Quantitative Risk Management Contract Job Trends in England

Quantitative Risk Management (QRM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Quantitative Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 537 493 537
Rank change year-on-year -44 +44 -
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Risk Management 5 8 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.016% 0.028% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% 0.032% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £238 - -
25th Percentile £284 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £770 £666
Median % change year-on-year -51.95% +15.62% -
75th Percentile £459 - -
90th Percentile £506 £783 -
UK median daily rate £370 £770 £666
% change year-on-year -51.95% +15.62% +11.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Quantitative Risk Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,064 24,952 32,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.52% 88.77% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,908 15,353 21,703
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,766 818 1,417
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.39
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

Quantitative Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Quantitative Risk Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Quantitative Risk Management job vacancy trend in England

Quantitative Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Quantitative Risk Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Quantitative Risk Management

Quantitative Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Risk Management in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative Risk Management in England

Quantitative Risk Management
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 Quantitative Risk Management within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 -17 3 £215 -72.08%
West Midlands -31 2 £525 - 1
Midlands -37 2 £525 - 1
Quantitative Risk Management
UK

Quantitative Risk Management
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 (40.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Banking Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Management Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Risk Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Validation Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Graduate
2 1 (20.00%) Graduate Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Graduate Management Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Risk Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (60.00%) Model Validation
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (60.00%) Statistics
1 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Attestation
2 2 (40.00%) Data Science
2 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
2 2 (40.00%) Line Management
2 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Backtesting
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Probability Theory
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) R
3 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Numerate Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) IFRS
1 1 (20.00%) IFRS 9
1 1 (20.00%) QA