Charles River Contracts

Charles River
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Charles River products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Charles River over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Charles River Systems, Inc.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 486 586 697
Rank change year-on-year +100 +111 +85
Contract jobs citing Charles River 33 14 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.032% 0.027%
As % of the Vendors category 0.24% 0.076% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 10 16
10th Percentile £514 £655 £456
25th Percentile £538 £668 £714
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £738 £763
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -3.28% +8.93%
75th Percentile £788 £866 £828
90th Percentile £799 £876 £906
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Vendors
UK

Charles River falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

Charles River
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Charles River as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Charles River in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Charles River.

Daily rate trend for Charles River in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Charles River over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Charles River in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Charles River.

Hourly rate trend for Charles River in the UK

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Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Charles River within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +82 33 £725 -1.69% 20
London +54 33 £725 -1.69% 20
Work from Home +66 22 £725 -7.94%

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 15 (45.45%) Aladdin
2 14 (42.42%) thinkFolio
3 1 (3.03%) Front Arena
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
1 1 (3.03%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 27 (81.82%) Finance
1 27 (81.82%) Front Office
2 5 (15.15%) Back Office
3 3 (9.09%) Financial Institution
3 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (63.64%) Business Analyst
2 20 (60.61%) Analyst
3 17 (51.52%) Business Manager
3 17 (51.52%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
4 6 (18.18%) Lead
5 5 (15.15%) Charles River Consultant
5 5 (15.15%) Consultant
6 4 (12.12%) Asset Management Consultant
7 3 (9.09%) Asset Management Analyst
7 3 (9.09%) Asset Management Business Analyst
7 3 (9.09%) Defect Manager
7 3 (9.09%) Development Consultant
7 3 (9.09%) Lead Consultant
7 3 (9.09%) Test Consultant
7 3 (9.09%) Test Leader
8 2 (6.06%) Development Manager
8 2 (6.06%) Investment Management Business Analyst
8 2 (6.06%) Migration Analyst
8 2 (6.06%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (6.06%) Operations Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 20 (60.61%) Derivative
2 19 (57.58%) Fixed Income
3 17 (51.52%) Hedge funds
3 17 (51.52%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) Equities
4 1 (3.03%) OTC Derivatives
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (90.91%) Asset Management
2 26 (78.79%) Investment Management
3 19 (57.58%) Data Mapping
3 19 (57.58%) Portfolio Management
4 18 (54.55%) Agile
5 17 (51.52%) Business Analysis
6 14 (42.42%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (21.21%) Defect Management
7 7 (21.21%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (18.18%) Migration
8 6 (18.18%) System Integration Testing
9 5 (15.15%) Functional Testing
9 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (9.09%) Data Integration
10 3 (9.09%) Data Migration
10 3 (9.09%) Non-Functional Testing
10 3 (9.09%) Test Automation
10 3 (9.09%) Wealth Management
11 2 (6.06%) Data Analysis
11 2 (6.06%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 18 (54.55%) SQL
2 17 (51.52%) Python
Vendors
1 14 (42.42%) BISAM
1 14 (42.42%) Calypso
1 14 (42.42%) SimCorp
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft