Market Risk Job Trends in Central London

Market Risk
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Market Risk in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Market Risk over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 181 170
Rank change year-on-year +44 -11 +80
Permanent jobs citing Market Risk 8 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.32% 0.031% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 0.074% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile - - £70,250
25th Percentile - £66,250 £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 £67,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -25.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £162,500 £68,750 £95,000
90th Percentile - - £95,750
London median annual salary £100,000 £155,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year -35.48% +67.57% -2.63%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Market Risk falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 871 1,344 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 34.77% 42.11% 34.73%
Number of salaries quoted 664 745 933
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £54,688 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,750 £122,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year -6.25% +0.46% +4.13%

Market Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Market Risk relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Market Risk job vacancy trend in Central London

Market Risk
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Market Risk.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Market Risk

Market Risk
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Market Risk within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +36 8 £135,000 +100.00% 3
Market Risk
London

Market Risk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) dbt
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (50.00%) Snowflake
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) ClickHouse
1 4 (50.00%) Power BI
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (37.50%) Data Mining
2 3 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (50.00%) Banking
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) International Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Principal Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Market Risk Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 4 (50.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Analytics
1 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (50.00%) ETL
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (50.00%) Risk Analytics
1 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Data Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Data Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Data Governance
2 3 (37.50%) Data Ingestion
2 3 (37.50%) Data Management
2 3 (37.50%) Data Transformation
2 3 (37.50%) DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) C++
2 4 (50.00%) Java
2 4 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions