Financial Analysis Contracts in London

Financial Analysis
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Financial Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Financial Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 389 485
Rank change year-on-year +57 +96 +87
Contract jobs citing Financial Analysis 21 6 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.034% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.038% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 4 6
10th Percentile £333 £484 £381
25th Percentile £375 £498 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £590
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -13.56% +0.43%
75th Percentile £659 £566 £635
90th Percentile £693 £639 £650
England median daily rate £445 £190 £510
% change year-on-year +134.21% -62.75% -8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.75
Median hourly rate - - £19.50
75th Percentile - - £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £19.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,594 15,775 24,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.13% 88.57% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,860 11,304 17,662
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £438 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 326 275
10th Percentile £16.10 £16.00 £18.63
25th Percentile £22.66 £20.00 £22.57
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.50 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% -26.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile £50.75 £46.77 £63.22
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.88 £77.30
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Financial Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Financial Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analysis in London

Financial Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Financial Analysis in London.

Daily rate trend for Financial Analysis in London

Financial Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analysis in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analysis in London

Financial Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Financial Analysis in London.

Hourly rate trend for Financial Analysis in London

Financial Analysis
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 Financial Analysis within the London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London - 5 £525 - 9
West London - 3 - - 5
Financial Analysis
England

Financial Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
1 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
1 1 (4.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 21 (100.00%) Finance
2 14 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Analyst
2 7 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) IT Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Budget Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Business Finance Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Business Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Business Process Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Finance Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Fund Accounting Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Head of Finance
5 1 (4.76%) Lead
5 1 (4.76%) Process Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Programme Director
5 1 (4.76%) Report Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Transformation Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Decision-Making
2 9 (42.86%) Mathematics
3 8 (38.10%) Cost Optimisation
3 8 (38.10%) Data Analysis
3 8 (38.10%) Fintech
4 7 (33.33%) Budget Control
4 7 (33.33%) Business Case
4 7 (33.33%) Financial Modelling
4 7 (33.33%) Statistics
5 6 (28.57%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 6 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (28.57%) Economics
5 6 (28.57%) SDLC
5 6 (28.57%) Service Catalogue
6 5 (23.81%) Project Management
7 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
8 3 (14.29%) Analytics
8 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (14.29%) Expense Management
8 3 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Degree
2 7 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 2 (9.52%) ACCA
3 2 (9.52%) CFA
3 2 (9.52%) CIMA
3 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
3 2 (9.52%) PMP
4 1 (4.76%) CCAB
4 1 (4.76%) CIPFA
4 1 (4.76%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) GAAP
2 1 (4.76%) MiFID
2 1 (4.76%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (4.76%) UCITS
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Advent
2 1 (4.76%) Bloomberg
2 1 (4.76%) Hyperion
2 1 (4.76%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (4.76%) SimCorp