Credit Risk Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 345 358
Rank change year-on-year +40 +13 +68
Contract jobs citing Credit Risk 48 46 137
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.38% 0.26% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% 0.78% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 30 102
10th Percentile £515 £460 £563
25th Percentile £650 £513 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £650 £679
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -4.27% -6.02%
75th Percentile £863 £825 £775
90th Percentile £875 £938 £875
England median daily rate £700 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -5.15%

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 4,516 5,909 9,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.99% 33.14% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,054 4,182 6,966
10th Percentile £325 £301 £375
25th Percentile £451 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £583 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £838
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 160 109
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.50 £18.93
25th Percentile £22.60 £18.93 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%
75th Percentile £50.31 £47.81 £64.50
90th Percentile £80.05 £66.78 £83.15
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Credit Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Credit Risk as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Credit Risk in London

Credit Risk
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Credit Risk in London.

Daily rate trend for Credit Risk in London

Credit Risk
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Credit Risk in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Credit Risk in London

Credit Risk
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Credit Risk in London.

Hourly rate trend for Credit Risk in London

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 1 May 2025. 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 +11 16 £750 +15.38% 3
Credit Risk
England

Credit Risk
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (18.75%) SAS
2 6 (12.50%) Apache Spark
3 2 (4.17%) Apache
4 1 (2.08%) Confluence
4 1 (2.08%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.42%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.17%) Apigee
2 2 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.42%) Apache Hive
1 5 (10.42%) Hadoop
1 5 (10.42%) Power BI
2 3 (6.25%) Data Mart
2 3 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.17%) Big Data
3 2 (4.17%) MySQL
4 1 (2.08%) Base SAS
4 1 (2.08%) Data Mining
4 1 (2.08%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.08%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (2.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Bitbucket
1 3 (6.25%) Jenkins
1 3 (6.25%) TeamCity
2 2 (4.17%) Ant
2 2 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 28 (58.33%) Finance
2 25 (52.08%) Banking
3 18 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 12 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (14.58%) Investment Banking
6 5 (10.42%) Front Office
7 4 (8.33%) Financial Institution
8 2 (4.17%) Legal
9 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (35.42%) Developer
2 13 (27.08%) Analyst
3 8 (16.67%) Risk Analyst
4 7 (14.58%) Python Developer
5 6 (12.50%) Quantitative Developer
6 5 (10.42%) Market Risk Developer
7 4 (8.33%) Credit Analyst
7 4 (8.33%) Credit Risk Analyst
7 4 (8.33%) Gen AI Specialist
8 3 (6.25%) Angular Developer
8 3 (6.25%) Business Analyst
8 3 (6.25%) Consultant
8 3 (6.25%) Credit Risk Developer
8 3 (6.25%) Risk Business Analyst
9 2 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
9 2 (4.17%) Data Scientist
9 2 (4.17%) Qualitative Analyst
9 2 (4.17%) Quantitative Analyst Developer
9 2 (4.17%) Risk Project Manager
9 2 (4.17%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.50%) PySpark
1 6 (12.50%) TensorFlow
2 3 (6.25%) AngularJS
2 3 (6.25%) HTML
2 3 (6.25%) HTML5
2 3 (6.25%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (31.25%) Market Risk
2 4 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 4 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (6.25%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (6.25%) Reference Data
4 2 (4.17%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.08%) Equities
5 1 (2.08%) Fixed Income
5 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Linux
2 1 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Analytics
2 18 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 16 (33.33%) Credit Risk Management
4 12 (25.00%) Agile
5 8 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 8 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (14.58%) Code Quality
6 7 (14.58%) Data Analysis
6 7 (14.58%) Data Science
6 7 (14.58%) Generative AI
6 7 (14.58%) Low Latency
6 7 (14.58%) Machine Learning
6 7 (14.58%) Validation
7 6 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (12.50%) Credit Risk Modelling
7 6 (12.50%) High Availability
7 6 (12.50%) LLM
7 6 (12.50%) Prototyping
7 6 (12.50%) Rapid Prototyping
8 5 (10.42%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 26 (54.17%) SQL
2 21 (43.75%) Python
3 6 (12.50%) C++
4 4 (8.33%) Java
4 4 (8.33%) TypeScript
5 3 (6.25%) Jython
6 2 (4.17%) Shell Script
7 1 (2.08%) Bash
7 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.08%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.08%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (10.42%) Master's Degree
2 5 (10.42%) PhD
3 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) Basel II
2 3 (6.25%) Basel III
2 3 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.17%) IFRS
3 2 (4.17%) IFRS 9
Systems Management
1 3 (6.25%) Ansible
2 2 (4.17%) Control-M
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 4 (8.33%) Murex
2 2 (4.17%) Calypso
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.08%) Databricks
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle