Quantitative Risk Management Contract Job Trends in London

Quantitative Risk Management (QRM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Quantitative Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 349 -
Rank change year-on-year -51 - -
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Risk Management 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.018% 0.032% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.020% 0.035% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £281 -
25th Percentile £208 £343 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £445 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.69% - -
75th Percentile £223 £548 -
90th Percentile - £609 -
England median daily rate £370 £445 -
% change year-on-year -16.85% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Quantitative Risk Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,109 11,547 15,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.66% 91.42% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,127 7,832 11,395
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 169 335
10th Percentile £18.14 £19.16 £15.97
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%
75th Percentile £57.25 £51.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.50 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.66 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.24% -1.05% -12.00%

Quantitative Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Quantitative Risk Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Quantitative Risk Management job vacancy trend in London

Quantitative Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Quantitative Risk Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Quantitative Risk Management

Quantitative Risk Management
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 (66.67%) SAS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Banking Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Risk Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Validation Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate Management Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Management Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Risk Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Statistics
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Attestation
2 2 (66.67%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Inventory Management
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Backtesting
3 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (33.33%) Economics
3 1 (33.33%) Probability Theory
3 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Stochastic Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) R
3 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) IFRS
1 1 (33.33%) IFRS 9
1 1 (33.33%) QA