Market Risk Contracts 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 486 369
Rank change year-on-year +101 -117 +236
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 107 59 307
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.16% 0.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.16% 0.52% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 38 233
10th Percentile £563 £553 £500
25th Percentile £650 £625 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £775 £775
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% - +5.44%
75th Percentile £838 £867 £950
90th Percentile £988 £909 £1,000
UK median daily rate £725 £750 £775
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +5.84%

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 9,205 11,434 15,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.71% 30.68% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,870 7,362 11,121
10th Percentile £305 £281 £313
25th Percentile £408 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 442 826 516
10th Percentile £15.48 £12.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.40 £11.87
Median hourly rate £32.72 £37.50 £25.58
Median % change year-on-year -12.74% +46.60% -3.47%
75th Percentile £59.23 £63.75 £63.94
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £36.50 £23.90
% change year-on-year -17.81% +52.75% -11.43%

Market Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Market Risk in England

Market Risk
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Market Risk in England

Market Risk
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Market Risk in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Market Risk in England

Market Risk
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Market Risk in England

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 5 July 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 +90 104 £750 -3.23% 145
North of England - 3 £612 -
North West - 2 £612 -
Yorkshire - 1 £650 -
Market Risk
UK

Market 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 10 (9.35%) Apache Spark
2 8 (7.48%) Apache
3 4 (3.74%) Confluence
4 2 (1.87%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 11 (10.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Endur
2 2 (1.87%) Kondor
3 1 (0.93%) Bankmaster
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.28%) AWS
2 8 (7.48%) Power Platform
3 7 (6.54%) Azure
3 7 (6.54%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (6.54%) SaaS
4 2 (1.87%) Azure Functions
4 2 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (1.87%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (1.87%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.95%) Big Data
2 11 (10.28%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (9.35%) Hadoop
4 8 (7.48%) Data Mining
4 8 (7.48%) Power BI
5 7 (6.54%) Data Mart
6 5 (4.67%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.80%) MS Access
7 3 (2.80%) SQL Server
7 3 (2.80%) Tableau
8 1 (0.93%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.93%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.93%) Presto
8 1 (0.93%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (8.41%) Git
2 8 (7.48%) Jenkins
3 7 (6.54%) JIRA
4 3 (2.80%) Ant
5 1 (0.93%) Subversion
General
1 74 (69.16%) Finance
2 56 (52.34%) Banking
3 46 (42.99%) Social Skills
4 38 (35.51%) Investment Banking
5 33 (30.84%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (23.36%) Front Office
7 7 (6.54%) Back Office
8 4 (3.74%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.80%) Legal
10 2 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.93%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.93%) International Banking
11 1 (0.93%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 45 (42.06%) Developer
2 32 (29.91%) Senior
3 27 (25.23%) Analyst
4 23 (21.50%) Business Analyst
5 19 (17.76%) Java Developer
5 19 (17.76%) Senior Developer
6 14 (13.08%) Risk Analyst
7 12 (11.21%) Consultant
7 12 (11.21%) Senior Java Developer
8 10 (9.35%) Analytics Developer
8 10 (9.35%) AWS Developer
8 10 (9.35%) PostgreSQL Developer
8 10 (9.35%) Python Developer
8 10 (9.35%) Risk Business Analyst
9 9 (8.41%) Risk Consultant
9 9 (8.41%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (7.48%) Apache Spark Developer
10 8 (7.48%) Market Risk Developer
10 8 (7.48%) Project Manager
10 8 (7.48%) Risk Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.15%) Kafka
2 9 (8.41%) Spark Streaming
3 6 (5.61%) .NET
4 4 (3.74%) REST
4 4 (3.74%) WPF
5 2 (1.87%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.87%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.87%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (1.87%) PySpark
5 2 (1.87%) RESTful
5 2 (1.87%) SOAP
5 2 (1.87%) STL
6 1 (0.93%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.93%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.93%) HTML
6 1 (0.93%) HTML5
6 1 (0.93%) React
6 1 (0.93%) SciPy
6 1 (0.93%) Vue
6 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (24.30%) Credit Risk
2 25 (23.36%) Derivative
3 11 (10.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (9.35%) Distributed Computing
4 10 (9.35%) Management Information System
5 9 (8.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (7.48%) Equities
7 4 (3.74%) Fixed Income
8 3 (2.80%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.80%) Reference Data
8 3 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.87%) Credit Derivative
9 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.87%) Pricing Data
9 2 (1.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.93%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.93%) Equity Derivative
10 1 (0.93%) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.67%) Linux
2 4 (3.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (54.21%) Risk Management
2 41 (38.32%) Analytics
3 35 (32.71%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (30.84%) Agile
5 23 (21.50%) Stress Testing
6 18 (16.82%) Project Management
7 16 (14.95%) Mathematics
8 15 (14.02%) Regulatory Compliance
8 15 (14.02%) SDLC
8 15 (14.02%) TDD
9 14 (13.08%) Code Quality
10 13 (12.15%) Risk Analytics
11 12 (11.21%) Business Analysis
11 12 (11.21%) CI/CD
11 12 (11.21%) Greeks
12 11 (10.28%) Scenario Testing
12 11 (10.28%) Scrum
13 10 (9.35%) Data Pipeline
14 9 (8.41%) Memory Management
14 9 (8.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 48 (44.86%) SQL
2 34 (31.78%) Python
3 22 (20.56%) Java
4 6 (5.61%) C#
5 5 (4.67%) Shell Script
6 4 (3.74%) Haskell
6 4 (3.74%) VBA
7 3 (2.80%) Jython
8 2 (1.87%) C
8 2 (1.87%) C++
9 1 (0.93%) Bash
9 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (15.89%) Degree
2 5 (4.67%) Numerate Degree
3 4 (3.74%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.87%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.87%) PMP
5 1 (0.93%) CBAP
5 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.93%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.21%) Basel II
2 8 (7.48%) Basel III
3 6 (5.61%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.74%) COREP
4 4 (3.74%) PMO
5 3 (2.80%) MiFID
6 2 (1.87%) QA
6 2 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.93%) EMIR
System Software
1 1 (0.93%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 3 (2.80%) Control-M
2 1 (0.93%) Grafana
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 9 (8.41%) Murex
2 7 (6.54%) Oracle
3 4 (3.74%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.80%) Calypso
5 2 (1.87%) Alteryx
5 2 (1.87%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.87%) OpenLink
5 2 (1.87%) Sybase
6 1 (0.93%) Cisco
6 1 (0.93%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.93%) Reuters
6 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.93%) Solace
6 1 (0.93%) TIBCO