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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 294 390
Rank change year-on-year -19 +96 +95
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 280 514 585
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 0.90% 0.67%
As % of the General category 1.13% 1.54% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 408 312
10th Percentile £324 £450 £313
25th Percentile £510 £500 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.27%
75th Percentile £712 £728 £738
90th Percentile £775 £825 £811
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £450
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -12.20%

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 24,707 33,460 49,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.06% 58.60% 56.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,592 23,193 34,217
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,917 1,020 1,414
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £17.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.60 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -10.72% +49.68% -0.22%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.43
90th Percentile £66.25 £72.55 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.59% +52.63% -4.76%

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 15 May 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 15 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
England -36 254 £604 +0.63% 168
London +8 218 £625 +4.17% 132
Work from Home +83 110 £625 +4.17% 67
UK excluding London -36 38 £525 - 37
Scotland +48 12 £750 +31.87% 3
North of England -9 9 £525 +1.94% 8
North West +9 8 £525 -2.33% 3
South East +4 8 £255 -51.43% 9
South West +19 5 £450 -14.29% 9
East of England +9 2 £655 +25.96% 2
Midlands -9 2 £300 -40.00% 3
West Midlands -17 2 £300 -40.00% 3
Yorkshire 0 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 9 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.71%) Confluence
2 2 (0.71%) IBM Domino
2 2 (0.71%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 21 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.36%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (7.86%) Loan IQ
2 8 (2.86%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (1.43%) Actimize
4 2 (0.71%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.71%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 47 (16.79%) Azure
2 22 (7.86%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (7.14%) GitHub
4 18 (6.43%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.36%) AWS
6 12 (4.29%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.21%) Power Automate
7 9 (3.21%) PowerApps
8 7 (2.50%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (1.43%) Collibra
10 3 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.07%) GCP
10 3 (1.07%) IaaS
10 3 (1.07%) PaaS
10 3 (1.07%) SaaS
11 2 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.36%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.36%) Firewall
2 11 (3.93%) Wireless
3 10 (3.57%) Internet
3 10 (3.57%) VPN
4 8 (2.86%) BGP
4 8 (2.86%) MPLS
4 8 (2.86%) Multicast
4 8 (2.86%) Network Security
4 8 (2.86%) OSPF
5 6 (2.14%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (2.14%) EIGRP
5 6 (2.14%) LAN
5 6 (2.14%) WAN
6 4 (1.43%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.71%) DNS
8 2 (0.71%) NAS
8 2 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.71%) SMTP
8 2 (0.71%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.36%) SQL Server
2 20 (7.14%) MySQL
3 19 (6.79%) Oracle Reports
4 18 (6.43%) Power BI
5 9 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.50%) Big Data
7 5 (1.79%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.79%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.43%) Parquet
8 4 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.07%) Data Mart
9 3 (1.07%) Metadata
9 3 (1.07%) OLAP
9 3 (1.07%) OLTP
10 2 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.71%) Oracle Exadata
11 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (3.93%) JIRA
2 6 (2.14%) Git
3 4 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.07%) GitLab
4 3 (1.07%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.36%) Selenium
6 1 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 280 (100.00%) Finance
2 77 (27.50%) Social Skills
3 63 (22.50%) Banking
4 41 (14.64%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.57%) Investment Banking
6 10 (3.57%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.21%) Front Office
8 8 (2.86%) International Banking
9 6 (2.14%) Advertising
10 4 (1.43%) Retail
11 3 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.07%) Marketing
12 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.71%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.36%) Automotive
13 1 (0.36%) Back Office
13 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (22.50%) Developer
2 38 (13.57%) Architect
3 34 (12.14%) Project Manager
4 29 (10.36%) Analyst
4 29 (10.36%) Senior
5 17 (6.07%) Solutions Architect
6 16 (5.71%) Business Analyst
6 16 (5.71%) C# Developer
7 14 (5.00%) Senior Developer
8 13 (4.64%) Network Engineer
8 13 (4.64%) SailPoint Developer
8 13 (4.64%) Security Manager
9 12 (4.29%) Security Project Manager
10 11 (3.93%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 11 (3.93%) Full Stack Developer
10 11 (3.93%) Java Developer
10 11 (3.93%) Security Architect
10 11 (3.93%) Support Engineer
11 10 (3.57%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
12 9 (3.21%) CISSP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.36%) SailPoint
2 28 (10.00%) XML
3 24 (8.57%) HTML
4 21 (7.50%) JDBC
4 21 (7.50%) Web Services
5 20 (7.14%) LDAP
6 19 (6.79%) JSP
6 19 (6.79%) Servlets
6 19 (6.79%) SOAP
6 19 (6.79%) SPML
7 14 (5.00%) AngularJS
8 11 (3.93%) .NET
9 10 (3.57%) React
9 10 (3.57%) REST
10 8 (2.86%) Apache Camel
11 7 (2.50%) JSON
11 7 (2.50%) Microsoft Graph
12 5 (1.79%) Middleware
12 5 (1.79%) Node.js
13 4 (1.43%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.57%) Onboarding
2 21 (7.50%) Hedge funds
3 19 (6.79%) Management Information System
4 16 (5.71%) Fixed Income
5 14 (5.00%) Derivative
6 13 (4.64%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (2.86%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.50%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.14%) PKI
9 6 (2.14%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 4 (1.43%) Blockchain
11 4 (1.43%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.43%) Equities
11 4 (1.43%) Operational Technology
12 3 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (1.07%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.86%) Windows
2 28 (10.00%) Linux
3 14 (5.00%) Windows 10
4 10 (3.57%) Windows 7
5 9 (3.21%) Unix
6 4 (1.43%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (13.57%) Agile
2 35 (12.50%) Project Management
3 34 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (10.36%) CI/CD
5 29 (10.36%) Project Delivery
6 28 (10.00%) Software Engineering
7 27 (9.64%) Migration
8 25 (8.93%) RBAC
9 23 (8.21%) Risk Management
10 22 (7.86%) Data Modelling
11 20 (7.14%) Computer Science
11 20 (7.14%) Data Migration
12 19 (6.79%) Customer Service
12 19 (6.79%) Fintech
13 18 (6.43%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (6.07%) Waterfall
15 16 (5.71%) DevOps
16 15 (5.36%) Change Control
16 15 (5.36%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 49 (17.50%) Java
2 47 (16.79%) SQL
3 29 (10.36%) JavaScript
4 28 (10.00%) Python
5 26 (9.29%) C#
6 13 (4.64%) PowerShell
7 9 (3.21%) Scala
8 7 (2.50%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.43%) Clojure
9 4 (1.43%) Haskell
9 4 (1.43%) Rust
10 2 (0.71%) C++
10 2 (0.71%) Go
10 2 (0.71%) PHP
10 2 (0.71%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.36%) Bash
11 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (8.57%) Degree
2 18 (6.43%) CISSP
3 14 (5.00%) CISM
4 12 (4.29%) CISA
5 10 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.86%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.14%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.79%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.79%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.43%) APMP
9 4 (1.43%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (1.43%) PMP
10 3 (1.07%) CCNP
10 3 (1.07%) MBA
10 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.07%) PhD
11 2 (0.71%) CCIE
11 2 (0.71%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.29%) SLA
2 9 (3.21%) PMO
3 8 (2.86%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.50%) QA
5 6 (2.14%) NIST
6 5 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.43%) Basel III
8 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.71%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.71%) GRC
8 2 (0.71%) IFRS
8 2 (0.71%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.71%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.36%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 43 (15.36%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.79%) IAG
3 18 (6.43%) ACF2
3 18 (6.43%) RACF
4 10 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.07%) Docker
5 3 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (3.93%) Ansible
2 9 (3.21%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.21%) Terraform
3 5 (1.79%) SCCM
3 5 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.43%) Puppet
5 3 (1.07%) PingFederate
5 3 (1.07%) WSUS
6 2 (0.71%) Nessus
7 1 (0.36%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 51 (18.21%) Microsoft
2 31 (11.07%) Oracle
3 30 (10.71%) ServiceNow
4 19 (6.79%) Sybase
5 15 (5.36%) Cisco
6 12 (4.29%) IBM
7 10 (3.57%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.86%) F5
9 7 (2.50%) Fortinet
9 7 (2.50%) VMware
10 6 (2.14%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.79%) Calypso
12 4 (1.43%) Dell
12 4 (1.43%) Juniper
12 4 (1.43%) Qualys
13 3 (1.07%) Adobe
13 3 (1.07%) CyberArk
13 3 (1.07%) ForgeRock
13 3 (1.07%) HP
13 3 (1.07%) Murex