Market Risk Contract Job Trends in England

Market Risk
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Market Risk in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Market Risk over the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 441 449 398
Rank change year-on-year +8 -51 +104
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 77 52 195
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.17% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 0.53% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 35 141
10th Percentile £538 £415 £519
25th Percentile £644 £611 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £750 £700
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £988 £825 £888
90th Percentile - £871 £1,000
UK median daily rate £713 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -1.72% +3.57% -5.88%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 10,373 9,733 13,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.32% 31.23% 32.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,478 5,850 9,011
10th Percentile £290 £296 £300
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 306 454
10th Percentile £14.37 £17.08 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £24.63 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.52 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.97% +12.36% +67.39%
75th Percentile £52.97 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.16 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £42.88 £43.33
% change year-on-year -38.20% -1.04% +60.60%

Market Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Market Risk job vacancy trend in England

Market Risk
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Market Risk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Market Risk

Market Risk
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Market Risk in England over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Market Risk in England

Market Risk
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Market Risk.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Market Risk

Market 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 Market Risk within the England region over the 6 months to 27 October 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 +25 75 £750 - 33
North West -20 2 £612 +6.43%
North of England -31 2 £612 +6.43%
Market Risk
UK

Market Risk
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 5 (6.49%) Confluence
2 1 (1.30%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Endur
2 2 (2.60%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 18 (23.38%) AWS
2 8 (10.39%) Power Platform
3 5 (6.49%) SaaS
4 3 (3.90%) Azure
5 2 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.60%) Azure Functions
5 2 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.60%) Serverless
5 2 (2.60%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.30%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) SSH
2 1 (1.30%) HTTP
2 1 (1.30%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (23.38%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (10.39%) Power BI
3 5 (6.49%) Data Mining
3 5 (6.49%) Relational Database
3 5 (6.49%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.90%) Big Data
4 3 (3.90%) Data Mart
5 2 (2.60%) Apache Hive
5 2 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (2.60%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.60%) Impala
5 2 (2.60%) MS Access
5 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.60%) Star Schema
5 2 (2.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (10.39%) JIRA
2 2 (2.60%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.60%) SonarQube
2 2 (2.60%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.30%) Ant
3 1 (1.30%) Git
3 1 (1.30%) Subversion
General
1 54 (70.13%) Finance
2 47 (61.04%) Banking
3 34 (44.16%) Investment Banking
4 30 (38.96%) Social Skills
5 18 (23.38%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (18.18%) Front Office
7 7 (9.09%) Back Office
7 7 (9.09%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 35 (45.45%) Senior
2 28 (36.36%) Developer
3 21 (27.27%) Analyst
4 20 (25.97%) Senior Developer
5 18 (23.38%) Analytics Developer
5 18 (23.38%) AWS Developer
5 18 (23.38%) Java Developer
5 18 (23.38%) Kafka Developer
5 18 (23.38%) PostgreSQL Developer
5 18 (23.38%) Senior Java Developer
6 16 (20.78%) Business Analyst
7 11 (14.29%) Risk Manager
8 10 (12.99%) Risk Analyst
9 9 (11.69%) Project Manager
9 9 (11.69%) Risk Project Manager
10 8 (10.39%) Consultant
11 7 (9.09%) Risk Business Analyst
11 7 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
12 5 (6.49%) Risk Consultant
12 5 (6.49%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (23.38%) Kafka
2 4 (5.19%) REST
3 3 (3.90%) .NET
4 2 (2.60%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.60%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.60%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (2.60%) RESTful
4 2 (2.60%) SOAP
4 2 (2.60%) STL
5 1 (1.30%) NumPy
5 1 (1.30%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 26 (33.77%) Derivative
2 25 (32.47%) Credit Risk
3 18 (23.38%) Management Information System
4 7 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (5.19%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (5.19%) Equities
6 3 (3.90%) Fixed Income
6 3 (3.90%) Reference Data
7 2 (2.60%) Credit Derivative
7 2 (2.60%) Equity Derivative
7 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (1.30%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.30%) Hedge funds
8 1 (1.30%) OTC Derivatives
8 1 (1.30%) Pricing Data
8 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.19%) Linux
1 4 (5.19%) Unix
2 2 (2.60%) Windows
2 2 (2.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (53.25%) Risk Management
2 27 (35.06%) Analytics
3 23 (29.87%) Agile
4 18 (23.38%) TDD
5 16 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (16.88%) Project Management
7 12 (15.58%) SDLC
8 11 (14.29%) Stress Testing
9 9 (11.69%) Business Analysis
9 9 (11.69%) Scrum
10 8 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (10.39%) Data Analysis
10 8 (10.39%) Project Delivery
11 7 (9.09%) Data Protection
12 6 (7.79%) DevOps
12 6 (7.79%) Process Improvement
12 6 (7.79%) Project Governance
12 6 (7.79%) Scenario Testing
12 6 (7.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 5 (6.49%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 50 (64.94%) SQL
2 22 (28.57%) Java
3 16 (20.78%) Python
4 3 (3.90%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.60%) C
5 2 (2.60%) C#
5 2 (2.60%) C++
5 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.60%) VBA
6 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (12.99%) Degree
2 3 (3.90%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.30%) CBAP
3 1 (1.30%) CFA
3 1 (1.30%) ISEB
3 1 (1.30%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) Basel III
2 6 (7.79%) Basel II
3 3 (3.90%) COREP
3 3 (3.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (2.60%) CRD IV
4 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.60%) GRC
4 2 (2.60%) MiFID
4 2 (2.60%) PMO
4 2 (2.60%) QA
5 1 (1.30%) EMIR
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) Docker
1 2 (2.60%) HDFS
2 1 (1.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) Ansible
1 2 (2.60%) Kibana
1 2 (2.60%) Progress Chef
2 1 (1.30%) Control-M
Vendors
1 7 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.49%) Murex
2 5 (6.49%) Oracle
3 2 (2.60%) Bloomberg
3 2 (2.60%) OpenLink
3 2 (2.60%) Sybase
4 1 (1.30%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.30%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.30%) Calypso
4 1 (1.30%) Cisco
4 1 (1.30%) Reuters
4 1 (1.30%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.30%) Snow