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 18 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	386	307	334
Rank change year-on-year	-79	+27	+10
Contract jobs citing Credit Risk	76	61	55
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.37%	0.46%	0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.96%	1.17%	1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted	50	47	30
10^th Percentile	£357	£248	£393
25^th Percentile	£550	£508	£446
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£638	£650	£600
Median % change year-on-year	-1.92%	+8.33%	-14.29%
75^th Percentile	£700	£732	£772
90^th Percentile	£791	£870	£875
England median daily rate	£600	£641	£600
% change year-on-year	-6.40%	+6.83%	-14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£51.25	-	-
Median hourly rate	£52.50	-	-
75^th Percentile	£53.75	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£52.50	-	-

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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	7,885	5,216	5,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	38.68%	39.00%	34.04%
Number of daily rates quoted	5,038	3,342	3,491
10^th Percentile	£354	£350	£325
25^th Percentile	£450	£443	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£675	£695	£725
90^th Percentile	£775	£825	£850
England median daily rate	£525	£525	£545
% change year-on-year	-	-3.67%	-0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted	218	127	70
10^th Percentile	£16.50	£17.05	£17.48
25^th Percentile	£20.52	£22.50	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£36.00	£26.30	£34.13
Median % change year-on-year	+36.88%	-22.93%	+14.82%
75^th Percentile	£57.00	£46.88	£57.13
90^th Percentile	£88.75	£75.00	£78.95
England median hourly rate	£33.79	£28.13	£53.50
% change year-on-year	+20.14%	-47.43%	+16.61%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 18 October 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.

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 18 October 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	-37	10	£638	+37.10%	17
West London	-	1	-	-	4
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Credit Risk Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Credit Risk also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for Credit Risk.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	39.5%	30
2	Stakeholder Management	36.8%	28
3	Risk Management	35.5%	27
4	Agile	30.3%	23
5	Problem-Solving	26.3%	20
6	Analytics	23.7%	18
6	Degree	23.7%	18
6	JIRA	23.7%	18
9	AI	22.4%	17
9	CI/CD	22.4%	17
9	SDLC	22.4%	17
12	Python	21.1%	16
13	Migration	19.7%	15
13	Roadmaps	19.7%	15
15	Confluence	18.4%	14
15	Validation	18.4%	14
17	Basel III	17.1%	13
17	Scrum	17.1%	13
19	Requirements Gathering	15.8%	12
19	User Acceptance Testing	15.8%	12
19	Workflow	15.8%	12
22	Data Migration	14.5%	11
22	Regulatory Compliance	14.5%	11
22	Unix	14.5%	11
25	Business Analysis	13.2%	10
25	Murex	13.2%	10
25	Project Delivery	13.2%	10
28	Data Quality	11.8%	9
28	Machine Learning	11.8%	9
28	QA	11.8%	9

Credit Risk Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Market Risk	31.6%	24
2	Derivative	15.8%	12
2	Product Ownership	15.8%	12
4	Foreign Exchange (FX)	7.9%	6
4	Onboarding	7.9%	6
6	Algorithms	6.6%	5
7	Data Protection Act	3.9%	3
8	Analytical Mindset	2.6%	2
8	Equities	2.6%	2
8	Fixed Income	2.6%	2
8	Interest Rate Derivative	2.6%	2
8	Management Information System	2.6%	2
8	Swaptions	2.6%	2
14	AI Agents	1.3%	1
14	Credit Derivative	1.3%	1
14	Data Centre	1.3%	1
14	Distributed Architecture	1.3%	1
14	Distributed Systems	1.3%	1
14	Enterprise Software	1.3%	1
14	Legacy Systems	1.3%	1