Financial Modelling Contracts in Central London

Financial Modelling
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Financial Modelling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Financial Modelling over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 125 171
Rank change year-on-year +6 +46 +24
Contract jobs citing Financial Modelling 10 8 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.50% 0.33% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.36% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £634 -
25th Percentile £725 £666 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £738 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% - -
75th Percentile £819 £816 -
90th Percentile £898 £851 -
London median daily rate £700 £588 £650
% change year-on-year +19.15% -9.62% +18.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Financial Modelling 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 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £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 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Financial Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Modelling in Central London

Financial Modelling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Modelling in Central London

Financial Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Modelling in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Modelling in Central London

Financial Modelling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Financial Modelling in Central London

Financial Modelling
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 Modelling within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +15 10 £750 +20.00% 7
Financial Modelling
London

Financial Modelling
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 1 (10.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) GitHub
2 1 (10.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (10.00%) Apache Hive
2 1 (10.00%) Hadoop
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Corporate Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Investment Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Retail
4 3 (30.00%) Retail Banking
5 2 (20.00%) Front Office
6 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) AWS Data Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) AWS Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Data Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Data Modeller
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
1 3 (30.00%) Python Data Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Python Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) C++ Developer
2 2 (20.00%) C++ Quantitative Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Quantitative Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Gen AI Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Python Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) PySpark
2 1 (10.00%) NumPy
2 1 (10.00%) Pandas
2 1 (10.00%) SciPy
2 1 (10.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Fixed Income
2 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (10.00%) Distributed Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 4 (40.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 3 (30.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (30.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (30.00%) Economics
2 3 (30.00%) ETL
2 3 (30.00%) Pricing Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) Wealth Management
3 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (10.00%) Data Science
4 1 (10.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (10.00%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 3 (30.00%) C++
4 1 (10.00%) Java
4 1 (10.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CFA
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (10.00%) PhD
1 1 (10.00%) SAP Certification
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) SAP