524
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.79% 5.35% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.26% 5.78% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 474 326
10th Percentile £413 £390 £392
25th Percentile £500 £492 £485
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 £575
% change year-on-year -1.74% - -4.17%
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% +4.55%

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 18,008 12,449 14,389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.45% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,771 8,281 9,881
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 £661 £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 289 255 191
10th Percentile £17.53 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.89 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -9.86% -11.25%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 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 29 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 29 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 -9 108 £600 -4.00% 98
West London -12 17 £500 +17.65% 74
East London +3 6 £750 +50.00% 10
South London -25 2 £413 -28.63% 16
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 35 (4.56%) Confluence
2 13 (1.69%) 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 32 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.43%) 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 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.69%) 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%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.26%) Eikon
6 2 (0.26%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 110 (14.34%) Azure
2 90 (11.73%) AWS
3 32 (4.17%) GCP
4 29 (3.78%) Entra ID
5 28 (3.65%) SaaS
6 23 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (3.00%) Power Platform
7 13 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.69%) GitHub
8 10 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
8 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (1.30%) OCI
9 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (1.04%) PaaS
11 7 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (0.91%) Snowflake
11 7 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
12 6 (0.78%) Azure AI
12 6 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.00%) Firewall
2 16 (2.09%) Network Security
3 8 (1.04%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.78%) 4G
4 6 (0.78%) 5G
4 6 (0.78%) 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%) NAS
7 3 (0.39%) SAN
7 3 (0.39%) VoLTE
7 3 (0.39%) WinSCP
8 2 (0.26%) IPv4
8 2 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.00%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.22%) Power BI
3 15 (1.96%) Metadata
4 14 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.43%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.78%) 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 59 (7.69%) JIRA
2 13 (1.69%) Git
3 12 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.78%) Selenium
5 5 (0.65%) GitLab
6 4 (0.52%) Subversion
6 4 (0.52%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.39%) MLflow
7 3 (0.39%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.13%) Gradle
9 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.13%) Postman
9 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 346 (45.11%) Finance
2 299 (38.98%) Social Skills
3 126 (16.43%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (15.91%) Banking
5 83 (10.82%) Public Sector
6 76 (9.91%) Legal
7 61 (7.95%) Front Office
8 33 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
10 29 (3.78%) Investment Banking
11 24 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (2.87%) Telecoms
13 20 (2.61%) Financial Institution
14 16 (2.09%) Law
14 16 (2.09%) Marketing
14 16 (2.09%) Retail
15 12 (1.56%) Back Office
15 12 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.56%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 102 (13.30%) Lead
2 91 (11.86%) Senior
3 79 (10.30%) Analyst
4 78 (10.17%) Architect
5 70 (9.13%) Project Manager
6 48 (6.26%) Developer
7 46 (6.00%) Programme Manager
8 42 (5.48%) Business Analyst
9 37 (4.82%) Security Architect
10 33 (4.30%) Consultant
11 26 (3.39%) Senior Manager
12 24 (3.13%) IT Manager
13 23 (3.00%) Delivery Manager
14 19 (2.48%) Risk Analyst
15 18 (2.35%) Security Engineer
16 17 (2.22%) Security Manager
17 16 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
18 15 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
18 15 (1.96%) Technical Manager
18 15 (1.96%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.91%) .NET
2 23 (3.00%) Terraform
3 21 (2.74%) REST
4 18 (2.35%) Middleware
5 16 (2.09%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (1.30%) Kafka
7 8 (1.04%) Azure Blueprints
7 8 (1.04%) React
8 7 (0.91%) .NET Core
8 7 (0.91%) PySpark
8 7 (0.91%) XML
9 6 (0.78%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.78%) 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 (4.95%) Cloud Native
1 38 (4.95%) Onboarding
2 36 (4.69%) Management Information System
3 35 (4.56%) Security Posture
4 32 (4.17%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.26%) Derivative
6 24 (3.13%) Market Risk
7 22 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (2.74%) Credit Risk
8 21 (2.74%) Fixed Income
9 18 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 15 (1.96%) AI Agents
10 15 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.83%) Data Centre
12 12 (1.56%) Equities
12 12 (1.56%) NHS
13 11 (1.43%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.30%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.69%) Windows
2 23 (3.00%) Linux
3 19 (2.48%) Unix
4 13 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.30%) 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
1 311 (40.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 198 (25.81%) Agile
3 163 (21.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 145 (18.90%) Cybersecurity
5 138 (17.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 132 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (15.65%) Decision-Making
8 117 (15.25%) AI
9 111 (14.47%) Roadmaps
10 101 (13.17%) Project Management
11 95 (12.39%) Migration
12 94 (12.26%) Information Security
13 89 (11.60%) Project Delivery
14 86 (11.21%) Analytics
15 76 (9.91%) DevOps
16 74 (9.65%) Change Management
17 67 (8.74%) CI/CD
18 63 (8.21%) SDLC
19 60 (7.82%) Data Protection
20 59 (7.69%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 67 (8.74%) Python
2 64 (8.34%) SQL
3 23 (3.00%) C#
3 23 (3.00%) Java
4 19 (2.48%) PowerShell
5 7 (0.91%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.78%) 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%) Perl
Qualifications
1 131 (17.08%) Security Cleared
2 96 (12.52%) SC Cleared
3 89 (11.60%) Degree
4 62 (8.08%) CISSP
5 36 (4.69%) PMI Certification
6 35 (4.56%) CISM
6 35 (4.56%) PMP
7 30 (3.91%) DV Cleared
8 20 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.96%) CRISC
10 14 (1.83%) CISA
11 13 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.69%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 9 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (1.04%) ISTQB
15 7 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 6 (0.78%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.78%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (10.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (9.52%) NIST
3 67 (8.74%) GRC
4 62 (8.08%) QA
5 32 (4.17%) GDPR
6 31 (4.04%) Data Quality
7 30 (3.91%) PMO
8 23 (3.00%) NCSC
9 14 (1.83%) COBIT
9 14 (1.83%) SLA
10 12 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (1.43%) PCI DSS
11 11 (1.43%) SOC 2
12 9 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.78%) 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 (2.35%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.17%) Docker
2 9 (1.17%) 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 (1.56%) 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%) HP ALM
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%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.13%) Argo
7 1 (0.13%) Avamar
7 1 (0.13%) CA Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) CASB
7 1 (0.13%) Istio
7 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 117 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.65%) ServiceNow
3 43 (5.61%) Oracle
4 42 (5.48%) SAP
5 14 (1.83%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.83%) Splunk
6 12 (1.56%) Google
6 12 (1.56%) Murex
6 12 (1.56%) Workday
7 9 (1.17%) Qualys
8 8 (1.04%) Databricks
8 8 (1.04%) Tenable
9 6 (0.78%) Cisco
9 6 (0.78%) CyberArk
9 6 (0.78%) OpenAI
9 6 (0.78%) OpenLink
9 6 (0.78%) Rapid7
9 6 (0.78%) Sybase
10 5 (0.65%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.65%) Sitecore