Quantitative Risk Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Quantitative Risk Analyst
England > London

The median Quantitative Risk Analyst daily rate in London is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 381 415
Rank change year-on-year +22 +34 +171
Contract jobs requiring a Quantitative Risk Analyst 3 3 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.022% 0.018% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.020% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 22
10th Percentile £653 £597 £534
25th Percentile £656 £626 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £750 £788
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -4.76% -10.00%
75th Percentile £725 £938 £1,159
90th Percentile £740 £1,005 £1,188
England median daily rate £700 £750 £788
% change year-on-year -6.67% -4.76% -10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,462 15,317 20,545
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.03% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,353 10,248 14,977
10th Percentile £331 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 181 229
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.29
Median hourly rate £30.25 £35.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% -6.27% +14.89%
75th Percentile £51.13 £56.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £66.54 £71.88 £76.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Quantitative Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Quantitative Risk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Risk Analyst in London

Quantitative Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quantitative Risk Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quantitative Risk Analyst job vacancies in London

Quantitative Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Quantitative Risk Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Quantitative Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) VBA
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Front Office
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Bankmaster
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Physics
1 3 (100.00%) PnL Attribution
1 3 (100.00%) Greeks
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (33.33%) Market Risk
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making

Quantitative Risk Analyst Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Bankmaster
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Front Office
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Greeks
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Physics
1 3 (100.00%) PnL Attribution
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree