The first table below looks at the demand for the Risk Analyst role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Risk Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Risk Analyst
Rank 399 358 290
Rank change year-on-year
-41 -68
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Analyst 155 246 342
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.318% 0.424% 0.550%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.345% 0.458% 0.594%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 192 267
Average daily rate £450 £481 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.49% -3.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £329 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £654
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £400 £325
% change year-on-year
-22.50% +23.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £39.25 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +118.05%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £15.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44867 53712 57592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.50% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25887 29609 31515
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2132 2587 2980
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Risk Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Risk Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Risk Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Risk Analyst within the UK.

Risk Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Risk Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Risk Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Risk Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Risk Analyst within the UK.

Risk Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Risk Analyst
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -67 142 £475 -3.79% 47
London -59 116 £519 +3.75% 23
City of London -27 45 £513 +7.89% 11
Scotland -4 13 £250 -33.33% 4
Glasgow -6 11 £250 -
North West +21 10 £338 -13.46% 5
South East +19 8 £265 -64.66% 3
Cheshire - 5 £325 - 1
South West +25 3 £375 -1.05%
Manchester +16 3 £425 +8.97% 2
Buckinghamshire 0 3 £310 - 2
Yorkshire -6 2 - - 13
East Midlands -8 2 £450 +38.46%
East of England +11 1 £270 -32.50% 1
Northamptonshire +8 1 £450 +38.46%
Milton Keynes +1 1 £305 - 2
Leeds -3 1 - - 3
West Yorkshire -5 1 - - 9
Wiltshire - - - -
Worcestershire - - - -
Midlands - - - -
Nottinghamshire - - - -
Shropshire - - - -
Staffordshire - - - -
Surrey - - - -
West Sussex - - - -
Havant - - - -
Horsham - - - -
Derbyshire - - - -
Hampshire - - - - 1

Risk Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Risk Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Risk Analyst in their job title.

1 128 (46.55%) Banking
2 111 (40.36%) Credit Risk
3 107 (38.91%) Finance
4 99 (36.00%) Market Risk
5 97 (35.27%) Investment Banking
6 79 (28.73%) Risk Management
7 78 (28.36%) SQL
8 48 (17.45%) User Acceptance Testing
9 46 (16.73%) Data Analysis
10 45 (16.36%) Business Analysis
10 45 (16.36%) VBA
10 45 (16.36%) Data Modelling
11 44 (16.00%) Degree
12 42 (15.27%) Front Office
13 38 (13.82%) Stress Testing
13 38 (13.82%) Analytics
14 35 (12.73%) MS Excel
15 32 (11.64%) Basel II
16 31 (11.27%) Derivative
17 30 (10.91%) UML
18 27 (9.818%) Basel III
19 25 (9.091%) MS Office
19 25 (9.091%) Information Security
20 24 (8.727%) Validation
21 23 (8.364%) SAS
21 23 (8.364%) Monte Carlo Method
22 22 (8.000%) Fixed Income
23 21 (7.636%) Migration
23 21 (7.636%) Python
23 21 (7.636%) Risk Analytics

Risk Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Risk Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Risk Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (3.273%) .NET
1 9 (3.273%) FpML
2 4 (1.455%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.091%) SciPy
4 2 (0.727%) MDX
5 1 (0.364%) Apache Flex
5 1 (0.364%) Castor
5 1 (0.364%) HTML5
5 1 (0.364%) COM
5 1 (0.364%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 23 (8.364%) SAS
2 8 (2.909%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (12.73%) MS Excel
2 25 (9.091%) MS Office
3 17 (6.182%) MS Visio
4 11 (4.000%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.727%) MS Project
6 1 (0.364%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.091%) Summit
2 1 (0.364%) Adaptiv
2 1 (0.364%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.364%) Bloomberg TOMS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.455%) HTTP
2 2 (0.727%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.364%) Internet
3 1 (0.364%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.909%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (3.273%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.545%) Data Mining
4 6 (2.182%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 6 (2.182%) QlikView
4 6 (2.182%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (1.818%) MS Access
6 3 (1.091%) Base SAS
6 3 (1.091%) TOAD
7 2 (0.727%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (0.727%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.727%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.727%) OLAP
7 2 (0.727%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.727%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (0.364%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 1 (0.364%) SAS Enterprise Miner
8 1 (0.364%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 9 (3.273%) JIRA
2 6 (2.182%) ClearCase
3 3 (1.091%) ERwin
4 2 (0.727%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.364%) Subversion
5 1 (0.364%) Balsamiq Mockups
5 1 (0.364%) GitHub
General
1 128 (46.55%) Banking
2 107 (38.91%) Finance
3 97 (35.27%) Investment Banking
4 42 (15.27%) Front Office
5 11 (4.000%) Retail
6 10 (3.636%) Legal
7 9 (3.273%) French Language
8 6 (2.182%) Corporate Banking
9 5 (1.818%) Retail Banking
9 5 (1.818%) Back Office
10 4 (1.455%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.091%) Local Government
12 1 (0.364%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.364%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.364%) Advertising
12 1 (0.364%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.364%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 111 (40.36%) Credit Risk
2 99 (36.00%) Market Risk
3 31 (11.27%) Derivative
4 22 (8.000%) Fixed Income
5 12 (4.364%) Credit Derivative
5 12 (4.364%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.636%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (2.909%) Equities
8 4 (1.455%) Statistics
8 4 (1.455%) Mathematics
8 4 (1.455%) Physics
8 4 (1.455%) Computer Science
9 3 (1.091%) Swaptions
10 2 (0.727%) Economics
10 2 (0.727%) Exotic Derivative
10 2 (0.727%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.727%) Replication
11 1 (0.364%) RIA
11 1 (0.364%) Reference Data
11 1 (0.364%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.091%) Windows
2 2 (0.727%) Windows XP
2 2 (0.727%) UNIX
2 2 (0.727%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.364%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (28.73%) Risk Management
2 48 (17.45%) User Acceptance Testing
3 46 (16.73%) Data Analysis
4 45 (16.36%) Business Analysis
4 45 (16.36%) Data Modelling
5 38 (13.82%) Stress Testing
5 38 (13.82%) Analytics
6 30 (10.91%) UML
7 25 (9.091%) Information Security
8 24 (8.727%) Validation
9 23 (8.364%) Monte Carlo Method
10 21 (7.636%) Risk Analytics
10 21 (7.636%) Migration
11 18 (6.545%) Data Migration
12 16 (5.818%) Risk Assessment
12 16 (5.818%) Greeks
13 15 (5.455%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (5.455%) BPEL
14 12 (4.364%) Project Management
14 12 (4.364%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 78 (28.36%) SQL
2 45 (16.36%) VBA
3 21 (7.636%) Python
4 20 (7.273%) C#
5 16 (5.818%) Java
6 9 (3.273%) Jython
7 8 (2.909%) C++
8 4 (1.455%) Perl
8 4 (1.455%) R
8 4 (1.455%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.091%) C
10 1 (0.364%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.364%) Fortran
10 1 (0.364%) VBScript
10 1 (0.364%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 44 (16.00%) Degree
2 17 (6.182%) CISA
3 14 (5.091%) CISM
4 10 (3.636%) CISSP
5 8 (2.909%) CRISC
6 4 (1.455%) CFA
7 3 (1.091%) CGEIT
8 2 (0.727%) CEH
8 2 (0.727%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.364%) PhD
9 1 (0.364%) OCP
9 1 (0.364%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (11.64%) Basel II
2 27 (9.818%) Basel III
3 16 (5.818%) COBIT
4 15 (5.455%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (2.545%) QA
6 2 (0.727%) BS25999
6 2 (0.727%) SLA
6 2 (0.727%) COSO
7 1 (0.364%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.364%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.364%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (1.455%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (3.273%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.909%) Murex
2 8 (2.909%) Business Objects
3 5 (1.818%) Calypso
3 5 (1.818%) Bloomberg
3 5 (1.818%) Teradata
4 4 (1.455%) Oracle
5 3 (1.091%) Sybase
5 3 (1.091%) SAP
6 2 (0.727%) Wall Street Systems
6 2 (0.727%) Citrix
6 2 (0.727%) Reuters
6 2 (0.727%) Twitter
7 1 (0.364%) StatPro
7 1 (0.364%) Symantec
7 1 (0.364%) iRise
7 1 (0.364%) Sophis
7 1 (0.364%) IBM
7 1 (0.364%) SunGard
7 1 (0.364%) EMC
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Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
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The successful candidate will have previous experience in monitoring and reporting directly to management and having contributed to reccommending options to negate risk... Basel 2/3 - Capital requirements...
Orgtel
Posted: 9 June 2013
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My Blue Chip Financial Services client is looking for an experienced Risk & Controls Analyst, To maintain and delver a risk and control validation programme to provide principle risk...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
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Key skills and experience: - Experience with Market Risk IT... - Risk management, VaR, Risk sensitivities, stress testing... Key Words - MARKET RISK, PRODUCT CONTROL, RISK MANAGEMENT, STRESS TESTING, VAR, SQL,...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
North East England
My Blue Chip Financial Services client is looking for an experienced Senior Risk & Controls Analyst, To maintain and delver a risk and control validation programme to provide principle...
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Rate: £300.00 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
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Posted: 31 May 2013
City of London
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Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
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Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Rate: £400 - £440 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
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Rate: £500 - £600 per day
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Rate: £575 per day
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