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 1 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 174 220
Rank change year-on-year -16 +46 -21
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 282 216 176
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.40% 1.58% 1.08%
As % of the General category 2.31% 2.32% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 153 125
10th Percentile £415 £425 £388
25th Percentile £497 £525 £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £745 £775 £700
90th Percentile £874 £875 £788
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +2.21%

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 12,232 9,324 10,212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.70% 68.38% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,801 6,216 7,223
10th Percentile £350 £325 £335
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 182 154
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.92
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.71 £22.00
Median hourly rate £28.55 £30.40 £33.29
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -8.66% -4.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.50 £51.31
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.70 £68.53
England median hourly rate £33.74 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +34.16% -34.02% +27.07%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -21 47 £625 -13.04% 42
East London +1 2 £675 +62.59% 3
South London -17 1 - - 4
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 (4.96%) Confluence
2 9 (3.19%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.13%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.06%) Apache
4 3 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Appian
5 1 (0.35%) CICS
5 1 (0.35%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.35%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.35%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.35%) Mendix
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
5 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (3.90%) MS Visio
2 9 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.42%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.06%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.06%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (1.06%) Dynamics SL
3 3 (1.06%) Endur
3 3 (1.06%) Infor CloudSuite
3 3 (1.06%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.06%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.71%) Findur
4 2 (0.71%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.71%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.35%) Finacle
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.35%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.35%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 51 (18.09%) Azure
2 41 (14.54%) AWS
3 25 (8.87%) Power Platform
4 18 (6.38%) Snowflake
5 13 (4.61%) GCP
6 10 (3.55%) SaaS
7 9 (3.19%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.19%) GitHub
8 8 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.48%) Azure AI
10 6 (2.13%) Collibra
11 5 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.42%) Datadog
12 4 (1.42%) OpenShift
13 3 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.06%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.06%) PowerApps
13 3 (1.06%) Serverless
13 3 (1.06%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.03%) Firewall
2 15 (5.32%) Network Security
3 11 (3.90%) BGP
3 11 (3.90%) LAN
3 11 (3.90%) WAN
4 10 (3.55%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (3.55%) OSPF
5 7 (2.48%) EIGRP
5 7 (2.48%) MPLS
5 7 (2.48%) Multicast
6 3 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.06%) NX-OS
6 3 (1.06%) RTP
6 3 (1.06%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.06%) VPN
7 2 (0.71%) Internet
7 2 (0.71%) SAN
7 2 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.71%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.35%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.16%) Power BI
2 20 (7.09%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (4.96%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.84%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.77%) KDB
5 5 (1.77%) Kdb+
5 5 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.42%) Metadata
7 3 (1.06%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.06%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.06%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.06%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.06%) Tick Data
8 2 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.71%) Db2
8 2 (0.71%) Flink
8 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.71%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.71%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (6.03%) JIRA
2 6 (2.13%) GitLab
2 6 (2.13%) REST Assured
3 4 (1.42%) Snyk
4 3 (1.06%) Git
5 2 (0.71%) Appium
5 2 (0.71%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.71%) ERwin
5 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.71%) Selenium
5 2 (0.71%) TestNG
6 1 (0.35%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.35%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.35%) MLflow
6 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.35%) XPEDITER
General
1 282 (100.00%) Finance
2 115 (40.78%) Banking
3 68 (24.11%) Social Skills
4 44 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (14.18%) Investment Banking
6 27 (9.57%) Front Office
7 20 (7.09%) Legal
8 13 (4.61%) Corporate Banking
9 11 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.19%) Spanish Language
11 7 (2.48%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.13%) Retail
13 4 (1.42%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.06%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.71%) Publishing
16 1 (0.35%) Advertising
16 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (21.99%) Senior
2 45 (15.96%) Developer
3 41 (14.54%) Analyst
4 29 (10.28%) Business Analyst
5 28 (9.93%) Architect
6 15 (5.32%) Lead
6 15 (5.32%) Senior Developer
7 12 (4.26%) Senior Manager
8 11 (3.90%) Project Manager
9 10 (3.55%) Support Engineer
10 9 (3.19%) C# Developer
10 9 (3.19%) Desktop Engineer
10 9 (3.19%) Desktop Support
10 9 (3.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 8 (2.84%) IT Manager
11 8 (2.84%) Java Developer
11 8 (2.84%) Network Engineer
12 7 (2.48%) Audit Manager
12 7 (2.48%) Data Architect
12 7 (2.48%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.38%) Kafka
2 16 (5.67%) React
3 14 (4.96%) .NET
4 10 (3.55%) REST
5 8 (2.84%) Spring
6 7 (2.48%) PySpark
6 7 (2.48%) RESTful
6 7 (2.48%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.77%) JSON
7 5 (1.77%) Web Services
8 4 (1.42%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.42%) LangChain
8 4 (1.42%) LangGraph
8 4 (1.42%) NumPy
8 4 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (1.42%) Pandas
8 4 (1.42%) Redux
8 4 (1.42%) WinForms
8 4 (1.42%) WPF
9 3 (1.06%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.57%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.03%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.32%) Fixed Income
4 13 (4.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (3.90%) Derivative
6 10 (3.55%) Hedge funds
7 8 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.84%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 8 (2.84%) Virtual Team
8 7 (2.48%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.48%) Reference Data
9 5 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.77%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.77%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.42%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.42%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.42%) Market Risk
10 4 (1.42%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.09%) Windows
2 12 (4.26%) Linux
3 7 (2.48%) Unix
4 4 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.06%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.35%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (21.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 58 (20.57%) AI
3 47 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (13.83%) Agile
5 36 (12.77%) Analytics
6 33 (11.70%) Generative AI
7 30 (10.64%) Data Modelling
8 28 (9.93%) CI/CD
9 27 (9.57%) Decision-Making
9 27 (9.57%) Migration
10 26 (9.22%) DevOps
11 24 (8.51%) Project Management
12 20 (7.09%) Business Analysis
12 20 (7.09%) Risk Management
12 20 (7.09%) Test Automation
13 18 (6.38%) Project Delivery
13 18 (6.38%) Regulatory Compliance
14 17 (6.03%) Change Management
14 17 (6.03%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (6.03%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 52 (18.44%) SQL
2 41 (14.54%) Python
3 21 (7.45%) C#
3 21 (7.45%) Java
4 18 (6.38%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.61%) PowerShell
6 9 (3.19%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.06%) Bash
7 3 (1.06%) C++
7 3 (1.06%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.06%) SPARQL
7 3 (1.06%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.35%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.35%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.35%) Formula Language
8 1 (0.35%) Go
8 1 (0.35%) LotusScript
8 1 (0.35%) VBA
8 1 (0.35%) XPath
Qualifications
1 29 (10.28%) Degree
2 13 (4.61%) CISSP
3 12 (4.26%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.19%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.48%) CISA
5 7 (2.48%) PMP
6 6 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.13%) CISM
6 6 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.13%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.42%) CCSP
8 2 (0.71%) ACCA
8 2 (0.71%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.71%) CCNP
8 2 (0.71%) CIMA
8 2 (0.71%) CRISC
8 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.71%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.03%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.26%) QA
3 11 (3.90%) NIST
4 8 (2.84%) ISO 20022
4 8 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.48%) SLA
6 6 (2.13%) GDPR
6 6 (2.13%) SEPA
7 4 (1.42%) COBIT
7 4 (1.42%) COREP
7 4 (1.42%) FINREP
8 3 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.06%) GRC
8 3 (1.06%) MiFID
9 2 (0.71%) Basel III
9 2 (0.71%) EMIR
9 2 (0.71%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.35%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (7.09%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.61%) Docker
3 2 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.35%) HDFS
4 1 (0.35%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (6.38%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.19%) Ansible
3 8 (2.84%) Terraform
4 5 (1.77%) vRealize
5 4 (1.42%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.06%) Control-M
6 3 (1.06%) SCCM
7 2 (0.71%) Grafana
7 2 (0.71%) PowerCLI
7 2 (0.71%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.35%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.35%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.35%) Oozie
8 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.35%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 33 (11.70%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.45%) Oracle
3 18 (6.38%) Cisco
4 13 (4.61%) VMware
5 12 (4.26%) CyberArk
6 10 (3.55%) Databricks
6 10 (3.55%) F5
6 10 (3.55%) SAP
7 9 (3.19%) Citrix
7 9 (3.19%) Splunk
8 8 (2.84%) OpenAI
8 8 (2.84%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.48%) CheckPoint
9 7 (2.48%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.13%) GoldenSource
11 5 (1.77%) Tenable
11 5 (1.77%) Workday
12 4 (1.42%) ION Trading
12 4 (1.42%) Okta
12 4 (1.42%) Red Hat