Bloomberg Contract Job Trends in London

Bloomberg
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Bloomberg products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Bloomberg over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 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 Bloomberg.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 294 260
Rank change year-on-year -19 -34 +98
Contract jobs citing Bloomberg 76 67 143
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.52% 0.48% 0.78%
As % of the Vendors category 1.12% 1.10% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 56 127
10th Percentile £285 - £313
25th Percentile £406 £500 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £688 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +5.77% -3.70%
75th Percentile £738 £733 £750
90th Percentile £875 £823 £810
England median daily rate £625 £688 £650
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -3.70%

All Vendors
London

Bloomberg 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,761 6,095 7,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.23% 43.68% 40.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,443 3,777 5,021
10th Percentile £340 £313 £282
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 70 138
10th Percentile £17.50 £21.48 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.80 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% +1.64% +22.00%
75th Percentile £42.14 £58.00 £48.28
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.75 £79.23
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% -14.29% +7.69%

Bloomberg
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Bloomberg job vacancy trend in London

Bloomberg
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Bloomberg.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Bloomberg

Bloomberg
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bloomberg in London over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Bloomberg in London

Bloomberg
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Bloomberg.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Bloomberg

Bloomberg
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bloomberg within the London region over the 6 months to 23 January 2026. 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
Central London -5 8 £458 -23.75% 2
East London - 2 - -
Bloomberg
England

Bloomberg
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.26%) Confluence
1 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.32%) Apache
2 1 (1.32%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (9.21%) Fidessa
2 6 (7.89%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 5 (6.58%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (3.95%) Aladdin
5 2 (2.63%) Actimize
5 2 (2.63%) BondVision
6 1 (1.32%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (1.32%) Eikon
6 1 (1.32%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (1.32%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (1.32%) Markit EDM
6 1 (1.32%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (1.32%) Summit
6 1 (1.32%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.47%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (10.53%) AWS
3 6 (7.89%) Azure
4 4 (5.26%) Google Workspace
5 3 (3.95%) GCP
5 3 (3.95%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (2.63%) GitHub
6 2 (2.63%) Slack
6 2 (2.63%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.32%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (1.32%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.32%) Collibra
7 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.32%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.32%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.53%) TCP/IP
2 5 (6.58%) VPN
3 4 (5.26%) DHCP
3 4 (5.26%) DMZ
3 4 (5.26%) DNS
3 4 (5.26%) Firewall
4 3 (3.95%) Multicast
4 3 (3.95%) Softphone
5 2 (2.63%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (1.32%) LAN
6 1 (1.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.26%) KDB
1 4 (5.26%) Tableau
2 3 (3.95%) Metadata
2 3 (3.95%) NoSQL
2 3 (3.95%) Power BI
3 1 (1.32%) Ataccama
3 1 (1.32%) Big Data
3 1 (1.32%) Kdb+
3 1 (1.32%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.32%) Parquet
3 1 (1.32%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (7.89%) JIRA
2 4 (5.26%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.63%) Git
4 1 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (1.32%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.32%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.32%) GitLab
4 1 (1.32%) Maven
4 1 (1.32%) REST Assured
4 1 (1.32%) Selenium
4 1 (1.32%) Toad
General
1 54 (71.05%) Finance
2 36 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 34 (44.74%) Front Office
4 28 (36.84%) Banking
5 22 (28.95%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (23.68%) Investment Banking
7 6 (7.89%) Back Office
7 6 (7.89%) Financial Institution
8 5 (6.58%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (3.95%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.32%) Agriculture
11 1 (1.32%) Games
11 1 (1.32%) Legal
11 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.32%) Retail
11 1 (1.32%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.32%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 28 (36.84%) Analyst
2 20 (26.32%) Business Analyst
3 13 (17.11%) Senior
4 10 (13.16%) Support Engineer
5 9 (11.84%) Developer
6 7 (9.21%) Java Developer
7 6 (7.89%) Desktop Support
7 6 (7.89%) IT Analyst
7 6 (7.89%) IT Support
7 6 (7.89%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (6.58%) Data Business Analyst
8 5 (6.58%) Desktop Engineer
8 5 (6.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 5 (6.58%) Senior Business Analyst
9 4 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (5.26%) Support Analyst
10 3 (3.95%) Help Desk Analyst
10 3 (3.95%) Help Desk Support
10 3 (3.95%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (3.95%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.16%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (6.58%) Kafka
2 5 (6.58%) REST
3 4 (5.26%) Pandas
3 4 (5.26%) XML
4 3 (3.95%) NumPy
4 3 (3.95%) RESTful
4 3 (3.95%) Spring
5 2 (2.63%) FastAPI
5 2 (2.63%) Flask
5 2 (2.63%) JMS
5 2 (2.63%) Middleware
6 1 (1.32%) .NET
6 1 (1.32%) Apache Avro
6 1 (1.32%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (1.32%) Beautiful Soup
6 1 (1.32%) HTML
6 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (1.32%) MyBatis
6 1 (1.32%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.05%) Derivative
2 12 (15.79%) Fixed Income
3 6 (7.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (6.58%) Equities
4 5 (6.58%) Product Ownership
5 4 (5.26%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.95%) Reference Data
6 3 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.63%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.63%) Client/Server
7 2 (2.63%) Credit Risk
7 2 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.63%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 2 (2.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.32%) Blackberry
8 1 (1.32%) BYOD
8 1 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.37%) Windows
2 7 (9.21%) Linux
3 4 (5.26%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.63%) Unix
5 1 (1.32%) Android
5 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (25.00%) Agile
3 16 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (19.74%) Validation
5 11 (14.47%) Data Management
5 11 (14.47%) Electronic Trading
6 9 (11.84%) Low Latency
7 8 (10.53%) Asset Management
7 8 (10.53%) Data Analysis
7 8 (10.53%) ITIL
7 8 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (9.21%) Data Validation
8 7 (9.21%) DevOps
9 6 (7.89%) AI
9 6 (7.89%) Algorithmic Trading
9 6 (7.89%) Customer Service
9 6 (7.89%) Risk Management
10 5 (6.58%) Data Modelling
10 5 (6.58%) Multithreading
10 5 (6.58%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (35.53%) SQL
2 17 (22.37%) Python
3 11 (14.47%) PowerShell
4 10 (13.16%) Java
5 4 (5.26%) C#
6 2 (2.63%) Perl
7 1 (1.32%) C
7 1 (1.32%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.32%) R
7 1 (1.32%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 8 (10.53%) Degree
2 2 (2.63%) CBAP
2 2 (2.63%) PMI Certification
2 2 (2.63%) PMP
3 1 (1.32%) CFA
3 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.32%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.32%) MCSA
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.32%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.84%) MiFID
2 8 (10.53%) QA
3 6 (7.89%) EMIR
4 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.32%) Basel III
5 1 (1.32%) GDPR
5 1 (1.32%) IFRS
5 1 (1.32%) IFRS 9
5 1 (1.32%) SLA
5 1 (1.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (3.95%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (11.84%) SCCM
2 4 (5.26%) Thomson Reuters DACS
3 3 (3.95%) ITRS Geneos
3 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.95%) WSUS
4 2 (2.63%) Ansible
4 2 (2.63%) Grafana
5 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.32%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (26.32%) Refinitiv
2 16 (21.05%) ION Trading
3 12 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 12 (15.79%) Tradeweb
4 11 (14.47%) Reuters
5 8 (10.53%) Murex
6 7 (9.21%) Charles River
6 7 (9.21%) Citrix
7 5 (6.58%) MarketAxess
7 5 (6.58%) ServiceNow
8 4 (5.26%) AppDynamics
8 4 (5.26%) Splunk
9 3 (3.95%) Cisco
9 3 (3.95%) FIS
9 3 (3.95%) NYFIX
10 2 (2.63%) Oracle
10 2 (2.63%) Proofpoint
10 2 (2.63%) Veritas
10 2 (2.63%) VMware
11 1 (1.32%) Trayport