Risk Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Risk Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Risk Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £447, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 382 412
Rank change year-on-year +65 +30 +71
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Analyst 22 17 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.082% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.088% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 23
10th Percentile £392 £385 -
25th Percentile £399 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% +18.75% -22.71%
75th Percentile £519 £550 £556
90th Percentile £585 £675 £588
UK median daily rate £490 £538 £600
% change year-on-year -8.84% -10.42% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.64
Median hourly rate - - £31.27
75th Percentile - - £31.91
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £31.27

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,790 19,217 22,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.60% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,554 11,733 15,842
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,245 1,162
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Risk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Risk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Risk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Risk Analyst
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 Analyst 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
Midlands +20 5 £600 +41.18% 21
North of England +20 4 £438 -7.89% 20
West Midlands +16 4 £600 +33.33% 9
North West +12 4 £438 +9.38% 9
South East +47 3 - - 41
East of England +31 3 £400 -15.89% 15
Scotland +13 3 £438 - 5
Northern Ireland -7 2 £425 -5.56% 5
South West - 2 £525 - 9
East Midlands +14 1 £447 +11.75% 11
Risk Analyst
UK

Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Risk Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 12 (54.55%) Risk Management
3 11 (50.00%) Finance
3 11 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
6 6 (27.27%) Banking
6 6 (27.27%) Analytics
6 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (22.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (22.73%) Data Quality
7 5 (22.73%) Confluence
7 5 (22.73%) JIRA
7 5 (22.73%) SAS
8 4 (18.18%) VBA
8 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (18.18%) QA
8 4 (18.18%) MS Visio
8 4 (18.18%) Credit Risk
8 4 (18.18%) Tableau
8 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (18.18%) IFRS
8 4 (18.18%) IFRS 9
9 3 (13.64%) Internal Audit
9 3 (13.64%) Analytical Thinking
9 3 (13.64%) Data Analytics
9 3 (13.64%) Visualisation
9 3 (13.64%) Data Visualisation
9 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing

Risk Analyst Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) Confluence
1 5 (22.73%) SAS
2 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (18.18%) MS Visio
4 2 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) LAN
1 3 (13.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Tableau
2 2 (9.09%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) JIRA
General
1 15 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 11 (50.00%) Finance
3 6 (27.27%) Banking
4 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (22.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (9.09%) Investment Banking
5 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Retail
6 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.55%) Front Office
6 1 (4.55%) Legal
6 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Credit Risk
2 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Risk Management
2 6 (27.27%) Analytics
2 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (13.64%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (13.64%) Data Analytics
4 3 (13.64%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (13.64%) Internal Audit
4 3 (13.64%) Stress Testing
4 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (13.64%) Visualisation
5 2 (9.09%) Agile
5 2 (9.09%) Business Continuity
5 2 (9.09%) Business Continuity Planning
5 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (9.09%) Investment Management
5 2 (9.09%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (9.09%) Programme Management
5 2 (9.09%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) VBA
2 3 (13.64%) SQL
3 2 (9.09%) Python
4 1 (4.55%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) Data Quality
2 4 (18.18%) IFRS
2 4 (18.18%) IFRS 9
2 4 (18.18%) QA
3 2 (9.09%) GRC
4 1 (4.55%) Basel III
4 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.55%) NCSC
4 1 (4.55%) NIST
4 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
4 1 (4.55%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Alteryx
2 1 (4.55%) OneTrust