Market Risk Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Market Risk
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Market Risk in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Market Risk over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 117 107
Rank change year-on-year -5 -10 +53
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 5 11 33
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.28% 0.51% 1.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.72% 1.66% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 24
10th Percentile £348 £480 £532
25th Percentile £446 £650 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £821 £763
Median % change year-on-year -26.87% +7.61% +8.93%
75th Percentile £709 £865 £838
90th Percentile £726 £871 £875
Central London median daily rate £600 £821 £763
% change year-on-year -26.87% +7.61% +8.93%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Market 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 697 664 833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 38.79% 31.09% 31.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 421 549
10th Percentile £350 £363 £312
25th Percentile £438 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £596 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% -0.75% -
75th Percentile £688 £710 £725
90th Percentile £775 £838 £826
Central London median daily rate £550 £590 £600
% change year-on-year -6.78% -1.67% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 9
10th Percentile £19.24 £32.05 -
25th Percentile £26.25 £39.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £56.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +124.00% -50.98%
75th Percentile £41.94 £76.13 £36.50
90th Percentile £70.21 £85.95 £52.15
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £27.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year +14.81% +12.50% -52.48%

Market Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Market Risk relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Market Risk job vacancy trend in the City of London

Market Risk
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Market Risk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Market Risk

Market Risk
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Market Risk in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Market Risk in the City of London

Market Risk
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Market Risk.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Market Risk

Market Risk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Apache Hive
1 1 (20.00%) Big Data
1 1 (20.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (20.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (20.00%) Impala
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) SonarQube
1 1 (20.00%) TeamCity
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) Front Office
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps Platform Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Risk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
1 1 (20.00%) WinForms
1 1 (20.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (20.00%) Derivative
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) API Development
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Key Management
3 1 (20.00%) Observability
3 1 (20.00%) Open Source
3 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Basel III
1 1 (20.00%) CRD IV
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
1 1 (20.00%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Kibana
1 1 (20.00%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft