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 18 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 452 402
Rank change year-on-year -22 -50 +105
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 70 57 176
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.23% 0.19% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.64% 0.59% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 36 128
10th Percentile £459 £415 £507
25th Percentile £612 £615 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £713 £700
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% +1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £988 £825 £875
90th Percentile - £865 £1,000
UK median daily rate £725 £700 £700
% change year-on-year +3.57% - -6.67%

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 10,976 9,685 12,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.44% 31.56% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,878 5,782 8,753
10th Percentile £285 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £511 £531 £550
% change year-on-year -3.63% -3.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 588 302 463
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.08 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.24 £24.18 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.45% +2.62% +52.54%
75th Percentile £52.66 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.16 £77.90
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.33% -15.73% +50.29%

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 18 November 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 18 November 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 +23 68 £750 +3.45% 29
North West -19 2 £612 +6.43%
North of England -35 2 £612 +6.43%
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 (5.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Endur
2 2 (2.86%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 23 (32.86%) AWS
2 6 (8.57%) Azure
3 5 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.86%) SaaS
4 2 (2.86%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.43%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.43%) dbt
5 1 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.86%) SSH
2 1 (1.43%) HTTP
2 1 (1.43%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (27.14%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 5 (7.14%) Power BI
4 4 (5.71%) Relational Database
5 3 (4.29%) Data Mart
5 3 (4.29%) Tableau
6 2 (2.86%) Apache Hive
6 2 (2.86%) Big Data
6 2 (2.86%) Data Mining
6 2 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (2.86%) Hadoop
6 2 (2.86%) Impala
6 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.86%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (11.43%) JIRA
2 5 (7.14%) Git
3 2 (2.86%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.86%) SonarQube
3 2 (2.86%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.43%) Ant
4 1 (1.43%) Subversion
General
1 52 (74.29%) Finance
2 42 (60.00%) Banking
3 32 (45.71%) Investment Banking
4 29 (41.43%) Social Skills
5 18 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (14.29%) Financial Institution
6 10 (14.29%) Front Office
7 7 (10.00%) Back Office
8 2 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.43%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 34 (48.57%) Senior
2 32 (45.71%) Developer
3 22 (31.43%) Senior Developer
4 19 (27.14%) Analytics Developer
4 19 (27.14%) AWS Developer
4 19 (27.14%) Java Developer
4 19 (27.14%) Kafka Developer
4 19 (27.14%) PostgreSQL Developer
4 19 (27.14%) Senior Java Developer
5 16 (22.86%) Analyst
6 11 (15.71%) Business Analyst
7 9 (12.86%) Risk Analyst
8 8 (11.43%) Risk Manager
9 7 (10.00%) .NET Developer
10 6 (8.57%) Market Risk Analyst
10 6 (8.57%) Project Manager
10 6 (8.57%) Risk Business Analyst
10 6 (8.57%) Risk Project Manager
11 5 (7.14%) Consultant
11 5 (7.14%) Market Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (27.14%) Kafka
2 8 (11.43%) .NET
3 5 (7.14%) .NET Framework
3 5 (7.14%) RESTful
4 4 (5.71%) .NET Core
4 4 (5.71%) REST
4 4 (5.71%) WinForms
4 4 (5.71%) WPF
5 2 (2.86%) SOAP
5 2 (2.86%) STL
6 1 (1.43%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.43%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (1.43%) NumPy
6 1 (1.43%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 26 (37.14%) Credit Risk
2 25 (35.71%) Derivative
3 19 (27.14%) Management Information System
4 7 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (4.29%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.29%) Equities
5 3 (4.29%) Fixed Income
5 3 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.86%) Credit Derivative
6 2 (2.86%) Equity Derivative
6 2 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.43%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.43%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.43%) OTC Derivatives
7 1 (1.43%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.00%) Windows
2 5 (7.14%) Linux
2 5 (7.14%) Unix
3 2 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 24 (34.29%) Analytics
3 19 (27.14%) Agile
3 19 (27.14%) TDD
4 14 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (17.14%) SDLC
6 8 (11.43%) CI/CD
6 8 (11.43%) DevOps
6 8 (11.43%) Project Management
7 6 (8.57%) Business Analysis
7 6 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (8.57%) Stress Testing
8 5 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (7.14%) Data Analysis
8 5 (7.14%) Data Protection
8 5 (7.14%) Design Patterns
8 5 (7.14%) Project Delivery
9 4 (5.71%) MVC
9 4 (5.71%) OOP
9 4 (5.71%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 47 (67.14%) SQL
2 23 (32.86%) Java
3 15 (21.43%) Python
4 6 (8.57%) C#
5 3 (4.29%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.86%) C
6 2 (2.86%) C++
6 2 (2.86%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.86%) VBA
7 1 (1.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (12.86%) Degree
2 2 (2.86%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.43%) CBAP
3 1 (1.43%) CFA
3 1 (1.43%) ISEB
3 1 (1.43%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.43%) Basel III
2 3 (4.29%) Basel II
3 2 (2.86%) CRD IV
3 2 (2.86%) GRC
3 2 (2.86%) MiFID
3 2 (2.86%) PMO
3 2 (2.86%) QA
3 2 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.43%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.43%) EMIR
System Software
1 2 (2.86%) Docker
1 2 (2.86%) HDFS
2 1 (1.43%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 2 (2.86%) Ansible
1 2 (2.86%) Kibana
1 2 (2.86%) Progress Chef
2 1 (1.43%) Control-M
Vendors
1 9 (12.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.71%) Murex
3 3 (4.29%) Oracle
4 2 (2.86%) Bloomberg
4 2 (2.86%) Sybase
5 1 (1.43%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.43%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.43%) Calypso
5 1 (1.43%) Cisco
5 1 (1.43%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.43%) OpenLink
5 1 (1.43%) Reuters
5 1 (1.43%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.43%) Snow
5 1 (1.43%) Splunk