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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 37 79
Rank change year-on-year -40 +42 -14
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 697 738 539
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.54% 5.47% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 5.93% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 473 349
10th Percentile £413 £408 £367
25th Percentile £513 £504 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £663 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +10.42% -7.69%
75th Percentile £725 £813 £756
90th Percentile £888 £875 £850
England median daily rate £570 £581 £563
% change year-on-year -1.96% +3.36% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £48.00 £23.90
25th Percentile £85.00 £48.25 £26.23
Median hourly rate £90.00 £49.51 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +81.80% +64.36% -23.59%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.00 £39.44
90th Percentile - £86.00 £45.02
England median hourly rate £74.68 £61.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +21.44% +22.99% +318.76%

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 17,532 12,440 15,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.14% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,643 8,309 11,135
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £769 £798 £800
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 234 293
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.87 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £36.75 £32.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.84% +6.67% -27.31%
75th Percentile £58.98 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.07%

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 9 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 9 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 -12 102 £550 -12.00% 69
West London -12 13 £506 +19.12% 17
East London +2 10 £633 +5.42% 10
South London -20 3 £569 -2.11% 4
North London -3 1 £325 -40.91%
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 28 (4.02%) Confluence
2 6 (0.86%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.72%) SAS
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.29%) IIS
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%) Jupyter
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 30 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.72%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.87%) Endur
3 6 (0.86%) Actimize
3 6 (0.86%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.86%) Summit
4 5 (0.72%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.43%) Dynamics SL
6 3 (0.43%) Findur
6 3 (0.43%) Magento
6 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.43%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 101 (14.49%) Azure
2 81 (11.62%) AWS
3 31 (4.45%) GCP
4 25 (3.59%) SaaS
5 24 (3.44%) Entra ID
6 17 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.44%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.01%) GitHub
8 13 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
10 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (1.15%) OCI
10 8 (1.15%) PaaS
11 7 (1.00%) Amazon S3
11 7 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.00%) Snowflake
12 6 (0.86%) AWS Control Tower
12 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.30%) Firewall
2 9 (1.29%) Network Security
3 5 (0.72%) Internet
4 4 (0.57%) 4G
4 4 (0.57%) 5G
5 3 (0.43%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.43%) LAN
5 3 (0.43%) NAS
5 3 (0.43%) SAN
5 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.43%) VoLTE
5 3 (0.43%) VPN
5 3 (0.43%) WAN
6 2 (0.29%) Intranet
6 2 (0.29%) NGFW
6 2 (0.29%) VLAN
6 2 (0.29%) WinSCP
6 2 (0.29%) X.509
7 1 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.14%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.30%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.72%) Metadata
3 12 (1.72%) Power BI
3 12 (1.72%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.00%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.00%) RDBMS
5 6 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.57%) Big Data
8 3 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.43%) Db2
8 3 (0.43%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (0.43%) Tableau
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.29%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 52 (7.46%) JIRA
2 14 (2.01%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.87%) Git
4 6 (0.86%) GitLab
5 5 (0.72%) Selenium
5 5 (0.72%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.57%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.43%) MLflow
7 3 (0.43%) Subversion
8 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.14%) Appium
9 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.14%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.14%) Gradle
9 1 (0.14%) jMock
9 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 335 (48.06%) Finance
2 255 (36.59%) Social Skills
3 120 (17.22%) Banking
4 118 (16.93%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (10.90%) Legal
6 69 (9.90%) Public Sector
7 39 (5.60%) Front Office
8 25 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (3.44%) Investment Banking
9 24 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (3.30%) Financial Institution
10 23 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.58%) Retail
12 17 (2.44%) Marketing
13 15 (2.15%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.72%) Local Government
16 11 (1.58%) Law
17 10 (1.43%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 99 (14.20%) Lead
2 93 (13.34%) Senior
3 72 (10.33%) Analyst
4 70 (10.04%) Architect
5 66 (9.47%) Project Manager
6 52 (7.46%) Developer
7 45 (6.46%) Business Analyst
8 38 (5.45%) Consultant
9 35 (5.02%) Security Architect
10 31 (4.45%) Programme Manager
11 28 (4.02%) Senior Manager
12 21 (3.01%) IT Manager
13 20 (2.87%) Risk Analyst
14 18 (2.58%) Risk Business Analyst
15 16 (2.30%) Delivery Manager
16 14 (2.01%) Security Engineer
16 14 (2.01%) Solutions Architect
17 12 (1.72%) Risk Manager
17 12 (1.72%) Security Manager
17 12 (1.72%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.30%) .NET
2 18 (2.58%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (2.01%) Middleware
4 13 (1.87%) Kafka
4 13 (1.87%) REST
5 11 (1.58%) Azure Blueprints
6 9 (1.29%) React
6 9 (1.29%) XML
7 8 (1.15%) PySpark
8 7 (1.00%) SOAP
9 6 (0.86%) J2EE
9 6 (0.86%) JSP
10 4 (0.57%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.57%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.57%) JSON
10 4 (0.57%) OAuth
10 4 (0.57%) OpenID
10 4 (0.57%) RESTful
10 4 (0.57%) SAML
10 4 (0.57%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.31%) Management Information System
2 36 (5.16%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.73%) Product Ownership
4 32 (4.59%) Onboarding
5 31 (4.45%) Derivative
5 31 (4.45%) Security Posture
6 29 (4.16%) Market Risk
7 24 (3.44%) Fixed Income
8 21 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
9 20 (2.87%) Credit Risk
10 17 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.87%) AI Agents
11 13 (1.87%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.87%) Equities
11 13 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.72%) Data Centre
12 12 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.58%) NHS
13 11 (1.58%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.44%) Linux
2 23 (3.30%) Windows
3 16 (2.30%) Unix
4 10 (1.43%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.43%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.29%) zOS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 178 (25.54%) Agile
3 146 (20.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 132 (18.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 124 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
6 117 (16.79%) Roadmaps
7 110 (15.78%) Cybersecurity
8 109 (15.64%) Decision-Making
9 95 (13.63%) AI
10 92 (13.20%) Project Management
11 86 (12.34%) Information Security
12 80 (11.48%) Analytics
13 74 (10.62%) Project Delivery
14 73 (10.47%) Regulatory Compliance
15 72 (10.33%) Migration
16 70 (10.04%) DevOps
17 62 (8.90%) Change Management
18 61 (8.75%) CI/CD
19 56 (8.03%) Data Protection
20 55 (7.89%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 64 (9.18%) SQL
2 63 (9.04%) Python
3 34 (4.88%) Java
4 18 (2.58%) C#
5 15 (2.15%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.00%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.72%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.57%) Bash
8 4 (0.57%) Bicep
8 4 (0.57%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.57%) VBA
9 3 (0.43%) C
9 3 (0.43%) Scala
9 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.29%) C++
10 2 (0.29%) Perl
10 2 (0.29%) ProC
10 2 (0.29%) RPG
11 1 (0.14%) Groovy
11 1 (0.14%) Korn
Qualifications
1 102 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 93 (13.34%) Degree
3 72 (10.33%) SC Cleared
4 59 (8.46%) CISSP
5 33 (4.73%) CISM
6 27 (3.87%) PMI Certification
7 24 (3.44%) PMP
8 22 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (3.16%) DV Cleared
9 19 (2.73%) CISA
10 17 (2.44%) CRISC
11 15 (2.15%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 8 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 6 (0.86%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.86%) RIBA
16 5 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (10.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (9.61%) NIST
3 66 (9.47%) GRC
4 49 (7.03%) QA
5 39 (5.60%) GDPR
6 31 (4.45%) Data Quality
7 29 (4.16%) PMO
8 25 (3.59%) PCI DSS
9 23 (3.30%) SLA
10 19 (2.73%) SOC 2
11 17 (2.44%) NCSC
12 13 (1.87%) COBIT
13 9 (1.29%) NIST 800
14 8 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 5 (0.72%) ITGC
18 4 (0.57%) EU AI Act
18 4 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.29%) Docker
2 9 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.29%) NFS
4 1 (0.14%) Postfix
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (2.30%) Terraform
2 12 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.00%) Ansible
4 5 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.57%) Control-M
5 4 (0.57%) Grafana
5 4 (0.57%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.43%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.29%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.14%) Avamar
8 1 (0.14%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) CASB
8 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.14%) Nessus
8 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 87 (12.48%) Microsoft
2 47 (6.74%) Oracle
3 40 (5.74%) SAP
3 40 (5.74%) ServiceNow
4 16 (2.30%) Murex
4 16 (2.30%) Workday
5 15 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.58%) Google
7 10 (1.43%) Splunk
8 8 (1.15%) Qualys
8 8 (1.15%) Tenable
9 7 (1.00%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.00%) OpenLink
9 7 (1.00%) Rapid7
10 6 (0.86%) Sitecore
10 6 (0.86%) Sybase
11 5 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (0.72%) Databricks
12 4 (0.57%) Adaptive Insights
12 4 (0.57%) IFS