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 4 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 174 204
Rank change year-on-year -12 +30 -2
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 255 183 197
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 1.52% 1.13%
As % of the General category 2.31% 2.23% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 121 142
10th Percentile £413 £475 £238
25th Percentile £463 £550 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £608 £650 £611
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.34% +1.88%
75th Percentile £738 £800 £700
90th Percentile £880 £875 £775
England median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

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 11,025 8,191 10,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.96% 67.82% 62.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,091 5,452 7,791
10th Percentile £350 £344 £331
25th Percentile £433 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -4.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £515 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 149 241
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.48 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £44.03 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £68.38 £63.35 £66.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £28.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +12.50% -9.68% -2.88%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -18 40 £725 +1.75% 56
East London -5 4 £675 +62.59% 1
South London -16 2 - -
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 13 (5.10%) Confluence
2 12 (4.71%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.14%) HCL Notes
3 8 (3.14%) Mendix
4 4 (1.57%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.39%) CICS
6 1 (0.39%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.39%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.39%) SAS
6 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (4.31%) MS Visio
2 9 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.35%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.18%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (1.18%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (1.18%) Dynamics SL
4 3 (1.18%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (1.18%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.18%) Sage X3
4 3 (1.18%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.78%) Endur
5 2 (0.78%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.78%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.78%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.39%) Findur
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 52 (20.39%) Azure
2 42 (16.47%) AWS
3 22 (8.63%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.31%) GCP
6 10 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (3.92%) Serverless
6 10 (3.92%) Snowflake
7 9 (3.53%) Azure Service Bus
7 9 (3.53%) Power Automate
7 9 (3.53%) PowerApps
7 9 (3.53%) SaaS
8 8 (3.14%) Azure Functions
8 8 (3.14%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (2.35%) Collibra
9 6 (2.35%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.35%) GitHub
10 5 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.57%) Datadog
12 3 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.67%) Network Security
2 16 (6.27%) Firewall
3 13 (5.10%) BGP
3 13 (5.10%) LAN
3 13 (5.10%) WAN
4 12 (4.71%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (4.71%) OSPF
5 9 (3.53%) EIGRP
5 9 (3.53%) MPLS
5 9 (3.53%) Multicast
6 5 (1.96%) RTP
7 3 (1.18%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.18%) NX-OS
7 3 (1.18%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.39%) DNS
9 1 (0.39%) SNMP
9 1 (0.39%) SSL
9 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.84%) Power BI
2 17 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (4.31%) Oracle Database
4 8 (3.14%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.75%) Oracle BI EE
6 6 (2.35%) KDB
6 6 (2.35%) Kdb+
7 5 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.96%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.96%) Tick Data
8 4 (1.57%) Metadata
9 3 (1.18%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.78%) DB2
10 2 (0.78%) Flink
10 2 (0.78%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.78%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (0.78%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.78%) TigerGraph
11 1 (0.39%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 13 (5.10%) JIRA
2 6 (2.35%) GitLab
3 4 (1.57%) Snyk
4 3 (1.18%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.39%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.39%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.39%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.39%) ERwin
5 1 (0.39%) Git
5 1 (0.39%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.39%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.39%) XPEDITER
General
1 255 (100.00%) Finance
2 100 (39.22%) Banking
3 68 (26.67%) Social Skills
4 40 (15.69%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (11.37%) Investment Banking
6 23 (9.02%) Front Office
7 14 (5.49%) Legal
8 13 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.14%) Corporate Banking
9 8 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.75%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.35%) Spanish Language
12 5 (1.96%) Retail
13 4 (1.57%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.18%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.78%) Publishing
16 1 (0.39%) Advertising
16 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (24.31%) Senior
2 57 (22.35%) Developer
3 36 (14.12%) Analyst
4 30 (11.76%) Business Analyst
5 26 (10.20%) Architect
6 22 (8.63%) Senior Developer
7 15 (5.88%) Project Manager
8 12 (4.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 12 (4.71%) Lead
9 9 (3.53%) Migration Manager
9 9 (3.53%) Migration Project Manager
10 8 (3.14%) C# Developer
10 8 (3.14%) Financial Analyst
10 8 (3.14%) Implementation Analyst
10 8 (3.14%) Power Platform Developer
10 8 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (3.14%) Senior Business Analyst
11 7 (2.75%) Finance Business Analyst
11 7 (2.75%) Java Developer
11 7 (2.75%) Senior OBIEE Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.84%) .NET
1 20 (7.84%) React
2 16 (6.27%) Kafka
3 11 (4.31%) REST
4 8 (3.14%) HTML5 Canvas
4 8 (3.14%) Spring
5 7 (2.75%) Oracle Fusion
5 7 (2.75%) Spring Boot
6 5 (1.96%) NumPy
6 5 (1.96%) Pandas
7 4 (1.57%) FastAPI
7 4 (1.57%) JSON
7 4 (1.57%) Redux
7 4 (1.57%) RESTful
7 4 (1.57%) scikit-learn
7 4 (1.57%) XML
8 3 (1.18%) LDAP
8 3 (1.18%) Middleware
8 3 (1.18%) OAuth
8 3 (1.18%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.45%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.06%) Fixed Income
3 16 (6.27%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (4.71%) Low-Code
5 11 (4.31%) Derivative
6 8 (3.14%) Hedge funds
6 8 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (2.75%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (1.96%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.96%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.96%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.18%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.18%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.92%) Linux
2 9 (3.53%) Windows
3 8 (3.14%) Unix
4 1 (0.39%) Android
4 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (22.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 42 (16.47%) Agile
3 37 (14.51%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (13.73%) AI
5 34 (13.33%) Data Modelling
6 30 (11.76%) Migration
7 29 (11.37%) DevOps
8 28 (10.98%) Analytics
9 27 (10.59%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (10.59%) CI/CD
10 26 (10.20%) Decision-Making
10 26 (10.20%) ETL
10 26 (10.20%) Project Management
11 20 (7.84%) Data Management
11 20 (7.84%) Generative AI
11 20 (7.84%) Risk Management
12 19 (7.45%) Validation
13 17 (6.67%) Business Analysis
13 17 (6.67%) Change Management
13 17 (6.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 49 (19.22%) SQL
2 32 (12.55%) Python
3 27 (10.59%) C#
4 23 (9.02%) JavaScript
5 19 (7.45%) Java
6 8 (3.14%) Formula Language
6 8 (3.14%) LotusScript
6 8 (3.14%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.75%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.18%) C++
8 3 (1.18%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.78%) SPARQL
9 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.78%) VBA
10 1 (0.39%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.39%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.39%) Go
10 1 (0.39%) R
10 1 (0.39%) XPath
Qualifications
1 19 (7.45%) Degree
2 8 (3.14%) PMI Certification
2 8 (3.14%) PMP
3 7 (2.75%) CISSP
4 6 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.35%) CISM
5 5 (1.96%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.57%) CCSP
7 3 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.78%) ACCA
8 2 (0.78%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.78%) CBAP
8 2 (0.78%) CCNP
8 2 (0.78%) CRISC
8 2 (0.78%) IIBA
8 2 (0.78%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.78%) PhD
8 2 (0.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 15 (5.88%) NIST
2 12 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.92%) GDPR
4 6 (2.35%) COBIT
4 6 (2.35%) ISO 20022
4 6 (2.35%) QA
4 6 (2.35%) SEPA
4 6 (2.35%) SLA
5 4 (1.57%) COREP
5 4 (1.57%) FINREP
6 3 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.18%) GRC
7 2 (0.78%) Basel III
7 2 (0.78%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.78%) MiFID
8 1 (0.39%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.39%) EMIR
8 1 (0.39%) FATCA
8 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (4.31%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.75%) Docker
3 1 (0.39%) HDFS
3 1 (0.39%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 12 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.75%) Ansible
3 6 (2.35%) Terraform
4 4 (1.57%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.57%) vRealize
5 2 (0.78%) Control-M
5 2 (0.78%) Grafana
5 2 (0.78%) PowerCLI
5 2 (0.78%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.39%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.39%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.39%) Oozie
6 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.39%) SCCM
6 1 (0.39%) SCOM
6 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.39%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 35 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.98%) Oracle
3 16 (6.27%) Cisco
4 12 (4.71%) CyberArk
4 12 (4.71%) F5
5 11 (4.31%) SAP
6 10 (3.92%) Palo Alto
7 9 (3.53%) CheckPoint
7 9 (3.53%) Workday
8 8 (3.14%) Kofax
8 8 (3.14%) Lotus
8 8 (3.14%) Splunk
9 7 (2.75%) Murex
9 7 (2.75%) VMware
10 6 (2.35%) GoldenSource
10 6 (2.35%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.35%) Temenos
11 5 (1.96%) Tenable
12 4 (1.57%) Databricks
12 4 (1.57%) Okta