Finance Contracts in London

Financial
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 4,697 8,036 10,410
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 26.52% 29.68% 26.74%
As % of the General category 41.96% 46.76% 44.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,429 5,898 7,353
10th Percentile £400 £425 £413
25th Percentile £504 £513 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £703
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £588 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.08% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 45 68
10th Percentile £16.77 £18.50 £21.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.24 £27.50
Median hourly rate £25.71 £25.71 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - -42.22% +66.98%
75th Percentile £34.00 £30.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £54.00 £45.95 £50.18
England median hourly rate £27.00 £29.24 £33.57
% change year-on-year -7.66% -12.90% +50.13%

All General Skills
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 London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,194 17,186 23,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.21% 63.47% 59.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,991 12,426 16,753
10th Percentile £336 £375 £381
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £801 £825 £794
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 225 296
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.69 £19.89
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £28.50 £32.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.31% -9.72% +30.91%
75th Percentile £43.75 £58.75 £49.38
90th Percentile £65.45 £70.00 £64.56
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in London

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in London

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in London

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in London

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in London

Finance
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London 0 704 £600 -7.69% 291
East London 0 97 £613 +11.36% 96
West London +10 32 £525 - 63
South London -3 22 £550 +2.33% 28
North London 0 4 £561 -0.22% 9
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 156 (3.32%) Apache Airflow
2 141 (3.00%) Apache
3 116 (2.47%) SharePoint
4 70 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 60 (1.28%) Confluence
6 32 (0.68%) Apache Spark
7 20 (0.43%) CMS
8 17 (0.36%) IIS
9 16 (0.34%) SAS
10 10 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
11 9 (0.19%) MTS
12 8 (0.17%) Skype for Business
12 8 (0.17%) Tomcat
13 7 (0.15%) JBoss
14 6 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 6 (0.13%) nginx
15 4 (0.085%) Drupal
15 4 (0.085%) WebSphere
16 3 (0.064%) IBM Domino
16 3 (0.064%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 211 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 156 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 88 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 62 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 53 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.32%) Sketch
6 15 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.21%) InVision
8 8 (0.17%) Adobe XD
9 6 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.13%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.085%) InDesign
11 3 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.043%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.043%) FileZilla
12 2 (0.043%) Revit
12 2 (0.043%) SPSS
12 2 (0.043%) Trello
13 1 (0.021%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.021%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 73 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (0.70%) Loan IQ
3 28 (0.60%) Aladdin
4 27 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 27 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
4 27 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
5 25 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
5 25 (0.53%) Endur
6 24 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
7 23 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
8 22 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
9 21 (0.45%) Workday HCM
10 18 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
11 17 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
11 17 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
12 16 (0.34%) NetSuite
12 16 (0.34%) SAP CO
13 15 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 15 (0.32%) SAP FI
13 15 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 762 (16.22%) Azure
2 573 (12.20%) AWS
3 279 (5.94%) GCP
4 233 (4.96%) Power Platform
5 190 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
6 151 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
7 127 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
8 101 (2.15%) Snowflake
9 97 (2.07%) dbt
10 92 (1.96%) SaaS
11 84 (1.79%) Entra ID
12 68 (1.45%) WhatsApp
13 67 (1.43%) GitHub
14 61 (1.30%) Power Automate
15 56 (1.19%) Serverless
16 52 (1.11%) PowerApps
17 51 (1.09%) PaaS
18 50 (1.06%) IaaS
19 39 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
20 35 (0.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 137 (2.92%) Firewall
2 68 (1.45%) DNS
3 46 (0.98%) WAN
4 44 (0.94%) VPN
5 33 (0.70%) LAN
6 31 (0.66%) Network Security
7 30 (0.64%) BGP
7 30 (0.64%) SAN
7 30 (0.64%) Wireless
8 29 (0.62%) OSPF
9 26 (0.55%) MPLS
10 25 (0.53%) DHCP
10 25 (0.53%) TCP/IP
11 21 (0.45%) SD-WAN
12 20 (0.43%) HTTP
12 20 (0.43%) Internet
13 14 (0.30%) SSL
14 13 (0.28%) FTP
14 13 (0.28%) IPsec
14 13 (0.28%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (4.64%) SQL Server
2 216 (4.60%) Power BI
3 146 (3.11%) Data Lake
4 125 (2.66%) Apache Ignite
5 96 (2.04%) Amazon Athena
6 93 (1.98%) NoSQL
7 92 (1.96%) Apache Arrow
7 92 (1.96%) Dremio
8 90 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
9 80 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
10 72 (1.53%) Tableau
11 68 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 61 (1.30%) Metadata
12 61 (1.30%) Oracle Database
13 58 (1.23%) Relational Database
14 54 (1.15%) MySQL
15 48 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 42 (0.89%) Big Data
17 37 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
18 35 (0.75%) KDB
Development Applications
1 147 (3.13%) JIRA
2 89 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 88 (1.87%) Git
4 53 (1.13%) GitLab
5 44 (0.94%) Cucumber
6 41 (0.87%) Cypress.io
7 31 (0.66%) JUnit
7 31 (0.66%) Selenium
8 27 (0.57%) TeamCity
9 17 (0.36%) ERwin
9 17 (0.36%) Mockito
9 17 (0.36%) Visual Studio
10 15 (0.32%) Bitbucket
10 15 (0.32%) Postman
10 15 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 14 (0.30%) Gradle
11 14 (0.30%) Maven
12 11 (0.23%) SpecFlow
13 9 (0.19%) LoadRunner
13 9 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 1,246 (26.53%) Banking
2 1,134 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 529 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
4 527 (11.22%) Front Office
5 289 (6.15%) Investment Banking
6 252 (5.37%) Public Sector
7 211 (4.49%) Financial Institution
8 204 (4.34%) Marketing
9 158 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
10 152 (3.24%) Telecoms
11 148 (3.15%) Manufacturing
12 140 (2.98%) Retail
13 117 (2.49%) Electronics
13 117 (2.49%) Legal
14 104 (2.21%) Back Office
15 92 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
16 90 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 76 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
18 63 (1.34%) Law
19 56 (1.19%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 873 (18.59%) Developer
2 778 (16.56%) Analyst
3 457 (9.73%) Senior
4 425 (9.05%) Project Manager
5 417 (8.88%) Architect
6 393 (8.37%) Business Analyst
7 314 (6.69%) Consultant
7 314 (6.69%) Lead
8 208 (4.43%) Software Engineer
9 188 (4.00%) Financial Analyst
10 151 (3.21%) Python Developer
11 141 (3.00%) C# Developer
12 140 (2.98%) Java Developer
13 129 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
14 124 (2.64%) Senior Developer
15 123 (2.62%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 116 (2.47%) .NET Developer
16 116 (2.47%) Data Analyst
17 102 (2.17%) React Developer
18 100 (2.13%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (4.98%) .NET
2 221 (4.71%) React
3 150 (3.19%) gRPC
4 144 (3.07%) Protocol Buffers
5 117 (2.49%) Pandas
6 109 (2.32%) HTML
7 107 (2.28%) NumPy
8 106 (2.26%) AngularJS
9 101 (2.15%) Redux
10 91 (1.94%) SciPy
11 84 (1.79%) XML
12 83 (1.77%) REST
13 80 (1.70%) CSS
14 71 (1.51%) Node.js
15 69 (1.47%) Web Services
16 66 (1.41%) FIX Protocol
17 65 (1.38%) Kafka
17 65 (1.38%) Spring
18 62 (1.32%) Material-UI
19 56 (1.19%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 361 (7.69%) Derivative
2 313 (6.66%) Fixed Income
3 299 (6.37%) Hedge funds
4 236 (5.02%) Equities
5 222 (4.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 149 (3.17%) Product Ownership
7 141 (3.00%) Management Information System
8 77 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
9 72 (1.53%) Onboarding
10 69 (1.47%) Data Centre
11 59 (1.26%) Algorithms
11 59 (1.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 53 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
13 52 (1.11%) Data Structures
14 47 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
15 45 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
16 43 (0.92%) Public Cloud
17 40 (0.85%) Solar Panel
18 37 (0.79%) Market Risk
18 37 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 319 (6.79%) Windows
2 208 (4.43%) Linux
3 141 (3.00%) Unix
4 70 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 67 (1.43%) Windows 10
6 31 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 29 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 22 (0.47%) Android
9 21 (0.45%) Windows 7
10 19 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
11 18 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (0.17%) Solaris
13 7 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
13 7 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
14 6 (0.13%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.11%) VMS
16 4 (0.085%) CentOS
17 3 (0.064%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.064%) Windows Server 2008
18 2 (0.043%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 999 (21.27%) Agile
2 533 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
3 470 (10.01%) DevOps
4 451 (9.60%) Project Management
5 426 (9.07%) Asset Management
6 408 (8.69%) Software Engineering
7 396 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 385 (8.20%) Change Management
9 384 (8.18%) Migration
10 359 (7.64%) Business Intelligence
11 305 (6.49%) Investment Management
12 301 (6.41%) Analytics
13 293 (6.24%) CI/CD
14 283 (6.03%) Risk Management
15 250 (5.32%) Data Modelling
16 224 (4.77%) Project Delivery
17 203 (4.32%) ERP
18 189 (4.02%) Roadmaps
19 188 (4.00%) Scrum
20 185 (3.94%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 756 (16.10%) SQL
2 705 (15.01%) Python
3 477 (10.16%) Java
4 396 (8.43%) C#
5 316 (6.73%) JavaScript
6 248 (5.28%) TypeScript
7 164 (3.49%) PowerShell
8 88 (1.87%) C++
9 72 (1.53%) PL/SQL
10 66 (1.41%) Scala
11 59 (1.26%) T-SQL
12 46 (0.98%) Shell Script
13 44 (0.94%) R
14 43 (0.92%) Perl
14 43 (0.92%) VBA
15 37 (0.79%) Go
16 31 (0.66%) Bash
17 26 (0.55%) VB
18 23 (0.49%) Kotlin
18 23 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 463 (9.86%) Degree
2 234 (4.98%) Security Cleared
3 192 (4.09%) SC Cleared
4 95 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 77 (1.64%) Master's Degree
6 72 (1.53%) CISSP
7 57 (1.21%) CISM
8 52 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
9 51 (1.09%) PMI Certification
10 43 (0.92%) PMP
11 37 (0.79%) DV Cleared
12 36 (0.77%) CISA
12 36 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 32 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
14 28 (0.60%) PhD
15 27 (0.57%) CCNP
16 26 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
17 24 (0.51%) ACCA
18 21 (0.45%) CCNA
18 21 (0.45%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (4.28%) QA
2 145 (3.09%) Data Quality
3 137 (2.92%) PMO
4 70 (1.49%) SLA
5 61 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 54 (1.15%) NIST
7 52 (1.11%) GDPR
8 31 (0.66%) MiFID
9 28 (0.60%) GRC
10 27 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 26 (0.55%) Accessibility
12 22 (0.47%) IFRS
13 21 (0.45%) PCI DSS
14 20 (0.43%) EMIR
15 19 (0.40%) SEPA
16 14 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 12 (0.26%) GAAP
18 11 (0.23%) IFRS 17
19 9 (0.19%) ISO 20022
19 9 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 208 (4.43%) Active Directory
2 91 (1.94%) Docker
3 30 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.38%) IAG
6 15 (0.32%) ACF2
6 15 (0.32%) RACF
7 13 (0.28%) Firmware
8 8 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.15%) NFS
10 5 (0.11%) HDFS
11 4 (0.085%) Hyper-V
11 4 (0.085%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.064%) vSphere
13 2 (0.043%) Time Sharing Option
13 2 (0.043%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.021%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.021%) vCloud
14 1 (0.021%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.021%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 138 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 102 (2.17%) Terraform
3 69 (1.47%) Ansible
4 57 (1.21%) SCCM
5 27 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (0.51%) Puppet
7 20 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 15 (0.32%) Grafana
8 15 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
9 14 (0.30%) Progress Chef
10 13 (0.28%) Kibana
11 12 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
12 11 (0.23%) logstash
13 10 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (0.21%) Netcool
13 10 (0.21%) PingFederate
14 8 (0.17%) Data Guard
14 8 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
14 8 (0.17%) Packer
14 8 (0.17%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 574 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 375 (7.98%) Oracle
3 293 (6.24%) SAP
4 142 (3.02%) ServiceNow
5 124 (2.64%) Cisco
6 112 (2.38%) Google
7 69 (1.47%) Databricks
8 68 (1.45%) Citrix
9 65 (1.38%) IBM
10 63 (1.34%) Bloomberg
11 58 (1.23%) Salesforce
12 55 (1.17%) VMware
13 36 (0.77%) Workday
14 35 (0.75%) F5
15 34 (0.72%) Qualys
15 34 (0.72%) Splunk
16 30 (0.64%) Red Hat
17 28 (0.60%) HP
18 27 (0.57%) Adobe
18 27 (0.57%) Dell