FINREP Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Financial Reporting (FINREP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring FINREP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 346 403
Rank change year-on-year -45 +57 +92
Contract jobs citing FINREP 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.10% 0.044% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £410 £410 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £420 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -23.64% +69.23%
75th Percentile £439 £430 £575
90th Percentile £444 - -
UK median daily rate £434 £420 £625
% change year-on-year +3.21% -32.80% +25.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

FINREP falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,000 2,252 3,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.43% 15.44% 15.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,898 1,281 1,880
10th Percentile £300 £210 £260
25th Percentile £400 £354 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 144 180
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.70 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.58 £19.96 £17.14
Median hourly rate £20.60 £29.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.98% -12.12% +57.14%
75th Percentile £63.40 £63.75 £66.37
90th Percentile £73.75 £73.38 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.28% -12.12% +43.48%

FINREP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FINREP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

FINREP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

FINREP
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

FINREP
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 FINREP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
North of England - 2 £434 -
North West - 2 £434 -
Scotland +3 1 £420 -
FINREP
UK

FINREP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 2 (66.67%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Data Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Batch Processing
2 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) ETL
2 2 (66.67%) Metadata Management
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) CRD IV
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
1 2 (66.67%) IFRS
2 1 (33.33%) Basel III
2 1 (33.33%) COREP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cognos