Financial Institution Contracts in England

Financial Institution
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Financial Institution over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 309 277
Rank change year-on-year +50 -32 +74
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 225 249 477
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.93% 0.68% 0.96%
As % of the General category 1.45% 1.16% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 182 384
10th Percentile £415 £303 £450
25th Percentile £520 £511 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £618 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.92% -
75th Percentile £794 £700 £700
90th Percentile £875 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £615 £608 £600
% change year-on-year +1.23% +1.25% -

All General Skills
England

Financial Institution 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15,551 21,475 29,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.15% 58.28% 59.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,090 13,837 20,596
10th Percentile £300 £278 £313
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 661 1,786 958
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £13.47
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £18.13
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -6.15% +51.16%
75th Percentile £55.93 £51.91 £61.20
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.14 £71.26
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £32.85
% change year-on-year -8.82% -8.17% +49.50%

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Financial Institution as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Institution in England

Financial Institution
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Financial Institution in England.

Daily rate trend for Financial Institution in England

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Institution in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Institution in England

Financial Institution
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Financial Institution in England.

Hourly rate trend for Financial Institution in England

Financial Institution
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 Institution within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
London +36 196 £675 +8.00% 581
North of England +25 14 £500 -4.76% 30
Yorkshire +13 9 £550 - 6
South West +40 5 £475 +5.56% 7
Midlands +22 5 £433 +44.17% 26
North West +10 5 £413 -21.43% 21
West Midlands +14 3 £600 +100.00% 17
South East +36 2 - - 132
East Midlands - 2 £394 - 8
Financial Institution
UK

Financial Institution
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (5.78%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.22%) Confluence
5 3 (1.33%) Apache
5 3 (1.33%) nginx
6 2 (0.89%) CICS
6 2 (0.89%) CMS
6 2 (0.89%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.44%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (8.44%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (6.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (3.11%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (2.67%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.89%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.89%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.44%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.44%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.44%) Sketch
7 1 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.89%) Avolution ABACUS
1 2 (0.89%) ION Anvil
1 2 (0.89%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (0.44%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.44%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.44%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle TCA
2 1 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.44%) Summit
2 1 (0.44%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 36 (16.00%) Azure
2 20 (8.89%) AWS
3 9 (4.00%) GCP
4 7 (3.11%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (3.11%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.67%) SaaS
6 5 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.22%) Serverless
7 4 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.78%) OCI
8 3 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.33%) Azure API Management
8 3 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.33%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.33%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.33%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.89%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.89%) Figma
9 2 (0.89%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.00%) Firewall
2 8 (3.56%) Network Security
3 4 (1.78%) HTTP
4 3 (1.33%) DHCP
4 3 (1.33%) DNS
4 3 (1.33%) Skype
5 2 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.89%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.44%) LAN
6 1 (0.44%) Modbus
6 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.44%) SMTP
6 1 (0.44%) SWIFTNet
6 1 (0.44%) VLAN
6 1 (0.44%) VoIP
6 1 (0.44%) VPN
6 1 (0.44%) VSAN
6 1 (0.44%) WAN
6 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.56%) Oracle Database
1 8 (3.56%) Tableau
2 7 (3.11%) Hadoop
2 7 (3.11%) Power BI
2 7 (3.11%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.67%) Delta Lake
3 6 (2.67%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.78%) Big Data
4 4 (1.78%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.33%) Apache Hive
5 3 (1.33%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.33%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.89%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.89%) Impala
6 2 (0.89%) Kdb+
6 2 (0.89%) Looker
6 2 (0.89%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 17 (7.56%) Jenkins
2 13 (5.78%) Git
2 13 (5.78%) JIRA
3 5 (2.22%) JUnit
4 4 (1.78%) Ant
5 3 (1.33%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.33%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.33%) GitLab
5 3 (1.33%) SoapUI
5 3 (1.33%) Toad
6 2 (0.89%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.89%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.89%) Maven
6 2 (0.89%) Selenium
6 2 (0.89%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.89%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.44%) AppScan
7 1 (0.44%) ERwin
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
General
1 225 (100.00%) Finance
2 108 (48.00%) Social Skills
3 82 (36.44%) Banking
4 51 (22.67%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (16.44%) Front Office
6 23 (10.22%) Investment Banking
7 9 (4.00%) Legal
8 8 (3.56%) Retail
9 7 (3.11%) Retail Banking
10 5 (2.22%) Back Office
10 5 (2.22%) Corporate Banking
10 5 (2.22%) Marketing
11 3 (1.33%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.33%) International Banking
11 3 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.33%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.89%) French Language
13 1 (0.44%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 44 (19.56%) Developer
2 29 (12.89%) Senior
3 27 (12.00%) Business Analyst
4 23 (10.22%) Analyst
5 16 (7.11%) Lead
6 11 (4.89%) Architect
6 11 (4.89%) Front Office Business Analyst
6 11 (4.89%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.00%) C# Developer
7 9 (4.00%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
7 9 (4.00%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
8 8 (3.56%) Business Manager
8 8 (3.56%) Data Engineer
8 8 (3.56%) Python Developer
8 8 (3.56%) Senior Developer
9 7 (3.11%) Consultant
10 6 (2.67%) Java Developer
10 6 (2.67%) PMO Manager
10 6 (2.67%) Security Engineer
10 6 (2.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.44%) SailPoint
2 9 (4.00%) React
3 6 (2.67%) .NET
3 6 (2.67%) FastAPI
4 5 (2.22%) REST
4 5 (2.22%) TensorFlow
5 4 (1.78%) Django
5 4 (1.78%) IBM Integration Bus
5 4 (1.78%) Middleware
5 4 (1.78%) RESTful
6 3 (1.33%) CSS
6 3 (1.33%) EDI
6 3 (1.33%) Kafka
6 3 (1.33%) Murex MxML
6 3 (1.33%) PySpark
6 3 (1.33%) SOAP
6 3 (1.33%) XML
7 2 (0.89%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (0.89%) pytest
7 2 (0.89%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 17 (7.56%) Fixed Income
3 16 (7.11%) Hedge funds
4 13 (5.78%) Algorithms
5 11 (4.89%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.56%) Data Structures
6 8 (3.56%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.11%) Derivative
7 7 (3.11%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.11%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.78%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.78%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.78%) Equities
9 4 (1.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (1.33%) Interest Rate Derivative
10 3 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.33%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.89%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.22%) Linux
2 11 (4.89%) Windows
3 9 (4.00%) Unix
4 4 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.33%) AIX
5 3 (1.33%) VMS
6 1 (0.44%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.44%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.44%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (28.89%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (20.44%) Agile
3 35 (15.56%) CI/CD
3 35 (15.56%) Risk Management
4 27 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (11.56%) Artificial Intelligence
6 25 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 25 (11.11%) Migration
7 24 (10.67%) Electronic Trading
8 23 (10.22%) Project Management
9 22 (9.78%) Analytics
10 21 (9.33%) DevOps
11 19 (8.44%) User Acceptance Testing
12 18 (8.00%) Machine Learning
13 17 (7.56%) Software Engineering
13 17 (7.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (7.11%) Infrastructure as Code
15 15 (6.67%) Business Analysis
16 14 (6.22%) Data Science
16 14 (6.22%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 60 (26.67%) Python
2 38 (16.89%) SQL
3 31 (13.78%) Java
4 15 (6.67%) C#
5 12 (5.33%) C++
6 10 (4.44%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.56%) Shell Script
8 7 (3.11%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.67%) BeanShell
9 6 (2.67%) C
9 6 (2.67%) PL/SQL
10 5 (2.22%) Bash
10 5 (2.22%) Perl
11 4 (1.78%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.33%) Korn
13 2 (0.89%) Go
13 2 (0.89%) Groovy
13 2 (0.89%) Rust
13 2 (0.89%) Scala
14 1 (0.44%) Elixir
Qualifications
1 46 (20.44%) Degree
2 12 (5.33%) Master's Degree
3 11 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.67%) CISSP
6 4 (1.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.78%) CCSP
6 4 (1.78%) GCIH
6 4 (1.78%) PhD
6 4 (1.78%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.33%) CCNP
7 3 (1.33%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.89%) CFA
8 2 (0.89%) MBA
8 2 (0.89%) PMP
8 2 (0.89%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.44%) CBAP
9 1 (0.44%) CCSA
9 1 (0.44%) CISA
9 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.44%) PMO
2 9 (4.00%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.00%) GDPR
2 9 (4.00%) QA
3 8 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.56%) MiFID
4 5 (2.22%) SLA
5 4 (1.78%) NIST
5 4 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.33%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.33%) SEPA
7 2 (0.89%) Dodd-Frank
7 2 (0.89%) EMIR
8 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.44%) COBIT
8 1 (0.44%) GRC
8 1 (0.44%) IFRS
8 1 (0.44%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.44%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (7.11%) Docker
2 6 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.22%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.89%) vSphere
5 1 (0.44%) KVM
5 1 (0.44%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (10.22%) Kubernetes
2 21 (9.33%) Terraform
3 18 (8.00%) Ansible
4 4 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.33%) SCCM
6 2 (0.89%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.89%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.44%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.44%) Nagios
7 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (12.89%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.67%) Oracle
3 11 (4.89%) ION Trading
4 9 (4.00%) Databricks
5 8 (3.56%) Google
6 7 (3.11%) IBM
7 6 (2.67%) Adobe
7 6 (2.67%) Cisco
7 6 (2.67%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.22%) Commvault
9 4 (1.78%) Murex
9 4 (1.78%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.33%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.33%) Charles River
10 3 (1.33%) F5
10 3 (1.33%) Juniper
10 3 (1.33%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.33%) Perforce
10 3 (1.33%) SAP
10 3 (1.33%) VMware