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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 161 214
Rank change year-on-year -50 +53 -8
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 269 231 177
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.33% 1.71% 1.09%
As % of the General category 2.19% 2.49% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 162 114
10th Percentile £415 £425 £400
25th Percentile £506 £525 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £654 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% +4.68% -
75th Percentile £745 £775 £700
90th Percentile £880 £875 £788
England median daily rate £600 £612 £600
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

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 12,288 9,283 10,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.91% 68.91% 62.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,836 6,173 7,024
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
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 £508 £538
% change year-on-year +3.45% -5.58% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 186 139
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £18.10
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £24.18
Median hourly rate £28.40 £30.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.64% -15.77% +9.71%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.00 £52.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.50 £68.30
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%

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 23 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 23 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 -32 42 £625 -13.79% 19
East London -1 2 £675 +1.50% 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 11 (4.09%) Confluence
2 9 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.23%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.49%) Apache
4 4 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.37%) Appian
5 1 (0.37%) CMS
5 1 (0.37%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.37%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.37%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.37%) Mendix
5 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (3.72%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.49%) Loan IQ
3 3 (1.12%) Endur
4 2 (0.74%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.74%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.74%) Dynamics SL
4 2 (0.74%) Findur
4 2 (0.74%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.74%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.74%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.74%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.37%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.37%) Quorum
5 1 (0.37%) R3 Corda
5 1 (0.37%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 45 (16.73%) Azure
2 35 (13.01%) AWS
3 26 (9.67%) Power Platform
4 19 (7.06%) Snowflake
5 12 (4.46%) SaaS
6 10 (3.72%) GCP
7 8 (2.97%) Collibra
7 8 (2.97%) GitHub
8 7 (2.60%) Azure AI
8 7 (2.60%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.49%) Datadog
9 4 (1.49%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.49%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.49%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.12%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.12%) dbt
10 3 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.83%) Firewall
2 9 (3.35%) Network Security
3 7 (2.60%) BGP
3 7 (2.60%) LAN
3 7 (2.60%) WAN
4 6 (2.23%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (2.23%) OSPF
5 5 (1.86%) EIGRP
5 5 (1.86%) MPLS
5 5 (1.86%) Multicast
6 3 (1.12%) Internet
6 3 (1.12%) VPN
7 2 (0.74%) RTP
7 2 (0.74%) SAN
7 2 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.37%) DMZ
8 1 (0.37%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.37%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.55%) Power BI
2 20 (7.43%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.58%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.35%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.49%) Delta Lake
5 4 (1.49%) KDB
5 4 (1.49%) Kdb+
5 4 (1.49%) Metadata
5 4 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.12%) Neo4j
7 2 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.74%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.74%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.74%) Flink
7 2 (0.74%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.74%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.74%) Semantic Layer
7 2 (0.74%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.74%) Tableau
7 2 (0.74%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 15 (5.58%) JIRA
2 6 (2.23%) REST Assured
3 5 (1.86%) GitLab
4 4 (1.49%) Git
5 2 (0.74%) Appium
5 2 (0.74%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.74%) ERwin
5 2 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.74%) Selenium
5 2 (0.74%) Snyk
5 2 (0.74%) TestNG
6 1 (0.37%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.37%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.37%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.37%) MLflow
General
1 269 (100.00%) Finance
2 118 (43.87%) Banking
3 64 (23.79%) Social Skills
4 42 (15.61%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (14.50%) Investment Banking
6 32 (11.90%) Front Office
7 22 (8.18%) Legal
8 15 (5.58%) Corporate Banking
9 11 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.72%) Spanish Language
11 8 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.86%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.49%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.49%) Retail
13 4 (1.49%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.12%) Publishing
15 1 (0.37%) Advertising
15 1 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (20.82%) Senior
2 51 (18.96%) Developer
3 38 (14.13%) Analyst
4 27 (10.04%) Business Analyst
5 21 (7.81%) Architect
6 17 (6.32%) Lead
7 14 (5.20%) Senior Developer
8 12 (4.46%) Support Engineer
9 11 (4.09%) C# Developer
9 11 (4.09%) Senior Manager
10 10 (3.72%) Desktop Engineer
10 10 (3.72%) Desktop Support
10 10 (3.72%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 10 (3.72%) IT Manager
10 10 (3.72%) Project Manager
11 8 (2.97%) Java Developer
12 7 (2.60%) Financial Analyst
12 7 (2.60%) IT Audit Manager
12 7 (2.60%) Quantitative Developer
12 7 (2.60%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.32%) Kafka
2 15 (5.58%) .NET
3 14 (5.20%) React
4 11 (4.09%) REST
5 8 (2.97%) PySpark
6 7 (2.60%) Spring
6 7 (2.60%) Terraform
7 6 (2.23%) RESTful
7 6 (2.23%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.49%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.49%) JSON
8 4 (1.49%) LangChain
8 4 (1.49%) LangGraph
8 4 (1.49%) Redux
8 4 (1.49%) Web Services
8 4 (1.49%) WinForms
8 4 (1.49%) WPF
9 3 (1.12%) Model Context Protocol
9 3 (1.12%) Playwright
9 3 (1.12%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.04%) Onboarding
2 16 (5.95%) Derivative
3 15 (5.58%) Cloud Native
4 14 (5.20%) Fixed Income
4 14 (5.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (4.09%) Hedge funds
6 8 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.60%) Exotic Derivative
8 6 (2.23%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.23%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.23%) Reference Data
8 6 (2.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (2.23%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.86%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.49%) CMDB
10 4 (1.49%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.49%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.43%) Windows
2 10 (3.72%) Linux
3 6 (2.23%) Unix
4 4 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.12%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (21.19%) AI
1 57 (21.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 47 (17.47%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (14.87%) Agile
4 34 (12.64%) Analytics
5 32 (11.90%) Data Modelling
6 31 (11.52%) Generative AI
7 27 (10.04%) CI/CD
8 25 (9.29%) Decision-Making
8 25 (9.29%) Migration
9 24 (8.92%) DevOps
9 24 (8.92%) Project Management
10 22 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (7.81%) Business Analysis
12 20 (7.43%) Risk Management
12 20 (7.43%) Test Automation
13 19 (7.06%) Project Delivery
14 18 (6.69%) Regulatory Compliance
15 17 (6.32%) Data Analysis
15 17 (6.32%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 52 (19.33%) SQL
2 38 (14.13%) Python
3 23 (8.55%) C#
4 18 (6.69%) Java
4 18 (6.69%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.46%) PowerShell
6 10 (3.72%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.49%) C++
8 3 (1.12%) Bash
8 3 (1.12%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.12%) SPARQL
8 3 (1.12%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.37%) Formula Language
9 1 (0.37%) LotusScript
9 1 (0.37%) R
9 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (11.90%) Degree
2 13 (4.83%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.09%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.35%) CISSP
4 9 (3.35%) PMP
5 7 (2.60%) CISA
5 7 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.23%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.12%) ACCA
8 3 (1.12%) CCNP
8 3 (1.12%) CIMA
9 2 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.74%) CCSP
9 2 (0.74%) CISM
9 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.95%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.46%) QA
3 7 (2.60%) ISO 20022
3 7 (2.60%) NIST
4 5 (1.86%) SLA
5 4 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.49%) GDPR
5 4 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.49%) SEPA
6 3 (1.12%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.12%) COREP
6 3 (1.12%) FINREP
6 3 (1.12%) MiFID
7 2 (0.74%) EMIR
7 2 (0.74%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.74%) WCAG
8 1 (0.37%) IFRS
8 1 (0.37%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.37%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 20 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.20%) Docker
3 2 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (6.32%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.35%) Ansible
3 5 (1.86%) vRealize
4 3 (1.12%) Control-M
4 3 (1.12%) SCCM
5 2 (0.74%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.37%) Grafana
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (10.78%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.43%) Oracle
3 14 (5.20%) Cisco
4 12 (4.46%) VMware
5 11 (4.09%) CyberArk
5 11 (4.09%) Databricks
6 9 (3.35%) Citrix
6 9 (3.35%) SAP
7 8 (2.97%) OpenAI
8 7 (2.60%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.23%) F5
9 6 (2.23%) Palo Alto
9 6 (2.23%) Splunk
10 5 (1.86%) CheckPoint
10 5 (1.86%) GoldenSource
11 4 (1.49%) Foundry
11 4 (1.49%) NetApp
11 4 (1.49%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.49%) Workday
12 3 (1.12%) BeyondTrust