Economics Contracts in Central London

Economics
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Economics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Economics over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 134 179
Rank change year-on-year +18 +45 +13
Contract jobs citing Economics 9 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.45% 0.083% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.091% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £279 - -
25th Percentile £293 - £781
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £788
Median % change year-on-year - -55.56% +31.25%
75th Percentile £444 - £794
90th Percentile £478 - -
London median daily rate £750 £800 £750
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £50.25
Median hourly rate - - £51.50
75th Percentile - - £52.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate - £10.42 £49.50
% change year-on-year - -78.95% +3.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Economics 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 1,843 2,196 3,453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.08% 90.59% 91.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,191 1,564 2,339
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 23 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.22 £15.18
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.75 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £30.41 £55.00
90th Percentile £50.75 £41.47 £88.30
London median hourly rate £34.50 £28.00 £38.25
% change year-on-year +23.21% -26.80% +4.08%

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Economics in Central London

Economics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Economics in Central London

Economics
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Economics in Central London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Economics in Central London

Economics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Economics in Central London

Economics
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 Economics within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 May 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 +17 9 £350 - 12
Economics
London

Economics
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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) EViews
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 2 (22.22%) Power BI
2 2 (22.22%) Tableau
3 1 (11.11%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (88.89%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 5 (55.56%) Banking
5 3 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
5 3 (33.33%) Investment Banking
5 3 (33.33%) Retail
5 3 (33.33%) Retail Banking
6 2 (22.22%) Financial Institution
6 2 (22.22%) Front Office
7 1 (11.11%) Advertising
7 1 (11.11%) Electronics
7 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) AWS Data Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) AWS Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Data Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Data Modeller
2 3 (33.33%) Python Data Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Python Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Front Office Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Fund Accounting Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Research Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Equities
1 2 (22.22%) Fixed Income
1 2 (22.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (33.33%) ETL
2 3 (33.33%) Financial Modelling
2 3 (33.33%) Predictive Modelling
2 3 (33.33%) Pricing Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (33.33%) Wealth Management
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Python
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) CFA
3 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
3 2 (22.22%) MBA
4 1 (11.11%) AWS Certification
4 1 (11.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (11.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) MiFID
2 1 (11.11%) UCITS
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Advent
1 1 (11.11%) Bloomberg
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
1 1 (11.11%) SAP
1 1 (11.11%) SimCorp