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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 43 62
Rank change year-on-year -27 +19 +13
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 663 630 616
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.83% 4.98% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 5.43% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 402 427
10th Percentile £425 £400 £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 £775 £775 £753
90th Percentile £975 £861 £825
England median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 5
10th Percentile £71.74 £28.25 £25.45
25th Percentile £75.31 £47.93 £30.12
Median hourly rate £87.50 £61.55 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year +42.16% +69.40% -47.15%
75th Percentile £94.38 £83.20 £48.75
90th Percentile £94.75 £95.50 £55.50
England median hourly rate £74.49 £60.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +24.15% +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 15,441 11,594 15,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.26% 91.57% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,365 7,865 11,315
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 169 332
10th Percentile £18.20 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.18 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%
75th Percentile £56.13 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.00% -1.71% -11.83%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 90 £600 - 92
East London +1 9 £585 -8.24% 9
West London -21 8 £575 +161.36% 11
South London -32 7 £500 -14.53% 2
North London - 4 £513 - 2
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 33 (4.98%) Confluence
2 9 (1.36%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.21%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.90%) SAS
5 3 (0.45%) 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 45 (6.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (3.47%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.30%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.21%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.06%) Summit
4 5 (0.75%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.60%) Endur
6 3 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.45%) Findur
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.30%) Actimize
7 2 (0.30%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.30%) Global One
7 2 (0.30%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.30%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 90 (13.57%) Azure
2 76 (11.46%) AWS
3 26 (3.92%) GCP
3 26 (3.92%) Power Platform
4 17 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (2.11%) Entra ID
6 12 (1.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 12 (1.81%) SaaS
7 11 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (1.66%) GitHub
8 7 (1.06%) Amazon S3
9 6 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (0.60%) Azure AI
11 4 (0.60%) Miro
11 4 (0.60%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.66%) Firewall
2 7 (1.06%) Network Security
3 4 (0.60%) 5G
4 3 (0.45%) Broadband
4 3 (0.45%) VPN
5 2 (0.30%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (0.30%) Internet
5 2 (0.30%) NAS
5 2 (0.30%) SAN
6 1 (0.15%) BGP
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%) LAN
6 1 (0.15%) MPLS
6 1 (0.15%) Multicast
6 1 (0.15%) RSVP
6 1 (0.15%) WAN
6 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.32%) Power BI
2 14 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.96%) Metadata
4 11 (1.66%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.51%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.21%) Tableau
7 6 (0.90%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.75%) Big Data
8 5 (0.75%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.60%) Data Mart
10 3 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.45%) KDB
10 3 (0.45%) Kdb+
10 3 (0.45%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.45%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.30%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 67 (10.11%) JIRA
2 13 (1.96%) Git
3 8 (1.21%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.60%) GitLab
5 3 (0.45%) Selenium
5 3 (0.45%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.45%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.15%) DbUnit
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
6 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
General
1 310 (46.76%) Finance
2 261 (39.37%) Social Skills
3 129 (19.46%) Banking
4 126 (19.00%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (9.20%) Legal
6 59 (8.90%) Public Sector
7 43 (6.49%) Front Office
8 36 (5.43%) Investment Banking
9 28 (4.22%) Financial Institution
10 27 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (2.56%) Retail
14 14 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.66%) Back Office
15 11 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.51%) Law
16 10 (1.51%) Marketing
16 10 (1.51%) Military
17 8 (1.21%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 88 (13.27%) Senior
2 85 (12.82%) Lead
3 74 (11.16%) Analyst
4 71 (10.71%) Project Manager
5 69 (10.41%) Developer
6 60 (9.05%) Consultant
7 53 (7.99%) Architect
7 53 (7.99%) Business Analyst
8 33 (4.98%) Programme Manager
9 29 (4.37%) Security Architect
9 29 (4.37%) Senior Developer
10 24 (3.62%) Senior Manager
11 23 (3.47%) Security Consultant
12 22 (3.32%) Delivery Manager
13 20 (3.02%) Java Developer
14 19 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
15 18 (2.71%) Python Developer
16 17 (2.56%) Risk Analyst
17 16 (2.41%) Risk Manager
18 14 (2.11%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.71%) REST
2 17 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 16 (2.41%) Kafka
4 14 (2.11%) .NET
5 11 (1.66%) XML
6 9 (1.36%) COM
6 9 (1.36%) Dask
6 9 (1.36%) NumPy
6 9 (1.36%) Pandas
7 7 (1.06%) .NET Framework
7 7 (1.06%) Middleware
8 6 (0.90%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (0.90%) J2EE
8 6 (0.90%) JSP
8 6 (0.90%) RESTful
9 5 (0.75%) .NET Core
9 5 (0.75%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.75%) React
10 4 (0.60%) PyTorch
10 4 (0.60%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.35%) Management Information System
2 61 (9.20%) Derivative
3 38 (5.73%) Product Ownership
4 37 (5.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 37 (5.58%) Security Posture
5 34 (5.13%) Market Risk
6 33 (4.98%) Equities
7 28 (4.22%) Cloud Native
8 24 (3.62%) Credit Risk
8 24 (3.62%) Onboarding
9 21 (3.17%) Algorithms
9 21 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (3.17%) Fixed Income
10 18 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (2.26%) Hedge funds
12 14 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.96%) Equity Derivative
13 13 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.81%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.66%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.71%) Linux
2 16 (2.41%) Windows
3 14 (2.11%) Unix
4 2 (0.30%) zOS
5 1 (0.15%) Android
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 180 (27.15%) Agile
3 147 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (15.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 104 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 97 (14.63%) Project Management
7 89 (13.42%) AI
8 86 (12.97%) Roadmaps
9 84 (12.67%) Analytics
10 82 (12.37%) Decision-Making
11 81 (12.22%) Cybersecurity
12 76 (11.46%) Project Delivery
13 73 (11.01%) Information Security
14 60 (9.05%) Regulatory Compliance
15 57 (8.60%) DevOps
16 56 (8.45%) Data Protection
17 55 (8.30%) Scrum
18 54 (8.14%) Change Management
19 52 (7.84%) CI/CD
20 49 (7.39%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 86 (12.97%) Python
2 84 (12.67%) SQL
3 42 (6.33%) Java
4 19 (2.87%) C++
5 16 (2.41%) PowerShell
6 15 (2.26%) C#
7 12 (1.81%) VBA
8 4 (0.60%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.60%) Perl
8 4 (0.60%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.45%) Bash
9 3 (0.45%) Korn
9 3 (0.45%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.30%) R
10 2 (0.30%) RPG
10 2 (0.30%) Scala
11 1 (0.15%) Bicep
11 1 (0.15%) Go
Qualifications
1 132 (19.91%) Degree
2 91 (13.73%) Security Cleared
3 71 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 54 (8.14%) CISSP
5 41 (6.18%) PMI Certification
6 39 (5.88%) PMP
7 37 (5.58%) CISM
8 25 (3.77%) Master's Degree
9 19 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (2.71%) CRISC
11 17 (2.56%) DV Cleared
12 14 (2.11%) Numerate Degree
13 10 (1.51%) CISA
13 10 (1.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 10 (1.51%) PhD
14 9 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 6 (0.90%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.90%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (10.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (8.90%) NIST
3 55 (8.30%) GRC
4 46 (6.94%) GDPR
5 43 (6.49%) QA
6 33 (4.98%) PMO
7 29 (4.37%) Data Quality
7 29 (4.37%) PCI DSS
8 21 (3.17%) SLA
9 13 (1.96%) NCSC
10 12 (1.81%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (1.66%) COBIT
12 8 (1.21%) EU AI Act
12 8 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 7 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.90%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 4 (0.60%) IFRS
System Software
1 8 (1.21%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.21%) Docker
2 3 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.15%) NFS
3 1 (0.15%) Postfix
3 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (1.51%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.36%) Terraform
3 4 (0.60%) Control-M
3 4 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.45%) Ansible
4 3 (0.45%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.30%) 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 71 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 43 (6.49%) Oracle
3 32 (4.83%) SAP
3 32 (4.83%) ServiceNow
4 23 (3.47%) Murex
5 14 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.81%) Workday
7 7 (1.06%) Databricks
8 5 (0.75%) Ariba
8 5 (0.75%) Bloomberg
8 5 (0.75%) Charles River
8 5 (0.75%) Foundry
8 5 (0.75%) Google
8 5 (0.75%) Informatica
8 5 (0.75%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.75%) OpenLink
8 5 (0.75%) Splunk
9 4 (0.60%) IBM
10 3 (0.45%) HP
10 3 (0.45%) Remedy