Financial Institution Contracts

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 have cited Financial Institution over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 300 390
Rank change year-on-year -28 +90 +116
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 263 479 581
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.85% 0.66%
As % of the General category 1.06% 1.46% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 383 303
10th Percentile £253 £450 £313
25th Percentile £493 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £700 £738 £738
90th Percentile £775 £825 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £525 £463
% change year-on-year -6.67% +13.51% -7.50%

All General Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,753 32,807 49,724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.49% 58.53% 56.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,550 22,755 34,565
10th Percentile £275 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,984 981 1,390
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +43.56% +4.65%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.36
90th Percentile £67.38 £72.50 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.42 £27.84 £19.50
% change year-on-year +2.08% +42.77% +2.63%

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Financial Institution as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Institution in the UK

Financial Institution
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Financial Institution.

Daily rate trend for Financial Institution in the UK

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Institution over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Institution in the UK

Financial Institution
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Financial Institution.

Hourly rate trend for Financial Institution in the UK

Financial Institution
Top 13 Contract 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 1 June 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
England -44 238 £600 - 212
London +3 197 £611 +1.88% 168
Work from Home +73 103 £600 +4.35% 108
UK excluding London -37 42 £490 -6.67% 51
North of England +2 12 £525 +5.00% 8
North West +17 11 £525 -5.62% 3
Scotland +38 10 £750 +36.36% 12
South East -10 10 £259 -50.76% 15
South West +9 6 £450 -18.18% 11
East of England +2 2 £655 +25.96%
Midlands -14 2 £300 -40.00% 5
West Midlands -18 2 £300 -40.00% 5
Yorkshire +1 1 - - 5

Financial Institution
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.76%) Confluence
2 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) Apache
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 19 (7.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.38%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (3.04%) Loan IQ
2 7 (2.66%) Distributed Ledger
3 5 (1.90%) Actimize
4 2 (0.76%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.76%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 49 (18.63%) Azure
2 20 (7.60%) GitHub
3 19 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (6.84%) Power Platform
5 17 (6.46%) AWS
6 12 (4.56%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.42%) Power Automate
7 9 (3.42%) PowerApps
8 7 (2.66%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (1.52%) Collibra
10 3 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.14%) IaaS
10 3 (1.14%) PaaS
10 3 (1.14%) SaaS
11 2 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.76%) GCP
12 1 (0.38%) Figma
12 1 (0.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.46%) Firewall
2 12 (4.56%) Internet
2 12 (4.56%) Wireless
3 9 (3.42%) Cisco Nexus
3 9 (3.42%) VPN
4 8 (3.04%) BGP
4 8 (3.04%) MPLS
4 8 (3.04%) Multicast
4 8 (3.04%) OSPF
5 6 (2.28%) EIGRP
5 6 (2.28%) LAN
5 6 (2.28%) Network Security
5 6 (2.28%) WAN
6 4 (1.52%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.52%) VLAN
7 3 (1.14%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.76%) NAS
8 2 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.38%) IOS XR
9 1 (0.38%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.03%) SQL Server
2 21 (7.98%) MySQL
3 19 (7.22%) Oracle Reports
4 18 (6.84%) Power BI
5 12 (4.56%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.66%) Big Data
7 6 (2.28%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.28%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.52%) Parquet
9 3 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.14%) Data Mart
9 3 (1.14%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.14%) Metadata
9 3 (1.14%) OLAP
9 3 (1.14%) OLTP
9 3 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.76%) KNIME
10 2 (0.76%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.76%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 12 (4.56%) JIRA
2 6 (2.28%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (1.90%) Git
4 3 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.76%) Selenium
5 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.38%) Ant
6 1 (0.38%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.38%) FitNesse
6 1 (0.38%) GitLab
6 1 (0.38%) Maven
6 1 (0.38%) TeamCity
General
1 263 (100.00%) Finance
2 65 (24.71%) Social Skills
3 55 (20.91%) Banking
4 41 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (3.04%) Front Office
6 8 (3.04%) International Banking
7 7 (2.66%) Advertising
7 7 (2.66%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.28%) Retail
9 4 (1.52%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.52%) Marketing
10 3 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Automotive
11 1 (0.38%) Back Office
11 1 (0.38%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 56 (21.29%) Developer
2 34 (12.93%) Architect
3 28 (10.65%) Project Manager
4 26 (9.89%) Analyst
5 25 (9.51%) Senior
6 19 (7.22%) Network Engineer
7 16 (6.08%) C# Developer
7 16 (6.08%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (5.32%) Senior Developer
9 13 (4.94%) SailPoint Developer
9 13 (4.94%) Support Engineer
10 12 (4.56%) Security Manager
11 11 (4.18%) Business Analyst
11 11 (4.18%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 11 (4.18%) Security Project Manager
12 10 (3.80%) Full Stack Developer
12 10 (3.80%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
13 9 (3.42%) Angular Developer
13 9 (3.42%) Full-Stack C# Developer
13 9 (3.42%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (11.03%) SailPoint
2 28 (10.65%) XML
3 25 (9.51%) HTML
4 21 (7.98%) JDBC
4 21 (7.98%) Web Services
5 20 (7.60%) LDAP
6 19 (7.22%) JSP
6 19 (7.22%) Servlets
6 19 (7.22%) SOAP
6 19 (7.22%) SPML
7 15 (5.70%) AngularJS
8 11 (4.18%) .NET
9 10 (3.80%) REST
10 8 (3.04%) React
11 7 (2.66%) JSON
11 7 (2.66%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (2.28%) Middleware
13 4 (1.52%) Apache Avro
13 4 (1.52%) CSS
13 4 (1.52%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.13%) Onboarding
2 22 (8.37%) Hedge funds
3 19 (7.22%) Management Information System
4 16 (6.08%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (3.80%) Derivative
5 10 (3.80%) Fixed Income
6 8 (3.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.28%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.28%) PKI
8 6 (2.28%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.90%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.52%) Blockchain
10 4 (1.52%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.52%) Equities
10 4 (1.52%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.52%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.14%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.13%) Windows
2 18 (6.84%) Linux
3 13 (4.94%) Windows 10
4 9 (3.42%) Unix
4 9 (3.42%) Windows 7
5 4 (1.52%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.76%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (11.41%) Project Management
2 28 (10.65%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (10.27%) Agile
4 25 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (9.51%) RBAC
4 25 (9.51%) Software Engineering
5 21 (7.98%) Customer Service
5 21 (7.98%) Project Delivery
6 20 (7.60%) Business Intelligence
6 20 (7.60%) DevOps
6 20 (7.60%) Risk Management
7 19 (7.22%) CI/CD
8 18 (6.84%) Fintech
9 17 (6.46%) Data Modelling
10 16 (6.08%) Computer Science
11 14 (5.32%) Migration
11 14 (5.32%) Requirements Gathering
12 13 (4.94%) Incident Management
12 13 (4.94%) Regulatory Compliance
12 13 (4.94%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 44 (16.73%) SQL
2 39 (14.83%) Java
3 31 (11.79%) Python
4 29 (11.03%) JavaScript
5 24 (9.13%) C#
6 15 (5.70%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.66%) Scala
8 5 (1.90%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.14%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.14%) VBA
10 2 (0.76%) Clojure
10 2 (0.76%) Go
10 2 (0.76%) Haskell
10 2 (0.76%) PHP
10 2 (0.76%) Rust
11 1 (0.38%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.38%) Bash
11 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.38%) R
11 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (7.60%) Degree
2 15 (5.70%) CISSP
3 13 (4.94%) CISA
4 11 (4.18%) CISM
5 9 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.28%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.28%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.28%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.90%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.90%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.52%) CCNP
8 4 (1.52%) PMP
9 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.76%) CCIE
10 2 (0.76%) CRISC
10 2 (0.76%) MBA
10 2 (0.76%) MCSA
10 2 (0.76%) MCSD
10 2 (0.76%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.18%) SLA
2 10 (3.80%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.04%) QA
4 5 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.52%) Basel III
5 4 (1.52%) PMO
6 3 (1.14%) NIST
7 2 (0.76%) Dodd-Frank
7 2 (0.76%) GRC
7 2 (0.76%) IFRS
7 2 (0.76%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.38%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 45 (17.11%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.22%) IAG
3 18 (6.84%) ACF2
3 18 (6.84%) RACF
4 10 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.52%) Docker
6 4 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.52%) vSphere
7 2 (0.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (4.18%) Ansible
2 7 (2.66%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.66%) Terraform
3 6 (2.28%) Puppet
3 6 (2.28%) SCCM
4 5 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.52%) Nessus
5 4 (1.52%) WSUS
6 3 (1.14%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.38%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 48 (18.25%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.55%) Oracle
3 29 (11.03%) ServiceNow
4 19 (7.22%) Sybase
5 16 (6.08%) Cisco
6 13 (4.94%) F5
7 12 (4.56%) Palo Alto
8 9 (3.42%) Fortinet
8 9 (3.42%) VMware
9 6 (2.28%) Calypso
9 6 (2.28%) CheckPoint
9 6 (2.28%) Juniper
10 5 (1.90%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.52%) Adobe
11 4 (1.52%) Avaya
11 4 (1.52%) Dell
11 4 (1.52%) Qualys
12 3 (1.14%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.14%) CyberArk
12 3 (1.14%) ForgeRock