Stress Testing Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Stress Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Stress Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 120 127
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +56
Contract jobs citing Stress Testing 3 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.18% 0.14% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.16% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +33.33% -30.77%
75th Percentile - - £600
90th Percentile - - £625
South East median daily rate £550 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +37.50% -11.11% -30.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Stress Testing 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,525 1,837 2,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.56% 85.40% 90.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 945 1,034 1,631
10th Percentile £264 £300 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £510 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -2.39% +4.50%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £682 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 77 88
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.62 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.83 £27.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.30 £52.30
Median % change year-on-year -56.86% +11.47% +161.50%
75th Percentile £44.68 £63.43 £68.44
90th Percentile £79.50 £75.31 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £58.49 £54.38
% change year-on-year -61.53% +7.56% +70.41%

Stress Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stress Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Stress Testing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Stress Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Stress Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Stress Testing

Stress Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Stress Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Stress Testing

Stress Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stress Testing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 October 2025. 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
Buckinghamshire +4 3 £550 -8.33% 2
Stress Testing
South East

Stress Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Credit Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Credit Risk Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Actuary
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Controller
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) IFRS
1 2 (66.67%) IFRS 9