Credit Derivative Contract Job Trends in London

Credit Derivatives
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Credit Derivative in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Credit Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 366 360
Rank change year-on-year -79 -6 +55
Contract jobs citing Credit Derivative 8 7 17
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.039% 0.052% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% 0.14% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 15
10th Percentile £375 £668 £777
25th Percentile £422 £675 £796
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £750 £850
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% -11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £731 - -
90th Percentile £800 £870 £900
England median daily rate £613 £700 £850
% change year-on-year -12.50% -17.65% +13.33%

All Generic Skills
London

Credit Derivative 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,735 5,167 5,515
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.99% 38.37% 33.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,883 3,347 3,648
10th Percentile £350 £335 £325
25th Percentile £450 £441 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -3.48% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £738
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 118 68
10th Percentile £17.10 £16.30 £17.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.71 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.92 £27.50 £31.31
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -12.17% +4.37%
75th Percentile £56.25 £46.55 £54.06
90th Percentile £88.00 £70.88 £71.44
England median hourly rate £37.50 £33.03 £57.35
% change year-on-year +13.55% -42.41% +25.00%

Credit Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Credit Derivative relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Credit Derivative job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Credit Derivative.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Credit Derivative

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Credit Derivative in London over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Credit Derivative in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Credit Derivative.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Credit Derivative

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Credit Derivative within the London region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Central London - 1 - - 4
Credit Derivative
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (12.50%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (25.00%) Tableau
2 1 (12.50%) Data Mining
2 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
2 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Banking
2 4 (50.00%) Front Office
3 2 (25.00%) Back Office
3 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Compliance Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) C++ Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Credit Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Qualitative Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Quantitative Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Quantitative Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Report Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) JSON
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Derivative
2 5 (62.50%) Interest Rate Derivative
3 3 (37.50%) Equity Derivative
4 2 (25.00%) Equities
4 2 (25.00%) Fixed Income
5 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk
5 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (12.50%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (25.00%) Case Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Trade Surveillance
2 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Lineage
3 1 (12.50%) Data Mapping
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Quantitative Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) C++
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) COREP
1 1 (12.50%) FINREP
1 1 (12.50%) QA
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Murex
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle