Risk Register Contract Job Trends in London

Risk Register
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Risk Register skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 340 383
Rank change year-on-year -4 +43 +127
Contract jobs citing Risk Register 38 38 32
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.26% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.28% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 21 20
10th Percentile £311 £390 £400
25th Percentile £413 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £516
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +6.54% +1.23%
75th Percentile £613 £668 £738
90th Percentile £723 £725 £804
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.00 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 - -
75th Percentile £36.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £36.00 £69.00 £78.19
% change year-on-year -47.83% -11.75% +117.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Risk Register 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 13,164 13,457 16,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.37% 90.13% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,669 8,640 11,879
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £761 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 165 233
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.04 £18.36
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +11.65% -15.64%
75th Percentile £52.66 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%

Risk Register
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Risk Register relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Risk Register job vacancy trend in London

Risk Register
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Risk Register.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Risk Register

Risk Register
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Register in London over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Register in London

Risk Register
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Risk Register.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Risk Register

Risk Register
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 Register within the London region over the 6 months to 23 December 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 -15 6 £405 -26.36% 12
Risk Register
England

Risk Register
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 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.63%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 9 (23.68%) Azure
2 7 (18.42%) AWS
3 6 (15.79%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (10.53%) Power Platform
5 3 (7.89%) Azure AI
5 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (7.89%) OpenShift
5 3 (7.89%) SaaS
6 2 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (5.26%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (2.63%) AWS Control Tower
7 1 (2.63%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.63%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.63%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (2.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (2.63%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) Power BI
2 1 (2.63%) MySQL
2 1 (2.63%) Power Query
2 1 (2.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 22 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 10 (26.32%) Finance
3 6 (15.79%) Legal
3 6 (15.79%) Local Government
4 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.16%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.26%) Marketing
5 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Banking
6 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Lead
2 8 (21.05%) Analyst
2 8 (21.05%) Senior
3 7 (18.42%) Project Manager
4 6 (15.79%) Risk Analyst
5 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 3 (7.89%) Senior Manager
7 3 (7.89%) Senior Risk Analyst
8 2 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Governance Manager
8 2 (5.26%) Programme Manager
8 2 (5.26%) Security Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
9 1 (2.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 1 (2.63%) Lead Enterprise Architect
9 1 (2.63%) Migration Manager
9 1 (2.63%) PMO Lead
9 1 (2.63%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) .NET
1 1 (2.63%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.26%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.63%) Legacy Code
3 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.63%) NHS
3 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.63%) Replication
3 1 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Risk Management
2 11 (28.95%) Decision-Making
3 9 (23.68%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (21.05%) Incident Response
4 8 (21.05%) Information Security
4 8 (21.05%) PRINCE2
4 8 (21.05%) Project Management
4 8 (21.05%) Regulatory Compliance
5 7 (18.42%) Cloud Security
5 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (18.42%) Roadmaps
6 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (13.16%) Data Protection
7 5 (13.16%) Project Delivery
8 4 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (10.53%) Computer Science
8 4 (10.53%) Programme Management
8 4 (10.53%) SABSA
8 4 (10.53%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) Java
1 1 (2.63%) Korn
1 1 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (2.63%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) CISSP
1 7 (18.42%) PMI Certification
1 7 (18.42%) PMP
2 6 (15.79%) SC Cleared
2 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 5 (13.16%) CISM
3 5 (13.16%) Degree
4 4 (10.53%) CISA
4 4 (10.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (2.63%) APMG
5 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (2.63%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (31.58%) NIST
2 11 (28.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (23.68%) GDPR
4 6 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (13.16%) PMO
6 4 (10.53%) GRC
6 4 (10.53%) ISO 31000
7 3 (7.89%) NCSC
8 2 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (5.26%) COBIT
8 2 (5.26%) EU AI Act
8 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (5.26%) QA
9 1 (2.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (2.63%) ISO 9001
9 1 (2.63%) NIST 800
9 1 (2.63%) P3O
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) CSIRT
1 4 (10.53%) QRadar
2 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) Fortinet
2 4 (10.53%) Splunk
3 1 (2.63%) Foundry
3 1 (2.63%) JD Edwards
3 1 (2.63%) Percona
3 1 (2.63%) Salesforce