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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 73 60
Rank change year-on-year +29 -13 +22
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 711 525 858
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 5.33% 3.27% 3.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.76% 3.67% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 319 590
10th Percentile £390 £396 £434
25th Percentile £486 £472 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £623
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -3.61% +3.75%
75th Percentile £800 £750 £775
90th Percentile £888 £853 £1,000
England median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 4
10th Percentile £39.45 £22.02 -
25th Percentile £48.25 £25.06 £21.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.12 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year +115.80% +38.48% -54.21%
75th Percentile - £39.44 £26.36
90th Percentile £79.00 £45.02 £34.19
England median hourly rate £33.50 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -41.74% -4.17% +23.22%

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 12,340 14,309 20,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.56% 89.21% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,163 9,544 14,525
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
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 253 180 230
10th Percentile £17.02 £17.25 £18.15
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.81
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -11.67% +7.09%
75th Percentile £48.75 £55.00 £63.94
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Risk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -1 94 £638 +5.90% 183
South London +1 14 £578 -7.52% 8
West London -7 11 £425 - 8
East London +9 6 £500 -16.67% 8
North London - 2 £550 -
Risk Management
England

Risk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 36 (5.06%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (4.64%) Confluence
3 16 (2.25%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.13%) Apache
6 5 (0.70%) CMS
6 5 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.28%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) CICS
9 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.14%) Kentico
9 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 36 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.41%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.56%) Trello
7 2 (0.28%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.14%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.14%) Revit
8 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (3.80%) Endur
2 9 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.70%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.56%) ION Anvil
4 4 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.28%) Actimize
6 2 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
6 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.28%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.28%) OPENHousing
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.28%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.28%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.28%) SAP GTS
6 2 (0.28%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 98 (13.78%) AWS
2 66 (9.28%) Azure
3 50 (7.03%) GCP
4 37 (5.20%) dbt
5 24 (3.38%) SaaS
6 22 (3.09%) Power Platform
7 15 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (1.69%) GitHub
9 9 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.27%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (0.98%) Miro
12 6 (0.84%) IaaS
13 5 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (0.70%) Google Workspace
13 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.70%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.70%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (0.56%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.09%) Firewall
2 11 (1.55%) Network Security
3 7 (0.98%) Multicast
4 5 (0.70%) WAN
5 4 (0.56%) S/MIME
5 4 (0.56%) SSL
6 3 (0.42%) LAN
6 3 (0.42%) SAN
6 3 (0.42%) VPN
6 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.28%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.14%) DNS
8 1 (0.14%) HTTP
8 1 (0.14%) MPLS
8 1 (0.14%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (7.88%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (5.06%) Amazon Athena
2 36 (5.06%) Apache Arrow
2 36 (5.06%) Apache Iceberg
2 36 (5.06%) Dremio
3 30 (4.22%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.81%) Power BI
5 13 (1.83%) Hadoop
6 12 (1.69%) Big Data
7 9 (1.27%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.13%) Tableau
9 5 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.70%) Apache Hive
9 5 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.56%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.56%) MySQL
10 4 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.42%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 61 (8.58%) JIRA
2 26 (3.66%) Git
3 12 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.55%) SpecFlow
5 10 (1.41%) TeamCity
6 8 (1.13%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.98%) GCC
7 7 (0.98%) GDB
7 7 (0.98%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.84%) Maven
9 4 (0.56%) JUnit
10 3 (0.42%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.42%) Mockito
10 3 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.28%) MLflow
11 2 (0.28%) QUnit
11 2 (0.28%) Selenium
11 2 (0.28%) Snyk
General
1 379 (53.31%) Finance
2 291 (40.93%) Social Skills
3 172 (24.19%) Banking
4 131 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (14.21%) Front Office
6 59 (8.30%) Investment Banking
7 38 (5.34%) Legal
8 36 (5.06%) Public Sector
9 26 (3.66%) Back Office
10 23 (3.23%) Financial Institution
11 22 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.67%) Telecoms
13 16 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (2.25%) Retail
13 16 (2.25%) Retail Banking
14 12 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.69%) Law
14 12 (1.69%) Manufacturing
14 12 (1.69%) Marketing
15 11 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (19.69%) Developer
2 125 (17.58%) Analyst
3 88 (12.38%) Project Manager
4 77 (10.83%) Senior
5 69 (9.70%) Business Analyst
6 58 (8.16%) Lead
7 54 (7.59%) AWS Developer
8 53 (7.45%) Architect
9 44 (6.19%) Java Developer
10 41 (5.77%) Consultant
11 37 (5.20%) Software Engineer
12 36 (5.06%) AWS Engineer
12 36 (5.06%) AWS Software Engineer
12 36 (5.06%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 35 (4.92%) Python Developer
14 33 (4.64%) IT Manager
15 31 (4.36%) Risk Analyst
15 31 (4.36%) Senior Developer
16 25 (3.52%) Python Engineer
16 25 (3.52%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (8.02%) AngularJS
1 57 (8.02%) React
2 43 (6.05%) Node.js
3 37 (5.20%) NumPy
3 37 (5.20%) SciPy
4 36 (5.06%) Pandas
4 36 (5.06%) Vue
5 34 (4.78%) .NET
6 23 (3.23%) Kafka
7 16 (2.25%) REST
8 15 (2.11%) RESTful
9 13 (1.83%) .NET Framework
10 12 (1.69%) Playwright
11 11 (1.55%) Entity Framework
11 11 (1.55%) NHibernate
12 9 (1.27%) Middleware
12 9 (1.27%) TensorFlow
12 9 (1.27%) XML
13 8 (1.13%) ASP.NET
14 7 (0.98%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.83%) Management Information System
2 58 (8.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 49 (6.89%) Fixed Income
4 48 (6.75%) Market Risk
5 44 (6.19%) Equities
6 43 (6.05%) Derivative
7 32 (4.50%) Product Ownership
8 28 (3.94%) Credit Risk
9 27 (3.80%) Security Posture
10 19 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (2.25%) Algorithms
14 15 (2.11%) Onboarding
15 12 (1.69%) Data Centre
16 11 (1.55%) Cloud Native
16 11 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (1.55%) Distributed Computing
17 9 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
18 8 (1.13%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.23%) Linux
2 22 (3.09%) Windows
3 11 (1.55%) Unix
4 3 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (28.97%) Agile
2 145 (20.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 135 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
3 135 (18.99%) Project Management
4 118 (16.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 85 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
6 77 (10.83%) Scrum
7 75 (10.55%) Analytics
8 71 (9.99%) Change Management
8 71 (9.99%) Information Security
8 71 (9.99%) Migration
9 70 (9.85%) Project Delivery
10 66 (9.28%) Decision-Making
11 63 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 57 (8.02%) Regulatory Compliance
13 53 (7.45%) DevOps
14 52 (7.31%) Asset Management
15 48 (6.75%) Roadmaps
16 47 (6.61%) Data Governance
16 47 (6.61%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 107 (15.05%) Python
2 89 (12.52%) SQL
3 75 (10.55%) Java
4 54 (7.59%) TypeScript
5 51 (7.17%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.49%) C#
7 25 (3.52%) C++
8 7 (0.98%) Haskell
9 6 (0.84%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.56%) R
11 3 (0.42%) Jython
11 3 (0.42%) OCaml
11 3 (0.42%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.42%) VB
11 3 (0.42%) VBA
12 2 (0.28%) Bash
13 1 (0.14%) JCL
13 1 (0.14%) Korn
13 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 96 (13.50%) Degree
2 53 (7.45%) Security Cleared
3 50 (7.03%) CISSP
4 46 (6.47%) SC Cleared
5 37 (5.20%) PMP
6 34 (4.78%) PMI Certification
7 28 (3.94%) CISM
8 24 (3.38%) Master's Degree
9 23 (3.23%) CISA
10 21 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (2.53%) CRISC
12 11 (1.55%) DV Cleared
13 9 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 9 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (1.13%) CBAP
14 8 (1.13%) Numerate Degree
15 7 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 6 (0.84%) PhD
17 5 (0.70%) AWS Certification
17 5 (0.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (10.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (9.42%) NIST
3 49 (6.89%) GDPR
4 35 (4.92%) GRC
4 35 (4.92%) QA
5 23 (3.23%) Data Quality
6 22 (3.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 21 (2.95%) PCI DSS
7 21 (2.95%) PMO
8 13 (1.83%) EU AI Act
8 13 (1.83%) SLA
9 12 (1.69%) MiFID
10 10 (1.41%) EMIR
11 9 (1.27%) Basel III
11 9 (1.27%) HIPAA
12 8 (1.13%) COBIT
13 6 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.84%) NCSC
13 6 (0.84%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.70%) ITGC
System Software
1 15 (2.11%) Active Directory
1 15 (2.11%) Docker
2 3 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.14%) Postfix
4 1 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 8 (1.13%) Terraform
2 6 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.56%) Ansible
3 4 (0.56%) Grafana
3 4 (0.56%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.42%) CASB
4 3 (0.42%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.28%) QRadar
5 2 (0.28%) SCCM
5 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.14%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 64 (9.00%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.78%) ServiceNow
3 27 (3.80%) SAP
4 20 (2.81%) Oracle
5 14 (1.97%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.83%) Google
7 11 (1.55%) OpenLink
8 8 (1.13%) Databricks
8 8 (1.13%) Solace
9 6 (0.84%) Bloomberg
9 6 (0.84%) Cisco
9 6 (0.84%) IBM
9 6 (0.84%) Murex
10 5 (0.70%) Citrix
10 5 (0.70%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.70%) ION Trading
10 5 (0.70%) Splunk
11 4 (0.56%) Civica
11 4 (0.56%) Northgate
11 4 (0.56%) Qualys