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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 48 69
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 -13
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 887 680 556
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.36% 5.07% 3.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.90% 5.48% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 439 336
10th Percentile £413 £387 £408
25th Percentile £505 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £640 £613
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.49% -1.21%
75th Percentile £725 £800 £775
90th Percentile £825 £900 £875
England median daily rate £571 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -0.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £31.92 £37.88 £22.85
25th Percentile £32.55 £55.31 £27.13
Median hourly rate £33.60 £65.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.31% +83.10% +63.22%
75th Percentile £44.13 - £57.58
90th Percentile £49.90 - £70.07
England median hourly rate £74.84 £33.50 £57.94
% change year-on-year +123.40% -42.18% -3.44%

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 18,094 12,405 14,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.57% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,846 8,173 9,340
10th Percentile £359 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
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 338 241 182
10th Percentile £16.01 £17.98 £17.28
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.75 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% -18.14% -7.51%
75th Percentile £58.44 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.75 £78.72
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%

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 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -3 122 £550 -12.00% 199
West London -11 17 £650 +52.94% 42
East London +1 4 £750 +108.33% 13
South London -18 3 £495 -14.86% 17
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 33 (3.72%) Confluence
2 14 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.68%) SAS
4 5 (0.56%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.34%) CMS
5 3 (0.34%) nginx
6 2 (0.23%) IIS
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.11%) Apache
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) Appian
7 1 (0.11%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 31 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.35%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.11%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.47%) Endur
3 5 (0.56%) SAP GRC
3 5 (0.56%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.45%) Actimize
4 4 (0.45%) Magento
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.34%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.34%) Summit
6 2 (0.23%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.23%) Eikon
6 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.23%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 137 (15.45%) Azure
2 110 (12.40%) AWS
3 47 (5.30%) GCP
4 36 (4.06%) Entra ID
5 32 (3.61%) SaaS
6 30 (3.38%) Power Platform
7 25 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (2.59%) GitHub
9 17 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
10 16 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (1.69%) OCI
12 13 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (0.90%) Snowflake
15 8 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
16 7 (0.79%) Collibra
16 7 (0.79%) OpenShift
16 7 (0.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.71%) Firewall
2 20 (2.25%) Network Security
3 10 (1.13%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.90%) LAN
4 8 (0.90%) WAN
5 7 (0.79%) VPN
6 6 (0.68%) 4G
6 6 (0.68%) 5G
6 6 (0.68%) Cisco IPT
6 6 (0.68%) DNS
6 6 (0.68%) Internet
7 4 (0.45%) DHCP
7 4 (0.45%) Wireless
8 3 (0.34%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.34%) Modbus
8 3 (0.34%) VoLTE
8 3 (0.34%) WinSCP
9 2 (0.23%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.27%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.59%) Power BI
3 19 (2.14%) Metadata
4 15 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.01%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.01%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.01%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.90%) Oracle Database
7 7 (0.79%) Big Data
8 6 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.56%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.45%) Ataccama
10 4 (0.45%) Db2
10 4 (0.45%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.34%) ClickHouse
11 3 (0.34%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.34%) Kdb+
11 3 (0.34%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.34%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 60 (6.76%) JIRA
2 23 (2.59%) Git
3 15 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.68%) GitLab
5 5 (0.56%) Selenium
6 4 (0.45%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.45%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.45%) Claude Code
6 4 (0.45%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.45%) Gradle
6 4 (0.45%) Subversion
7 2 (0.23%) MLflow
7 2 (0.23%) Postman
7 2 (0.23%) QUnit
7 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.11%) SOAtest
8 1 (0.11%) TestRail
General
1 417 (47.01%) Finance
2 341 (38.44%) Social Skills
3 162 (18.26%) Banking
4 157 (17.70%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (11.05%) Public Sector
6 89 (10.03%) Legal
7 74 (8.34%) Front Office
8 45 (5.07%) Influencing Skills
9 38 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
10 33 (3.72%) Investment Banking
11 27 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (2.59%) Financial Institution
13 21 (2.37%) Law
14 20 (2.25%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.92%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.80%) Marketing
17 15 (1.69%) Retail
18 13 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
19 11 (1.24%) Military
20 10 (1.13%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 115 (12.97%) Senior
2 108 (12.18%) Lead
3 103 (11.61%) Analyst
4 90 (10.15%) Architect
5 83 (9.36%) Project Manager
6 54 (6.09%) Developer
7 53 (5.98%) Business Analyst
8 48 (5.41%) Programme Manager
9 41 (4.62%) Consultant
10 36 (4.06%) Security Architect
11 31 (3.49%) IT Manager
12 28 (3.16%) Senior Manager
13 27 (3.04%) Delivery Manager
14 26 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
15 24 (2.71%) Risk Analyst
16 21 (2.37%) Technical Manager
17 20 (2.25%) Security Engineer
17 20 (2.25%) Senior Business Analyst
17 20 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
18 17 (1.92%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.51%) Terraform
2 34 (3.83%) .NET
3 28 (3.16%) REST
4 18 (2.03%) Kafka
4 18 (2.03%) Middleware
5 13 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
6 9 (1.01%) React
6 9 (1.01%) XGBoost
7 8 (0.90%) .NET Core
7 8 (0.90%) Azure Blueprints
7 8 (0.90%) PySpark
8 6 (0.68%) Model Context Protocol
8 6 (0.68%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.68%) SOAP
8 6 (0.68%) Spring
8 6 (0.68%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.68%) Web Services
9 5 (0.56%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.56%) JSON
9 5 (0.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.86%) Onboarding
2 45 (5.07%) Cloud Native
3 41 (4.62%) Product Ownership
4 40 (4.51%) Management Information System
5 38 (4.28%) Security Posture
6 33 (3.72%) Market Risk
7 29 (3.27%) Data Protection Act
8 27 (3.04%) Credit Risk
9 24 (2.71%) Data Centre
10 23 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (2.48%) Fixed Income
12 21 (2.37%) Derivative
13 20 (2.25%) AI Agents
14 19 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 17 (1.92%) Data Structures
15 17 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
16 15 (1.69%) Operational Technology
17 14 (1.58%) NHS
18 13 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
19 12 (1.35%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 41 (4.62%) Windows
2 36 (4.06%) Linux
3 28 (3.16%) Unix
4 15 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.34%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (43.40%) Stakeholder Management
2 239 (26.94%) Agile
3 175 (19.73%) Cybersecurity
3 175 (19.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 165 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 152 (17.14%) AI
5 152 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
6 148 (16.69%) Roadmaps
7 144 (16.23%) Decision-Making
8 108 (12.18%) Information Security
9 107 (12.06%) Project Management
10 104 (11.72%) Analytics
10 104 (11.72%) Migration
11 102 (11.50%) Project Delivery
12 97 (10.94%) DevOps
13 92 (10.37%) CI/CD
14 81 (9.13%) Change Management
15 71 (8.00%) Data Protection
16 69 (7.78%) Validation
17 67 (7.55%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 101 (11.39%) Python
2 85 (9.58%) SQL
3 32 (3.61%) C#
4 30 (3.38%) Java
5 25 (2.82%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.80%) Bash
7 11 (1.24%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.79%) C++
8 7 (0.79%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.56%) Bicep
9 5 (0.56%) Korn
9 5 (0.56%) R
9 5 (0.56%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.56%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.45%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.34%) C
11 3 (0.34%) Scala
11 3 (0.34%) VBA
11 3 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 161 (18.15%) Security Cleared
2 123 (13.87%) SC Cleared
3 110 (12.40%) Degree
4 69 (7.78%) CISSP
5 47 (5.30%) PMI Certification
6 45 (5.07%) PMP
7 40 (4.51%) CISM
8 34 (3.83%) DV Cleared
9 23 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (2.37%) Master's Degree
11 20 (2.25%) CRISC
12 19 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (2.03%) CISA
14 15 (1.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (1.47%) AWS Certification
16 12 (1.35%) Azure Certification
16 12 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
17 9 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 8 (0.90%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (11.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (9.58%) NIST
3 78 (8.79%) GRC
4 64 (7.22%) QA
5 48 (5.41%) Data Quality
6 34 (3.83%) GDPR
7 32 (3.61%) PMO
8 26 (2.93%) NCSC
9 17 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (1.35%) COBIT
10 12 (1.35%) SOC 2
11 10 (1.13%) Basel III
11 10 (1.13%) SLA
12 8 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.79%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 6 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 6 (0.68%) ITGC
14 6 (0.68%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (2.71%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.80%) Docker
3 9 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.34%) vSphere
6 2 (0.23%) IAG
7 1 (0.11%) NFS
7 1 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.03%) Ansible
3 8 (0.90%) Grafana
4 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.56%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.56%) SCCM
6 4 (0.45%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.34%) Argo
7 3 (0.34%) Control-M
7 3 (0.34%) Puppet
8 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.23%) Kibana
8 2 (0.23%) Podman
8 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) CA Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Istio
9 1 (0.11%) Nessus
9 1 (0.11%) QRadar
9 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 140 (15.78%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.43%) ServiceNow
3 47 (5.30%) SAP
4 44 (4.96%) Oracle
5 23 (2.59%) Murex
6 21 (2.37%) Google
7 17 (1.92%) Splunk
8 13 (1.47%) Databricks
9 12 (1.35%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.13%) Qualys
11 9 (1.01%) Bloomberg
11 9 (1.01%) CyberArk
11 9 (1.01%) Tenable
12 8 (0.90%) Cisco
12 8 (0.90%) Workday
13 7 (0.79%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.79%) Rapid7
14 6 (0.68%) BeyondTrust
14 6 (0.68%) IBM
14 6 (0.68%) Zscaler