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 28 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 104 106
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 +23
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 4 12 24
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.20% 0.65% 1.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.59% 2.01% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 19
10th Percentile £481 £538 £625
25th Percentile £488 £550 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £800
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -28.13% +7.38%
75th Percentile £544 £708 £838
90th Percentile £570 £788 £869
Central London median daily rate £500 £575 £800
% change year-on-year -13.04% -28.13% +7.38%

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 682 596 728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 34.46% 32.52% 30.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 381 493
10th Percentile £350 £363 £275
25th Percentile £437 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -3.61%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £706
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 10
10th Percentile £19.39 - £12.75
25th Percentile £23.66 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £31.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.65% +63.16% -53.09%
75th Percentile £50.83 - £41.94
90th Percentile £66.53 - £52.60
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £31.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -9.68% +63.16% -45.71%

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
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 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Front Office
4 1 (25.00%) Back Office
4 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Market Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Market Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Market Risk Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
1 1 (25.00%) WinForms
1 1 (25.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Credit Risk
1 2 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Equities
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Data Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Stress Testing
4 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CFA
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Basel III
2 1 (25.00%) CRD IV
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Murex