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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 45 77
Rank change year-on-year -26 +32 -15
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 801 726 528
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.94% 5.38% 3.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 5.81% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 472 326
10th Percentile £413 £391 £398
25th Percentile £500 £494 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £725 £811 £750
90th Percentile £838 £888 £856
England median daily rate £554 £575 £577
% change year-on-year -3.70% -0.35% -3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 3
10th Percentile £31.92 £39.45 £22.02
25th Percentile £32.55 £48.25 £25.06
Median hourly rate £33.60 £65.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year -48.31% +115.80% +38.48%
75th Percentile £44.13 - £39.44
90th Percentile £49.90 £79.00 £45.02
England median hourly rate £67.05 £49.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +35.44% -13.91% +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 18,096 12,500 14,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.57% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,817 8,259 9,770
10th Percentile £358 £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 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 257 182
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.29
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.84 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.19% -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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -8 116 £550 -15.38% 144
West London -14 16 £500 +17.65% 63
East London +2 6 £750 +50.00% 13
South London -18 2 £413 -28.26% 10
North London -3 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 32 (4.00%) Confluence
2 14 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.50%) SAS
4 3 (0.37%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.25%) CMS
5 2 (0.25%) IIS
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 29 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.12%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.75%) Endur
3 5 (0.62%) SAP GRC
4 4 (0.50%) Actimize
4 4 (0.50%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.50%) Magento
4 4 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.50%) Summit
5 3 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.37%) Findur
5 3 (0.37%) Front Arena
5 3 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.37%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.25%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.25%) Eikon
6 2 (0.25%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 117 (14.61%) Azure
2 94 (11.74%) AWS
3 33 (4.12%) GCP
4 31 (3.87%) Entra ID
5 30 (3.75%) SaaS
6 27 (3.37%) Power Platform
7 24 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (2.12%) GitHub
9 14 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.37%) OCI
12 10 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.00%) PaaS
15 7 (0.87%) Collibra
15 7 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
16 6 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.87%) Firewall
2 16 (2.00%) Network Security
3 9 (1.12%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.75%) 4G
4 6 (0.75%) 5G
4 6 (0.75%) Internet
4 6 (0.75%) LAN
4 6 (0.75%) WAN
5 5 (0.62%) Cisco IPT
5 5 (0.62%) DNS
5 5 (0.62%) VPN
6 4 (0.50%) DHCP
6 4 (0.50%) Wireless
7 3 (0.37%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.37%) VoLTE
7 3 (0.37%) WinSCP
8 2 (0.25%) Modbus
8 2 (0.25%) NAS
8 2 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.12%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.62%) Power BI
3 18 (2.25%) Metadata
4 14 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.37%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.12%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.87%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.75%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.62%) Big Data
9 5 (0.62%) Db2
9 5 (0.62%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.62%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.50%) Ataccama
10 4 (0.50%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.37%) ClickHouse
11 3 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.37%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 57 (7.12%) JIRA
2 15 (1.87%) Git
3 13 (1.62%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.75%) Selenium
5 4 (0.50%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.50%) GitLab
5 4 (0.50%) Gradle
5 4 (0.50%) Subversion
6 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.37%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.37%) MLflow
6 3 (0.37%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.25%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.12%) eggPlant
8 1 (0.12%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.12%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 364 (45.44%) Finance
2 309 (38.58%) Social Skills
3 137 (17.10%) Banking
4 136 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
5 87 (10.86%) Public Sector
6 81 (10.11%) Legal
7 66 (8.24%) Front Office
8 34 (4.24%) Investment Banking
9 33 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
10 31 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (2.75%) Telecoms
13 20 (2.50%) Financial Institution
14 17 (2.12%) Law
15 14 (1.75%) Back Office
15 14 (1.75%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.75%) Marketing
15 14 (1.75%) Retail
16 13 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 102 (12.73%) Senior
2 99 (12.36%) Lead
3 89 (11.11%) Analyst
4 82 (10.24%) Architect
5 68 (8.49%) Project Manager
6 50 (6.24%) Developer
7 47 (5.87%) Business Analyst
8 45 (5.62%) Programme Manager
9 36 (4.49%) Security Architect
10 34 (4.24%) Consultant
11 26 (3.25%) IT Manager
12 25 (3.12%) Senior Manager
13 23 (2.87%) Delivery Manager
14 22 (2.75%) Risk Analyst
15 20 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
16 18 (2.25%) Technical Manager
17 17 (2.12%) Security Engineer
17 17 (2.12%) Security Manager
17 17 (2.12%) Solutions Architect
18 16 (2.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.12%) .NET
2 27 (3.37%) Terraform
3 23 (2.87%) REST
4 20 (2.50%) Middleware
5 15 (1.87%) Kafka
6 13 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (1.12%) React
8 8 (1.00%) .NET Core
8 8 (1.00%) Azure Blueprints
9 7 (0.87%) PySpark
9 7 (0.87%) SailPoint
9 7 (0.87%) XML
10 6 (0.75%) SOAP
10 6 (0.75%) Spring
10 6 (0.75%) Spring Boot
11 5 (0.62%) JSON
11 5 (0.62%) OAuth
12 4 (0.50%) .NET Framework
12 4 (0.50%) Jakarta EE
12 4 (0.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.87%) Onboarding
2 40 (4.99%) Cloud Native
3 37 (4.62%) Management Information System
3 37 (4.62%) Product Ownership
4 36 (4.49%) Security Posture
5 27 (3.37%) Market Risk
6 26 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
7 22 (2.75%) Derivative
8 21 (2.62%) Credit Risk
8 21 (2.62%) Fixed Income
9 20 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 19 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (2.12%) AI Agents
11 17 (2.12%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.75%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.50%) NHS
13 12 (1.50%) Operational Technology
14 11 (1.37%) Equities
15 10 (1.25%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.74%) Windows
2 26 (3.25%) Linux
3 23 (2.87%) Unix
4 14 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.37%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.12%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (41.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 213 (26.59%) Agile
3 166 (20.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 160 (19.98%) Cybersecurity
5 148 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 138 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
7 136 (16.98%) Decision-Making
8 128 (15.98%) AI
9 121 (15.11%) Roadmaps
10 100 (12.48%) Information Security
11 96 (11.99%) Project Management
12 92 (11.49%) Migration
13 91 (11.36%) Analytics
14 90 (11.24%) Project Delivery
15 83 (10.36%) DevOps
16 76 (9.49%) CI/CD
17 72 (8.99%) Change Management
18 67 (8.36%) Data Protection
19 63 (7.87%) SDLC
20 62 (7.74%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 77 (9.61%) Python
2 74 (9.24%) SQL
3 26 (3.25%) Java
4 24 (3.00%) C#
5 22 (2.75%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.12%) Bash
7 7 (0.87%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.75%) Shell Script
8 6 (0.75%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.62%) Bicep
10 4 (0.50%) C++
10 4 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.50%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.50%) Korn
10 4 (0.50%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.37%) C
11 3 (0.37%) R
11 3 (0.37%) Scala
11 3 (0.37%) VBA
11 3 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 145 (18.10%) Security Cleared
2 108 (13.48%) SC Cleared
3 87 (10.86%) Degree
4 65 (8.11%) CISSP
5 38 (4.74%) PMI Certification
6 37 (4.62%) PMP
7 36 (4.49%) CISM
8 33 (4.12%) DV Cleared
9 18 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (2.00%) CRISC
10 16 (2.00%) Master's Degree
11 14 (1.75%) CISA
12 12 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 9 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (1.00%) Azure Certification
14 8 (1.00%) ISTQB
15 7 (0.87%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (10.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (9.24%) NIST
3 72 (8.99%) GRC
4 64 (7.99%) QA
5 37 (4.62%) Data Quality
6 36 (4.49%) GDPR
7 31 (3.87%) PMO
8 23 (2.87%) NCSC
9 13 (1.62%) COBIT
10 12 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (1.50%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.37%) SLA
12 10 (1.25%) PCI DSS
13 9 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.75%) Basel III
14 6 (0.75%) ITGC
14 6 (0.75%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 21 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.37%) Docker
3 9 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.25%) NFS
5 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) vSphere
6 1 (0.12%) IAG
6 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (2.37%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.75%) Ansible
3 5 (0.62%) Grafana
3 5 (0.62%) SCCM
4 4 (0.50%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.50%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.37%) Control-M
5 3 (0.37%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.37%) Puppet
6 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.25%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.25%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.12%) Argo
7 1 (0.12%) CA Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.12%) Istio
7 1 (0.12%) Nessus
Vendors
1 123 (15.36%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.74%) ServiceNow
3 42 (5.24%) SAP
4 41 (5.12%) Oracle
5 15 (1.87%) Splunk
6 14 (1.75%) Murex
7 12 (1.50%) Google
8 11 (1.37%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.12%) Databricks
9 9 (1.12%) Qualys
10 8 (1.00%) Tenable
10 8 (1.00%) Workday
11 7 (0.87%) CyberArk
11 7 (0.87%) OpenLink
11 7 (0.87%) Sybase
12 6 (0.75%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.75%) Cisco
12 6 (0.75%) Informatica
12 6 (0.75%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.75%) Rapid7