Stress Testing Contracts

Stress Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Stress Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Stress Testing over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 553 634 710
Rank change year-on-year +81 +76 -62
Contract jobs citing Stress Testing 37 65 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.100% 0.13% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 51 116
10th Percentile £281 £515 £425
25th Percentile £356 £613 £593
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £577 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -14.52% -3.57% +36.59%
75th Percentile £600 £950 £750
90th Percentile £725 £1,000 £781
UK excluding London median daily rate £583 £420 £438
% change year-on-year +38.69% -4.00% -4.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Stress Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,094 51,920 79,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,889 35,981 55,625
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,716 1,886
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.24 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Stress Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Stress Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Stress Testing in the UK

Stress Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Stress Testing.

Daily rate trend for Stress Testing in the UK

Stress Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stress Testing over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Stress Testing in the UK

Stress Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Stress Testing.

Hourly rate trend for Stress Testing in the UK

Stress Testing
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stress Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 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
England +75 31 £584 -13.48% 31
UK excluding London +63 19 £583 +38.69% 9
London +63 17 £577 -23.07% 25
Work from Home +109 15 £575 -12.08% 11
South East +21 8 £600 +26.32% 1
North of England - 6 £584 - 2
Scotland +46 5 £280 - 4
North West - 5 £584 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Stress Testing
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 6 (16.22%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) InfiniBand
2 1 (2.70%) Firewall
2 1 (2.70%) LAN
2 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.70%) WAN
2 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
General
1 23 (62.16%) Finance
2 12 (32.43%) Banking
3 8 (21.62%) Retail
4 7 (18.92%) Investment Banking
5 5 (13.51%) Corporate Banking
5 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
5 5 (13.51%) Retail Banking
5 5 (13.51%) Wholesale Banking
6 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
7 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (5.41%) Electronics
7 2 (5.41%) Front Office
7 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.41%) Marketing
7 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (40.54%) Analyst
2 7 (18.92%) Qualitative Analyst
2 7 (18.92%) Quantitative Analyst
3 5 (13.51%) Consultant
3 5 (13.51%) Risk Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Data Modeller
4 4 (10.81%) PMO Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) Business Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Risk Business Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) SAS Modeller
6 2 (5.41%) Credit Risk Modeller
6 2 (5.41%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) SAS Developer
7 1 (2.70%) Banking Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Credit Risk Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Financial Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Market Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Risk Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (40.54%) Credit Risk
2 5 (13.51%) Onboarding
3 3 (8.11%) Market Risk
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) Project Delivery
2 8 (21.62%) Analytics
3 7 (18.92%) Validation
4 6 (16.22%) Data Modelling
4 6 (16.22%) Portfolio Management
5 5 (13.51%) Credit Risk Analysis
5 5 (13.51%) Deep Learning
5 5 (13.51%) Financial Modelling
5 5 (13.51%) Risk Analysis
5 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
5 5 (13.51%) Strategic Planning
5 5 (13.51%) Wealth Management
6 3 (8.11%) Internal Audit
6 3 (8.11%) Model Validation
6 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (8.11%) Project Management
7 2 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (5.41%) Credit Risk Modelling
7 2 (5.41%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (5.41%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) MATLAB
2 4 (10.81%) SQL
3 2 (5.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
1 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (24.32%) IFRS
1 9 (24.32%) IFRS 9
1 9 (24.32%) PMO
2 1 (2.70%) Basel II
2 1 (2.70%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
1 5 (13.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (2.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Red Hat
2 5 (13.51%) Dell
2 5 (13.51%) Isilon
3 2 (5.41%) HP
3 2 (5.41%) SAP
4 1 (2.70%) BMC
4 1 (2.70%) Cisco
4 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto