Risk Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Risk Analyst
England > North of England

The median Risk Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 155 179
Rank change year-on-year -45 +24 +61
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Analyst 5 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.10% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.18% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £324 £379 £383
25th Percentile £360 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £675 £475 £468
90th Percentile - - £486
England median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% -15.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £32.74 £26.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +25.90% +48.57% -46.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,365 3,259 4,289
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.59% 92.14% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,913 1,874 2,871
10th Percentile £213 £230 £270
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £572 £593
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 163 211
10th Percentile £16.53 £15.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.72 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.99 £24.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.49% -18.33% +39.53%
75th Percentile £55.25 £42.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.14 £64.00 £62.00
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Risk Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Risk Analyst job vacancy trend in the North of England

Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analyst in the North of England

Risk Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Risk Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analyst within the North of England 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
Yorkshire - 3 £675 -
North West -30 2 £388 -13.89% 1
Risk Analyst
England

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, Risk Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Anaconda
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Functional Testing
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Ansible
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Fintech
3 1 (20.00%) GRC
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (20.00%) MS Access
3 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) NIST

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Wholesale Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Anaconda
2 1 (20.00%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Fintech
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Observability
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GRC
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) OneTrust
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk