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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 178 189
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 +13
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 244 190 216
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.54% 1.42% 1.18%
As % of the General category 2.42% 2.15% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 123 164
10th Percentile £413 £411 £340
25th Percentile £463 £556 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £669 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +7.04% +4.17%
75th Percentile £750 £784 £738
90th Percentile £899 £875 £843
England median daily rate £600 £638 £600
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +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 10,102 8,820 11,679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.56% 65.73% 63.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,585 5,673 8,358
10th Percentile £350 £330 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 118 259
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £26.09 £18.42
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.25 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.73% +21.55% -3.33%
75th Percentile £51.08 £55.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £74.20 £78.51 £72.93
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.76% +17.12% -14.75%

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 28 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 28 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 -3 42 £725 +7.41% 21
East London +4 5 £675 +22.73%
South London -30 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 11 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.10%) Confluence
3 9 (3.69%) HCL Notes
3 9 (3.69%) Mendix
4 7 (2.87%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.64%) MQSeries
6 3 (1.23%) CMS
6 3 (1.23%) IIS
7 2 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.41%) Apache
8 1 (0.41%) CICS
8 1 (0.41%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.41%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.46%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.82%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.82%) Notion
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.64%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (1.64%) Temenos T24
2 3 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.82%) Cloudability
3 2 (0.82%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.41%) Actimize
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics SL
4 1 (0.41%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.41%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.41%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 55 (22.54%) Azure
2 37 (15.16%) AWS
3 15 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (6.15%) GCP
4 13 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (5.33%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.10%) Azure Service Bus
5 10 (4.10%) Serverless
6 9 (3.69%) Azure Functions
6 9 (3.69%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (3.69%) Power Automate
6 9 (3.69%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.05%) SaaS
8 4 (1.64%) Collibra
9 3 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.23%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.23%) GitHub
9 3 (1.23%) IBM Blueworks
9 3 (1.23%) OCI
10 2 (0.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.56%) Network Security
2 12 (4.92%) BGP
2 12 (4.92%) Cisco ASA
2 12 (4.92%) Firewall
2 12 (4.92%) LAN
2 12 (4.92%) OSPF
2 12 (4.92%) WAN
3 7 (2.87%) EIGRP
3 7 (2.87%) MPLS
3 7 (2.87%) Multicast
4 5 (2.05%) Cisco IOS
4 5 (2.05%) NX-OS
4 5 (2.05%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.23%) RTP
6 1 (0.41%) DHCP
6 1 (0.41%) DNS
6 1 (0.41%) Internet
6 1 (0.41%) SMS
6 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.56%) Oracle Database
2 13 (5.33%) Power BI
2 13 (5.33%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.87%) Oracle BI EE
5 6 (2.46%) Metadata
6 5 (2.05%) KDB
6 5 (2.05%) Kdb+
7 3 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.23%) Tableau
7 3 (1.23%) Tick Data
8 2 (0.82%) Ataccama
8 2 (0.82%) DB2
8 2 (0.82%) MySQL
8 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.41%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 13 (5.33%) JIRA
2 8 (3.28%) Git
2 8 (3.28%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.64%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.64%) GitLab
3 4 (1.64%) Snyk
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.82%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.41%) Gradle
5 1 (0.41%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.41%) Maven
5 1 (0.41%) Selenium
5 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.41%) XPEDITER
General
1 244 (100.00%) Finance
2 92 (37.70%) Banking
3 89 (36.48%) Social Skills
4 41 (16.80%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (9.84%) Front Office
6 23 (9.43%) Investment Banking
7 10 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (4.10%) Legal
8 6 (2.46%) Retail
9 5 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.64%) Private Banking
10 4 (1.64%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.23%) Back Office
11 3 (1.23%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (1.23%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.23%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 57 (23.36%) Developer
2 38 (15.57%) Senior
3 37 (15.16%) Analyst
4 25 (10.25%) Architect
5 22 (9.02%) Business Analyst
6 20 (8.20%) Project Manager
7 14 (5.74%) Consultant
8 12 (4.92%) Senior Developer
9 9 (3.69%) Power Platform Developer
10 8 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 8 (3.28%) Lead
11 7 (2.87%) .NET Developer
11 7 (2.87%) C# Developer
11 7 (2.87%) ETL Developer
11 7 (2.87%) OBIEE Developer
11 7 (2.87%) Security Architect
11 7 (2.87%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
11 7 (2.87%) Senior ETL Developer
11 7 (2.87%) Senior OBIEE Developer
12 6 (2.46%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.02%) .NET
2 18 (7.38%) React
3 14 (5.74%) REST
4 9 (3.69%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (3.69%) Oracle Fusion
5 8 (3.28%) Kafka
5 8 (3.28%) XML
6 6 (2.46%) .NET Framework
6 6 (2.46%) Dask
7 5 (2.05%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.05%) CSS
7 5 (2.05%) WinForms
8 4 (1.64%) .NET Core
8 4 (1.64%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.64%) HTML
8 4 (1.64%) NumPy
8 4 (1.64%) Pandas
8 4 (1.64%) RESTful
9 3 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (1.23%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.61%) Derivative
2 19 (7.79%) Hedge funds
3 17 (6.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 14 (5.74%) Fixed Income
5 10 (4.10%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.10%) Equities
5 10 (4.10%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.69%) Low-Code
7 7 (2.87%) Credit Risk
7 7 (2.87%) Distributed Computing
7 7 (2.87%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.05%) Market Risk
9 4 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.64%) AS400
9 4 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.97%) Linux
2 13 (5.33%) Windows
3 11 (4.51%) Unix
4 4 (1.64%) CentOS
4 4 (1.64%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.23%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.82%) Android
6 2 (0.82%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.41%) Solaris
7 1 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (22.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 44 (18.03%) Agile
3 38 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (13.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 33 (13.52%) DevOps
6 31 (12.70%) CI/CD
7 29 (11.89%) Analytics
8 28 (11.48%) Project Management
8 28 (11.48%) Risk Management
9 27 (11.07%) Business Intelligence
10 26 (10.66%) AI
11 25 (10.25%) Data Management
12 23 (9.43%) Data Modelling
12 23 (9.43%) ETL
13 22 (9.02%) Validation
14 20 (8.20%) Migration
15 19 (7.79%) Decision-Making
15 19 (7.79%) Roadmaps
15 19 (7.79%) SDLC
16 17 (6.97%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 45 (18.44%) SQL
2 38 (15.57%) Python
3 27 (11.07%) C#
4 16 (6.56%) Java
4 16 (6.56%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.10%) C++
6 9 (3.69%) Formula Language
6 9 (3.69%) LotusScript
7 7 (2.87%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.05%) Perl
8 5 (2.05%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.05%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.64%) RPG
10 3 (1.23%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.23%) C
10 3 (1.23%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.82%) Bash
11 2 (0.82%) Korn
11 2 (0.82%) R
11 2 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (10.66%) Degree
2 10 (4.10%) Master's Degree
3 8 (3.28%) PhD
3 8 (3.28%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.87%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.46%) CISM
5 6 (2.46%) CISSP
5 6 (2.46%) PMP
6 5 (2.05%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.64%) CBAP
7 4 (1.64%) IIBA
8 3 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.23%) CCSP
8 3 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.82%) ACCA
9 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.82%) CRISC
9 2 (0.82%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.38%) QA
2 12 (4.92%) GDPR
2 12 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.92%) NIST
3 11 (4.51%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.28%) SLA
5 6 (2.46%) COBIT
6 5 (2.05%) GRC
6 5 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.64%) MiFID
7 4 (1.64%) PMO
7 4 (1.64%) SEPA
8 3 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.23%) Basel III
9 2 (0.82%) IFRS
9 2 (0.82%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.41%) EMIR
10 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.41%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.41%) PSD2
System Software
1 6 (2.46%) Docker
2 3 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Firmware
4 1 (0.41%) HDFS
4 1 (0.41%) KVM
4 1 (0.41%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 8 (3.28%) Ansible
2 7 (2.87%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.05%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.64%) Control-M
4 4 (1.64%) Terraform
5 2 (0.82%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.82%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.82%) Puppet
5 2 (0.82%) RSA Archer
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%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.41%) SCCM
6 1 (0.41%) SCOM
6 1 (0.41%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.41%) vRealize
Vendors
1 37 (15.16%) Oracle
2 31 (12.70%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.92%) Cisco
3 12 (4.92%) CyberArk
3 12 (4.92%) Murex
3 12 (4.92%) Splunk
4 11 (4.51%) F5
5 9 (3.69%) Kofax
5 9 (3.69%) Lotus
6 8 (3.28%) IBM
6 8 (3.28%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.87%) CheckPoint
7 7 (2.87%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.87%) Temenos
8 6 (2.46%) Bloomberg
8 6 (2.46%) SAP
9 5 (2.05%) GoldenSource
9 5 (2.05%) Red Hat
9 5 (2.05%) Workday
10 4 (1.64%) Darktrace