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 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 444 399
Rank change year-on-year -51 -45 +68
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 54 67 158
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.23% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.71% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 40 112
10th Percentile £463 £416 £519
25th Percentile £600 £638 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £750 £700
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £988 £831 £838
90th Percentile - £865 £975
UK median daily rate £825 £750 £700
% change year-on-year +10.00% +7.14% -

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 11,224 9,439 11,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.73% 32.35% 32.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,080 5,723 8,061
10th Percentile £282 £282 £269
25th Percentile £408 £413 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.68% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 281 458
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.08 £16.75
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.60 £20.89
Median hourly rate £28.06 £37.50 £43.92
Median % change year-on-year -25.17% -14.62% +25.39%
75th Percentile £61.44 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £33.27 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.85% -21.72% +21.43%

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 17 December 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 17 December 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 -18 54 £825 +10.00% 5
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 2 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Endur
2 1 (1.85%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (40.74%) AWS
2 5 (9.26%) Azure
3 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.70%) GitHub
4 2 (3.70%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.85%) dbt
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) SSH
2 1 (1.85%) HTTP
2 1 (1.85%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (14.81%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.56%) Power BI
4 2 (3.70%) Apache Hive
4 2 (3.70%) Data Mart
4 2 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (3.70%) Hadoop
4 2 (3.70%) Impala
4 2 (3.70%) Oracle Database
4 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (3.70%) Star Schema
4 2 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) JIRA
2 4 (7.41%) Git
3 2 (3.70%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.70%) SonarQube
3 2 (3.70%) TeamCity
General
1 44 (81.48%) Finance
2 32 (59.26%) Banking
3 25 (46.30%) Investment Banking
4 21 (38.89%) Social Skills
5 12 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (14.81%) Financial Institution
7 6 (11.11%) Front Office
8 3 (5.56%) Back Office
9 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.85%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 28 (51.85%) Senior
2 26 (48.15%) Developer
3 20 (37.04%) Senior Developer
4 18 (33.33%) Analytics Developer
4 18 (33.33%) AWS Developer
4 18 (33.33%) Java Developer
4 18 (33.33%) Kafka Developer
4 18 (33.33%) PostgreSQL Developer
4 18 (33.33%) Senior Java Developer
5 13 (24.07%) Analyst
6 10 (18.52%) Business Analyst
7 7 (12.96%) Risk Analyst
8 6 (11.11%) .NET Developer
9 5 (9.26%) Risk Business Analyst
9 5 (9.26%) Risk Manager
10 4 (7.41%) IT Business Analyst
10 4 (7.41%) Market Risk Analyst
10 4 (7.41%) Market Risk Business Analyst
10 4 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (5.56%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (33.33%) Kafka
2 8 (14.81%) .NET
3 5 (9.26%) .NET Core
3 5 (9.26%) .NET Framework
3 5 (9.26%) RESTful
3 5 (9.26%) WPF
4 4 (7.41%) WinForms
5 1 (1.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (42.59%) Credit Risk
2 22 (40.74%) Derivative
3 18 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.70%) Equity Derivative
5 2 (3.70%) Fixed Income
5 2 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.85%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.85%) OTC Derivatives
6 1 (1.85%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.81%) Windows
2 2 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.85%) Linux
3 1 (1.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (64.81%) Risk Management
2 21 (38.89%) Analytics
3 18 (33.33%) TDD
4 15 (27.78%) Agile
5 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (14.81%) SDLC
7 7 (12.96%) DevOps
8 6 (11.11%) CI/CD
9 4 (7.41%) Business Analysis
9 4 (7.41%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (7.41%) Credit Risk Management
9 4 (7.41%) Data Protection
9 4 (7.41%) Design Patterns
9 4 (7.41%) MVC
9 4 (7.41%) OOP
9 4 (7.41%) Project Delivery
9 4 (7.41%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (7.41%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (7.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 36 (66.67%) SQL
2 19 (35.19%) Java
3 12 (22.22%) Python
4 6 (11.11%) C#
5 2 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.70%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.85%) CBAP
2 1 (1.85%) CFA
2 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) QA
2 3 (5.56%) Basel III
3 2 (3.70%) CRD IV
3 2 (3.70%) EMIR
3 2 (3.70%) GRC
4 1 (1.85%) MiFID
4 1 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Docker
1 2 (3.70%) HDFS
2 1 (1.85%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Ansible
1 2 (3.70%) Kibana
1 2 (3.70%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.41%) Oracle
3 3 (5.56%) Murex
4 1 (1.85%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.85%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.85%) Bloomberg
4 1 (1.85%) Cisco
4 1 (1.85%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.85%) SAP
4 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.85%) Snow
4 1 (1.85%) Splunk