Financial Analysis Contract Job Trends in England

Financial Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Financial Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 489 464 512
Rank change year-on-year -25 +48 +173
Contract jobs citing Financial Analysis 51 31 37
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.11% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 19 25
10th Percentile £385 £314 £275
25th Percentile £425 £413 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.66% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £619 £575 £580
90th Percentile £688 £690 £598
UK median daily rate £517 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.32% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £26.43 - £26.27
25th Percentile £28.56 - £36.80
Median hourly rate £32.75 - £54.97
75th Percentile £37.56 - £72.52
90th Percentile £40.08 - £82.67
UK median hourly rate £32.75 - £54.97
% change year-on-year - - +22.84%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,925 25,046 32,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.53% 88.69% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,779 15,429 21,914
10th Percentile £302 £311 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,785 824 1,417
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

Financial Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Financial Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Financial Analysis job vacancy trend in England

Financial Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Financial Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Financial Analysis

Financial Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analysis in England over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analysis in England

Financial Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Financial Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Financial Analysis

Financial Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Financial Analysis in England over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Financial Analysis in England

Financial Analysis
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
London +2 31 £450 -7.69% 25
North of England -45 7 £450 -14.89% 6
Yorkshire - 6 £500 -
South West - 5 £500 - 2
South East -4 4 £650 +36.84% 17
Midlands -45 2 £475 - 3
East of England - 2 £675 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £475 - 3
North East - 1 £375 - 1
Financial Analysis
UK

Financial Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (3.92%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.84%) Azure
1 4 (7.84%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (3.92%) OCI
3 2 (3.92%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.96%) GCP
4 1 (1.96%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.69%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (15.69%) SQL Server
2 7 (13.73%) MongoDB
2 7 (13.73%) Redis
2 7 (13.73%) Relational Database
3 4 (7.84%) Power BI
4 3 (5.88%) Data Lake
4 3 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.88%) Metadata
4 3 (5.88%) Star Schema
5 2 (3.92%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) webpack
2 4 (7.84%) JIRA
General
1 51 (100.00%) Finance
2 23 (45.10%) Social Skills
3 16 (31.37%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (27.45%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (17.65%) Banking
6 7 (13.73%) Financial Institution
7 4 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.88%) Retail
9 2 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.96%) Billing
10 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.96%) Legal
10 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.96%) Marketing
10 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (23.53%) Analyst
2 6 (11.76%) Lead
3 5 (9.80%) Financial Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) PMO Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Azure Data Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Coordinator
5 3 (5.88%) Data Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Lead Data Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Project Coordinator
5 3 (5.88%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.88%) Project Support Coordinator
6 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) IT Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Oracle Financials Support
6 2 (3.92%) Portfolio Analyst
7 1 (1.96%) Governance Analyst
7 1 (1.96%) PMO Lead
7 1 (1.96%) Senior Financial Analyst
7 1 (1.96%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.73%) Bootstrap
1 7 (13.73%) CSS
1 7 (13.73%) HTML
1 7 (13.73%) HTML5
1 7 (13.73%) jQuery
1 7 (13.73%) Memcached
1 7 (13.73%) React
2 3 (5.88%) PySpark
3 2 (3.92%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.69%) Management Information System
1 8 (15.69%) Reinsurance
1 8 (15.69%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.84%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.96%) NHS
4 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) Decision-Making
2 19 (37.25%) Business Case
3 13 (25.49%) Agile
3 13 (25.49%) Analytics
4 11 (21.57%) Budgeting
5 10 (19.61%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 10 (19.61%) Financial Modelling
6 9 (17.65%) Business Analysis
6 9 (17.65%) Project Management
7 8 (15.69%) Business Strategy
7 8 (15.69%) Roadmaps
7 8 (15.69%) SDLC
7 8 (15.69%) Test Automation
8 7 (13.73%) Asset Management
8 7 (13.73%) Feasibility Study
8 7 (13.73%) Front End Development
8 7 (13.73%) User Experience
8 7 (13.73%) Wealth Management
9 6 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (11.76%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.73%) SQL
2 1 (1.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (15.69%) Degree
2 7 (13.73%) ACCA
3 6 (11.76%) CIMA
4 4 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.92%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) QA
2 7 (13.73%) Accessibility
3 5 (9.80%) PMO
4 2 (3.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 13 (25.49%) Oracle
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.88%) Databricks
4 2 (3.92%) Planview
4 2 (3.92%) SAP
5 1 (1.96%) Genesys
5 1 (1.96%) Google