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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 39 65
Rank change year-on-year -33 +26 +6
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 653 679 601
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.68% 5.40% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.16% 5.86% 3.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 431 415
10th Percentile £413 £395 £400
25th Percentile £500 £500 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £750 £800 £770
90th Percentile £950 £875 £845
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 4
10th Percentile £70.92 £48.08 £24.67
25th Percentile £73.27 £48.25 £28.18
Median hourly rate £79.68 £73.60 £33.23
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% +121.50% -50.77%
75th Percentile £88.59 £89.10 £39.44
90th Percentile £92.44 £97.00 £45.03
England median hourly rate £74.31 £61.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +20.83% +17.13% +393.89%

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 15,708 11,595 15,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.55% 92.16% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,519 7,858 11,305
10th Percentile £356 £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 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £509 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 168 326
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.08 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% +19.30% -26.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £46.77
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £65.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.95
% change year-on-year +50.00% -16.55% -4.13%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 2 May 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 95 £600 - 104
East London 0 9 £585 -2.50% 8
West London -23 9 £544 +147.16% 10
South London -32 7 £500 -14.53%
North London - 3 £325 - 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 30 (4.59%) Confluence
2 10 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.23%) SAS
4 4 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
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 30 (4.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (3.52%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.84%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.23%) Endur
3 7 (1.07%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.07%) Summit
4 6 (0.92%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.61%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.46%) Actimize
6 3 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.46%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.46%) Dynamics SL
6 3 (0.46%) Findur
6 3 (0.46%) Infor CloudSuite
6 3 (0.46%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.31%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 81 (12.40%) Azure
2 67 (10.26%) AWS
3 21 (3.22%) GCP
3 21 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (3.22%) Power Platform
4 13 (1.99%) SaaS
5 12 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (1.68%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (1.38%) GitHub
9 7 (1.07%) Amazon S3
9 7 (1.07%) SuccessFactors
10 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (0.92%) Snowflake
11 5 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.84%) Firewall
2 7 (1.07%) Network Security
3 2 (0.31%) 5G
3 2 (0.31%) Broadband
3 2 (0.31%) Internet
3 2 (0.31%) LAN
3 2 (0.31%) NAS
3 2 (0.31%) SAN
3 2 (0.31%) VLAN
3 2 (0.31%) VPN
3 2 (0.31%) WAN
3 2 (0.31%) WLAN
4 1 (0.15%) DHCP
4 1 (0.15%) DMZ
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.15%) NGFW
4 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.45%) Power BI
2 15 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (2.14%) Metadata
4 11 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.53%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.77%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.77%) Tableau
8 4 (0.61%) 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%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 62 (9.49%) JIRA
2 12 (1.84%) Git
3 8 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.77%) GitLab
5 4 (0.61%) Selenium
6 3 (0.46%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.46%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.46%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.15%) Appium
7 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.15%) DbUnit
7 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.15%) ERwin
7 1 (0.15%) jMock
7 1 (0.15%) JUnit
7 1 (0.15%) Maven
7 1 (0.15%) MLflow
7 1 (0.15%) Mockito
7 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 300 (45.94%) Finance
2 252 (38.59%) Social Skills
3 123 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
3 123 (18.84%) Banking
4 64 (9.80%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.42%) Legal
6 31 (4.75%) Front Office
7 29 (4.44%) Investment Banking
8 26 (3.98%) Financial Institution
8 26 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.91%) Retail
11 12 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.84%) Marketing
12 11 (1.68%) Law
12 11 (1.68%) Military
13 10 (1.53%) Back Office
13 10 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 92 (14.09%) Lead
2 89 (13.63%) Senior
3 76 (11.64%) Analyst
4 68 (10.41%) Project Manager
5 61 (9.34%) Developer
6 52 (7.96%) Architect
6 52 (7.96%) Business Analyst
7 43 (6.58%) Consultant
8 34 (5.21%) Programme Manager
9 24 (3.68%) Senior Developer
10 23 (3.52%) Security Architect
11 20 (3.06%) Delivery Manager
12 19 (2.91%) Risk Analyst
13 18 (2.76%) Senior Manager
14 16 (2.45%) Java Developer
14 16 (2.45%) Risk Manager
15 15 (2.30%) Risk Business Analyst
15 15 (2.30%) Security Consultant
15 15 (2.30%) Security Specialist
16 14 (2.14%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (2.30%) .NET
3 13 (1.99%) Kafka
4 12 (1.84%) REST
5 8 (1.23%) Middleware
5 8 (1.23%) XML
6 7 (1.07%) React
7 6 (0.92%) .NET Framework
7 6 (0.92%) J2EE
7 6 (0.92%) JSP
7 6 (0.92%) RESTful
8 5 (0.77%) .NET Core
8 5 (0.77%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (0.61%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.61%) COM
9 4 (0.61%) Dask
9 4 (0.61%) NumPy
9 4 (0.61%) Pandas
9 4 (0.61%) WinForms
9 4 (0.61%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 58 (8.88%) Management Information System
2 49 (7.50%) Derivative
3 34 (5.21%) Market Risk
4 31 (4.75%) Security Posture
5 30 (4.59%) Product Ownership
6 27 (4.13%) Credit Risk
6 27 (4.13%) Onboarding
7 24 (3.68%) Cloud Native
7 24 (3.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 23 (3.52%) Equities
9 19 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (2.91%) Fixed Income
10 18 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (2.14%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.99%) Algorithms
14 12 (1.84%) AI Agents
15 11 (1.68%) Equity Derivative
16 10 (1.53%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.60%) Windows
2 15 (2.30%) Linux
3 11 (1.68%) Unix
4 2 (0.31%) zOS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (30.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 177 (27.11%) Agile
3 140 (21.44%) Problem-Solving
4 113 (17.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 109 (16.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 95 (14.55%) Project Management
7 87 (13.32%) Decision-Making
7 87 (13.32%) Roadmaps
8 84 (12.86%) Cybersecurity
9 81 (12.40%) Analytics
10 80 (12.25%) Information Security
11 79 (12.10%) AI
12 76 (11.64%) Project Delivery
13 58 (8.88%) DevOps
13 58 (8.88%) ERP
14 57 (8.73%) Regulatory Compliance
15 55 (8.42%) Migration
16 54 (8.27%) Data Protection
17 53 (8.12%) Change Management
17 53 (8.12%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 72 (11.03%) Python
2 71 (10.87%) SQL
3 43 (6.58%) Java
4 15 (2.30%) C#
5 13 (1.99%) C++
6 12 (1.84%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.07%) VBA
8 5 (0.77%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.77%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.61%) Perl
10 3 (0.46%) Korn
10 3 (0.46%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.46%) Scala
10 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.31%) Bash
11 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.31%) R
11 2 (0.31%) RPG
12 1 (0.15%) Go
Qualifications
1 114 (17.46%) Degree
2 89 (13.63%) Security Cleared
3 65 (9.95%) SC Cleared
4 54 (8.27%) CISSP
5 36 (5.51%) PMI Certification
6 34 (5.21%) CISM
6 34 (5.21%) PMP
7 19 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (2.76%) CRISC
9 14 (2.14%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.99%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 11 (1.68%) CISA
13 10 (1.53%) Numerate Degree
14 9 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 6 (0.92%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.92%) RIBA
16 5 (0.77%) Azure Certification
16 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (11.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (8.88%) NIST
3 54 (8.27%) GRC
4 45 (6.89%) QA
5 44 (6.74%) GDPR
6 35 (5.36%) PMO
7 31 (4.75%) Data Quality
8 29 (4.44%) PCI DSS
9 23 (3.52%) SLA
10 14 (2.14%) NCSC
11 13 (1.99%) COBIT
12 12 (1.84%) SOC 2
13 11 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (1.23%) NIST 800
15 6 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 6 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.77%) GMP
16 5 (0.77%) GxP
17 4 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 7 (1.07%) Docker
2 6 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.15%) NFS
5 1 (0.15%) Postfix
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (1.38%) 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%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.15%) Packer
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 78 (11.94%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.35%) Oracle
3 43 (6.58%) SAP
4 33 (5.05%) ServiceNow
5 22 (3.37%) Murex
6 17 (2.60%) Workday
7 16 (2.45%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.23%) Databricks
9 6 (0.92%) Ariba
9 6 (0.92%) Google
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 (0.61%) IBM
12 3 (0.46%) Remedy
12 3 (0.46%) Sage