Financial Institution Contract Job Trends

Financial Institution
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Financial Institution over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 276 313
Rank change year-on-year -62 +37 -19
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 329 265 280
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.91% 0.66%
As % of the General category 1.27% 1.44% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 168 207
10th Percentile £410 £414 £324
25th Percentile £463 £511 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £615 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £738 £741 £712
90th Percentile £875 £875 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £519 £480 £525
% change year-on-year +8.13% -8.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £73.23 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £73.23 -

All General Skills
UK

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 general skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 25,828 18,431 24,707
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.78% 63.27% 58.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,786 11,716 15,592
10th Percentile £310 £286 £275
25th Percentile £410 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,651 789 1,917
10th Percentile £13.95 £13.98 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.25 £15.46
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -10.72%
75th Percentile £60.68 £55.93 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £66.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.09 £24.50 £28.25
% change year-on-year +14.65% -13.27% -2.59%

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Financial Institution relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Financial Institution job vacancy trend in the UK

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Financial Institution.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Financial Institution

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Institution over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Institution in the UK

Financial Institution
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Financial Institution.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Financial Institution

Financial Institution
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 16 May 2026. 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 -42 312 £600 -7.69% 193
London -13 252 £625 -7.41% 171
UK excluding London -93 74 £519 +8.13% 47
Work from Home -23 60 £550 -8.33% 63
North of England -43 37 £550 +10.00% 10
Yorkshire -36 30 £555 +0.95% 6
Scotland -11 13 £588 +23.68% 4
South East -59 11 £505 - 24
North West -33 6 £550 +33.33% 2
South West -38 5 £384 -19.16% 4
Midlands -68 4 £535 +23.70%
Northern Ireland -10 2 £850 +107.32% 3
East Midlands -25 2 £536 +35.95%
West Midlands -63 2 £525 -12.50%
East of England - 2 £425 - 2
North East - 1 £488 - 2

Financial Institution
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 17 (5.17%) Confluence
2 13 (3.95%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.04%) HCL Notes
3 10 (3.04%) Mendix
4 4 (1.22%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.91%) IIS
6 2 (0.61%) CICS
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.30%) Apache
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.30%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.30%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.30%) SAS
7 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.34%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.61%) Notion
6 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.82%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.52%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.91%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.91%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.91%) Dynamics SL
4 3 (0.91%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (0.91%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.91%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.91%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.61%) Actimize
5 2 (0.61%) Endur
5 2 (0.61%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.61%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.61%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.61%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.30%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 75 (22.80%) Azure
2 50 (15.20%) AWS
3 23 (6.99%) GCP
4 20 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (6.08%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.65%) Serverless
7 11 (3.34%) Azure Service Bus
7 11 (3.34%) Power Automate
7 11 (3.34%) PowerApps
8 10 (3.04%) Azure Functions
8 10 (3.04%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (3.04%) SaaS
9 7 (2.13%) Collibra
9 7 (2.13%) GitHub
10 6 (1.82%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.82%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.22%) Datadog
13 3 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.29%) Firewall
2 21 (6.38%) Network Security
3 16 (4.86%) LAN
3 16 (4.86%) WAN
4 12 (3.65%) BGP
4 12 (3.65%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (3.65%) OSPF
5 9 (2.74%) EIGRP
5 9 (2.74%) MPLS
5 9 (2.74%) Multicast
6 6 (1.82%) DNS
7 5 (1.52%) RTP
7 5 (1.52%) VPN
8 3 (0.91%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.91%) Internet
8 3 (0.91%) NX-OS
8 3 (0.91%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.61%) NetScaler
9 2 (0.61%) SSL
9 2 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.47%) Power BI
2 16 (4.86%) Oracle Database
3 10 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.74%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.43%) KDB
5 8 (2.43%) Kdb+
6 7 (2.13%) Oracle BI EE
6 7 (2.13%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.82%) Metadata
8 5 (1.52%) Tick Data
9 4 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.91%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.91%) DB2
10 3 (0.91%) Tableau
11 2 (0.61%) Flink
11 2 (0.61%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.61%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.61%) Semantic Layer
11 2 (0.61%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 20 (6.08%) JIRA
2 8 (2.43%) GitLab
2 8 (2.43%) Jaeger
2 8 (2.43%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.22%) Snyk
4 3 (0.91%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.91%) Git
5 1 (0.30%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.30%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.30%) XPEDITER
General
1 329 (100.00%) Finance
2 117 (35.56%) Banking
3 104 (31.61%) Social Skills
4 45 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.81%) Investment Banking
6 23 (6.99%) Front Office
7 14 (4.26%) Legal
8 13 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.74%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.13%) Corporate Banking
10 7 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.52%) Retail
12 4 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.91%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.91%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.61%) Games
14 2 (0.61%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.61%) Spanish Language
15 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 75 (22.80%) Senior
2 56 (17.02%) Developer
3 52 (15.81%) Analyst
4 44 (13.37%) Architect
5 41 (12.46%) Business Analyst
6 21 (6.38%) Lead
6 21 (6.38%) Project Manager
6 21 (6.38%) Senior Developer
7 14 (4.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 13 (3.95%) Consultant
9 12 (3.65%) Senior Analyst
10 11 (3.34%) Senior Business Analyst
11 10 (3.04%) Banking Analyst
11 10 (3.04%) Power Platform Developer
11 10 (3.04%) Technical Architect
12 9 (2.74%) Banking Business Analyst
12 9 (2.74%) C# Developer
12 9 (2.74%) Migration Manager
12 9 (2.74%) Migration Project Manager
13 8 (2.43%) Implementation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.29%) Kafka
2 22 (6.69%) .NET
3 20 (6.08%) React
4 18 (5.47%) Spring Boot
5 14 (4.26%) Middleware
6 11 (3.34%) REST
7 10 (3.04%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (2.74%) OpenTelemetry
9 8 (2.43%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (2.43%) Spring
10 4 (1.22%) NumPy
10 4 (1.22%) Pandas
10 4 (1.22%) Redux
10 4 (1.22%) scikit-learn
11 3 (0.91%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.91%) JSON
11 3 (0.91%) OAuth
11 3 (0.91%) PySpark
11 3 (0.91%) RESTful
11 3 (0.91%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.08%) Fixed Income
2 18 (5.47%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.86%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.56%) Derivative
5 13 (3.95%) Low-Code
6 12 (3.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.74%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.74%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.43%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 7 (2.13%) AI Agents
9 7 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (2.13%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.13%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.82%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.52%) CMDB
11 5 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.90%) Linux
2 12 (3.65%) Windows
3 10 (3.04%) Unix
4 3 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.91%) zOS
5 1 (0.30%) Android
5 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (22.80%) Stakeholder Management
2 62 (18.84%) Agile
3 53 (16.11%) DevOps
4 51 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (15.20%) AI
6 47 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 44 (13.37%) Data Modelling
8 42 (12.77%) Migration
9 35 (10.64%) Analytics
9 35 (10.64%) Risk Management
10 34 (10.33%) Project Management
11 33 (10.03%) Decision-Making
12 31 (9.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 30 (9.12%) Business Intelligence
14 28 (8.51%) Generative AI
14 28 (8.51%) Validation
15 26 (7.90%) Roadmaps
16 25 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
17 24 (7.29%) Data Management
17 24 (7.29%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 61 (18.54%) SQL
2 38 (11.55%) Python
3 30 (9.12%) C#
4 29 (8.81%) Java
5 22 (6.69%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.04%) Formula Language
6 10 (3.04%) LotusScript
7 9 (2.74%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.43%) Rust
9 7 (2.13%) C++
10 6 (1.82%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.52%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.52%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.91%) Bash
13 2 (0.61%) Go
13 2 (0.61%) Korn
13 2 (0.61%) Perl
13 2 (0.61%) R
13 2 (0.61%) SPARQL
13 2 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (8.51%) Degree
2 11 (3.34%) CISSP
3 10 (3.04%) PMI Certification
3 10 (3.04%) PMP
4 9 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (2.74%) CISM
5 8 (2.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 7 (2.13%) CCSP
7 5 (1.52%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.22%) CBAP
8 4 (1.22%) IIBA
8 4 (1.22%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.91%) CCSK
9 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.61%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.61%) CRISC
10 2 (0.61%) FFIEC
10 2 (0.61%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.86%) GDPR
3 15 (4.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (4.56%) NIST
4 13 (3.95%) QA
5 7 (2.13%) SLA
6 6 (1.82%) COBIT
6 6 (1.82%) SEPA
7 5 (1.52%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.52%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (1.22%) COREP
8 4 (1.22%) FINREP
9 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.91%) GRC
9 3 (0.91%) MiFID
10 2 (0.61%) Basel III
10 2 (0.61%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.61%) EMIR
10 2 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (4.86%) Docker
2 6 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.61%) Firmware
4 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) HDFS
5 1 (0.30%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.30%) XenApp
5 1 (0.30%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 27 (8.21%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.26%) Ansible
3 11 (3.34%) Terraform
4 10 (3.04%) Grafana
5 9 (2.74%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.43%) Kiali
7 4 (1.22%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.61%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.61%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.61%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.61%) vRealize
9 1 (0.30%) Argo
9 1 (0.30%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.30%) Control-M
9 1 (0.30%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.30%) Oozie
9 1 (0.30%) SCCM
9 1 (0.30%) SCOM
9 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 46 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.64%) Oracle
3 20 (6.08%) Splunk
4 17 (5.17%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.26%) Cisco
6 13 (3.95%) F5
7 12 (3.65%) CyberArk
8 11 (3.34%) SAP
9 10 (3.04%) Kofax
9 10 (3.04%) Lotus
9 10 (3.04%) Palo Alto
10 9 (2.74%) CheckPoint
10 9 (2.74%) Murex
10 9 (2.74%) Workday
11 8 (2.43%) VMware
12 6 (1.82%) Citrix
12 6 (1.82%) GoldenSource
12 6 (1.82%) Temenos
13 5 (1.52%) Google
13 5 (1.52%) MuleSoft