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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 324 318
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 +25
Contract jobs citing Credit Risk 59 42 78
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.41% 0.29% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% 0.84% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 19 52
10th Percentile £427 £476 £513
25th Percentile £498 £490 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £606 £700
Median % change year-on-year +1.07% -13.43% +3.70%
75th Percentile £720 £769 £813
90th Percentile £824 £845 £913
England median daily rate £600 £644 £650
% change year-on-year -6.80% -0.96% -1.52%

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 5,551 5,009 6,086
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.50% 34.27% 33.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,587 3,182 4,321
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £435 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £713
90th Percentile £800 £838 £813
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 63 110
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.30 £18.76
25th Percentile £20.00 £24.15 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.30 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.77% +15.00% -11.30%
75th Percentile £46.75 £59.75 £49.68
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £65.27
England median hourly rate £29.00 £36.25 £43.75
% change year-on-year -20.00% -17.14% +32.58%

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 1 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 1 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 -1 14 £443 -24.81% 9
East London - 1 £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 (3.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.69%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.56%) Azure
2 6 (10.17%) AWS
3 5 (8.47%) Power Platform
3 5 (8.47%) SaaS
4 2 (3.39%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Pipelines
5 1 (1.69%) dbt
5 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (23.73%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (8.47%) Power BI
3 5 (8.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.39%) Oracle Database
4 2 (3.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (3.39%) Star Schema
4 2 (3.39%) Tableau
5 1 (1.69%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Git
2 4 (6.78%) JIRA
General
1 49 (83.05%) Finance
2 26 (44.07%) Banking
3 22 (37.29%) Social Skills
4 14 (23.73%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (18.64%) Investment Banking
6 10 (16.95%) Financial Institution
7 9 (15.25%) Front Office
8 6 (10.17%) Legal
9 4 (6.78%) Billing
10 2 (3.39%) Back Office
10 2 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (3.39%) Marketing
11 1 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (28.81%) Analyst
2 14 (23.73%) Business Analyst
2 14 (23.73%) Developer
3 9 (15.25%) Risk Analyst
3 9 (15.25%) Risk Business Analyst
4 7 (11.86%) .NET Developer
5 6 (10.17%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
5 6 (10.17%) Senior
6 4 (6.78%) Data Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Risk Manager
7 3 (5.08%) Architect
7 3 (5.08%) Business IT Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) Credit Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) Credit Risk Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) IT Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) IT Business Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) Market Risk Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) Project Manager
7 3 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (18.64%) .NET
2 5 (8.47%) .NET Core
2 5 (8.47%) .NET Framework
2 5 (8.47%) RESTful
2 5 (8.47%) WPF
3 4 (6.78%) WinForms
4 3 (5.08%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (40.68%) Market Risk
2 9 (15.25%) Derivative
3 6 (10.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (8.47%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (5.08%) Fixed Income
5 3 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.39%) Equities
6 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.69%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (1.69%) PMI
7 1 (1.69%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.98%) Risk Management
2 14 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (22.03%) Agile
4 9 (15.25%) DevOps
4 9 (15.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (13.56%) Credit Risk Management
5 8 (13.56%) Validation
6 7 (11.86%) Model Validation
6 7 (11.86%) Regulatory Compliance
6 7 (11.86%) SDLC
6 7 (11.86%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (10.17%) API Development
7 6 (10.17%) Business Analysis
7 6 (10.17%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (10.17%) CI/CD
7 6 (10.17%) Data Protection
7 6 (10.17%) Design Patterns
7 6 (10.17%) Migration
7 6 (10.17%) Project Management
7 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (33.90%) SQL
2 10 (16.95%) C#
2 10 (16.95%) Python
3 4 (6.78%) C++
4 1 (1.69%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (6.78%) Degree
2 2 (3.39%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.69%) CBAP
3 1 (1.69%) CFA
3 1 (1.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) Basel III
2 5 (8.47%) QA
3 3 (5.08%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.39%) CRD IV
4 2 (3.39%) GDPR
4 2 (3.39%) GRC
4 2 (3.39%) PSD2
5 1 (1.69%) EMIR
5 1 (1.69%) MiFID
5 1 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.69%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.08%) Murex
3 2 (3.39%) Algorithmics
3 2 (3.39%) IBM
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle
3 2 (3.39%) Temenos
3 2 (3.39%) Wolters Kluwer
4 1 (1.69%) Bloomberg
4 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.69%) Snow