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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 46 72
Rank change year-on-year -19 +26 -15
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 825 691 541
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.08% 5.21% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.59% 5.63% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 446 332
10th Percentile £413 £388 £400
25th Percentile £500 £486 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £725 £805 £775
90th Percentile £838 £894 £875
England median daily rate £560 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -2.61% - -3.36%
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 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +100.13% -41.74% -4.17%

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 17,965 12,280 14,371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.83% 92.50% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,777 8,103 9,542
10th Percentile £359 £330 £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 £675 £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 310 249 177
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.77 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.15% -10.03% -7.28%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.95%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +3 119 £550 -13.73% 233
West London -18 15 £500 +17.65% 78
East London +3 4 £750 +74.42% 12
South London -18 4 £495 -14.86% 16
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 (4.00%) Confluence
2 14 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.73%) SAS
4 3 (0.36%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.24%) CMS
5 2 (0.24%) IIS
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 30 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.21%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.24%) Windchill
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.70%) Endur
3 5 (0.61%) SAP GRC
4 4 (0.48%) Actimize
4 4 (0.48%) Magento
4 4 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.36%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.36%) Front Arena
5 3 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.36%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.36%) Summit
6 2 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.24%) Eikon
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.24%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.24%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 124 (15.03%) Azure
2 105 (12.73%) AWS
3 44 (5.33%) GCP
4 35 (4.24%) Entra ID
5 31 (3.76%) SaaS
6 27 (3.27%) Power Platform
7 25 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (2.06%) GitHub
9 16 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
10 13 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
11 11 (1.33%) OCI
12 10 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (0.97%) PaaS
15 7 (0.85%) Azure AI
15 7 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.85%) Collibra
15 7 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
16 6 (0.73%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.79%) Firewall
2 16 (1.94%) Network Security
3 10 (1.21%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.85%) LAN
4 7 (0.85%) WAN
5 6 (0.73%) 4G
5 6 (0.73%) 5G
5 6 (0.73%) Internet
6 5 (0.61%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (0.61%) DNS
6 5 (0.61%) VPN
7 4 (0.48%) DHCP
7 4 (0.48%) Wireless
8 3 (0.36%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.36%) Modbus
8 3 (0.36%) VoLTE
8 3 (0.36%) WinSCP
9 2 (0.24%) Intranet
9 2 (0.24%) NAS
9 2 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.27%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.42%) Power BI
3 16 (1.94%) Metadata
4 13 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.09%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.09%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.97%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.73%) Big Data
7 6 (0.73%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.61%) Db2
8 5 (0.61%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.48%) Ataccama
9 4 (0.48%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.36%) ClickHouse
10 3 (0.36%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.36%) KDB
10 3 (0.36%) Kdb+
10 3 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.36%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (0.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 56 (6.79%) JIRA
2 19 (2.30%) Git
3 13 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.61%) Selenium
5 4 (0.48%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.48%) GitLab
5 4 (0.48%) Gradle
5 4 (0.48%) Subversion
6 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.36%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.36%) MLflow
7 2 (0.24%) QUnit
7 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.24%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.12%) SOAtest
8 1 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 384 (46.55%) Finance
2 314 (38.06%) Social Skills
3 145 (17.58%) Banking
4 143 (17.33%) Analytical Skills
5 91 (11.03%) Public Sector
6 84 (10.18%) Legal
7 69 (8.36%) Front Office
8 42 (5.09%) Influencing Skills
9 33 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (3.76%) Investment Banking
11 25 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.55%) Telecoms
13 20 (2.42%) Financial Institution
14 17 (2.06%) Law
15 16 (1.94%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.70%) Marketing
16 14 (1.70%) Retail
17 12 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (1.33%) Back Office
18 11 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 102 (12.36%) Lead
1 102 (12.36%) Senior
2 95 (11.52%) Analyst
3 91 (11.03%) Architect
4 69 (8.36%) Project Manager
5 52 (6.30%) Developer
6 46 (5.58%) Business Analyst
7 43 (5.21%) Programme Manager
8 36 (4.36%) Security Architect
9 31 (3.76%) Consultant
10 26 (3.15%) IT Manager
11 25 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
12 23 (2.79%) Risk Analyst
12 23 (2.79%) Senior Manager
13 22 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
14 21 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
15 18 (2.18%) Security Engineer
16 17 (2.06%) Technical Manager
17 16 (1.94%) Security Manager
17 16 (1.94%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.24%) .NET
2 33 (4.00%) Terraform
3 25 (3.03%) REST
4 18 (2.18%) Middleware
5 15 (1.82%) Kafka
6 11 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (1.21%) React
8 9 (1.09%) .NET Core
9 8 (0.97%) Azure Blueprints
10 7 (0.85%) PySpark
10 7 (0.85%) XGBoost
11 6 (0.73%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.73%) SOAP
11 6 (0.73%) Spring
11 6 (0.73%) Spring Boot
12 5 (0.61%) JSON
12 5 (0.61%) OAuth
12 5 (0.61%) Web Services
13 4 (0.48%) .NET Framework
13 4 (0.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.06%) Onboarding
2 41 (4.97%) Cloud Native
3 39 (4.73%) Management Information System
3 39 (4.73%) Security Posture
4 37 (4.48%) Product Ownership
5 27 (3.27%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (3.15%) Market Risk
7 24 (2.91%) Credit Risk
8 22 (2.67%) Data Centre
9 21 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
10 20 (2.42%) Derivative
10 20 (2.42%) Fixed Income
11 18 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 17 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
13 15 (1.82%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.70%) Data Structures
15 13 (1.58%) NHS
15 13 (1.58%) Operational Technology
16 12 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
17 11 (1.33%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 41 (4.97%) Windows
2 28 (3.39%) Linux
3 26 (3.15%) Unix
4 15 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.36%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.36%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) Android
7 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (42.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 216 (26.18%) Agile
3 168 (20.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 165 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 151 (18.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 141 (17.09%) Decision-Making
7 139 (16.85%) AI
8 138 (16.73%) Roadmaps
9 136 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
10 102 (12.36%) Information Security
11 98 (11.88%) Project Management
12 94 (11.39%) Analytics
12 94 (11.39%) Migration
13 85 (10.30%) Project Delivery
14 82 (9.94%) CI/CD
15 80 (9.70%) DevOps
16 72 (8.73%) Change Management
17 68 (8.24%) Data Protection
17 68 (8.24%) Validation
18 65 (7.88%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 82 (9.94%) Python
2 78 (9.45%) SQL
3 28 (3.39%) Java
4 26 (3.15%) C#
5 23 (2.79%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.33%) Shell Script
7 10 (1.21%) Bash
8 7 (0.85%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.61%) Bicep
9 5 (0.61%) Korn
9 5 (0.61%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.61%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.48%) C++
10 4 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.48%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.48%) VBA
11 3 (0.36%) C
11 3 (0.36%) R
11 3 (0.36%) Scala
11 3 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 148 (17.94%) Security Cleared
2 110 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 99 (12.00%) Degree
4 70 (8.48%) CISSP
5 40 (4.85%) CISM
6 39 (4.73%) PMI Certification
7 38 (4.61%) PMP
8 33 (4.00%) DV Cleared
9 20 (2.42%) Master's Degree
10 19 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (2.06%) CRISC
13 15 (1.82%) CISA
14 13 (1.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 13 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (1.45%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.45%) Azure Certification
15 12 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 6 (0.73%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 79 (9.58%) NIST
3 74 (8.97%) GRC
4 60 (7.27%) QA
5 42 (5.09%) Data Quality
6 35 (4.24%) GDPR
7 28 (3.39%) PMO
8 22 (2.67%) NCSC
9 16 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (1.45%) SLA
10 12 (1.45%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.33%) COBIT
12 10 (1.21%) Basel III
13 9 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.97%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.73%) ITGC
15 6 (0.73%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 24 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.33%) Docker
3 9 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.24%) NFS
5 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.24%) vSphere
6 1 (0.12%) IAG
6 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (2.67%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.06%) Ansible
3 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.61%) Grafana
4 5 (0.61%) SCCM
5 4 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.36%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.36%) Puppet
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.24%) Control-M
7 2 (0.24%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.12%) Argo
8 1 (0.12%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.12%) Istio
8 1 (0.12%) Nessus
8 1 (0.12%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 128 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.79%) ServiceNow
3 42 (5.09%) SAP
4 39 (4.73%) Oracle
5 19 (2.30%) Google
6 16 (1.94%) Splunk
7 15 (1.82%) Murex
8 12 (1.45%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.21%) Databricks
9 10 (1.21%) Qualys
10 9 (1.09%) CyberArk
10 9 (1.09%) Tenable
11 7 (0.85%) Bloomberg
11 7 (0.85%) Rapid7
11 7 (0.85%) Sybase
11 7 (0.85%) Workday
12 6 (0.73%) BeyondTrust
12 6 (0.73%) Calypso
12 6 (0.73%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.73%) Zscaler