Salary Guide 2026 - Flipbook - Page 45
FINANCE
Overview of the market
The Insurance sector continues to demonstrate its robustness bucking some national downward trends in
regard to London specific hires as, since Q2 of 2025, there has been a 14% increase in Finance vacancies.
Despite general growth in some areas of Accounting/Finance, permanent hiring has held and remained quite
steady whereas the contract market has cooled somewhat with firms remaining cautious and being more
selective in the hires they make. There has been a structural shift with many Insurance organisations seemingly
having an appetite to offshore Administrative or Operational Finance roles in areas such as IBA which has been
heavily affected meaning this part of the market has become incredibly vacancy led suffering from a shortage
of talent.
Roberto Ollari
(Manager)
Roberto.Ollari@ipsgroup.co.uk
Challenges remain in the Market specifically those macro-risks ie cost-of-living and tax (employer national
insurance increases) have dampened hiring in certain spaces. Automation risk due to the increasing influence
of AI means that some traditional Insurance Finance roles could decline or be reshaped drastically.
Over the past twelve months we have seen many firms of all sizes across the London and/or Lloyd’s Market
increasingly investing in their Digital Infrastructure, specifically in areas of AI and Data Analytics. This has had a
direct effect on Finance hiring as many roles no longer seek a
