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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 42 75
Rank change year-on-year -36 +33 -10
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 731 736 509
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.62% 5.46% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 5.91% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 483 317
10th Percentile £413 £391 £384
25th Percentile £500 £491 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £725 £804 £750
90th Percentile £852 £888 £863
England median daily rate £570 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 3
10th Percentile £35.37 £39.45 £22.02
25th Percentile £38.01 £48.25 £25.06
Median hourly rate £43.05 £65.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year -33.77% +115.80% +38.48%
75th Percentile £48.71 - £39.44
90th Percentile £51.74 £79.00 £45.02
England median hourly rate £64.09 £51.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +25.67% -11.30% -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 17,998 12,460 14,426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.21% 92.49% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,805 8,287 10,011
10th Percentile £360 £325 £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 £688
90th Percentile £775 £778 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 257 191
10th Percentile £17.50 £16.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.77 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -15.49% -11.25%
75th Percentile £57.13 £47.50 £54.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 23 August 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 23 August 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 23 August 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 -12 104 £600 -4.00% 88
West London -16 16 £625 +47.06% 40
East London +3 7 £590 +18.00% 8
South London -15 3 £413 -28.63% 11
North London -3 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 35 (4.79%) Confluence
2 11 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.55%) SAS
4 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.27%) CMS
4 2 (0.27%) IIS
4 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.14%) Appian
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 29 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.50%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.27%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.78%) Endur
3 4 (0.55%) Actimize
3 4 (0.55%) Magento
3 4 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.55%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.41%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.41%) Findur
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.41%) SAP HCM
4 3 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.41%) Summit
5 2 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.27%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.27%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 101 (13.82%) Azure
2 86 (11.76%) AWS
3 30 (4.10%) GCP
4 26 (3.56%) Entra ID
4 26 (3.56%) SaaS
5 22 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (2.87%) Power Platform
7 13 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (1.64%) GitHub
9 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.09%) OCI
11 8 (1.09%) PaaS
12 7 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (0.82%) Azure AI
13 6 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (0.82%) Snowflake
13 6 (0.82%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.46%) Firewall
2 15 (2.05%) Network Security
3 8 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.82%) 4G
4 6 (0.82%) 5G
4 6 (0.82%) Internet
5 5 (0.68%) DNS
5 5 (0.68%) LAN
5 5 (0.68%) VPN
5 5 (0.68%) WAN
6 4 (0.55%) DHCP
6 4 (0.55%) Wireless
7 3 (0.41%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.41%) NAS
7 3 (0.41%) SAN
7 3 (0.41%) VoLTE
7 3 (0.41%) WinSCP
8 2 (0.27%) IPv4
8 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.15%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.05%) Power BI
3 13 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (1.78%) Metadata
4 10 (1.37%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.82%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.82%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.68%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.68%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.55%) Big Data
7 4 (0.55%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.41%) Db2
8 3 (0.41%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.41%) Qlik Sense
8 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.41%) Tableau
9 2 (0.27%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 57 (7.80%) JIRA
2 15 (2.05%) Git
3 12 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.82%) Selenium
5 4 (0.55%) GitLab
5 4 (0.55%) Subversion
5 4 (0.55%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.55%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.41%) MLflow
7 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.27%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.14%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.14%) Gradle
8 1 (0.14%) Mockito
8 1 (0.14%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 337 (46.10%) Finance
2 276 (37.76%) Social Skills
3 120 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (16.14%) Banking
5 76 (10.40%) Public Sector
6 75 (10.26%) Legal
7 58 (7.93%) Front Office
8 31 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
9 29 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
10 28 (3.83%) Investment Banking
11 23 (3.15%) Telecoms
12 22 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (2.74%) Financial Institution
14 16 (2.19%) Marketing
14 16 (2.19%) Retail
15 15 (2.05%) Law
16 12 (1.64%) Back Office
16 12 (1.64%) Local Government
16 12 (1.64%) Manufacturing
17 11 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 100 (13.68%) Lead
2 87 (11.90%) Senior
3 73 (9.99%) Architect
4 70 (9.58%) Analyst
5 63 (8.62%) Project Manager
6 49 (6.70%) Developer
7 45 (6.16%) Programme Manager
8 40 (5.47%) Business Analyst
9 35 (4.79%) Security Architect
10 33 (4.51%) Consultant
11 27 (3.69%) Senior Manager
12 23 (3.15%) Delivery Manager
13 21 (2.87%) IT Manager
14 17 (2.33%) Risk Analyst
14 17 (2.33%) Security Engineer
15 16 (2.19%) Security Manager
15 16 (2.19%) Solutions Architect
16 15 (2.05%) Risk Business Analyst
17 14 (1.92%) Risk Manager
17 14 (1.92%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.83%) .NET
2 21 (2.87%) REST
3 20 (2.74%) Terraform
4 17 (2.33%) Middleware
5 16 (2.19%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (1.37%) Kafka
7 8 (1.09%) Azure Blueprints
8 7 (0.96%) .NET Core
8 7 (0.96%) PySpark
8 7 (0.96%) React
8 7 (0.96%) SOAP
8 7 (0.96%) XML
9 5 (0.68%) JSON
9 5 (0.68%) RESTful
9 5 (0.68%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.68%) VML
10 4 (0.55%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.55%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.55%) JSP
10 4 (0.55%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.20%) Cloud Native
2 35 (4.79%) Onboarding
3 34 (4.65%) Product Ownership
4 33 (4.51%) Management Information System
4 33 (4.51%) Security Posture
5 25 (3.42%) Derivative
6 24 (3.28%) Market Risk
7 21 (2.87%) Credit Risk
8 20 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
8 20 (2.74%) Fixed Income
9 18 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 15 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.92%) AI Agents
11 14 (1.92%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.78%) NHS
13 12 (1.64%) Equities
14 10 (1.37%) CMDB
14 10 (1.37%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.37%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.51%) Windows
2 24 (3.28%) Linux
3 19 (2.60%) Unix
4 13 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.41%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.14%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (39.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 189 (25.85%) Agile
3 156 (21.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 126 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 125 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
6 124 (16.96%) Cybersecurity
7 109 (14.91%) Roadmaps
8 107 (14.64%) AI
9 105 (14.36%) Decision-Making
10 97 (13.27%) Project Management
11 88 (12.04%) Migration
12 86 (11.76%) Information Security
13 82 (11.22%) Project Delivery
14 77 (10.53%) Analytics
15 72 (9.85%) DevOps
16 66 (9.03%) Change Management
17 62 (8.48%) CI/CD
18 60 (8.21%) SDLC
19 57 (7.80%) Regulatory Compliance
20 54 (7.39%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 62 (8.48%) SQL
2 60 (8.21%) Python
3 26 (3.56%) Java
4 22 (3.01%) C#
5 18 (2.46%) PowerShell
6 7 (0.96%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.68%) Bicep
8 4 (0.55%) Bash
8 4 (0.55%) C++
8 4 (0.55%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.41%) C
9 3 (0.41%) R
9 3 (0.41%) Scala
9 3 (0.41%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.41%) VBA
9 3 (0.41%) VBScript
10 2 (0.27%) Delphi
10 2 (0.27%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.27%) Perl
10 2 (0.27%) ProC
Qualifications
1 116 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 86 (11.76%) Degree
3 83 (11.35%) SC Cleared
4 54 (7.39%) CISSP
5 32 (4.38%) PMI Certification
6 31 (4.24%) PMP
7 29 (3.97%) CISM
8 28 (3.83%) DV Cleared
9 19 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.78%) CISA
10 13 (1.78%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.64%) CRISC
12 10 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (1.09%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 7 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.68%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (10.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (9.17%) NIST
3 61 (8.34%) GRC
4 58 (7.93%) QA
5 30 (4.10%) GDPR
6 28 (3.83%) PMO
7 27 (3.69%) Data Quality
8 21 (2.87%) NCSC
9 15 (2.05%) SLA
10 12 (1.64%) PCI DSS
11 11 (1.50%) COBIT
11 11 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (1.50%) SOC 2
12 9 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.82%) ITGC
14 5 (0.68%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 4 (0.55%) Basel III
System Software
1 15 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.96%) Docker
4 3 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.27%) NFS
6 1 (0.14%) Postfix
6 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (1.64%) Ansible
2 11 (1.50%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.68%) Grafana
3 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.68%) SCCM
4 4 (0.55%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.41%) Control-M
5 3 (0.41%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.41%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.41%) Puppet
5 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.27%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.14%) Avamar
7 1 (0.14%) CA Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) CASB
7 1 (0.14%) Istio
7 1 (0.14%) Nessus
7 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 110 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 48 (6.57%) ServiceNow
3 41 (5.61%) Oracle
4 38 (5.20%) SAP
5 14 (1.92%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.64%) Murex
6 12 (1.64%) Splunk
7 11 (1.50%) Google
7 11 (1.50%) Workday
8 8 (1.09%) Databricks
8 8 (1.09%) Qualys
9 7 (0.96%) Tenable
10 6 (0.82%) Cisco
10 6 (0.82%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.82%) OpenLink
10 6 (0.82%) Rapid7
10 6 (0.82%) Sybase
11 5 (0.68%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.68%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.68%) Red Hat