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 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 179 191
Rank change year-on-year +13 +12 +27
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 234 208 221
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.63% 1.46% 1.23%
As % of the General category 2.47% 2.25% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 124 163
10th Percentile £417 £427 £348
25th Percentile £520 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 £620
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +0.81% +3.33%
75th Percentile £775 £750 £750
90th Percentile £986 £855 £875
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +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 9,473 9,228 11,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 65.82% 64.76% 64.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,171 5,871 8,328
10th Percentile £350 £325 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 113 167
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.30 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £20.24
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £45.56 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.72 £76.75
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +28.11%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 -8 45 £725 +8.37% 32
East London +8 7 £1,000 +81.82% 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 10 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.99%) HCL Notes
2 7 (2.99%) Mendix
3 6 (2.56%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.14%) Confluence
5 4 (1.71%) MQSeries
6 3 (1.28%) CMS
6 3 (1.28%) IIS
7 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.43%) Apache
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.85%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.85%) Notion
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.71%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.85%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.85%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.43%) Actimize
3 1 (0.43%) IntelliMatch
3 1 (0.43%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.43%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.43%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 46 (19.66%) Azure
2 26 (11.11%) AWS
3 17 (7.26%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (5.56%) GCP
5 10 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.42%) Azure Logic Apps
6 8 (3.42%) Power Automate
6 8 (3.42%) PowerApps
6 8 (3.42%) SaaS
7 7 (2.99%) Azure Functions
7 7 (2.99%) Azure Service Bus
7 7 (2.99%) Serverless
8 6 (2.56%) Collibra
8 6 (2.56%) Snowflake
9 5 (2.14%) PaaS
10 4 (1.71%) IaaS
11 3 (1.28%) IBM Blueworks
11 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.28%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.71%) Firewall
1 4 (1.71%) Network Security
1 4 (1.71%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.28%) BGP
2 3 (1.28%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (1.28%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (1.28%) HTTP
2 3 (1.28%) LAN
2 3 (1.28%) NX-OS
2 3 (1.28%) OSPF
2 3 (1.28%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.28%) SSL
2 3 (1.28%) WAN
3 1 (0.43%) DHCP
3 1 (0.43%) DNS
3 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.84%) Power BI
1 16 (6.84%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.98%) Oracle Database
3 9 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.56%) Oracle BI EE
5 5 (2.14%) Metadata
5 5 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.14%) Tableau
6 3 (1.28%) Data Hub
6 3 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.28%) KDB
6 3 (1.28%) Kdb+
6 3 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.85%) Ataccama
7 2 (0.85%) Big Data
7 2 (0.85%) MySQL
7 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.85%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (3.85%) Git
1 9 (3.85%) JIRA
2 8 (3.42%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.71%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.28%) GitLab
4 3 (1.28%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.85%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.43%) Gradle
6 1 (0.43%) Maven
6 1 (0.43%) Postman
6 1 (0.43%) QUnit
6 1 (0.43%) Selenium
6 1 (0.43%) Snyk
General
1 234 (100.00%) Finance
2 96 (41.03%) Banking
3 85 (36.32%) Social Skills
4 37 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (13.25%) Front Office
6 18 (7.69%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.85%) Legal
8 7 (2.99%) Corporate Banking
9 6 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.71%) Back Office
11 4 (1.71%) Private Banking
11 4 (1.71%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.28%) International Banking
12 3 (1.28%) Retail
13 2 (0.85%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.85%) Law
13 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Arabic Language
Job Titles
1 59 (25.21%) Developer
2 38 (16.24%) Analyst
3 26 (11.11%) Architect
3 26 (11.11%) Senior
4 19 (8.12%) Business Analyst
5 18 (7.69%) Project Manager
6 13 (5.56%) Consultant
7 11 (4.70%) Senior Developer
8 9 (3.85%) C# Developer
9 8 (3.42%) Enterprise Architect
9 8 (3.42%) Lead
9 8 (3.42%) Security Architect
10 7 (2.99%) .NET Developer
10 7 (2.99%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 7 (2.99%) Power Platform Developer
11 6 (2.56%) ETL Developer
11 6 (2.56%) Murex Consultant
11 6 (2.56%) OBIEE Developer
11 6 (2.56%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
11 6 (2.56%) Senior ETL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.83%) .NET
2 15 (6.41%) REST
3 13 (5.56%) React
4 7 (2.99%) HTML5 Canvas
4 7 (2.99%) XML
5 6 (2.56%) .NET Core
5 6 (2.56%) .NET Framework
5 6 (2.56%) Dask
5 6 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (2.14%) Kafka
6 5 (2.14%) WinForms
7 4 (1.71%) CSS
7 4 (1.71%) HTML
8 3 (1.28%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.28%) JNI
8 3 (1.28%) JSON
8 3 (1.28%) Node.js
8 3 (1.28%) RESTful
8 3 (1.28%) SOAP
8 3 (1.28%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.68%) Derivative
2 24 (10.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 22 (9.40%) Hedge funds
4 15 (6.41%) Fixed Income
5 13 (5.56%) Equities
6 10 (4.27%) Credit Risk
7 9 (3.85%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.42%) Cloud Native
8 8 (3.42%) Low-Code
8 8 (3.42%) Market Risk
8 8 (3.42%) Product Ownership
8 8 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.99%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.14%) Equity Derivative
11 4 (1.71%) AS400
11 4 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.28%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.40%) Linux
2 17 (7.26%) Windows
3 14 (5.98%) Unix
4 5 (2.14%) CentOS
4 5 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.71%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.71%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.85%) Solaris
6 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.43%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (19.66%) Agile
2 44 (18.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (13.25%) DevOps
4 31 (13.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 29 (12.39%) CI/CD
6 28 (11.97%) Analytics
7 26 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 26 (11.11%) Risk Management
8 24 (10.26%) Data Management
8 24 (10.26%) SDLC
9 22 (9.40%) Project Management
10 21 (8.97%) Roadmaps
11 20 (8.55%) AI
11 20 (8.55%) Decision-Making
12 19 (8.12%) Data Modelling
12 19 (8.12%) Migration
12 19 (8.12%) Validation
13 18 (7.69%) Mathematics
13 18 (7.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 40 (17.09%) SQL
2 39 (16.67%) Python
3 30 (12.82%) C#
4 16 (6.84%) Java
5 13 (5.56%) C++
5 13 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.42%) Perl
7 7 (2.99%) Formula Language
7 7 (2.99%) LotusScript
8 5 (2.14%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.14%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.14%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.71%) Bash
9 4 (1.71%) RPG
9 4 (1.71%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.28%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.28%) Bicep
10 3 (1.28%) C
10 3 (1.28%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (13.68%) Degree
2 12 (5.13%) Master's Degree
3 7 (2.99%) PhD
4 6 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.56%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.14%) CBAP
5 5 (2.14%) PMP
5 5 (2.14%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.71%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.71%) CISA
6 4 (1.71%) IIBA
6 4 (1.71%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.28%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.85%) CISSP
8 2 (0.85%) MBA
8 2 (0.85%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.85%) RHCE
8 2 (0.85%) RHCSA
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.26%) QA
2 15 (6.41%) GDPR
3 9 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.85%) NIST
4 6 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.14%) SLA
6 4 (1.71%) GRC
6 4 (1.71%) PMO
7 3 (1.28%) COBIT
7 3 (1.28%) MiFID
7 3 (1.28%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.85%) Basel III
8 2 (0.85%) IFRS
8 2 (0.85%) IFRS 9
8 2 (0.85%) SEPA
8 2 (0.85%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 8 (3.42%) Docker
2 4 (1.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.85%) KVM
4 1 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (6.41%) Ansible
2 9 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.85%) Terraform
3 4 (1.71%) Control-M
4 3 (1.28%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.28%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (1.28%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.28%) Puppet
5 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Satellite
5 2 (0.85%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.85%) vRealize
6 1 (0.43%) BladeLogic
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.43%) Rundeck
6 1 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (13.68%) Oracle
2 26 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.41%) CyberArk
4 13 (5.56%) Splunk
5 10 (4.27%) Murex
6 8 (3.42%) Darktrace
7 7 (2.99%) Bloomberg
7 7 (2.99%) Kofax
7 7 (2.99%) Lotus
7 7 (2.99%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.56%) IBM
8 6 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.56%) Temenos
9 5 (2.14%) F5
9 5 (2.14%) Google
9 5 (2.14%) Sophis
10 4 (1.71%) Informatica
10 4 (1.71%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.71%) Tradeweb
10 4 (1.71%) VMware