Credit Risk Analyst Contract Job Trends

Credit Risk Analyst
UK

The median Credit Risk Analyst daily rate in the UK is £619, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 553 537 612
Rank change year-on-year -16 +75 +222
Contract jobs requiring a Credit Risk Analyst 9 20 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.052% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.056% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 22
10th Percentile £409 £446 £432
25th Percentile £468 - £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £600 £658
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -8.75% -3.31%
75th Percentile £697 £626 £833
90th Percentile £731 - £1,188
UK excluding London median daily rate £588 £618 £450
% change year-on-year -4.86% +37.22% -18.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,964 35,807 47,071
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.94% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,916 22,003 32,212
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,585 1,672 1,513
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.29 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.16 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.83
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.68% +99.20%

Credit Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Credit Risk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Credit Risk Analyst in the UK

Credit Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Credit Risk Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Credit Risk Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Credit Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Credit Risk Analyst over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Credit Risk Analyst in the UK

Credit Risk Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Credit Risk Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Credit Risk Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Credit Risk Analyst
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Credit Risk Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 20 September 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 0 6 £443 -26.25% 32
London +7 4 £443 -26.25% 23
Work from Home +28 3 £650 +82.33% 20
UK excluding London -1 3 £588 -4.86% 22
South East - 2 - - 17
Northern Ireland - 1 £588 -

Credit Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Credit Risk Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Credit Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Credit Risk
2 6 (66.67%) Finance
3 5 (55.56%) SQL
4 3 (33.33%) Stress Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Looker
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Python
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (22.22%) SAS
5 2 (22.22%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
5 2 (22.22%) Analytics
5 2 (22.22%) Fintech
5 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (22.22%) IFRS
5 2 (22.22%) IFRS 9
6 1 (11.11%) Databricks
6 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
6 1 (11.11%) Credit Risk Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (11.11%) Sprint Review
6 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 1 (11.11%) Data Structures

Credit Risk Analyst Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SAS
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Aligne
1 1 (11.11%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Looker
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Back Office
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Derivative
2 1 (11.11%) Fixed Income
2 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Market Risk
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 3 (33.33%) Stress Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Fintech
2 2 (22.22%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (11.11%) Collateral Management
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Credit Risk Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Credit Risk Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (11.11%) Sprint Review
3 1 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) ISEB
1 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
1 2 (22.22%) IFRS
1 2 (22.22%) IFRS 9
2 1 (11.11%) Dodd-Frank
2 1 (11.11%) EMIR
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Databricks
1 1 (11.11%) Google
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft