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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 175 222
Rank change year-on-year -3 +47 -19
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 269 191 196
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.41% 1.50% 1.11%
As % of the General category 2.33% 2.21% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 127 141
10th Percentile £413 £425 £300
25th Percentile £463 £538 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £638 £625
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +2.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £741 £769 £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 11,541 8,658 11,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.36% 68.19% 62.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,420 5,781 7,870
10th Percentile £350 £331 £331
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 £814 £825
England median daily rate £522 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.46% -2.83% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 163 233
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.79
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +12.73% -5.51%
75th Percentile £45.75 £50.97 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £64.75 £65.81
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -16.67% +17.19%

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 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 26 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 -21 45 £690 -4.00% 17
East London -1 3 £675 +62.59% 1
South London -9 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 12 (4.46%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.49%) HCL Notes
3 4 (1.49%) 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 4 (1.49%) 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
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
5 2 (0.74%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 50 (18.59%) Azure
2 42 (15.61%) AWS
3 20 (7.43%) Power Platform
4 13 (4.83%) Snowflake
5 12 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (4.09%) GCP
7 9 (3.35%) SaaS
8 8 (2.97%) GitHub
9 7 (2.60%) Azure AI
10 6 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.23%) Collibra
10 6 (2.23%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.23%) Serverless
11 5 (1.86%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.86%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (1.86%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.86%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.49%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
12 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%) IPFIX
9 1 (0.37%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.69%) Power BI
2 14 (5.20%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.35%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.60%) KDB
4 7 (2.60%) Kdb+
5 6 (2.23%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.86%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.86%) Tick Data
7 4 (1.49%) Metadata
8 3 (1.12%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.12%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.74%) Db2
9 2 (0.74%) Flink
9 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.74%) Oracle BI EE
9 2 (0.74%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.74%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.74%) TigerGraph
10 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%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.74%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.74%) Git
6 1 (0.37%) Appium
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%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.37%) MLflow
6 1 (0.37%) Selenium
6 1 (0.37%) TestNG
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 32 (11.90%) Investment Banking
6 23 (8.55%) Front Office
7 17 (6.32%) Legal
8 13 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (3.35%) Corporate Banking
9 9 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.60%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.60%) Spanish Language
11 6 (2.23%) Retail
12 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.12%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.12%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.74%) Publishing
14 1 (0.37%) Advertising
14 1 (0.37%) Billing
Job Titles
1 61 (22.68%) Senior
2 49 (18.22%) Developer
3 39 (14.50%) Analyst
4 29 (10.78%) Business Analyst
5 26 (9.67%) Architect
6 16 (5.95%) Senior Developer
7 15 (5.58%) Lead
7 15 (5.58%) Project Manager
8 10 (3.72%) Senior Manager
9 8 (2.97%) C# Developer
9 8 (2.97%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (2.97%) Implementation Analyst
9 8 (2.97%) Java Developer
9 8 (2.97%) Migration Manager
9 8 (2.97%) Migration Project Manager
9 8 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (2.97%) Senior Business Analyst
10 7 (2.60%) Banking Analyst
10 7 (2.60%) Banking Business Analyst
10 7 (2.60%) Finance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.69%) React
2 16 (5.95%) .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%) NumPy
7 5 (1.86%) Pandas
7 5 (1.86%) RESTful
8 4 (1.49%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.49%) HTML5 Canvas
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 8 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (2.97%) Hedge funds
4 8 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.97%) Low-Code
4 8 (2.97%) Virtual Team
5 7 (2.60%) Derivative
5 7 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 6 (2.23%) Reference Data
7 5 (1.86%) Product Ownership
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
9 3 (1.12%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.12%) Data Centre
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 49 (18.22%) AI
3 39 (14.50%) Agile
4 36 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (12.64%) Analytics
6 31 (11.52%) Data Modelling
7 29 (10.78%) Project Management
8 28 (10.41%) CI/CD
8 28 (10.41%) Migration
9 27 (10.04%) Decision-Making
9 27 (10.04%) Generative AI
10 26 (9.67%) DevOps
11 21 (7.81%) Risk Management
12 20 (7.43%) Test Automation
13 19 (7.06%) ETL
13 19 (7.06%) Project Delivery
14 18 (6.69%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (6.69%) Change Management
14 18 (6.69%) Regulatory Compliance
15 17 (6.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 46 (17.10%) SQL
2 38 (14.13%) Python
3 22 (8.18%) C#
4 21 (7.81%) JavaScript
5 20 (7.43%) Java
6 11 (4.09%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.97%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.49%) Formula Language
8 4 (1.49%) 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%) Korn
11 1 (0.37%) R
11 1 (0.37%) VBA
11 1 (0.37%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (8.55%) 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
4 6 (2.23%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.86%) CISA
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
7 3 (1.12%) SC Cleared
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
9 1 (0.37%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.20%) Data Quality
1 14 (5.20%) NIST
2 11 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.72%) QA
4 9 (3.35%) GDPR
5 7 (2.60%) ISO 20022
5 7 (2.60%) SLA
6 6 (2.23%) COBIT
6 6 (2.23%) SEPA
7 4 (1.49%) COREP
7 4 (1.49%) FINREP
8 3 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.12%) GRC
9 2 (0.74%) Basel III
9 2 (0.74%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.74%) MiFID
10 1 (0.37%) EMIR
10 1 (0.37%) FATCA
10 1 (0.37%) GAAP
10 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (5.20%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.97%) Docker
3 1 (0.37%) HDFS
3 1 (0.37%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (5.20%) 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 35 (13.01%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.55%) Oracle
3 17 (6.32%) Cisco
4 12 (4.46%) F5
4 12 (4.46%) SAP
5 11 (4.09%) CyberArk
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%) Tenable
12 4 (1.49%) Foundry
12 4 (1.49%) Okta
12 4 (1.49%) Qualys