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 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 174 198
Rank change year-on-year +12 +24 +11
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 237 209 220
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.64% 1.44% 1.20%
As % of the General category 2.49% 2.23% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 124 162
10th Percentile £420 £427 £380
25th Percentile £521 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 £623
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +0.40% +3.75%
75th Percentile £775 £750 £750
90th Percentile £977 £855 £875
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -

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 9,527 9,370 11,808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 66.07% 64.66% 64.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,205 5,956 8,467
10th Percentile £350 £325 £343
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £814 £800
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.37% -2.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 115 168
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.35 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.99 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £32.11
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +9.02% +4.41%
75th Percentile £45.56 £53.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.04 £76.63
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +29.31%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 -1 45 £725 +8.37% 29
East London +6 7 £1,000 +81.82% 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 10 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.95%) HCL Notes
2 7 (2.95%) Mendix
3 6 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.11%) Confluence
5 4 (1.69%) MQSeries
6 3 (1.27%) CMS
6 3 (1.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.42%) Apache
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.84%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.84%) Notion
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.84%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.84%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.42%) Actimize
3 1 (0.42%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.42%) Endur
3 1 (0.42%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.42%) IntelliMatch
3 1 (0.42%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.42%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.42%) Summit
3 1 (0.42%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 46 (19.41%) Azure
2 25 (10.55%) AWS
3 17 (7.17%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (5.49%) GCP
5 10 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.80%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (3.38%) Azure Service Bus
7 8 (3.38%) Power Automate
7 8 (3.38%) PowerApps
7 8 (3.38%) SaaS
7 8 (3.38%) Serverless
8 7 (2.95%) Azure Functions
9 6 (2.53%) Collibra
9 6 (2.53%) Snowflake
10 5 (2.11%) PaaS
11 4 (1.69%) IaaS
12 3 (1.27%) IBM Blueworks
12 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.11%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.69%) Firewall
2 4 (1.69%) HTTP
2 4 (1.69%) Network Security
2 4 (1.69%) SSL
3 3 (1.27%) BGP
3 3 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (1.27%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (1.27%) LAN
3 3 (1.27%) NX-OS
3 3 (1.27%) OSPF
3 3 (1.27%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.27%) WAN
4 1 (0.42%) DHCP
4 1 (0.42%) DNS
4 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.17%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.75%) Power BI
3 14 (5.91%) Oracle Database
4 9 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.53%) Oracle BI EE
6 5 (2.11%) Metadata
6 5 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (2.11%) Tableau
7 3 (1.27%) Data Hub
7 3 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.27%) KDB
7 3 (1.27%) Kdb+
7 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.84%) Ataccama
8 2 (0.84%) Big Data
8 2 (0.84%) MySQL
8 2 (0.84%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.84%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (3.80%) Git
1 9 (3.80%) JIRA
2 8 (3.38%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.69%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.69%) Robot Framework
4 3 (1.27%) GitLab
5 2 (0.84%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.84%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.42%) Gradle
6 1 (0.42%) Maven
6 1 (0.42%) Postman
6 1 (0.42%) QUnit
6 1 (0.42%) Selenium
6 1 (0.42%) Snyk
General
1 237 (100.00%) Finance
2 98 (41.35%) Banking
3 87 (36.71%) Social Skills
4 37 (15.61%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (13.50%) Front Office
6 19 (8.02%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.80%) Legal
8 7 (2.95%) Corporate Banking
8 7 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Back Office
9 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Private Banking
9 4 (1.69%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.27%) International Banking
10 3 (1.27%) Retail
11 2 (0.84%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.84%) Law
11 2 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.42%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 59 (24.89%) Developer
2 37 (15.61%) Analyst
3 27 (11.39%) Architect
4 26 (10.97%) Senior
5 18 (7.59%) Business Analyst
5 18 (7.59%) Project Manager
6 14 (5.91%) Consultant
7 11 (4.64%) Senior Developer
8 9 (3.80%) C# Developer
9 8 (3.38%) Enterprise Architect
9 8 (3.38%) Lead
9 8 (3.38%) Security Architect
10 7 (2.95%) .NET Developer
10 7 (2.95%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 7 (2.95%) Power Platform Developer
11 6 (2.53%) ETL Developer
11 6 (2.53%) Murex Consultant
11 6 (2.53%) OBIEE Developer
11 6 (2.53%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
11 6 (2.53%) Senior ETL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.13%) .NET
2 16 (6.75%) REST
3 13 (5.49%) React
4 7 (2.95%) .NET Core
4 7 (2.95%) .NET Framework
4 7 (2.95%) HTML5 Canvas
4 7 (2.95%) XML
5 6 (2.53%) Dask
5 6 (2.53%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (2.11%) Kafka
6 5 (2.11%) WinForms
7 4 (1.69%) CSS
7 4 (1.69%) HTML
8 3 (1.27%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.27%) Electron
8 3 (1.27%) FastAPI
8 3 (1.27%) JNI
8 3 (1.27%) JSON
8 3 (1.27%) RESTful
8 3 (1.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.97%) Derivative
2 25 (10.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 22 (9.28%) Hedge funds
4 16 (6.75%) Fixed Income
5 13 (5.49%) Equities
6 10 (4.22%) Credit Risk
6 10 (4.22%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.80%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.80%) Product Ownership
7 9 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (3.38%) Low-Code
8 8 (3.38%) Market Risk
9 7 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.95%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.11%) Equity Derivative
11 4 (1.69%) AS400
11 4 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.70%) Linux
2 17 (7.17%) Windows
3 15 (6.33%) Unix
4 5 (2.11%) CentOS
4 5 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.69%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.69%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.84%) Solaris
6 2 (0.84%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.42%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (19.41%) Agile
2 42 (17.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (13.08%) DevOps
4 31 (13.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 30 (12.66%) CI/CD
6 29 (12.24%) Analytics
7 26 (10.97%) Business Intelligence
7 26 (10.97%) Risk Management
8 24 (10.13%) SDLC
9 23 (9.70%) Data Management
10 21 (8.86%) Decision-Making
10 21 (8.86%) Project Management
10 21 (8.86%) Roadmaps
11 20 (8.44%) AI
12 18 (7.59%) Data Modelling
12 18 (7.59%) Mathematics
12 18 (7.59%) Software Engineering
12 18 (7.59%) Validation
12 18 (7.59%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.88%) Python
1 40 (16.88%) SQL
2 31 (13.08%) C#
3 16 (6.75%) Java
4 13 (5.49%) C++
4 13 (5.49%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.80%) Perl
6 7 (2.95%) Formula Language
6 7 (2.95%) LotusScript
7 5 (2.11%) PL/SQL
7 5 (2.11%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.11%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.69%) Bash
8 4 (1.69%) RPG
8 4 (1.69%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.27%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.27%) Bicep
9 3 (1.27%) C
9 3 (1.27%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.84%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (13.08%) Degree
2 12 (5.06%) Master's Degree
3 7 (2.95%) PhD
4 6 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.11%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.11%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.69%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.69%) CBAP
6 4 (1.69%) CISA
6 4 (1.69%) PMP
6 4 (1.69%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.27%) IIBA
7 3 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.84%) ACCA
8 2 (0.84%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.84%) CIMA
8 2 (0.84%) CISSP
8 2 (0.84%) MBA
8 2 (0.84%) RHCE
8 2 (0.84%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.17%) QA
2 14 (5.91%) GDPR
3 8 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.38%) NIST
4 7 (2.95%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (2.11%) SLA
7 4 (1.69%) GRC
7 4 (1.69%) MiFID
7 4 (1.69%) PMO
8 3 (1.27%) COBIT
8 3 (1.27%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.84%) Basel III
9 2 (0.84%) IFRS
9 2 (0.84%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.84%) SEPA
9 2 (0.84%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.42%) EMIR
10 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 8 (3.38%) Docker
2 4 (1.69%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.84%) KVM
4 1 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (6.75%) Ansible
2 10 (4.22%) Terraform
3 9 (3.80%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.69%) Control-M
5 3 (1.27%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.27%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (1.27%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.27%) Puppet
6 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (0.84%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.84%) vRealize
7 1 (0.42%) BladeLogic
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.42%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.42%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (13.50%) Oracle
2 26 (10.97%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.91%) CyberArk
4 13 (5.49%) Splunk
5 10 (4.22%) Murex
6 8 (3.38%) Darktrace
7 7 (2.95%) Bloomberg
7 7 (2.95%) Kofax
7 7 (2.95%) Lotus
7 7 (2.95%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.53%) F5
8 6 (2.53%) IBM
8 6 (2.53%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.53%) Temenos
9 5 (2.11%) Google
9 5 (2.11%) Sophis
10 4 (1.69%) Informatica
10 4 (1.69%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.69%) Tradeweb
10 4 (1.69%) VMware