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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 39 68
Rank change year-on-year -32 +29 +5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 631 679 577
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.57% 5.49% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 5.95% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 441 398
10th Percentile £413 £400 £394
25th Percentile £500 £506 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £750 £806 £770
90th Percentile £948 £875 £850
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 4
10th Percentile - £48.12 £24.67
25th Percentile £85.00 £48.25 £28.18
Median hourly rate £90.00 £69.30 £33.23
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% +108.56% -50.41%
75th Percentile £95.00 £86.15 £39.44
90th Percentile - £96.50 £45.03
England median hourly rate £80.04 £62.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year +28.58% +18.57% +393.89%

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 15,594 11,404 15,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.29% 92.24% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,437 7,710 11,153
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £430 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 175 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.33 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.50 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +23.57% -28.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.45
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -19 96 £610 +1.67% 69
East London -1 10 £630 +5.00% 8
West London -25 10 £544 +147.16% 12
South London -25 5 £500 -14.24% 4
North London - 2 £325 -
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 27 (4.28%) Confluence
2 9 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.11%) SAS
4 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.16%) ThingWorx
5 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 41 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (4.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (3.49%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.90%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.32%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.16%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.27%) Endur
3 7 (1.11%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.11%) Summit
4 6 (0.95%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.79%) Actimize
5 5 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.63%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.48%) Dynamics SL
7 3 (0.48%) Findur
7 3 (0.48%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.48%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.32%) Global One
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 73 (11.57%) Azure
2 59 (9.35%) AWS
3 20 (3.17%) GCP
3 20 (3.17%) Power Platform
4 17 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (2.54%) SaaS
6 12 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.43%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.43%) GitHub
9 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (1.11%) Amazon S3
11 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (0.95%) Snowflake
12 5 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (0.79%) PaaS
13 4 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.63%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.74%) Firewall
2 7 (1.11%) Network Security
3 2 (0.32%) Internet
3 2 (0.32%) LAN
3 2 (0.32%) NAS
3 2 (0.32%) SAN
3 2 (0.32%) VLAN
3 2 (0.32%) WAN
3 2 (0.32%) WLAN
4 1 (0.16%) DMZ
4 1 (0.16%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.16%) NGFW
4 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.16%) VPN
4 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (2.38%) Power BI
3 14 (2.22%) Metadata
4 10 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.58%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.95%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.95%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.79%) RDBMS
6 5 (0.79%) Tableau
7 3 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (0.48%) Data Mart
7 3 (0.48%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.32%) Big Data
8 2 (0.32%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.32%) PowerCenter
8 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.32%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 57 (9.03%) JIRA
2 8 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.11%) Git
4 5 (0.79%) GitLab
5 4 (0.63%) Selenium
6 3 (0.48%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.48%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.16%) Appium
7 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.16%) DbUnit
7 1 (0.16%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.16%) ERwin
7 1 (0.16%) jMock
7 1 (0.16%) JUnit
7 1 (0.16%) Maven
7 1 (0.16%) MLflow
7 1 (0.16%) Mockito
7 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 289 (45.80%) Finance
2 234 (37.08%) Social Skills
3 113 (17.91%) Banking
4 112 (17.75%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (9.51%) Public Sector
6 55 (8.72%) Legal
7 27 (4.28%) Investment Banking
8 25 (3.96%) Front Office
8 25 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (3.65%) Financial Institution
9 23 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (2.69%) Retail
12 12 (1.90%) Marketing
13 11 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.74%) Military
14 10 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.43%) Back Office
15 9 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 92 (14.58%) Lead
2 86 (13.63%) Senior
3 72 (11.41%) Analyst
4 64 (10.14%) Project Manager
5 52 (8.24%) Architect
5 52 (8.24%) Developer
6 49 (7.77%) Business Analyst
7 42 (6.66%) Consultant
8 34 (5.39%) Programme Manager
9 22 (3.49%) Security Architect
10 21 (3.33%) Senior Developer
11 19 (3.01%) Delivery Manager
11 19 (3.01%) Risk Analyst
12 17 (2.69%) Risk Business Analyst
13 16 (2.54%) Risk Manager
13 16 (2.54%) Senior Manager
14 14 (2.22%) IT Manager
14 14 (2.22%) Java Developer
14 14 (2.22%) Security Consultant
15 13 (2.06%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (1.74%) .NET
2 11 (1.74%) Kafka
3 8 (1.27%) Middleware
3 8 (1.27%) REST
3 8 (1.27%) XML
4 7 (1.11%) React
5 6 (0.95%) J2EE
5 6 (0.95%) JSP
6 4 (0.63%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.63%) Azure Blueprints
6 4 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (0.48%) PySpark
7 3 (0.48%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.48%) SOAP
8 2 (0.32%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.32%) FIXML
8 2 (0.32%) JSON
8 2 (0.32%) OAuth
8 2 (0.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.24%) Management Information System
2 46 (7.29%) Derivative
3 29 (4.60%) Market Risk
4 28 (4.44%) Onboarding
5 26 (4.12%) Product Ownership
5 26 (4.12%) Security Posture
6 24 (3.80%) Cloud Native
7 22 (3.49%) Credit Risk
8 19 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
8 19 (3.01%) Equities
8 19 (3.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 18 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (2.85%) Fixed Income
10 14 (2.22%) Data Structures
11 13 (2.06%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.90%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (1.74%) Equity Derivative
14 10 (1.58%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.22%) Linux
2 11 (1.74%) Windows
3 10 (1.58%) Unix
4 2 (0.32%) zOS
5 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (29.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 169 (26.78%) Agile
3 129 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
4 112 (17.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 108 (17.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 93 (14.74%) Project Management
7 88 (13.95%) Decision-Making
8 87 (13.79%) Roadmaps
9 84 (13.31%) AI
10 81 (12.84%) Cybersecurity
11 77 (12.20%) Information Security
12 75 (11.89%) Analytics
13 72 (11.41%) Project Delivery
14 61 (9.67%) ERP
14 61 (9.67%) Regulatory Compliance
15 55 (8.72%) Migration
16 54 (8.56%) Data Protection
17 53 (8.40%) DevOps
18 52 (8.24%) Change Management
19 49 (7.77%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 65 (10.30%) SQL
2 64 (10.14%) Python
3 40 (6.34%) Java
4 13 (2.06%) C++
5 11 (1.74%) C#
6 9 (1.43%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.79%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.79%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.63%) Perl
8 4 (0.63%) VBA
9 3 (0.48%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.48%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.32%) Bash
10 2 (0.32%) Korn
10 2 (0.32%) RPG
10 2 (0.32%) Scala
11 1 (0.16%) Go
11 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 106 (16.80%) Degree
2 88 (13.95%) Security Cleared
3 65 (10.30%) SC Cleared
4 48 (7.61%) CISSP
5 34 (5.39%) CISM
6 33 (5.23%) PMI Certification
7 31 (4.91%) PMP
8 18 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (2.85%) CRISC
9 12 (1.90%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 12 (1.90%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.74%) CISA
11 10 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 9 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (0.95%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.95%) RIBA
14 5 (0.79%) APMG
15 4 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (11.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (9.19%) NIST
3 54 (8.56%) GRC
4 44 (6.97%) QA
5 41 (6.50%) GDPR
6 34 (5.39%) PMO
7 30 (4.75%) Data Quality
8 28 (4.44%) PCI DSS
9 23 (3.65%) SLA
10 16 (2.54%) COBIT
11 14 (2.22%) NCSC
12 12 (1.90%) SOC 2
13 11 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (1.27%) NIST 800
15 6 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 6 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
16 5 (0.79%) GMP
16 5 (0.79%) GxP
17 4 (0.63%) IFRS
System Software
1 6 (0.95%) Docker
2 5 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.16%) NFS
5 1 (0.16%) Postfix
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (1.27%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.79%) Terraform
3 4 (0.63%) Control-M
3 4 (0.63%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.48%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.32%) Ansible
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.16%) Avamar
6 1 (0.16%) CASB
6 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.16%) Grafana
6 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.16%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 74 (11.73%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.92%) Oracle
3 45 (7.13%) SAP
4 29 (4.60%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.33%) Murex
6 17 (2.69%) Workday
7 16 (2.54%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.43%) Databricks
9 6 (0.95%) Ariba
9 6 (0.95%) Google
10 5 (0.79%) Bloomberg
10 5 (0.79%) Charles River
10 5 (0.79%) Informatica
10 5 (0.79%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.79%) OpenLink
10 5 (0.79%) Splunk
11 4 (0.63%) Foundry
11 4 (0.63%) IBM
12 3 (0.48%) Epicor
12 3 (0.48%) HP