Credit Risk Contract Job Trends in London

Credit Risk
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Credit Risk in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Credit Risk over the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 330 343
Rank change year-on-year -6 +13 -5
Contract jobs citing Credit Risk 55 37 56
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.35% 0.27% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.94% 0.79% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 18 33
10th Percentile £457 £489 £513
25th Percentile £521 £510 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £669 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £720 £819 £775
90th Percentile £785 £863 £845
England median daily rate £625 £664 £600
% change year-on-year -5.87% +10.67% -10.45%

All Generic Skills
London

Credit 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,854 4,667 5,935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.96% 34.67% 32.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,820 2,996 4,174
10th Percentile £350 £320 £300
25th Percentile £433 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -5.74%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £700
90th Percentile £800 £844 £813
England median daily rate £513 £540 £548
% change year-on-year -5.09% -1.50% -4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 63 178
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.84 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £25.88 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.72 £39.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% +48.57% -19.70%
75th Percentile £55.81 £59.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.75 £65.53
England median hourly rate £33.09 £37.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year -10.58% +17.46% +40.00%

Credit Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Credit Risk job vacancy trend in London

Credit Risk
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Credit Risk
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Credit Risk in London over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Credit Risk in London

Credit Risk
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Credit Risk
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 Risk within the London region over the 6 months to 26 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
Central London +4 8 £500 - 1
East London - 2 £675 -
Credit Risk
England

Credit Risk
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.82%) Confluence
1 1 (1.82%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Summit
2 2 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.82%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.18%) Azure
2 7 (12.73%) AWS
3 4 (7.27%) SaaS
4 3 (5.45%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.82%) Alation
5 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.82%) Azure Pipelines
5 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.82%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.45%) Metadata
2 3 (5.45%) Power BI
2 3 (5.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (5.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (3.64%) Oracle Database
3 2 (3.64%) RDBMS
3 2 (3.64%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.64%) Tableau
4 1 (1.82%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Git
2 2 (3.64%) JIRA
General
1 42 (76.36%) Finance
2 31 (56.36%) Banking
3 23 (41.82%) Social Skills
4 18 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (32.73%) Investment Banking
5 7 (12.73%) Financial Institution
5 7 (12.73%) Front Office
6 3 (5.45%) Legal
7 2 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.64%) Marketing
7 2 (3.64%) Wholesale Banking
8 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (38.18%) Business Analyst
2 20 (36.36%) Analyst
3 13 (23.64%) Developer
4 12 (21.82%) Risk Business Analyst
5 10 (18.18%) Risk Analyst
6 9 (16.36%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
7 7 (12.73%) .NET Developer
8 5 (9.09%) Credit Analyst
8 5 (9.09%) Credit Risk Analyst
8 5 (9.09%) Senior
9 4 (7.27%) Report Analyst
10 3 (5.45%) Architect
10 3 (5.45%) Data Engineer
10 3 (5.45%) Market Risk Analyst
10 3 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
11 2 (3.64%) Data Scientist
11 2 (3.64%) Lead
11 2 (3.64%) Senior .NET Developer
11 2 (3.64%) Senior Analyst
11 2 (3.64%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (21.82%) .NET
2 5 (9.09%) .NET Core
2 5 (9.09%) .NET Framework
2 5 (9.09%) RESTful
2 5 (9.09%) WPF
3 4 (7.27%) WinForms
4 3 (5.45%) REST
5 2 (3.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (38.18%) Market Risk
2 11 (20.00%) Derivative
3 6 (10.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (7.27%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (7.27%) Fixed Income
5 3 (5.45%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.64%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.64%) Equities
6 2 (3.64%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.82%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (1.82%) PMI
7 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.09%) Windows
2 2 (3.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (43.64%) Risk Management
2 18 (32.73%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (25.45%) Validation
4 13 (23.64%) Credit Risk Management
5 12 (21.82%) Requirements Gathering
6 11 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 10 (18.18%) Agile
8 9 (16.36%) Model Validation
9 8 (14.55%) Business Analysis
9 8 (14.55%) Data Analysis
9 8 (14.55%) Decision-Making
9 8 (14.55%) SDLC
10 7 (12.73%) DevOps
11 6 (10.91%) Analytics
11 6 (10.91%) CI/CD
11 6 (10.91%) Collaborative Culture
11 6 (10.91%) Data Integration
11 6 (10.91%) Data Modelling
11 6 (10.91%) Design Patterns
12 5 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 22 (40.00%) SQL
2 9 (16.36%) Python
3 8 (14.55%) C#
4 2 (3.64%) C++
5 1 (1.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (5.45%) Degree
2 1 (1.82%) CBAP
2 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.82%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) Basel III
1 4 (7.27%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.45%) QA
3 2 (3.64%) CRD IV
3 2 (3.64%) GDPR
3 2 (3.64%) GRC
3 2 (3.64%) MiFID
3 2 (3.64%) PSD2
3 2 (3.64%) Solvency II
4 1 (1.82%) EMIR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) Control-M
Vendors
1 7 (12.73%) Murex
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.27%) Oracle
3 3 (5.45%) Algorithmics
3 3 (5.45%) Bloomberg
3 3 (5.45%) Temenos
3 3 (5.45%) Wolters Kluwer
4 1 (1.82%) Databricks
4 1 (1.82%) SAP
4 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.82%) Snow