Greeks Contracts

Greeks
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Greeks skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Greeks over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 545 702
Rank change year-on-year +63 +157 +140
Contract jobs citing Greeks 38 37 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.085% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.098% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 36 15
10th Percentile £675 - £580
25th Percentile £688 £675 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £800 £700
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +14.29% -5.72%
75th Percentile £822 £850 £750
90th Percentile £825 - £765
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Greeks falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Greeks
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Greeks in the UK

Greeks
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Greeks in the UK

Greeks
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Greeks over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Greeks in the UK

Greeks
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Greeks in the UK

Greeks
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Greeks within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +58 38 £725 -9.38% 18
London +39 38 £725 -9.38% 18

Greeks
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 8 (21.05%) Apache Spark
2 7 (18.42%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (39.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (15.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Bankmaster
2 1 (2.63%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 12 (31.58%) Azure
2 3 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (7.89%) GitHub
2 3 (7.89%) GitHub Actions
2 3 (7.89%) OpenShift
3 2 (5.26%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (31.58%) SQL Server
2 8 (21.05%) Big Data
2 8 (21.05%) Hadoop
3 2 (5.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (26.32%) Jenkins
2 7 (18.42%) Git
3 3 (7.89%) TeamCity
General
1 24 (63.16%) Front Office
2 22 (57.89%) Finance
3 12 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 9 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (15.79%) Banking
6 2 (5.26%) Investment Banking
6 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (73.68%) Developer
2 11 (28.95%) Front Office Developer
2 11 (28.95%) Python Developer
3 10 (26.32%) Analyst
4 9 (23.68%) C# Developer
5 7 (18.42%) Apache Spark Developer
5 7 (18.42%) Java Developer
6 6 (15.79%) Qualitative Analyst
6 6 (15.79%) Quantitative Analyst
7 5 (13.16%) Data Analyst
8 4 (10.53%) Risk Analyst
8 4 (10.53%) Senior
8 4 (10.53%) Senior Developer
9 3 (7.89%) Business Analyst
9 3 (7.89%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
10 2 (5.26%) Distributed Systems Developer
10 2 (5.26%) Energy Trading Developer
10 2 (5.26%) Principal Developer
10 2 (5.26%) Risk Data Analyst
10 2 (5.26%) Senior Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (21.05%) Spark Streaming
2 4 (10.53%) NumPy
2 4 (10.53%) Pandas
2 4 (10.53%) SciPy
3 3 (7.89%) PySpark
4 2 (5.26%) Kafka
5 1 (2.63%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (44.74%) Derivative
1 17 (44.74%) Market Risk
2 11 (28.95%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (21.05%) Distributed Computing
4 7 (18.42%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (13.16%) Equities
6 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
6 2 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (5.26%) Solar Panel
7 1 (2.63%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Linux
1 1 (2.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) Mathematics
1 23 (60.53%) Risk Management
2 17 (44.74%) Analytics
3 14 (36.84%) CI/CD
4 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (26.32%) Data Pipeline
6 9 (23.68%) Multithreading
7 8 (21.05%) Agile
7 8 (21.05%) Code Quality
7 8 (21.05%) Memory Management
7 8 (21.05%) Regulatory Compliance
7 8 (21.05%) Risk Analytics
8 7 (18.42%) Batch Processing
8 7 (18.42%) Performance Tuning
8 7 (18.42%) PnL Attribution
8 7 (18.42%) Stress Testing
8 7 (18.42%) Validation
9 6 (15.79%) Software Engineering
10 5 (13.16%) Quantitative Research
11 3 (7.89%) Mathematical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 37 (97.37%) Python
2 12 (31.58%) C#
3 10 (26.32%) Java
4 6 (15.79%) VBA
5 3 (7.89%) C++
5 3 (7.89%) Rust
5 3 (7.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Degree
2 3 (7.89%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 3 (7.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) Kubernetes
1 3 (7.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (2.63%) ION Trading
1 1 (2.63%) Oracle
1 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow