Risk Analysis Contracts in the UK excluding London

Risk Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 365 401
Rank change year-on-year +58 +36 +40
Contract jobs citing Risk Analysis 32 34 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.19% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 24
10th Percentile £394 £165 £415
25th Percentile £503 £177 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £420 £513
Median % change year-on-year +30.95% -18.05% +24.24%
75th Percentile £600 £541 £600
90th Percentile £649 £568 £648
UK median daily rate £600 £505 £600
% change year-on-year +18.81% -15.83% +10.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 9
10th Percentile £34.47 £36.85 £22.17
25th Percentile - £48.44 £46.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £83.31
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -39.98% +17.50%
75th Percentile £50.00 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £70.05 £65.00 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £83.31
% change year-on-year -20.00% -39.98% +17.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Risk Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Risk Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London

Risk Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London

Risk Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London

Risk Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London

Risk Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London

Risk Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England +29 11 £569 +4.36% 16
North West +21 9 £575 +5.50% 11
South East +44 7 £550 +223.53% 26
East of England +32 5 - - 5
Scotland +15 5 £500 -16.67% 6
Midlands +20 2 £663 - 11
West Midlands +16 2 £663 - 3
North East -1 2 £550 - 2
South West +30 1 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
Risk Analysis
UK

Risk Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Primavera
2 2 (6.25%) SAP CO
2 2 (6.25%) SAP ECC
2 2 (6.25%) SAP FI
2 2 (6.25%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) AWS
1 3 (9.38%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) Akamai
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (3.13%) GCP
3 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (12.50%) Ethernet
3 2 (6.25%) Network Security
4 1 (3.13%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Git
1 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 11 (34.38%) Finance
2 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 9 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (18.75%) Legal
5 5 (15.63%) Automotive
5 5 (15.63%) Banking
6 2 (6.25%) Investment Banking
6 2 (6.25%) Military
7 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Japanese Language
7 1 (3.13%) Law
7 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Senior
2 6 (18.75%) Architect
3 5 (15.63%) Security Architect
3 5 (15.63%) Security Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Lead
5 3 (9.38%) Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Commercial Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Consultant
6 2 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) SAP Financial Leader
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Security Architect
7 1 (3.13%) AWS Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) Financial Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Project Controller
7 1 (3.13%) Security Advisor
7 1 (3.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.13%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.38%) Algorithms
3 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.25%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.25%) Social Media
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.13%) CESG
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.13%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Android
1 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Risk Management
2 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (18.75%) Cloud Security
6 5 (15.63%) Change Control
6 5 (15.63%) Project Management
6 5 (15.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 4 (12.50%) Critical Path Analysis
7 4 (12.50%) DevOps
7 4 (12.50%) Key Management
7 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 4 (12.50%) Security Architecture
7 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (12.50%) Work Breakdown Structure
8 3 (9.38%) Analytics
8 3 (9.38%) Contingency Planning
8 3 (9.38%) Decision-Making
8 3 (9.38%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) Bash
2 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.88%) Degree
2 7 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) CISSP
4 2 (6.25%) CRISC
5 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.13%) CCNA
5 1 (3.13%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.13%) CISM
5 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.13%) ISACA
5 1 (3.13%) MRICS
5 1 (3.13%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (3.13%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) GDPR
1 4 (12.50%) GRC
2 3 (9.38%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (6.25%) NIST
4 1 (3.13%) COBIT
4 1 (3.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.13%) JSP 440
4 1 (3.13%) NCSC
4 1 (3.13%) NIST 800
4 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.13%) QA
4 1 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Ansible
1 1 (3.13%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (3.13%) Grafana
1 1 (3.13%) Prometheus
1 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) F5
2 3 (9.38%) SAP
3 2 (6.25%) Google
3 2 (6.25%) Sun
4 1 (3.13%) Darktrace
4 1 (3.13%) Dynatrace
4 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.13%) Siemens