CRD IV Contract Job Trends in England

Capital Requirements Directive IV (CDR 4)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring CRD IV skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 525 601
Rank change year-on-year +7 +76 +125
Contract jobs citing CRD IV 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.003% 0.005%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.021% 0.023% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £556 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - -
75th Percentile £569 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £563 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

CRD IV 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 4,794 4,314 5,945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.24% 13.09% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,132 2,570 4,038
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £400 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £725 £763 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 213 233
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.96 £15.50 £19.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £31.62 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -15.68% +66.67%
75th Percentile £61.69 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.88 £70.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £35.63
% change year-on-year +9.09% -22.82% +54.91%

CRD IV
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CRD IV as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CRD IV in England

CRD IV
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CRD IV.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CRD IV

CRD IV
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 CRD IV within the England region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
South West - 1 £563 -
CRD IV
UK

CRD IV
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS 9