Financial Modelling Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Financial Modelling
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Financial Modelling skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 360 399
Rank change year-on-year +26 +39 +92
Contract jobs citing Financial Modelling 32 17 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.095% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 11 19
10th Percentile £343 £325 £460
25th Percentile £359 £460 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £588 £590
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% -0.42% +6.88%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £600
90th Percentile - £626 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £89.44
UK median hourly rate - - £89.44

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Financial Modelling falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,682 14,819 19,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.20% 83.16% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,217 8,511 12,590
10th Percentile £235 £243 £260
25th Percentile £368 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,454 1,194 1,277
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.59 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.32 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.10% +1.18% +81.28%
75th Percentile £42.11 £65.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%

Financial Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Modelling in the UK excluding London

Financial Modelling
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Financial Modelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Financial Modelling

Financial Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Modelling in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Modelling in the UK excluding London

Financial Modelling
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Financial Modelling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Financial Modelling

Financial Modelling
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 Modelling within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
South East +34 17 £560 +13.13% 53
North of England -24 7 £355 -40.21% 14
Yorkshire - 5 £355 - 1
South West - 4 - - 3
Scotland +1 2 £200 -42.86%
North West -13 2 £371 -37.47% 12
West Midlands -11 1 £475 -23.08% 6
Midlands -18 1 £475 -23.08% 7
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 - 1
Financial Modelling
UK

Financial Modelling
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 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 1 (3.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (40.63%) Power Platform
2 4 (12.50%) PowerApps
3 2 (6.25%) SaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (40.63%) Power BI
2 4 (12.50%) Data Mining
2 4 (12.50%) Relational Database
3 2 (6.25%) Tableau
4 1 (3.13%) BigQuery
4 1 (3.13%) Power Query
4 1 (3.13%) QlikView
General
1 32 (100.00%) Finance
2 12 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Banking
5 4 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 3 (9.38%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.13%) Local Government
7 1 (3.13%) Marketing
7 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Analyst
2 10 (31.25%) Senior
3 6 (18.75%) Data Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Developer
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Accountant
5 3 (9.38%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) IFS Developer
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Finance Modeller
7 1 (3.13%) Customer Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Finance Business Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) IT Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Lead
7 1 (3.13%) Management Accountant
7 1 (3.13%) Power BI Developer
7 1 (3.13%) Pricing Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Senior Accountant
7 1 (3.13%) Senior Reporting Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 5 (15.63%) Mainframe
2 5 (15.63%) Public Cloud
3 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Business Case
2 11 (34.38%) Financial Analysis
3 9 (28.13%) Budgeting
4 7 (21.88%) Analytics
4 7 (21.88%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (21.88%) Cost Optimisation
4 7 (21.88%) Portfolio Management
5 6 (18.75%) Data Analytics
6 5 (15.63%) Cost Management
6 5 (15.63%) Cost Reduction
6 5 (15.63%) Cost Transparency
6 5 (15.63%) Data Transformation
6 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
6 5 (15.63%) ERP
6 5 (15.63%) FinOps
6 5 (15.63%) Virtual Environments
7 4 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (12.50%) ITIL
7 4 (12.50%) Service Management
8 3 (9.38%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (3.13%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) CIMA
2 13 (40.63%) ACCA
3 10 (31.25%) Degree
4 1 (3.13%) CFA
4 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.13%) MBA
4 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (3.13%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) SAP
2 3 (9.38%) IFS
2 3 (9.38%) Oracle
3 2 (6.25%) Hyperion
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.13%) Anaplan
4 1 (3.13%) Cognos
4 1 (3.13%) Databricks