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 15 May 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 486 574 691
Rank change year-on-year +88 +117 +63
Contract jobs citing Charles River 36 13 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.030% 0.026%
As % of the Vendors category 0.26% 0.072% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 9 15
10th Percentile £518 £648 £425
25th Percentile £544 £663 £697
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £750 £763
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -1.64% +8.93%
75th Percentile £788 £875 £831
90th Percentile - £878 £910
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 13,882 18,070 24,712
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.67% 42.35% 42.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,652 11,208 16,527
10th Percentile £280 £263 £270
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £615 £630 £644
90th Percentile £713 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 1,111 680
10th Percentile £14.66 £12.13 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.48 £18.75
Median hourly rate £25.50 £22.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% -48.24% +97.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.88 £70.00 £75.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £21.46 £37.50
% change year-on-year +7.18% -42.77% +97.37%

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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 15 May 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 15 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
England +89 36 £725 -3.33% 25
London +70 36 £725 -3.33% 25
Work from Home +66 25 £725 -12.12%

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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 19 (52.78%) Aladdin
2 18 (50.00%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
1 1 (2.78%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 32 (88.89%) Front Office
2 31 (86.11%) Finance
3 5 (13.89%) Back Office
4 3 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (69.44%) Business Analyst
2 24 (66.67%) Analyst
3 21 (58.33%) Business Manager
3 21 (58.33%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
4 7 (19.44%) Lead
5 6 (16.67%) Charles River Consultant
5 6 (16.67%) Consultant
6 4 (11.11%) Asset Management Consultant
6 4 (11.11%) Development Consultant
6 4 (11.11%) Lead Consultant
7 3 (8.33%) Defect Manager
7 3 (8.33%) Test Consultant
7 3 (8.33%) Test Leader
8 2 (5.56%) Asset Management Analyst
8 2 (5.56%) Asset Management Business Analyst
8 2 (5.56%) Charles River Business Analyst
8 2 (5.56%) Development Manager
8 2 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (5.56%) Operations Business Analyst
9 1 (2.78%) Investment Management Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (63.89%) Derivative
1 23 (63.89%) Fixed Income
2 21 (58.33%) Hedge funds
2 21 (58.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.78%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (91.67%) Asset Management
2 29 (80.56%) Investment Management
3 24 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
4 23 (63.89%) Agile
5 22 (61.11%) Business Analysis
5 22 (61.11%) Data Mapping
6 18 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (19.44%) Defect Management
8 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
8 6 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (13.89%) Functional Testing
9 5 (13.89%) Migration
10 3 (8.33%) Data Integration
10 3 (8.33%) Data Migration
10 3 (8.33%) Non-Functional Testing
10 3 (8.33%) Test Automation
10 3 (8.33%) Wealth Management
11 2 (5.56%) Change Management
11 2 (5.56%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (63.89%) SQL
2 21 (58.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) EMIR
1 1 (2.78%) MiFID
Vendors
1 18 (50.00%) BISAM
1 18 (50.00%) Calypso
1 18 (50.00%) SimCorp
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft