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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 162 216
Rank change year-on-year -40 +54 -12
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 276 227 178
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.37% 1.67% 1.10%
As % of the General category 2.26% 2.43% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 164 118
10th Percentile £415 £425 £394
25th Percentile £500 £524 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £628
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +3.59% +1.62%
75th Percentile £745 £775 £700
90th Percentile £877 £875 £779
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +3.09%

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 12,225 9,323 10,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.74% 68.76% 62.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,792 6,206 7,121
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 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 187 146
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.11 £24.50 £23.90
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -15.74% +1.73%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.13 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.45 £67.00
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 13 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 13 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 -37 45 £683 -4.21% 25
East London 0 2 £675 +62.59% 4
South London -12 1 - - 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 11 (3.99%) Confluence
2 9 (3.26%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.17%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.45%) Apache
4 4 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.36%) Appian
5 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.36%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.36%) Mendix
5 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (3.62%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.09%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.09%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (1.09%) Dynamics SL
2 3 (1.09%) Endur
2 3 (1.09%) Infor CloudSuite
2 3 (1.09%) Loan IQ
2 3 (1.09%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.09%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.09%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.72%) Findur
3 2 (0.72%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.36%) Quorum
4 1 (0.36%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 49 (17.75%) Azure
2 38 (13.77%) AWS
3 25 (9.06%) Power Platform
4 19 (6.88%) Snowflake
5 11 (3.99%) SaaS
6 10 (3.62%) GCP
7 9 (3.26%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.90%) GitHub
9 7 (2.54%) Azure AI
9 7 (2.54%) Collibra
9 7 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.45%) Datadog
11 4 (1.45%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.45%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.09%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.09%) Serverless
12 3 (1.09%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.16%) Firewall
2 15 (5.43%) Network Security
3 11 (3.99%) BGP
3 11 (3.99%) LAN
3 11 (3.99%) WAN
4 10 (3.62%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (3.62%) OSPF
5 7 (2.54%) EIGRP
5 7 (2.54%) MPLS
5 7 (2.54%) Multicast
6 3 (1.09%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.09%) Internet
6 3 (1.09%) NX-OS
6 3 (1.09%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.09%) VPN
7 2 (0.72%) RTP
7 2 (0.72%) SAN
7 2 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.72%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.36%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.33%) Power BI
2 20 (7.25%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (5.07%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.90%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.45%) Delta Lake
5 4 (1.45%) KDB
5 4 (1.45%) Kdb+
5 4 (1.45%) Metadata
5 4 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.09%) Neo4j
7 2 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.72%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.72%) Flink
7 2 (0.72%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.72%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
7 2 (0.72%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.72%) Tableau
7 2 (0.72%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 14 (5.07%) JIRA
2 6 (2.17%) REST Assured
3 5 (1.81%) GitLab
4 4 (1.45%) Snyk
5 3 (1.09%) Git
6 2 (0.72%) Appium
6 2 (0.72%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.72%) ERwin
6 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.72%) Selenium
6 2 (0.72%) TestNG
7 1 (0.36%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.36%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.36%) MLflow
General
1 276 (100.00%) Finance
2 118 (42.75%) Banking
3 67 (24.28%) Social Skills
4 41 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (14.86%) Investment Banking
5 29 (10.51%) Front Office
6 21 (7.61%) Legal
7 14 (5.07%) Corporate Banking
8 12 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.62%) Spanish Language
10 9 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.17%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.17%) Retail
12 4 (1.45%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.09%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.09%) Publishing
14 1 (0.36%) Advertising
14 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (20.65%) Senior
2 47 (17.03%) Developer
3 37 (13.41%) Analyst
4 26 (9.42%) Architect
4 26 (9.42%) Business Analyst
5 17 (6.16%) Lead
6 14 (5.07%) Senior Developer
7 12 (4.35%) Support Engineer
8 11 (3.99%) C# Developer
8 11 (3.99%) Project Manager
8 11 (3.99%) Senior Manager
9 10 (3.62%) Desktop Engineer
9 10 (3.62%) Desktop Support
9 10 (3.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 9 (3.26%) IT Manager
10 9 (3.26%) Network Engineer
11 8 (2.90%) Java Developer
12 7 (2.54%) Financial Analyst
12 7 (2.54%) IT Audit Manager
12 7 (2.54%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.16%) Kafka
2 15 (5.43%) .NET
3 14 (5.07%) React
4 9 (3.26%) REST
5 8 (2.90%) PySpark
6 7 (2.54%) Spring
7 6 (2.17%) RESTful
7 6 (2.17%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.45%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.45%) JSON
8 4 (1.45%) LangChain
8 4 (1.45%) LangGraph
8 4 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (1.45%) Web Services
8 4 (1.45%) WinForms
8 4 (1.45%) WPF
9 3 (1.09%) LDAP
9 3 (1.09%) Model Context Protocol
9 3 (1.09%) Redux
9 3 (1.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.14%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.16%) Cloud Native
3 14 (5.07%) Derivative
3 14 (5.07%) Fixed Income
3 14 (5.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (3.99%) Hedge funds
5 8 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.54%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 7 (2.54%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.17%) Reference Data
8 5 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.81%) Exotic Derivative
8 5 (1.81%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.81%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.45%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.45%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.45%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.25%) Windows
2 10 (3.62%) Linux
3 6 (2.17%) Unix
4 4 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.09%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (21.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 57 (20.65%) AI
3 48 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (14.13%) Agile
5 34 (12.32%) Analytics
6 32 (11.59%) Generative AI
7 31 (11.23%) Data Modelling
8 29 (10.51%) CI/CD
9 26 (9.42%) DevOps
9 26 (9.42%) Migration
9 26 (9.42%) Project Management
10 25 (9.06%) Decision-Making
11 21 (7.61%) Risk Management
12 20 (7.25%) Business Analysis
12 20 (7.25%) Project Delivery
12 20 (7.25%) Test Automation
13 19 (6.88%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (6.52%) Regulatory Compliance
15 17 (6.16%) Fintech
15 17 (6.16%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 50 (18.12%) SQL
2 38 (13.77%) Python
3 23 (8.33%) C#
4 21 (7.61%) Java
5 17 (6.16%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.35%) PowerShell
7 9 (3.26%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.45%) C++
9 3 (1.09%) Bash
9 3 (1.09%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.09%) SPARQL
9 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.36%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.36%) Formula Language
10 1 (0.36%) Go
10 1 (0.36%) LotusScript
10 1 (0.36%) R
10 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (11.23%) Degree
2 12 (4.35%) CISSP
2 12 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.26%) PMP
3 9 (3.26%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.54%) CISA
4 7 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (2.54%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.81%) CISM
7 4 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.45%) CCSP
8 3 (1.09%) CCNP
9 2 (0.72%) ACCA
9 2 (0.72%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.72%) CIMA
9 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.43%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.99%) QA
3 10 (3.62%) NIST
4 7 (2.54%) ISO 20022
4 7 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.54%) SLA
5 5 (1.81%) GDPR
5 5 (1.81%) SEPA
6 3 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.09%) COREP
6 3 (1.09%) FINREP
6 3 (1.09%) MiFID
7 2 (0.72%) COBIT
7 2 (0.72%) EMIR
7 2 (0.72%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.72%) GRC
8 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.36%) PMO
8 1 (0.36%) SOC 1
System Software
1 20 (7.25%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.07%) Docker
3 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (6.88%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.26%) Ansible
3 8 (2.90%) Terraform
4 5 (1.81%) vRealize
5 4 (1.45%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.09%) Control-M
6 3 (1.09%) SCCM
7 2 (0.72%) Grafana
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (11.23%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.25%) Oracle
3 18 (6.52%) Cisco
4 12 (4.35%) CyberArk
4 12 (4.35%) VMware
5 11 (3.99%) Databricks
6 10 (3.62%) F5
6 10 (3.62%) SAP
7 9 (3.26%) Citrix
7 9 (3.26%) Splunk
8 8 (2.90%) OpenAI
8 8 (2.90%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.54%) CheckPoint
9 7 (2.54%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.81%) GoldenSource
10 5 (1.81%) Tenable
10 5 (1.81%) Workday
11 4 (1.45%) NetApp
11 4 (1.45%) Okta
11 4 (1.45%) Red Hat