Financial Analyst Contracts in London

Finance Analyst
England > London

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in London is £563 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 216 259 306
Rank change year-on-year +43 +47 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 189 260 332
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.06% 0.96% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.01% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 218 247
10th Percentile £319 £418 £400
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +6.82% -
75th Percentile £663 £688 £650
90th Percentile £808 £738 £688
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +7.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,628 25,761 37,096
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 95.30% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,029 18,663 27,061
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £798 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 289 451
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £22.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +12.27%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.09% +100.00% +0.36%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Financial Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
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 Financial Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 29 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 +41 24 £550 - 4
West London +18 3 £410 -
East London - 1 £540 - 3
Financial Analyst
England

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Financial Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 189 (100.00%) Finance
2 84 (44.44%) Banking
3 62 (32.80%) SQL
4 54 (28.57%) Asset Management
5 52 (27.51%) Investment Management
6 50 (26.46%) Derivative
7 49 (25.93%) Front Office
8 47 (24.87%) Python
9 45 (23.81%) Hedge funds
10 44 (23.28%) Social Skills
11 39 (20.63%) Agile
12 28 (14.81%) Back Office
12 28 (14.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 25 (13.23%) Business Analysis
13 25 (13.23%) Analytics
14 24 (12.70%) Product Ownership
15 23 (12.17%) Equities
15 23 (12.17%) Fixed Income
15 23 (12.17%) Artificial Intelligence
15 23 (12.17%) Machine Learning
15 23 (12.17%) AWS
16 22 (11.64%) Mentoring
17 20 (10.58%) Investment Banking
17 20 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
17 20 (10.58%) C#
17 20 (10.58%) Oracle
18 19 (10.05%) Problem-Solving
19 18 (9.52%) ERP
19 18 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
20 17 (8.99%) User Stories

Financial Analyst Skill Set
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 7 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.53%) Apache
2 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.53%) Confluence
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (5.82%) Aladdin
2 6 (3.17%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (2.65%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (2.65%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (2.65%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (2.65%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (2.65%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 5 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (2.12%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (2.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (1.59%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (1.59%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.53%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.17%) AWS
2 11 (5.82%) Power Platform
3 6 (3.17%) Azure
4 5 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.65%) SaaS
5 4 (2.12%) Collibra
6 3 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.06%) Asana
7 2 (1.06%) Azure Pipelines
7 2 (1.06%) dbt
7 2 (1.06%) OCI
7 2 (1.06%) Slack
8 1 (0.53%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.53%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.59%) Wireless
2 2 (1.06%) VPN
3 1 (0.53%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.82%) Power BI
2 4 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.59%) Metadata
4 2 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.06%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.06%) Data Mart
4 2 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.06%) Tableau
5 1 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Arrow
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Ignite
5 1 (0.53%) Dremio
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.53%) QlikView
5 1 (0.53%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 5 (2.65%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) Toad
General
1 189 (100.00%) Finance
2 84 (44.44%) Banking
3 49 (25.93%) Front Office
4 44 (23.28%) Social Skills
5 28 (14.81%) Back Office
6 20 (10.58%) Investment Banking
7 18 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (3.70%) Billing
8 7 (3.70%) General Ledger
9 6 (3.17%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.65%) Legal
10 5 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.12%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.59%) Marketing
12 3 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.59%) Retail
13 2 (1.06%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.06%) Swagger
1 2 (1.06%) XML
2 1 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.53%) FIXML
2 1 (0.53%) JSON
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 50 (26.46%) Derivative
2 45 (23.81%) Hedge funds
3 28 (14.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 24 (12.70%) Product Ownership
5 23 (12.17%) Equities
5 23 (12.17%) Fixed Income
6 6 (3.17%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.65%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.59%) iPad
8 3 (1.59%) iPhone
8 3 (1.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (1.06%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.53%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.65%) Windows
2 3 (1.59%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (28.57%) Asset Management
2 52 (27.51%) Investment Management
3 39 (20.63%) Agile
4 25 (13.23%) Analytics
4 25 (13.23%) Business Analysis
5 23 (12.17%) Artificial Intelligence
5 23 (12.17%) Machine Learning
6 22 (11.64%) Mentoring
7 20 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (10.05%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (9.52%) ERP
10 17 (8.99%) Migration
10 17 (8.99%) User Stories
11 16 (8.47%) Roadmaps
12 14 (7.41%) GAP Analysis
12 14 (7.41%) Requirements Gathering
13 13 (6.88%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (6.35%) Data Migration
14 12 (6.35%) Fintech
14 12 (6.35%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (32.80%) SQL
2 47 (24.87%) Python
3 20 (10.58%) C#
4 2 (1.06%) C++
5 1 (0.53%) Java
5 1 (0.53%) VB
5 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (6.88%) Degree
2 11 (5.82%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.29%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.06%) CIMA
4 2 (1.06%) CISA
4 2 (1.06%) CISM
4 2 (1.06%) CISSP
4 2 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.53%) ACCA
5 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.53%) ISEB
5 1 (0.53%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.88%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.23%) QA
3 7 (3.70%) PMO
4 5 (2.65%) GAAP
5 4 (2.12%) EMIR
5 4 (2.12%) MiFID
6 2 (1.06%) IFRS
6 2 (1.06%) IFRS 17
6 2 (1.06%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.53%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (2.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.59%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (10.58%) Oracle
2 15 (7.94%) SAP
3 14 (7.41%) Bloomberg
4 13 (6.88%) Microsoft
5 11 (5.82%) BISAM
6 3 (1.59%) Apple
6 3 (1.59%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.06%) Databricks
7 2 (1.06%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.06%) Refinitiv
7 2 (1.06%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.53%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.53%) Ariba
8 1 (0.53%) CA
8 1 (0.53%) Cadence
8 1 (0.53%) OpenText
8 1 (0.53%) Workday