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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 157 196
Rank change year-on-year -80 +39 +8
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 233 242 203
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.15% 1.81% 1.26%
As % of the General category 1.86% 2.63% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 163 135
10th Percentile £406 £425 £410
25th Percentile £489 £538 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £738 £775 £700
90th Percentile £800 £935 £791
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 12,507 9,186 10,071
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.88% 68.58% 62.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,970 6,041 6,540
10th Percentile £350 £329 £330
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 £675 £700
90th Percentile £780 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 174 120
10th Percentile £15.88 £18.06 £17.48
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.65 £25.62
Median hourly rate £28.55 £31.75 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.08% -9.93% +8.46%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £68.60 £68.67 £68.33
England median hourly rate £29.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.31% -28.14% +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 8 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 8 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 34 £600 -17.24% 76
South London -11 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 9 (3.86%) Confluence
2 6 (2.58%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.15%) Apache
4 4 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.43%) Appian
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (2.58%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Loan IQ
2 2 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.86%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.86%) Dynamics SL
2 2 (0.86%) Endur
2 2 (0.86%) Findur
2 2 (0.86%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.86%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.86%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.43%) Actimize
3 1 (0.43%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.43%) Changepoint
3 1 (0.43%) OneSumX
3 1 (0.43%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 41 (17.60%) Azure
2 28 (12.02%) AWS
3 25 (10.73%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.73%) Snowflake
5 10 (4.29%) GCP
6 7 (3.00%) Azure AI
7 5 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.15%) SaaS
8 4 (1.72%) Collibra
8 4 (1.72%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.72%) GitHub
8 4 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.72%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.86%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.86%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (0.86%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.86%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.29%) Firewall
2 5 (2.15%) Network Security
2 5 (2.15%) VPN
3 4 (1.72%) BGP
3 4 (1.72%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (1.72%) WAN
4 3 (1.29%) Internet
4 3 (1.29%) LAN
4 3 (1.29%) MPLS
4 3 (1.29%) Multicast
4 3 (1.29%) OSPF
4 3 (1.29%) SAN
5 2 (0.86%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.86%) EIGRP
5 2 (0.86%) NAS
6 1 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.43%) SSH
6 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.30%) Power BI
2 19 (8.15%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (4.72%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.58%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.15%) Delta Lake
6 4 (1.72%) Metadata
7 3 (1.29%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.29%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.29%) Tableau
8 2 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.86%) KDB
8 2 (0.86%) Kdb+
8 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.86%) Power Query
8 2 (0.86%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.86%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.86%) TigerGraph
9 1 (0.43%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.43%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 15 (6.44%) JIRA
2 6 (2.58%) REST Assured
3 4 (1.72%) Git
4 3 (1.29%) GitLab
4 3 (1.29%) Selenium
5 2 (0.86%) Appium
5 2 (0.86%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.86%) ERwin
5 2 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.86%) TestNG
6 1 (0.43%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.43%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.43%) MLflow
6 1 (0.43%) SOAtest
General
1 233 (100.00%) Finance
2 129 (55.36%) Banking
3 59 (25.32%) Social Skills
4 38 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (15.02%) Investment Banking
6 33 (14.16%) Front Office
7 15 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (6.01%) Corporate Banking
9 12 (5.15%) Legal
10 10 (4.29%) Spanish Language
11 5 (2.15%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.29%) Publishing
13 3 (1.29%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.86%) Back Office
14 2 (0.86%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.43%) Advertising
15 1 (0.43%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 49 (21.03%) Developer
2 46 (19.74%) Senior
3 38 (16.31%) Analyst
4 23 (9.87%) Business Analyst
5 17 (7.30%) Support Engineer
6 14 (6.01%) Desktop Support
6 14 (6.01%) Lead
7 13 (5.58%) Desktop Engineer
7 13 (5.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 12 (5.15%) C# Developer
9 11 (4.72%) Senior Developer
10 10 (4.29%) IT Manager
11 9 (3.86%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.43%) .NET Developer
12 8 (3.43%) C# .NET Developer
12 8 (3.43%) Quantitative Developer
12 8 (3.43%) Senior Manager
13 7 (3.00%) Senior Audit Manager
13 7 (3.00%) Senior IT Audit Manager
13 7 (3.00%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.15%) Kafka
2 17 (7.30%) REST
3 16 (6.87%) .NET
4 11 (4.72%) Terraform
5 10 (4.29%) React
6 8 (3.43%) PySpark
6 8 (3.43%) Spring
7 7 (3.00%) Spring Boot
8 6 (2.58%) RESTful
9 5 (2.15%) HTML
9 5 (2.15%) Web Services
10 4 (1.72%) CSS
10 4 (1.72%) JSON
10 4 (1.72%) LangChain
10 4 (1.72%) LangGraph
10 4 (1.72%) Middleware
10 4 (1.72%) WinForms
10 4 (1.72%) WPF
10 4 (1.72%) XML
11 3 (1.29%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.44%) Onboarding
2 19 (8.15%) Derivative
3 12 (5.15%) Cloud Native
3 12 (5.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (4.72%) Hedge funds
5 9 (3.86%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.43%) Exotic Derivative
6 8 (3.43%) Fixed Income
7 7 (3.00%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (2.58%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.58%) Market Risk
8 6 (2.58%) Reference Data
9 5 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.15%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.72%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.72%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.72%) CMDB
10 4 (1.72%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.73%) Windows
2 11 (4.72%) Linux
3 6 (2.58%) Unix
4 5 (2.15%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.29%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.43%) CentOS
7 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (24.89%) AI
2 47 (20.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (18.45%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (16.74%) Agile
5 35 (15.02%) Generative AI
6 32 (13.73%) Analytics
7 30 (12.88%) DevOps
8 25 (10.73%) CI/CD
8 25 (10.73%) Data Modelling
9 24 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (9.87%) Risk Management
11 20 (8.58%) Migration
12 18 (7.73%) Decision-Making
12 18 (7.73%) SDLC
12 18 (7.73%) Software Engineering
12 18 (7.73%) Test Automation
13 16 (6.87%) Business Analysis
13 16 (6.87%) Data Analysis
13 16 (6.87%) Fintech
13 16 (6.87%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (23.18%) SQL
2 37 (15.88%) Python
3 25 (10.73%) C#
4 18 (7.73%) PowerShell
5 16 (6.87%) Java
5 16 (6.87%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.58%) Bash
6 6 (2.58%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.15%) C++
8 3 (1.29%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.29%) SPARQL
8 3 (1.29%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.43%) Go
10 1 (0.43%) Korn
10 1 (0.43%) PHP
10 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (13.73%) Degree
2 14 (6.01%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.58%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.00%) CISA
4 7 (3.00%) CISSP
4 7 (3.00%) PMP
5 4 (1.72%) ACCA
5 4 (1.72%) CCNP
5 4 (1.72%) CIMA
5 4 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.72%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.58%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.72%) QA
3 7 (3.00%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.72%) SEPA
5 3 (1.29%) IFRS
5 3 (1.29%) IFRS 9
5 3 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.29%) NIST
6 2 (0.86%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.86%) EMIR
6 2 (0.86%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.86%) MiFID
6 2 (0.86%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.86%) PMO
6 2 (0.86%) SLA
6 2 (0.86%) WCAG
7 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.43%) Basel III
7 1 (0.43%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.43%) P3O
System Software
1 18 (7.73%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.58%) Docker
3 5 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.86%) vSphere
5 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (7.30%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.58%) Ansible
3 7 (3.00%) SCCM
4 5 (2.15%) vRealize
5 3 (1.29%) Control-M
6 2 (0.86%) Grafana
7 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.43%) Netcool
7 1 (0.43%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.43%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.43%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (9.87%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.73%) Oracle
3 13 (5.58%) Cisco
3 13 (5.58%) Databricks
3 13 (5.58%) VMware
4 12 (5.15%) Citrix
5 8 (3.43%) SAP
6 7 (3.00%) OpenAI
7 6 (2.58%) CyberArk
8 5 (2.15%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.72%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.72%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.72%) Foundry
9 4 (1.72%) ION Trading
9 4 (1.72%) Murex
9 4 (1.72%) NetApp
9 4 (1.72%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.72%) Reuters
9 4 (1.72%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.29%) Meraki