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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 39 80
Rank change year-on-year -39 +41 -14
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 691 737 486
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.47% 5.43% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 5.89% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 477 305
10th Percentile £425 £402 £384
25th Percentile £500 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £725 £813 £775
90th Percentile £859 £875 £863
England median daily rate £570 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £37.04 £23.90
25th Percentile £85.00 £47.93 £26.23
Median hourly rate £90.00 £49.50 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +81.81% +64.35% +28.94%
75th Percentile £95.00 £61.55 £39.44
90th Percentile - £82.50 £45.02
England median hourly rate £79.00 £49.51 £56.25
% change year-on-year +59.58% -11.99% +94.03%

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 17,727 12,515 14,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.25% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,711 8,371 10,405
10th Percentile £363 £326 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 241 219
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.19
25th Percentile £20.26 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -12.41% -17.47%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.38
England median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.48% -37.63% -5.12%

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 28 July 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
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 28 July 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 -10 101 £550 -12.00% 59
West London -9 16 £506 +19.12% 16
East London +3 7 £590 +7.27% 9
South London -27 3 £569 -1.60% 9
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 30 (4.34%) Confluence
2 9 (1.30%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.58%) SAS
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.14%) Appian
5 1 (0.14%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.14%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 26 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (2.60%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.45%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.59%) Endur
3 5 (0.72%) Actimize
4 4 (0.58%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.58%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.58%) Magento
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.43%) Findur
5 3 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.43%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.43%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 100 (14.47%) Azure
2 82 (11.87%) AWS
3 33 (4.78%) GCP
4 25 (3.62%) Entra ID
4 25 (3.62%) SaaS
5 19 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (2.32%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.03%) GitHub
8 13 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.16%) OCI
9 8 (1.16%) PaaS
10 7 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (1.01%) Snowflake
11 6 (0.87%) Amazon S3
11 6 (0.87%) AWS Control Tower
11 6 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.46%) Firewall
2 10 (1.45%) Network Security
3 5 (0.72%) 4G
3 5 (0.72%) 5G
3 5 (0.72%) Internet
4 4 (0.58%) LAN
4 4 (0.58%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.58%) WAN
5 3 (0.43%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.43%) NAS
5 3 (0.43%) SAN
5 3 (0.43%) VoLTE
5 3 (0.43%) WinSCP
6 2 (0.29%) Intranet
6 2 (0.29%) NGFW
6 2 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.29%) VLAN
6 2 (0.29%) VPN
6 2 (0.29%) X.509
7 1 (0.14%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.60%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.59%) Power BI
4 10 (1.45%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.30%) Metadata
6 7 (1.01%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.87%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.72%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.58%) Big Data
10 3 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.43%) Db2
10 3 (0.43%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.43%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.43%) Tableau
11 2 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.29%) Redis
11 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 53 (7.67%) JIRA
2 16 (2.32%) Git
3 15 (2.17%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.87%) GitLab
5 5 (0.72%) Selenium
5 5 (0.72%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.58%) Subversion
6 4 (0.58%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.43%) MLflow
8 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.29%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.14%) Appium
9 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.14%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.14%) Gradle
9 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 328 (47.47%) Finance
2 244 (35.31%) Social Skills
3 114 (16.50%) Banking
4 108 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (10.27%) Legal
6 67 (9.70%) Public Sector
7 39 (5.64%) Front Office
8 25 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (3.04%) Investment Banking
12 19 (2.75%) Financial Institution
12 19 (2.75%) Marketing
12 19 (2.75%) Retail
13 16 (2.32%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.74%) Law
15 11 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.59%) Local Government
16 10 (1.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 101 (14.62%) Lead
2 90 (13.02%) Senior
3 71 (10.27%) Project Manager
4 70 (10.13%) Architect
5 59 (8.54%) Analyst
6 48 (6.95%) Developer
7 39 (5.64%) Programme Manager
8 35 (5.07%) Consultant
9 34 (4.92%) Security Architect
10 33 (4.78%) Business Analyst
11 28 (4.05%) Senior Manager
12 21 (3.04%) Delivery Manager
13 19 (2.75%) IT Manager
13 19 (2.75%) Risk Analyst
14 15 (2.17%) Risk Business Analyst
14 15 (2.17%) Security Engineer
14 15 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (2.17%) Technical Manager
15 13 (1.88%) Security Manager
16 12 (1.74%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.47%) .NET
2 17 (2.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 16 (2.32%) REST
4 14 (2.03%) Middleware
5 12 (1.74%) Kafka
6 11 (1.59%) Azure Blueprints
7 9 (1.30%) React
8 8 (1.16%) PySpark
9 7 (1.01%) SOAP
9 7 (1.01%) XML
10 5 (0.72%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.72%) SailPoint
10 5 (0.72%) VML
11 4 (0.58%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.58%) JSON
11 4 (0.58%) JSP
11 4 (0.58%) OAuth
11 4 (0.58%) OpenID
11 4 (0.58%) RESTful
11 4 (0.58%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (5.64%) Cloud Native
1 39 (5.64%) Management Information System
2 35 (5.07%) Onboarding
3 34 (4.92%) Product Ownership
4 29 (4.20%) Security Posture
5 24 (3.47%) Market Risk
6 23 (3.33%) Derivative
7 21 (3.04%) Fixed Income
8 20 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 15 (2.17%) Credit Risk
11 14 (2.03%) AI Agents
12 13 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.74%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.59%) Equities
14 11 (1.59%) Operational Technology
15 10 (1.45%) CMDB
15 10 (1.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.91%) Windows
2 24 (3.47%) Linux
3 16 (2.32%) Unix
4 12 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.43%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (36.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 178 (25.76%) Agile
3 146 (21.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 128 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 112 (16.21%) Cybersecurity
5 112 (16.21%) Problem-Solving
6 109 (15.77%) Roadmaps
7 105 (15.20%) Decision-Making
8 99 (14.33%) Project Management
9 95 (13.75%) AI
10 85 (12.30%) Information Security
11 79 (11.43%) Project Delivery
12 76 (11.00%) Migration
13 72 (10.42%) Analytics
14 71 (10.27%) DevOps
15 62 (8.97%) CI/CD
15 62 (8.97%) Regulatory Compliance
16 60 (8.68%) Change Management
17 56 (8.10%) SDLC
18 52 (7.53%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 57 (8.25%) Python
2 56 (8.10%) SQL
3 31 (4.49%) Java
4 18 (2.60%) C#
5 16 (2.32%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.01%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.58%) Bash
7 4 (0.58%) Bicep
7 4 (0.58%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.43%) C
8 3 (0.43%) Scala
8 3 (0.43%) VBA
9 2 (0.29%) C++
9 2 (0.29%) Delphi
9 2 (0.29%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.29%) Korn
9 2 (0.29%) Perl
9 2 (0.29%) ProC
9 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.14%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 103 (14.91%) Security Cleared
2 87 (12.59%) Degree
3 72 (10.42%) SC Cleared
4 56 (8.10%) CISSP
5 30 (4.34%) PMI Certification
6 28 (4.05%) CISM
7 27 (3.91%) DV Cleared
7 27 (3.91%) PMP
8 18 (2.60%) CISA
8 18 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (2.17%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.74%) CRISC
11 10 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 7 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 6 (0.87%) ISTQB
14 6 (0.87%) RIBA
15 5 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (10.27%) NIST
3 64 (9.26%) GRC
4 52 (7.53%) QA
5 32 (4.63%) GDPR
6 30 (4.34%) PMO
7 24 (3.47%) Data Quality
8 22 (3.18%) PCI DSS
9 21 (3.04%) SLA
10 18 (2.60%) SOC 2
11 17 (2.46%) NCSC
12 12 (1.74%) COBIT
13 9 (1.30%) NIST 800
14 8 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 6 (0.87%) ITGC
17 4 (0.58%) EU AI Act
17 4 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.16%) Docker
4 2 (0.29%) NFS
5 1 (0.14%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 18 (2.60%) Terraform
2 12 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.16%) Ansible
4 5 (0.72%) Grafana
4 5 (0.72%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.58%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.43%) Control-M
6 3 (0.43%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.29%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.14%) Avamar
8 1 (0.14%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) CASB
8 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.14%) Istio
8 1 (0.14%) Nessus
8 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.14%) Puppet
8 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 87 (12.59%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.93%) ServiceNow
3 40 (5.79%) Oracle
4 34 (4.92%) SAP
5 15 (2.17%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.03%) Google
7 12 (1.74%) Workday
8 11 (1.59%) Splunk
9 10 (1.45%) Murex
10 8 (1.16%) Qualys
10 8 (1.16%) Tenable
11 7 (1.01%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.01%) Rapid7
12 6 (0.87%) Sybase
13 5 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (0.72%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.72%) Databricks
13 5 (0.72%) Okta
13 5 (0.72%) OpenLink
13 5 (0.72%) Sitecore