Financial Analysis Contracts

Financial Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Financial Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Financial Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 477 552 678
Rank change year-on-year +75 +126 +103
Contract jobs citing Financial Analysis 43 30 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.069% 0.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.080% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 18 21
10th Percentile £236 - £413
25th Percentile £315 £114 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £308 £510
Median % change year-on-year +38.21% -39.71% +2.00%
75th Percentile £575 £514 £590
90th Percentile £690 £525 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £393 £114 £505
% change year-on-year +245.57% -77.51% +26.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £51.25 £18.75
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +169.23% -
75th Percentile - £53.75 £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Financial Analysis 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Financial Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Financial Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Financial Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analysis over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Financial Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +75 40 £445 +134.21% 182
London +53 21 £550 +7.84% 123
UK excluding London +63 20 £393 +245.57% 81
Work from Home +46 10 £700 +268.42% 82
South East +44 8 £415 +265.38% 42
Midlands +27 7 £213 -55.26% 12
West Midlands +17 4 £213 -55.26% 5
North of England +20 3 £473 - 17
Yorkshire - 3 £473 - 6
Northern Ireland - 2 £313 -

Financial Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.33%) Azure
2 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
1 1 (2.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) JIRA
General
1 43 (100.00%) Finance
2 24 (55.81%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (37.21%) Social Skills
4 6 (13.95%) Legal
5 3 (6.98%) Banking
5 3 (6.98%) Local Government
5 3 (6.98%) Retail
6 2 (4.65%) Games
6 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Billing
7 1 (2.33%) Law
7 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (34.88%) Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) Financial Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.98%) Accountant
4 3 (6.98%) Commercial Analyst
4 3 (6.98%) Consultant
4 3 (6.98%) IT Analyst
4 3 (6.98%) Project Consultant
4 3 (6.98%) Senior
4 3 (6.98%) Service Manager
4 3 (6.98%) Systems Accountant
5 2 (4.65%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Programme Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Relationships Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Service Relationship Manager
6 1 (2.33%) Business Process Analyst
6 1 (2.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (2.33%) Process Analyst
6 1 (2.33%) Programme Director
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 14 (32.56%) Budgeting
2 14 (32.56%) Decision-Making
3 10 (23.26%) Business Case
3 10 (23.26%) Data Analysis
3 10 (23.26%) Financial Modelling
4 9 (20.93%) Cost Optimisation
4 9 (20.93%) Mathematics
4 9 (20.93%) Project Management
5 8 (18.60%) Economics
5 8 (18.60%) Fintech
6 7 (16.28%) Agile
6 7 (16.28%) Budget Control
6 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (16.28%) Process Improvement
6 7 (16.28%) Roadmaps
6 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (16.28%) Statistics
7 6 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (13.95%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (34.88%) Degree
2 7 (16.28%) Master's Degree
3 5 (11.63%) ACCA
3 5 (11.63%) CIMA
4 3 (6.98%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (6.98%) MRICS
4 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.65%) CFA
5 2 (4.65%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.65%) PMP
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.33%) CCAB
6 1 (2.33%) CIPFA
6 1 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.33%) GAAP
2 1 (2.33%) MiFID
2 1 (2.33%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.33%) SLA
2 1 (2.33%) UCITS
Vendors
1 3 (6.98%) IFS
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.33%) Advent
3 1 (2.33%) Bloomberg
3 1 (2.33%) Hyperion
3 1 (2.33%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (2.33%) SAP
3 1 (2.33%) SimCorp