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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 39 78
Rank change year-on-year -38 +39 -13
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 722 750 500
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.59% 5.53% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 5.99% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 490 308
10th Percentile £417 £400 £383
25th Percentile £500 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.07%
75th Percentile £725 £800 £752
90th Percentile £850 £875 £863
England median daily rate £570 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - £39.45 £31.73
25th Percentile £85.00 £48.25 £34.15
Median hourly rate £90.00 £65.00 £38.81
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +67.48% +26.38%
75th Percentile £95.00 - £44.09
90th Percentile - £79.00 £46.89
England median hourly rate £76.00 £51.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +49.02% -11.30% -15.78%

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 17,930 12,520 14,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.08% 92.34% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,792 8,353 10,096
10th Percentile £363 £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 £787 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 254 202
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.15% -12.67%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.24%

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 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
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 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 -19 103 £600 -4.00% 105
West London -10 16 £625 +47.06% 28
East London +2 7 £590 +18.00% 7
South London -21 2 £413 -28.63% 16
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 36 (4.99%) Confluence
2 10 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.55%) SAS
4 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.28%) CMS
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%) 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 27 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.49%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.52%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.28%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 13 (1.80%) Endur
2 11 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.55%) Actimize
3 4 (0.55%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.55%) Magento
3 4 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.42%) Dynamics SL
4 3 (0.42%) Findur
4 3 (0.42%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.42%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.42%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.42%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 105 (14.54%) Azure
2 86 (11.91%) AWS
3 31 (4.29%) GCP
4 28 (3.88%) Entra ID
5 27 (3.74%) SaaS
6 23 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.35%) Power Platform
8 13 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.80%) GitHub
9 10 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.11%) OCI
11 8 (1.11%) PaaS
12 7 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (0.97%) Snowflake
13 6 (0.83%) Azure AI
13 6 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.69%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.49%) Firewall
2 14 (1.94%) Network Security
3 7 (0.97%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.83%) 4G
4 6 (0.83%) 5G
5 5 (0.69%) Internet
5 5 (0.69%) LAN
5 5 (0.69%) WAN
6 4 (0.55%) DNS
6 4 (0.55%) VPN
7 3 (0.42%) DHCP
7 3 (0.42%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.42%) NAS
7 3 (0.42%) SAN
7 3 (0.42%) VoLTE
7 3 (0.42%) WinSCP
7 3 (0.42%) Wireless
8 2 (0.28%) Intranet
8 2 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.28%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.63%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.66%) Power BI
4 9 (1.25%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.11%) Metadata
6 7 (0.97%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.83%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.69%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.55%) Big Data
9 4 (0.55%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.42%) Db2
10 3 (0.42%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.42%) Tableau
11 2 (0.28%) Redis
11 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.28%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 58 (8.03%) JIRA
2 15 (2.08%) Git
3 12 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.83%) Selenium
5 4 (0.55%) GitLab
5 4 (0.55%) Subversion
5 4 (0.55%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.55%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.42%) MLflow
7 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.28%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.14%) Appium
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%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 330 (45.71%) Finance
2 266 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 117 (16.20%) Banking
4 116 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (10.53%) Legal
6 71 (9.83%) Public Sector
7 50 (6.93%) Front Office
8 31 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (3.32%) Investment Banking
11 23 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (3.05%) Telecoms
13 21 (2.91%) Financial Institution
14 19 (2.63%) Retail
15 17 (2.35%) Marketing
16 13 (1.80%) Law
17 12 (1.66%) Local Government
18 11 (1.52%) Back Office
18 11 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 104 (14.40%) Lead
2 89 (12.33%) Senior
3 74 (10.25%) Architect
4 68 (9.42%) Project Manager
5 65 (9.00%) Analyst
6 45 (6.23%) Programme Manager
7 44 (6.09%) Developer
8 38 (5.26%) Business Analyst
9 37 (5.12%) Security Architect
10 35 (4.85%) Consultant
11 29 (4.02%) Senior Manager
12 22 (3.05%) Delivery Manager
13 20 (2.77%) IT Manager
14 17 (2.35%) Security Engineer
15 16 (2.22%) Risk Analyst
15 16 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (2.22%) Technical Manager
16 15 (2.08%) Risk Business Analyst
16 15 (2.08%) Security Manager
17 14 (1.94%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.46%) .NET
2 19 (2.63%) REST
3 17 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (1.94%) Middleware
5 10 (1.39%) Azure Blueprints
6 9 (1.25%) Kafka
7 8 (1.11%) PySpark
8 7 (0.97%) React
8 7 (0.97%) SOAP
8 7 (0.97%) XML
9 5 (0.69%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.69%) OAuth
9 5 (0.69%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.69%) VML
10 4 (0.55%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.55%) Jakarta EE
10 4 (0.55%) JSON
10 4 (0.55%) JSP
10 4 (0.55%) RESTful
10 4 (0.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.54%) Cloud Native
2 36 (4.99%) Management Information System
3 35 (4.85%) Onboarding
3 35 (4.85%) Product Ownership
4 32 (4.43%) Security Posture
5 25 (3.46%) Derivative
6 22 (3.05%) Market Risk
7 20 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (2.77%) Fixed Income
8 18 (2.49%) Credit Risk
8 18 (2.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 16 (2.22%) AI Agents
10 15 (2.08%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.52%) Equities
13 11 (1.52%) NHS
14 10 (1.39%) CMDB
15 9 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
15 9 (1.25%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 32 (4.43%) Windows
2 24 (3.32%) Linux
3 19 (2.63%) Unix
4 13 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.42%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.28%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.14%) Android
8 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (38.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 185 (25.62%) Agile
3 153 (21.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 126 (17.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 121 (16.76%) Cybersecurity
6 115 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
7 107 (14.82%) Roadmaps
8 101 (13.99%) Project Management
9 100 (13.85%) Decision-Making
10 99 (13.71%) AI
11 91 (12.60%) Information Security
12 83 (11.50%) Migration
13 80 (11.08%) Project Delivery
14 74 (10.25%) DevOps
15 72 (9.97%) Analytics
16 63 (8.73%) Change Management
17 61 (8.45%) CI/CD
18 58 (8.03%) Regulatory Compliance
19 55 (7.62%) SDLC
20 53 (7.34%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 58 (8.03%) Python
2 57 (7.89%) SQL
3 26 (3.60%) Java
4 19 (2.63%) C#
5 18 (2.49%) PowerShell
6 7 (0.97%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.55%) Bash
7 4 (0.55%) Bicep
7 4 (0.55%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.42%) C
8 3 (0.42%) C++
8 3 (0.42%) Scala
8 3 (0.42%) VBA
9 2 (0.28%) Delphi
9 2 (0.28%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.28%) Korn
9 2 (0.28%) Perl
9 2 (0.28%) ProC
9 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 111 (15.37%) Security Cleared
2 86 (11.91%) Degree
3 79 (10.94%) SC Cleared
4 58 (8.03%) CISSP
5 34 (4.71%) PMI Certification
6 32 (4.43%) PMP
7 31 (4.29%) CISM
8 29 (4.02%) DV Cleared
9 18 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.94%) CISA
10 14 (1.94%) Master's Degree
11 13 (1.80%) CRISC
12 10 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 8 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 7 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.97%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
17 5 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (10.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (9.56%) NIST
3 59 (8.17%) GRC
4 52 (7.20%) QA
5 32 (4.43%) GDPR
6 28 (3.88%) PMO
7 25 (3.46%) Data Quality
8 21 (2.91%) NCSC
9 17 (2.35%) SLA
10 16 (2.22%) PCI DSS
11 12 (1.66%) SOC 2
12 11 (1.52%) COBIT
13 10 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 6 (0.83%) ITGC
16 5 (0.69%) EU AI Act
16 5 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 15 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.97%) Docker
4 2 (0.28%) NFS
4 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.14%) Postfix
5 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (2.63%) Terraform
2 12 (1.66%) Ansible
3 11 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.69%) Grafana
4 5 (0.69%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.55%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.42%) Control-M
6 3 (0.42%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.42%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.42%) Puppet
6 3 (0.42%) SCCM
7 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.28%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.14%) Avamar
8 1 (0.14%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) CASB
8 1 (0.14%) Istio
8 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 103 (14.27%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.23%) ServiceNow
3 41 (5.68%) Oracle
4 34 (4.71%) SAP
5 14 (1.94%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.80%) Murex
7 12 (1.66%) Google
7 12 (1.66%) Splunk
7 12 (1.66%) Workday
8 8 (1.11%) Qualys
8 8 (1.11%) Tenable
9 7 (0.97%) Databricks
9 7 (0.97%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.83%) Cisco
10 6 (0.83%) OpenLink
10 6 (0.83%) Rapid7
10 6 (0.83%) Sybase
11 5 (0.69%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.69%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.69%) Red Hat