FINRA Contract Job Trends in England

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc (FINRA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring FINRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 517 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Contract jobs citing FINRA 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% 0.003% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.037% 0.025% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £624 - -
25th Percentile £633 £609 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £694 £618 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.35% - -
75th Percentile £783 £626 -
90th Percentile £808 - -
UK median daily rate £694 £618 -
% change year-on-year +12.35% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

FINRA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,436 4,042 5,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.32% 14.11% 14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,525 2,359 3,578
10th Percentile £313 £268 £325
25th Percentile £406 £385 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £706 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 157 213
10th Percentile £15.60 £14.70 £14.20
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.19 £20.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -15.80% +58.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.43 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £71.60 £83.37
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.68 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.12% -20.93% +55.56%

FINRA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

FINRA job vacancy trend in England

FINRA
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FINRA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FINRA

FINRA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FINRA in England over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FINRA in England

FINRA
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 FINRA within the England region over the 6 months to 22 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 £694 - 2
FINRA
UK

FINRA
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Backtesting
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Trade Surveillance
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) MiFID