Finance Contracts in Somerset

Financial
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 12 14
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 -9
Contract jobs citing Finance 26 16 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 11.45% 8.94% 10.40%
As % of the General category 21.49% 17.20% 18.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 15 20
10th Percentile £220 £304 £162
25th Percentile £406 £397 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.05% +23.53% -12.82%
75th Percentile £597 £573 £546
90th Percentile £611 £640 £631
South West median daily rate £539 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.35% +9.52% +5.00%

All General Skills
Somerset

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 121 93 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 53.30% 51.96% 55.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 80 85
10th Percentile £205 £188 £174
25th Percentile £390 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £445
Median % change year-on-year - +12.36% -6.32%
75th Percentile £588 £661 £538
90th Percentile £606 £723 £633
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 5 6
10th Percentile £12.50 £33.75 £50.88
25th Percentile - £37.50 £52.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% -26.61% +23.86%
75th Percentile £40.00 £50.00 £57.89
90th Percentile £41.60 £56.08 £61.09
South West median hourly rate £45.00 £57.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year -21.74% +36.90% -1.75%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Somerset

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Somerset

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Somerset over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Somerset

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Somerset

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 13 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
Bath +7 9 £575 +50.33% 14
Taunton +11 7 £600 +14.29% 2
Bridgwater -3 6 £530 -3.20% 7
Street -2 3 £200 -60.98% 32
Finance
South West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (7.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) SAP CO
1 1 (3.85%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.85%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) AWS
1 1 (3.85%) Azure
1 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) LAN
1 1 (3.85%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) Data Vault
2 1 (3.85%) Power BI
General
1 12 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Public Sector
4 4 (15.38%) Legal
5 3 (11.54%) Banking
5 3 (11.54%) Electronics
5 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
5 3 (11.54%) Marketing
5 3 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
6 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.85%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Administrator
2 3 (11.54%) Analyst
2 3 (11.54%) Architect
2 3 (11.54%) Business Architect
2 3 (11.54%) Compliance Analyst
2 3 (11.54%) Compliance Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Data Administrator
2 3 (11.54%) Data Analyst
2 3 (11.54%) Data Compliance Analyst
2 3 (11.54%) Governance Manager
2 3 (11.54%) IT Governance Manager
2 3 (11.54%) IT Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Lead
2 3 (11.54%) Market Analyst
2 3 (11.54%) Market Data Administrator
2 3 (11.54%) Market Data Analyst
2 3 (11.54%) Market Data Support Analyst
2 3 (11.54%) Salesforce Administrator
2 3 (11.54%) Support Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) Risk Officer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.54%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.85%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (26.92%) Project Management
2 6 (23.08%) Agile
3 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (19.23%) Programme Management
3 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
3 5 (19.23%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (15.38%) Application Security
4 4 (15.38%) Asset Management
4 4 (15.38%) Business Case
4 4 (15.38%) Data Management
4 4 (15.38%) Fintech
4 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (15.38%) Scrum
5 3 (11.54%) Business Process Analysis
5 3 (11.54%) Conflict Management
5 3 (11.54%) DevOps
5 3 (11.54%) Internal Audit
5 3 (11.54%) Scorecard
5 3 (11.54%) Software Asset Management
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.85%) MRICS
3 1 (3.85%) SAP Certification
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (11.54%) GDPR
2 3 (11.54%) QA
3 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) NEBOSH
3 1 (3.85%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
1 5 (19.23%) SAP
2 3 (11.54%) Bloomberg
2 3 (11.54%) Refinitiv
2 3 (11.54%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.85%) VMware