Market Risk Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Market Risk
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Market Risk in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Market Risk over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 - 124
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.11% - 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.32% - 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £108
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £175
75th Percentile - - £188
90th Percentile - - £510
UK median daily rate £720 £750 £775
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.23% +3.33%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 619 620 732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 34.18% 38.20% 33.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 317 426
10th Percentile £275 £223 £203
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £467 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% -1.68% -2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £600 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 30 36
10th Percentile - £17.30 £13.75
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.60 £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.44 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +33.70% +23.72% +47.44%
75th Percentile £47.19 £26.98 £38.25
90th Percentile £74.40 £36.86 £60.38
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +39.88% +8.33% +33.42%

Market Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Market Risk job vacancy trend in Scotland

Market Risk
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Market Risk

Market Risk
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Glasgow - 2 £450 - 3
Market Risk
UK

Market Risk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Community of Practice
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes