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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CRD IV 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.074% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £417 - -
25th Percentile £429 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 - -
75th Percentile £649 - -
90th Percentile £769 - -
UK median daily rate £447 - -

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 5,404 4,183 5,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.62% 13.48% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,497 2,429 3,698
10th Percentile £312 £290 £320
25th Percentile £404 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £541
Median % change year-on-year - -7.62% +3.10%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £752
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 185 222
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.26 £15.34
25th Percentile £17.69 £17.13 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.11 £30.00 £40.77
Median % change year-on-year -12.97% -26.42% +73.49%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £69.50
90th Percentile £79.94 £70.00 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £27.43 £40.00
% change year-on-year -4.79% -31.44% +70.21%

CRD IV
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CRD IV job vacancy trend 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
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CRD IV in England over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CRD IV in England

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 26 November 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
London - 2 £800 -
North West - 2 £434 -
North of England - 2 £434 -
CRD IV
UK

CRD IV
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Metadata
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Data Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Credit Risk
1 2 (50.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Batch Processing
1 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) ETL
1 2 (50.00%) Metadata Management
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Basel III
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (50.00%) FINREP
1 2 (50.00%) IFRS
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cognos
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft