Financial Analyst Contracts in London

Finance Analyst
England > London

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 256 210 258
Rank change year-on-year -46 +48 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 97 189 260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.77% 1.06% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 1.14% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 142 218
10th Percentile £354 £319 £418
25th Percentile £445 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £563 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -4.26% +6.82%
75th Percentile £788 £663 £688
90th Percentile £798 £808 £738
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £22.27 - -
England median hourly rate £22.27 £19.22 -
% change year-on-year +15.90% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Financial Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
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 Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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 -7 13 £513 -6.82% 3
West London +14 5 - - 2
Financial Analyst
England

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Financial Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 97 (100.00%) Finance
2 24 (24.74%) Agile
3 23 (23.71%) Banking
4 19 (19.59%) Social Skills
5 17 (17.53%) Migration
5 17 (17.53%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (16.49%) Fixed Income
6 16 (16.49%) Business Analysis
6 16 (16.49%) Oracle
6 16 (16.49%) Python
7 15 (15.46%) ERP
8 14 (14.43%) Front Office
8 14 (14.43%) Derivative
8 14 (14.43%) User Acceptance Testing
8 14 (14.43%) Investment Management
8 14 (14.43%) Hedge funds
9 13 (13.40%) SQL
10 11 (11.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (11.34%) Change Management
10 11 (11.34%) Data Governance
11 10 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (10.31%) Equities
11 10 (10.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (10.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 10 (10.31%) Microsoft
11 10 (10.31%) SAP
11 10 (10.31%) Roadmaps
12 9 (9.28%) Linux
12 9 (9.28%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (9.28%) Data Analysis

Financial Analyst Skill Set
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 3 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (10.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.03%) EViews
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.03%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (6.19%) Aladdin
1 6 (6.19%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (3.09%) SAP CO
2 3 (3.09%) SAP FI
2 3 (3.09%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (2.06%) Exchequer
3 2 (2.06%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.03%) Fidessa
4 1 (1.03%) Loan IQ
4 1 (1.03%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.03%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.12%) Google Workspace
1 4 (4.12%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.09%) OCI
3 1 (1.03%) Azure
3 1 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.03%) dbt
3 1 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.03%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.03%) SaaS
3 1 (1.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.03%) DHCP
1 1 (1.03%) DNS
1 1 (1.03%) Firewall
1 1 (1.03%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (1.03%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.03%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.25%) Data Lake
2 5 (5.15%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (4.12%) Power BI
4 3 (3.09%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (3.09%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.03%) Data Hub
6 1 (1.03%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (8.25%) JMeter
1 8 (8.25%) LoadRunner
2 2 (2.06%) JIRA
General
1 97 (100.00%) Finance
2 23 (23.71%) Banking
3 19 (19.59%) Social Skills
4 17 (17.53%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (14.43%) Front Office
6 6 (6.19%) Marketing
7 5 (5.15%) Local Government
8 4 (4.12%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.09%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.06%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.06%) Law
10 2 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.06%) Retail
11 1 (1.03%) Back Office
11 1 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.03%) Legal
11 1 (1.03%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.28%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.49%) Fixed Income
2 14 (14.43%) Derivative
2 14 (14.43%) Hedge funds
3 11 (11.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (10.31%) Equities
5 8 (8.25%) Product Ownership
5 8 (8.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (3.09%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.03%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.03%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.03%) Eurex
8 1 (1.03%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.03%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.28%) Linux
2 8 (8.25%) Windows
3 1 (1.03%) CentOS
3 1 (1.03%) Rocky
3 1 (1.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.74%) Agile
2 17 (17.53%) Migration
3 16 (16.49%) Business Analysis
4 15 (15.46%) ERP
5 14 (14.43%) Investment Management
5 14 (14.43%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (11.34%) Change Management
6 11 (11.34%) Data Governance
7 10 (10.31%) Roadmaps
7 10 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (10.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (9.28%) Asset Management
8 9 (9.28%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (9.28%) Data Analysis
8 9 (9.28%) Non-Functional Testing
9 8 (8.25%) Regulatory Compliance
9 8 (8.25%) Stress Testing
10 7 (7.22%) Analytics
10 7 (7.22%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 7 (7.22%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.49%) Python
2 13 (13.40%) SQL
3 9 (9.28%) Bash
4 8 (8.25%) Java
4 8 (8.25%) VB
5 1 (1.03%) Perl
5 1 (1.03%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (7.22%) Degree
2 6 (6.19%) ACCA
3 5 (5.15%) AAT
3 5 (5.15%) CCAB
4 4 (4.12%) CIMA
4 4 (4.12%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.09%) CBAP
6 2 (2.06%) CIPFA
7 1 (1.03%) CFA
7 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.28%) QA
2 7 (7.22%) Data Quality
3 4 (4.12%) PMO
4 2 (2.06%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.03%) Rundeck
1 1 (1.03%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 16 (16.49%) Oracle
2 10 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.31%) SAP
3 6 (6.19%) BISAM
3 6 (6.19%) Workday
4 1 (1.03%) Aderant
4 1 (1.03%) Avaloq
4 1 (1.03%) Bloomberg
4 1 (1.03%) CQG
4 1 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.03%) Duck Creek
4 1 (1.03%) FNZ
4 1 (1.03%) ION Trading
4 1 (1.03%) Murex
4 1 (1.03%) Patsystems
4 1 (1.03%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.03%) Reuters
4 1 (1.03%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.03%) Trayport