Risk Analysis Contracts in the Thames Valley

Risk Analysis
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 97 136 144
Rank change year-on-year +39 +8 -
Contract jobs citing Risk Analysis 5 9 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.33% 0.34% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.38% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £500 - £300
25th Percentile £538 £165 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £170 £513
Median % change year-on-year +252.94% -66.83% -
75th Percentile - £229 £594
90th Percentile - £353 £600
South East median daily rate £550 £170 £575
% change year-on-year +223.53% -70.43% +48.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Risk Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Risk Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analysis in the Thames Valley

Risk Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Analysis in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Risk Analysis in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Analysis in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Analysis in the Thames Valley

Risk Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +30 3 £500 +8.70% 5
Buckinghamshire +13 2 £600 +252.94% 6
Risk Analysis
South East

Risk Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) AWS DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) AWS DevOps Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Commercial Manager
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Advisor
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) SOAR
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) CRISC
3 1 (20.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Darktrace
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft