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 £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 117 129
Rank change year-on-year +8 +12 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 14 14 20
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.78% 0.66% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.70% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 17
10th Percentile £281 £425 £323
25th Percentile £363 £429 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -20.00% +14.68%
75th Percentile £663 £606 £688
90th Percentile £920 £638 £733
Central London median daily rate £540 £531 £625
% change year-on-year +1.65% -15.00% +16.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,677 1,990 2,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 93.12% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,170 1,228 1,747
10th Percentile £325 £363 £354
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £765 £781 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.88 £22.00 £19.51
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +57.14% -42.35%
75th Percentile £52.19 £102.25 £44.56
90th Percentile £64.30 £127.30 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £24.99
% change year-on-year -20.00% +40.08% -40.51%

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025, 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 9 (64.29%) Data Analysis
2 6 (42.86%) Data Modelling
3 5 (35.71%) Degree
3 5 (35.71%) Migration
3 5 (35.71%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
4 4 (28.57%) Financial Modelling
4 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (21.43%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (21.43%) Backlog Management
5 3 (21.43%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 3 (21.43%) Backlog Refinement
5 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
5 3 (21.43%) Data Migration
5 3 (21.43%) Data Quality
5 3 (21.43%) Data Reconciliation
5 3 (21.43%) Epics
5 3 (21.43%) Impact Assessments
5 3 (21.43%) Product Backlog
5 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
5 3 (21.43%) Project Governance
5 3 (21.43%) Scrum
5 3 (21.43%) Sprint Review
5 3 (21.43%) SQL
5 3 (21.43%) Star Schema
5 3 (21.43%) User Stories
5 3 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (14.29%) Anti-Money Laundering

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Star Schema
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 14 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Banking
3 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Private Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Data Analysis
2 6 (42.86%) Data Modelling
3 5 (35.71%) Migration
3 5 (35.71%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
4 4 (28.57%) Financial Modelling
4 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (21.43%) Backlog Management
5 3 (21.43%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 3 (21.43%) Backlog Refinement
5 3 (21.43%) Data Reconciliation
5 3 (21.43%) Epics
5 3 (21.43%) Product Backlog
5 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
5 3 (21.43%) Project Governance
5 3 (21.43%) Sprint Review
5 3 (21.43%) User Stories
5 3 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Hyperion
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle
1 2 (14.29%) Tagetik
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft