Finance Contracts in West London

Financial
London > West London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in West London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 12 24
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 -8
Contract jobs citing Finance 24 30 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 11.71% 8.26% 7.87%
As % of the General category 20.87% 15.15% 17.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 23 29
10th Percentile £327 £264 £273
25th Percentile £330 £295 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £410 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -21.90% -9.48%
75th Percentile £506 £550 £590
90th Percentile £563 £585 £675
London median daily rate £625 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 0
10th Percentile £19.20 £53.25 -
25th Percentile £20.45 £54.38 -
Median hourly rate £22.27 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -61.27% - -
75th Percentile £23.63 £59.38 -
90th Percentile £47.50 £59.75 -
London median hourly rate £32.50 £25.36 £25.71
% change year-on-year +28.18% -1.38% -42.22%

All General Skills
West London

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 115 198 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 56.10% 54.55% 45.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 141 168
10th Percentile £194 £189 £299
25th Percentile £306 £250 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £419 £521
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% -19.62% +2.21%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £638
90th Percentile £588 £625 £700
London median daily rate £574 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -0.17% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 19 27
10th Percentile £19.09 £16.25 £25.75
25th Percentile £20.24 £16.56 £31.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £30.16 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.16% -49.73% +161.72%
75th Percentile £29.93 £43.23 £75.00
90th Percentile £52.55 £58.00 £81.00
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £31.92
% change year-on-year +19.30% -10.71% -14.88%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West London.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in West London

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in West London.

Daily rate trend for Finance in West London

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in West London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in West London

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in West London.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in West London

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in West London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in West London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in West London

Finance
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the West London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Hounslow -1 5 - - 13
Wembley - 5 £600 - 5
Ealing - 4 - - 4
Hillingdon +3 3 £325 -38.10% 15
Finance
London

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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 (8.33%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (8.33%) Exchequer
3 1 (4.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Google Workspace
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.17%) Firebase
3 1 (4.17%) Miro
3 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.17%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) BGP
1 1 (4.17%) EIGRP
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) LAN
1 1 (4.17%) Network Security
1 1 (4.17%) OSPF
1 1 (4.17%) VLAN
1 1 (4.17%) VPN
1 1 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle Database
3 1 (4.17%) Power BI
3 1 (4.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 9 (37.50%) Local Government
2 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Banking
3 4 (16.67%) Marketing
3 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) General Ledger
4 3 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Back Office
6 1 (4.17%) Aviation
6 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.17%) Italian Language
6 1 (4.17%) Legal
6 1 (4.17%) Retail
6 1 (4.17%) Spanish Language
6 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Financial Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Support Officer
4 2 (8.33%) Digital Transformation
4 2 (8.33%) PowerPoint Specialist
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (4.17%) Account Executive
5 1 (4.17%) Business Finance Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Check Point Support
5 1 (4.17%) Digital Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Digital Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Digital Programme Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Lead Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) PMO Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) PowerPoint Expert
5 1 (4.17%) Production Manager
5 1 (4.17%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Transformation Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Node.js
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Mainframe
2 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) PMI
3 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.17%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Project Management
2 6 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 6 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 5 (20.83%) Resource Allocation
4 4 (16.67%) Accounts Payable
4 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 3 (12.50%) Agile
5 3 (12.50%) Analytics
5 3 (12.50%) Budgeting
5 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.50%) Data Analytics
5 3 (12.50%) Financial Analysis
5 3 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
5 3 (12.50%) Visualisation
6 2 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (8.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
1 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) AAT
1 4 (16.67%) CCAB
2 3 (12.50%) PMI Certification
3 2 (8.33%) CIPFA
3 2 (8.33%) Degree
3 2 (8.33%) PMP
4 1 (4.17%) CBAP
4 1 (4.17%) CCNA
4 1 (4.17%) CCNP
4 1 (4.17%) CCSA
4 1 (4.17%) CCSE
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.17%) CSPO
4 1 (4.17%) JNCIA
4 1 (4.17%) JNCIS
4 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (8.33%) PMO
1 2 (8.33%) SLA
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (8.33%) NEC
3 2 (8.33%) SAP
4 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco
4 1 (4.17%) Concur
4 1 (4.17%) Juniper
4 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow