Economics Contracts in the City of London

Economics
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 120 162
Rank change year-on-year +12 +42 +24
Contract jobs citing Economics 8 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.47% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.15% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £279 - £573
25th Percentile £293 - £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £669
Median % change year-on-year - -47.66% +11.46%
75th Percentile £444 - £733
90th Percentile £478 - £769
Central London median daily rate £350 £350 £669
% change year-on-year - -47.66% +11.46%
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 - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £51.50
% change year-on-year - - +32.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,580 1,960 3,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.60% 90.53% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 1,378 2,164
10th Percentile £350 £350 £352
25th Percentile £456 £450 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -6.25% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £726
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £558 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +1.36% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 26
10th Percentile £22.18 £19.95 £14.75
25th Percentile £24.43 £20.22 £17.08
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.41% -26.79% -12.50%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.65 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Economics in the City of London

Economics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Economics in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Economics in the City of London

Economics
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Economics in the City of London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Economics in the City of London

Economics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Economics in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Economics in the City of London

Economics
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 22 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
Moorgate - 1 £300 -
Economics
Central London

Economics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (12.50%) EViews
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
2 2 (25.00%) Power BI
2 2 (25.00%) Tableau
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (87.50%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
4 4 (50.00%) Banking
5 3 (37.50%) Corporate Banking
5 3 (37.50%) Investment Banking
5 3 (37.50%) Retail
5 3 (37.50%) Retail Banking
6 1 (12.50%) Advertising
6 1 (12.50%) Electronics
6 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
6 1 (12.50%) Front Office
6 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) AWS Data Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) AWS Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Data Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Data Modeller
2 3 (37.50%) Python Data Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Python Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Front Office Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Fund Accounting Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Research Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Equities
1 1 (12.50%) Fixed Income
1 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Data Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (37.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (37.50%) ETL
2 3 (37.50%) Financial Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Predictive Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Pricing Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Wealth Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (12.50%) FinOps
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Python
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) CFA
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (12.50%) MBA
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) MiFID
2 1 (12.50%) UCITS
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Advent
1 1 (12.50%) Bloomberg
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) SimCorp