Financial Institution Contract Job Trends in London

Financial Institution
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Financial Institution over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 175 198
Rank change year-on-year -5 +23 -3
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 249 195 212
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.52% 1.50% 1.16%
As % of the General category 2.42% 2.25% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 129 158
10th Percentile £408 £430 £278
25th Percentile £460 £575 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £675 £618
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +9.31% +2.92%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £712
90th Percentile £883 £875 £808
England median daily rate £600 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All General Skills
London

Financial Institution falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,272 8,659 11,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.67% 66.41% 63.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,690 5,753 8,264
10th Percentile £350 £336 £332
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £694
90th Percentile £782 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 125 262
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.18 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.75 £18.45
Median hourly rate £29.02 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.09% +16.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £49.69 £55.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.40 £72.20
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.78% +18.38% -23.53%

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Financial Institution job vacancy trend in London

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Financial Institution.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Financial Institution

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Institution in London over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Institution in London

Financial Institution
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Financial Institution.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Financial Institution

Financial Institution
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 Institution within the London region over the 6 months to 15 March 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 -12 44 £725 +7.41% 44
East London +1 2 £675 +74.19% 1
South London -25 2 - -
Financial Institution
England

Financial Institution
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 13 (5.22%) Confluence
1 13 (5.22%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.02%) HCL Notes
2 10 (4.02%) Mendix
3 7 (2.81%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.20%) CMS
4 3 (1.20%) IIS
4 3 (1.20%) MQSeries
5 2 (0.80%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.40%) Apache
6 1 (0.40%) CICS
6 1 (0.40%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.40%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.61%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.80%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.80%) Notion
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.61%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (1.61%) Temenos T24
3 3 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.80%) Cloudability
4 2 (0.80%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.80%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.40%) Actimize
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics SL
5 1 (0.40%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.40%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 55 (22.09%) Azure
2 39 (15.66%) AWS
3 16 (6.43%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (6.02%) Power Platform
5 13 (5.22%) GCP
6 11 (4.42%) Azure Service Bus
6 11 (4.42%) Serverless
7 10 (4.02%) Azure Functions
7 10 (4.02%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (4.02%) Power Automate
7 10 (4.02%) PowerApps
8 6 (2.41%) SaaS
9 5 (2.01%) Collibra
10 4 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.61%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.61%) GitHub
11 3 (1.20%) OCI
11 3 (1.20%) PaaS
12 2 (0.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.03%) Network Security
2 16 (6.43%) Firewall
3 15 (6.02%) BGP
3 15 (6.02%) Cisco ASA
3 15 (6.02%) LAN
3 15 (6.02%) OSPF
3 15 (6.02%) WAN
4 9 (3.61%) EIGRP
4 9 (3.61%) MPLS
4 9 (3.61%) Multicast
5 6 (2.41%) Cisco IOS
5 6 (2.41%) NX-OS
5 6 (2.41%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.61%) RTP
7 2 (0.80%) DNS
7 2 (0.80%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.80%) VPN
8 1 (0.40%) DHCP
8 1 (0.40%) SMS
8 1 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.02%) Oracle Database
2 14 (5.62%) Power BI
3 12 (4.82%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.81%) Oracle BI EE
6 6 (2.41%) KDB
6 6 (2.41%) Kdb+
6 6 (2.41%) Metadata
7 4 (1.61%) Tick Data
8 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.20%) Tableau
9 2 (0.80%) Ataccama
9 2 (0.80%) DB2
9 2 (0.80%) MySQL
9 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.40%) Metadata Repository
10 1 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (6.43%) JIRA
2 8 (3.21%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.81%) Git
4 6 (2.41%) GitLab
5 4 (1.61%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.61%) Snyk
6 2 (0.80%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.80%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.40%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.40%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.40%) Selenium
7 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.40%) XPEDITER
General
1 249 (100.00%) Finance
2 91 (36.55%) Banking
3 90 (36.14%) Social Skills
4 44 (17.67%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (10.84%) Investment Banking
6 22 (8.84%) Front Office
7 11 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (4.42%) Legal
8 8 (3.21%) Retail
9 5 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.61%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.20%) Back Office
11 3 (1.20%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (1.20%) Private Banking
11 3 (1.20%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.80%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.40%) Billing
13 1 (0.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 55 (22.09%) Developer
2 44 (17.67%) Senior
3 37 (14.86%) Analyst
4 25 (10.04%) Architect
5 23 (9.24%) Business Analyst
6 20 (8.03%) Project Manager
7 14 (5.62%) Consultant
8 13 (5.22%) Senior Developer
9 11 (4.42%) Lead
10 10 (4.02%) Power Platform Developer
11 8 (3.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 7 (2.81%) .NET Developer
12 7 (2.81%) Banking Analyst
12 7 (2.81%) C# Developer
12 7 (2.81%) ETL Developer
12 7 (2.81%) Migration Project Manager
12 7 (2.81%) OBIEE Developer
12 7 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (2.81%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
12 7 (2.81%) Senior ETL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.24%) .NET
2 18 (7.23%) React
3 14 (5.62%) REST
4 10 (4.02%) HTML5 Canvas
4 10 (4.02%) Oracle Fusion
5 8 (3.21%) Kafka
6 6 (2.41%) .NET Framework
6 6 (2.41%) Dask
6 6 (2.41%) XML
7 5 (2.01%) NumPy
7 5 (2.01%) Pandas
7 5 (2.01%) WinForms
8 4 (1.61%) .NET Core
8 4 (1.61%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.61%) RESTful
8 4 (1.61%) scikit-learn
9 3 (1.20%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.20%) CSS
9 3 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (1.20%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.63%) Derivative
2 16 (6.43%) Fixed Income
2 16 (6.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 15 (6.02%) Hedge funds
4 10 (4.02%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.02%) Low-Code
4 10 (4.02%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.21%) Equities
6 7 (2.81%) Credit Risk
6 7 (2.81%) Distributed Computing
6 7 (2.81%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.61%) Market Risk
9 3 (1.20%) AS400
9 3 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.82%) Linux
2 11 (4.42%) Windows
3 9 (3.61%) Unix
4 3 (1.20%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.80%) Android
5 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.40%) CentOS
6 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.40%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (25.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 45 (18.07%) Agile
3 38 (15.26%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (13.25%) DevOps
5 31 (12.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 30 (12.05%) CI/CD
6 30 (12.05%) Risk Management
7 29 (11.65%) Analytics
8 28 (11.24%) AI
8 28 (11.24%) Data Management
8 28 (11.24%) Project Management
9 27 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (10.84%) Data Modelling
10 24 (9.64%) ETL
10 24 (9.64%) Validation
11 23 (9.24%) Decision-Making
12 20 (8.03%) Migration
13 19 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (7.63%) Roadmaps
14 18 (7.23%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 42 (16.87%) SQL
2 35 (14.06%) Python
3 28 (11.24%) C#
4 18 (7.23%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.82%) Java
6 10 (4.02%) Formula Language
6 10 (4.02%) LotusScript
7 8 (3.21%) C++
7 8 (3.21%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.61%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.61%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.61%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.20%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.20%) Perl
9 3 (1.20%) RPG
10 2 (0.80%) Korn
10 2 (0.80%) R
10 2 (0.80%) VBA
11 1 (0.40%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.40%) C
Qualifications
1 27 (10.84%) Degree
2 10 (4.02%) Master's Degree
3 8 (3.21%) PhD
3 8 (3.21%) PMI Certification
3 8 (3.21%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.81%) CISM
4 7 (2.81%) CISSP
4 7 (2.81%) PMP
5 5 (2.01%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.61%) CBAP
6 4 (1.61%) CCSP
6 4 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.61%) IIBA
7 3 (1.20%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.80%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.80%) CRISC
8 2 (0.80%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.43%) QA
2 14 (5.62%) NIST
3 12 (4.82%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.82%) GDPR
3 12 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.02%) SLA
5 6 (2.41%) COBIT
6 5 (2.01%) GRC
6 5 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.61%) MiFID
7 4 (1.61%) PMO
7 4 (1.61%) SEPA
8 2 (0.80%) Basel III
8 2 (0.80%) COREP
8 2 (0.80%) FINREP
9 1 (0.40%) FATCA
9 1 (0.40%) GAAP
9 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (2.01%) Docker
2 4 (1.61%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) Firmware
3 1 (0.40%) HDFS
3 1 (0.40%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 9 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.41%) Ansible
2 6 (2.41%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.61%) Terraform
4 3 (1.20%) Control-M
5 2 (0.80%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.80%) PowerCLI
5 2 (0.80%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.80%) SCCM
5 2 (0.80%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.40%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.40%) Grafana
6 1 (0.40%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.40%) Oozie
6 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.40%) Puppet
6 1 (0.40%) SCOM
6 1 (0.40%) vRealize
Vendors
1 35 (14.06%) Microsoft
1 35 (14.06%) Oracle
2 15 (6.02%) Cisco
3 14 (5.62%) F5
4 11 (4.42%) Murex
5 10 (4.02%) CyberArk
5 10 (4.02%) Kofax
5 10 (4.02%) Lotus
5 10 (4.02%) Splunk
6 9 (3.61%) CheckPoint
6 9 (3.61%) Palo Alto
7 8 (3.21%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.81%) IBM
8 7 (2.81%) SAP
8 7 (2.81%) Temenos
8 7 (2.81%) Workday
9 6 (2.41%) GoldenSource
10 5 (2.01%) Bloomberg
10 5 (2.01%) Okta
10 5 (2.01%) Tenable