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 5 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 171 226
Rank change year-on-year -26 +55 -25
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 274 202 185
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.41% 1.52% 1.05%
As % of the General category 2.34% 2.24% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 139 134
10th Percentile £413 £425 £370
25th Percentile £463 £538 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £631
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +2.97% +5.21%
75th Percentile £738 £775 £700
90th Percentile £880 £875 £784
England median daily rate £600 £612 £600
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +2.56%

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 11,720 9,028 10,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.42% 67.99% 62.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,506 6,017 7,802
10th Percentile £350 £330 £335
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £700
90th Percentile £788 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £518 £535
% change year-on-year +1.45% -3.27% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 170 228
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £18.66
Median hourly rate £31.75 £34.00 £30.33
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +12.10% -6.68%
75th Percentile £45.16 £51.07 £48.75
90th Percentile £67.88 £63.88 £68.23
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.21 £33.00
% change year-on-year +19.44% -17.55% +10.00%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 -22 45 £683 -5.04% 63
East London -1 3 £675 +62.59% 2
South London -6 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 16 (5.84%) Confluence
2 11 (4.01%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.09%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.09%) HCL Notes
3 3 (1.09%) Mendix
4 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.36%) Appian
5 1 (0.36%) CICS
5 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.36%) SAS
5 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (4.74%) MS Visio
2 9 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.82%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.46%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.09%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (1.09%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (1.09%) Dynamics SL
4 3 (1.09%) Endur
4 3 (1.09%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (1.09%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.09%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.73%) Findur
5 2 (0.73%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.73%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.73%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.36%) Actimize
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 48 (17.52%) Azure
2 41 (14.96%) AWS
3 23 (8.39%) Power Platform
4 16 (5.84%) Snowflake
5 11 (4.01%) GCP
5 11 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.28%) GitHub
6 9 (3.28%) SaaS
7 7 (2.55%) Azure AI
8 6 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.19%) Collibra
8 6 (2.19%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.82%) Serverless
10 4 (1.46%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (1.46%) Datadog
10 4 (1.46%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.46%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.46%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.09%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.20%) Network Security
2 16 (5.84%) Firewall
3 13 (4.74%) BGP
3 13 (4.74%) LAN
3 13 (4.74%) WAN
4 12 (4.38%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (4.38%) OSPF
5 9 (3.28%) EIGRP
5 9 (3.28%) MPLS
5 9 (3.28%) Multicast
6 5 (1.82%) RTP
7 3 (1.09%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.09%) Internet
7 3 (1.09%) NX-OS
7 3 (1.09%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.09%) VPN
8 2 (0.73%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.36%) SMS
9 1 (0.36%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.66%) Power BI
2 17 (6.20%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.55%) KDB
4 7 (2.55%) Kdb+
5 5 (1.82%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.82%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.82%) Tick Data
6 4 (1.46%) Metadata
7 3 (1.09%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.09%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.73%) Db2
8 2 (0.73%) Flink
8 2 (0.73%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.73%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (0.73%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.73%) TigerGraph
9 1 (0.36%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.36%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (6.20%) JIRA
2 7 (2.55%) GitLab
3 4 (1.46%) Snyk
4 3 (1.09%) Git
4 3 (1.09%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.36%) Appium
5 1 (0.36%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.36%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.36%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.36%) ERwin
5 1 (0.36%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.36%) MLflow
5 1 (0.36%) Selenium
5 1 (0.36%) TestNG
5 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.36%) XPEDITER
General
1 274 (100.00%) Finance
2 105 (38.32%) Banking
3 70 (25.55%) Social Skills
4 41 (14.96%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (12.04%) Investment Banking
6 24 (8.76%) Front Office
7 19 (6.93%) Legal
8 11 (4.01%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.65%) Corporate Banking
9 10 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.55%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.55%) Spanish Language
11 6 (2.19%) Retail
12 4 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.09%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.09%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.73%) Publishing
15 1 (0.36%) Advertising
15 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (21.90%) Senior
2 45 (16.42%) Developer
3 40 (14.60%) Analyst
4 29 (10.58%) Business Analyst
5 27 (9.85%) Architect
6 15 (5.47%) Lead
7 14 (5.11%) Project Manager
7 14 (5.11%) Senior Developer
8 12 (4.38%) Senior Manager
9 8 (2.92%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (2.92%) Implementation Analyst
9 8 (2.92%) IT Manager
9 8 (2.92%) Java Developer
9 8 (2.92%) Support Engineer
10 7 (2.55%) Audit Manager
10 7 (2.55%) Banking Analyst
10 7 (2.55%) Data Architect
10 7 (2.55%) Desktop Support
10 7 (2.55%) IT Audit Manager
10 7 (2.55%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.57%) React
2 16 (5.84%) Kafka
3 14 (5.11%) .NET
4 10 (3.65%) REST
5 8 (2.92%) Spring
6 7 (2.55%) Spring Boot
7 6 (2.19%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.82%) NumPy
8 5 (1.82%) Pandas
8 5 (1.82%) RESTful
9 4 (1.46%) FastAPI
9 4 (1.46%) JSON
9 4 (1.46%) LangChain
9 4 (1.46%) LangGraph
9 4 (1.46%) PySpark
9 4 (1.46%) Redux
9 4 (1.46%) scikit-learn
10 3 (1.09%) HTML5 Canvas
10 3 (1.09%) Model Context Protocol
10 3 (1.09%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.39%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.20%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.84%) Fixed Income
4 12 (4.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (3.28%) Hedge funds
5 9 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.92%) Derivative
6 8 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.92%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.55%) Low-Code
7 7 (2.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (2.19%) Reference Data
9 5 (1.82%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.82%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.46%) Market Risk
11 3 (1.09%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.09%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.11%) Windows
2 11 (4.01%) Linux
3 9 (3.28%) Unix
4 1 (0.36%) Android
4 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (19.34%) AI
3 37 (13.50%) Agile
4 36 (13.14%) Analytics
4 36 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (10.95%) Data Modelling
6 29 (10.58%) Generative AI
7 27 (9.85%) CI/CD
7 27 (9.85%) Decision-Making
8 26 (9.49%) Project Management
9 25 (9.12%) Migration
10 24 (8.76%) DevOps
11 23 (8.39%) Risk Management
12 20 (7.30%) Regulatory Compliance
12 20 (7.30%) Test Automation
13 18 (6.57%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (6.57%) Change Management
13 18 (6.57%) Data Analysis
13 18 (6.57%) ETL
14 16 (5.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 49 (17.88%) SQL
2 40 (14.60%) Python
3 21 (7.66%) C#
3 21 (7.66%) Java
3 21 (7.66%) JavaScript
4 11 (4.01%) PowerShell
5 9 (3.28%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.09%) C++
6 3 (1.09%) Formula Language
6 3 (1.09%) LotusScript
6 3 (1.09%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.09%) SPARQL
6 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.36%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.36%) Go
7 1 (0.36%) Korn
7 1 (0.36%) VBA
7 1 (0.36%) XPath
Qualifications
1 25 (9.12%) Degree
2 13 (4.74%) CISSP
3 7 (2.55%) CISA
3 7 (2.55%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.19%) CISM
4 6 (2.19%) PMI Certification
4 6 (2.19%) PMP
5 4 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.46%) CCSP
5 4 (1.46%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.73%) ACCA
7 2 (0.73%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.73%) CCNP
7 2 (0.73%) CRISC
7 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.73%) PhD
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.11%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.74%) NIST
3 10 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.65%) QA
4 8 (2.92%) GDPR
4 8 (2.92%) SLA
5 7 (2.55%) ISO 20022
6 6 (2.19%) COBIT
6 6 (2.19%) SEPA
7 4 (1.46%) COREP
7 4 (1.46%) FINREP
8 3 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.09%) GRC
9 2 (0.73%) Basel III
9 2 (0.73%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.73%) MiFID
10 1 (0.36%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.36%) EMIR
10 1 (0.36%) FATCA
10 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.28%) Docker
3 1 (0.36%) HDFS
3 1 (0.36%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.28%) Ansible
3 8 (2.92%) Terraform
4 5 (1.82%) vRealize
5 4 (1.46%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.09%) Control-M
6 3 (1.09%) SCCM
7 2 (0.73%) Grafana
7 2 (0.73%) PowerCLI
7 2 (0.73%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.36%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.36%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.36%) Oozie
8 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.36%) SCOM
8 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.36%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 32 (11.68%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.66%) Oracle
3 17 (6.20%) Cisco
4 12 (4.38%) F5
5 11 (4.01%) SAP
6 10 (3.65%) CyberArk
6 10 (3.65%) Palo Alto
7 9 (3.28%) CheckPoint
7 9 (3.28%) Splunk
7 9 (3.28%) VMware
8 8 (2.92%) OpenAI
8 8 (2.92%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.92%) Workday
9 7 (2.55%) Citrix
10 6 (2.19%) Databricks
10 6 (2.19%) GoldenSource
11 5 (1.82%) Tenable
12 4 (1.46%) ION Trading
12 4 (1.46%) Murex
12 4 (1.46%) Okta