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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 490 429 447
Rank change year-on-year -61 +18 -10
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 57 61 106
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.23% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 0.71% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 37 74
10th Percentile £467 £415 £528
25th Percentile £563 £638 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £988 £831 £838
90th Percentile - £863 £939
UK median daily rate £725 £750 £750
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

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 11,163 8,627 11,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.94% 32.58% 31.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,122 5,166 7,700
10th Percentile £281 £270 £258
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £780 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £533 £540
% change year-on-year -6.23% -1.26% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 548 247 590
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.35 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.18 £18.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +11.43% +51.48%
75th Percentile £61.52 £68.38 £62.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £83.20 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £27.63 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.07% - +55.56%

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 20 January 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 20 January 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 -33 55 £725 -5.78% 7
Midlands - 2 - - 1
West Midlands - 2 - - 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 3 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Summit
2 1 (1.75%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (36.84%) AWS
2 5 (8.77%) Azure
3 4 (7.02%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.26%) GitHub
5 2 (3.51%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.75%) dbt
6 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) FTP
1 2 (3.51%) SSH
2 1 (1.75%) HTTP
2 1 (1.75%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (29.82%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (14.04%) SQL Server
3 4 (7.02%) Power BI
4 3 (5.26%) Data Mart
4 3 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.26%) Tableau
5 2 (3.51%) Apache Hive
5 2 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (3.51%) Hadoop
5 2 (3.51%) Impala
5 2 (3.51%) Oracle Database
5 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.51%) Star Schema
6 1 (1.75%) Metadata
6 1 (1.75%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (17.54%) JIRA
2 4 (7.02%) Git
3 2 (3.51%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.51%) SonarQube
3 2 (3.51%) TeamCity
General
1 48 (84.21%) Finance
2 35 (61.40%) Banking
3 27 (47.37%) Investment Banking
4 22 (38.60%) Social Skills
5 13 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (17.54%) Front Office
7 8 (14.04%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.51%) Back Office
8 2 (3.51%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (47.37%) Developer
2 26 (45.61%) Senior
3 19 (33.33%) Senior Developer
4 17 (29.82%) Analytics Developer
4 17 (29.82%) AWS Developer
4 17 (29.82%) Java Developer
4 17 (29.82%) Kafka Developer
4 17 (29.82%) PostgreSQL Developer
4 17 (29.82%) Senior Java Developer
5 12 (21.05%) Analyst
6 9 (15.79%) Business Analyst
7 6 (10.53%) .NET Developer
7 6 (10.53%) Consultant
7 6 (10.53%) Risk Analyst
8 5 (8.77%) Risk Business Analyst
8 5 (8.77%) Risk Manager
9 4 (7.02%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
9 4 (7.02%) IT Business Analyst
9 4 (7.02%) Market Risk Analyst
9 4 (7.02%) Market Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (29.82%) Kafka
2 10 (17.54%) .NET
3 5 (8.77%) .NET Core
3 5 (8.77%) .NET Framework
3 5 (8.77%) RESTful
3 5 (8.77%) WPF
4 4 (7.02%) WinForms
5 1 (1.75%) REST
5 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (43.86%) Credit Risk
2 23 (40.35%) Derivative
3 17 (29.82%) Management Information System
4 6 (10.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (5.26%) Equities
5 3 (5.26%) Fixed Income
5 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.75%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (1.75%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.75%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.04%) Windows
2 2 (3.51%) Unix
2 2 (3.51%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 20 (35.09%) Analytics
3 17 (29.82%) TDD
4 16 (28.07%) Agile
5 13 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (19.30%) SDLC
7 8 (14.04%) CI/CD
8 7 (12.28%) DevOps
9 6 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
10 5 (8.77%) Credit Risk Management
10 5 (8.77%) Project Management
10 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (8.77%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (7.02%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (7.02%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (7.02%) Data Analysis
11 4 (7.02%) Data Protection
11 4 (7.02%) MVC
11 4 (7.02%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 40 (70.18%) SQL
2 18 (31.58%) Java
3 13 (22.81%) Python
4 8 (14.04%) C#
5 3 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.26%) Shell Script
6 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (5.26%) Degree
2 2 (3.51%) CFA
3 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) Basel III
1 4 (7.02%) QA
2 2 (3.51%) CRD IV
2 2 (3.51%) EMIR
2 2 (3.51%) GRC
3 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.75%) MiFID
3 1 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Docker
1 2 (3.51%) HDFS
2 1 (1.75%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Ansible
1 2 (3.51%) Kibana
1 2 (3.51%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft
1 6 (10.53%) Oracle
2 5 (8.77%) Murex
3 1 (1.75%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.75%) Bloomberg
3 1 (1.75%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.75%) SAP
3 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.75%) Snow
3 1 (1.75%) Splunk