IFRS 9 Contracts

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring IFRS 9 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IFRS 9 over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 583 708
Rank change year-on-year +87 +125 +122
Contract jobs citing IFRS 9 23 17 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.039% 0.008%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.50% 0.27% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 2
10th Percentile £525 £388 £558
25th Percentile £591 £563 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -2.04%
75th Percentile £675 - £644
90th Percentile £690 £675 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £600 -
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

IFRS 9 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 4,558 6,250 7,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.59% 14.34% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,921 3,951 5,482
10th Percentile £265 £295 £275
25th Percentile £400 £402 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 383 225
10th Percentile £18.04 £10.95 £13.21
25th Percentile £22.21 £13.18 £18.70
Median hourly rate £34.50 £21.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -44.00% +33.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £83.01 £67.38 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.78 £18.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year +126.53% -50.34% +72.21%

IFRS 9
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IFRS 9 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IFRS 9 in the UK

IFRS 9
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IFRS 9.

Daily rate trend for IFRS 9 in the UK

IFRS 9
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IFRS 9 over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IFRS 9 in the UK

IFRS 9
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IFRS 9 within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +70 23 £650 +8.33% 21
UK excluding London +57 13 £650 +8.33% 2
London +39 10 £650 -3.70% 19
South East +43 9 £650 +8.33% 1
Work from Home +44 3 £525 -12.50% 10
South West - 3 £544 -
East Midlands - 1 £447 -
Midlands - 1 £447 - 1

IFRS 9
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 12 (52.17%) SAS
Business Applications
1 5 (21.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (8.70%) SAP Bank Analyzer
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) AWS
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
1 2 (8.70%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SAP HANA
2 2 (8.70%) SAP BW
3 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 16 (69.57%) Banking
2 13 (56.52%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) General Ledger
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.35%) Retail
5 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Consultant
1 9 (39.13%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (21.74%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) SAP Technical Consultant
2 5 (21.74%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) Risk Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Credit Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Credit Risk Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Functional Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Credit Risk Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Data Modeller
5 2 (8.70%) Risk Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Lead
6 1 (4.35%) SAP Financial Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) SAS Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Senior
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Test Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 12 (52.17%) Credit Risk
2 2 (8.70%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Analytics
2 11 (47.83%) Stress Testing
3 10 (43.48%) Portfolio Management
4 8 (34.78%) Validation
5 6 (26.09%) Credit Risk Management
5 6 (26.09%) Data Modelling
5 6 (26.09%) Internal Audit
6 4 (17.39%) ETL
7 3 (13.04%) Data Integration
8 2 (8.70%) Credit Risk Modelling
8 2 (8.70%) Data Transformation
8 2 (8.70%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (4.35%) Agile
9 1 (4.35%) Data Extraction
9 1 (4.35%) Decision-Making
9 1 (4.35%) DevOps
9 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (4.35%) Risk Analytics
9 1 (4.35%) Scorecard
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) ABAP
3 1 (4.35%) Python
3 1 (4.35%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) ISTQB
1 1 (4.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (100.00%) IFRS
2 4 (17.39%) Basel III
3 3 (13.04%) IFRS 17
4 2 (8.70%) GAAP
5 1 (4.35%) CRD IV
5 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.35%) QA
5 1 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) Ariba