IT Risk Consultant Contracts

IT Risk Consultant
UK

The median IT Risk Consultant daily rate in the UK is £563 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 699 858
Rank change year-on-year +122 +159 -195
Contract jobs requiring an IT Risk Consultant 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.002% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £551 - -
25th Percentile £553 £620 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £640 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.11% +11.30% +29.58%
75th Percentile £578 £660 £588
90th Percentile £584 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £575

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

IT Risk Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Risk Consultant in the UK

IT Risk Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Risk Consultant.

Daily rate trend for IT Risk Consultant in the UK

IT Risk Consultant
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Risk Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Work from Home +121 1 £550 -14.06% 1
England +114 1 £575 -10.16% 1
London +111 1 £575 -10.16% 1

IT Risk Consultant Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, IT 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 featuring IT Risk Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (50.00%) EBIOS
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP

IT Risk Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) EBIOS
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft