Credit Risk Contracts in England

Credit Risk
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Credit Risk in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Credit Risk over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 418 462 490
Rank change year-on-year +44 +28 +88
Contract jobs citing Credit Risk 67 80 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.22% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.81% 0.70% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 45 121
10th Percentile £500 £391 £400
25th Percentile £650 £463 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -5.15%
75th Percentile £825 £738 £768
90th Percentile £871 £898 £875
UK median daily rate £700 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -1.52%

All Generic Skills
England

Credit 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Credit Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Credit Risk as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Credit Risk in England

Credit Risk
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Credit Risk in England.

Daily rate trend for Credit Risk in England

Credit Risk
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Credit Risk in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Credit Risk in England

Credit Risk
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Credit Risk in England.

Hourly rate trend for Credit Risk in England

Credit Risk
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 Credit Risk within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +40 48 £750 +15.38% 227
South East +26 9 £650 +13.04% 63
Midlands +25 5 £678 - 42
North of England +21 3 £646 +17.45% 46
East Midlands - 3 £550 - 22
West Midlands +14 2 £678 - 18
Yorkshire +9 2 £646 +17.45% 21
South West +45 1 £563 +25.00% 19
North West - 1 - - 20
Credit Risk
UK

Credit Risk
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (29.85%) SAS
2 7 (10.45%) Apache Spark
3 2 (2.99%) Apache
4 1 (1.49%) Confluence
4 1 (1.49%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.46%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.99%) Apigee
2 2 (2.99%) SaaS
3 1 (1.49%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) Apache Hive
1 6 (8.96%) Hadoop
2 5 (7.46%) Power BI
3 3 (4.48%) Big Data
3 3 (4.48%) Data Mart
3 3 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.99%) MySQL
5 1 (1.49%) Base SAS
5 1 (1.49%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.49%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.49%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (1.49%) Presto
5 1 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Bitbucket
1 3 (4.48%) Jenkins
1 3 (4.48%) TeamCity
2 2 (2.99%) Ant
2 2 (2.99%) JIRA
General
1 36 (53.73%) Banking
2 35 (52.24%) Finance
3 22 (32.84%) Social Skills
4 14 (20.90%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (14.93%) Investment Banking
6 6 (8.96%) Front Office
7 4 (5.97%) Financial Institution
7 4 (5.97%) Legal
8 3 (4.48%) International Banking
8 3 (4.48%) Retail
9 2 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.99%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.49%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.49%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (26.87%) Developer
2 17 (25.37%) Analyst
3 12 (17.91%) Risk Analyst
4 8 (11.94%) Credit Analyst
4 8 (11.94%) Credit Risk Analyst
5 7 (10.45%) Python Developer
6 6 (8.96%) Quantitative Developer
7 5 (7.46%) Consultant
7 5 (7.46%) Market Risk Developer
8 4 (5.97%) Credit Risk Developer
8 4 (5.97%) Gen AI Specialist
8 4 (5.97%) Risk Manager
9 3 (4.48%) Angular Developer
9 3 (4.48%) Business Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) Credit Risk Manager
9 3 (4.48%) Data Modeller
9 3 (4.48%) Lead
9 3 (4.48%) Risk Business Analyst
10 2 (2.99%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
10 2 (2.99%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) PySpark
1 6 (8.96%) TensorFlow
2 3 (4.48%) AngularJS
2 3 (4.48%) HTML
2 3 (4.48%) HTML5
2 3 (4.48%) RxJS
3 1 (1.49%) Kafka
3 1 (1.49%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.88%) Market Risk
2 4 (5.97%) Algorithms
2 4 (5.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (4.48%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (4.48%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (4.48%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.48%) Reference Data
4 2 (2.99%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.49%) Equities
5 1 (1.49%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.99%) Linux
2 1 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (47.76%) Analytics
2 26 (38.81%) Credit Risk Management
3 25 (37.31%) Risk Management
4 15 (22.39%) Validation
5 13 (19.40%) Agile
5 13 (19.40%) Stress Testing
6 12 (17.91%) Portfolio Management
7 10 (14.93%) Data Analysis
7 10 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (13.43%) Computer Science
9 8 (11.94%) Credit Risk Modelling
9 8 (11.94%) Data Science
9 8 (11.94%) Machine Learning
10 7 (10.45%) Code Quality
10 7 (10.45%) Generative AI
10 7 (10.45%) Low Latency
10 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (8.96%) Artificial Intelligence
11 6 (8.96%) LLM
11 6 (8.96%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 29 (43.28%) SQL
2 22 (32.84%) Python
3 6 (8.96%) C++
4 4 (5.97%) Java
4 4 (5.97%) TypeScript
5 3 (4.48%) Jython
6 2 (2.99%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.49%) Bash
7 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.49%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (13.43%) Degree
2 5 (7.46%) Master's Degree
2 5 (7.46%) PhD
3 3 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.91%) IFRS
1 12 (17.91%) IFRS 9
2 4 (5.97%) Basel II
3 3 (4.48%) Basel III
3 3 (4.48%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.49%) CRD IV
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 3 (4.48%) Ansible
2 2 (2.99%) Control-M
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 4 (5.97%) Murex
2 2 (2.99%) Calypso
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.49%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.49%) Databricks
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle