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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 40 78
Rank change year-on-year -37 +38 -12
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 704 746 490
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.51% 5.48% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 5.95% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 489 309
10th Percentile £425 £400 £380
25th Percentile £500 £500 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £725 £800 £773
90th Percentile £850 £875 £863
England median daily rate £570 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -0.96% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £35.05 £23.90
25th Percentile £85.00 £48.25 £26.23
Median hourly rate £90.00 £49.50 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% +64.34% +28.94%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.00 £39.44
90th Percentile - £86.00 £45.02
England median hourly rate £79.00 £51.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +54.90% -11.30% +58.80%

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 17,865 12,538 14,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.00% 92.17% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,797 8,407 10,335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -0.94% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £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 295 245 209
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -11.76% -18.07%
75th Percentile £56.63 £49.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.38
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%

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 31 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 31 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 -17 105 £550 -12.00% 55
West London -8 17 £513 +20.59% 23
East London +2 7 £590 +7.27% 14
South London -26 3 £569 -1.60% 12
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 31 (4.40%) Confluence
2 9 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.57%) SAS
4 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.28%) IIS
4 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
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%) 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 25 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.41%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.56%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.28%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (1.70%) Endur
2 11 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.71%) Actimize
4 4 (0.57%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.57%) Magento
4 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.43%) Dynamics SL
5 3 (0.43%) Findur
5 3 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.43%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.43%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.43%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 101 (14.35%) Azure
2 83 (11.79%) AWS
3 31 (4.40%) GCP
4 26 (3.69%) SaaS
5 25 (3.55%) Entra ID
6 21 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.41%) Power Platform
8 14 (1.99%) GitHub
9 13 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (1.14%) OCI
10 8 (1.14%) PaaS
11 7 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.99%) Snowflake
12 6 (0.85%) AWS Control Tower
12 6 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (0.71%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.56%) Firewall
2 11 (1.56%) Network Security
3 6 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.71%) 4G
4 5 (0.71%) 5G
4 5 (0.71%) Internet
4 5 (0.71%) LAN
4 5 (0.71%) 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%) VPN
5 3 (0.43%) WinSCP
6 2 (0.28%) DHCP
6 2 (0.28%) DNS
6 2 (0.28%) Intranet
6 2 (0.28%) VLAN
6 2 (0.28%) Wireless
6 2 (0.28%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.70%) Power BI
4 10 (1.42%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.14%) Metadata
6 7 (0.99%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.85%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.71%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.57%) 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 (0.28%) Data Hub
11 2 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.28%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 53 (7.53%) JIRA
2 16 (2.27%) Git
3 14 (1.99%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.71%) GitLab
4 5 (0.71%) Selenium
4 5 (0.71%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.57%) Subversion
5 4 (0.57%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.43%) MLflow
7 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.28%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.14%) Appium
8 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.14%) Gradle
8 1 (0.14%) jMock
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 332 (47.16%) Finance
2 250 (35.51%) Social Skills
3 115 (16.34%) Banking
4 112 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (10.37%) Legal
6 70 (9.94%) Public Sector
7 42 (5.97%) Front Office
8 26 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (3.27%) Investment Banking
11 21 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (2.84%) Financial Institution
12 20 (2.84%) Retail
13 19 (2.70%) Marketing
14 17 (2.41%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.70%) Law
15 12 (1.70%) Local Government
16 10 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.42%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 100 (14.20%) Lead
2 95 (13.49%) Senior
3 71 (10.09%) Project Manager
4 70 (9.94%) Architect
5 63 (8.95%) Analyst
6 48 (6.82%) Developer
7 39 (5.54%) Programme Manager
8 36 (5.11%) Consultant
9 35 (4.97%) Business Analyst
10 34 (4.83%) Security Architect
11 28 (3.98%) Senior Manager
12 22 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
13 19 (2.70%) IT Manager
14 18 (2.56%) Risk Analyst
15 15 (2.13%) Security Engineer
15 15 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
15 15 (2.13%) Technical Manager
16 14 (1.99%) Product Manager
16 14 (1.99%) Security Manager
16 14 (1.99%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.41%) .NET
2 17 (2.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 17 (2.41%) REST
3 14 (1.99%) Middleware
4 12 (1.70%) Kafka
5 11 (1.56%) Azure Blueprints
6 9 (1.28%) React
7 8 (1.14%) PySpark
8 7 (0.99%) SOAP
8 7 (0.99%) XML
9 5 (0.71%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.71%) OAuth
9 5 (0.71%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.71%) VML
10 4 (0.57%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.57%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.57%) JSON
10 4 (0.57%) OpenID
10 4 (0.57%) RESTful
10 4 (0.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.68%) Cloud Native
2 39 (5.54%) Management Information System
3 35 (4.97%) Onboarding
3 35 (4.97%) Product Ownership
4 30 (4.26%) Security Posture
5 23 (3.27%) Derivative
5 23 (3.27%) Market Risk
6 20 (2.84%) Fixed Income
7 19 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (2.27%) AI Agents
9 15 (2.13%) Credit Risk
10 14 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.85%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.56%) Operational Technology
14 10 (1.42%) CMDB
14 10 (1.42%) Equities
14 10 (1.42%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.12%) Windows
2 25 (3.55%) Linux
3 18 (2.56%) Unix
4 13 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.28%) 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
7 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (36.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 182 (25.85%) Agile
3 148 (21.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 131 (18.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 115 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
6 114 (16.19%) Cybersecurity
7 112 (15.91%) Roadmaps
8 105 (14.91%) Decision-Making
9 101 (14.35%) AI
10 97 (13.78%) Project Management
11 87 (12.36%) Information Security
12 78 (11.08%) Project Delivery
13 76 (10.80%) Migration
14 71 (10.09%) Analytics
14 71 (10.09%) DevOps
15 62 (8.81%) Change Management
15 62 (8.81%) CI/CD
15 62 (8.81%) Regulatory Compliance
16 56 (7.95%) SDLC
17 52 (7.39%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (8.38%) Python
2 58 (8.24%) SQL
3 31 (4.40%) Java
4 18 (2.56%) C#
4 18 (2.56%) PowerShell
5 7 (0.99%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.57%) Bash
6 4 (0.57%) Bicep
6 4 (0.57%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.43%) C
7 3 (0.43%) C++
7 3 (0.43%) Scala
7 3 (0.43%) VBA
8 2 (0.28%) Delphi
8 2 (0.28%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.28%) Korn
8 2 (0.28%) Perl
8 2 (0.28%) ProC
8 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.14%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 108 (15.34%) Security Cleared
2 88 (12.50%) Degree
3 77 (10.94%) SC Cleared
4 55 (7.81%) CISSP
5 30 (4.26%) PMI Certification
6 28 (3.98%) PMP
7 27 (3.84%) CISM
7 27 (3.84%) DV Cleared
8 19 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.56%) CISA
10 15 (2.13%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.70%) CRISC
12 9 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 6 (0.85%) ISTQB
14 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.85%) RIBA
15 5 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.71%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (10.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 74 (10.51%) NIST
2 64 (9.09%) GRC
3 54 (7.67%) QA
4 32 (4.55%) GDPR
5 31 (4.40%) PMO
6 27 (3.84%) Data Quality
7 22 (3.13%) PCI DSS
8 21 (2.98%) SLA
9 18 (2.56%) NCSC
9 18 (2.56%) SOC 2
10 12 (1.70%) COBIT
11 9 (1.28%) NIST 800
12 8 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 6 (0.85%) ITGC
15 4 (0.57%) EU AI Act
15 4 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.99%) Docker
4 2 (0.28%) NFS
5 1 (0.14%) Postfix
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (2.56%) Terraform
2 11 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.28%) Ansible
4 5 (0.71%) Grafana
4 5 (0.71%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.57%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.43%) Control-M
6 3 (0.43%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.28%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.28%) Puppet
7 2 (0.28%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.28%) SCCM
8 1 (0.14%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) CASB
8 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.14%) Nessus
8 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 90 (12.78%) Microsoft
2 42 (5.97%) ServiceNow
3 40 (5.68%) Oracle
4 36 (5.11%) SAP
5 15 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.70%) Google
6 12 (1.70%) Splunk
6 12 (1.70%) Workday
7 9 (1.28%) Murex
8 8 (1.14%) Qualys
8 8 (1.14%) Tenable
9 7 (0.99%) OpenAI
9 7 (0.99%) Rapid7
10 6 (0.85%) Databricks
10 6 (0.85%) OpenLink
10 6 (0.85%) Sybase
11 5 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (0.71%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.71%) Okta
11 5 (0.71%) Zscaler