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 14 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 153 200
Rank change year-on-year -81 +47 +17
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 243 238 199
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.18% 1.78% 1.24%
As % of the General category 1.91% 2.59% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 160 131
10th Percentile £409 £425 £400
25th Percentile £500 £535 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £656 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +9.38% -6.98%
75th Percentile £743 £775 £700
90th Percentile £800 £941 £788
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600

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 12,725 9,178 10,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.05% 68.52% 62.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,130 6,045 6,454
10th Percentile £350 £331 £330
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £574
Median % change year-on-year - -4.18% -3.12%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £780 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 179 116
10th Percentile £15.55 £17.88 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £24.50 £25.62
Median hourly rate £28.55 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.34% -10.03% +1.45%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £70.40 £73.13
England median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +16.67%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -39 35 £600 -18.72% 58
South London -16 1 - - 5
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 8 (3.29%) Confluence
2 7 (2.88%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.47%) Apache
3 6 (2.47%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.41%) Appian
5 1 (0.41%) CMS
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.41%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (2.47%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Loan IQ
2 2 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.82%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.82%) Dynamics SL
2 2 (0.82%) Endur
2 2 (0.82%) Findur
2 2 (0.82%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.82%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.82%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.41%) Actimize
3 1 (0.41%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.41%) Changepoint
3 1 (0.41%) OneSumX
3 1 (0.41%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 44 (18.11%) Azure
2 30 (12.35%) AWS
3 25 (10.29%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.41%) Snowflake
5 11 (4.53%) GCP
6 7 (2.88%) Azure AI
7 6 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.06%) GitHub
9 4 (1.65%) Collibra
9 4 (1.65%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.65%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.65%) SaaS
10 3 (1.23%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.82%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.82%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (0.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.12%) Firewall
2 5 (2.06%) Network Security
2 5 (2.06%) VPN
3 4 (1.65%) BGP
3 4 (1.65%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (1.65%) SAN
3 4 (1.65%) WAN
4 3 (1.23%) Internet
4 3 (1.23%) LAN
4 3 (1.23%) MPLS
4 3 (1.23%) Multicast
4 3 (1.23%) NAS
4 3 (1.23%) OSPF
5 2 (0.82%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.82%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.41%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.41%) IOS XR
6 1 (0.41%) IPFIX
6 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.88%) Power BI
2 20 (8.23%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (4.94%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.47%) Delta Lake
4 6 (2.47%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.65%) Metadata
6 3 (1.23%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.23%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.23%) Tableau
7 2 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.82%) KDB
7 2 (0.82%) Kdb+
7 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.82%) Power Query
7 2 (0.82%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.82%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.82%) TigerGraph
8 1 (0.41%) ClickHouse
8 1 (0.41%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 14 (5.76%) JIRA
2 6 (2.47%) REST Assured
3 4 (1.65%) Git
4 3 (1.23%) GitLab
4 3 (1.23%) Selenium
5 2 (0.82%) Appium
5 2 (0.82%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.82%) ERwin
5 2 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.82%) TestNG
6 1 (0.41%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.41%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.41%) MLflow
6 1 (0.41%) SOAtest
General
1 243 (100.00%) Finance
2 136 (55.97%) Banking
3 60 (24.69%) Social Skills
4 41 (16.87%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (16.05%) Investment Banking
6 34 (13.99%) Front Office
7 15 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (5.76%) Corporate Banking
9 12 (4.94%) Legal
10 10 (4.12%) Spanish Language
11 5 (2.06%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.23%) Back Office
13 3 (1.23%) Publishing
13 3 (1.23%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.82%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.41%) Advertising
15 1 (0.41%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 52 (21.40%) Developer
2 48 (19.75%) Senior
3 39 (16.05%) Analyst
4 25 (10.29%) Business Analyst
5 17 (7.00%) Support Engineer
6 15 (6.17%) Lead
7 14 (5.76%) C# Developer
7 14 (5.76%) Desktop Support
8 13 (5.35%) Desktop Engineer
8 13 (5.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 12 (4.94%) Senior Developer
10 10 (4.12%) IT Manager
11 9 (3.70%) .NET Developer
11 9 (3.70%) C# .NET Developer
11 9 (3.70%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.29%) Architect
12 8 (3.29%) Quantitative Developer
12 8 (3.29%) Senior Manager
13 7 (2.88%) Senior C# Developer
13 7 (2.88%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.64%) Kafka
2 20 (8.23%) REST
3 18 (7.41%) .NET
4 13 (5.35%) Terraform
5 10 (4.12%) React
6 9 (3.70%) PySpark
6 9 (3.70%) Spring
7 8 (3.29%) Spring Boot
8 6 (2.47%) RESTful
9 5 (2.06%) HTML
9 5 (2.06%) Web Services
10 4 (1.65%) CSS
10 4 (1.65%) JSON
10 4 (1.65%) LangChain
10 4 (1.65%) LangGraph
10 4 (1.65%) Middleware
10 4 (1.65%) WinForms
10 4 (1.65%) WPF
10 4 (1.65%) XML
11 3 (1.23%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.05%) Onboarding
2 19 (7.82%) Derivative
3 13 (5.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (4.94%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.53%) Hedge funds
6 9 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.29%) Exotic Derivative
7 8 (3.29%) Fixed Income
8 7 (2.88%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.88%) Reference Data
8 7 (2.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 6 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.47%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.47%) Market Risk
10 5 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.06%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.65%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.65%) CMDB
11 4 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.65%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.70%) Windows
2 11 (4.53%) Linux
3 6 (2.47%) Unix
3 6 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.23%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.41%) CentOS
6 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (23.05%) AI
2 49 (20.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 46 (18.93%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (17.28%) Agile
5 35 (14.40%) DevOps
6 33 (13.58%) Analytics
6 33 (13.58%) Generative AI
7 28 (11.52%) CI/CD
8 27 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (10.29%) Risk Management
10 24 (9.88%) Data Modelling
11 20 (8.23%) Migration
11 20 (8.23%) Software Engineering
12 19 (7.82%) SDLC
13 18 (7.41%) Test Automation
14 17 (7.00%) Business Analysis
14 17 (7.00%) Decision-Making
15 16 (6.58%) Data Analysis
15 16 (6.58%) Project Management
15 16 (6.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.63%) SQL
2 39 (16.05%) Python
3 26 (10.70%) C#
4 20 (8.23%) PowerShell
5 17 (7.00%) Java
5 17 (7.00%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.47%) Bash
6 6 (2.47%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.06%) C++
8 3 (1.23%) SPARQL
9 2 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.82%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.82%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.41%) Go
10 1 (0.41%) Korn
10 1 (0.41%) PHP
10 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (13.17%) Degree
2 15 (6.17%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.76%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.88%) CISA
4 7 (2.88%) CISSP
4 7 (2.88%) PMP
5 4 (1.65%) ACCA
5 4 (1.65%) CCNP
5 4 (1.65%) CIMA
5 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.65%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.17%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.53%) QA
3 7 (2.88%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.65%) SEPA
5 3 (1.23%) IFRS
5 3 (1.23%) IFRS 9
5 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.23%) NIST
6 2 (0.82%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.82%) EMIR
6 2 (0.82%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.82%) MiFID
6 2 (0.82%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.82%) PMO
6 2 (0.82%) SLA
6 2 (0.82%) WCAG
7 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.41%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.41%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.41%) P3O
System Software
1 19 (7.82%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.76%) Docker
3 7 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.23%) vSphere
5 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.17%) Ansible
3 8 (3.29%) SCCM
4 6 (2.47%) vRealize
5 3 (1.23%) Control-M
6 2 (0.82%) Grafana
6 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.41%) Netcool
7 1 (0.41%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.41%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.41%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.41%) Oracle
3 16 (6.58%) VMware
4 14 (5.76%) Databricks
5 13 (5.35%) Cisco
6 12 (4.94%) Citrix
7 8 (3.29%) SAP
8 7 (2.88%) OpenAI
9 6 (2.47%) CyberArk
10 5 (2.06%) ION Trading
10 5 (2.06%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.06%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.65%) Bloomberg
11 4 (1.65%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.65%) Foundry
11 4 (1.65%) Murex
11 4 (1.65%) NetApp
11 4 (1.65%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.65%) Reuters
12 3 (1.23%) Fortinet