Credit Risk Contracts in the City of London

Credit Risk
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Credit Risk in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Credit Risk over the 6 months leading up to 14 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 128 149
Rank change year-on-year +23 +21 +22
Contract jobs citing Credit Risk 23 5 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.23% 0.23% 0.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.43% 0.73% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 16
10th Percentile £150 £180 £526
25th Percentile £638 £319 £656
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £461 £739
Median % change year-on-year +51.76% -37.58% +1.97%
75th Percentile £763 £564 £884
90th Percentile - £612 £950
Central London median daily rate £700 £461 £739
% change year-on-year +51.76% -37.58% +1.97%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Credit Risk falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 670 681 1,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 35.94% 31.63% 33.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 446 784
10th Percentile £357 £293 £321
25th Percentile £463 £433 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +6.84%
75th Percentile £713 £700 £750
90th Percentile £808 £844 £862
Central London median daily rate £600 £570 £609
% change year-on-year +5.26% -6.40% +5.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 14
10th Percentile £16.90 £12.75 £17.69
25th Percentile £20.77 £15.19 £35.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £52.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -52.15% +12.37%
75th Percentile £71.37 £32.81 £87.16
90th Percentile £92.13 £62.93 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £23.80 £39.83
% change year-on-year +22.14% -40.25% -14.34%

Credit Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Credit Risk as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Credit Risk in the City of London

Credit Risk
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Credit Risk in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Credit Risk in the City of London

Credit Risk
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Credit Risk in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Credit Risk in the City of London

Credit Risk
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Credit Risk in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Credit Risk in the City of London

Credit Risk
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 7 (30.43%) Apache Spark
2 3 (13.04%) SAS
3 1 (4.35%) Apache
3 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) AWS
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) GCP
1 1 (4.35%) GitHub
1 1 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (4.35%) OpenShift
1 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
1 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) Big Data
1 6 (26.09%) Hadoop
2 5 (21.74%) Apache Hive
3 1 (4.35%) BigQuery
3 1 (4.35%) Data Mart
3 1 (4.35%) MySQL
3 1 (4.35%) Power BI
3 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Ant
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 17 (73.91%) Finance
2 10 (43.48%) Banking
3 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Financial Institution
4 3 (13.04%) Billing
4 3 (13.04%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Front Office
5 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Retail Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Developer
2 4 (17.39%) Gen AI Specialist
3 3 (13.04%) Python Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Quantitative Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Data Scientist
4 2 (8.70%) Lead
4 2 (8.70%) Lead Data Scientist
4 2 (8.70%) Market Risk Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Data Scientist
5 1 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Big Data Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Big Data Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Credit Risk Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Credit Risk Modeller
5 1 (4.35%) Risk Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Risk Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Big Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) PySpark
1 6 (26.09%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Market Risk
2 4 (17.39%) Algorithms
2 4 (17.39%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (4.35%) Derivative
3 1 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Credit Risk Management
2 9 (39.13%) Risk Management
3 8 (34.78%) Analytics
4 7 (30.43%) Data Science
4 7 (30.43%) Machine Learning
5 6 (26.09%) Generative AI
5 6 (26.09%) LLM
6 5 (21.74%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
6 5 (21.74%) Mathematics
7 4 (17.39%) Data Extraction
7 4 (17.39%) Stress Testing
8 3 (13.04%) Accounts Receivable
8 3 (13.04%) Agile
8 3 (13.04%) Data Analytics
8 3 (13.04%) ERP
8 3 (13.04%) Portfolio Management
9 2 (8.70%) Credit Risk Modelling
9 2 (8.70%) Deep Learning
9 2 (8.70%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) Python
2 9 (39.13%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) CodeQL
3 1 (4.35%) Scala
3 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
2 5 (21.74%) Master's Degree
2 5 (21.74%) PhD
3 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) IFRS
1 3 (13.04%) IFRS 9
2 2 (8.70%) Basel II
3 1 (4.35%) Basel III
3 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.35%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Control-M
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Alteryx
1 1 (4.35%) Calypso
1 1 (4.35%) Google
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.35%) Murex