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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 116 118
Rank change year-on-year +18 +2 +37
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 19 12 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.08% 0.57% 1.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.87% 1.88% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 24
10th Percentile - £492 £532
25th Percentile £673 £619 £679
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £755 £835 £752
Median % change year-on-year -9.61% +11.14% +4.38%
75th Percentile £838 £867 £849
90th Percentile - £877 £875
Central London median daily rate £755 £835 £752
% change year-on-year -9.61% +11.14% +4.38%

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 661 637 974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 37.71% 30.26% 32.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 390 639
10th Percentile £350 £360 £313
25th Percentile £450 £482 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £597 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% -0.58% -
75th Percentile £694 £725 £738
90th Percentile £800 £838 £838
Central London median daily rate £575 £591 £600
% change year-on-year -2.75% -1.46% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 9
10th Percentile £16.96 £18.40 £16.92
25th Percentile £19.79 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -22.86% -28.57%
75th Percentile £65.57 - £42.32
90th Percentile £91.00 £66.30 £56.15
Central London median hourly rate £26.45 £25.79 £31.25
% change year-on-year +2.56% -17.47% -36.22%

Market Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Market Risk 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 19 September 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 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 4 (21.05%) Apache
1 4 (21.05%) Apache Spark
2 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) Power Platform
2 7 (36.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) Big Data
1 8 (42.11%) Data Mining
1 8 (42.11%) Power BI
2 5 (26.32%) Hadoop
3 1 (5.26%) Apache Hive
3 1 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (5.26%) Impala
3 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Jenkins
2 4 (21.05%) Git
3 1 (5.26%) JIRA
3 1 (5.26%) SonarQube
3 1 (5.26%) TeamCity
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Banking
2 8 (42.11%) Investment Banking
3 7 (36.84%) Finance
4 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Developer
1 8 (42.11%) Senior
2 7 (36.84%) Consultant
2 7 (36.84%) Risk Consultant
2 7 (36.84%) Senior Consultant
3 4 (21.05%) Apache Spark Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Java Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Python Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Quantitative Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Credit Risk Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Credit Risk Project Manager
6 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
6 1 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (5.26%) IT Risk Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Report Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Risk Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Risk Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Credit Risk
2 4 (21.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (21.05%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (5.26%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
1 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Analytics
2 12 (63.16%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (63.16%) Stress Testing
3 9 (47.37%) Agile
3 9 (47.37%) SDLC
4 8 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (42.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (42.11%) Scenario Testing
4 8 (42.11%) Scrum
4 8 (42.11%) Service Delivery
5 6 (31.58%) Risk Management
6 5 (26.32%) CI/CD
7 4 (21.05%) Batch Processing
7 4 (21.05%) Code Quality
7 4 (21.05%) Data Pipeline
7 4 (21.05%) Mathematics
7 4 (21.05%) Memory Management
7 4 (21.05%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (21.05%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (21.05%) Risk Analytics
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) Python
1 9 (47.37%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) Basel II
2 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.26%) PMO
2 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
1 1 (5.26%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Ansible
1 1 (5.26%) Kibana
1 1 (5.26%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Alteryx