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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 20 31
Rank change year-on-year +12 +11 -24
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Finance 37 23 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 13.96% 7.77% 6.11%
As % of the General category 25.34% 15.86% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 10 28
10th Percentile £345 £293 £219
25th Percentile £388 £345 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £585
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -16.67% +6.36%
75th Percentile £507 £552 £675
90th Percentile £735 £576 £775
London median daily rate £600 £607 £625
% change year-on-year -1.19% -2.84% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 1
10th Percentile £20.45 £23.72 -
25th Percentile £23.86 £27.66 -
Median hourly rate £28.95 £42.80 £41.04
Median % change year-on-year -32.36% +4.28% -
75th Percentile £46.94 £59.38 -
90th Percentile £50.50 £62.50 -
London median hourly rate £43.79 £30.30 £25.71
% change year-on-year +44.54% +17.83% -26.54%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 146 145 245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 55.09% 48.99% 40.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 97 177
10th Percentile £239 £189 £228
25th Percentile £350 £319 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £506 £538 £650
90th Percentile £558 £603 £792
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 20
10th Percentile £20.24 £18.92 £25.88
25th Percentile £20.45 £21.51 £38.28
Median hourly rate £29.07 £34.05 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.61% -47.62% +233.33%
75th Percentile £46.75 £59.38 £76.25
90th Percentile £54.20 £65.00 £87.75
London median hourly rate £29.54 £35.50 £34.62
% change year-on-year -16.80% +2.54% -3.83%

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
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in West London over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in West London

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Finance

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in West London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in West London over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in West London

Finance
DemandTrendContract 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 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hillingdon -10 7 £432 -17.77% 23
Hounslow +2 4 - - 19
Wembley -1 4 £350 -22.22% 8
Ealing - 2 - - 9
Richmond upon Thames +11 1 £208 -40.71% 7
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 9 (24.32%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (10.81%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (5.41%) Workfront
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 7 (18.92%) Firebase
3 2 (5.41%) AWS
3 2 (5.41%) Veeva
4 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.70%) Google Docs
4 1 (2.70%) OCI
4 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) BGP
1 1 (2.70%) EIGRP
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) LAN
1 1 (2.70%) Network Security
1 1 (2.70%) OSPF
1 1 (2.70%) VLAN
1 1 (2.70%) VPN
1 1 (2.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.92%) Redis
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 10 (27.03%) Local Government
1 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Back Office
3 5 (13.51%) Marketing
4 4 (10.81%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Legal
5 3 (8.11%) Retail
6 2 (5.41%) Billing
6 2 (5.41%) General Ledger
6 2 (5.41%) Italian Language
6 2 (5.41%) Spanish Language
7 1 (2.70%) Aviation
7 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Senior
2 7 (18.92%) Developer
2 7 (18.92%) Node.js Developer
2 7 (18.92%) Senior Developer
3 6 (16.22%) Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Data Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Support Officer
5 2 (5.41%) HR Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Lead
5 2 (5.41%) PowerPoint Specialist
5 2 (5.41%) Production Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Workday Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Workstream Lead
6 1 (2.70%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (2.70%) Technical Support
6 1 (2.70%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.92%) Node.js
1 7 (18.92%) Web Services
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Mainframe
1 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
1 2 (5.41%) Taxonomies
2 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (21.62%) Decision-Making
2 8 (21.62%) User Experience
3 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (18.92%) Front End Development
3 7 (18.92%) Mentoring
3 7 (18.92%) Microservices
3 7 (18.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (13.51%) Data Analysis
5 4 (10.81%) Agile
5 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
5 4 (10.81%) Matrix Organization
5 4 (10.81%) Process Improvement
5 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (8.11%) Budget Management
6 3 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (8.11%) CRM
6 3 (8.11%) ERP
6 3 (8.11%) Roadmaps
6 3 (8.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) TypeScript
2 2 (5.41%) SQL
3 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) CIPD
3 1 (2.70%) ACCA
3 1 (2.70%) CCNA
3 1 (2.70%) CCNP
3 1 (2.70%) CCSA
3 1 (2.70%) CCSE
3 1 (2.70%) CIMA
3 1 (2.70%) CIPFA
3 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.70%) JNCIA
3 1 (2.70%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.41%) PMO
2 1 (2.70%) GDPR
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) SAP
3 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.41%) Anaplan
4 2 (5.41%) Oracle
4 2 (5.41%) Workday
5 1 (2.70%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.70%) Cisco
5 1 (2.70%) Concur
5 1 (2.70%) Google
5 1 (2.70%) Juniper