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 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 397 463
Rank change year-on-year -129 +66 -83
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 61 82 82
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.34% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 0.98% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 52 56
10th Percentile £457 £551 £569
25th Percentile £500 £647 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 £750 £775
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £988 £834 £850
90th Percentile - £891 £963
UK median daily rate £720 £750 £750
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -

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 13,005 8,347 11,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.48% 34.11% 30.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,251 5,465 7,493
10th Percentile £305 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.04% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 664 325 828
10th Percentile £16.03 £16.49 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.25 £21.25 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.46 £34.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +33.71% +13.11% +33.60%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £87.05 £83.76 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +39.88% +8.33% +33.42%

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 April 2026.

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 April 2026. 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 -96 53 £720 -4.00% 6
Midlands - 5 - -
West Midlands - 5 - -
North of England -62 2 - -
Yorkshire -62 2 - -
South West - 1 - - 1
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 (3.28%) Confluence
2 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Summit
2 1 (1.64%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (24.59%) AWS
2 4 (6.56%) Azure
3 3 (4.92%) GitHub
4 2 (3.28%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.64%) Alation
5 1 (1.64%) Collibra
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.20%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.03%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (13.11%) Metadata
3 7 (11.48%) SQL Server
4 6 (9.84%) RDBMS
4 6 (9.84%) Relational Database
5 3 (4.92%) Data Mart
5 3 (4.92%) Oracle Database
5 3 (4.92%) Tableau
6 2 (3.28%) Power BI
7 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.64%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (14.75%) JIRA
2 4 (6.56%) Git
3 1 (1.64%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (1.64%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.64%) TeamCity
General
1 50 (81.97%) Finance
2 41 (67.21%) Banking
3 30 (49.18%) Social Skills
4 26 (42.62%) Investment Banking
5 21 (34.43%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (18.03%) Front Office
7 5 (8.20%) Financial Institution
7 5 (8.20%) Retail Banking
8 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.64%) Back Office
9 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Legal
9 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (36.07%) Senior
2 21 (34.43%) Developer
3 17 (27.87%) Business Analyst
4 15 (24.59%) Analyst
5 13 (21.31%) Senior Developer
6 11 (18.03%) Analytics Developer
6 11 (18.03%) AWS Developer
6 11 (18.03%) Java Developer
6 11 (18.03%) Kafka Developer
6 11 (18.03%) PostgreSQL Developer
6 11 (18.03%) Senior Java Developer
7 10 (16.39%) Risk Analyst
7 10 (16.39%) Risk Business Analyst
8 9 (14.75%) Consultant
9 6 (9.84%) Applications Specialist
9 6 (9.84%) Risk Management Specialist
9 6 (9.84%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 6 (9.84%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
9 6 (9.84%) Summit Business Analyst
9 6 (9.84%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (18.03%) Kafka
2 9 (14.75%) .NET
3 6 (9.84%) XML
4 5 (8.20%) .NET Core
4 5 (8.20%) .NET Framework
4 5 (8.20%) RESTful
4 5 (8.20%) WPF
5 4 (6.56%) WinForms
6 1 (1.64%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.64%) React
6 1 (1.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (40.98%) Derivative
2 23 (37.70%) Credit Risk
3 11 (18.03%) Management Information System
4 9 (14.75%) Fixed Income
5 8 (13.11%) Data Structures
5 8 (13.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (6.56%) Equities
7 3 (4.92%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.64%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.64%) CUDA
9 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.64%) Grid Computing
9 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.48%) Unix
2 6 (9.84%) Windows
3 1 (1.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (62.30%) Risk Management
2 17 (27.87%) SDLC
3 16 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (24.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (22.95%) Analytics
6 12 (19.67%) AI
6 12 (19.67%) Generative AI
6 12 (19.67%) Quantitative Risk Management
7 11 (18.03%) Agile
7 11 (18.03%) Requirements Gathering
7 11 (18.03%) TDD
8 8 (13.11%) Credit Risk Management
9 7 (11.48%) CI/CD
9 7 (11.48%) Data Engineering
9 7 (11.48%) Financial Modelling
9 7 (11.48%) Fintech
9 7 (11.48%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (11.48%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (9.84%) Project Management
10 6 (9.84%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 33 (54.10%) SQL
2 11 (18.03%) Java
3 9 (14.75%) C#
4 8 (13.11%) Python
5 3 (4.92%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.92%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.64%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (3.28%) Degree
1 2 (3.28%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.64%) CFA
2 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.48%) QA
2 3 (4.92%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.28%) Basel III
3 2 (3.28%) MiFID
4 1 (1.64%) Basel II
4 1 (1.64%) EMIR
4 1 (1.64%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 11 (18.03%) Oracle
2 6 (9.84%) Murex
3 3 (4.92%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.64%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.64%) SAP
4 1 (1.64%) Splunk