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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Finance 794 729 1,126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 39.06% 31.78% 32.33%
As % of the General category 52.48% 47.43% 51.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 501 798
10th Percentile £354 £400 £425
25th Percentile £425 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £750
90th Percentile £775 £838 £850
London median daily rate £600 £607 £625
% change year-on-year -1.19% -2.84% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 2
10th Percentile £20.27 - -
25th Percentile £24.66 £27.00 -
Median hourly rate £31.25 £34.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.76% -2.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.88 -
90th Percentile £86.25 £116.80 -
London median hourly rate £42.29 £30.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year +40.96% +16.69% -26.54%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,513 1,537 2,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 74.42% 67.00% 63.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 999 1,029 1,556
10th Percentile £325 £350 £325
25th Percentile £424 £463 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 12
10th Percentile £19.05 £14.80 -
25th Percentile £25.04 £22.01 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.00 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% +18.68% -43.83%
75th Percentile £50.75 £52.50 £35.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £87.00 £41.89
London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.25 £34.62
% change year-on-year -14.89% +1.82% -3.83%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Central London over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Central London

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Central London over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Central London

Finance
DemandTrendContract 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 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London 0 743 £575 -4.17% 844
City of Westminster +3 10 £575 -19.30% 14
West End of London +1 7 £700 +14.29% 6
Southwark - 4 £800 - 5
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 31 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 25 (3.15%) Confluence
3 20 (2.52%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.88%) Apache
6 5 (0.63%) CMS
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.38%) Drupal
8 3 (0.38%) SAS
8 3 (0.38%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) Luigi
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.13%) CICS
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
10 1 (0.13%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 57 (7.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (2.90%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.39%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.50%) Sketch
7 4 (0.50%) Trello
8 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.13%) EViews
10 1 (0.13%) InVision
10 1 (0.13%) SPSS
10 1 (0.13%) Stata
Business Applications
1 15 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
2 13 (1.64%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (1.64%) Unit4 Business World
3 12 (1.51%) Oracle Financials
3 12 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (1.39%) Workday HCM
5 10 (1.26%) Oracle EBS R12
6 9 (1.13%) Oracle Assets
6 9 (1.13%) Oracle Cash Management
6 9 (1.13%) Oracle General Ledger
7 5 (0.63%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.50%) Endur
8 4 (0.50%) ION Anvil
8 4 (0.50%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.38%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.38%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 139 (17.51%) Azure
2 81 (10.20%) AWS
3 52 (6.55%) Power Platform
4 39 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (3.27%) GCP
6 25 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (2.77%) SaaS
8 20 (2.52%) Entra ID
9 17 (2.14%) GitHub
10 14 (1.76%) Snowflake
11 13 (1.64%) PaaS
12 12 (1.51%) Amazon S3
12 12 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (1.51%) Serverless
13 11 (1.39%) Figma
14 10 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (1.01%) IaaS
16 8 (1.01%) PowerApps
17 7 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.77%) Firewall
2 13 (1.64%) DNS
2 13 (1.64%) WAN
3 8 (1.01%) Network Security
3 8 (1.01%) VPN
4 7 (0.88%) BGP
4 7 (0.88%) DHCP
4 7 (0.88%) SD-WAN
5 6 (0.76%) HTTP
5 6 (0.76%) LAN
5 6 (0.76%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.63%) OSPF
6 5 (0.63%) SSL
7 3 (0.38%) MPLS
7 3 (0.38%) Multicast
7 3 (0.38%) NAS
7 3 (0.38%) VLAN
7 3 (0.38%) WebEx
8 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.16%) Power BI
2 35 (4.41%) SQL Server
3 24 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (2.52%) Hadoop
5 15 (1.89%) Big Data
5 15 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (1.89%) Tableau
6 11 (1.39%) Data Lake
6 11 (1.39%) NoSQL
6 11 (1.39%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.26%) Oracle Database
8 9 (1.13%) Apache Hive
8 9 (1.13%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.88%) Redis
10 7 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.76%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.63%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 60 (7.56%) JIRA
2 32 (4.03%) Git
3 31 (3.90%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.26%) JUnit
5 9 (1.13%) Postman
6 8 (1.01%) SonarQube
6 8 (1.01%) Xcode
7 7 (0.88%) GitLab
7 7 (0.88%) Maven
7 7 (0.88%) Subversion
8 6 (0.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.76%) Mockito
8 6 (0.76%) REST Assured
8 6 (0.76%) SoapUI
8 6 (0.76%) XCTest
9 5 (0.63%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.50%) Selenium
11 3 (0.38%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.38%) Gradle
General
1 248 (31.23%) Social Skills
2 202 (25.44%) Banking
3 142 (17.88%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (7.43%) Financial Institution
5 52 (6.55%) Front Office
6 41 (5.16%) Investment Banking
7 35 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 33 (4.16%) Legal
9 26 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (2.90%) Retail
11 20 (2.52%) Back Office
11 20 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (2.52%) Public Sector
12 19 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (2.02%) Billing
14 15 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.64%) Marketing
16 12 (1.51%) General Ledger
17 11 (1.39%) Retail Banking
18 9 (1.13%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 170 (21.41%) Analyst
2 101 (12.72%) Developer
3 91 (11.46%) Business Analyst
4 68 (8.56%) Senior
5 67 (8.44%) Architect
6 53 (6.68%) Lead
7 51 (6.42%) Consultant
7 51 (6.42%) Project Manager
8 26 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
9 22 (2.77%) Data Analyst
9 22 (2.77%) Support Analyst
10 20 (2.52%) Data Engineer
10 20 (2.52%) Java Developer
11 17 (2.14%) Financial Analyst
12 16 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (1.89%) IT Manager
13 15 (1.89%) Programme Manager
14 13 (1.64%) .NET Developer
14 13 (1.64%) Senior Manager
14 13 (1.64%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.42%) .NET
2 26 (3.27%) Kafka
3 22 (2.77%) REST
4 18 (2.27%) AngularJS
4 18 (2.27%) React
5 17 (2.14%) Spring
6 15 (1.89%) RESTful
7 14 (1.76%) HTML
7 14 (1.76%) Spring Boot
7 14 (1.76%) Web Services
8 13 (1.64%) CSS
9 11 (1.39%) HTML5
9 11 (1.39%) PySpark
10 9 (1.13%) CSS3
11 8 (1.01%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (1.01%) Hibernate
11 8 (1.01%) JPA
11 8 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.01%) SOAP
11 8 (1.01%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 29 (3.65%) Cloud Native
1 29 (3.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 27 (3.40%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.15%) Onboarding
4 22 (2.77%) Credit Risk
4 22 (2.77%) Fixed Income
5 21 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (2.27%) Data Centre
8 15 (1.89%) Management Information System
9 13 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.51%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.51%) Derivative
10 12 (1.51%) Distributed Computing
10 12 (1.51%) Market Risk
10 12 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.39%) Hedge funds
12 10 (1.26%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 65 (8.19%) Windows
2 49 (6.17%) Linux
3 28 (3.53%) Unix
4 8 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.88%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.88%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.76%) Android
7 5 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.38%) AIX
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Solaris
11 1 (0.13%) VMS
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (24.31%) Agile
2 163 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
3 121 (15.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 92 (11.59%) Project Management
5 79 (9.95%) DevOps
5 79 (9.95%) Migration
6 74 (9.32%) Analytics
7 73 (9.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 70 (8.82%) Risk Management
9 64 (8.06%) CI/CD
10 60 (7.56%) Data Analysis
11 57 (7.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 57 (7.18%) Project Delivery
12 56 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
12 56 (7.05%) Decision-Making
13 55 (6.93%) Roadmaps
14 50 (6.30%) User Acceptance Testing
15 47 (5.92%) Scrum
16 44 (5.54%) Computer Science
16 44 (5.54%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 137 (17.25%) SQL
2 127 (15.99%) Python
3 65 (8.19%) Java
4 57 (7.18%) C#
5 28 (3.53%) PowerShell
6 27 (3.40%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.76%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.64%) C++
9 10 (1.26%) Bash
9 10 (1.26%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.01%) R
11 7 (0.88%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.76%) Groovy
12 6 (0.76%) Scala
13 5 (0.63%) Go
13 5 (0.63%) VBA
14 4 (0.50%) Bicep
15 3 (0.38%) DAML
15 3 (0.38%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (12.72%) Degree
2 22 (2.77%) Security Cleared
3 21 (2.64%) PMI Certification
4 18 (2.27%) PMP
5 17 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.14%) SC Cleared
6 14 (1.76%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.01%) PhD
10 7 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.88%) CCNP
10 7 (0.88%) CISA
11 6 (0.76%) CISSP
11 6 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 5 (0.63%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.63%) CBAP
12 5 (0.63%) CFA
13 4 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.79%) QA
2 31 (3.90%) Data Quality
3 27 (3.40%) PMO
4 16 (2.02%) NIST
5 15 (1.89%) MiFID
6 14 (1.76%) GDPR
7 13 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.51%) EMIR
9 9 (1.13%) COBIT
10 8 (1.01%) Accessibility
11 7 (0.88%) SLA
12 6 (0.76%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.63%) IFRS
14 4 (0.50%) SEPA
15 3 (0.38%) Basel III
15 3 (0.38%) GAAP
16 2 (0.25%) Basel II
16 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
16 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 25 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.90%) Docker
3 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.25%) GPFS
4 2 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.25%) NFS
5 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.13%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) HDFS
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 34 (4.28%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.78%) Terraform
3 23 (2.90%) Ansible
4 16 (2.02%) SCCM
5 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.88%) ITRS Geneos
7 6 (0.76%) Grafana
7 6 (0.76%) Kibana
8 5 (0.63%) logstash
8 5 (0.63%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.38%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.25%) CASB
10 2 (0.25%) Istio
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.25%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.25%) Puppet
11 1 (0.13%) Control-M
11 1 (0.13%) vMotion
11 1 (0.13%) WSUS
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 130 (16.37%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.19%) Oracle
3 27 (3.40%) SAP
4 22 (2.77%) Workday
5 20 (2.52%) Cisco
6 19 (2.39%) ServiceNow
7 14 (1.76%) Citrix
7 14 (1.76%) Databricks
8 12 (1.51%) IBM
8 12 (1.51%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.39%) Google
9 11 (1.39%) Splunk
9 11 (1.39%) VMware
10 9 (1.13%) Adobe
11 8 (1.01%) ION Trading
12 7 (0.88%) Arista
12 7 (0.88%) Dynatrace
12 7 (0.88%) HP
12 7 (0.88%) Murex
12 7 (0.88%) Palo Alto