Bloomberg Contract Job Trends in Central London

Bloomberg
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring knowledge or experience of Bloomberg products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Bloomberg over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Bloomberg.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 122 133
Rank change year-on-year +2 +11 +41
Contract jobs citing Bloomberg 8 5 20
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.43% 0.22% 0.65%
As % of the Vendors category 0.87% 0.49% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 15
10th Percentile £258 £259 £369
25th Percentile £334 £348 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £496 £650
Median % change year-on-year +26.01% -23.69% +85.71%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £809
90th Percentile £698 £733 £964
London median daily rate £650 £688 £650
% change year-on-year -5.45% +5.77% -7.14%

All Vendors
Central London

Bloomberg falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 918 1,014 1,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 49.49% 43.73% 41.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 646 647 899
10th Percentile £325 £313 £286
25th Percentile £414 £447 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £547 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -0.55% -
75th Percentile £675 £650 £680
90th Percentile £750 £738 £788
London median daily rate £525 £531 £550
% change year-on-year -1.04% -3.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 10
10th Percentile £18.96 £19.10 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.08 £25.80 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.99 £50.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -46.03% +140.96% -12.34%
75th Percentile £53.31 £112.00 £51.56
90th Percentile £63.05 £137.50 £55.45
London median hourly rate £25.15 £38.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -34.68% -0.65% +55.00%

Bloomberg
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Bloomberg job vacancy trend in Central London

Bloomberg
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Bloomberg

Bloomberg
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bloomberg in Central London over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Bloomberg in Central London

Bloomberg
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Bloomberg

Bloomberg
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 Bloomberg within the Central London region over the 6 months to 26 October 2025. 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 +8 8 £625 +26.01% 20
Bloomberg
London

Bloomberg
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 (12.50%) Confluence
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Snowflake
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Lucidchart
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Front Office
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Data Scientist
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Web Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Market Data Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Trade Floor Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Vendor Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) CSS
1 3 (37.50%) Flask
1 3 (37.50%) HTML
1 3 (37.50%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Equities
2 1 (12.50%) Fixed Income
2 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (37.50%) AI
2 3 (37.50%) Data Integration
2 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Kanban
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
2 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Mapping
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Investment Management
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
1 3 (37.50%) Python
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Cloudera
2 2 (25.00%) Refinitiv
2 2 (25.00%) Reuters
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) Snow