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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 439 392
Rank change year-on-year -46 -47 +111
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 58 67 173
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.22% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 0.69% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 41 124
10th Percentile £476 £416 £514
25th Percentile £603 £638 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £753 £750 £675
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £988 £831 £838
90th Percentile - £865 £1,000
UK median daily rate £738 £750 £675
% change year-on-year -1.57% +11.11% -9.59%

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 11,125 9,684 12,348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.27% 31.91% 32.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,996 5,799 8,394
10th Percentile £285 £295 £270
25th Percentile £406 £413 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.77% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 310 459
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.72 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.65 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% -10.11% +27.14%
75th Percentile £58.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.48 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.86% -19.22% +23.80%

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 2 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 2 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 +3 58 £753 +0.33% 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 4 (6.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Endur
2 1 (1.72%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (37.93%) AWS
2 5 (8.62%) Azure
3 4 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.45%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.72%) dbt
5 1 (1.72%) GitHub
5 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) SSH
2 1 (1.72%) HTTP
2 1 (1.72%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (31.03%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (13.79%) SQL Server
3 4 (6.90%) Power BI
4 3 (5.17%) Tableau
5 2 (3.45%) Apache Hive
5 2 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (3.45%) Hadoop
5 2 (3.45%) Impala
5 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.45%) Star Schema
6 1 (1.72%) Big Data
6 1 (1.72%) Data Mart
6 1 (1.72%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.72%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) JIRA
2 5 (8.62%) Git
3 2 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.45%) SonarQube
3 2 (3.45%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.72%) Subversion
General
1 45 (77.59%) Finance
2 36 (62.07%) Banking
3 26 (44.83%) Investment Banking
4 22 (37.93%) Social Skills
5 13 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (13.79%) Financial Institution
7 7 (12.07%) Front Office
8 4 (6.90%) Back Office
9 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.72%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 30 (51.72%) Senior
2 28 (48.28%) Developer
3 20 (34.48%) Senior Developer
4 18 (31.03%) Analytics Developer
4 18 (31.03%) AWS Developer
4 18 (31.03%) Java Developer
4 18 (31.03%) Kafka Developer
4 18 (31.03%) PostgreSQL Developer
4 18 (31.03%) Senior Java Developer
5 13 (22.41%) Analyst
6 9 (15.52%) Business Analyst
7 7 (12.07%) Risk Analyst
7 7 (12.07%) Risk Manager
8 6 (10.34%) .NET Developer
9 5 (8.62%) Project Manager
9 5 (8.62%) Risk Project Manager
9 5 (8.62%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (6.90%) Market Risk Analyst
10 4 (6.90%) Risk Business Analyst
11 3 (5.17%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (31.03%) Kafka
2 7 (12.07%) .NET
3 4 (6.90%) .NET Core
3 4 (6.90%) .NET Framework
3 4 (6.90%) RESTful
3 4 (6.90%) WinForms
3 4 (6.90%) WPF
4 1 (1.72%) NumPy
4 1 (1.72%) REST
4 1 (1.72%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 24 (41.38%) Credit Risk
2 23 (39.66%) Derivative
3 18 (31.03%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.17%) Fixed Income
4 3 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.45%) Equity Derivative
5 2 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.72%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.72%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.72%) OTC Derivatives
6 1 (1.72%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.07%) Windows
2 2 (3.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.72%) Linux
3 1 (1.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (60.34%) Risk Management
2 22 (37.93%) Analytics
3 18 (31.03%) Agile
3 18 (31.03%) TDD
4 12 (20.69%) SDLC
5 11 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (12.07%) DevOps
6 7 (12.07%) Project Management
7 6 (10.34%) Business Analysis
7 6 (10.34%) CI/CD
7 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (8.62%) Design Patterns
9 4 (6.90%) Credit Risk Management
9 4 (6.90%) Data Analysis
9 4 (6.90%) Data Protection
9 4 (6.90%) MVC
9 4 (6.90%) Project Delivery
9 4 (6.90%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
9 4 (6.90%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (62.07%) SQL
2 20 (34.48%) Java
3 12 (20.69%) Python
4 5 (8.62%) C#
5 2 (3.45%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.45%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.72%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (15.52%) Degree
2 2 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.72%) CBAP
3 1 (1.72%) CFA
3 1 (1.72%) ISEB
3 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) Basel III
2 3 (5.17%) QA
3 2 (3.45%) CRD IV
3 2 (3.45%) GRC
3 2 (3.45%) PMO
4 1 (1.72%) Basel II
4 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.72%) EMIR
4 1 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Docker
1 2 (3.45%) HDFS
2 1 (1.72%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Ansible
1 2 (3.45%) Kibana
1 2 (3.45%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) Oracle
3 2 (3.45%) Bloomberg
3 2 (3.45%) Murex
4 1 (1.72%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.72%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.72%) Cisco
4 1 (1.72%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.72%) OpenLink
4 1 (1.72%) Reuters
4 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.72%) SAP
4 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.72%) Snow
4 1 (1.72%) Splunk