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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 170 217
Rank change year-on-year -25 +47 -16
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 278 212 173
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 1.55% 1.04%
As % of the General category 2.29% 2.28% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 149 124
10th Percentile £413 £425 £386
25th Percentile £481 £525 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £631
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +2.97% +3.65%
75th Percentile £745 £775 £700
90th Percentile £880 £875 £788
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% 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 12,144 9,317 10,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.74% 68.20% 62.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,737 6,205 7,368
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £445 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 177 166
10th Percentile £18.73 £15.84 £17.06
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.50 £22.09
Median hourly rate £30.75 £31.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% -8.82% -2.86%
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £63.88 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £25.32 £38.12
% change year-on-year +34.26% -33.58% +26.86%

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 26 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 26 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 -31 45 £675 -5.26% 19
East London +3 2 £675 +62.59% 3
South London -18 2 - - 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 (5.40%) Confluence
2 9 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.72%) Apache
6 1 (0.36%) Appian
6 1 (0.36%) CICS
6 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.36%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.36%) Mendix
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.36%) SAS
6 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (4.32%) MS Visio
2 9 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.08%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.08%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (1.08%) Dynamics SL
3 3 (1.08%) Endur
3 3 (1.08%) Infor CloudSuite
3 3 (1.08%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.08%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.72%) Findur
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.72%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.72%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.36%) Actimize
5 1 (0.36%) Finacle
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.36%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 48 (17.27%) Azure
2 39 (14.03%) AWS
3 23 (8.27%) Power Platform
4 18 (6.47%) Snowflake
5 12 (4.32%) GCP
6 9 (3.24%) Entra ID
6 9 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.24%) SaaS
7 8 (2.88%) GitHub
8 7 (2.52%) Azure AI
9 5 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.80%) Collibra
10 4 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.44%) Datadog
10 4 (1.44%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.08%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (1.08%) dbt
11 3 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.08%) Serverless
11 3 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.47%) Firewall
2 16 (5.76%) Network Security
3 12 (4.32%) BGP
3 12 (4.32%) LAN
3 12 (4.32%) WAN
4 11 (3.96%) Cisco ASA
4 11 (3.96%) OSPF
5 8 (2.88%) EIGRP
5 8 (2.88%) MPLS
5 8 (2.88%) Multicast
6 5 (1.80%) RTP
7 3 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.08%) Internet
7 3 (1.08%) NX-OS
7 3 (1.08%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.08%) VPN
8 2 (0.72%) SAN
8 2 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.72%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.36%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.55%) Power BI
2 19 (6.83%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (4.68%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.52%) KDB
4 7 (2.52%) Kdb+
4 7 (2.52%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.80%) Tick Data
6 3 (1.08%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.08%) Metadata
6 3 (1.08%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.08%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.72%) Db2
7 2 (0.72%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.72%) Flink
7 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.72%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
7 2 (0.72%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.72%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 17 (6.12%) JIRA
2 6 (2.16%) GitLab
3 4 (1.44%) REST Assured
3 4 (1.44%) Snyk
4 3 (1.08%) Git
5 2 (0.72%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.72%) ERwin
6 1 (0.36%) Appium
6 1 (0.36%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.36%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.36%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.36%) MLflow
6 1 (0.36%) Selenium
6 1 (0.36%) TestNG
6 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.36%) XPEDITER
General
1 278 (100.00%) Finance
2 110 (39.57%) Banking
3 68 (24.46%) Social Skills
4 43 (15.47%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (12.95%) Investment Banking
6 25 (8.99%) Front Office
7 19 (6.83%) Legal
8 11 (3.96%) Corporate Banking
8 11 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.24%) Spanish Language
10 7 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.52%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.16%) Retail
12 4 (1.44%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.08%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.72%) Publishing
15 1 (0.36%) Advertising
15 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (22.30%) Senior
2 43 (15.47%) Developer
3 39 (14.03%) Analyst
4 29 (10.43%) Architect
5 28 (10.07%) Business Analyst
6 14 (5.04%) Lead
6 14 (5.04%) Senior Developer
7 12 (4.32%) Senior Manager
8 11 (3.96%) Project Manager
9 10 (3.60%) Support Engineer
10 9 (3.24%) Desktop Engineer
10 9 (3.24%) Desktop Support
10 9 (3.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 8 (2.88%) C# Developer
11 8 (2.88%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (2.88%) Java Developer
12 7 (2.52%) Data Architect
12 7 (2.52%) Implementation Analyst
12 7 (2.52%) IT Audit Manager
12 7 (2.52%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.12%) Kafka
2 16 (5.76%) React
3 13 (4.68%) .NET
4 10 (3.60%) REST
5 8 (2.88%) Spring
6 7 (2.52%) Spring Boot
7 6 (2.16%) PySpark
7 6 (2.16%) RESTful
8 5 (1.80%) JSON
8 5 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (1.44%) FastAPI
9 4 (1.44%) LangChain
9 4 (1.44%) LangGraph
9 4 (1.44%) NumPy
9 4 (1.44%) Pandas
9 4 (1.44%) Redux
9 4 (1.44%) Web Services
10 3 (1.08%) Model Context Protocol
10 3 (1.08%) scikit-learn
10 3 (1.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.71%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.12%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.40%) Fixed Income
4 12 (4.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (3.60%) Hedge funds
6 9 (3.24%) Derivative
7 8 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 8 (2.88%) Virtual Team
8 7 (2.52%) Reference Data
9 6 (2.16%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.80%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.80%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.44%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.44%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.44%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.19%) Windows
2 14 (5.04%) Linux
3 9 (3.24%) Unix
4 4 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.08%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.36%) Android
6 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (20.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (19.78%) AI
3 40 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (13.31%) Agile
5 34 (12.23%) Analytics
6 30 (10.79%) Data Modelling
6 30 (10.79%) Generative AI
7 27 (9.71%) Migration
8 26 (9.35%) CI/CD
8 26 (9.35%) Decision-Making
9 24 (8.63%) DevOps
9 24 (8.63%) Project Management
10 20 (7.19%) Risk Management
11 19 (6.83%) Change Management
11 19 (6.83%) Regulatory Compliance
11 19 (6.83%) Test Automation
12 18 (6.47%) Use Case
13 17 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (6.12%) Data Analysis
13 17 (6.12%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 51 (18.35%) SQL
2 40 (14.39%) Python
3 21 (7.55%) Java
4 20 (7.19%) C#
5 18 (6.47%) JavaScript
6 14 (5.04%) PowerShell
7 9 (3.24%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.08%) Bash
8 3 (1.08%) C++
8 3 (1.08%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.08%) SPARQL
8 3 (1.08%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.36%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.36%) Formula Language
9 1 (0.36%) Go
9 1 (0.36%) Korn
9 1 (0.36%) LotusScript
9 1 (0.36%) VBA
9 1 (0.36%) XPath
Qualifications
1 28 (10.07%) Degree
2 13 (4.68%) CISSP
3 9 (3.24%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.52%) CISA
5 6 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.16%) CISM
5 6 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.16%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.16%) PMP
5 6 (2.16%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.44%) CCSP
7 2 (0.72%) ACCA
7 2 (0.72%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.72%) CCNP
7 2 (0.72%) CIMA
7 2 (0.72%) CRISC
7 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.40%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.32%) NIST
3 10 (3.60%) QA
4 9 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.88%) ISO 20022
6 7 (2.52%) GDPR
6 7 (2.52%) SLA
7 6 (2.16%) COBIT
7 6 (2.16%) SEPA
8 4 (1.44%) COREP
8 4 (1.44%) FINREP
9 3 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.08%) GRC
10 2 (0.72%) Basel III
10 2 (0.72%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.72%) MiFID
11 1 (0.36%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.36%) EMIR
11 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (7.19%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.96%) Docker
3 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.36%) HDFS
4 1 (0.36%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (5.76%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.24%) Ansible
3 8 (2.88%) Terraform
4 5 (1.80%) vRealize
5 4 (1.44%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.08%) Control-M
6 3 (1.08%) SCCM
7 2 (0.72%) Grafana
7 2 (0.72%) PowerCLI
7 2 (0.72%) 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 34 (12.23%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.55%) Oracle
3 19 (6.83%) Cisco
4 13 (4.68%) VMware
5 12 (4.32%) CyberArk
6 11 (3.96%) F5
7 10 (3.60%) SAP
8 9 (3.24%) Palo Alto
8 9 (3.24%) Splunk
9 8 (2.88%) CheckPoint
9 8 (2.88%) Citrix
9 8 (2.88%) Databricks
9 8 (2.88%) OpenAI
10 7 (2.52%) ServiceNow
11 6 (2.16%) GoldenSource
11 6 (2.16%) Workday
12 5 (1.80%) Tenable
13 4 (1.44%) ION Trading
13 4 (1.44%) NetApp
13 4 (1.44%) Okta