Financial Analyst Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Finance Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 105 98
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 +54
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 27 15 24
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.11% 0.86% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 0.91% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 16
10th Percentile £349 £276 £361
25th Percentile £395 £315 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -13.95% -14.68%
75th Percentile £631 £634 £550
90th Percentile £675 £664 £594
Central London median daily rate £475 £513 £544
% change year-on-year -7.32% -5.75% -13.69%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 2,284 1,641 2,049
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 93.83% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,523 1,040 1,412
10th Percentile £357 £350 £350
25th Percentile £453 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £571
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -3.54% -4.79%
75th Percentile £670 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £799
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 16
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.02 £16.33
25th Percentile £18.46 £24.43 £20.22
Median hourly rate £19.50 £32.83 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.59% +44.29% -35.00%
75th Percentile £42.74 £63.75 £32.03
90th Percentile £59.72 £89.88 £45.13
Central London median hourly rate £25.77 £30.04 £26.78
% change year-on-year -14.20% +12.15% -23.49%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Financial Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Financial Analyst job vacancy trend in the City of London

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analyst in the City of London

Financial Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 27 June 2026, Financial Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (14.81%) Data Modelling
1 4 (14.81%) ERP
2 3 (11.11%) Agile
2 3 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 3 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (11.11%) Validation
3 2 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
3 2 (7.41%) Data Migration
3 2 (7.41%) IFRS
3 2 (7.41%) Migration
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
3 2 (7.41%) Project Governance
3 2 (7.41%) Risk Management
3 2 (7.41%) Scrum
3 2 (7.41%) SQL
3 2 (7.41%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (3.70%) AI
4 1 (3.70%) Analytics
4 1 (3.70%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.70%) Data Engineering
4 1 (3.70%) Data Extraction
4 1 (3.70%) Data Mapping
4 1 (3.70%) Data Transformation
4 1 (3.70%) Data Validation
4 1 (3.70%) FinancialForce
4 1 (3.70%) Focus Group
4 1 (3.70%) GAAP
4 1 (3.70%) Journey Map
4 1 (3.70%) Loan IQ

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Loan IQ
1 1 (3.70%) NetSuite
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) FinancialForce
1 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.70%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
General
1 27 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.70%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.70%) Derivative
2 1 (3.70%) Fixed Income
2 1 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.81%) Data Modelling
1 4 (14.81%) ERP
2 3 (11.11%) Agile
2 3 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (11.11%) Validation
3 2 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
3 2 (7.41%) Data Migration
3 2 (7.41%) Migration
3 2 (7.41%) Project Governance
3 2 (7.41%) Risk Management
3 2 (7.41%) Scrum
3 2 (7.41%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (3.70%) AI
4 1 (3.70%) Analytics
4 1 (3.70%) Data Engineering
4 1 (3.70%) Data Transformation
4 1 (3.70%) Data Validation
4 1 (3.70%) Machine Learning
4 1 (3.70%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.41%) IFRS
3 1 (3.70%) GAAP
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Murex