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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 157 214
Rank change year-on-year -83 +57 -13
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 238 235 195
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.17% 1.74% 1.20%
As % of the General category 1.90% 2.53% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 161 128
10th Percentile £413 £425 £425
25th Percentile £500 £540 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £613
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +10.20% -3.54%
75th Percentile £745 £775 £700
90th Percentile £856 £938 £797
England median daily rate £600 £612 £600
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

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 12,515 9,279 10,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.57% 68.88% 62.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,999 6,117 6,650
10th Percentile £350 £325 £330
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 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 180 121
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £20.97 £24.61 £25.23
Median hourly rate £28.40 £31.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -11.28% +29.09%
75th Percentile £47.50 £48.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £66.00
England median hourly rate £30.50 £25.15 £38.85
% change year-on-year +21.27% -35.26% +41.27%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -41 36 £625 -13.79% 62
East London -5 2 £675 -32.50%
South London -12 1 - - 5
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 10 (4.20%) Confluence
2 6 (2.52%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.68%) Apache
4 3 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.42%) Appian
5 1 (0.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (2.52%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.68%) Loan IQ
1 4 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.26%) Endur
3 2 (0.84%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.84%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.84%) Dynamics SL
3 2 (0.84%) Findur
3 2 (0.84%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.84%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.84%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.84%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.42%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.42%) Changepoint
4 1 (0.42%) OneSumX
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.42%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 41 (17.23%) Azure
2 30 (12.61%) AWS
3 25 (10.50%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.56%) Snowflake
5 11 (4.62%) GCP
6 10 (4.20%) SaaS
7 7 (2.94%) Azure AI
8 6 (2.52%) Collibra
9 5 (2.10%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.68%) GitHub
10 4 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.68%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.26%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (1.26%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.84%) dbt
12 2 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.84%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.20%) Firewall
2 5 (2.10%) Network Security
2 5 (2.10%) VPN
3 4 (1.68%) BGP
3 4 (1.68%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (1.68%) WAN
4 3 (1.26%) Internet
4 3 (1.26%) LAN
4 3 (1.26%) MPLS
4 3 (1.26%) Multicast
4 3 (1.26%) OSPF
5 2 (0.84%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.84%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.42%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.42%) DWDM
6 1 (0.42%) IPv4
6 1 (0.42%) IPv6
6 1 (0.42%) SAN
6 1 (0.42%) SSH
6 1 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.08%) Power BI
2 19 (7.98%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (4.62%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.52%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.10%) Metadata
6 4 (1.68%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.26%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.26%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.26%) Tableau
8 2 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.84%) Flink
8 2 (0.84%) KDB
8 2 (0.84%) Kdb+
8 2 (0.84%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.84%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.84%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (0.84%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.84%) TigerGraph
9 1 (0.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (5.88%) JIRA
2 6 (2.52%) REST Assured
3 5 (2.10%) Git
4 3 (1.26%) GitLab
4 3 (1.26%) Selenium
5 2 (0.84%) Appium
5 2 (0.84%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.84%) ERwin
5 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.84%) TestNG
6 1 (0.42%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.42%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.42%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.42%) MLflow
6 1 (0.42%) SOAtest
General
1 238 (100.00%) Finance
2 124 (52.10%) Banking
3 60 (25.21%) Social Skills
4 36 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (14.71%) Front Office
5 35 (14.71%) Investment Banking
6 16 (6.72%) Legal
7 15 (6.30%) Corporate Banking
8 13 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (4.20%) Spanish Language
10 6 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.10%) General Ledger
11 5 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.10%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.68%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.26%) Publishing
14 1 (0.42%) Advertising
14 1 (0.42%) Japanese Language
14 1 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (20.17%) Developer
2 45 (18.91%) Senior
3 41 (17.23%) Analyst
4 27 (11.34%) Business Analyst
5 15 (6.30%) Support Engineer
6 14 (5.88%) Lead
7 13 (5.46%) Desktop Support
8 12 (5.04%) C# Developer
8 12 (5.04%) Desktop Engineer
8 12 (5.04%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 12 (5.04%) Senior Developer
9 11 (4.62%) Architect
10 10 (4.20%) IT Manager
11 9 (3.78%) Network Engineer
11 9 (3.78%) Senior Manager
12 8 (3.36%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.36%) Quantitative Developer
13 7 (2.94%) .NET Developer
13 7 (2.94%) Audit Manager
13 7 (2.94%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.72%) Kafka
2 15 (6.30%) .NET
3 11 (4.62%) React
3 11 (4.62%) REST
3 11 (4.62%) Terraform
4 7 (2.94%) PySpark
4 7 (2.94%) Spring
5 6 (2.52%) RESTful
5 6 (2.52%) Spring Boot
6 5 (2.10%) Web Services
7 4 (1.68%) JSON
7 4 (1.68%) LangChain
7 4 (1.68%) LangGraph
7 4 (1.68%) Middleware
7 4 (1.68%) Redux
7 4 (1.68%) WinForms
7 4 (1.68%) WPF
7 4 (1.68%) XML
8 3 (1.26%) Model Context Protocol
8 3 (1.26%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.50%) Onboarding
2 19 (7.98%) Derivative
3 15 (6.30%) Cloud Native
4 14 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (5.04%) Fixed Income
6 11 (4.62%) Hedge funds
7 9 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.36%) Exotic Derivative
8 8 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.94%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.52%) Reference Data
10 6 (2.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 6 (2.52%) Virtual Team
11 5 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (2.10%) Management Information System
11 5 (2.10%) Market Risk
12 4 (1.68%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.68%) CMDB
12 4 (1.68%) Credit Risk
12 4 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.08%) Windows
2 10 (4.20%) Linux
3 5 (2.10%) Unix
3 5 (2.10%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.26%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) CentOS
6 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (24.79%) AI
2 53 (22.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (15.13%) Agile
4 36 (15.13%) Generative AI
5 32 (13.45%) Analytics
6 27 (11.34%) Data Modelling
7 26 (10.92%) DevOps
8 23 (9.66%) CI/CD
8 23 (9.66%) Migration
9 21 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (8.82%) Decision-Making
10 20 (8.40%) Business Analysis
10 20 (8.40%) Risk Management
11 19 (7.98%) Test Automation
12 18 (7.56%) Fintech
12 18 (7.56%) Project Management
13 17 (7.14%) Data Analysis
13 17 (7.14%) Project Delivery
14 16 (6.72%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 49 (20.59%) SQL
2 32 (13.45%) Python
3 25 (10.50%) C#
4 17 (7.14%) Java
5 16 (6.72%) JavaScript
6 15 (6.30%) PowerShell
7 8 (3.36%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.52%) Bash
9 4 (1.68%) C++
10 3 (1.26%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.26%) SPARQL
10 3 (1.26%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.42%) Go
11 1 (0.42%) Korn
11 1 (0.42%) PHP
11 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (13.45%) Degree
2 14 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.46%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.94%) CISA
4 7 (2.94%) CISSP
4 7 (2.94%) PMP
5 5 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.68%) ACCA
6 4 (1.68%) CCNP
6 4 (1.68%) CIMA
6 4 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.68%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.42%) CCIE
8 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.42%) PhD
8 1 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.04%) Data Quality
1 12 (5.04%) QA
2 8 (3.36%) ISO 20022
3 5 (2.10%) NIST
4 4 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.68%) SEPA
5 3 (1.26%) SLA
6 2 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.84%) EMIR
6 2 (0.84%) IFRS
6 2 (0.84%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.84%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.84%) MiFID
6 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.84%) PMO
6 2 (0.84%) WCAG
7 1 (0.42%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.42%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.42%) P3O
System Software
1 19 (7.98%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.46%) Docker
3 3 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.84%) vSphere
5 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.46%) Ansible
3 6 (2.52%) SCCM
4 5 (2.10%) vRealize
5 3 (1.26%) Control-M
6 2 (0.84%) Grafana
7 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.42%) Netcool
7 1 (0.42%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.42%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.42%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 1 (0.42%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (9.66%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.14%) Oracle
3 13 (5.46%) Cisco
4 11 (4.62%) Citrix
4 11 (4.62%) Databricks
4 11 (4.62%) VMware
5 10 (4.20%) SAP
6 8 (3.36%) OpenAI
7 7 (2.94%) CyberArk
8 6 (2.52%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.10%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.68%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.68%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.68%) Foundry
10 4 (1.68%) NetApp
10 4 (1.68%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.68%) Reuters
10 4 (1.68%) Splunk
11 3 (1.26%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.26%) Google