Financial Analysis Contracts in the City of London

Financial Analysis
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 120 171
Rank change year-on-year +11 +51 +9
Contract jobs citing Financial Analysis 6 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.34% 0.046% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.051% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £505 - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £655 - -
Central London median daily rate £550 - -

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,630 1,955 3,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.57% 90.51% 91.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 1,375 2,163
10th Percentile £352 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £563 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £15.33
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £28.15 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -26.79% -13.58%
75th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £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%

Financial Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analysis in the City of London

Financial Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Analysis in the City of London

Financial Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analysis in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analysis in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Financial Analysis in the City of London

Financial Analysis
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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Fund Accounting Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Report Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Transformation Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Business Case
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Fintech
2 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (16.67%) Data Interpretation
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CFA
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) MiFID
1 1 (16.67%) QA
1 1 (16.67%) UCITS
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Advent
2 1 (16.67%) Bloomberg
2 1 (16.67%) SimCorp