Finance Contracts in the City of London

Financial
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Finance 654 1,203 1,244
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 29.70% 33.08% 29.39%
As % of the General category 44.83% 53.16% 50.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 837 827
10th Percentile £365 £461 £363
25th Percentile £500 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £588
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.64% +6.82%
75th Percentile £713 £775 £688
90th Percentile £825 £857 £775
Central London median daily rate £600 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile - - £20.39
25th Percentile £24.00 - -
Median hourly rate £25.50 £21.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £38.69 - £42.75
90th Percentile £59.73 - £63.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.50 £28.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -8.93% +33.33% +5.00%

All General Skills
City of London

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,459 2,263 2,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.26% 62.22% 57.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 1,593 1,776
10th Percentile £340 £363 £354
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £694 £738 £680
90th Percentile £803 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £560 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.26% +6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 26
10th Percentile £19.53 £15.61 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £19.32 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £28.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -37.08% +154.29%
75th Percentile £27.38 £55.00 £57.00
90th Percentile £52.60 £58.75 £64.13
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -21.35% +122.50%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the City of London

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in the City of London

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the City of London

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the City of London

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the City of London

Finance
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 Finance within the City of London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
London Bridge +2 3 £500 -
Moorgate +1 3 £200 -54.29%
Finance
Central London

Finance
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:

Application Platforms
1 38 (5.81%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.38%) Confluence
4 8 (1.22%) SAS
5 5 (0.76%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.61%) CMS
6 4 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.46%) Apache
7 3 (0.46%) IBM Domino
7 3 (0.46%) IBM Notes
7 3 (0.46%) IIS
7 3 (0.46%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.31%) JBoss
8 2 (0.31%) nginx
8 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.31%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 26 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (3.06%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (2.45%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) SPSS
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) InVision
7 1 (0.15%) Sketch
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.53%) Dynamics GP
2 9 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.22%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.46%) Infor SunSystems
5 3 (0.46%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.46%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.46%) SAP MRS
5 3 (0.46%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.31%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.31%) Unica
7 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.15%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.15%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 117 (17.89%) Azure
2 53 (8.10%) AWS
3 43 (6.57%) Power Platform
4 40 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (4.59%) WhatsApp
6 26 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
7 25 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (2.91%) Entra ID
8 19 (2.91%) PowerApps
9 18 (2.75%) GCP
10 17 (2.60%) Power Automate
11 11 (1.68%) SaaS
12 10 (1.53%) GitHub
13 8 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (1.22%) Collibra
13 8 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (0.76%) OneDrive
14 5 (0.76%) Serverless
15 4 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
15 4 (0.61%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.05%) Firewall
2 13 (1.99%) SAN
3 12 (1.83%) DNS
4 10 (1.53%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.07%) SMTP
6 6 (0.92%) HTTP
6 6 (0.92%) WAN
7 4 (0.61%) DHCP
7 4 (0.61%) FTP
7 4 (0.61%) ICMP
7 4 (0.61%) POP3
7 4 (0.61%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.61%) SSH
8 3 (0.46%) SSL
8 3 (0.46%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.46%) VoIP
9 2 (0.31%) Network Security
9 2 (0.31%) PBX
9 2 (0.31%) PSTN
9 2 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.12%) Power BI
2 15 (2.29%) Data Lake
3 13 (1.99%) Metadata
3 13 (1.99%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.83%) Tableau
5 10 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.38%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.38%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.07%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.76%) Big Data
8 5 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.76%) KDB
8 5 (0.76%) MySQL
8 5 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.61%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.61%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.61%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.61%) Siebel EIM
10 2 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 17 (2.60%) JIRA
2 13 (1.99%) GitLab
3 10 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.38%) Git
5 4 (0.61%) Selenium
5 4 (0.61%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.46%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.31%) Appium
7 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.31%) Mercurial
7 2 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.31%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.15%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.15%) Babel
8 1 (0.15%) eggPlant
8 1 (0.15%) Pylint
8 1 (0.15%) webpack
8 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 179 (27.37%) Social Skills
2 134 (20.49%) Banking
3 68 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (7.03%) Financial Institution
5 30 (4.59%) Legal
6 24 (3.67%) Investment Banking
7 23 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (3.52%) Public Sector
7 23 (3.52%) Retail
8 20 (3.06%) Front Office
9 19 (2.91%) Marketing
9 19 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (1.99%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.83%) General Ledger
12 9 (1.38%) Back Office
12 9 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.38%) Law
13 7 (1.07%) Advertising
13 7 (1.07%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.76%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 119 (18.20%) Analyst
2 74 (11.31%) Developer
3 66 (10.09%) Architect
4 65 (9.94%) Consultant
5 61 (9.33%) Senior
6 58 (8.87%) Business Analyst
7 57 (8.72%) Project Manager
8 34 (5.20%) Lead
9 32 (4.89%) Data Analyst
10 21 (3.21%) Financial Analyst
11 20 (3.06%) Support Engineer
12 17 (2.60%) Data Business Analyst
12 17 (2.60%) Microsoft Consultant
12 17 (2.60%) Security Architect
13 16 (2.45%) Security Consultant
14 14 (2.14%) Data Migration Analyst
14 14 (2.14%) Data Migration Business Analyst
14 14 (2.14%) Migration Analyst
15 13 (1.99%) Finance Business Analyst
16 12 (1.83%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.75%) .NET
1 18 (2.75%) HTML
2 16 (2.45%) XML
3 15 (2.29%) CSS
3 15 (2.29%) React
4 12 (1.83%) REST
5 10 (1.53%) AngularJS
6 9 (1.38%) FIX Protocol
6 9 (1.38%) Microsoft Graph
7 8 (1.22%) JSON
7 8 (1.22%) OpenID
7 8 (1.22%) SAML
8 6 (0.92%) ASP.NET
8 6 (0.92%) jQuery
8 6 (0.92%) Kafka
8 6 (0.92%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.92%) Web Services
8 6 (0.92%) XACML
9 5 (0.76%) Middleware
9 5 (0.76%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.52%) Product Ownership
2 22 (3.36%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.14%) Derivative
3 14 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 14 (2.14%) Video Conferencing
4 11 (1.68%) Data Centre
4 11 (1.68%) Data Structures
5 10 (1.53%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.53%) PKI
6 7 (1.07%) Equities
6 7 (1.07%) Security Posture
7 6 (0.92%) Algorithms
7 6 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (0.76%) Hedge funds
8 5 (0.76%) Photography
8 5 (0.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (0.61%) Credit Risk
9 4 (0.61%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 53 (8.10%) Windows
2 21 (3.21%) Linux
3 15 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
3 15 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
4 12 (1.83%) Unix
5 10 (1.53%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.46%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.31%) Android
8 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.15%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (16.97%) Agile
2 80 (12.23%) Project Management
3 75 (11.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 73 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
5 66 (10.09%) Migration
6 63 (9.63%) DevOps
7 57 (8.72%) Risk Management
8 51 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
9 46 (7.03%) CI/CD
10 45 (6.88%) User Acceptance Testing
11 43 (6.57%) Cybersecurity
12 41 (6.27%) Analytics
12 41 (6.27%) Data Management
13 38 (5.81%) User Stories
13 38 (5.81%) Validation
14 37 (5.66%) Change Management
14 37 (5.66%) Requirements Gathering
15 34 (5.20%) Data Modelling
16 32 (4.89%) Information Security
17 31 (4.74%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 91 (13.91%) SQL
2 78 (11.93%) Python
3 42 (6.42%) PowerShell
4 40 (6.12%) Java
5 32 (4.89%) C#
6 26 (3.98%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.99%) C++
8 7 (1.07%) Rust
9 6 (0.92%) Bash
9 6 (0.92%) Go
9 6 (0.92%) R
9 6 (0.92%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.76%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.61%) ABAP
11 4 (0.61%) Perl
11 4 (0.61%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.46%) Clojure
12 3 (0.46%) Haskell
12 3 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 74 (11.31%) Degree
2 23 (3.52%) Security Cleared
3 18 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (2.75%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (1.53%) CISSP
6 7 (1.07%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.07%) CISM
6 7 (1.07%) CRISC
7 6 (0.92%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.92%) PMP
8 5 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.76%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.61%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.46%) CCNA
10 3 (0.46%) CISA
10 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.46%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.31%) ACCA
11 2 (0.31%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.73%) QA
2 38 (5.81%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.67%) NIST
4 22 (3.36%) PMO
5 21 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (1.22%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.07%) SLA
9 6 (0.92%) GDPR
9 6 (0.92%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.76%) GRC
10 5 (0.76%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.61%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.46%) EMIR
12 3 (0.46%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.46%) ISO 31000
13 2 (0.31%) Basel III
13 2 (0.31%) MiFID
14 1 (0.15%) COBIT
System Software
1 41 (6.27%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.07%) Docker
4 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
5 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (3.36%) SCCM
2 21 (3.21%) Terraform
3 16 (2.45%) Ansible
3 16 (2.45%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.38%) PingFederate
5 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (0.92%) Kibana
6 6 (0.92%) logstash
7 4 (0.61%) Puppet
7 4 (0.61%) QRadar
8 3 (0.46%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.31%) Consul
9 2 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.31%) Packer
10 1 (0.15%) Argo
10 1 (0.15%) Grafana
10 1 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 109 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.89%) Oracle
3 25 (3.82%) SAP
4 23 (3.52%) Cisco
5 19 (2.91%) Citrix
6 15 (2.29%) IBM
6 15 (2.29%) ServiceNow
7 14 (2.14%) CheckPoint
7 14 (2.14%) Google
7 14 (2.14%) HP
8 13 (1.99%) Avaya
8 13 (1.99%) EMC
9 10 (1.53%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.22%) Adobe
10 8 (1.22%) Bloomberg
10 8 (1.22%) Databricks
10 8 (1.22%) Okta
10 8 (1.22%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.92%) Dell
11 6 (0.92%) Proofpoint