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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 48 51
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +27
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 659 584 730
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.45% 4.20% 3.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.89% 4.65% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 357 523
10th Percentile £413 £400 £413
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% +4.17% -5.88%
75th Percentile £775 £750 £749
90th Percentile £988 £850 £825
England median daily rate £550 £596 £575
% change year-on-year -7.72% +3.65% -7.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 4
10th Percentile - £25.40 -
25th Percentile £65.00 £29.94 £21.50
Median hourly rate £67.18 £61.55 £28.92
Median % change year-on-year +9.14% +112.86% -57.94%
75th Percentile £75.46 £82.00 £42.25
90th Percentile £86.43 £84.38 £52.90
England median hourly rate £40.97 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -31.72% - +464.44%

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 13,486 12,571 16,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.07% 90.51% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,936 7,985 11,699
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 158 330
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.24
25th Percentile £24.81 £24.81 £19.52
Median hourly rate £34.27 £35.00 £30.33
Median % change year-on-year -2.09% +15.40% -19.12%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.11 £52.50
90th Percentile £72.00 £79.13 £72.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.34
% change year-on-year -26.69% -5.59% +3.81%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 87 £600 +4.35% 39
West London -21 7 £619 +71.81% 7
South London -25 6 £500 -20.00% 6
East London +2 5 £675 - 8
North London - 4 £513 -
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 (3.79%) Confluence
2 11 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.52%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.76%) SAS
5 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.15%) Camunda
6 1 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.15%) nginx
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (8.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (4.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.67%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.30%) Trello
8 1 (0.15%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.15%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.06%) Loan IQ
3 5 (0.76%) Endur
4 4 (0.61%) Summit
5 3 (0.46%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.30%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.15%) Maximo
7 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 87 (13.20%) Azure
2 73 (11.08%) AWS
3 28 (4.25%) Power Platform
4 27 (4.10%) GCP
5 18 (2.73%) Entra ID
6 17 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (1.97%) SaaS
8 12 (1.82%) GitHub
8 12 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (0.91%) dbt
12 6 (0.91%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.76%) Miro
14 4 (0.61%) Alation
14 4 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
14 4 (0.61%) Collibra
14 4 (0.61%) OCI
14 4 (0.61%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.34%) Firewall
2 5 (0.76%) Network Security
3 4 (0.61%) 5G
3 4 (0.61%) VPN
4 3 (0.46%) Broadband
4 3 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (0.46%) Multicast
4 3 (0.46%) S/MIME
4 3 (0.46%) SSL
5 2 (0.30%) Internet
5 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.30%) WAN
5 2 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.15%) BGP
6 1 (0.15%) DHCP
6 1 (0.15%) DNS
6 1 (0.15%) LAN
6 1 (0.15%) MPLS
6 1 (0.15%) RSVP
6 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.79%) Power BI
2 24 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (3.03%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.67%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.37%) Metadata
7 8 (1.21%) KDB
7 8 (1.21%) Kdb+
7 8 (1.21%) Tableau
8 7 (1.06%) Big Data
9 5 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.76%) Apache Arrow
9 5 (0.76%) Apache Iceberg
9 5 (0.76%) Dremio
10 4 (0.61%) Data Mart
10 4 (0.61%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.61%) Star Schema
11 3 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.46%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (9.71%) JIRA
2 11 (1.67%) Git
3 9 (1.37%) SpecFlow
4 5 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.76%) QUnit
5 3 (0.46%) GCC
5 3 (0.46%) GDB
5 3 (0.46%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.15%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) MLflow
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 322 (48.86%) Finance
2 290 (44.01%) Social Skills
3 142 (21.55%) Banking
4 116 (17.60%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (8.95%) Legal
6 56 (8.50%) Front Office
7 44 (6.68%) Public Sector
8 43 (6.53%) Investment Banking
9 29 (4.40%) Financial Institution
10 22 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.82%) Law
14 11 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.67%) Retail
15 9 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.21%) Back Office
17 7 (1.06%) Military
17 7 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 96 (14.57%) Analyst
2 91 (13.81%) Developer
3 90 (13.66%) Senior
4 70 (10.62%) Lead
5 66 (10.02%) Project Manager
6 57 (8.65%) Consultant
7 50 (7.59%) Business Analyst
8 43 (6.53%) Architect
9 38 (5.77%) Senior Developer
10 32 (4.86%) Programme Manager
11 26 (3.95%) Java Developer
12 24 (3.64%) Risk Analyst
12 24 (3.64%) Senior Manager
13 23 (3.49%) AWS Developer
14 22 (3.34%) Python Developer
15 21 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
16 19 (2.88%) IT Manager
16 19 (2.88%) Security Architect
16 19 (2.88%) Senior Java Developer
17 18 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.19%) Kafka
2 14 (2.12%) .NET
2 14 (2.12%) NumPy
2 14 (2.12%) Pandas
3 13 (1.97%) .NET Framework
3 13 (1.97%) REST
4 11 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (1.52%) AngularJS
6 9 (1.37%) COM
6 9 (1.37%) Dask
6 9 (1.37%) Entity Framework
6 9 (1.37%) NHibernate
6 9 (1.37%) Playwright
6 9 (1.37%) XML
7 8 (1.21%) Middleware
7 8 (1.21%) React
7 8 (1.21%) RESTful
8 5 (0.76%) PyTorch
8 5 (0.76%) TensorFlow
8 5 (0.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 85 (12.90%) Management Information System
2 65 (9.86%) Derivative
3 43 (6.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 41 (6.22%) Market Risk
5 38 (5.77%) Equities
6 32 (4.86%) Product Ownership
6 32 (4.86%) Security Posture
7 31 (4.70%) Credit Risk
8 30 (4.55%) Algorithms
9 29 (4.40%) Fixed Income
10 21 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
11 20 (3.03%) Cloud Native
11 20 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (3.03%) Onboarding
12 17 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (2.58%) Hedge funds
13 14 (2.12%) Data Structures
14 11 (1.67%) Equity Derivative
15 10 (1.52%) Distributed Computing
15 10 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.10%) Linux
2 19 (2.88%) Unix
3 17 (2.58%) Windows
4 2 (0.30%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.30%) zOS
5 1 (0.15%) Android
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (27.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 169 (25.64%) Agile
3 149 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
4 121 (18.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 99 (15.02%) Project Management
6 92 (13.96%) Analytics
6 92 (13.96%) Cybersecurity
7 78 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 76 (11.53%) Decision-Making
9 75 (11.38%) Information Security
10 71 (10.77%) AI
11 70 (10.62%) Project Delivery
12 58 (8.80%) Change Management
12 58 (8.80%) Computer Science
12 58 (8.80%) Regulatory Compliance
12 58 (8.80%) Scrum
13 55 (8.35%) Roadmaps
14 49 (7.44%) Data Protection
15 48 (7.28%) Machine Learning
16 46 (6.98%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 96 (14.57%) Python
2 89 (13.51%) SQL
3 37 (5.61%) Java
4 25 (3.79%) C++
5 23 (3.49%) C#
6 15 (2.28%) PowerShell
7 14 (2.12%) VBA
8 11 (1.67%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.91%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.76%) Korn
11 3 (0.46%) Bash
11 3 (0.46%) R
11 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.30%) Perl
12 2 (0.30%) RPG
12 2 (0.30%) Scala
13 1 (0.15%) Jython
13 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.15%) VC++
Qualifications
1 143 (21.70%) Degree
2 80 (12.14%) Security Cleared
3 66 (10.02%) CISSP
3 66 (10.02%) SC Cleared
4 53 (8.04%) PMI Certification
5 49 (7.44%) PMP
6 41 (6.22%) CISM
7 39 (5.92%) Master's Degree
8 20 (3.03%) DV Cleared
9 18 (2.73%) CRISC
10 15 (2.28%) Numerate Degree
11 13 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.82%) CISA
13 11 (1.67%) PhD
14 10 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (1.21%) CESG Certified Professional
16 7 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (1.06%) FFIEC
16 7 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 6 (0.91%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (11.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (10.32%) NIST
3 54 (8.19%) GDPR
4 52 (7.89%) GRC
5 33 (5.01%) QA
6 26 (3.95%) Data Quality
6 26 (3.95%) PMO
7 21 (3.19%) PCI DSS
8 20 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (1.82%) EU AI Act
10 11 (1.67%) NCSC
11 10 (1.52%) Basel III
11 10 (1.52%) COBIT
12 8 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 8 (1.21%) SLA
13 7 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (1.06%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.76%) Accessibility
14 5 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.76%) GMP
System Software
1 15 (2.28%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.67%) Docker
3 7 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (1.67%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.37%) Terraform
3 5 (0.76%) Ansible
3 5 (0.76%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.30%) Grafana
5 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.30%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Consul
6 1 (0.15%) Control-M
6 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.15%) Packer
6 1 (0.15%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 71 (10.77%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.70%) Oracle
3 28 (4.25%) SAP
4 24 (3.64%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.73%) Murex
6 17 (2.58%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.06%) Bloomberg
7 7 (1.06%) Databricks
7 7 (1.06%) Informatica
8 6 (0.91%) Ariba
8 6 (0.91%) Workday
9 5 (0.76%) Citrix
9 5 (0.76%) Solace
10 4 (0.61%) Charles River
10 4 (0.61%) Google
10 4 (0.61%) IBM
11 3 (0.46%) Cisco
11 3 (0.46%) Foundry
11 3 (0.46%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.46%) Remedy