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 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 49 64
Rank change year-on-year -9 +15 -10
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 885 662 564
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.34% 4.95% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 5.35% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 436 334
10th Percentile £413 £390 £413
25th Percentile £500 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £616
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +5.48% +0.20%
75th Percentile £725 £796 £769
90th Percentile £800 £925 £871
England median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -0.09% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile £32.13 £41.75 £23.00
25th Percentile £33.08 - £26.63
Median hourly rate £43.05 £65.00 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.77% +101.55% +48.28%
75th Percentile £55.63 - £67.99
90th Percentile £59.00 £82.25 £80.80
England median hourly rate £76.00 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +126.87% -41.74% -4.17%

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.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,170 12,368 14,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.13% 92.48% 89.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,917 8,148 9,224
10th Percentile £359 £333 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £665 £664 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 350 243 176
10th Percentile £15.55 £18.03 £17.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £25.00 £24.17
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.50 £37.79
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -19.28% -5.34%
75th Percentile £58.44 £47.75 £57.81
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.95 £78.75
England median hourly rate £38.25 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +52.09% -40.82% -5.56%

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 18 October 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 18 October 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 18 October 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 -8 112 £550 -15.38% 134
West London -12 18 £700 +64.71% 29
East London +5 5 £750 - 15
South London -19 3 £495 -14.86% 7
North London -5 1 £550 - 1
Risk Management
England

Risk Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Stakeholder Management44.3%392
2Agile26.8%237
3Cybersecurity21.0%186
4Stakeholder Engagement19.7%174
5Continuous Improvement19.0%168
6Problem-Solving17.1%151
7AI16.8%149
8Decision-Making16.4%145
8Roadmaps16.4%145
10Information Security12.0%106
11Project Management11.9%105
12Migration11.8%104
13Analytics11.6%103
13Project Delivery11.6%103
15DevOps10.7%95
16CI/CD10.4%92
17Change Management9.4%83
18Validation8.1%72
19Security Architecture8.0%71
20Data Protection7.9%70