Credit Risk Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Credit Risk
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Credit Risk in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Credit Risk over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 442 606
Rank change year-on-year -125 +164 -8
Permanent jobs citing Credit Risk 33 90 161
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.049% 0.30% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.73% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 18
10th Percentile £58,875 £53,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £40,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £43,200
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +85.19% -13.84%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £47,750
90th Percentile - £98,474 £67,225
UK median annual salary £110,000 £80,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +37.50% +18.52% +22.86%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Credit 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 15,067 12,400 25,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.39% 41.66% 31.74%
Number of salaries quoted 9,881 5,384 15,532
10th Percentile £29,375 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,988 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Credit Risk
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Credit Risk job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Credit Risk
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Credit Risk.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Credit Risk

Credit Risk
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Credit Risk in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Credit Risk in the UK excluding London

Credit Risk
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Credit Risk within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
South East -2 14 - - 31
North of England -38 11 £73,750 -15.54% 21
North West -2 10 £57,500 - 7
Midlands -22 8 £75,000 -6.25% 11
West Midlands -19 5 £60,000 - 4
East Midlands -29 3 £90,000 +12.50% 7
Yorkshire -47 1 £90,000 -4.90% 10
Credit Risk
UK

Credit Risk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.03%) Snowflake
2 1 (3.03%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Big Data
1 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.03%) Power BI
1 1 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 23 (69.70%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (60.61%) Finance
3 18 (54.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (9.09%) Retail
4 3 (9.09%) Retail Finance
4 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) Credit Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) Credit Risk Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) Risk Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Credit Risk Developer
3 4 (12.12%) Developer
3 4 (12.12%) Lead
3 4 (12.12%) Lead Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Head of AI
4 3 (9.09%) QA Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Quality Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Senior
4 3 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Senior Credit Risk Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Senior QA Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Senior Quality Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Senior Risk Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Credit Risk Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.03%) Algorithms
1 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (66.67%) AI
2 20 (60.61%) Customer Service
2 20 (60.61%) Risk Assessment
3 19 (57.58%) Scorecard
4 18 (54.55%) Credit Risk Management
4 18 (54.55%) Decision-Making
4 18 (54.55%) Performance Management
4 18 (54.55%) Process Improvement
5 7 (21.21%) Credit Risk Modelling
6 4 (12.12%) Machine Learning
6 4 (12.12%) Model Validation
6 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (3.03%) Analytics
7 1 (3.03%) Backlog Management
7 1 (3.03%) Business Case
7 1 (3.03%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (3.03%) Fraud Detection
7 1 (3.03%) Storytelling
7 1 (3.03%) User Stories
7 1 (3.03%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) Python
2 2 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.03%) Degree
1 1 (3.03%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (60.61%) SLA
2 4 (12.12%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) SAP
2 1 (3.03%) Databricks