Risk Analytics Contracts

Risk Analytics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Risk Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Analytics 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 483 565 649
Rank change year-on-year +82 +84 +97
Contract jobs citing Risk Analytics 37 17 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.039% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.045% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 10 64
10th Percentile £498 £499 £400
25th Percentile £638 £500 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £806 £750 £828
90th Percentile £938 £755 £919
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - £400
% change year-on-year - - +6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Analytics 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%

Risk Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analytics in the UK

Risk Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Analytics in the UK

Risk Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Risk Analytics in the UK

Risk Analytics
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 Risk Analytics 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 +78 36 £700 +12.00% 56
London +60 35 £700 +12.00% 46
Work from Home +33 2 £438 -30.00% 23
UK excluding London +60 1 £450 - 26
South West - 1 £450 - 2

Risk Analytics
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 9 (24.32%) Apache Spark
2 8 (21.62%) Apache
3 1 (2.70%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (2.70%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (24.32%) Big Data
1 9 (24.32%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Git
1 8 (21.62%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.70%) Selenium
2 1 (2.70%) TeamCity
General
1 33 (89.19%) Finance
2 20 (54.05%) Front Office
3 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.51%) Banking
5 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (56.76%) Analyst
2 19 (51.35%) Business Analyst
3 18 (48.65%) Business Manager
3 18 (48.65%) Product Analyst
3 18 (48.65%) Product Business Analyst
3 18 (48.65%) Product Manager
4 12 (32.43%) Developer
5 8 (21.62%) Apache Spark Developer
5 8 (21.62%) Java Developer
6 5 (13.51%) Senior
6 5 (13.51%) Senior Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Data Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Distributed Systems Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Python Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Python Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Systems Developer
8 1 (2.70%) Automation Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Front Office Business Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (24.32%) Spark Streaming
2 1 (2.70%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 18 (48.65%) Derivative
1 18 (48.65%) Equities
1 18 (48.65%) Fixed Income
1 18 (48.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 18 (48.65%) Hedge funds
1 18 (48.65%) Product Ownership
2 14 (37.84%) Market Risk
3 9 (24.32%) Distributed Computing
4 8 (21.62%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (10.81%) Credit Risk
6 2 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (2.70%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 18 (48.65%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Analytics
2 19 (51.35%) Machine Learning
3 18 (48.65%) Agile
3 18 (48.65%) Artificial Intelligence
3 18 (48.65%) Asset Management
3 18 (48.65%) Front End Development
3 18 (48.65%) Investment Management
3 18 (48.65%) Order Management
3 18 (48.65%) Portfolio Management
3 18 (48.65%) Quantitative Analysis
3 18 (48.65%) Roadmaps
4 10 (27.03%) CI/CD
4 10 (27.03%) Mathematics
4 10 (27.03%) Risk Management
5 9 (24.32%) Code Quality
5 9 (24.32%) Data Pipeline
5 9 (24.32%) Memory Management
5 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (24.32%) Regulatory Compliance
6 8 (21.62%) Greeks
Programming Languages
1 14 (37.84%) Python
2 8 (21.62%) Java
3 1 (2.70%) C++
3 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (54.05%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) Basel III
1 1 (2.70%) IFRS
1 1 (2.70%) IFRS 9
1 1 (2.70%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (2.70%) Google
1 1 (2.70%) Murex
1 1 (2.70%) SAP