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 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 59 50
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +33
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 663 568 851
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.78% 3.68% 4.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.18% 4.13% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 342 591
10th Percentile £400 £414 £425
25th Percentile £485 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -
75th Percentile £788 £759 £750
90th Percentile £950 £861 £963
England median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 5
10th Percentile £41.75 £23.00 -
25th Percentile - £26.63 £21.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.55% +46.59% -71.43%
75th Percentile £69.36 £67.99 £39.42
90th Percentile £83.99 £80.80 £51.77
England median hourly rate £33.50 £57.94 £72.84
% change year-on-year -42.18% -20.45% +14.10%

All Process and 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 12,811 13,740 18,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.42% 89.13% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,441 8,850 13,111
10th Percentile £331 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 161 250
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.56
25th Percentile £25.00 £25.00 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £38.07 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -22.51% +2.42% -0.88%
75th Percentile £47.00 £56.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.17 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.46% -18.73% +27.14%

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 2025. 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 -14 85 £625 -1.96% 173
South London -2 14 £582 -3.04% 10
West London -11 10 £425 -29.17% 13
North London - 4 £550 - 1
East London +1 3 - - 6
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 39 (5.88%) Confluence
2 21 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.51%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.51%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.60%) CMS
6 2 (0.30%) IIS
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Camunda
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.36%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.60%) Trello
7 2 (0.30%) GNU Octave
7 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.15%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.15%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.96%) Endur
2 9 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.75%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.45%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.30%) Actimize
5 2 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.30%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.30%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.30%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.30%) SAP GTS
5 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.15%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 99 (14.93%) AWS
2 69 (10.41%) Azure
3 43 (6.49%) GCP
4 24 (3.62%) Power Platform
5 22 (3.32%) dbt
6 21 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (2.41%) Entra ID
8 14 (2.11%) GitHub
8 14 (2.11%) SaaS
9 12 (1.81%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (1.36%) Miro
11 8 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (0.90%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.75%) OpenShift
14 4 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (0.60%) IaaS
14 4 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.77%) Firewall
2 9 (1.36%) Multicast
3 6 (0.90%) Network Security
4 4 (0.60%) 5G
4 4 (0.60%) S/MIME
4 4 (0.60%) SSL
5 3 (0.45%) Broadband
5 3 (0.45%) Cisco IPT
5 3 (0.45%) VPN
5 3 (0.45%) WAN
6 2 (0.30%) MPLS
6 2 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.15%) BGP
7 1 (0.15%) DHCP
7 1 (0.15%) DNS
7 1 (0.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.15%) Intranet
7 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) RSVP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.79%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (3.47%) Power BI
2 23 (3.47%) SQL Server
3 21 (3.17%) Amazon Athena
3 21 (3.17%) Apache Arrow
3 21 (3.17%) Apache Iceberg
3 21 (3.17%) Dremio
4 9 (1.36%) Tableau
5 8 (1.21%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.06%) Big Data
6 7 (1.06%) KDB
6 7 (1.06%) Kdb+
7 5 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.75%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.60%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.45%) Metadata
9 3 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.45%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 69 (10.41%) JIRA
2 15 (2.26%) Git
3 14 (2.11%) SpecFlow
4 9 (1.36%) GCC
4 9 (1.36%) GDB
5 7 (1.06%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.90%) Maven
7 5 (0.75%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.75%) QUnit
8 3 (0.45%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.45%) JUnit
8 3 (0.45%) Mockito
8 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.45%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.30%) Snyk
10 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.15%) jMock
10 1 (0.15%) MLflow
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
General
1 364 (54.90%) Finance
2 278 (41.93%) Social Skills
3 151 (22.78%) Banking
4 116 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (12.82%) Front Office
6 45 (6.79%) Investment Banking
7 43 (6.49%) Legal
8 37 (5.58%) Public Sector
9 22 (3.32%) Financial Institution
10 21 (3.17%) Back Office
10 21 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.56%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.36%) International Banking
14 9 (1.36%) Local Government
14 9 (1.36%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.36%) Retail
15 7 (1.06%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 124 (18.70%) Developer
2 113 (17.04%) Analyst
3 92 (13.88%) Senior
4 81 (12.22%) Project Manager
5 62 (9.35%) Lead
6 52 (7.84%) Business Analyst
7 48 (7.24%) Consultant
8 45 (6.79%) Architect
9 42 (6.33%) AWS Developer
9 42 (6.33%) Senior Developer
10 35 (5.28%) Java Developer
11 30 (4.52%) Python Developer
11 30 (4.52%) Risk Analyst
12 25 (3.77%) Programme Manager
13 22 (3.32%) Senior Manager
13 22 (3.32%) Software Engineer
14 21 (3.17%) AWS Engineer
14 21 (3.17%) AWS Software Engineer
14 21 (3.17%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 21 (3.17%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.64%) AngularJS
2 37 (5.58%) React
3 29 (4.37%) NumPy
4 28 (4.22%) .NET
4 28 (4.22%) Pandas
5 22 (3.32%) Node.js
5 22 (3.32%) REST
5 22 (3.32%) SciPy
6 21 (3.17%) Kafka
6 21 (3.17%) Vue
7 18 (2.71%) .NET Framework
7 18 (2.71%) RESTful
8 14 (2.11%) Entity Framework
8 14 (2.11%) NHibernate
8 14 (2.11%) Playwright
9 13 (1.96%) Middleware
10 9 (1.36%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 9 (1.36%) STL
10 9 (1.36%) XML
11 8 (1.21%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 83 (12.52%) Management Information System
2 56 (8.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 52 (7.84%) Derivative
4 48 (7.24%) Equities
5 40 (6.03%) Fixed Income
5 40 (6.03%) Market Risk
5 40 (6.03%) Product Ownership
6 25 (3.77%) Security Posture
7 24 (3.62%) Algorithms
8 23 (3.47%) Credit Risk
9 18 (2.71%) Cloud Native
10 17 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (2.26%) Onboarding
12 14 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (2.11%) Hedge funds
13 13 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.66%) Data Centre
15 10 (1.51%) Taxonomies
15 10 (1.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.98%) Linux
2 18 (2.71%) Unix
3 12 (1.81%) Windows
4 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.15%) Android
5 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (28.96%) Agile
2 163 (24.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 138 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
4 124 (18.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 117 (17.65%) Project Management
6 79 (11.92%) Cybersecurity
7 77 (11.61%) Project Delivery
8 73 (11.01%) Analytics
9 69 (10.41%) Decision-Making
9 69 (10.41%) Migration
10 68 (10.26%) Scrum
11 65 (9.80%) Change Management
11 65 (9.80%) Information Security
12 63 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 61 (9.20%) Computer Science
14 60 (9.05%) AI
15 50 (7.54%) Roadmaps
16 49 (7.39%) Regulatory Compliance
17 45 (6.79%) Data Analysis
18 44 (6.64%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 101 (15.23%) Python
2 90 (13.57%) SQL
3 58 (8.75%) Java
4 31 (4.68%) TypeScript
5 29 (4.37%) C#
6 28 (4.22%) JavaScript
7 26 (3.92%) C++
8 12 (1.81%) PowerShell
9 11 (1.66%) VBA
10 4 (0.60%) R
11 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.30%) Bash
12 2 (0.30%) Haskell
12 2 (0.30%) Korn
12 2 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.30%) OCaml
12 2 (0.30%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.15%) Bicep
13 1 (0.15%) Rust
13 1 (0.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 118 (17.80%) Degree
2 65 (9.80%) Security Cleared
3 56 (8.45%) CISSP
3 56 (8.45%) SC Cleared
4 43 (6.49%) PMI Certification
5 42 (6.33%) PMP
6 36 (5.43%) Master's Degree
7 31 (4.68%) CISM
8 21 (3.17%) DV Cleared
9 18 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (2.26%) CISA
11 11 (1.66%) PhD
12 9 (1.36%) CRISC
12 9 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.36%) Numerate Degree
13 8 (1.21%) CESG Certified Professional
14 7 (1.06%) FFIEC
15 6 (0.90%) CBAP
16 4 (0.60%) Azure Certification
16 4 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (9.65%) NIST
2 61 (9.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (6.18%) GDPR
4 35 (5.28%) GRC
5 33 (4.98%) QA
6 25 (3.77%) PMO
6 25 (3.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 22 (3.32%) Data Quality
8 18 (2.71%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.96%) EU AI Act
10 10 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 9 (1.36%) EMIR
11 9 (1.36%) MiFID
11 9 (1.36%) SLA
12 8 (1.21%) Basel III
12 8 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (1.06%) NCSC
14 5 (0.75%) COBIT
15 4 (0.60%) Accessibility
15 4 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (3.02%) Docker
2 16 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.15%) Postfix
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (1.81%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.66%) Terraform
3 6 (0.90%) Ansible
4 5 (0.75%) Grafana
4 5 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.45%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.45%) RSA Archer
5 3 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.30%) QRadar
7 1 (0.15%) Consul
7 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.15%) Packer
7 1 (0.15%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 59 (8.90%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.68%) ServiceNow
3 21 (3.17%) SAP
4 17 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 12 (1.81%) Oracle
6 11 (1.66%) Solace
7 7 (1.06%) Google
8 6 (0.90%) Murex
9 5 (0.75%) Bloomberg
9 5 (0.75%) Cisco
9 5 (0.75%) Citrix
9 5 (0.75%) Splunk
10 3 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.45%) Databricks
10 3 (0.45%) Hitachi
10 3 (0.45%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.45%) OneLogin
10 3 (0.45%) Qualys
11 2 (0.30%) Carbon Black
11 2 (0.30%) Tanium