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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 174 220
Rank change year-on-year -15 +46 -16
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 269 187 196
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.41% 1.49% 1.11%
As % of the General category 2.34% 2.19% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 124 141
10th Percentile £413 £425 £300
25th Percentile £463 £538 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £636 £625
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.76% +3.39%
75th Percentile £744 £772 £700
90th Percentile £880 £875 £788
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 11,499 8,549 10,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.23% 68.15% 62.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,389 5,710 7,842
10th Percentile £350 £331 £335
25th Percentile £435 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £820 £825
England median daily rate £520 £520 £535
% change year-on-year - -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 160 238
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.85
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.48 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.51% +14.32% -5.51%
75th Percentile £45.25 £51.44 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.25 £65.06 £66.60
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.18 £31.97
% change year-on-year +15.33% -11.85% +14.26%

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 23 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 23 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 -17 42 £725 +0.87% 31
East London -2 3 £675 +62.59%
South London -7 2 - - 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 14 (5.20%) Confluence
2 13 (4.83%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.86%) HCL Notes
3 5 (1.86%) Mendix
4 3 (1.12%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.37%) Appian
6 1 (0.37%) CICS
6 1 (0.37%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.37%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.37%) SAS
6 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (4.83%) MS Visio
2 10 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.23%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.86%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.12%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (1.12%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (1.12%) Dynamics SL
4 3 (1.12%) Endur
4 3 (1.12%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (1.12%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.12%) Sage X3
4 3 (1.12%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.74%) Findur
5 2 (0.74%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.74%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.74%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.37%) Actimize
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 51 (18.96%) Azure
2 41 (15.24%) AWS
3 21 (7.81%) Power Platform
4 13 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (4.83%) Snowflake
5 11 (4.09%) GCP
6 9 (3.35%) SaaS
7 7 (2.60%) Azure AI
7 7 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.60%) GitHub
7 7 (2.60%) Serverless
8 6 (2.23%) Azure Service Bus
8 6 (2.23%) Collibra
8 6 (2.23%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.23%) Power Automate
8 6 (2.23%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.86%) Azure Functions
9 5 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (1.86%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.49%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.32%) Network Security
2 16 (5.95%) Firewall
3 13 (4.83%) BGP
3 13 (4.83%) LAN
3 13 (4.83%) WAN
4 12 (4.46%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (4.46%) OSPF
5 9 (3.35%) EIGRP
5 9 (3.35%) MPLS
5 9 (3.35%) Multicast
6 5 (1.86%) RTP
7 3 (1.12%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.12%) Internet
7 3 (1.12%) NX-OS
7 3 (1.12%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.12%) VPN
8 2 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.37%) DNS
9 1 (0.37%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.06%) Power BI
2 15 (5.58%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.35%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.60%) KDB
4 7 (2.60%) Kdb+
4 7 (2.60%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.86%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.86%) Tick Data
6 4 (1.49%) Metadata
7 3 (1.12%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.12%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.12%) Oracle BI EE
8 2 (0.74%) Db2
8 2 (0.74%) Flink
8 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.74%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (0.74%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.74%) TigerGraph
9 1 (0.37%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 15 (5.58%) JIRA
2 7 (2.60%) GitLab
3 4 (1.49%) Snyk
4 3 (1.12%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.74%) Git
5 2 (0.74%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.37%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.37%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.37%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.37%) ERwin
6 1 (0.37%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.37%) MLflow
6 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.37%) XPEDITER
General
1 269 (100.00%) Finance
2 104 (38.66%) Banking
3 70 (26.02%) Social Skills
4 38 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (11.52%) Investment Banking
6 22 (8.18%) Front Office
7 17 (6.32%) Legal
8 13 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.97%) Corporate Banking
11 7 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.60%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.60%) Spanish Language
12 5 (1.86%) Retail
13 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.12%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.12%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.74%) Publishing
15 1 (0.37%) Advertising
15 1 (0.37%) Billing
Job Titles
1 62 (23.05%) Senior
2 53 (19.70%) Developer
3 38 (14.13%) Analyst
4 29 (10.78%) Business Analyst
5 26 (9.67%) Architect
6 18 (6.69%) Senior Developer
7 15 (5.58%) Lead
8 14 (5.20%) Project Manager
9 9 (3.35%) C# Developer
9 9 (3.35%) Senior Manager
10 8 (2.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 8 (2.97%) Financial Analyst
10 8 (2.97%) Implementation Analyst
10 8 (2.97%) Java Developer
10 8 (2.97%) Migration Manager
10 8 (2.97%) Migration Project Manager
10 8 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (2.97%) Senior Business Analyst
11 7 (2.60%) Banking Analyst
11 7 (2.60%) Banking Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.06%) React
2 18 (6.69%) .NET
3 15 (5.58%) Kafka
4 9 (3.35%) REST
5 8 (2.97%) Spring
6 7 (2.60%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (2.60%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.86%) HTML5 Canvas
7 5 (1.86%) NumPy
7 5 (1.86%) Pandas
7 5 (1.86%) RESTful
8 4 (1.49%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.49%) JSON
8 4 (1.49%) LangChain
8 4 (1.49%) LangGraph
8 4 (1.49%) PySpark
8 4 (1.49%) Redux
8 4 (1.49%) scikit-learn
8 4 (1.49%) XML
9 3 (1.12%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.18%) Onboarding
2 16 (5.95%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.95%) Fixed Income
3 10 (3.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (3.35%) Low-Code
5 8 (2.97%) Derivative
5 8 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.97%) Hedge funds
5 8 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.97%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 6 (2.23%) Reference Data
8 4 (1.49%) Credit Risk
8 4 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.49%) Market Risk
8 4 (1.49%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.12%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.12%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.83%) Windows
2 10 (3.72%) Linux
3 8 (2.97%) Unix
4 1 (0.37%) Android
4 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (22.68%) Stakeholder Management
2 47 (17.47%) AI
3 39 (14.50%) Agile
4 35 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (12.64%) Analytics
6 31 (11.52%) Data Modelling
7 28 (10.41%) CI/CD
7 28 (10.41%) Migration
7 28 (10.41%) Project Management
8 27 (10.04%) Decision-Making
9 26 (9.67%) DevOps
10 25 (9.29%) Generative AI
11 21 (7.81%) Risk Management
12 20 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (7.43%) ETL
13 19 (7.06%) Test Automation
14 18 (6.69%) Change Management
14 18 (6.69%) Project Delivery
14 18 (6.69%) Regulatory Compliance
15 17 (6.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 47 (17.47%) SQL
2 38 (14.13%) Python
3 24 (8.92%) C#
4 22 (8.18%) JavaScript
5 20 (7.43%) Java
6 11 (4.09%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.97%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.86%) Formula Language
8 5 (1.86%) LotusScript
9 3 (1.12%) SPARQL
10 2 (0.74%) C++
10 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.74%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.37%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.37%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.37%) Go
11 1 (0.37%) Korn
11 1 (0.37%) R
11 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (8.18%) Degree
2 11 (4.09%) CISSP
3 7 (2.60%) PMI Certification
3 7 (2.60%) PMP
4 6 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.23%) CISM
5 5 (1.86%) CISA
5 5 (1.86%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.49%) CCSP
7 3 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.74%) ACCA
8 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.74%) CBAP
8 2 (0.74%) CCNP
8 2 (0.74%) CRISC
8 2 (0.74%) IIBA
8 2 (0.74%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.20%) Data Quality
1 14 (5.20%) NIST
2 11 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.35%) GDPR
3 9 (3.35%) QA
4 7 (2.60%) ISO 20022
4 7 (2.60%) SLA
5 6 (2.23%) COBIT
5 6 (2.23%) SEPA
6 4 (1.49%) COREP
6 4 (1.49%) FINREP
7 3 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.12%) GRC
8 2 (0.74%) Basel III
8 2 (0.74%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.74%) MiFID
9 1 (0.37%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.37%) EMIR
9 1 (0.37%) FATCA
9 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (5.20%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.60%) Docker
3 1 (0.37%) HDFS
3 1 (0.37%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (4.83%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.97%) Ansible
3 7 (2.60%) Terraform
4 5 (1.86%) vRealize
5 4 (1.49%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.12%) SCCM
7 2 (0.74%) Control-M
7 2 (0.74%) Grafana
7 2 (0.74%) PowerCLI
7 2 (0.74%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.37%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.37%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.37%) Oozie
8 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.37%) SCOM
8 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.37%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 36 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.92%) Oracle
3 17 (6.32%) Cisco
4 12 (4.46%) F5
5 11 (4.09%) CyberArk
5 11 (4.09%) SAP
6 10 (3.72%) Palo Alto
7 9 (3.35%) CheckPoint
7 9 (3.35%) VMware
7 9 (3.35%) Workday
8 8 (2.97%) OpenAI
8 8 (2.97%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.97%) Splunk
9 7 (2.60%) Citrix
10 6 (2.23%) Databricks
10 6 (2.23%) GoldenSource
11 5 (1.86%) Kofax
11 5 (1.86%) Lotus
11 5 (1.86%) Tenable
12 4 (1.49%) ION Trading