Finance Contracts in Central London

Financial
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 699 1,212 1,268
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 28.71% 31.62% 27.91%
As % of the General category 43.63% 50.84% 49.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 845 858
10th Percentile £363 £456 £363
25th Percentile £488 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £775 £688
90th Percentile £838 £850 £775
London median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 6
10th Percentile - - £20.39
25th Percentile - £21.00 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £28.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +33.33% +21.86%
75th Percentile £25.50 £35.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £26.40 - £63.75
London median hourly rate £25.36 £25.71 £44.50
% change year-on-year -1.38% -42.22% +66.98%

All General Skills
Central London

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,602 2,384 2,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 65.79% 62.20% 56.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,683 1,895
10th Percentile £333 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £475 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.26% +4.40%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £675
90th Percentile £823 £825 £775
London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 27
10th Percentile £20.04 £14.63 £18.50
25th Percentile £21.36 £16.33 £20.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £28.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -35.63% +148.57%
75th Percentile £30.25 £53.00 £60.25
90th Percentile £47.65 £58.75 £68.15
London median hourly rate £28.50 £31.92 £37.50
% change year-on-year -10.71% -14.88% +33.83%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Central London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Central London

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
City of London 0 646 £600 -7.69% 275
City of Westminster +1 8 £700 +164.15% 5
West End of London 0 6 £400 +1.91% 10
Camden +3 5 £425 - 9
Southwark +5 4 £525 +5.00% 1
Finance
London

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 40 (5.72%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.29%) Confluence
4 8 (1.14%) SAS
5 5 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.72%) CMS
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.43%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) IBM Domino
7 3 (0.43%) IBM Notes
7 3 (0.43%) IIS
7 3 (0.43%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.29%) JBoss
8 2 (0.29%) nginx
8 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.29%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.14%) Documentum
9 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 34 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (2.43%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.29%) SPSS
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.14%) InVision
6 1 (0.14%) Sketch
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.43%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.14%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.57%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.43%) Infor SunSystems
5 3 (0.43%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.43%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.43%) SAP MRS
5 3 (0.43%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.29%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.29%) Unica
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 122 (17.45%) Azure
2 59 (8.44%) AWS
3 47 (6.72%) Power Platform
4 45 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (4.43%) WhatsApp
6 26 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (3.00%) Entra ID
9 20 (2.86%) PowerApps
10 19 (2.72%) Power Automate
11 18 (2.58%) GCP
12 12 (1.72%) SaaS
13 10 (1.43%) GitHub
14 9 (1.29%) Collibra
15 8 (1.14%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (0.86%) OneDrive
17 5 (0.72%) Serverless
17 5 (0.72%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.43%) Firewall
2 12 (1.72%) DNS
2 12 (1.72%) SAN
3 10 (1.43%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.00%) SMTP
5 6 (0.86%) HTTP
6 5 (0.72%) VoIP
6 5 (0.72%) WAN
7 4 (0.57%) DHCP
7 4 (0.57%) FTP
7 4 (0.57%) ICMP
7 4 (0.57%) POP3
7 4 (0.57%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.57%) SSH
7 4 (0.57%) SSL
8 3 (0.43%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.29%) Intranet
9 2 (0.29%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.29%) Network Security
9 2 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.15%) Power BI
2 19 (2.72%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.15%) Data Lake
3 15 (2.15%) Metadata
4 12 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.72%) Tableau
5 11 (1.57%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.43%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.00%) KDB
7 7 (1.00%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.86%) Big Data
8 6 (0.86%) MySQL
8 6 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.72%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.57%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.57%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.57%) Siebel EIM
11 3 (0.43%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 14 (2.00%) JIRA
2 12 (1.72%) GitLab
3 10 (1.43%) Git
3 10 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.57%) Selenium
4 4 (0.57%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.29%) Appium
6 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.29%) Mercurial
6 2 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.14%) CMake
7 1 (0.14%) eggPlant
7 1 (0.14%) Hudson
7 1 (0.14%) Pylint
7 1 (0.14%) webpack
7 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 189 (27.04%) Social Skills
2 136 (19.46%) Banking
3 74 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (6.72%) Financial Institution
5 34 (4.86%) Legal
6 30 (4.29%) Public Sector
7 28 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (3.86%) Investment Banking
9 24 (3.43%) Retail
10 19 (2.72%) Front Office
10 19 (2.72%) Marketing
11 17 (2.43%) Law
11 17 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.00%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.86%) General Ledger
14 11 (1.57%) Advertising
15 10 (1.43%) Back Office
15 10 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.14%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.86%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 122 (17.45%) Analyst
2 86 (12.30%) Developer
3 74 (10.59%) Architect
4 68 (9.73%) Consultant
5 64 (9.16%) Project Manager
6 63 (9.01%) Business Analyst
6 63 (9.01%) Senior
7 38 (5.44%) Lead
8 34 (4.86%) Data Analyst
9 24 (3.43%) Financial Analyst
10 23 (3.29%) Support Engineer
11 17 (2.43%) Data Business Analyst
11 17 (2.43%) Microsoft Consultant
11 17 (2.43%) Security Architect
12 16 (2.29%) Finance Business Analyst
12 16 (2.29%) Security Consultant
13 15 (2.15%) Data Migration Analyst
13 15 (2.15%) Migration Analyst
13 15 (2.15%) Senior Developer
13 15 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.72%) .NET
1 19 (2.72%) HTML
2 17 (2.43%) React
3 16 (2.29%) CSS
3 16 (2.29%) XML
4 15 (2.15%) REST
5 11 (1.57%) AngularJS
6 9 (1.29%) FIX Protocol
6 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Graph
7 8 (1.14%) JSON
7 8 (1.14%) OpenID
7 8 (1.14%) SAML
8 7 (1.00%) Kafka
8 7 (1.00%) Web Services
9 6 (0.86%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.86%) jQuery
9 6 (0.86%) XACML
10 5 (0.72%) Node.js
10 5 (0.72%) NumPy
10 5 (0.72%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 24 (3.43%) Product Ownership
2 22 (3.15%) Management Information System
3 17 (2.43%) Video Conferencing
4 16 (2.29%) Derivative
5 15 (2.15%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (1.86%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.57%) Hedge funds
9 10 (1.43%) PKI
10 8 (1.14%) Equities
10 8 (1.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.00%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.72%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.72%) Photography
14 4 (0.57%) Smartphone
14 4 (0.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 54 (7.73%) Windows
2 22 (3.15%) Linux
3 14 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 14 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 13 (1.86%) Unix
5 11 (1.57%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.43%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (16.45%) Agile
2 83 (11.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 82 (11.73%) Project Management
4 79 (11.30%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (9.73%) Migration
6 67 (9.59%) DevOps
7 57 (8.15%) Risk Management
8 55 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
9 48 (6.87%) CI/CD
10 46 (6.58%) User Acceptance Testing
11 45 (6.44%) Cybersecurity
12 44 (6.29%) Analytics
12 44 (6.29%) Change Management
12 44 (6.29%) Data Management
13 40 (5.72%) Validation
14 39 (5.58%) Requirements Gathering
15 37 (5.29%) User Stories
16 35 (5.01%) Data Modelling
17 33 (4.72%) Information Security
18 32 (4.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 101 (14.45%) SQL
2 77 (11.02%) Python
3 44 (6.29%) PowerShell
4 43 (6.15%) Java
5 34 (4.86%) C#
6 29 (4.15%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.86%) C++
8 8 (1.14%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.00%) Rust
9 7 (1.00%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.00%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.86%) Bash
10 6 (0.86%) Go
10 6 (0.86%) R
11 4 (0.57%) ABAP
11 4 (0.57%) Perl
11 4 (0.57%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.43%) Clojure
12 3 (0.43%) VBA
12 3 (0.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 80 (11.44%) Degree
2 31 (4.43%) Security Cleared
3 26 (3.72%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.86%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (1.43%) CISSP
7 8 (1.14%) CISM
8 7 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.00%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.00%) PMP
9 6 (0.86%) ACCA
9 6 (0.86%) CRISC
10 4 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.57%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.43%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.43%) CCNA
11 3 (0.43%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.72%) QA
2 38 (5.44%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.29%) NIST
4 22 (3.15%) PMO
5 20 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.29%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.14%) GDPR
9 7 (1.00%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.00%) ISO 20022
9 7 (1.00%) SLA
10 5 (0.72%) GRC
11 4 (0.57%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.43%) EMIR
12 3 (0.43%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.43%) ISO 31000
12 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.29%) Basel III
13 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 45 (6.44%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.29%) Docker
3 8 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 21 (3.00%) Terraform
2 19 (2.72%) SCCM
3 17 (2.43%) Ansible
3 17 (2.43%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.29%) PingFederate
5 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (0.86%) Kibana
6 6 (0.86%) logstash
7 4 (0.57%) Puppet
7 4 (0.57%) QRadar
8 3 (0.43%) Packer
8 3 (0.43%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.29%) Consul
9 2 (0.29%) Grafana
9 2 (0.29%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.14%) Argo
10 1 (0.14%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 118 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.44%) Oracle
3 32 (4.58%) SAP
4 24 (3.43%) Cisco
5 18 (2.58%) Citrix
6 15 (2.15%) IBM
6 15 (2.15%) ServiceNow
7 14 (2.00%) Google
8 13 (1.86%) Avaya
8 13 (1.86%) CheckPoint
8 13 (1.86%) HP
9 12 (1.72%) EMC
10 10 (1.43%) Red Hat
10 10 (1.43%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.14%) Adobe
11 8 (1.14%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.14%) Databricks
11 8 (1.14%) Okta
12 6 (0.86%) Proofpoint
13 5 (0.72%) Splunk