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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 541 672
Rank change year-on-year +20 +131 +188
Contract jobs citing Greeks 32 55 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.098% 0.13% 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.15% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 54 14
10th Percentile £653 - £573
25th Percentile £688 £750 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £800 £700
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £791 £850 -
90th Percentile £825 - £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 - -

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 29,453 35,958 49,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.33% 85.38% 89.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,495 23,012 34,286
10th Percentile £300 £301 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,557 2,302 1,674
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.71 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -5.29% +52.81%
75th Percentile £51.25 £62.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.48 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £38.20 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.16% -4.51% +86.05%

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 18 July 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 5 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 18 July 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 +30 32 £725 -9.38% 8
London +4 31 £725 -9.38% 8
UK excluding London - 1 £375 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £375 -
Midlands - 1 £375 -

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 (25.00%) Apache Spark
2 7 (21.88%) Apache
3 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (18.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Bankmaster
2 1 (3.13%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 8 (25.00%) Big Data
2 8 (25.00%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 10 (31.25%) Jenkins
2 7 (21.88%) Git
3 3 (9.38%) TeamCity
4 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 20 (62.50%) Front Office
2 15 (46.88%) Finance
3 9 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Banking
6 2 (6.25%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Developer
2 12 (37.50%) Analyst
3 8 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 8 (25.00%) Front Office Developer
4 7 (21.88%) Apache Spark Developer
4 7 (21.88%) Java Developer
5 6 (18.75%) Data Analyst
5 6 (18.75%) Qualitative Analyst
5 6 (18.75%) Quantitative Analyst
6 5 (15.63%) Business Analyst
7 4 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
8 3 (9.38%) Python Developer
8 3 (9.38%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
8 3 (9.38%) Senior
8 3 (9.38%) Senior Developer
9 2 (6.25%) Distributed Systems Developer
9 2 (6.25%) Risk Data Analyst
9 2 (6.25%) Senior Systems Developer
9 2 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (6.25%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (25.00%) Spark Streaming
2 1 (3.13%) NumPy
2 1 (3.13%) Pandas
2 1 (3.13%) PySpark
2 1 (3.13%) React
2 1 (3.13%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 12 (37.50%) Derivative
1 12 (37.50%) Market Risk
2 10 (31.25%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (25.00%) Distributed Computing
4 7 (21.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (6.25%) Fixed Income
6 1 (3.13%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
1 1 (3.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (62.50%) Mathematics
2 19 (59.38%) Risk Management
3 12 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (34.38%) Analytics
4 11 (34.38%) CI/CD
5 9 (28.13%) Risk Analytics
6 8 (25.00%) Code Quality
6 8 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
6 8 (25.00%) Memory Management
6 8 (25.00%) Multithreading
6 8 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
7 7 (21.88%) Batch Processing
7 7 (21.88%) Performance Tuning
7 7 (21.88%) PnL Attribution
7 7 (21.88%) Stress Testing
7 7 (21.88%) Validation
8 5 (15.63%) Agile
8 5 (15.63%) Quantitative Research
9 3 (9.38%) Software Engineering
9 3 (9.38%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 30 (93.75%) Python
2 12 (37.50%) C#
3 7 (21.88%) Java
4 6 (18.75%) VBA
5 3 (9.38%) SQL
6 1 (3.13%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (3.13%) Calypso
1 1 (3.13%) ION Trading
1 1 (3.13%) Murex
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle
1 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow