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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 421 459
Rank change year-on-year -76 +38 -71
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 55 57 96
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.22% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.67% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 37 69
10th Percentile £470 £546 £529
25th Percentile £525 £638 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £725 £750
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -3.33% +1.01%
75th Percentile £988 £825 £838
90th Percentile - £835 £888
UK median daily rate £775 £725 £750
% change year-on-year +6.90% -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 11,899 8,493 11,697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.02% 33.46% 30.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,578 5,252 7,655
10th Percentile £283 £275 £256
25th Percentile £408 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 585 255 755
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.17 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.82 £24.18 £16.54
Median hourly rate £32.50 £37.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% +17.46% +40.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.05 £83.33 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £33.77 £30.58
% change year-on-year -9.68% +10.43% +36.00%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -51 51 £775 +6.90% 6
Midlands - 4 - - 1
West Midlands - 4 - - 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 1 (1.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Summit
2 1 (1.82%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (38.18%) AWS
2 5 (9.09%) Azure
3 3 (5.45%) GitHub
4 1 (1.82%) Alation
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.27%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (30.91%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (10.91%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.45%) Data Mart
3 3 (5.45%) Metadata
4 2 (3.64%) Oracle Database
4 2 (3.64%) RDBMS
4 2 (3.64%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.64%) Tableau
5 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (12.73%) JIRA
2 4 (7.27%) Git
General
1 44 (80.00%) Finance
2 37 (67.27%) Banking
3 29 (52.73%) Investment Banking
4 21 (38.18%) Social Skills
5 13 (23.64%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (16.36%) Front Office
7 5 (9.09%) Financial Institution
8 4 (7.27%) Retail Banking
9 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.82%) Back Office
10 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (49.09%) Developer
2 25 (45.45%) Senior
3 19 (34.55%) Senior Developer
4 17 (30.91%) Analytics Developer
4 17 (30.91%) AWS Developer
4 17 (30.91%) Java Developer
4 17 (30.91%) Kafka Developer
4 17 (30.91%) PostgreSQL Developer
4 17 (30.91%) Senior Java Developer
5 13 (23.64%) Analyst
6 10 (18.18%) Business Analyst
7 8 (14.55%) Consultant
8 7 (12.73%) Risk Analyst
9 6 (10.91%) .NET Developer
10 5 (9.09%) Market Risk Analyst
10 5 (9.09%) Risk Business Analyst
11 4 (7.27%) Market Risk Business Analyst
12 3 (5.45%) IT Risk Consultant
12 3 (5.45%) Risk Consultant
12 3 (5.45%) Senior IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (30.91%) Kafka
2 10 (18.18%) .NET
3 5 (9.09%) .NET Core
3 5 (9.09%) .NET Framework
3 5 (9.09%) RESTful
3 5 (9.09%) WPF
4 4 (7.27%) WinForms
5 2 (3.64%) XML
6 1 (1.82%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (41.82%) Derivative
2 21 (38.18%) Credit Risk
3 17 (30.91%) Management Information System
4 8 (14.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (7.27%) Equities
5 4 (7.27%) Fixed Income
6 3 (5.45%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.82%) CUDA
8 1 (1.82%) Grid Computing
8 1 (1.82%) Hedge funds
8 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.82%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.91%) Windows
2 3 (5.45%) Unix
3 1 (1.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (69.09%) Risk Management
2 20 (36.36%) Analytics
3 17 (30.91%) TDD
4 14 (25.45%) Agile
5 13 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (20.00%) SDLC
7 7 (12.73%) Requirements Gathering
8 6 (10.91%) CI/CD
8 6 (10.91%) Credit Risk Management
8 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (10.91%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (9.09%) Project Management
10 4 (7.27%) Data Analysis
10 4 (7.27%) Design Patterns
10 4 (7.27%) DevOps
10 4 (7.27%) MVC
10 4 (7.27%) OOP
10 4 (7.27%) Process Improvement
10 4 (7.27%) Quantitative Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (61.82%) SQL
2 17 (30.91%) Java
3 8 (14.55%) C#
3 8 (14.55%) Python
4 3 (5.45%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (7.27%) Degree
2 2 (3.64%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.82%) CFA
3 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.82%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) Basel III
1 4 (7.27%) QA
2 2 (3.64%) CRD IV
2 2 (3.64%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.64%) EMIR
2 2 (3.64%) GRC
3 1 (1.82%) Basel II
3 1 (1.82%) MiFID
3 1 (1.82%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (12.73%) Murex
1 7 (12.73%) Oracle
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.82%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.82%) Bloomberg
3 1 (1.82%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.82%) SAP
3 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.82%) Snow
3 1 (1.82%) Splunk