Financial Modelling Contract Job Trends in Central London

Financial Modelling
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Financial Modelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 117 128
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 +68
Contract jobs citing Financial Modelling 11 12 12
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.54% 0.54% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.59% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £173 £460 £349
25th Percentile £230 £464 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £301 £520 £473
Median % change year-on-year -42.19% +10.05% -14.09%
75th Percentile £364 £599 £558
90th Percentile £408 £616 £606
London median daily rate £450 £700 £550
% change year-on-year -35.71% +27.27% -15.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Financial Modelling falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,829 2,043 2,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.01% 92.28% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,275 1,276 1,678
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 18
10th Percentile £20.18 £19.67 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.86 £19.82
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +26.56% -20.99%
75th Percentile £41.75 £43.38 £44.56
90th Percentile £42.65 £112.00 £67.63
London median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.29% +7.69% -13.33%

Financial Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Financial Modelling relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Financial Modelling job vacancy trend in Central London

Financial Modelling
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Financial Modelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Financial Modelling

Financial Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Modelling in Central London over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Modelling in Central London

Financial Modelling
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Financial Modelling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Financial Modelling

Financial Modelling
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 Financial Modelling within the Central London region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -11 10 £340 -34.62% 12
Financial Modelling
London

Financial Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
2 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Power BI
1 3 (27.27%) Star Schema
General
1 11 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Data Modeller
3 2 (18.18%) Finance Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Accountant
4 1 (9.09%) Business Finance Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) Project Accountant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Financial Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Data Modelling
2 3 (27.27%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Backlog Management
2 3 (27.27%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 3 (27.27%) Backlog Refinement
2 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (27.27%) Data Analysis
2 3 (27.27%) Data Reconciliation
2 3 (27.27%) Epics
2 3 (27.27%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (27.27%) Product Backlog
2 3 (27.27%) Project Governance
2 3 (27.27%) Scrum
2 3 (27.27%) Sprint Review
2 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (27.27%) User Stories
3 2 (18.18%) Business Case
3 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Hyperion
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Tagetik