Financial Modelling Contract Job Trends in England

Financial Modelling
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Financial Modelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 402 471
Rank change year-on-year -87 +69 +138
Contract jobs citing Financial Modelling 99 63 63
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.26% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.28% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 37 24
10th Percentile £350 £431 £443
25th Percentile £425 £545 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £700 £575
Median % change year-on-year -25.60% +21.74% -11.54%
75th Percentile £575 £775 £741
90th Percentile £771 £838 £875
UK median daily rate £517 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -20.52% +13.04% -10.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.22 -
Median % change year-on-year +106.44% - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £30.11 -
% change year-on-year +66.06% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Financial Modelling 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 in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,504 22,203 32,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.48% 91.02% 86.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,453 14,593 21,161
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,080 880 2,196
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.83 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.07 £18.51 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.84% -6.59% -9.33%
75th Percentile £66.50 £64.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.28 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £30.78 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.21% -6.91% -8.79%

Financial Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Financial Modelling job vacancy trend in England

Financial Modelling
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Financial Modelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Financial Modelling

Financial Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Modelling in England over the 6 months to 15 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Modelling in England

Financial Modelling
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Financial Modelling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Financial Modelling

Financial Modelling
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Modelling within the England region over the 6 months to 15 April 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
London -51 50 £525 -25.00% 50
South West -7 25 £350 -53.33% 7
North of England -61 12 £365 -33.03% 11
Yorkshire - 8 £500 - 7
West Midlands -54 7 £525 - 4
Midlands -56 7 £525 - 9
South East -49 5 £500 -10.71% 21
North East - 3 £308 -
North West -45 1 - - 4
Financial Modelling
UK

Financial Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (4.04%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.01%) Confluence
2 1 (1.01%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (28.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (7.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.02%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.03%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.01%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.01%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.01%) SAP IBP
2 1 (1.01%) SAP SD
2 1 (1.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.07%) SaaS
2 6 (6.06%) Power Platform
3 5 (5.05%) Azure
4 4 (4.04%) AWS
4 4 (4.04%) Power Automate
5 3 (3.03%) GCP
6 2 (2.02%) Amazon Bedrock
6 2 (2.02%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 2 (2.02%) Amazon SageMaker
6 2 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.02%) Azure Functions
6 2 (2.02%) Azure Storage
6 2 (2.02%) Serverless
6 2 (2.02%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.01%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.01%) IaaS
7 1 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.01%) PaaS
7 1 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.01%) Firewall
1 1 (1.01%) LAN
1 1 (1.01%) WAN
1 1 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.06%) Power BI
2 5 (5.05%) Tableau
3 4 (4.04%) BigQuery
4 3 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.03%) Looker
5 2 (2.02%) Power Query
6 1 (1.01%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.01%) Metadata
6 1 (1.01%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 8 (8.08%) JIRA
2 3 (3.03%) Git
3 2 (2.02%) Jenkins
General
1 99 (100.00%) Finance
2 39 (39.39%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (31.31%) Social Skills
4 13 (13.13%) General Ledger
5 11 (11.11%) Banking
6 5 (5.05%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.04%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.03%) Marketing
8 3 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.02%) Front Office
9 2 (2.02%) Games
9 2 (2.02%) Legal
10 1 (1.01%) Automotive
10 1 (1.01%) Back Office
10 1 (1.01%) Billing
10 1 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.01%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (19.19%) Analyst
2 12 (12.12%) Senior
3 10 (10.10%) Finance Modeller
4 6 (6.06%) Consultant
4 6 (6.06%) Cost Analyst
4 6 (6.06%) Lead
5 5 (5.05%) Data Engineer
5 5 (5.05%) Developer
5 5 (5.05%) Financial Analyst
6 4 (4.04%) Applications Specialist
6 4 (4.04%) Architect
6 4 (4.04%) Product Manager
6 4 (4.04%) Quantitative Specialist
6 4 (4.04%) Risk Management Specialist
6 4 (4.04%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 4 (4.04%) Senior Technical Specialist
6 4 (4.04%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
6 4 (4.04%) Technical Specialist
7 3 (3.03%) Data Modeller
7 3 (3.03%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.02%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (2.02%) COM
1 2 (2.02%) Qt
1 2 (2.02%) Web Services
2 1 (1.01%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.17%) Onboarding
2 8 (8.08%) Data Structures
3 5 (5.05%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (4.04%) Market Risk
5 3 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.01%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.01%) CMDB
7 1 (1.01%) Equities
7 1 (1.01%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.01%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.01%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.01%) Online Banking
7 1 (1.01%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.03%) Linux
2 2 (2.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 32 (32.32%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 25 (25.25%) Decision-Making
4 23 (23.23%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (21.21%) Analytics
6 20 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (15.15%) Actionable Insight
7 15 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (14.14%) Financial Analysis
9 13 (13.13%) AI
9 13 (13.13%) Business Case
9 13 (13.13%) Performance Analysis
10 11 (11.11%) Data Analysis
11 10 (10.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (9.09%) Data Modelling
12 9 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
12 9 (9.09%) Process Improvement
12 9 (9.09%) Project Management
12 9 (9.09%) Risk Management
12 9 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.12%) SQL
2 11 (11.11%) Python
3 5 (5.05%) C++
4 4 (4.04%) C#
5 3 (3.03%) Korn
5 3 (3.03%) R
5 3 (3.03%) VBA
6 1 (1.01%) Bash
6 1 (1.01%) C
6 1 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.01%) Groovy
6 1 (1.01%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.01%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (18.18%) ACCA
1 18 (18.18%) CIMA
2 10 (10.10%) Degree
3 7 (7.07%) Security Cleared
4 6 (6.06%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.01%) CCDE
5 1 (1.01%) CCDP
5 1 (1.01%) CCIE
5 1 (1.01%) CCNP
5 1 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.01%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.01%) MRICS
5 1 (1.01%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.01%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.06%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.02%) IFRS
2 2 (2.02%) PMO
3 1 (1.01%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.01%) COREP
3 1 (1.01%) FINREP
3 1 (1.01%) GAAP
3 1 (1.01%) GDPR
3 1 (1.01%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.06%) Anaplan
3 5 (5.05%) Databricks
4 4 (4.04%) Adaptive Insights
5 3 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.03%) SAP
5 3 (3.03%) Xero
6 2 (2.02%) Google
6 2 (2.02%) Oracle
6 2 (2.02%) Sage
6 2 (2.02%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.01%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (1.01%) IBM
7 1 (1.01%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.01%) Sparx