Finance Contracts in the City of Westminster

Financial
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in the City of Westminster. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 5 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Finance 14 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 30.43% 18.18% 18.42%
As % of the General category 51.85% 40.00% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 6
10th Percentile £475 £424 £209
25th Percentile £525 £547 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £700 £265
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +164.15% -64.07%
75th Percentile £675 £811 £542
90th Percentile £805 £835 £738
Central London median daily rate £600 £600 £650
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +13.04%

All General Skills
City of Westminster

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the City of Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 27 20 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 58.70% 45.45% 63.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 16
10th Percentile £400 £400 £221
25th Percentile £463 £506 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £663 £435
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +52.30% -3.33%
75th Percentile £638 £831 £631
90th Percentile £675 £994 £850
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the City of Westminster

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in the City of Westminster

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of Westminster

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the City of Westminster over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the City of Westminster

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the City of Westminster

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Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 Westminster region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. 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
Westminster +4 7 £625 +127.27% 4
Mayfair +2 4 £590 -21.33% 1
Paddington -2 3 £575 -17.86%
Finance
Central London

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) SaaS
2 3 (21.43%) AWS
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.14%) GCP
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) BGP
1 2 (14.29%) HTTP
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
1 2 (14.29%) SSL
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
1 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
1 2 (14.29%) Tableau
2 1 (7.14%) Data Mining
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Back Office
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Lead
2 2 (14.29%) Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Finance Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle Functional Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Product Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Product Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Development Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) IT Security Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Payroll Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Product Owner
3 1 (7.14%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Hedge funds
2 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) ERP
2 4 (28.57%) Product Management
3 3 (21.43%) Change Management
3 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (21.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
3 3 (21.43%) Migration
3 3 (21.43%) Performance Management
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Analytics
4 2 (14.29%) Business Transformation
4 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (14.29%) Data Management
4 2 (14.29%) Network Performance Management
4 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.14%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
1 1 (7.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
1 1 (7.14%) CCNA
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Oracle
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) Arista
3 2 (14.29%) Meraki
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) Sun
4 1 (7.14%) Google
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow