Risk Analysis Contracts in Scotland

Risk Analysis
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Risk Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 126 160
Rank change year-on-year +15 +34 +7
Contract jobs citing Risk Analysis 5 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.31% 0.14% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile - £539 £531
25th Percentile £205 £545 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -2.04% +44.12%
75th Percentile £525 £685 £659
90th Percentile £533 £709 £684
UK median daily rate £600 £505 £600
% change year-on-year +18.81% -15.83% +10.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Risk Analysis 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Risk Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Risk Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analysis in Scotland

Risk Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Analysis in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Risk Analysis in Scotland

Risk Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analysis in Scotland

Risk Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Analysis in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Analysis in Scotland

Risk Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Glasgow - 4 £355 - 4
Risk Analysis
UK

Risk Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Graduate
1 1 (20.00%) Graduate Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Lead
1 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) BCP
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (40.00%) Open Source
3 2 (40.00%) Operational Stability
3 2 (40.00%) OSINT
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Social Media Monitoring
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) ISACA
2 1 (20.00%) SANS
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Sun
2 1 (20.00%) F5