Risk Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Risk Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Risk Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 366 411
Rank change year-on-year -1 +45 +76
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Consultant 3 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.045% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.048% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 8
10th Percentile - £513 £318
25th Percentile - £556 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -2.04% +2.08%
75th Percentile - £666 £728
90th Percentile - £688 £933
UK median daily rate £755 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +31.30% +4.55% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.75 - -
Median hourly rate £86.50 £74.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.72% - -
75th Percentile £87.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £86.50 £74.75 -
% change year-on-year +15.72% - -

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 13,882 16,547 20,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 92.27% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,532 9,572 13,610
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £360 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £679 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,271 1,426 1,206
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.41 £14.19
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.83
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +2.68% +99.20%
75th Percentile £51.85 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Risk Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Consultant in the UK excluding London

Risk Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Risk Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Risk Consultant
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 Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
South East - 2 £750 - 2
North West -14 1 - -
North of England -31 1 - -
Risk Consultant
UK

Risk Consultant Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Risk Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) NCSC
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 1 (33.33%) Data Encryption
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Finance

Risk Consultant 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Encryption
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
2 1 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR