IFS Contract Job Trends in the City of London

IFS
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring knowledge or experience of IFS products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IFS over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within IFS AB.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 119 122
Rank change year-on-year -16 +3 -
Contract jobs citing IFS 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.17% 0.12% 0.046%
As % of the Vendors category 0.41% 0.26% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £726 -
25th Percentile £613 £755 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £856 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.01% - -
75th Percentile £638 £1,005 -
90th Percentile - £1,062 -
Central London median daily rate £625 £856 -
% change year-on-year -27.01% - -

All Vendors
City of London

IFS falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 971 779 939
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.14% 45.13% 43.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 476 689
10th Percentile £359 £313 £348
25th Percentile £439 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -1.79% -0.88%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £683
90th Percentile £760 £751 £788
Central London median daily rate £538 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -0.46% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 8
10th Percentile - £22.18 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.00 £15.19
Median hourly rate £19.50 £32.83 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.59% +50.92% -56.50%
75th Percentile £27.08 £64.21 £24.56
90th Percentile £42.13 £96.56 £63.53
Central London median hourly rate £22.71 £30.04 £21.75
% change year-on-year -24.38% +38.09% -42.00%

IFS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IFS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

IFS job vacancy trend in the City of London

IFS
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing IFS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing IFS

IFS
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP R/3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Data Migration Lead
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Change Manager
2 1 (25.00%) ERP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ERP
2 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) SAP