Financial Institution Contracts in the UK excluding London

Financial Institution
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 351 322
Rank change year-on-year +78 -29 +125
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 68 42 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.20% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.85% 0.38% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 35 99
10th Percentile £362 £249 £450
25th Percentile £415 £425 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £595 £683 £600
90th Percentile £639 £750 £694
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £49.85 - -
25th Percentile £56.65 - -
Median hourly rate £73.23 - -
75th Percentile £78.47 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £73.23 - -

All General Skills
UK excluding 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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,008 11,084 12,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.53% 53.92% 56.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,928 6,320 8,803
10th Percentile £209 £210 £230
25th Percentile £360 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -1.45% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £698
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 589 1,675 734
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 £13.34
25th Percentile £15.62 £15.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £24.33 £28.25 £27.60
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% +2.36% +41.54%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £60.09
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.90 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +44.44%

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Financial Institution as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Institution in the UK excluding London

Financial Institution
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Financial Institution in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Financial Institution in the UK excluding London

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Institution in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Institution in the UK excluding London

Financial Institution
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Financial Institution in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Financial Institution in the UK excluding London

Financial Institution
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Financial Institution in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Financial Institution in the UK excluding London

Financial Institution
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Scotland +15 20 £475 -36.67% 31
North of England +22 19 £535 +1.90% 35
Northern Ireland - 14 £468 - 19
Yorkshire +21 11 £550 - 8
North West +1 8 £481 -8.46% 27
South West +45 6 £513 +13.89% 13
Midlands +19 5 £433 +44.17% 23
South East +41 4 - - 17
West Midlands +9 3 £600 +100.00% 16
East Midlands - 2 £394 - 7
Financial Institution
UK

Financial Institution
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.41%) Apache Spark
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.94%) Apache
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.47%) CICS
3 1 (1.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Avolution ABACUS
2 2 (2.94%) Kondor
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.24%) Azure
2 8 (11.76%) AWS
3 6 (8.82%) OCI
4 3 (4.41%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (4.41%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.94%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.94%) SaaS
5 2 (2.94%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.47%) Akamai
6 1 (1.47%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.47%) Figma
6 1 (1.47%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.94%) DHCP
1 2 (2.94%) DNS
1 2 (2.94%) Network Security
1 2 (2.94%) Skype
2 1 (1.47%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.29%) Relational Database
2 6 (8.82%) Big Data
2 6 (8.82%) Oracle Database
3 5 (7.35%) DB2
4 4 (5.88%) MongoDB
5 3 (4.41%) Power BI
5 3 (4.41%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.94%) Apache Hive
6 2 (2.94%) HBase
6 2 (2.94%) Impala
6 2 (2.94%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.94%) Tableau
7 1 (1.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.47%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 6 (8.82%) JIRA
2 4 (5.88%) JUnit
3 3 (4.41%) Cucumber
4 2 (2.94%) Selenium
4 2 (2.94%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.47%) Ant
5 1 (1.47%) Gradle
5 1 (1.47%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.47%) Maven
5 1 (1.47%) Mockito
General
1 68 (100.00%) Finance
2 38 (55.88%) Social Skills
3 19 (27.94%) Banking
4 13 (19.12%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.82%) Front Office
6 5 (7.35%) General Ledger
7 4 (5.88%) Retail
8 3 (4.41%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.94%) Back Office
9 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.94%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.94%) Law
9 2 (2.94%) Legal
9 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.47%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.47%) Marketing
10 1 (1.47%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (17.65%) Developer
2 10 (14.71%) Java Developer
3 8 (11.76%) Data Engineer
3 8 (11.76%) Senior
4 7 (10.29%) Architect
4 7 (10.29%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (7.35%) Analyst
5 5 (7.35%) Data Protection Engineer
5 5 (7.35%) Programme Manager
6 4 (5.88%) Migration Manager
7 3 (4.41%) Consultant
7 3 (4.41%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.41%) Senior Architect
7 3 (4.41%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.41%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.41%) Technical Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Business Analyst
8 2 (2.94%) Python Developer
8 2 (2.94%) Risk Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.29%) Spring
2 6 (8.82%) Kafka
3 3 (4.41%) JMS
3 3 (4.41%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.94%) Apache Avro
4 2 (2.94%) Gherkin
4 2 (2.94%) JSON
4 2 (2.94%) PySpark
4 2 (2.94%) REST
4 2 (2.94%) SOAP
4 2 (2.94%) XML
5 1 (1.47%) J2EE
5 1 (1.47%) Middleware
5 1 (1.47%) React
5 1 (1.47%) RESTful
5 1 (1.47%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.88%) Data Structures
1 4 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
1 4 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
1 4 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.41%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.41%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (4.41%) Derivative
2 3 (4.41%) Equities
2 3 (4.41%) Fixed Income
3 2 (2.94%) Credit Derivative
3 2 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.94%) Market Risk
3 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.47%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.82%) Linux
2 5 (7.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (39.71%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (23.53%) Agile
2 16 (23.53%) Migration
3 9 (13.24%) Data Protection
3 9 (13.24%) Risk Management
4 8 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
4 8 (11.76%) Roadmaps
5 7 (10.29%) CI/CD
5 7 (10.29%) Project Delivery
6 6 (8.82%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (8.82%) Project Management
7 5 (7.35%) Containerisation
7 5 (7.35%) Data Security
7 5 (7.35%) Decision-Making
7 5 (7.35%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (7.35%) Test Automation
8 4 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (5.88%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (5.88%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 21 (30.88%) Python
2 13 (19.12%) Java
3 11 (16.18%) SQL
4 8 (11.76%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.94%) Perl
5 2 (2.94%) VBA
6 1 (1.47%) Bash
6 1 (1.47%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (7.35%) Degree
2 3 (4.41%) AWS Certification
2 3 (4.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 3 (4.41%) Azure Certification
2 3 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.94%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.47%) CEH
4 1 (1.47%) CISSP
4 1 (1.47%) GIAC
4 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.41%) GDPR
1 3 (4.41%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.94%) Basel III
2 2 (2.94%) ISO 20022
2 2 (2.94%) MiFID
2 2 (2.94%) PMO
2 2 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.35%) Docker
2 2 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.94%) HDFS
3 1 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (10.29%) Ansible
2 5 (7.35%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.41%) Terraform
4 2 (2.94%) HP ALM
4 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.94%) PingFederate
5 1 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (16.18%) Oracle
2 7 (10.29%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.82%) Commvault
3 6 (8.82%) Sybase
4 2 (2.94%) Cisco
4 2 (2.94%) HP
4 2 (2.94%) Juniper
4 2 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.47%) AlgoSec
5 1 (1.47%) Databricks
5 1 (1.47%) F5
5 1 (1.47%) Greenplum
5 1 (1.47%) Imperva
5 1 (1.47%) Ping Identity