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 19 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 173 199
Rank change year-on-year -14 +26 +1
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 252 192 211
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.40% 1.55% 1.21%
As % of the General category 2.36% 2.28% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 125 154
10th Percentile £413 £475 £306
25th Percentile £460 £550 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £620
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.87% +3.33%
75th Percentile £750 £810 £700
90th Percentile £884 £875 £775
England median daily rate £600 £644 £600
% change year-on-year -6.80% +7.29% -

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 10,690 8,416 11,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.43% 67.75% 63.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,919 5,651 7,861
10th Percentile £350 £344 £336
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £708 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 142 233
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.60
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.13 £18.13
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £46.25 £51.07 £44.75
90th Percentile £67.30 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.58 £27.50 £30.12
% change year-on-year +11.20% -8.70% -5.88%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -17 43 £725 +3.57% 45
East London -6 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 15 (5.95%) Confluence
2 13 (5.16%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.97%) HCL Notes
3 10 (3.97%) Mendix
4 4 (1.59%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.19%) IIS
6 2 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.40%) CICS
7 1 (0.40%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.40%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.40%) SAS
7 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.97%) MS Visio
3 8 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.79%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.38%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.98%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.19%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (1.19%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (1.19%) Dynamics SL
4 3 (1.19%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (1.19%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.19%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.19%) Sage X3
4 3 (1.19%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.79%) Endur
5 2 (0.79%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.79%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.79%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.40%) Findur
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 58 (23.02%) Azure
2 39 (15.48%) AWS
3 20 (7.94%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (4.76%) Serverless
7 11 (4.37%) Azure Service Bus
7 11 (4.37%) GCP
7 11 (4.37%) Power Automate
7 11 (4.37%) PowerApps
8 10 (3.97%) Azure Functions
8 10 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (3.57%) SaaS
10 6 (2.38%) Collibra
10 6 (2.38%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.38%) GitHub
10 6 (2.38%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.59%) Datadog
13 3 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.75%) Network Security
2 14 (5.56%) Firewall
3 12 (4.76%) BGP
3 12 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
3 12 (4.76%) LAN
3 12 (4.76%) OSPF
3 12 (4.76%) WAN
4 9 (3.57%) EIGRP
4 9 (3.57%) MPLS
4 9 (3.57%) Multicast
5 5 (1.98%) RTP
6 3 (1.19%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.19%) NX-OS
6 3 (1.19%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.40%) Internet
7 1 (0.40%) IPFIX
7 1 (0.40%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.40%) SAN
7 1 (0.40%) SNMP
7 1 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.14%) Power BI
2 16 (6.35%) Oracle Database
3 10 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.57%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.78%) KDB
5 7 (2.78%) Kdb+
5 7 (2.78%) Oracle BI EE
6 5 (1.98%) Metadata
6 5 (1.98%) Tick Data
7 4 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.59%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.19%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.19%) Tableau
9 2 (0.79%) DB2
9 2 (0.79%) Flink
9 2 (0.79%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.79%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.79%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.79%) TigerGraph
10 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 16 (6.35%) JIRA
2 8 (3.17%) GitLab
3 7 (2.78%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.59%) Snyk
5 3 (1.19%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.19%) Git
6 1 (0.40%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.40%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.40%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.40%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.40%) XPEDITER
General
1 252 (100.00%) Finance
2 95 (37.70%) Banking
3 79 (31.35%) Social Skills
4 39 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.13%) Front Office
5 23 (9.13%) Investment Banking
6 13 (5.16%) Legal
7 12 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.78%) Corporate Banking
8 7 (2.78%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.98%) Retail
11 3 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.19%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.19%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.79%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.40%) Billing
13 1 (0.40%) Publishing
13 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (24.21%) Senior
2 54 (21.43%) Developer
3 41 (16.27%) Analyst
4 32 (12.70%) Business Analyst
5 25 (9.92%) Architect
6 22 (8.73%) Senior Developer
7 17 (6.75%) Project Manager
8 11 (4.37%) Lead
9 10 (3.97%) C# Developer
9 10 (3.97%) Power Platform Developer
10 9 (3.57%) Migration Manager
10 9 (3.57%) Migration Project Manager
10 9 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (3.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 8 (3.17%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (3.17%) Implementation Analyst
11 8 (3.17%) Senior Business Analyst
12 7 (2.78%) Banking Analyst
12 7 (2.78%) Consultant
12 7 (2.78%) ETL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.13%) .NET
2 20 (7.94%) React
3 15 (5.95%) Kafka
4 10 (3.97%) HTML5 Canvas
4 10 (3.97%) REST
5 8 (3.17%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (2.78%) Spring
6 7 (2.78%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.59%) NumPy
7 4 (1.59%) Pandas
7 4 (1.59%) Redux
7 4 (1.59%) scikit-learn
8 3 (1.19%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.19%) JSON
8 3 (1.19%) PySpark
8 3 (1.19%) RESTful
8 3 (1.19%) WinForms
8 3 (1.19%) XML
9 2 (0.79%) FastAPI
9 2 (0.79%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.94%) Fixed Income
2 15 (5.95%) Derivative
3 14 (5.56%) Low-Code
3 14 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.38%) Hedge funds
6 6 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (1.98%) Credit Risk
7 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.59%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.59%) Reference Data
8 4 (1.59%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.19%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.19%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.19%) Equities
10 2 (0.79%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.16%) Linux
2 10 (3.97%) Unix
3 8 (3.17%) Windows
4 3 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.40%) Android
5 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (23.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 44 (17.46%) Agile
3 37 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (13.49%) AI
5 33 (13.10%) Data Modelling
6 32 (12.70%) Analytics
6 32 (12.70%) DevOps
7 30 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
8 28 (11.11%) CI/CD
8 28 (11.11%) Project Management
9 27 (10.71%) Migration
10 25 (9.92%) Validation
11 24 (9.52%) Decision-Making
12 23 (9.13%) ETL
12 23 (9.13%) Risk Management
13 22 (8.73%) Data Management
14 19 (7.54%) Business Analysis
15 18 (7.14%) Generative AI
15 18 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 17 (6.75%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 49 (19.44%) SQL
2 31 (12.30%) C#
3 30 (11.90%) Python
4 22 (8.73%) JavaScript
5 17 (6.75%) Java
6 10 (3.97%) Formula Language
6 10 (3.97%) LotusScript
7 7 (2.78%) C++
8 6 (2.38%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.98%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.98%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.98%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.79%) Perl
10 2 (0.79%) R
10 2 (0.79%) SPARQL
10 2 (0.79%) VBA
11 1 (0.40%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.40%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 18 (7.14%) Degree
2 9 (3.57%) PMI Certification
2 9 (3.57%) PMP
3 6 (2.38%) CISM
3 6 (2.38%) CISSP
4 5 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.98%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (1.59%) CBAP
5 4 (1.59%) CCSP
5 4 (1.59%) IIBA
6 3 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.19%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.79%) CRISC
7 2 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.79%) PhD
7 2 (0.79%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.40%) CCA
8 1 (0.40%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.75%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.95%) NIST
3 13 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (4.76%) GDPR
5 11 (4.37%) QA
6 7 (2.78%) SLA
7 6 (2.38%) COBIT
7 6 (2.38%) ISO 20022
7 6 (2.38%) SEPA
8 4 (1.59%) COREP
8 4 (1.59%) FINREP
9 3 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.79%) Basel III
10 2 (0.79%) GRC
10 2 (0.79%) MiFID
10 2 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.40%) EMIR
11 1 (0.40%) FATCA
11 1 (0.40%) GAAP
11 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.98%) Docker
3 1 (0.40%) HDFS
3 1 (0.40%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 8 (3.17%) Ansible
1 8 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.98%) Terraform
3 4 (1.59%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.79%) Grafana
4 2 (0.79%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (0.79%) PowerCLI
4 2 (0.79%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.79%) vRealize
5 1 (0.40%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.40%) Hadoop YARN
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.40%) Oozie
5 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.40%) SCCM
5 1 (0.40%) SCOM
5 1 (0.40%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 38 (15.08%) Microsoft
2 32 (12.70%) Oracle
3 14 (5.56%) Cisco
4 12 (4.76%) CyberArk
4 12 (4.76%) F5
4 12 (4.76%) Splunk
5 11 (4.37%) SAP
6 10 (3.97%) Kofax
6 10 (3.97%) Lotus
6 10 (3.97%) Palo Alto
7 9 (3.57%) CheckPoint
7 9 (3.57%) ServiceNow
7 9 (3.57%) Workday
8 8 (3.17%) Murex
9 6 (2.38%) GoldenSource
9 6 (2.38%) Temenos
10 5 (1.98%) Citrix
10 5 (1.98%) Tenable
10 5 (1.98%) VMware
11 4 (1.59%) Databricks