Finance Contracts in Central London

Financial
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 696 1,177 1,271
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 28.80% 31.08% 27.92%
As % of the General category 43.86% 49.83% 49.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 830 855
10th Percentile £363 £456 £353
25th Percentile £481 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £765 £688
90th Percentile £838 £863 £785
London median daily rate £613 £628 £600
% change year-on-year -2.39% +4.58% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile £24.30 - £20.88
25th Percentile £24.75 £21.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £28.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +19.15% +62.46%
75th Percentile £26.25 £35.00 £37.81
90th Percentile £26.70 - £52.75
London median hourly rate £25.00 £25.71 £44.50
% change year-on-year -2.76% -42.22% +66.98%

All General Skills
Central London

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,587 2,362 2,588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 65.66% 62.37% 56.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,129 1,673 1,902
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £432 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £566
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.96% +2.95%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £682
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 31
10th Percentile £19.98 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £16.33 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £28.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -30.86% +131.43%
75th Percentile £27.50 £44.93 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.60 £56.25 £65.75
London median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% -20.00% +36.36%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Central London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Central London

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
City of London 0 645 £600 -7.69% 278
City of Westminster +1 8 £700 +164.15% 5
Camden +2 5 £425 - 7
Southwark +7 4 £525 +5.00% 1
West End of London -3 4 £275 -29.94% 9
Lambeth - 1 £245 -
Finance
London

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 39 (5.60%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.44%) Confluence
4 8 (1.15%) SAS
5 7 (1.01%) CMS
6 6 (0.86%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.57%) Headless CMS
7 4 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.43%) Apache
8 3 (0.43%) IIS
8 3 (0.43%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.43%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.29%) JBoss
9 2 (0.29%) nginx
9 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.29%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.14%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 35 (5.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.30%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.29%) SPSS
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) InVision
6 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.44%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.15%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.43%) Infor SunSystems
4 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.43%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.43%) SAP MRS
4 3 (0.43%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.29%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.29%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.29%) Unica
6 1 (0.14%) Front Arena
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 122 (17.53%) Azure
2 61 (8.76%) AWS
3 46 (6.61%) Power Platform
4 39 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (4.60%) WhatsApp
6 27 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
7 25 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (3.30%) GCP
9 21 (3.02%) PowerApps
10 20 (2.87%) Entra ID
11 19 (2.73%) Power Automate
12 11 (1.58%) SaaS
13 10 (1.44%) GitHub
14 9 (1.29%) Collibra
15 8 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (1.01%) OneDrive
17 5 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
17 5 (0.72%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.31%) Firewall
2 12 (1.72%) SAN
3 9 (1.29%) DNS
4 8 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.86%) VoIP
6 5 (0.72%) HTTP
6 5 (0.72%) SMTP
6 5 (0.72%) WAN
7 4 (0.57%) FTP
7 4 (0.57%) ICMP
7 4 (0.57%) POP3
7 4 (0.57%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.57%) SSH
7 4 (0.57%) SSL
8 3 (0.43%) DHCP
8 3 (0.43%) VPN
9 2 (0.29%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.29%) LAN
9 2 (0.29%) PBX
9 2 (0.29%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.89%) Power BI
2 19 (2.73%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.01%) Metadata
4 13 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.72%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.72%) Tableau
6 10 (1.44%) NoSQL
7 9 (1.29%) KDB
8 8 (1.15%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.01%) Big Data
10 6 (0.86%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.57%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.57%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.57%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.57%) MySQL
12 4 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.57%) Siebel EIM
13 3 (0.43%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (2.30%) JIRA
2 14 (2.01%) GitLab
3 13 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.58%) Git
5 5 (0.72%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.57%) Selenium
7 3 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.43%) webpack
8 2 (0.29%) Appium
8 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.29%) Mercurial
8 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.14%) Hudson
9 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.14%) TestNG
9 1 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 180 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 144 (20.69%) Banking
3 71 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (6.61%) Financial Institution
5 31 (4.45%) Public Sector
6 29 (4.17%) Legal
7 28 (4.02%) Investment Banking
7 28 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (3.45%) Retail
9 20 (2.87%) Marketing
10 18 (2.59%) Front Office
11 15 (2.16%) Law
12 14 (2.01%) General Ledger
12 14 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.01%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.58%) Advertising
14 10 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.29%) Back Office
16 8 (1.15%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.01%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 121 (17.39%) Analyst
2 89 (12.79%) Developer
3 75 (10.78%) Architect
4 65 (9.34%) Consultant
5 62 (8.91%) Senior
6 61 (8.76%) Business Analyst
7 59 (8.48%) Project Manager
8 43 (6.18%) Lead
9 34 (4.89%) Data Analyst
10 23 (3.30%) Financial Analyst
11 22 (3.16%) Support Engineer
12 19 (2.73%) Security Architect
13 17 (2.44%) Microsoft Consultant
13 17 (2.44%) Security Consultant
14 16 (2.30%) Finance Business Analyst
15 15 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
16 14 (2.01%) Data Business Analyst
16 14 (2.01%) Senior Developer
17 13 (1.87%) Migration Analyst
17 13 (1.87%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.30%) HTML
2 21 (3.02%) .NET
3 20 (2.87%) React
4 18 (2.59%) CSS
4 18 (2.59%) XML
5 14 (2.01%) REST
6 11 (1.58%) AngularJS
6 11 (1.58%) Kafka
7 9 (1.29%) FIX Protocol
7 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Graph
8 8 (1.15%) JSON
8 8 (1.15%) OpenID
8 8 (1.15%) SAML
8 8 (1.15%) Web Services
9 7 (1.01%) Node.js
10 6 (0.86%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.86%) jQuery
10 6 (0.86%) Middleware
10 6 (0.86%) Spring
10 6 (0.86%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.74%) Product Ownership
2 24 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 17 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 16 (2.30%) Derivative
4 16 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
5 15 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 13 (1.87%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.87%) Data Structures
7 10 (1.44%) PKI
8 9 (1.29%) Equities
8 9 (1.29%) Hedge funds
9 7 (1.01%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 6 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.72%) Credit Risk
11 5 (0.72%) Photography
12 4 (0.57%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.57%) Social Media
13 3 (0.43%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 53 (7.61%) Windows
2 24 (3.45%) Linux
3 14 (2.01%) Windows Server 2012
3 14 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
4 13 (1.87%) Unix
4 13 (1.87%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.57%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.43%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (17.96%) Agile
2 81 (11.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 74 (10.63%) Project Management
4 73 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (10.06%) DevOps
6 67 (9.63%) Migration
7 57 (8.19%) Risk Management
8 54 (7.76%) Business Intelligence
9 52 (7.47%) CI/CD
10 46 (6.61%) Cybersecurity
11 45 (6.47%) Change Management
12 44 (6.32%) Analytics
12 44 (6.32%) User Acceptance Testing
13 43 (6.18%) Data Management
14 38 (5.46%) User Stories
15 37 (5.32%) Validation
16 36 (5.17%) Requirements Gathering
17 34 (4.89%) Information Security
18 32 (4.60%) Computer Science
18 32 (4.60%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 102 (14.66%) SQL
2 77 (11.06%) Python
3 47 (6.75%) Java
4 41 (5.89%) PowerShell
5 36 (5.17%) C#
6 29 (4.17%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.87%) C++
8 8 (1.15%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.01%) Rust
9 7 (1.01%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.86%) Bash
10 6 (0.86%) Go
10 6 (0.86%) R
10 6 (0.86%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.72%) VBA
12 4 (0.57%) ABAP
12 4 (0.57%) Perl
12 4 (0.57%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.43%) RPG
13 3 (0.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 78 (11.21%) Degree
2 30 (4.31%) Security Cleared
3 24 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (1.44%) CISSP
7 8 (1.15%) CISM
7 8 (1.15%) CRISC
7 8 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.15%) PMP
8 7 (1.01%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.86%) ACCA
10 5 (0.72%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.57%) CISA
11 4 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.57%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.43%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.43%) CCNA
12 3 (0.43%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.47%) QA
2 35 (5.03%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.30%) PMO
4 22 (3.16%) NIST
5 19 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (1.58%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.29%) PCI DSS
9 8 (1.15%) GDPR
10 6 (0.86%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.72%) GRC
12 4 (0.57%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.57%) SLA
13 3 (0.43%) ISO 31000
13 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.29%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.29%) MiFID
14 2 (0.29%) P3O
14 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 45 (6.47%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.58%) Docker
3 8 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 22 (3.16%) Terraform
2 20 (2.87%) SCCM
3 19 (2.73%) Kubernetes
4 17 (2.44%) Ansible
5 9 (1.29%) PingFederate
6 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.86%) Kibana
7 6 (0.86%) logstash
8 5 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.72%) Puppet
9 4 (0.57%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.57%) QRadar
10 3 (0.43%) Control-M
10 3 (0.43%) Grafana
10 3 (0.43%) Packer
10 3 (0.43%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.29%) Consul
11 2 (0.29%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.14%) Nagios
Vendors
1 120 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.03%) Oracle
3 33 (4.74%) SAP
4 24 (3.45%) Cisco
5 18 (2.59%) Citrix
5 18 (2.59%) Google
6 16 (2.30%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.16%) IBM
8 14 (2.01%) Avaya
9 13 (1.87%) CheckPoint
9 13 (1.87%) HP
10 12 (1.72%) EMC
10 12 (1.72%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.58%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.29%) Adobe
13 8 (1.15%) Bloomberg
13 8 (1.15%) Okta
14 7 (1.01%) Databricks
15 6 (0.86%) Splunk
16 5 (0.72%) Alteryx