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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 54 54
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +24
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 652 618 800
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.56% 3.96% 4.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.97% 4.41% 4.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 375 556
10th Percentile £400 £407 £430
25th Percentile £465 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £775 £750 £763
90th Percentile £953 £858 £975
England median daily rate £563 £575 £590
% change year-on-year -2.17% -2.59% -1.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 5
10th Percentile £41.75 £24.20 -
25th Percentile - £27.88 £21.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.55 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.16% +147.95% -69.55%
75th Percentile £69.36 £83.20 £36.34
90th Percentile £83.99 £86.74 £50.54
England median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £73.31
% change year-on-year -44.17% -18.16% +46.62%

All Process and 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 13,110 14,014 17,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.71% 89.83% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,647 9,052 12,526
10th Percentile £338 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 165 236
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +6.19% -11.16%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 -12 87 £600 -2.36% 43
West London -12 9 £448 -18.64% 10
South London -18 9 £582 -5.02% 10
North London - 5 £550 -
East London +1 3 - - 5
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 (5.06%) Confluence
2 15 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.53%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.38%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.61%) CMS
5 4 (0.61%) SAS
6 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.31%) IIS
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.15%) Camunda
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
Applications
1 38 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (3.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (1.53%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.61%) Trello
6 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.31%) GNU Octave
6 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.15%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.99%) Endur
2 10 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.46%) Loan IQ
3 3 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.46%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.31%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.31%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.15%) Maximo
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 83 (12.73%) AWS
2 75 (11.50%) Azure
3 36 (5.52%) GCP
4 25 (3.83%) Power Platform
5 18 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (2.45%) dbt
6 16 (2.45%) Entra ID
7 14 (2.15%) SaaS
8 12 (1.84%) GitHub
9 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (1.38%) Miro
11 7 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (0.92%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.77%) OCI
13 5 (0.77%) OpenShift
14 4 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (0.61%) IaaS
14 4 (0.61%) WhatsApp
15 3 (0.46%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.68%) Firewall
2 7 (1.07%) Multicast
3 6 (0.92%) Network Security
4 4 (0.61%) 5G
4 4 (0.61%) WAN
5 3 (0.46%) Broadband
5 3 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
5 3 (0.46%) S/MIME
5 3 (0.46%) SSL
5 3 (0.46%) VPN
5 3 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.31%) LAN
6 2 (0.31%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.15%) BGP
7 1 (0.15%) DHCP
7 1 (0.15%) DNS
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) Intranet
7 1 (0.15%) RSVP
7 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (5.37%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (3.53%) Power BI
3 22 (3.37%) SQL Server
4 15 (2.30%) Amazon Athena
4 15 (2.30%) Apache Arrow
4 15 (2.30%) Apache Iceberg
4 15 (2.30%) Dremio
5 11 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.23%) KDB
6 8 (1.23%) Kdb+
6 8 (1.23%) Tableau
7 7 (1.07%) Big Data
8 6 (0.92%) Metadata
8 6 (0.92%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.77%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.61%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.61%) Star Schema
11 3 (0.46%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 66 (10.12%) JIRA
2 11 (1.69%) Git
2 11 (1.69%) SpecFlow
3 7 (1.07%) GCC
3 7 (1.07%) GDB
4 5 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.77%) QUnit
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.15%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) Gradle
6 1 (0.15%) MLflow
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.15%) Snyk
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 334 (51.23%) Finance
2 276 (42.33%) Social Skills
3 144 (22.09%) Banking
4 112 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (10.28%) Front Office
6 47 (7.21%) Legal
7 39 (5.98%) Public Sector
8 38 (5.83%) Investment Banking
9 26 (3.99%) Financial Institution
10 22 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.45%) Back Office
13 15 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.30%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.84%) Retail
16 10 (1.53%) Local Government
17 9 (1.38%) Law
17 9 (1.38%) Manufacturing
18 7 (1.07%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 106 (16.26%) Developer
2 102 (15.64%) Analyst
3 88 (13.50%) Senior
4 83 (12.73%) Project Manager
5 62 (9.51%) Lead
6 51 (7.82%) Consultant
7 46 (7.06%) Business Analyst
8 40 (6.13%) Architect
9 36 (5.52%) Senior Developer
10 35 (5.37%) AWS Developer
11 32 (4.91%) Python Developer
12 28 (4.29%) Java Developer
13 27 (4.14%) Programme Manager
14 26 (3.99%) Risk Analyst
15 23 (3.53%) Senior Manager
16 21 (3.22%) IT Manager
17 19 (2.91%) Senior Java Developer
18 18 (2.76%) Analytics Developer
18 18 (2.76%) PostgreSQL Developer
18 18 (2.76%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.29%) AngularJS
2 27 (4.14%) React
3 25 (3.83%) NumPy
4 24 (3.68%) Pandas
5 21 (3.22%) .NET
5 21 (3.22%) Kafka
6 16 (2.45%) Node.js
6 16 (2.45%) REST
6 16 (2.45%) SciPy
7 15 (2.30%) .NET Framework
7 15 (2.30%) Vue
8 11 (1.69%) Entity Framework
8 11 (1.69%) Middleware
8 11 (1.69%) NHibernate
8 11 (1.69%) Playwright
8 11 (1.69%) RESTful
9 9 (1.38%) COM
9 9 (1.38%) XML
10 8 (1.23%) FIX Protocol
11 7 (1.07%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 84 (12.88%) Management Information System
2 56 (8.59%) Derivative
3 51 (7.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 40 (6.13%) Equities
5 38 (5.83%) Product Ownership
6 36 (5.52%) Fixed Income
6 36 (5.52%) Market Risk
7 25 (3.83%) Security Posture
8 24 (3.68%) Credit Risk
9 22 (3.37%) Algorithms
10 17 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (2.45%) Cloud Native
11 16 (2.45%) Hedge funds
11 16 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (2.45%) Onboarding
12 15 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.69%) Distributed Computing
14 11 (1.69%) Virtual Team
15 10 (1.53%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.75%) Linux
2 17 (2.61%) Unix
3 15 (2.30%) Windows
4 3 (0.46%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.15%) Android
5 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (28.99%) Agile
2 172 (26.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 137 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
4 128 (19.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 106 (16.26%) Project Management
6 85 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
7 76 (11.66%) Analytics
8 74 (11.35%) Project Delivery
9 70 (10.74%) Information Security
9 70 (10.74%) Migration
10 67 (10.28%) AI
10 67 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 66 (10.12%) Decision-Making
12 58 (8.90%) Computer Science
13 56 (8.59%) Scrum
14 55 (8.44%) Change Management
15 49 (7.52%) Regulatory Compliance
16 47 (7.21%) Roadmaps
17 45 (6.90%) Data Governance
18 43 (6.60%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 104 (15.95%) Python
2 86 (13.19%) SQL
3 46 (7.06%) Java
4 26 (3.99%) C#
5 24 (3.68%) C++
6 21 (3.22%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.91%) JavaScript
8 14 (2.15%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.84%) VBA
10 5 (0.77%) R
11 3 (0.46%) Bash
11 3 (0.46%) Korn
12 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.31%) Perl
12 2 (0.31%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.31%) Scala
13 1 (0.15%) Bicep
13 1 (0.15%) Fortran
13 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.15%) VC++
Qualifications
1 128 (19.63%) Degree
2 70 (10.74%) Security Cleared
3 60 (9.20%) SC Cleared
4 59 (9.05%) CISSP
5 47 (7.21%) PMI Certification
6 43 (6.60%) PMP
7 39 (5.98%) Master's Degree
8 32 (4.91%) CISM
9 23 (3.53%) DV Cleared
10 16 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (2.15%) CISA
12 12 (1.84%) PhD
13 10 (1.53%) CRISC
13 10 (1.53%) Numerate Degree
14 9 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (1.23%) CESG Certified Professional
16 7 (1.07%) CBAP
16 7 (1.07%) FFIEC
17 5 (0.77%) Azure Certification
17 5 (0.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (10.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (9.66%) NIST
3 44 (6.75%) GDPR
4 41 (6.29%) GRC
5 36 (5.52%) QA
6 28 (4.29%) PMO
7 24 (3.68%) Data Quality
8 21 (3.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 19 (2.91%) PCI DSS
10 13 (1.99%) EU AI Act
11 9 (1.38%) Basel III
11 9 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 9 (1.38%) SLA
12 8 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.92%) EMIR
13 6 (0.92%) NCSC
14 5 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.77%) COBIT
15 4 (0.61%) MiFID
15 4 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (2.15%) Active Directory
1 14 (2.15%) Docker
2 6 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (1.84%) Kubernetes
1 12 (1.84%) Terraform
2 8 (1.23%) Ansible
3 5 (0.77%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.46%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.31%) Grafana
5 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Consul
6 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.15%) Packer
6 1 (0.15%) QRadar
6 1 (0.15%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 55 (8.44%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.29%) ServiceNow
3 22 (3.37%) SAP
4 19 (2.91%) Oracle
5 15 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.38%) Solace
7 7 (1.07%) Bloomberg
8 6 (0.92%) Google
8 6 (0.92%) Murex
8 6 (0.92%) Splunk
9 5 (0.77%) Citrix
9 5 (0.77%) Databricks
9 5 (0.77%) Informatica
10 4 (0.61%) Cisco
10 4 (0.61%) IBM
11 3 (0.46%) Ariba
11 3 (0.46%) Hitachi
11 3 (0.46%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.46%) OneLogin
12 2 (0.31%) Workday