Risk Analysis Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Risk Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Risk Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 318 437
Rank change year-on-year +30 +119 +123
Contract jobs citing Risk Analysis 16 27 40
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.18% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.20% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 36
10th Percentile £205 £165 £388
25th Percentile £450 £244 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £556 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% -7.29% +11.94%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £688
90th Percentile £690 £720 £838
UK median daily rate £600 £505 £600
% change year-on-year +18.81% -15.83% +10.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £83.31
% change year-on-year -20.00% -39.98% +17.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Risk Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Risk Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Risk Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Risk Analysis trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Risk Analysis
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Risk Analysis.

Risk Analysis daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Risk Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Risk Analysis over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Risk Analysis daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Risk Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Risk Analysis.

Risk Analysis hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Risk Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Endur
1 1 (6.25%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub
3 1 (6.25%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (6.25%) Ethernet
3 1 (6.25%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Database
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle ODI
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Banking
4 3 (18.75%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Military
5 2 (12.50%) Retail Banking
6 1 (6.25%) Automotive
6 1 (6.25%) Front Office
6 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Architect
1 3 (18.75%) Security Architect
1 3 (18.75%) Senior
2 2 (12.50%) Developer
2 2 (12.50%) Governance Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (6.25%) Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Business Continuity Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) CRM Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Endur Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Graduate
3 1 (6.25%) Graduate Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) OpenLink Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Security Advisor
3 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) ADO
1 1 (6.25%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (12.50%) Social Media
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.25%) Credit Risk
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.25%) Market Risk
3 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.25%) SCADA
3 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 4 (25.00%) DevOps
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) Project Management
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (18.75%) Incident Response
5 3 (18.75%) Security Architecture
5 3 (18.75%) SIEM
5 3 (18.75%) SOAR
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (18.75%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (12.50%) Cryptography
6 2 (12.50%) Information Security
6 2 (12.50%) Migration
6 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 2 (12.50%) Python
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) Bash
2 1 (6.25%) C#
2 1 (6.25%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) PHP
2 1 (6.25%) PL/SQL
2 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) CISSP
3 1 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
3 1 (6.25%) CEH
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) GDPR
2 2 (12.50%) NIST
2 2 (12.50%) PCI DSS
3 1 (6.25%) HIPAA
3 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 2 (12.50%) Sun
2 1 (6.25%) Ariba
2 1 (6.25%) Darktrace
2 1 (6.25%) OpenLink
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.25%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) Siemens