Market Risk
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Market Risk in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Market Risk over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 712 617 732
Rank change year-on-year -95 +115 +14
Permanent jobs citing Market Risk 23 52 161
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.098% 0.27% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7 22 22
10th Percentile £68,100 £81,305 £81,250
25th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £81,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 £100,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile - £105,000 £105,938
90th Percentile - £132,500 £129,625
UK excluding London median annual salary - £94,637 -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,565 19,131 36,489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.29% 42.95% 33.81%
Number of salaries quoted 14,989 9,043 23,519
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,800 £28,202
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,527
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -9.09%

Market Risk
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Market Risk job vacancy trend in the UK

Market Risk
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Market Risk.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Market Risk

Market Risk
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Market Risk over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Market Risk in the UK

Market Risk
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Market Risk within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
London -33 23 £150,000 +42.86% 10
England -92 23 £150,000 +50.00% 12
Work from Home -18 5 £150,000 +42.86% 9

Market Risk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) GCP
1 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Metadata
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
1 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
1 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (4.35%) TeamCity
General
1 22 (95.65%) Finance
2 11 (47.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (43.48%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (43.48%) Banking
4 9 (39.13%) Financial Institution
5 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
6 4 (17.39%) Investment Banking
7 3 (13.04%) Front Office
8 1 (4.35%) Advertising
8 1 (4.35%) Back Office
8 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Analyst
2 11 (47.83%) Qualitative Analyst
2 11 (47.83%) Quantitative Analyst
2 11 (47.83%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
2 11 (47.83%) Risk Analyst
3 8 (34.78%) Market Analyst
3 8 (34.78%) Market Risk Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Lead
5 3 (13.04%) Credit Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Credit Risk Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Senior
7 1 (4.35%) Change Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Client Director
7 1 (4.35%) Data Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Delivery Director
7 1 (4.35%) Java Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Risk Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Risk Project Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Java Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) WPF
2 1 (4.35%) .NET
2 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (4.35%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (4.35%) Django
2 1 (4.35%) FastAPI
2 1 (4.35%) Flask
2 1 (4.35%) gRPC
2 1 (4.35%) KnockoutJS
2 1 (4.35%) NumPy
2 1 (4.35%) Pandas
2 1 (4.35%) PySpark
2 1 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (4.35%) Razor View Engine
2 1 (4.35%) REST
2 1 (4.35%) RESTful
2 1 (4.35%) SignalR
2 1 (4.35%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (43.48%) Credit Risk
1 10 (43.48%) Derivative
2 2 (8.70%) Fixed Income
3 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.35%) Equities
3 1 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.35%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
1 1 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Risk Management
2 12 (52.17%) Machine Learning
3 11 (47.83%) Business Development
4 10 (43.48%) AI
4 10 (43.48%) Decision-Making
4 10 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (39.13%) Mentoring
6 8 (34.78%) Quantitative Analysis
6 8 (34.78%) Regulatory Compliance
6 8 (34.78%) Stochastic Modelling
6 8 (34.78%) Thought Leadership
7 4 (17.39%) Software Delivery
7 4 (17.39%) Stress Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Validation
8 3 (13.04%) Credit Risk Modelling
8 3 (13.04%) Model Validation
8 3 (13.04%) Quantitative Finance
8 3 (13.04%) Quantitative Risk Management
8 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (13.04%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 16 (69.57%) Python
2 11 (47.83%) R
3 5 (21.74%) C#
4 3 (13.04%) C
4 3 (13.04%) SQL
5 2 (8.70%) Java
6 1 (4.35%) Bash
6 1 (4.35%) C++
6 1 (4.35%) Groovy
6 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
1 3 (13.04%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (34.78%) Basel III
2 3 (13.04%) IFRS
2 3 (13.04%) IFRS 9
2 3 (13.04%) QA
3 1 (4.35%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes