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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 177 216
Rank change year-on-year -19 +39 -9
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 278 217 175
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 1.59% 1.07%
As % of the General category 2.29% 2.33% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 154 122
10th Percentile £414 £425 £400
25th Percentile £500 £521 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £745 £775 £700
90th Percentile £868 £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 12,116 9,307 10,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.56% 68.33% 62.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,720 6,206 7,185
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £450 £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 235 183 141
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.98 £24.18
Median hourly rate £29.04 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.50 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.65 £69.50
England median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +35.11% -34.02% +30.32%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -20 46 £625 -13.04% 37
East London +2 2 £675 +62.59% 2
South London -17 1 - - 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 13 (4.68%) Confluence
2 9 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.16%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.44%) Apache
4 4 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.36%) Appian
5 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.36%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.36%) Mendix
5 1 (0.36%) SAS
5 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (3.96%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.16%) 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%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.72%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.36%) Finacle
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.36%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.36%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 51 (18.35%) Azure
2 41 (14.75%) AWS
3 25 (8.99%) Power Platform
4 18 (6.47%) Snowflake
5 13 (4.68%) GCP
6 11 (3.96%) SaaS
7 9 (3.24%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.24%) GitHub
8 7 (2.52%) Azure AI
8 7 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (2.16%) Collibra
10 5 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.44%) Datadog
11 4 (1.44%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.08%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.08%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.08%) Serverless
12 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 3 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.08%) Internet
6 3 (1.08%) NX-OS
6 3 (1.08%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.08%) VPN
7 2 (0.72%) RTP
7 2 (0.72%) SAN
7 2 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.72%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.36%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.27%) Power BI
2 20 (7.19%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (5.04%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.88%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.44%) Delta Lake
6 4 (1.44%) KDB
6 4 (1.44%) Kdb+
6 4 (1.44%) Metadata
7 3 (1.08%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.08%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.72%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.72%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (0.72%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.72%) Tableau
8 2 (0.72%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 16 (5.76%) JIRA
2 6 (2.16%) REST Assured
3 5 (1.80%) GitLab
4 4 (1.44%) Snyk
5 3 (1.08%) Git
6 2 (0.72%) Appium
6 2 (0.72%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.72%) ERwin
6 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.72%) Selenium
6 2 (0.72%) TestNG
7 1 (0.36%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.36%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.36%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.36%) MLflow
General
1 278 (100.00%) Finance
2 114 (41.01%) Banking
3 69 (24.82%) Social Skills
4 43 (15.47%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (14.75%) Investment Banking
6 26 (9.35%) Front Office
7 20 (7.19%) Legal
8 13 (4.68%) Corporate Banking
9 12 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (3.60%) Spanish Language
12 6 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.16%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.16%) Retail
13 4 (1.44%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.08%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.72%) Publishing
16 1 (0.36%) Advertising
16 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (21.58%) Senior
2 44 (15.83%) Developer
3 39 (14.03%) Analyst
4 28 (10.07%) Business Analyst
5 26 (9.35%) Architect
6 16 (5.76%) Lead
7 15 (5.40%) Senior Developer
8 12 (4.32%) Senior Manager
8 12 (4.32%) Support Engineer
9 11 (3.96%) Project Manager
10 10 (3.60%) Desktop Engineer
10 10 (3.60%) Desktop Support
10 10 (3.60%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 9 (3.24%) C# Developer
11 9 (3.24%) IT Manager
11 9 (3.24%) Network Engineer
12 8 (2.88%) Java Developer
13 7 (2.52%) Financial Analyst
13 7 (2.52%) IT Audit Manager
13 7 (2.52%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.83%) Kafka
2 16 (5.76%) React
3 14 (5.04%) .NET
4 9 (3.24%) REST
5 8 (2.88%) PySpark
6 7 (2.52%) Spring
7 6 (2.16%) RESTful
7 6 (2.16%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.44%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.44%) JSON
8 4 (1.44%) LangChain
8 4 (1.44%) LangGraph
8 4 (1.44%) NumPy
8 4 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (1.44%) Pandas
8 4 (1.44%) Redux
8 4 (1.44%) Web Services
8 4 (1.44%) WinForms
8 4 (1.44%) WPF
9 3 (1.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.07%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.12%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.40%) Fixed Income
4 13 (4.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (3.96%) Derivative
5 11 (3.96%) Hedge funds
6 8 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 8 (2.88%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.52%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.52%) Reference Data
8 5 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.80%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.80%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.44%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.44%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.44%) Market Risk
9 4 (1.44%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.55%) Windows
2 11 (3.96%) Linux
3 6 (2.16%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (22.66%) Stakeholder Management
2 58 (20.86%) AI
3 47 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (14.03%) Agile
5 36 (12.95%) Analytics
6 33 (11.87%) Generative AI
7 29 (10.43%) CI/CD
7 29 (10.43%) Data Modelling
8 28 (10.07%) Decision-Making
9 26 (9.35%) DevOps
10 25 (8.99%) Migration
10 25 (8.99%) Project Management
11 21 (7.55%) Business Analysis
12 20 (7.19%) Risk Management
12 20 (7.19%) Test Automation
13 19 (6.83%) Project Delivery
14 18 (6.47%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (6.47%) Regulatory Compliance
15 17 (6.12%) ETL
15 17 (6.12%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 53 (19.06%) SQL
2 42 (15.11%) Python
3 21 (7.55%) C#
4 20 (7.19%) Java
5 18 (6.47%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.32%) 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%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.36%) Formula Language
9 1 (0.36%) Go
9 1 (0.36%) LotusScript
9 1 (0.36%) R
9 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (11.15%) Degree
2 13 (4.68%) CISSP
3 12 (4.32%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.24%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.88%) PMP
6 7 (2.52%) CISA
6 7 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.16%) CISM
7 6 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.16%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.44%) CCSP
9 3 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.08%) CCNP
10 2 (0.72%) ACCA
10 2 (0.72%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.72%) CIMA
10 2 (0.72%) CRISC
10 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.47%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.32%) QA
3 11 (3.96%) NIST
4 8 (2.88%) ISO 20022
4 8 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.52%) SLA
6 6 (2.16%) GDPR
6 6 (2.16%) SEPA
7 4 (1.44%) COBIT
7 4 (1.44%) COREP
7 4 (1.44%) FINREP
8 3 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.08%) GRC
8 3 (1.08%) MiFID
9 2 (0.72%) EMIR
9 2 (0.72%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.36%) Basel III
10 1 (0.36%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (7.19%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.04%) Docker
3 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.36%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (6.83%) 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
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.36%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (11.15%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.55%) Oracle
3 19 (6.83%) Cisco
4 12 (4.32%) CyberArk
4 12 (4.32%) VMware
5 11 (3.96%) Databricks
5 11 (3.96%) F5
6 10 (3.60%) SAP
7 9 (3.24%) Citrix
7 9 (3.24%) Palo Alto
7 9 (3.24%) Splunk
8 8 (2.88%) CheckPoint
8 8 (2.88%) OpenAI
9 7 (2.52%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.16%) GoldenSource
11 5 (1.80%) Tenable
11 5 (1.80%) Workday
12 4 (1.44%) ION Trading
12 4 (1.44%) Okta
12 4 (1.44%) Red Hat