COREP Contract Job Trends in England

Common Reporting (COREP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring COREP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 511 531
Rank change year-on-year -115 +20 +63
Contract jobs citing COREP 11 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.024% 0.022% 0.012%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.13% 0.12% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile £543 - £385
25th Percentile £563 £358 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £700 £495
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +41.41% -34.00%
75th Percentile £688 - £591
90th Percentile £715 - £598
UK median daily rate £575 £420 £495
% change year-on-year +36.90% -15.15% -34.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

COREP falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,203 4,804 4,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.78% 17.32% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,138 3,137 2,502
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £716 £760
UK median daily rate £507 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.35% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 610 229 203
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.79 £15.99
Median hourly rate £32.40 £32.50 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% -4.21% -11.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.40 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.39 £80.55 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.40 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +7.98% +9.09% -22.54%

COREP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing COREP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

COREP job vacancy trend in England

COREP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing COREP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing COREP

COREP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COREP in England over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for COREP in England

COREP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COREP within the England region over the 6 months to 28 September 2026. 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
London -74 11 £575 -17.86% 3
COREP
UK

COREP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.09%) Data Mining
2 1 (9.09%) MongoDB
2 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 8 (72.73%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Retail Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Senior
1 6 (54.55%) Senior Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Finance Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Finance Project Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Project Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Finance Project Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Project Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Regulatory Business Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Report Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) JSON
1 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Derivative
1 2 (18.18%) Equities
2 1 (9.09%) Credit Derivative
2 1 (9.09%) Interest Rate Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Data Governance
1 6 (54.55%) Decision-Making
1 6 (54.55%) Project Management
1 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (45.45%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Data Mapping
3 2 (18.18%) Data Transformation
3 2 (18.18%) ETL
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Validation
4 1 (9.09%) Data Management
4 1 (9.09%) Epics
4 1 (9.09%) Regression Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (9.09%) SDLC
4 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (100.00%) FINREP
2 6 (54.55%) Data Quality
3 1 (9.09%) Basel III
3 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) GoldenSource
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle