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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 169 192
Rank change year-on-year -21 +23 +13
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 246 185 208
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.43% 1.46% 1.17%
As % of the General category 2.33% 2.18% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 116 156
10th Percentile £413 £475 £263
25th Percentile £461 £575 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £750 £825 £712
90th Percentile £911 £894 £788
England median daily rate £600 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +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 10,553 8,502 11,237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.21% 67.20% 63.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,863 5,755 8,015
10th Percentile £348 £331 £331
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £707 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 138 251
10th Percentile £17.85 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £47.69 £53.31 £48.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £28.13 £29.00 £27.84
% change year-on-year -3.02% +4.19% -20.47%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -14 41 £725 +7.41% 52
East London -1 4 £675 +51.69% 1
South London -23 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 14 (5.69%) Confluence
2 13 (5.28%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.07%) HCL Notes
3 10 (4.07%) Mendix
4 7 (2.85%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.22%) CMS
5 3 (1.22%) IIS
6 2 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.41%) Apache
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.41%) CICS
7 1 (0.41%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.41%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.07%) MS Visio
3 8 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.81%) Notion
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.63%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (1.63%) Temenos T24
3 3 (1.22%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.81%) Actimize
4 2 (0.81%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.81%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.81%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics SL
5 1 (0.41%) Endur
5 1 (0.41%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.41%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 56 (22.76%) Azure
2 37 (15.04%) AWS
3 18 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (6.50%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.88%) Serverless
6 11 (4.47%) Azure Service Bus
6 11 (4.47%) GCP
6 11 (4.47%) Power Automate
6 11 (4.47%) PowerApps
7 10 (4.07%) Azure Functions
7 10 (4.07%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (3.66%) SaaS
9 8 (3.25%) Collibra
10 6 (2.44%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.44%) GitHub
11 5 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.22%) Datadog
12 3 (1.22%) OCI
13 2 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.72%) Network Security
2 16 (6.50%) Firewall
3 15 (6.10%) BGP
3 15 (6.10%) Cisco ASA
3 15 (6.10%) LAN
3 15 (6.10%) OSPF
3 15 (6.10%) WAN
4 9 (3.66%) EIGRP
4 9 (3.66%) MPLS
4 9 (3.66%) Multicast
5 6 (2.44%) Cisco IOS
5 6 (2.44%) NX-OS
5 6 (2.44%) SD-WAN
6 5 (2.03%) RTP
7 1 (0.41%) DNS
7 1 (0.41%) Internet
7 1 (0.41%) SAN
7 1 (0.41%) SMS
7 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.10%) Oracle Database
2 14 (5.69%) Power BI
3 12 (4.88%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.85%) KDB
5 7 (2.85%) Kdb+
5 7 (2.85%) Metadata
5 7 (2.85%) Oracle BI EE
6 5 (2.03%) Tick Data
7 3 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.22%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.22%) Tableau
8 2 (0.81%) Ataccama
8 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.81%) DB2
8 2 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.81%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.41%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.41%) Flink
9 1 (0.41%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 16 (6.50%) JIRA
2 8 (3.25%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.44%) Git
3 6 (2.44%) GitLab
4 4 (1.63%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.63%) Snyk
5 2 (0.81%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.41%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.41%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.41%) Selenium
6 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.41%) XPEDITER
General
1 246 (100.00%) Finance
2 92 (37.40%) Social Skills
3 87 (35.37%) Banking
4 46 (18.70%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (10.57%) Front Office
5 26 (10.57%) Investment Banking
6 14 (5.69%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (5.28%) Legal
8 6 (2.44%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.44%) Retail
9 5 (2.03%) Corporate Banking
9 5 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.22%) Back Office
10 3 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.22%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Billing
11 1 (0.41%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (18.70%) Developer
1 46 (18.70%) Senior
2 38 (15.45%) Analyst
3 29 (11.79%) Business Analyst
4 25 (10.16%) Architect
5 16 (6.50%) Project Manager
5 16 (6.50%) Senior Developer
6 12 (4.88%) Lead
7 11 (4.47%) Consultant
8 10 (4.07%) Power Platform Developer
9 9 (3.66%) Migration Manager
9 9 (3.66%) Migration Project Manager
10 7 (2.85%) Banking Analyst
10 7 (2.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 7 (2.85%) Data Architect
10 7 (2.85%) ETL Developer
10 7 (2.85%) Financial Analyst
10 7 (2.85%) OBIEE Developer
10 7 (2.85%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
10 7 (2.85%) Senior ETL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.94%) .NET
2 18 (7.32%) React
3 10 (4.07%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (3.66%) REST
5 8 (3.25%) Kafka
6 6 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (2.03%) .NET Framework
7 5 (2.03%) Dask
7 5 (2.03%) WinForms
8 4 (1.63%) NumPy
8 4 (1.63%) Pandas
8 4 (1.63%) RESTful
8 4 (1.63%) scikit-learn
9 3 (1.22%) Redux
9 3 (1.22%) XML
10 2 (0.81%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.81%) CSS
10 2 (0.81%) FastAPI
10 2 (0.81%) SPFx
10 2 (0.81%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.54%) Fixed Income
2 19 (7.72%) Derivative
3 16 (6.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 13 (5.28%) Onboarding
5 12 (4.88%) Cloud Native
6 10 (4.07%) Low-Code
7 9 (3.66%) Hedge funds
8 8 (3.25%) Credit Risk
9 7 (2.85%) Equities
9 7 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.44%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (2.03%) Market Risk
12 4 (1.63%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.63%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.22%) Reference Data
13 3 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 3 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.47%) Linux
2 8 (3.25%) Unix
3 6 (2.44%) Windows
4 3 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.41%) Android
5 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (27.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (17.48%) Agile
3 39 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (13.41%) AI
5 31 (12.60%) DevOps
6 30 (12.20%) Data Modelling
7 29 (11.79%) CI/CD
7 29 (11.79%) Validation
8 28 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (10.98%) Analytics
9 27 (10.98%) Data Management
9 27 (10.98%) Project Management
9 27 (10.98%) Risk Management
10 26 (10.57%) Decision-Making
10 26 (10.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 25 (10.16%) Migration
12 24 (9.76%) ETL
13 18 (7.32%) Data Governance
13 18 (7.32%) Roadmaps
13 18 (7.32%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 44 (17.89%) SQL
2 33 (13.41%) Python
3 27 (10.98%) C#
4 19 (7.72%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.88%) Java
6 10 (4.07%) Formula Language
6 10 (4.07%) LotusScript
7 7 (2.85%) C++
8 6 (2.44%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.44%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.03%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.63%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.81%) Korn
11 2 (0.81%) Perl
11 2 (0.81%) R
11 2 (0.81%) VBA
12 1 (0.41%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.41%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.41%) Go
12 1 (0.41%) XPath
Qualifications
1 26 (10.57%) Degree
2 9 (3.66%) Master's Degree
2 9 (3.66%) PMI Certification
2 9 (3.66%) PMP
3 7 (2.85%) CISM
3 7 (2.85%) CISSP
3 7 (2.85%) PhD
4 5 (2.03%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (1.63%) CBAP
5 4 (1.63%) CCSP
5 4 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.63%) IIBA
6 3 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.22%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.81%) CRISC
7 2 (0.81%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.41%) ACCA
8 1 (0.41%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.91%) Data Quality
1 17 (6.91%) NIST
2 14 (5.69%) GDPR
2 14 (5.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.28%) QA
4 11 (4.47%) SLA
5 6 (2.44%) COBIT
6 4 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.63%) COREP
6 4 (1.63%) FINREP
6 4 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.22%) Basel III
7 3 (1.22%) GRC
7 3 (1.22%) MiFID
7 3 (1.22%) SEPA
8 2 (0.81%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.41%) IFRS
9 1 (0.41%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.41%) SOC 1
System Software
1 4 (1.63%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.63%) Docker
2 1 (0.41%) HDFS
2 1 (0.41%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 7 (2.85%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.44%) FortiGate
3 5 (2.03%) Ansible
4 3 (1.22%) Terraform
5 2 (0.81%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.81%) PowerCLI
5 2 (0.81%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.41%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.41%) Grafana
6 1 (0.41%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.41%) Oozie
6 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) Puppet
6 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.41%) SCCM
6 1 (0.41%) SCOM
6 1 (0.41%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 36 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.79%) Oracle
3 15 (6.10%) Cisco
4 14 (5.69%) F5
5 12 (4.88%) CyberArk
5 12 (4.88%) Splunk
6 11 (4.47%) Murex
7 10 (4.07%) Kofax
7 10 (4.07%) Lotus
7 10 (4.07%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.66%) CheckPoint
8 9 (3.66%) Palo Alto
8 9 (3.66%) SAP
9 7 (2.85%) Temenos
9 7 (2.85%) Workday
10 6 (2.44%) GoldenSource
11 5 (2.03%) Tenable
12 4 (1.63%) Bloomberg
12 4 (1.63%) Okta
12 4 (1.63%) Zscaler