Finance Contracts in London

Financial
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 4,739 7,516 10,743
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 26.85% 29.74% 27.55%
As % of the General category 42.87% 46.90% 45.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,516 5,574 7,628
10th Percentile £400 £419 £415
25th Percentile £500 £513 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £604 £630 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% +5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £713
90th Percentile £850 £848 £800
England median daily rate £592 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -1.38% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 39 62
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.70 £23.53
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.24 £34.36
Median hourly rate £25.71 £25.71 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - -42.22% +78.00%
75th Percentile £31.72 £26.61 £49.25
90th Percentile £58.75 £42.95 £50.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £27.98 £35.00
% change year-on-year -1.72% -20.06% +69.70%

All General Skills
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 London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,054 16,027 23,753
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.63% 63.42% 60.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,887 11,681 17,263
10th Percentile £335 £375 £387
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 201 281
10th Percentile £15.95 £16.13 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.00 £25.68
Median hourly rate £30.14 £30.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -15.49% +22.41%
75th Percentile £47.81 £52.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £66.20 £70.00 £64.75
England median hourly rate £31.25 £31.00 £21.63
% change year-on-year +0.81% +43.35% +2.73%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in London

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in London

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in London

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in London

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in London

Finance
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London 0 707 £600 -8.40% 318
East London 0 88 £585 +0.43% 59
West London +13 31 £400 -29.20% 85
South London -10 22 £568 +8.10% 33
North London +2 3 £561 -0.22% 7
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 254 (5.36%) Apache Airflow
2 243 (5.13%) Apache
3 111 (2.34%) SharePoint
4 66 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 64 (1.35%) Confluence
6 40 (0.84%) Apache Spark
7 23 (0.49%) SAS
8 17 (0.36%) CMS
9 16 (0.34%) IIS
10 14 (0.30%) nginx
11 10 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
12 9 (0.19%) Tomcat
13 8 (0.17%) MTS
14 7 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 7 (0.15%) JBoss
15 6 (0.13%) Skype for Business
16 5 (0.11%) Headless CMS
16 5 (0.11%) MQSeries
16 5 (0.11%) WebSphere
17 4 (0.084%) Drupal
Applications
1 181 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 139 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (1.24%) MS Visio
5 41 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.23%) Sketch
8 8 (0.17%) Adobe XD
9 6 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.13%) InVision
9 6 (0.13%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.084%) InDesign
11 2 (0.042%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.042%) Adobe Captivate
11 2 (0.042%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.042%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.042%) Gliffy
11 2 (0.042%) Revit
11 2 (0.042%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 79 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (0.63%) Aladdin
3 29 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 25 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
5 24 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
6 23 (0.49%) Endur
6 23 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
7 22 (0.46%) Workday HCM
8 20 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
8 20 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
9 18 (0.38%) Distributed Ledger
9 18 (0.38%) NetSuite
10 17 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
10 17 (0.36%) SimCorp Dimension
11 15 (0.32%) Loan IQ
11 15 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
11 15 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 15 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
12 13 (0.27%) Aligne
12 13 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 826 (17.43%) Azure
2 704 (14.86%) AWS
3 343 (7.24%) GCP
4 247 (5.21%) Power Platform
5 174 (3.67%) dbt
6 169 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
6 169 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 166 (3.50%) Snowflake
8 132 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
9 89 (1.88%) Entra ID
10 79 (1.67%) SaaS
11 77 (1.62%) WhatsApp
12 66 (1.39%) Power Automate
13 65 (1.37%) GitHub
14 58 (1.22%) PowerApps
15 57 (1.20%) PaaS
15 57 (1.20%) Serverless
16 44 (0.93%) IaaS
17 39 (0.82%) Azure Service Bus
18 36 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 143 (3.02%) Firewall
2 67 (1.41%) DNS
3 42 (0.89%) WAN
4 40 (0.84%) VPN
5 31 (0.65%) Network Security
6 30 (0.63%) LAN
7 28 (0.59%) BGP
7 28 (0.59%) OSPF
8 27 (0.57%) Wireless
9 23 (0.49%) Internet
9 23 (0.49%) SAN
10 21 (0.44%) DHCP
10 21 (0.44%) MPLS
10 21 (0.44%) SD-WAN
11 19 (0.40%) TCP/IP
12 17 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
13 16 (0.34%) SSL
14 15 (0.32%) SSH
15 14 (0.30%) HTTP
16 11 (0.23%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 227 (4.79%) Data Lake
1 227 (4.79%) Power BI
2 211 (4.45%) Apache Ignite
3 210 (4.43%) SQL Server
4 168 (3.55%) Dremio
5 166 (3.50%) Apache Arrow
6 163 (3.44%) Amazon Athena
7 115 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
8 114 (2.41%) NoSQL
9 98 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
10 78 (1.65%) Tableau
11 77 (1.62%) Relational Database
12 68 (1.43%) Big Data
12 68 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 59 (1.24%) Metadata
14 52 (1.10%) MySQL
15 50 (1.06%) Oracle Database
15 50 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 41 (0.87%) KDB
17 36 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 169 (3.57%) JIRA
2 111 (2.34%) Git
3 102 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 66 (1.39%) Cypress.io
5 55 (1.16%) GitLab
6 48 (1.01%) Cucumber
7 40 (0.84%) JUnit
8 35 (0.74%) Selenium
9 27 (0.57%) TeamCity
10 25 (0.53%) Bitbucket
11 24 (0.51%) Postman
12 20 (0.42%) Visual Studio
13 17 (0.36%) ERwin
13 17 (0.36%) JMeter
13 17 (0.36%) LoadRunner
13 17 (0.36%) Mockito
13 17 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 15 (0.32%) SpecFlow
15 14 (0.30%) Artifactory
15 14 (0.30%) Maven
General
1 1,335 (28.17%) Banking
2 1,109 (23.40%) Social Skills
3 604 (12.75%) Front Office
4 537 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
5 341 (7.20%) Investment Banking
6 248 (5.23%) Public Sector
7 205 (4.33%) Financial Institution
8 194 (4.09%) Marketing
9 155 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
10 144 (3.04%) Telecoms
11 142 (3.00%) Retail
12 135 (2.85%) Manufacturing
13 107 (2.26%) Electronics
14 94 (1.98%) Legal
15 89 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
16 83 (1.75%) Back Office
17 77 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 58 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
19 52 (1.10%) General Ledger
20 44 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 931 (19.65%) Developer
2 756 (15.95%) Analyst
3 528 (11.14%) Senior
4 436 (9.20%) Architect
5 388 (8.19%) Business Analyst
6 385 (8.12%) Project Manager
7 352 (7.43%) Lead
8 302 (6.37%) Consultant
9 266 (5.61%) Software Engineer
10 194 (4.09%) Python Developer
11 184 (3.88%) Financial Analyst
12 164 (3.46%) Java Developer
13 158 (3.33%) Python Engineer
14 153 (3.23%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 145 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
16 138 (2.91%) Senior Developer
17 134 (2.83%) Python Software Engineer
18 132 (2.79%) React Developer
19 122 (2.57%) C# Developer
20 109 (2.30%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (5.53%) React
2 245 (5.17%) gRPC
3 237 (5.00%) Protocol Buffers
4 230 (4.85%) .NET
5 176 (3.71%) Pandas
6 168 (3.55%) NumPy
7 153 (3.23%) SciPy
8 127 (2.68%) AngularJS
9 126 (2.66%) Redux
10 120 (2.53%) HTML
11 92 (1.94%) REST
12 91 (1.92%) Kafka
13 89 (1.88%) XML
14 88 (1.86%) CSS
15 86 (1.81%) Spring
16 81 (1.71%) Material-UI
17 79 (1.67%) Node.js
18 76 (1.60%) Web Services
19 61 (1.29%) FIX Protocol
20 57 (1.20%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 399 (8.42%) Derivative
2 396 (8.36%) Fixed Income
3 394 (8.31%) Hedge funds
4 304 (6.41%) Equities
5 290 (6.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 170 (3.59%) Product Ownership
7 146 (3.08%) Management Information System
8 79 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
9 78 (1.65%) Onboarding
10 67 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
11 66 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 60 (1.27%) Algorithms
13 59 (1.24%) Data Structures
14 57 (1.20%) Data Centre
15 45 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
16 42 (0.89%) Public Cloud
17 41 (0.87%) Reference Data
18 40 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
19 36 (0.76%) Market Risk
19 36 (0.76%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 291 (6.14%) Windows
2 210 (4.43%) Linux
3 161 (3.40%) Unix
4 76 (1.60%) Windows Server
5 58 (1.22%) Windows 10
6 26 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 26 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (0.51%) Android
8 22 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
9 18 (0.38%) Windows 7
10 17 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.15%) Solaris
12 7 (0.15%) VMS
13 5 (0.11%) CentOS
13 5 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
14 4 (0.084%) zOS
15 3 (0.063%) AIX
15 3 (0.063%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.063%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,154 (24.35%) Agile
2 527 (11.12%) DevOps
3 512 (10.80%) Problem-Solving
4 508 (10.72%) Software Engineering
5 490 (10.34%) Asset Management
6 399 (8.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 388 (8.19%) Project Management
8 374 (7.89%) Investment Management
8 374 (7.89%) Migration
9 356 (7.51%) Business Intelligence
10 336 (7.09%) CI/CD
11 330 (6.96%) Change Management
12 326 (6.88%) Analytics
13 266 (5.61%) Risk Management
14 237 (5.00%) Data Modelling
15 214 (4.52%) Full Stack Development
16 206 (4.35%) Roadmaps
17 202 (4.26%) Computer Science
18 200 (4.22%) Project Delivery
19 197 (4.16%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 840 (17.73%) Python
2 787 (16.61%) SQL
3 585 (12.34%) Java
4 380 (8.02%) JavaScript
5 365 (7.70%) C#
6 331 (6.98%) TypeScript
7 168 (3.55%) PowerShell
8 107 (2.26%) C++
9 65 (1.37%) Scala
10 62 (1.31%) PL/SQL
11 55 (1.16%) Shell Script
12 52 (1.10%) Go
13 48 (1.01%) T-SQL
14 44 (0.93%) VBA
15 40 (0.84%) Perl
16 39 (0.82%) Bash
16 39 (0.82%) R
17 27 (0.57%) Kotlin
18 25 (0.53%) Rust
19 24 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 458 (9.66%) Degree
2 248 (5.23%) Security Cleared
3 201 (4.24%) SC Cleared
4 114 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 73 (1.54%) CISSP
5 73 (1.54%) Master's Degree
6 58 (1.22%) CISM
7 54 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
8 45 (0.95%) PMP
9 43 (0.91%) PMI Certification
10 42 (0.89%) DV Cleared
11 36 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 35 (0.74%) CCNP
13 33 (0.70%) CISA
14 32 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
15 27 (0.57%) CCNA
15 27 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
16 24 (0.51%) PhD
17 23 (0.49%) ACCA
18 21 (0.44%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (4.07%) QA
2 166 (3.50%) Data Quality
3 119 (2.51%) PMO
4 63 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 58 (1.22%) SLA
6 56 (1.18%) GDPR
7 53 (1.12%) NIST
8 34 (0.72%) Accessibility
9 32 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 27 (0.57%) MiFID
11 24 (0.51%) GRC
12 23 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 22 (0.46%) IFRS
14 19 (0.40%) EMIR
14 19 (0.40%) SEPA
15 16 (0.34%) ISO 20022
16 13 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 11 (0.23%) GAAP
18 10 (0.21%) Dodd-Frank
18 10 (0.21%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 209 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 113 (2.38%) Docker
3 35 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
4 30 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.34%) IAG
6 13 (0.27%) ACF2
6 13 (0.27%) Firmware
6 13 (0.27%) RACF
7 5 (0.11%) HDFS
7 5 (0.11%) NFS
7 5 (0.11%) vSphere
8 4 (0.084%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.084%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.063%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.042%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 2 (0.042%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.042%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.042%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.021%) XenApp
11 1 (0.021%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 186 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 126 (2.66%) Terraform
3 97 (2.05%) Ansible
4 58 (1.22%) SCCM
5 33 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 30 (0.63%) Puppet
7 23 (0.49%) Grafana
8 22 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
9 18 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 15 (0.32%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.25%) Kibana
11 12 (0.25%) PingFederate
12 11 (0.23%) logstash
13 8 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 8 (0.17%) Netcool
14 7 (0.15%) ArcSight ESM
14 7 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
14 7 (0.15%) Packer
15 6 (0.13%) Control-M
15 6 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 564 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 353 (7.45%) Oracle
3 300 (6.33%) SAP
4 145 (3.06%) Google
5 132 (2.79%) ServiceNow
6 126 (2.66%) Cisco
7 75 (1.58%) Databricks
8 69 (1.46%) Bloomberg
9 65 (1.37%) Salesforce
10 60 (1.27%) VMware
11 54 (1.14%) Citrix
12 52 (1.10%) IBM
13 48 (1.01%) F5
14 41 (0.87%) Workday
15 37 (0.78%) CheckPoint
15 37 (0.78%) Palo Alto
15 37 (0.78%) Splunk
16 33 (0.70%) Qualys
17 32 (0.68%) Adobe
18 30 (0.63%) Fortinet