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 £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 376 409
Rank change year-on-year +61 +33 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Analyst 24 18 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.089% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.096% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 22
10th Percentile £283 £319 -
25th Percentile £413 £393 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -23.81%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £600 £675 £588
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £625
% change year-on-year -2.33% -14.00% +13.64%
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 - - £35.44

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 11,872 18,741 21,812
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.48% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,548 11,455 15,203
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 856 2,269 1,109
10th Percentile £13.84 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.29 £15.75 £18.03
Median hourly rate £26.31 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.23% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.38% -18.89% +88.21%

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 21 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 21 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 +17 5 £600 +41.18%
North of England +17 5 £425 +6.25% 7
North West +6 5 £425 +6.92% 3
South East +44 4 - - 23
West Midlands +11 4 £600 +33.33%
Scotland +2 4 £438 +63.25% 3
Northern Ireland -2 4 £575 +27.78% 4
South West - 2 £525 - 1
East Midlands +11 1 £447 +11.75%
Wales - 1 £495 -
Risk Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 (62.50%) Finance
2 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 9 (37.50%) Banking
4 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
6 6 (25.00%) SAS
6 6 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (25.00%) Credit Risk
6 6 (25.00%) Analytics
7 5 (20.83%) IFRS
7 5 (20.83%) IFRS 9
7 5 (20.83%) SQL
8 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (16.67%) QA
8 4 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (16.67%) Stress Testing
8 4 (16.67%) Data Quality
9 3 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
9 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (12.50%) GRC
9 3 (12.50%) Agile
9 3 (12.50%) JIRA
9 3 (12.50%) Project Management
9 3 (12.50%) MS Visio
9 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (8.33%) Metadata
10 2 (8.33%) Operational Technology
10 2 (8.33%) BCP

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 6 (25.00%) SAS
2 2 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (12.50%) MS Visio
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Google Docs
1 1 (4.17%) Google Sheets
1 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
1 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) LAN
1 2 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Metadata
1 2 (8.33%) Tableau
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 15 (62.50%) Finance
2 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (37.50%) Banking
4 4 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Investment Banking
6 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Retail
6 2 (8.33%) Retail Banking
7 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
7 1 (4.17%) Front Office
7 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Legal
7 1 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Credit Risk
2 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.33%) Market Risk
2 2 (8.33%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 6 (25.00%) Analytics
3 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (16.67%) Stress Testing
4 3 (12.50%) Agile
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (12.50%) Project Management
5 2 (8.33%) Architecture Governance
5 2 (8.33%) BCP
5 2 (8.33%) Benchmarking
5 2 (8.33%) Business Continuity Planning
5 2 (8.33%) Fintech
5 2 (8.33%) Internal Audit
5 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.33%) Process Management
5 2 (8.33%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (8.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 2 (8.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) Python
3 1 (4.17%) R
3 1 (4.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) ISEB
2 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.17%) Numerate Degree
2 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) IFRS
1 5 (20.83%) IFRS 9
2 4 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 4 (16.67%) QA
3 3 (12.50%) GRC
4 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (8.33%) NIST
5 1 (4.17%) Basel III
5 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.17%) NCSC
5 1 (4.17%) NIST 800
5 1 (4.17%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) OneTrust
3 1 (4.17%) Alteryx
3 1 (4.17%) Google