Market Risk Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Market Risk
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Market Risk in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Market Risk over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - 78
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.27% - 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.72% - 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £108
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £145
75th Percentile - - £188
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 - £175

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 276 307 277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 37.15% 38.52% 31.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 158 163
10th Percentile £311 £313 £214
25th Percentile £401 £407 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £440
Median % change year-on-year +2.26% +5.57% -9.74%
75th Percentile £570 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £589 £675
Scotland median daily rate £475 £467 £475
% change year-on-year +1.71% -1.68% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 12
10th Percentile £16.15 £16.24 £15.42
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.75 £15.86
Median hourly rate £16.25 £20.75 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.69% +15.28% +69.33%
75th Percentile £29.16 £27.75 £28.06
90th Percentile £38.00 £61.02 £57.13
Scotland median hourly rate £30.00 £22.44 £18.14
% change year-on-year +33.70% +23.72% +47.44%

Market Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Market Risk relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Market Risk job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Market Risk
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Market Risk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Market Risk

Market Risk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Community of Practice
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes