Market Risk Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Market Risk
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Market Risk in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Market Risk 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 284 322 391
Rank change year-on-year +38 +69 +204
Contract jobs citing Market Risk 20 23 86
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.15% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 0.52% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 57
10th Percentile £594 £508 £571
25th Percentile £673 £542 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £675 £799
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -15.51% +6.52%
75th Percentile £899 £794 £950
90th Percentile £988 £983 £960
UK median daily rate £750 £775 £750
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +7.14%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Market Risk falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Market Risk
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Market Risk as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Market Risk trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Market Risk
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Market Risk.

Market Risk daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Market Risk
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Market Risk over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Market Risk daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Market Risk
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) AWS
1 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Data Mining
1 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (15.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (15.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) MS Access
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle ODI
General
1 14 (70.00%) Banking
2 12 (60.00%) Finance
2 12 (60.00%) Investment Banking
3 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Front Office
5 3 (15.00%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Legal
6 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Developer
2 6 (30.00%) Senior
3 4 (20.00%) Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Analytics Developer
4 3 (15.00%) AWS Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Credit Risk Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Java Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Market Risk Developer
4 3 (15.00%) PostgreSQL Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Python Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Java Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Lead
5 2 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Risk Business Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Risk Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Credit Risk
2 4 (20.00%) Derivative
3 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (5.00%) Equities
5 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Risk Management
2 10 (50.00%) Analytics
3 4 (20.00%) Agile
3 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (20.00%) Scrum
3 4 (20.00%) SDLC
3 4 (20.00%) Stress Testing
4 3 (15.00%) Business Analytics
4 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (15.00%) Code Quality
4 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.00%) High Availability
4 3 (15.00%) Low Latency
4 3 (15.00%) Project Management
4 3 (15.00%) Prototyping
4 3 (15.00%) Rapid Prototyping
4 3 (15.00%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (15.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) SQL
2 6 (30.00%) Python
3 3 (15.00%) Java
3 3 (15.00%) Jython
4 1 (5.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
1 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Basel II
2 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.00%) COREP
3 1 (5.00%) PMO
3 1 (5.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle