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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 42 64
Rank change year-on-year -27 +22 +10
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 653 655 603
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.74% 5.15% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.21% 5.60% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 419 416
10th Percentile £413 £394 £400
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £765 £776 £770
90th Percentile £975 £875 £838
England median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 5
10th Percentile £70.92 £48.08 £25.45
25th Percentile £73.27 £48.25 £30.12
Median hourly rate £79.68 £73.60 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% +102.56% -46.17%
75th Percentile £88.59 £89.10 £48.75
90th Percentile £92.44 £97.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £74.31 £60.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year +22.32% +21.50% +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 15,500 11,691 15,679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.89% 91.95% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,370 7,941 11,223
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £756 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 166 333
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £15.96
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.64 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.69 £48.56
90th Percentile £73.08 £63.50 £66.95
England median hourly rate £41.94 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.55% -9.60% -9.09%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -22 91 £600 - 86
East London -1 9 £585 -2.50% 4
West London -24 7 £544 +147.16% 10
South London -33 7 £500 -14.53% 3
North London - 3 £325 - 3
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 29 (4.44%) Confluence
2 8 (1.23%) SAS
2 8 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.92%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.15%) nginx
5 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.15%) ThingWorx
5 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 43 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (3.37%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.68%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.31%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.23%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.07%) Endur
3 7 (1.07%) Summit
4 6 (0.92%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.46%) Findur
7 2 (0.31%) Actimize
7 2 (0.31%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.31%) Global One
7 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.31%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 81 (12.40%) Azure
2 67 (10.26%) AWS
3 23 (3.52%) Power Platform
4 20 (3.06%) GCP
5 19 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (2.30%) SaaS
7 12 (1.84%) Entra ID
8 11 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.38%) GitHub
10 7 (1.07%) Amazon S3
10 7 (1.07%) SuccessFactors
11 6 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (0.77%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.61%) Collibra
13 4 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.38%) Firewall
2 8 (1.23%) Network Security
3 4 (0.61%) 5G
4 3 (0.46%) Broadband
5 2 (0.31%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (0.31%) Internet
5 2 (0.31%) NAS
5 2 (0.31%) SAN
5 2 (0.31%) VPN
6 1 (0.15%) BGP
6 1 (0.15%) DHCP
6 1 (0.15%) DNS
6 1 (0.15%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.15%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.15%) LAN
6 1 (0.15%) MPLS
6 1 (0.15%) RSVP
6 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.76%) Power BI
2 14 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (1.99%) Metadata
4 12 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.68%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.38%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.92%) Tableau
8 5 (0.77%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.61%) Data Mart
10 3 (0.46%) Big Data
10 3 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.46%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.31%) PowerCenter
11 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 62 (9.49%) JIRA
2 13 (1.99%) Git
3 8 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.61%) GitLab
5 3 (0.46%) Selenium
5 3 (0.46%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.46%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.46%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.15%) DbUnit
6 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.15%) ERwin
6 1 (0.15%) jMock
6 1 (0.15%) JUnit
6 1 (0.15%) Maven
6 1 (0.15%) MLflow
6 1 (0.15%) Mockito
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 301 (46.09%) Finance
2 254 (38.90%) Social Skills
3 125 (19.14%) Banking
4 123 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 54 (8.27%) Legal
7 37 (5.67%) Front Office
8 31 (4.75%) Investment Banking
9 28 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (3.98%) Financial Institution
11 22 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (2.60%) Retail
14 14 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.68%) Back Office
15 11 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.68%) Law
15 11 (1.68%) Marketing
16 10 (1.53%) Military
17 9 (1.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 91 (13.94%) Lead
2 85 (13.02%) Senior
3 74 (11.33%) Analyst
4 68 (10.41%) Project Manager
5 66 (10.11%) Developer
6 53 (8.12%) Business Analyst
7 52 (7.96%) Consultant
8 49 (7.50%) Architect
9 34 (5.21%) Programme Manager
10 26 (3.98%) Senior Developer
11 22 (3.37%) Security Architect
12 21 (3.22%) Delivery Manager
13 19 (2.91%) Senior Manager
14 18 (2.76%) Java Developer
14 18 (2.76%) Risk Analyst
14 18 (2.76%) Security Consultant
15 16 (2.45%) Risk Manager
16 15 (2.30%) Python Developer
16 15 (2.30%) Risk Business Analyst
17 14 (2.14%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (2.30%) REST
3 14 (2.14%) .NET
4 13 (1.99%) Kafka
5 9 (1.38%) XML
6 8 (1.23%) Middleware
7 7 (1.07%) COM
7 7 (1.07%) NumPy
7 7 (1.07%) Pandas
8 6 (0.92%) .NET Framework
8 6 (0.92%) Dask
8 6 (0.92%) J2EE
8 6 (0.92%) JSP
8 6 (0.92%) React
8 6 (0.92%) RESTful
9 5 (0.77%) .NET Core
9 5 (0.77%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (0.61%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.61%) WinForms
10 4 (0.61%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.19%) Management Information System
2 53 (8.12%) Derivative
3 34 (5.21%) Market Risk
3 34 (5.21%) Security Posture
4 32 (4.90%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 28 (4.29%) Equities
7 27 (4.13%) Credit Risk
8 26 (3.98%) Cloud Native
9 24 (3.68%) Onboarding
10 20 (3.06%) Fixed Income
11 19 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
11 19 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (2.45%) Algorithms
13 14 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (2.14%) Data Structures
13 14 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.84%) AI Agents
14 12 (1.84%) Equity Derivative
15 11 (1.68%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.45%) Windows
2 15 (2.30%) Linux
3 12 (1.84%) Unix
4 2 (0.31%) zOS
5 1 (0.15%) Android
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (29.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 178 (27.26%) Agile
3 142 (21.75%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (16.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 109 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 94 (14.40%) Project Management
7 87 (13.32%) Decision-Making
8 86 (13.17%) Roadmaps
9 81 (12.40%) AI
10 80 (12.25%) Information Security
11 79 (12.10%) Analytics
11 79 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
12 75 (11.49%) Project Delivery
13 58 (8.88%) DevOps
14 57 (8.73%) Data Protection
15 56 (8.58%) Change Management
16 54 (8.27%) Migration
17 53 (8.12%) ERP
17 53 (8.12%) Regulatory Compliance
18 52 (7.96%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 78 (11.94%) Python
2 74 (11.33%) SQL
3 42 (6.43%) Java
4 15 (2.30%) C++
5 14 (2.14%) C#
5 14 (2.14%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.53%) VBA
7 5 (0.77%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.61%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.61%) Perl
9 3 (0.46%) Korn
9 3 (0.46%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.31%) Bash
10 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.31%) R
10 2 (0.31%) RPG
10 2 (0.31%) Scala
11 1 (0.15%) Go
Qualifications
1 119 (18.22%) Degree
2 88 (13.48%) Security Cleared
3 65 (9.95%) SC Cleared
4 51 (7.81%) CISSP
5 35 (5.36%) PMI Certification
6 34 (5.21%) CISM
6 34 (5.21%) PMP
7 20 (3.06%) Master's Degree
8 18 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (2.76%) CRISC
9 14 (2.14%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.84%) Numerate Degree
11 11 (1.68%) CISA
11 11 (1.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 9 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 7 (1.07%) PhD
14 6 (0.92%) ISTQB
14 6 (0.92%) RIBA
15 5 (0.77%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (9.04%) NIST
3 56 (8.58%) GRC
4 45 (6.89%) GDPR
5 42 (6.43%) QA
6 34 (5.21%) PMO
7 29 (4.44%) Data Quality
8 28 (4.29%) PCI DSS
9 21 (3.22%) SLA
10 14 (2.14%) NCSC
11 12 (1.84%) COBIT
11 12 (1.84%) SOC 2
12 11 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (1.07%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 6 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 4 (0.61%) Basel III
16 4 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
16 4 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 7 (1.07%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.92%) Docker
3 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.15%) NFS
4 1 (0.15%) Postfix
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (1.23%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.07%) Terraform
3 4 (0.61%) Control-M
3 4 (0.61%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.46%) Ansible
4 3 (0.46%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) Avamar
6 1 (0.15%) CASB
6 1 (0.15%) Consul
6 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.15%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.15%) Packer
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 70 (10.72%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.89%) Oracle
3 39 (5.97%) SAP
4 35 (5.36%) ServiceNow
5 22 (3.37%) Murex
6 14 (2.14%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.14%) Workday
7 7 (1.07%) Databricks
8 6 (0.92%) Ariba
8 6 (0.92%) Google
9 5 (0.77%) Bloomberg
9 5 (0.77%) Charles River
9 5 (0.77%) Foundry
9 5 (0.77%) Informatica
9 5 (0.77%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.77%) OpenLink
9 5 (0.77%) Splunk
10 4 (0.61%) IBM
11 3 (0.46%) HP
11 3 (0.46%) Remedy