Risk Manager Contracts in London

Risk Manager
England > London

The median Risk Manager daily rate in London is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 353 364
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 +181
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Manager 27 23 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.14% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.15% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 19 87
10th Percentile £401 £454 £515
25th Percentile £472 £478 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £620 £725
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -14.48% +16.00%
75th Percentile £713 £741 £1,000
90th Percentile £736 £788 -
England median daily rate £520 £600 £725
% change year-on-year -13.33% -17.24% +18.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £47.50 -
England median hourly rate - £47.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year - +50.79% -47.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,646 15,317 22,892
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 94.19% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,555 10,844 16,760
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 200 244
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.48 £18.56
25th Percentile £22.90 £22.00 £24.06
Median hourly rate £29.07 £33.04 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -11.91% +12.78%
75th Percentile £50.50 £54.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.88 £81.58
England median hourly rate £25.66 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -42.98% +5.88% +66.67%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in London

Risk Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager in London.

Daily rate trend for Risk Manager in London

Risk Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager in London over the 6 months to 6 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Manager in London

Risk Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager in London.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Manager in London

Risk Manager
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 Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 6 August 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 0 4 £475 -13.64% 4
Risk Manager
England

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 6 August 2025, Risk Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 18 (66.67%) Finance
2 17 (62.96%) Risk Management
3 13 (48.15%) Banking
4 12 (44.44%) Project Management
5 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
6 9 (33.33%) Credit Risk
7 8 (29.63%) Market Risk
8 7 (25.93%) Front Office
8 7 (25.93%) Project Delivery
9 5 (18.52%) Project Governance
9 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (18.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (18.52%) Data Protection
9 5 (18.52%) Investment Banking
9 5 (18.52%) Agile
10 4 (14.81%) JIRA
10 4 (14.81%) Resource Management
10 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
10 4 (14.81%) Risk Assessment
10 4 (14.81%) Programme Governance
11 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (11.11%) IT Audit
11 3 (11.11%) Confluence
11 3 (11.11%) Data Quality
11 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
11 3 (11.11%) Information Security
11 3 (11.11%) Quality Management
11 3 (11.11%) Change Management
11 3 (11.11%) Financial Institution

Risk Manager Skill Set
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 3 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (3.70%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) JIRA
General
1 18 (66.67%) Finance
2 13 (48.15%) Banking
3 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
4 7 (25.93%) Front Office
5 5 (18.52%) Investment Banking
6 3 (11.11%) Financial Institution
6 3 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (7.41%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (7.41%) Legal
7 2 (7.41%) Retail
7 2 (7.41%) Retail Banking
8 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 8 (29.63%) Market Risk
3 2 (7.41%) Derivative
4 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.70%) Reference Data
4 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Risk Management
2 12 (44.44%) Project Management
3 7 (25.93%) Project Delivery
4 5 (18.52%) Agile
4 5 (18.52%) Data Protection
4 5 (18.52%) Project Governance
4 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (14.81%) Programme Governance
5 4 (14.81%) Resource Management
5 4 (14.81%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (11.11%) Change Management
6 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (11.11%) Information Security
6 3 (11.11%) IT Audit
6 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (11.11%) Quality Management
6 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 2 (7.41%) Data Security
7 2 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (7.41%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) CISA
2 2 (7.41%) CISSP
2 2 (7.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.41%) PMO
4 1 (3.70%) Basel III
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) SAP
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow