Senior Risk Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Risk Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Risk Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 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
24 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 366 414
Rank change year-on-year -9 +48 +90
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Risk Analyst 3 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.034% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.037% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £569 £609 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £618 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% +54.38% -25.58%
75th Percentile £606 £626 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £588 £618 £560
% change year-on-year -4.86% +10.27% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.61 - -
Median hourly rate £32.74 - -
75th Percentile £34.86 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £32.74 - -

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 13,902 16,310 20,247
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.82% 92.23% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,550 9,340 13,520
10th Percentile £210 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £663 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,291 1,371 1,200
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.50 £14.13
25th Percentile £16.38 £19.74 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.08 £43.90 £43.54
Median % change year-on-year -42.88% +0.83% +97.91%
75th Percentile £50.88 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Senior Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Risk Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 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
Northern Ireland - 2 £588 -
East of England - 1 - -
Senior Risk Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 September 2025, Senior 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 Senior Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Market Risk
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) CRISC

Senior 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Market Risk
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) GRC
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS