Dodd-Frank Contracts

Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Dodd-Frank skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Dodd-Frank over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 545 687
Rank change year-on-year +35 +142 +145
Contract jobs citing Dodd-Frank 13 34 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.080% 0.025%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.28% 0.56% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 32 10
10th Percentile £466 £400 £593
25th Percentile £556 £531 £628
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £700 £767
Median % change year-on-year -8.04% -8.74% +5.07%
75th Percentile £775 £800 £800
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Dodd-Frank falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,631 6,033 7,604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.73% 14.16% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,982 3,834 5,199
10th Percentile £268 £281 £281
25th Percentile £400 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +1.94%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £483 £480
% change year-on-year -1.66% +0.73% +6.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 380 238
10th Percentile £17.67 £10.95 £13.29
25th Percentile £22.14 £13.18 £18.71
Median hourly rate £34.50 £21.06 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.84% -39.84% +12.90%
75th Percentile £67.03 £45.00 £61.50
90th Percentile £82.90 £68.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.30 £18.27 £32.50
% change year-on-year +153.42% -43.78% +45.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Dodd-Frank as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Dodd-Frank in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dodd-Frank.

Daily rate trend for Dodd-Frank in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dodd-Frank over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Dodd-Frank in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dodd-Frank within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +33 12 £644 -8.04% 17
London +23 12 £644 -8.04% 16
Work from Home +23 2 £390 -35.00% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
UK excluding London - 1 - - 6

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Banking
3 3 (23.08%) Financial Institution
3 3 (23.08%) Front Office
3 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
4 2 (15.38%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Business Analyst
2 8 (61.54%) Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Regulatory Business Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Data Business Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Compliance Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Compliance Business Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Data Compliance Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Governance Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Middle Office Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Middle Office Business Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Change Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Credit Risk Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) ETRM Business Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) FX Business Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Regulatory Change Business Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Risk Business Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Testing Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Derivative
1 2 (15.38%) Fixed Income
1 2 (15.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (15.38%) Hedge funds
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Credit Risk
2 1 (7.69%) DTCC
2 1 (7.69%) Equities
2 1 (7.69%) OTC Derivatives
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Data Analysis
2 4 (30.77%) Business Analysis
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Backlog Management
3 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
3 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
4 2 (15.38%) BPMN
4 2 (15.38%) Business Process Modelling
4 2 (15.38%) Change Management
4 2 (15.38%) Data Governance
4 2 (15.38%) Data Management
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Trade Surveillance
4 2 (15.38%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) EMIR
2 9 (69.23%) MiFID
3 2 (15.38%) GDPR
4 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
4 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
4 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Alteryx
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft