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 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 180 215
Rank change year-on-year -6 +35 -11
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 269 186 197
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.42% 1.50% 1.12%
As % of the General category 2.37% 2.21% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 123 142
10th Percentile £413 £430 £302
25th Percentile £463 £550 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £750 £763 £700
90th Percentile £880 £875 £775
England median daily rate £600 £606 £600
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -

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 11,352 8,419 11,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.02% 68.07% 62.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,291 5,629 7,877
10th Percentile £350 £338 £335
25th Percentile £433 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £520 £520 £533
% change year-on-year - -2.35% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 155 238
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.10 £15.85
25th Percentile £22.46 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.48 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +14.32% -1.92%
75th Percentile £47.13 £51.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £69.50 £65.34 £66.60
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.00 £31.97
% change year-on-year +16.07% -12.42% +6.57%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 -25 43 £725 +2.65% 36
East London -2 4 £675 +62.59%
South London -12 2 - - 1
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 14 (5.20%) Confluence
2 13 (4.83%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.23%) HCL Notes
3 6 (2.23%) Mendix
4 3 (1.12%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.37%) Appian
6 1 (0.37%) CICS
6 1 (0.37%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.37%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.37%) SAS
6 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (4.83%) MS Visio
2 10 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (3.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.23%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.86%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.12%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (1.12%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (1.12%) Dynamics SL
4 3 (1.12%) Endur
4 3 (1.12%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (1.12%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.12%) Sage X3
4 3 (1.12%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.74%) Findur
5 2 (0.74%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.74%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.74%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 53 (19.70%) Azure
2 44 (16.36%) AWS
3 20 (7.43%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.09%) GCP
5 11 (4.09%) Snowflake
6 9 (3.35%) SaaS
7 8 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.97%) Serverless
8 7 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (2.60%) GitHub
8 7 (2.60%) Power Automate
8 7 (2.60%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.23%) Azure Functions
9 6 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (2.23%) Collibra
9 6 (2.23%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.86%) Azure AI
10 5 (1.86%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.49%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.32%) Network Security
2 16 (5.95%) Firewall
3 13 (4.83%) BGP
3 13 (4.83%) LAN
3 13 (4.83%) WAN
4 12 (4.46%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (4.46%) OSPF
5 9 (3.35%) EIGRP
5 9 (3.35%) MPLS
5 9 (3.35%) Multicast
6 5 (1.86%) RTP
7 3 (1.12%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.12%) Internet
7 3 (1.12%) NX-OS
7 3 (1.12%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.12%) VPN
8 2 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.37%) DNS
9 1 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.69%) Power BI
2 14 (5.20%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.35%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.97%) Oracle Database
5 6 (2.23%) KDB
5 6 (2.23%) Kdb+
6 5 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.86%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.86%) Tick Data
7 4 (1.49%) Metadata
7 4 (1.49%) Oracle BI EE
8 3 (1.12%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.12%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.74%) Db2
9 2 (0.74%) Flink
9 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.74%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.74%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.74%) TigerGraph
10 1 (0.37%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 15 (5.58%) JIRA
2 7 (2.60%) GitLab
3 4 (1.49%) Snyk
4 3 (1.12%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.74%) Git
5 2 (0.74%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.37%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.37%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.37%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.37%) ERwin
6 1 (0.37%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.37%) MLflow
6 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.37%) XPEDITER
General
1 269 (100.00%) Finance
2 103 (38.29%) Banking
3 70 (26.02%) Social Skills
4 39 (14.50%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (11.15%) Investment Banking
6 23 (8.55%) Front Office
7 17 (6.32%) Legal
8 13 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.97%) Corporate Banking
11 7 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.60%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.60%) Spanish Language
12 5 (1.86%) Retail
13 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.12%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.12%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.74%) Publishing
15 1 (0.37%) Advertising
15 1 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (23.42%) Senior
2 54 (20.07%) Developer
3 38 (14.13%) Analyst
4 29 (10.78%) Business Analyst
5 26 (9.67%) Architect
6 19 (7.06%) Senior Developer
7 17 (6.32%) Project Manager
8 15 (5.58%) Lead
9 9 (3.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 9 (3.35%) C# Developer
9 9 (3.35%) Migration Manager
9 9 (3.35%) Migration Project Manager
9 9 (3.35%) Senior Manager
10 8 (2.97%) Financial Analyst
10 8 (2.97%) Implementation Analyst
10 8 (2.97%) Java Developer
10 8 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (2.97%) Senior Business Analyst
11 7 (2.60%) Banking Analyst
11 7 (2.60%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.43%) React
2 19 (7.06%) .NET
3 15 (5.58%) Kafka
4 11 (4.09%) REST
5 8 (2.97%) Spring
6 7 (2.60%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (2.60%) Spring Boot
7 6 (2.23%) HTML5 Canvas
8 5 (1.86%) NumPy
8 5 (1.86%) Pandas
8 5 (1.86%) RESTful
9 4 (1.49%) FastAPI
9 4 (1.49%) JSON
9 4 (1.49%) PySpark
9 4 (1.49%) Redux
9 4 (1.49%) scikit-learn
9 4 (1.49%) XML
10 3 (1.12%) LangChain
10 3 (1.12%) LangGraph
10 3 (1.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.18%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.32%) Fixed Income
3 16 (5.95%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (3.72%) Low-Code
6 9 (3.35%) Derivative
7 8 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.97%) Hedge funds
7 8 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.97%) Virtual Team
8 7 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 6 (2.23%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.86%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.49%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.12%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.12%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.12%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.83%) Windows
2 10 (3.72%) Linux
3 8 (2.97%) Unix
4 1 (0.37%) Android
4 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (23.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 44 (16.36%) AI
3 41 (15.24%) Agile
4 36 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (12.27%) Data Modelling
6 32 (11.90%) Analytics
7 30 (11.15%) Migration
7 30 (11.15%) Project Management
8 29 (10.78%) DevOps
9 28 (10.41%) CI/CD
10 27 (10.04%) Decision-Making
11 24 (8.92%) Generative AI
12 23 (8.55%) ETL
13 22 (8.18%) Business Intelligence
14 21 (7.81%) Risk Management
15 19 (7.06%) Project Delivery
16 18 (6.69%) Change Management
16 18 (6.69%) Test Automation
16 18 (6.69%) Validation
17 17 (6.32%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (16.73%) SQL
2 37 (13.75%) Python
3 25 (9.29%) C#
4 23 (8.55%) JavaScript
5 20 (7.43%) Java
6 11 (4.09%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.97%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.23%) Formula Language
8 6 (2.23%) LotusScript
9 3 (1.12%) SPARQL
10 2 (0.74%) C++
10 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.74%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.37%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.37%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.37%) Go
11 1 (0.37%) Korn
11 1 (0.37%) VBA
11 1 (0.37%) XPath
Qualifications
1 21 (7.81%) Degree
2 10 (3.72%) CISSP
3 8 (2.97%) PMI Certification
3 8 (2.97%) PMP
4 6 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.23%) CISM
5 5 (1.86%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.49%) CCSP
6 4 (1.49%) CISA
7 3 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.74%) ACCA
8 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.74%) CBAP
8 2 (0.74%) CCNP
8 2 (0.74%) CRISC
8 2 (0.74%) IIBA
8 2 (0.74%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.37%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.58%) NIST
2 14 (5.20%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.72%) GDPR
5 9 (3.35%) QA
6 7 (2.60%) ISO 20022
6 7 (2.60%) SLA
7 6 (2.23%) COBIT
7 6 (2.23%) SEPA
8 4 (1.49%) COREP
8 4 (1.49%) FINREP
9 3 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.12%) GRC
10 2 (0.74%) Basel III
10 2 (0.74%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.74%) MiFID
11 1 (0.37%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.37%) EMIR
11 1 (0.37%) FATCA
11 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (5.20%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.60%) Docker
3 1 (0.37%) HDFS
3 1 (0.37%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (4.83%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.97%) Ansible
3 7 (2.60%) Terraform
4 5 (1.86%) vRealize
5 4 (1.49%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.12%) SCCM
7 2 (0.74%) Control-M
7 2 (0.74%) Grafana
7 2 (0.74%) PowerCLI
7 2 (0.74%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.37%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.37%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.37%) Oozie
8 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.37%) SCOM
8 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.37%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 36 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.29%) Oracle
3 17 (6.32%) Cisco
4 12 (4.46%) CyberArk
4 12 (4.46%) F5
5 11 (4.09%) SAP
6 10 (3.72%) Palo Alto
7 9 (3.35%) CheckPoint
7 9 (3.35%) VMware
7 9 (3.35%) Workday
8 8 (2.97%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.97%) Splunk
9 7 (2.60%) Citrix
10 6 (2.23%) GoldenSource
10 6 (2.23%) Kofax
10 6 (2.23%) Lotus
10 6 (2.23%) OpenAI
10 6 (2.23%) Temenos
11 5 (1.86%) Databricks
11 5 (1.86%) Tenable