Finance Contracts in Central London

Financial
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 710 691 1,212
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 35.68% 28.59% 31.62%
As % of the General category 50.64% 43.51% 50.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 514 845
10th Percentile £350 £363 £456
25th Percentile £463 £488 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £775
90th Percentile £782 £838 £850
London median daily rate £625 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.66 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £43.08 £24.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.48% -14.29% +33.33%
75th Percentile £63.75 £25.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £85.50 £26.40 -
London median hourly rate £30.00 £25.36 £25.71
% change year-on-year +18.32% -1.38% -42.22%

All General Skills
Central London

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,402 1,588 2,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 70.45% 65.70% 62.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 906 1,136 1,683
10th Percentile £325 £334 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £556 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -7.29% +5.26%
75th Percentile £685 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 16
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £14.63
25th Percentile £25.11 £21.36 £16.33
Median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.15% -14.29% -37.08%
75th Percentile £49.22 £30.25 £53.00
90th Percentile £74.63 £47.65 £58.75
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.25 £31.92
% change year-on-year +20.35% -11.50% -14.88%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Central London over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Central London

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Central London over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Central London

Finance
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 Finance within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 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 0 641 £600 - 323
West End of London +6 17 £600 +50.00% 44
City of Westminster +4 13 £578 -17.50% 9
Camden +1 5 £484 +13.76% 6
Southwark -3 3 - - 3
Finance
London

Finance
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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.96%) Confluence
3 18 (2.54%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.55%) Apache
6 5 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.56%) CMS
8 3 (0.42%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.42%) SAS
8 3 (0.42%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.42%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.28%) nginx
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.14%) IIS
10 1 (0.14%) Luigi
Applications
1 51 (7.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (3.52%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.13%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.28%) Trello
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.14%) EViews
9 1 (0.14%) Sketch
9 1 (0.14%) SPSS
9 1 (0.14%) Stata
Business Applications
1 14 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.99%) Oracle Assets
3 7 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (0.70%) Endur
5 5 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.70%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.70%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.56%) Actimize
6 4 (0.56%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.56%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.42%) SAP MDG-S
7 3 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.42%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 135 (19.01%) Azure
2 77 (10.85%) AWS
3 49 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (4.23%) Entra ID
5 28 (3.94%) GCP
6 24 (3.38%) Power Platform
6 24 (3.38%) SaaS
7 16 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.55%) GitHub
10 10 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (1.41%) OCI
11 9 (1.27%) Serverless
12 8 (1.13%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (1.13%) OneDrive
13 7 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (0.99%) Amazon S3
13 7 (0.99%) PaaS
13 7 (0.99%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.38%) Firewall
2 13 (1.83%) DNS
2 13 (1.83%) VPN
3 10 (1.41%) Network Security
4 8 (1.13%) DHCP
5 7 (0.99%) WAN
6 5 (0.70%) HTTP
6 5 (0.70%) LAN
6 5 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.56%) Internet
7 4 (0.56%) SSL
7 4 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.56%) VLAN
7 4 (0.56%) VoIP
8 3 (0.42%) Skype
8 3 (0.42%) WebEx
8 3 (0.42%) Wireless
9 2 (0.28%) BGP
9 2 (0.28%) Multicast
9 2 (0.28%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.92%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.68%) Big Data
3 17 (2.39%) Hadoop
3 17 (2.39%) Power BI
4 15 (2.11%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.97%) Tableau
6 13 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (1.83%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (1.69%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (1.27%) Redis
9 6 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (0.85%) Apache Hive
9 6 (0.85%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.85%) DocumentDB
9 6 (0.85%) MySQL
10 5 (0.70%) Looker
10 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (5.92%) JIRA
2 21 (2.96%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.68%) Git
4 10 (1.41%) JUnit
5 7 (0.99%) Maven
6 6 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (0.85%) Bitbucket Server
6 6 (0.85%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.85%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.56%) GitLab
7 4 (0.56%) Gradle
7 4 (0.56%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.42%) Ant
8 3 (0.42%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.42%) Postman
8 3 (0.42%) Selenium
8 3 (0.42%) Subversion
9 2 (0.28%) Xcode
9 2 (0.28%) XCTest
General
1 214 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 186 (26.20%) Banking
3 104 (14.65%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (7.46%) Investment Banking
5 50 (7.04%) Front Office
6 48 (6.76%) Financial Institution
7 32 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (3.52%) Legal
8 25 (3.52%) Retail
9 19 (2.68%) Retail Banking
10 18 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (2.54%) Public Sector
11 17 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (2.25%) Marketing
13 15 (2.11%) Back Office
14 14 (1.97%) Corporate Banking
14 14 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.55%) General Ledger
16 9 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 121 (17.04%) Analyst
2 96 (13.52%) Developer
3 70 (9.86%) Business Analyst
4 66 (9.30%) Senior
5 55 (7.75%) Project Manager
6 50 (7.04%) Lead
7 46 (6.48%) Consultant
8 43 (6.06%) Architect
9 26 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
10 25 (3.52%) Java Developer
11 23 (3.24%) Data Analyst
12 19 (2.68%) C# Developer
12 19 (2.68%) IT Manager
13 16 (2.25%) Programme Manager
13 16 (2.25%) Senior Analyst
14 15 (2.11%) Data Business Analyst
14 15 (2.11%) IT Support
14 15 (2.11%) Support Engineer
15 14 (1.97%) Data Engineer
16 13 (1.83%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.80%) .NET
2 17 (2.39%) Spring
3 16 (2.25%) RESTful
4 14 (1.97%) AngularJS
5 12 (1.69%) Kafka
5 12 (1.69%) REST
6 11 (1.55%) PySpark
6 11 (1.55%) Web Services
7 10 (1.41%) HTML
7 10 (1.41%) React
8 9 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.13%) CSS
9 8 (1.13%) XML
10 7 (0.99%) JPA
10 7 (0.99%) Pandas
10 7 (0.99%) Spring Boot
11 6 (0.85%) GraphQL
11 6 (0.85%) HTML5
11 6 (0.85%) NumPy
11 6 (0.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 21 (2.96%) Data Centre
2 21 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
2 21 (2.96%) Onboarding
3 20 (2.82%) Fixed Income
4 18 (2.54%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (2.25%) Derivative
5 16 (2.25%) Equities
6 14 (1.97%) Public Cloud
7 12 (1.69%) Market Risk
7 12 (1.69%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.69%) Reference Data
8 11 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.41%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.27%) Credit Risk
10 9 (1.27%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (1.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 7 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.99%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 74 (10.42%) Windows
2 41 (5.77%) Linux
3 25 (3.52%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.82%) Unix
5 15 (2.11%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.42%) Android
8 2 (0.28%) AIX
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.14%) VMS
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
2 127 (17.89%) Agile
3 101 (14.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 97 (13.66%) Project Management
5 82 (11.55%) Migration
6 62 (8.73%) DevOps
6 62 (8.73%) Risk Management
7 58 (8.17%) Analytics
8 57 (8.03%) CI/CD
9 48 (6.76%) Decision-Making
10 44 (6.20%) Data Analysis
11 40 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 39 (5.49%) Roadmaps
13 38 (5.35%) Cybersecurity
13 38 (5.35%) Project Delivery
14 37 (5.21%) Change Management
15 35 (4.93%) ERP
16 33 (4.65%) Artificial Intelligence
17 32 (4.51%) Business Analysis
17 32 (4.51%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 112 (15.77%) Python
2 104 (14.65%) SQL
3 62 (8.73%) Java
4 49 (6.90%) C#
5 33 (4.65%) PowerShell
6 20 (2.82%) JavaScript
7 15 (2.11%) C++
8 12 (1.69%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.27%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.13%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.99%) R
12 6 (0.85%) Groovy
13 5 (0.70%) Bash
13 5 (0.70%) Scala
14 4 (0.56%) Go
15 3 (0.42%) Bicep
15 3 (0.42%) DAML
15 3 (0.42%) Ruby
15 3 (0.42%) VBA
15 3 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 78 (10.99%) Degree
2 27 (3.80%) Security Cleared
3 24 (3.38%) PMI Certification
4 22 (3.10%) SC Cleared
5 19 (2.68%) PMP
6 18 (2.54%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (0.99%) CCNP
9 7 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (0.85%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.85%) CFA
10 6 (0.85%) PhD
10 6 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 5 (0.70%) CISSP
12 4 (0.56%) CISA
12 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.10%) QA
2 20 (2.82%) PMO
3 19 (2.68%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.25%) MiFID
5 14 (1.97%) GDPR
6 13 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.83%) NIST
7 10 (1.41%) EMIR
8 9 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.99%) SLA
11 6 (0.85%) COBIT
12 3 (0.42%) COSO
12 3 (0.42%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.28%) Basel II
13 2 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
13 2 (0.28%) GRC
13 2 (0.28%) IFRS
13 2 (0.28%) ISO 8583
13 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 46 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.10%) Docker
3 4 (0.56%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.56%) XenDesktop
4 3 (0.42%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.28%) XenApp
6 1 (0.14%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) HDFS
6 1 (0.14%) Lustre
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.14%) Platform Symphony
6 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.14%) XYGATE
Systems Management
1 35 (4.93%) Kubernetes
2 29 (4.08%) Terraform
3 17 (2.39%) Ansible
3 17 (2.39%) SCCM
4 16 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.56%) CASB
6 3 (0.42%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 3 (0.42%) Grafana
7 2 (0.28%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.28%) Podman
7 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.14%) Karpenter
8 1 (0.14%) Kibana
8 1 (0.14%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.14%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 112 (15.77%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.45%) Oracle
3 33 (4.65%) SAP
4 17 (2.39%) ServiceNow
5 15 (2.11%) Cisco
5 15 (2.11%) Citrix
6 14 (1.97%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.83%) Google
8 11 (1.55%) Workday
9 10 (1.41%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.41%) IBM
10 9 (1.27%) Planview
10 9 (1.27%) Splunk
11 8 (1.13%) Adobe
11 8 (1.13%) Arista
11 8 (1.13%) VMware
11 8 (1.13%) Zscaler
12 7 (0.99%) Databricks
12 7 (0.99%) HP
12 7 (0.99%) Murex