Financial Analysis Contracts in Central London

Financial Analysis
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Financial Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Financial Analysis 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 120 132 173
Rank change year-on-year +12 +41 +15
Contract jobs citing Financial Analysis 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.25% 0.041% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.046% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £503 - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £556 - -
90th Percentile £568 - -
London median daily rate £550 £510 £590
% change year-on-year +7.84% -13.56% +2.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Financial Analysis 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 1,850 2,190 3,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.96% 90.61% 91.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,198 1,562 2,371
10th Percentile £354 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% -8.33% +5.26%
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 24 30
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.01 £15.23
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.38 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £29.11 £57.50
90th Percentile £50.75 £41.29 £88.30
London median hourly rate £33.00 £28.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year +15.79% -26.92% +6.12%

Financial Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analysis in Central London

Financial Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Analysis in Central London

Financial Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Financial Analysis in Central London

Financial Analysis
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 Analysis 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 +8 5 £525 - 4
Financial Analysis
London

Financial Analysis
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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Fund Accounting Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Report Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Transformation Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Fintech
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (20.00%) Culture Change
3 1 (20.00%) Data Interpretation
3 1 (20.00%) Economics
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CFA
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) MiFID
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) UCITS
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Advent
1 1 (20.00%) Bloomberg
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SimCorp