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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 43 64
Rank change year-on-year -28 +21 +10
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 649 641 604
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.75% 5.06% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.21% 5.51% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 405 417
10th Percentile £424 £400 £400
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £635 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £775 £775 £763
90th Percentile £975 £875 £825
England median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 5
10th Percentile £70.92 £28.00 £25.45
25th Percentile £73.27 £47.83 £30.12
Median hourly rate £79.68 £49.51 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year +60.95% +36.25% -46.17%
75th Percentile £88.59 £83.20 £48.75
90th Percentile £92.44 £96.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £74.31 £60.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +23.84% +4.35% +440.92%

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 15,407 11,629 15,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.11% 91.83% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 7,876 11,244
10th Percentile £353 £349 £338
25th Percentile £426 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £686 £675
90th Percentile £754 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 166 331
10th Percentile £18.28 £16.30 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.87 £23.80 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.58%
75th Percentile £57.23 £50.69 £48.92
90th Percentile £73.00 £63.50 £66.75
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.00
% change year-on-year +30.84% -6.59% -9.33%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -26 87 £600 - 83
East London 0 9 £585 -8.24% 4
West London -25 7 £544 +147.16% 12
South London -30 7 £500 -14.53% 1
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 30 (4.62%) Confluence
2 8 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.08%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.92%) SAS
5 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.15%) nginx
6 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.15%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 44 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.69%) 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 11 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.23%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.08%) Summit
4 5 (0.77%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.77%) Endur
5 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.46%) Findur
5 3 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.31%) Actimize
6 2 (0.31%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.31%) Global One
6 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.31%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 79 (12.17%) Azure
2 66 (10.17%) AWS
3 23 (3.54%) Power Platform
4 20 (3.08%) GCP
5 18 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (2.00%) Entra ID
7 12 (1.85%) SaaS
8 11 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (1.54%) GitHub
10 9 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.08%) Amazon S3
12 6 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
14 4 (0.62%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.62%) Collibra
14 4 (0.62%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.54%) Firewall
2 7 (1.08%) Network Security
3 4 (0.62%) 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%) Multicast
6 1 (0.15%) RSVP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.93%) Power BI
2 14 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.00%) Metadata
3 13 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.69%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.39%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.92%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.92%) Tableau
7 5 (0.77%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.62%) Data Mart
9 3 (0.46%) Big Data
9 3 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.46%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.31%) PowerCenter
10 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 62 (9.55%) JIRA
2 13 (2.00%) Git
3 8 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.62%) 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%) GCC
6 1 (0.15%) GDB
6 1 (0.15%) jMock
6 1 (0.15%) JUnit
6 1 (0.15%) Maven
6 1 (0.15%) Mockito
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 299 (46.07%) Finance
2 257 (39.60%) Social Skills
3 126 (19.41%) Banking
4 121 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (9.40%) Public Sector
6 55 (8.47%) Legal
7 37 (5.70%) Front Office
8 33 (5.08%) Investment Banking
9 29 (4.47%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (4.01%) Financial Institution
11 23 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (2.77%) Retail
14 14 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.54%) Back Office
16 10 (1.54%) Law
16 10 (1.54%) Marketing
16 10 (1.54%) Military
17 8 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 85 (13.10%) Lead
2 83 (12.79%) Senior
3 75 (11.56%) Analyst
4 71 (10.94%) Project Manager
5 65 (10.02%) Developer
6 54 (8.32%) Consultant
7 53 (8.17%) Business Analyst
8 45 (6.93%) Architect
9 34 (5.24%) Programme Manager
10 26 (4.01%) Senior Developer
11 22 (3.39%) Delivery Manager
11 22 (3.39%) Security Architect
12 21 (3.24%) Senior Manager
13 19 (2.93%) Java Developer
13 19 (2.93%) Security Consultant
14 17 (2.62%) Risk Analyst
15 16 (2.47%) Python Developer
15 16 (2.47%) Risk Manager
16 14 (2.16%) IT Manager
16 14 (2.16%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 16 (2.47%) REST
3 14 (2.16%) Kafka
4 13 (2.00%) .NET
5 10 (1.54%) XML
6 8 (1.23%) COM
6 8 (1.23%) NumPy
6 8 (1.23%) Pandas
7 7 (1.08%) Dask
7 7 (1.08%) Middleware
8 6 (0.92%) .NET Framework
8 6 (0.92%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (0.92%) J2EE
8 6 (0.92%) JSP
8 6 (0.92%) React
9 5 (0.77%) .NET Core
9 5 (0.77%) RESTful
10 4 (0.62%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.62%) WinForms
10 4 (0.62%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.55%) Management Information System
2 55 (8.47%) Derivative
3 34 (5.24%) Security Posture
4 33 (5.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 33 (5.08%) Market Risk
5 32 (4.93%) Product Ownership
6 29 (4.47%) Equities
7 26 (4.01%) Cloud Native
8 24 (3.70%) Credit Risk
9 23 (3.54%) Onboarding
10 19 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (2.93%) Fixed Income
11 17 (2.62%) Algorithms
11 17 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (2.00%) Data Structures
13 13 (2.00%) Hedge funds
14 12 (1.85%) AI Agents
14 12 (1.85%) Equity Derivative
15 11 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.47%) Linux
1 16 (2.47%) Windows
2 12 (1.85%) Unix
3 2 (0.31%) zOS
4 1 (0.15%) Android
4 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (29.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 177 (27.27%) Agile
3 143 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (16.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 104 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 95 (14.64%) Project Management
7 84 (12.94%) Decision-Making
8 82 (12.63%) AI
8 82 (12.63%) Roadmaps
9 80 (12.33%) Cybersecurity
10 79 (12.17%) Information Security
11 77 (11.86%) Analytics
11 77 (11.86%) Project Delivery
12 58 (8.94%) DevOps
13 55 (8.47%) Change Management
13 55 (8.47%) Regulatory Compliance
14 54 (8.32%) Data Protection
15 52 (8.01%) Scrum
16 50 (7.70%) CI/CD
16 50 (7.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 77 (11.86%) Python
1 77 (11.86%) SQL
2 41 (6.32%) Java
3 17 (2.62%) C++
4 14 (2.16%) C#
4 14 (2.16%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.69%) VBA
6 5 (0.77%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.62%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.62%) Perl
8 3 (0.46%) Korn
8 3 (0.46%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.31%) Bash
9 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.31%) R
9 2 (0.31%) RPG
9 2 (0.31%) Scala
10 1 (0.15%) Go
Qualifications
1 121 (18.64%) Degree
2 89 (13.71%) Security Cleared
3 69 (10.63%) SC Cleared
4 52 (8.01%) CISSP
5 39 (6.01%) PMI Certification
6 37 (5.70%) PMP
7 35 (5.39%) CISM
8 21 (3.24%) Master's Degree
9 18 (2.77%) CRISC
10 17 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (2.31%) DV Cleared
12 13 (2.00%) Numerate Degree
13 11 (1.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 10 (1.54%) CISA
15 9 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (1.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 8 (1.23%) PhD
17 6 (0.92%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.92%) RIBA
18 5 (0.77%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (9.24%) NIST
3 56 (8.63%) GRC
4 44 (6.78%) GDPR
5 40 (6.16%) QA
6 32 (4.93%) PMO
7 29 (4.47%) Data Quality
7 29 (4.47%) PCI DSS
8 21 (3.24%) SLA
9 13 (2.00%) NCSC
10 12 (1.85%) COBIT
10 12 (1.85%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 7 (1.08%) NIST 800
13 6 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 4 (0.62%) Basel III
15 4 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 7 (1.08%) 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%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (1.23%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.08%) Terraform
3 4 (0.62%) Control-M
3 4 (0.62%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.62%) 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 66 (10.17%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.78%) Oracle
3 36 (5.55%) SAP
4 33 (5.08%) ServiceNow
5 22 (3.39%) Murex
6 13 (2.00%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.85%) Workday
8 7 (1.08%) Databricks
9 6 (0.92%) Google
10 5 (0.77%) Ariba
10 5 (0.77%) Bloomberg
10 5 (0.77%) Charles River
10 5 (0.77%) Foundry
10 5 (0.77%) Informatica
10 5 (0.77%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.77%) OpenLink
10 5 (0.77%) Splunk
11 4 (0.62%) IBM
12 3 (0.46%) HP
12 3 (0.46%) Remedy