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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 155 225
Rank change year-on-year -70 +70 -19
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 241 227 179
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.19% 1.69% 1.10%
As % of the General category 1.94% 2.44% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 156 114
10th Percentile £415 £425 £408
25th Percentile £510 £539 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £656 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +9.38% -5.51%
75th Percentile £745 £775 £700
90th Percentile £863 £956 £792
England median daily rate £600 £606 £594
% change year-on-year -0.99% +2.06% -1.04%

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 12,397 9,303 10,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.27% 69.15% 62.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,883 6,133 6,779
10th Percentile £350 £325 £332
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 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 188 122
10th Percentile £16.88 £16.85 £18.01
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.65 £24.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -7.14% +11.11%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.12 £65.00 £65.90
England median hourly rate £31.10 £25.15 £38.68
% change year-on-year +23.66% -34.97% +40.64%

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 13 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 13 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 37 £613 -15.60% 38
East London -5 2 £675 -32.50% 2
South London -13 1 - - 4
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 9 (3.73%) Confluence
2 8 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.49%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.66%) Apache
4 4 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.41%) Appian
5 1 (0.41%) CMS
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.41%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (2.49%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.66%) Loan IQ
1 4 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.24%) Endur
3 2 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.83%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.83%) Dynamics SL
3 2 (0.83%) Findur
3 2 (0.83%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.83%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.83%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.83%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.41%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.41%) Finacle
4 1 (0.41%) OneSumX
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.41%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 39 (16.18%) Azure
2 30 (12.45%) AWS
3 27 (11.20%) Power Platform
4 19 (7.88%) Snowflake
5 11 (4.56%) SaaS
6 9 (3.73%) GCP
7 7 (2.90%) Azure AI
7 7 (2.90%) Collibra
8 6 (2.49%) GitHub
9 5 (2.07%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.66%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.24%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.24%) Datadog
11 3 (1.24%) dbt
11 3 (1.24%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.24%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.24%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.15%) Firewall
2 5 (2.07%) BGP
2 5 (2.07%) Network Security
2 5 (2.07%) WAN
3 4 (1.66%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (1.66%) LAN
3 4 (1.66%) MPLS
3 4 (1.66%) Multicast
3 4 (1.66%) OSPF
4 3 (1.24%) EIGRP
4 3 (1.24%) Internet
4 3 (1.24%) VPN
5 2 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.41%) IOS XR
6 1 (0.41%) IPv4
6 1 (0.41%) IPv6
6 1 (0.41%) SNMP
6 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.96%) Power BI
2 19 (7.88%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (4.98%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.90%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.49%) Metadata
6 4 (1.66%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.24%) KDB
7 3 (1.24%) Kdb+
7 3 (1.24%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.24%) Tableau
8 2 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.83%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.83%) Flink
8 2 (0.83%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.83%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (0.83%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.83%) TigerGraph
9 1 (0.41%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 14 (5.81%) JIRA
2 6 (2.49%) REST Assured
3 5 (2.07%) Git
4 3 (1.24%) GitLab
4 3 (1.24%) Selenium
5 2 (0.83%) Appium
5 2 (0.83%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.83%) ERwin
5 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.83%) TestNG
6 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.41%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.41%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.41%) MLflow
6 1 (0.41%) SOAtest
General
1 241 (100.00%) Finance
2 117 (48.55%) Banking
3 62 (25.73%) Social Skills
4 35 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (14.11%) Front Office
5 34 (14.11%) Investment Banking
6 16 (6.64%) Legal
7 15 (6.22%) Corporate Banking
8 12 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (4.15%) Spanish Language
10 7 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.07%) General Ledger
11 5 (2.07%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.66%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.24%) Publishing
14 1 (0.41%) Advertising
14 1 (0.41%) Retail
14 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (20.75%) Developer
1 50 (20.75%) Senior
2 39 (16.18%) Analyst
3 26 (10.79%) Business Analyst
4 13 (5.39%) Architect
4 13 (5.39%) Lead
4 13 (5.39%) Senior Developer
4 13 (5.39%) Support Engineer
5 11 (4.56%) C# Developer
6 10 (4.15%) Desktop Engineer
6 10 (4.15%) Desktop Support
6 10 (4.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 10 (4.15%) IT Manager
6 10 (4.15%) Senior Manager
7 8 (3.32%) Java Developer
7 8 (3.32%) Network Engineer
7 8 (3.32%) Quantitative Developer
8 7 (2.90%) Audit Manager
8 7 (2.90%) IT Audit Manager
8 7 (2.90%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.22%) Kafka
2 14 (5.81%) .NET
3 11 (4.56%) React
4 10 (4.15%) REST
5 9 (3.73%) Terraform
6 8 (3.32%) PySpark
7 7 (2.90%) Spring
8 6 (2.49%) Spring Boot
9 5 (2.07%) RESTful
9 5 (2.07%) Web Services
10 4 (1.66%) LangChain
10 4 (1.66%) LangGraph
10 4 (1.66%) Redux
10 4 (1.66%) WinForms
10 4 (1.66%) WPF
11 3 (1.24%) CSS
11 3 (1.24%) FastAPI
11 3 (1.24%) JSON
11 3 (1.24%) Model Context Protocol
11 3 (1.24%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.79%) Onboarding
2 17 (7.05%) Derivative
3 14 (5.81%) Cloud Native
3 14 (5.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (4.98%) Fixed Income
5 10 (4.15%) Hedge funds
6 8 (3.32%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.32%) Exotic Derivative
6 8 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.49%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.49%) Reference Data
7 6 (2.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 6 (2.49%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.07%) Market Risk
9 4 (1.66%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.66%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.66%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.66%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.30%) Windows
2 9 (3.73%) Linux
3 5 (2.07%) Unix
4 4 (1.66%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.24%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (23.24%) AI
2 53 (21.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (15.77%) Agile
5 34 (14.11%) Analytics
6 33 (13.69%) Generative AI
7 27 (11.20%) Data Modelling
8 24 (9.96%) CI/CD
8 24 (9.96%) DevOps
8 24 (9.96%) Migration
9 22 (9.13%) Decision-Making
10 20 (8.30%) Business Analysis
10 20 (8.30%) Risk Management
11 19 (7.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (7.88%) Project Management
12 18 (7.47%) Project Delivery
12 18 (7.47%) Test Automation
13 17 (7.05%) Fintech
14 16 (6.64%) Data Analysis
14 16 (6.64%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 51 (21.16%) SQL
2 34 (14.11%) Python
3 23 (9.54%) C#
4 18 (7.47%) Java
5 15 (6.22%) JavaScript
6 11 (4.56%) PowerShell
7 8 (3.32%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.66%) Bash
8 4 (1.66%) C++
9 3 (1.24%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.24%) SPARQL
9 3 (1.24%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (13.28%) Degree
2 15 (6.22%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.81%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.32%) PMP
5 7 (2.90%) CISA
5 7 (2.90%) CISSP
6 5 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.07%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.66%) ACCA
7 4 (1.66%) CCNP
7 4 (1.66%) CIMA
7 4 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.41%) CCIE
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.41%) PhD
9 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.81%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.56%) QA
3 7 (2.90%) ISO 20022
4 5 (2.07%) NIST
5 4 (1.66%) SEPA
6 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.24%) SLA
7 2 (0.83%) COREP
7 2 (0.83%) EMIR
7 2 (0.83%) FINREP
7 2 (0.83%) GDPR
7 2 (0.83%) IFRS
7 2 (0.83%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.83%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.83%) MiFID
7 2 (0.83%) PMO
7 2 (0.83%) WCAG
8 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.41%) GRC
System Software
1 19 (7.88%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.39%) Docker
3 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.22%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.56%) Ansible
3 5 (2.07%) vRealize
4 3 (1.24%) Control-M
5 2 (0.83%) SCCM
6 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.41%) Grafana
6 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (10.37%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.47%) Oracle
3 13 (5.39%) Cisco
4 12 (4.98%) Databricks
5 10 (4.15%) SAP
5 10 (4.15%) VMware
6 9 (3.73%) CyberArk
7 8 (3.32%) Citrix
7 8 (3.32%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.49%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.07%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.66%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.66%) Foundry
10 4 (1.66%) NetApp
10 4 (1.66%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.66%) Splunk
11 3 (1.24%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.24%) GoldenSource
11 3 (1.24%) Murex
11 3 (1.24%) Reuters