Financial Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Finance Analyst
England > London

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in London is £461, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 September 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
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 260 247
Rank change year-on-year -1 -13 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 109 138 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.81% 0.85% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.90% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 107 161
10th Percentile £302 £374 £405
25th Percentile £400 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.23% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £623 £667 £663
90th Percentile £663 £788 £738
England median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £21.43
25th Percentile - - £24.70
Median hourly rate £34.27 £30.59 £30.77
Median % change year-on-year +12.03% -0.58% -
75th Percentile - - £36.22
90th Percentile - - £39.11
England median hourly rate £25.34 £30.59 £30.77
% change year-on-year -17.16% -0.58% -

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 12,489 15,319 20,314
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 93.95% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,361 10,134 14,813
10th Percentile £331 £342 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £670 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 180 218
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.48 £18.11
25th Percentile £22.90 £23.80 £22.06
Median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £36.27
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% -3.50% +15.14%
75th Percentile £49.50 £56.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £65.34 £75.00 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

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
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in London

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in London over the 6 months to 25 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies 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 25 September 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 +4 19 £425 -13.92% 16
West London +1 2 - - 1
East London +5 1 £500 -7.41% 1
North London - 1 £468 -
Financial Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 September 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.

1 109 (100.00%) Finance
2 29 (26.61%) SQL
3 24 (22.02%) Data Analysis
3 24 (22.02%) Social Skills
4 22 (20.18%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (18.35%) User Acceptance Testing
6 18 (16.51%) Agile
7 17 (15.60%) Business Analysis
8 16 (14.68%) ERP
9 13 (11.93%) Microsoft Excel
9 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (11.01%) Process Improvement
10 12 (11.01%) Data Quality
10 12 (11.01%) Change Management
10 12 (11.01%) Migration
10 12 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (10.09%) Banking
11 11 (10.09%) Analytics
11 11 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (9.17%) Requirements Gathering
12 10 (9.17%) Financial Modelling
12 10 (9.17%) Oracle
12 10 (9.17%) Data Modelling
12 10 (9.17%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (9.17%) Microsoft
12 10 (9.17%) Degree
13 9 (8.26%) SAP
13 9 (8.26%) Power Platform
14 8 (7.34%) Workshop Facilitation
14 8 (7.34%) Documentation Skills

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 (2.75%) Confluence
2 1 (0.92%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (11.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.92%) EViews
3 1 (0.92%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (5.50%) NetSuite
2 4 (3.67%) Infor SunSystems
3 3 (2.75%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.83%) HFM
4 2 (1.83%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.83%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.83%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.92%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.92%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.92%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.92%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.92%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.92%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.26%) Power Platform
2 6 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.83%) Azure
4 1 (0.92%) Google Sheets
4 1 (0.92%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.92%) Miro
4 1 (0.92%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.42%) Power BI
2 4 (3.67%) Star Schema
3 3 (2.75%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.83%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.92%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.92%) Power Query
5 1 (0.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.92%) Selenium
General
1 109 (100.00%) Finance
2 24 (22.02%) Social Skills
3 22 (20.18%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.09%) Banking
5 8 (7.34%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.59%) General Ledger
6 5 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.75%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.75%) Marketing
9 2 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.83%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.83%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.92%) Automotive
10 1 (0.92%) Law
10 1 (0.92%) Local Government
10 1 (0.92%) Military
10 1 (0.92%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.92%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.83%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.92%) Flash
2 1 (0.92%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.92%) XML
2 1 (0.92%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.34%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.42%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (3.67%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.83%) Derivative
5 1 (0.92%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.92%) CMDB
5 1 (0.92%) Equities
5 1 (0.92%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.92%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.92%) PMI
5 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (22.02%) Data Analysis
2 20 (18.35%) User Acceptance Testing
3 18 (16.51%) Agile
4 17 (15.60%) Business Analysis
5 16 (14.68%) ERP
6 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (11.01%) Change Management
7 12 (11.01%) Migration
7 12 (11.01%) Process Improvement
7 12 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (10.09%) Analytics
8 11 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (9.17%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (9.17%) Data Modelling
9 10 (9.17%) Financial Modelling
9 10 (9.17%) Requirements Gathering
10 8 (7.34%) Data Migration
10 8 (7.34%) User Stories
10 8 (7.34%) Workshop Facilitation
11 7 (6.42%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 29 (26.61%) SQL
2 7 (6.42%) Python
3 2 (1.83%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.92%) C#
4 1 (0.92%) Java
4 1 (0.92%) R
4 1 (0.92%) Scala
Qualifications
1 10 (9.17%) Degree
2 6 (5.50%) ACCA
2 6 (5.50%) CBAP
2 6 (5.50%) CIMA
3 2 (1.83%) CCAB
3 2 (1.83%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.92%) CIPFA
4 1 (0.92%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.92%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.01%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.75%) IFRS
2 3 (2.75%) PMO
2 3 (2.75%) QA
3 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.92%) COSO
3 1 (0.92%) GAAP
3 1 (0.92%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 10 (9.17%) Microsoft
1 10 (9.17%) Oracle
2 9 (8.26%) SAP
3 4 (3.67%) Workday
4 3 (2.75%) Murex
5 2 (1.83%) Anaplan
5 2 (1.83%) Databricks
5 2 (1.83%) Hyperion
5 2 (1.83%) Tagetik
6 1 (0.92%) Aderant
6 1 (0.92%) Ariba
6 1 (0.92%) Concur
6 1 (0.92%) Duck Creek
6 1 (0.92%) FIS
6 1 (0.92%) Google
6 1 (0.92%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.92%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.92%) PeopleSoft