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 27 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 321 341
Rank change year-on-year +1 +20 -3
Contract jobs citing Credit Risk 62 40 61
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.42% 0.29% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.11% 0.85% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 18 37
10th Percentile £457 £470 £512
25th Percentile £514 £489 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £631 £642
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -1.67% -4.89%
75th Percentile £718 £772 £813
90th Percentile £816 £849 £913
England median daily rate £625 £664 £610
% change year-on-year -5.87% +8.85% -8.96%

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 5,565 4,683 6,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.99% 34.15% 33.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,614 2,948 4,335
10th Percentile £350 £319 £300
25th Percentile £432 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £701
90th Percentile £800 £839 £809
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 58 159
10th Percentile £17.50 £21.81 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.48 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.61 £37.54 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.46% +30.56% -14.99%
75th Percentile £52.66 £63.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £81.49 £67.00
England median hourly rate £30.30 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.19% +7.14% +55.66%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 -14 8 £470 -20.14%
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 2 (3.23%) Confluence
2 1 (1.61%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Summit
2 2 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.61%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.52%) Azure
2 7 (11.29%) AWS
3 5 (8.06%) Power Platform
3 5 (8.06%) SaaS
4 2 (3.23%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.61%) Alation
5 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Pipelines
5 1 (1.61%) dbt
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (22.58%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (8.06%) Power BI
3 5 (8.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (4.84%) Metadata
5 2 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.23%) Oracle Database
5 2 (3.23%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.23%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (3.23%) Star Schema
5 2 (3.23%) Tableau
6 1 (1.61%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Git
2 4 (6.45%) JIRA
General
1 50 (80.65%) Finance
2 33 (53.23%) Banking
3 29 (46.77%) Social Skills
4 19 (30.65%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (25.81%) Investment Banking
6 11 (17.74%) Financial Institution
7 8 (12.90%) Front Office
8 2 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.23%) Legal
8 2 (3.23%) Marketing
8 2 (3.23%) Wholesale Banking
9 1 (1.61%) Back Office
9 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (38.71%) Analyst
2 23 (37.10%) Business Analyst
3 13 (20.97%) Developer
3 13 (20.97%) Risk Business Analyst
4 11 (17.74%) Risk Analyst
5 10 (16.13%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
6 7 (11.29%) .NET Developer
7 6 (9.68%) Senior
8 5 (8.06%) Credit Analyst
8 5 (8.06%) Credit Risk Analyst
9 4 (6.45%) Data Engineer
9 4 (6.45%) Report Analyst
9 4 (6.45%) Risk Manager
10 3 (4.84%) Architect
10 3 (4.84%) Business IT Analyst
10 3 (4.84%) IT Analyst
10 3 (4.84%) Market Risk Analyst
10 3 (4.84%) Project Manager
10 3 (4.84%) Risk Project Manager
10 3 (4.84%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (19.35%) .NET
2 5 (8.06%) .NET Core
2 5 (8.06%) .NET Framework
2 5 (8.06%) RESTful
2 5 (8.06%) WPF
3 4 (6.45%) WinForms
4 3 (4.84%) REST
5 2 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (43.55%) Market Risk
2 11 (17.74%) Derivative
3 6 (9.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (8.06%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (8.06%) Fixed Income
5 3 (4.84%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.23%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.23%) Equities
6 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.61%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (1.61%) PMI
7 1 (1.61%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.06%) Windows
2 2 (3.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (48.39%) Risk Management
2 20 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (22.58%) Agile
3 14 (22.58%) Credit Risk Management
4 12 (19.35%) Requirements Gathering
4 12 (19.35%) Validation
5 11 (17.74%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (14.52%) Business Analysis
6 9 (14.52%) Data Analysis
6 9 (14.52%) Decision-Making
6 9 (14.52%) SDLC
7 8 (12.90%) Data Integration
7 8 (12.90%) DevOps
8 7 (11.29%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (11.29%) Collaborative Culture
8 7 (11.29%) Data Modelling
8 7 (11.29%) Model Validation
8 7 (11.29%) Regulatory Compliance
8 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (9.68%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 26 (41.94%) SQL
2 10 (16.13%) Python
3 8 (12.90%) C#
4 2 (3.23%) C++
5 1 (1.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (4.84%) Degree
2 1 (1.61%) CBAP
2 1 (1.61%) CFA
2 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.68%) Basel III
2 4 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.45%) QA
3 2 (3.23%) CRD IV
3 2 (3.23%) GDPR
3 2 (3.23%) GRC
3 2 (3.23%) PSD2
3 2 (3.23%) Solvency II
4 1 (1.61%) EMIR
4 1 (1.61%) MiFID
4 1 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.61%) Control-M
Vendors
1 6 (9.68%) Murex
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.45%) Oracle
3 3 (4.84%) Algorithmics
3 3 (4.84%) Bloomberg
3 3 (4.84%) Temenos
3 3 (4.84%) Wolters Kluwer
4 2 (3.23%) IBM
5 1 (1.61%) SAP
5 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.61%) Snow