Risk Consultant Contracts

Risk Consultant
UK

The median Risk Consultant daily rate in the UK is £628, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 497 559 681
Rank change year-on-year +62 +122 +132
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Consultant 23 23 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.053% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.057% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 30
10th Percentile £437 £235 £409
25th Percentile £534 £491 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 £550 £620
Median % change year-on-year +14.09% -11.29% +12.73%
75th Percentile £788 £588 £750
90th Percentile £856 £614 £830
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 £575 £775
% change year-on-year +30.43% -25.81% +40.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Risk Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +60 22 £625 +20.19% 31
London +46 18 £625 +25.00% 28
Work from Home +38 8 £755 +41.12% 18
UK excluding London +57 3 £750 +30.43% 12
South East +47 2 £750 - 9
North of England +18 1 - - 1
North West +16 1 - -

Risk Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 featuring Risk Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (60.87%) Risk Management
2 13 (56.52%) Finance
3 10 (43.48%) Banking
4 7 (30.43%) Information Security
5 6 (26.09%) Scenario Testing
6 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
6 5 (21.74%) Investment Banking
7 4 (17.39%) SQL
7 4 (17.39%) Basel II
7 4 (17.39%) GRC
7 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (17.39%) Market Risk
7 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (13.04%) Power BI
8 3 (13.04%) Security Architecture
8 3 (13.04%) Stress Testing
8 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
8 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (13.04%) Cyber Resilience
8 3 (13.04%) NIST
8 3 (13.04%) Incident Response
8 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
8 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (13.04%) ITIL
8 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
9 2 (8.70%) Agile
9 2 (8.70%) JIRA
9 2 (8.70%) Problem Management
9 2 (8.70%) Credit Risk

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 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Power BI
2 2 (8.70%) Data Mart
2 2 (8.70%) Data Mining
2 2 (8.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Ant
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 13 (56.52%) Finance
2 10 (43.48%) Banking
3 5 (21.74%) Investment Banking
3 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.35%) Law
6 1 (4.35%) Legal
6 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.35%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Market Risk
2 2 (8.70%) Credit Risk
2 2 (8.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) e-Learning
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Risk Management
2 7 (30.43%) Information Security
3 6 (26.09%) Scenario Testing
4 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (13.04%) Cyber Resilience
5 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
5 3 (13.04%) Incident Response
5 3 (13.04%) ITIL
5 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.04%) Security Architecture
5 3 (13.04%) Stress Testing
6 2 (8.70%) Business Strategy
6 2 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (8.70%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (8.70%) Project Management
6 2 (8.70%) Risk Register
6 2 (8.70%) Service Delivery
6 2 (8.70%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) CEH
2 1 (4.35%) CISA
2 1 (4.35%) CISM
2 1 (4.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) Basel II
1 4 (17.39%) GRC
2 3 (13.04%) NIST
3 2 (8.70%) Basel III
3 2 (8.70%) NCSC
3 2 (8.70%) NIST 800
4 1 (4.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
4 1 (4.35%) GDPR
4 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.35%) JSP 440
4 1 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (4.35%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Control-M
1 2 (8.70%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Calypso
1 2 (8.70%) Murex
1 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.35%) Alteryx