Market Risk Contracts in the UK excluding London

Market Risk
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Market Risk in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Market Risk over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 380 444
Rank change year-on-year +43 +64 +57
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 6 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.029% 0.034%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.10% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 6
10th Percentile £564 £108 -
25th Percentile £567 £109 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £589 £153 £385
Median % change year-on-year +286.07% -60.39% -48.67%
75th Percentile £620 £188 £437
90th Percentile £638 £456 £515
UK median daily rate £738 £763 £764
% change year-on-year -3.28% -0.20% +9.14%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,252 5,968 7,634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.24% 29.14% 32.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,571 3,583 5,124
10th Percentile £205 £208 £220
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £613
90th Percentile £661 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 726 428
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.92 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £30.39 £29.25 £21.88
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +33.71% +4.17%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £83.31 £70.00 £74.30
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £31.25 £22.49
% change year-on-year +2.56% +38.98% -18.24%

Market Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Market Risk as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Market Risk in the UK excluding London

Market Risk
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Market Risk in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Market Risk in the UK excluding London

Market Risk
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Northern Ireland - 5 £588 - 6
North of England - 1 £650 -
Yorkshire - 1 £650 -
Market Risk
UK

Market Risk
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Apache Hive
1 1 (16.67%) Big Data
1 1 (16.67%) Hadoop
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Presto
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Banking
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Front Office
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
4 1 (16.67%) International Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Market Risk Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Credit Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Credit Risk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Credit Risk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Risk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Lineage
3 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) Model Validation
3 1 (16.67%) PnL Attribution
3 1 (16.67%) Stress Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) The Twelve-Factor App
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) ISEB
3 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (33.33%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) HDFS