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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 35 74
Rank change year-on-year -39 +39 -5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 679 700 546
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.59% 5.63% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 6.10% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 452 365
10th Percentile £413 £405 £365
25th Percentile £505 £506 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £734 £813 £750
90th Percentile £888 £875 £845
England median daily rate £550 £591 £563
% change year-on-year -6.98% +5.11% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £48.04 £23.90
25th Percentile £85.00 £48.25 £26.23
Median hourly rate £90.00 £57.25 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +57.20% +90.08% -41.75%
75th Percentile £95.00 £75.05 £39.44
90th Percentile - £89.20 £45.02
England median hourly rate £64.09 £63.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.33% +26.50% +370.37%

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 16,816 11,468 15,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.31% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,190 7,694 11,171
10th Percentile £360 £340 £343
25th Percentile £436 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £519 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 206 315
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +11.48% -24.84%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -17 102 £588 -6.00% 36
West London -16 14 £506 +19.12% 18
East London +4 11 £590 -1.67% 7
South London -15 5 £500 -13.79% 6
North London +1 1 £325 -40.91% 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 27 (3.98%) Confluence
2 7 (1.03%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.59%) SAS
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.15%) Appian
5 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.15%) IIS
5 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.15%) ThingWorx
5 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.62%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.47%) Endur
3 7 (1.03%) Summit
4 6 (0.88%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.74%) Actimize
5 5 (0.74%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.44%) Dynamics SL
7 3 (0.44%) Findur
7 3 (0.44%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.44%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.44%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 91 (13.40%) Azure
2 74 (10.90%) AWS
3 26 (3.83%) GCP
4 22 (3.24%) SaaS
5 19 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (2.65%) Entra ID
7 17 (2.50%) Power Platform
8 13 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.62%) GitHub
10 10 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
12 8 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (1.03%) Amazon S3
13 7 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (0.88%) OCI
14 6 (0.88%) PaaS
14 6 (0.88%) Snowflake
15 5 (0.74%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.06%) Firewall
2 9 (1.33%) Network Security
3 3 (0.44%) Internet
3 3 (0.44%) VPN
4 2 (0.29%) 4G
4 2 (0.29%) 5G
4 2 (0.29%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.29%) NAS
4 2 (0.29%) NGFW
4 2 (0.29%) SAN
4 2 (0.29%) VLAN
4 2 (0.29%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.15%) DMZ
5 1 (0.15%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.15%) Intranet
5 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.15%) LAN
5 1 (0.15%) SSL
5 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.21%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (1.91%) Power BI
3 11 (1.62%) Metadata
4 10 (1.47%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.03%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.88%) MongoDB
6 6 (0.88%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.59%) Big Data
7 4 (0.59%) Tableau
8 3 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.44%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.29%) Db2
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 52 (7.66%) JIRA
2 8 (1.18%) Git
2 8 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.74%) GitLab
3 5 (0.74%) Selenium
4 4 (0.59%) TeamCity
4 4 (0.59%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.44%) MLflow
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.15%) DbUnit
6 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.15%) Gradle
6 1 (0.15%) Mockito
6 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 317 (46.69%) Finance
2 243 (35.79%) Social Skills
3 122 (17.97%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (16.79%) Banking
5 71 (10.46%) Legal
6 69 (10.16%) Public Sector
7 30 (4.42%) Front Office
8 24 (3.53%) Investment Banking
9 23 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (3.09%) Financial Institution
10 21 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (2.21%) Retail
13 13 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (1.91%) Law
14 12 (1.77%) Local Government
14 12 (1.77%) Marketing
14 12 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
14 12 (1.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 101 (14.87%) Lead
2 89 (13.11%) Senior
3 68 (10.01%) Analyst
4 67 (9.87%) Architect
5 64 (9.43%) Project Manager
6 50 (7.36%) Developer
7 45 (6.63%) Business Analyst
8 36 (5.30%) Consultant
9 34 (5.01%) Programme Manager
10 31 (4.57%) Security Architect
11 22 (3.24%) Senior Manager
12 20 (2.95%) Risk Analyst
13 18 (2.65%) Delivery Manager
13 18 (2.65%) IT Manager
13 18 (2.65%) Risk Manager
14 17 (2.50%) Senior Developer
14 17 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (2.36%) Risk Business Analyst
16 14 (2.06%) Security Engineer
16 14 (2.06%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.09%) .NET
2 18 (2.65%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (2.21%) Kafka
4 13 (1.91%) Middleware
5 12 (1.77%) REST
6 11 (1.62%) Azure Blueprints
7 9 (1.33%) React
7 9 (1.33%) XML
8 8 (1.18%) PySpark
9 6 (0.88%) J2EE
9 6 (0.88%) JSP
10 5 (0.74%) SOAP
11 4 (0.59%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.59%) JSON
11 4 (0.59%) OAuth
11 4 (0.59%) OpenID
11 4 (0.59%) RESTful
11 4 (0.59%) SAML
12 3 (0.44%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.44%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.22%) Management Information System
2 37 (5.45%) Cloud Native
3 34 (5.01%) Derivative
3 34 (5.01%) Product Ownership
4 31 (4.57%) Onboarding
5 30 (4.42%) Security Posture
6 27 (3.98%) Market Risk
7 21 (3.09%) Credit Risk
7 21 (3.09%) Fixed Income
8 19 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (2.21%) Equities
11 14 (2.06%) AI Agents
11 14 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 13 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.77%) Data Structures
14 11 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.62%) NHS
14 11 (1.62%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.33%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.24%) Linux
2 20 (2.95%) Windows
3 12 (1.77%) Unix
4 7 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.44%) Alpine Linux
5 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.29%) zOS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (31.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 172 (25.33%) Agile
3 136 (20.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 131 (19.29%) Problem-Solving
5 125 (18.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 111 (16.35%) Roadmaps
7 106 (15.61%) Cybersecurity
8 102 (15.02%) Decision-Making
9 88 (12.96%) Project Management
10 87 (12.81%) AI
11 85 (12.52%) Information Security
12 72 (10.60%) Analytics
12 72 (10.60%) Project Delivery
13 70 (10.31%) DevOps
14 67 (9.87%) Regulatory Compliance
15 65 (9.57%) Migration
16 63 (9.28%) CI/CD
17 61 (8.98%) Change Management
18 57 (8.39%) Data Protection
19 55 (8.10%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 62 (9.13%) SQL
2 56 (8.25%) Python
3 36 (5.30%) Java
4 16 (2.36%) C#
5 14 (2.06%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.74%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.74%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.59%) Bash
7 4 (0.59%) Bicep
8 3 (0.44%) C++
8 3 (0.44%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.44%) Scala
8 3 (0.44%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.29%) C
9 2 (0.29%) Korn
9 2 (0.29%) Perl
9 2 (0.29%) RPG
9 2 (0.29%) VBA
10 1 (0.15%) Groovy
10 1 (0.15%) ProC
Qualifications
1 102 (15.02%) Security Cleared
2 93 (13.70%) Degree
3 69 (10.16%) SC Cleared
4 58 (8.54%) CISSP
5 38 (5.60%) CISM
6 28 (4.12%) PMI Certification
7 26 (3.83%) PMP
8 23 (3.39%) CRISC
8 23 (3.39%) DV Cleared
9 19 (2.80%) CISA
9 19 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (2.06%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 7 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 6 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.88%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (11.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (9.87%) GRC
3 65 (9.57%) NIST
4 46 (6.77%) QA
5 42 (6.19%) GDPR
6 30 (4.42%) PMO
7 28 (4.12%) Data Quality
8 27 (3.98%) PCI DSS
9 21 (3.09%) SLA
10 19 (2.80%) NCSC
11 17 (2.50%) COBIT
12 16 (2.36%) SOC 2
13 9 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (1.33%) NIST 800
14 7 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 5 (0.74%) GMP
16 5 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 5 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.33%) Docker
2 8 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) NFS
4 1 (0.15%) Postfix
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (2.21%) Terraform
2 12 (1.77%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.88%) Ansible
4 5 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.59%) Control-M
5 4 (0.59%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.44%) Grafana
6 3 (0.44%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.29%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.15%) Avamar
8 1 (0.15%) CASB
8 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.15%) Nessus
8 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 83 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 47 (6.92%) Oracle
3 43 (6.33%) SAP
4 38 (5.60%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.65%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.36%) Murex
6 16 (2.36%) Workday
7 9 (1.33%) Databricks
7 9 (1.33%) Google
8 8 (1.18%) Splunk
9 7 (1.03%) OpenLink
9 7 (1.03%) Qualys
9 7 (1.03%) Tenable
10 6 (0.88%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.88%) Rapid7
11 5 (0.74%) Ariba
11 5 (0.74%) Charles River
11 5 (0.74%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (0.74%) Remedy
11 5 (0.74%) Sybase