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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 534 620
Rank change year-on-year +42 +86 +165
Contract jobs citing Financial Analysis 58 40 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.092% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 25 35
10th Percentile £286 - £353
25th Percentile £379 £114 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £548
Median % change year-on-year - -17.81% -0.45%
75th Percentile £644 £515 £593
90th Percentile £675 £648 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £152 £548
% change year-on-year +171.76% -72.28% +35.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £25.82
25th Percentile £16.50 £51.25 £36.42
Median hourly rate £17.00 £52.50 £54.47
Median % change year-on-year -67.62% -3.62% -
75th Percentile £17.50 £53.75 £72.14
90th Percentile - - £82.52
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £89.44

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 28,850 36,964 50,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.71% 85.28% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,170 23,592 34,850
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,420 2,515 1,729
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.42 £16.18 £16.61
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +1.77% +43.62%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +66.67%

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 5 July 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 11 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 5 July 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 +74 52 £450 - 339
London +63 29 £488 -3.47% 243
UK excluding London +44 27 £413 +171.76% 99
Work from Home +38 17 £650 +52.94% 117
South East +39 16 £425 +274.19% 34
Midlands +9 4 £213 -55.26% 20
West Midlands +8 4 £213 -55.26% 14
North of England +6 3 £473 -14.09% 24
Yorkshire - 3 £473 - 4
Scotland -1 2 £200 -52.94% 4
Northern Ireland - 2 £313 - 2

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 2 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (13.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Bloomberg AIM
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.07%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.72%) Azure
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.72%) OCI
2 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.07%) Power BI
2 4 (6.90%) Tableau
3 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.72%) Redis
3 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) webpack
General
1 58 (100.00%) Finance
2 36 (62.07%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (46.55%) Social Skills
4 10 (17.24%) Banking
5 6 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (8.62%) Financial Institution
7 4 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.17%) Legal
9 2 (3.45%) Games
9 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
9 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.72%) Billing
10 1 (1.72%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 24 (41.38%) Analyst
2 13 (22.41%) Financial Analyst
3 4 (6.90%) Business Analyst
3 4 (6.90%) Data Analyst
4 3 (5.17%) Accountant
4 3 (5.17%) Commercial Analyst
4 3 (5.17%) IT Analyst
4 3 (5.17%) Programme Manager
4 3 (5.17%) Project Manager
4 3 (5.17%) Service Manager
4 3 (5.17%) Systems Accountant
5 2 (3.45%) Business Manager
5 2 (3.45%) Finance Business Analyst
5 2 (3.45%) Finance Manager
5 2 (3.45%) Relationships Manager
5 2 (3.45%) Senior
5 2 (3.45%) Service Relationship Manager
6 1 (1.72%) Chief Technology Officer
6 1 (1.72%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (1.72%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) Bootstrap
1 1 (1.72%) CSS
1 1 (1.72%) HTML
1 1 (1.72%) HTML5
1 1 (1.72%) jQuery
1 1 (1.72%) Memcached
1 1 (1.72%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.17%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.72%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (43.10%) Decision-Making
2 22 (37.93%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 20 (34.48%) Financial Modelling
4 18 (31.03%) Budgeting
5 15 (25.86%) Business Case
5 15 (25.86%) Data Analysis
6 13 (22.41%) Analytics
7 12 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (18.97%) Cost Optimisation
8 11 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (18.97%) Process Improvement
9 8 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (13.79%) Fintech
9 8 (13.79%) Mathematics
9 8 (13.79%) Project Management
10 7 (12.07%) Agile
10 7 (12.07%) Budget Control
10 7 (12.07%) Change Management
10 7 (12.07%) Economics
10 7 (12.07%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.62%) SQL
2 1 (1.72%) Python
2 1 (1.72%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (25.86%) Degree
2 13 (22.41%) ACCA
2 13 (22.41%) CIMA
3 7 (12.07%) Master's Degree
4 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.45%) CIPFA
5 2 (3.45%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.45%) PMP
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.72%) CFA
6 1 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.72%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.45%) QA
3 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.72%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.72%) GAAP
3 1 (1.72%) MiFID
3 1 (1.72%) PMO
3 1 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.72%) SLA
3 1 (1.72%) UCITS
Vendors
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.90%) Oracle
3 3 (5.17%) Hyperion
3 3 (5.17%) IFS
3 3 (5.17%) SAP
4 2 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.72%) Advent
5 1 (1.72%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.72%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (1.72%) SimCorp
5 1 (1.72%) Workday