Market Risk Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Market Risk
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Market Risk in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Market Risk over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 - 127
Rank change year-on-year - - +67
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.031% - 0.039%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.089% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £726 £750 £725
% change year-on-year -3.14% +3.45% -

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Market 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,118 639 816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.70% 28.44% 31.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 697 373 529
10th Percentile £213 £184 £256
25th Percentile £360 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.88% +2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £606
90th Percentile £638 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 25 48
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.15 £16.63
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.18 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.42% +5.13% +30.76%
75th Percentile £26.30 £33.54 £67.50
90th Percentile £41.41 £55.15 £69.13
England median hourly rate £29.00 £36.25 £42.92
% change year-on-year -20.00% -15.53% +29.07%

Market Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Market Risk relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Market Risk job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Market Risk
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Market Risk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Market Risk

Market Risk
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Market Risk within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
Market Risk
England

Market Risk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Risk Management