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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 175 201
Rank change year-on-year -1 +26 +2
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 223 199 217
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.50% 1.46% 1.16%
As % of the General category 2.33% 2.24% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 122 162
10th Percentile £413 £425 £303
25th Percentile £463 £553 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £650 £623
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% +4.42% +3.75%
75th Percentile £778 £775 £750
90th Percentile £984 £875 £875
England median daily rate £600 £608 £600
% change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% -

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 9,586 8,903 11,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 64.44% 65.24% 63.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,257 5,606 8,518
10th Percentile £350 £325 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £690
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 110 257
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.68 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.81 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.00 £37.81 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.58% +32.65% +3.64%
75th Percentile £47.00 £54.88 £50.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.44 £73.69
England median hourly rate £22.81 £30.21 £25.50
% change year-on-year -24.50% +18.47% -5.08%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 36 £725 +7.41% 32
East London +6 8 £1,000 +81.82% 1
South London -22 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 12 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.04%) HCL Notes
2 9 (4.04%) Mendix
3 8 (3.59%) Confluence
4 7 (3.14%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.79%) MQSeries
6 3 (1.35%) CMS
6 3 (1.35%) IIS
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.45%) Apache
8 1 (0.45%) CICS
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.45%) SAS
8 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.90%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.90%) Notion
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Temenos T24
2 3 (1.35%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.90%) Cloudability
3 2 (0.90%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.45%) Actimize
4 1 (0.45%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.45%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.45%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.45%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 49 (21.97%) Azure
2 29 (13.00%) AWS
3 15 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (6.28%) GCP
4 14 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.28%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.48%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (4.48%) Power Automate
5 10 (4.48%) PowerApps
6 9 (4.04%) Azure Functions
6 9 (4.04%) Azure Service Bus
6 9 (4.04%) Serverless
7 7 (3.14%) SaaS
8 4 (1.79%) IBM Blueworks
8 4 (1.79%) PaaS
9 3 (1.35%) Collibra
9 3 (1.35%) IaaS
9 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.35%) OCI
9 3 (1.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.59%) Network Security
2 7 (3.14%) BGP
2 7 (3.14%) Cisco ASA
2 7 (3.14%) Firewall
2 7 (3.14%) LAN
2 7 (3.14%) OSPF
2 7 (3.14%) WAN
3 4 (1.79%) EIGRP
3 4 (1.79%) MPLS
3 4 (1.79%) Multicast
4 3 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (1.35%) NX-OS
4 3 (1.35%) RTP
4 3 (1.35%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.45%) DHCP
5 1 (0.45%) DNS
5 1 (0.45%) Internet
5 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.62%) Oracle Database
2 13 (5.83%) Power BI
3 12 (5.38%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.14%) Oracle BI EE
5 6 (2.69%) KDB
5 6 (2.69%) Kdb+
5 6 (2.69%) Metadata
6 3 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.35%) Tableau
6 3 (1.35%) Tick Data
7 2 (0.90%) Ataccama
7 2 (0.90%) Big Data
7 2 (0.90%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.90%) MySQL
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.45%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.45%) Parquet
8 1 (0.45%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (5.38%) JIRA
2 9 (4.04%) Git
3 8 (3.59%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.24%) GitLab
5 4 (1.79%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.90%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.45%) Gradle
7 1 (0.45%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.45%) Maven
7 1 (0.45%) Postman
7 1 (0.45%) QUnit
7 1 (0.45%) Selenium
7 1 (0.45%) Snyk
7 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.45%) XPEDITER
General
1 223 (100.00%) Finance
2 92 (41.26%) Banking
3 78 (34.98%) Social Skills
4 36 (16.14%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (12.56%) Front Office
6 18 (8.07%) Investment Banking
7 6 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.24%) Corporate Banking
8 5 (2.24%) Legal
9 4 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.79%) Private Banking
9 4 (1.79%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.35%) Back Office
10 3 (1.35%) Retail
11 2 (0.90%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.90%) International Banking
12 1 (0.45%) Arabic Language
12 1 (0.45%) Law
12 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 60 (26.91%) Developer
2 35 (15.70%) Analyst
3 33 (14.80%) Senior
4 20 (8.97%) Architect
5 18 (8.07%) Business Analyst
5 18 (8.07%) Project Manager
6 13 (5.83%) Consultant
7 12 (5.38%) Senior Developer
8 9 (4.04%) Power Platform Developer
9 8 (3.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 7 (3.14%) .NET Developer
10 7 (3.14%) C# Developer
10 7 (3.14%) ETL Developer
10 7 (3.14%) OBIEE Developer
10 7 (3.14%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
10 7 (3.14%) Senior ETL Developer
10 7 (3.14%) Senior OBIEE Developer
11 6 (2.69%) Lead
11 6 (2.69%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 6 (2.69%) Murex Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.87%) .NET
2 15 (6.73%) React
2 15 (6.73%) REST
3 9 (4.04%) HTML5 Canvas
4 8 (3.59%) Oracle Fusion
4 8 (3.59%) XML
5 6 (2.69%) .NET Framework
5 6 (2.69%) Dask
6 5 (2.24%) Kafka
6 5 (2.24%) WinForms
7 4 (1.79%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.79%) CSS
7 4 (1.79%) HTML
7 4 (1.79%) JSON
7 4 (1.79%) RESTful
8 3 (1.35%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.35%) Electron
8 3 (1.35%) FastAPI
8 3 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (1.35%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.31%) Derivative
2 22 (9.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 20 (8.97%) Hedge funds
4 13 (5.83%) Equities
4 13 (5.83%) Fixed Income
5 10 (4.48%) Low-Code
6 9 (4.04%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.14%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.14%) Credit Risk
7 7 (3.14%) Distributed Computing
7 7 (3.14%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.24%) Equity Derivative
8 5 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.24%) Market Risk
9 4 (1.79%) AS400
9 4 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.35%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.87%) Linux
2 16 (7.17%) Windows
3 13 (5.83%) Unix
4 5 (2.24%) CentOS
4 5 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.79%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.79%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.90%) Solaris
6 2 (0.90%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.45%) Android
7 1 (0.45%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (19.28%) Agile
1 43 (19.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 34 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (13.90%) CI/CD
3 31 (13.90%) DevOps
4 29 (13.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 28 (12.56%) Analytics
6 27 (12.11%) Risk Management
7 25 (11.21%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (9.87%) AI
8 22 (9.87%) Data Management
9 21 (9.42%) Data Modelling
9 21 (9.42%) Project Management
10 20 (8.97%) Migration
10 20 (8.97%) Validation
11 19 (8.52%) ETL
11 19 (8.52%) SDLC
12 18 (8.07%) Mathematics
12 18 (8.07%) Roadmaps
13 17 (7.62%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 38 (17.04%) SQL
2 36 (16.14%) Python
3 29 (13.00%) C#
4 15 (6.73%) Java
5 14 (6.28%) JavaScript
6 13 (5.83%) C++
7 9 (4.04%) Formula Language
7 9 (4.04%) LotusScript
8 7 (3.14%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.24%) Perl
9 5 (2.24%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.24%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.79%) Bash
10 4 (1.79%) RPG
10 4 (1.79%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.35%) Apex Code
11 3 (1.35%) C
11 3 (1.35%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.90%) Korn
12 2 (0.90%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (12.56%) Degree
2 10 (4.48%) Master's Degree
3 7 (3.14%) PhD
4 5 (2.24%) PMI Certification
4 5 (2.24%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.79%) CBAP
5 4 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.79%) IIBA
5 4 (1.79%) PMP
5 4 (1.79%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.35%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.90%) ACCA
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.90%) CISSP
7 2 (0.90%) MBA
7 2 (0.90%) Postgraduate
7 2 (0.90%) RHCE
7 2 (0.90%) RHCSA
8 1 (0.45%) CIMA
8 1 (0.45%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.07%) QA
2 12 (5.38%) GDPR
3 9 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.14%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.14%) NIST
5 6 (2.69%) SLA
6 5 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.79%) PMO
8 3 (1.35%) Basel III
8 3 (1.35%) COBIT
8 3 (1.35%) GRC
8 3 (1.35%) MiFID
8 3 (1.35%) SEPA
9 2 (0.90%) IFRS
9 2 (0.90%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.45%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.45%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.45%) PSD2
System Software
1 7 (3.14%) Docker
2 5 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.90%) KVM
5 1 (0.45%) Firmware
5 1 (0.45%) HDFS
5 1 (0.45%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 11 (4.93%) Ansible
2 9 (4.04%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.24%) Terraform
4 4 (1.79%) Control-M
5 3 (1.35%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.35%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.35%) Puppet
6 2 (0.90%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (0.90%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.90%) vRealize
7 1 (0.45%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.45%) Hadoop YARN
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.45%) Oozie
7 1 (0.45%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.45%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.45%) SCCM
7 1 (0.45%) SCOM
7 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (16.14%) Oracle
2 30 (13.45%) Microsoft
3 13 (5.83%) CyberArk
4 12 (5.38%) Murex
5 11 (4.93%) Splunk
6 9 (4.04%) Kofax
6 9 (4.04%) Lotus
7 8 (3.59%) IBM
8 7 (3.14%) Cisco
8 7 (3.14%) Red Hat
8 7 (3.14%) ServiceNow
8 7 (3.14%) Temenos
9 6 (2.69%) Bloomberg
9 6 (2.69%) Darktrace
9 6 (2.69%) F5
10 5 (2.24%) SAP
10 5 (2.24%) Sophis
10 5 (2.24%) VMware
11 4 (1.79%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.79%) Informatica