Finance Contracts in the South East

Financial
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Finance 677 870 1,253
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 11.77% 15.36% 16.36%
As % of the General category 23.75% 26.40% 29.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 622 900
10th Percentile £213 £213 £324
25th Percentile £363 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £613 £655 £615
90th Percentile £725 £755 £676
England median daily rate £588 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.08% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 14 9
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.99 £13.67
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £15.80
Median hourly rate £26.68 £49.38 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.96% +51.92% +35.42%
75th Percentile £68.75 £71.56 -
90th Percentile £72.11 £75.00 £58.35
England median hourly rate £28.00 £27.98 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.07% -20.06% +70.73%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,850 3,296 4,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 49.54% 58.20% 55.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,560 2,221 2,825
10th Percentile £213 £236 £225
25th Percentile £359 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% - +5.82%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £721 £663
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 156 211
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.24 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.32 £25.71 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.96% +161.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61.60 £64.72 £33.81
90th Percentile £70.39 £74.50 £52.50
England median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the South East

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Finance in the South East

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the South East

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the South East

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the South East

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Thames Valley -6 307 £475 -6.86% 263
Berkshire -1 213 £500 -9.09% 113
Hampshire -2 131 £575 - 156
Surrey +1 118 £513 -10.09% 108
Buckinghamshire -2 74 £475 +2.70% 85
West Sussex +2 49 £500 +3.20% 31
Kent 0 40 £488 +47.73% 66
Oxfordshire +4 20 £450 -13.04% 65
East Sussex -1 7 £400 -21.95% 53
Sussex - 4 £463 - 1
Middlesex -2 1 - - 7
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (2.07%) SAS
2 11 (1.62%) Confluence
2 11 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.30%) CICS
6 1 (0.15%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 44 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.03%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.44%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.36%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.03%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (1.03%) SAP Hybris
4 5 (0.74%) Maximo
4 5 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.74%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.74%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.59%) Infor SunSystems
5 4 (0.59%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.59%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.44%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.44%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.15%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 57 (8.42%) Azure
2 55 (8.12%) Power Platform
3 26 (3.84%) AWS
4 22 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (2.66%) Snowflake
7 15 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (1.48%) Power Automate
8 10 (1.48%) SaaS
9 8 (1.18%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 7 (1.03%) PowerApps
11 6 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (0.74%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (0.59%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (0.59%) iPaaS
13 4 (0.59%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.02%) WAN
2 26 (3.84%) DMZ
3 24 (3.55%) BGP
3 24 (3.55%) Cisco Firepower
3 24 (3.55%) MPLS
3 24 (3.55%) SSL
4 23 (3.40%) Firewall
5 11 (1.62%) LAN
6 10 (1.48%) VPN
7 9 (1.33%) Wireless
8 7 (1.03%) 5G
8 7 (1.03%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.89%) VLAN
10 4 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.59%) Internet
10 4 (0.59%) Network Security
11 3 (0.44%) Junos
11 3 (0.44%) NX-OS
11 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (6.94%) Power BI
2 26 (3.84%) Tableau
3 13 (1.92%) Data Lake
4 11 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.33%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.18%) Electronic Patient Records
6 8 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.89%) Big Data
7 6 (0.89%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (0.74%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (0.74%) Power Query
9 4 (0.59%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.59%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.59%) Impala
9 4 (0.59%) MS Access
9 4 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 28 (4.14%) JIRA
2 9 (1.33%) Git
3 7 (1.03%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.30%) Maven
5 2 (0.30%) MSI
5 2 (0.30%) Selenium
5 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.15%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.15%) JUnit
6 1 (0.15%) MLflow
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.15%) TestNG
6 1 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 130 (19.20%) Social Skills
2 100 (14.77%) Telecoms
3 94 (13.88%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (11.23%) Marketing
5 74 (10.93%) Manufacturing
6 71 (10.49%) Public Sector
7 70 (10.34%) Banking
7 70 (10.34%) Legal
8 51 (7.53%) Electronics
9 40 (5.91%) Retail
10 30 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.66%) Billing
11 18 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.77%) Law
13 11 (1.62%) Local Government
14 10 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.33%) Automotive
16 8 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.18%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 136 (20.09%) Analyst
2 90 (13.29%) Project Manager
3 83 (12.26%) Senior
4 60 (8.86%) Lead
5 55 (8.12%) Developer
6 54 (7.98%) Architect
7 39 (5.76%) Network Engineer
8 37 (5.47%) Consultant
9 32 (4.73%) Data Analyst
10 27 (3.99%) Financial Analyst
10 27 (3.99%) Network Architect
11 26 (3.84%) Senior Network Engineer
12 25 (3.69%) Business Analyst
13 20 (2.95%) Senior Manager
14 19 (2.81%) SAP Consultant
14 19 (2.81%) Support Engineer
15 17 (2.51%) Senior Project Manager
16 16 (2.36%) IT Manager
17 15 (2.22%) Coordinator
18 13 (1.92%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.18%) ADO
2 8 (1.18%) Spring
3 7 (1.03%) Kafka
4 6 (0.89%) .NET
4 6 (0.89%) JSON
4 6 (0.89%) XML
5 4 (0.59%) React
5 4 (0.59%) REST
5 4 (0.59%) RESTful
6 3 (0.44%) Web Services
7 2 (0.30%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.30%) Blazor
7 2 (0.30%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.30%) Middleware
7 2 (0.30%) Node.js
7 2 (0.30%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.15%) Playwright
8 1 (0.15%) RxJS
8 1 (0.15%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.87%) NHS
2 28 (4.14%) Credit Risk
3 23 (3.40%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.51%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.07%) Data Centre
6 9 (1.33%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.18%) LIMS
7 8 (1.18%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.89%) Derivative
10 5 (0.74%) CMDB
10 5 (0.74%) Mainframe
10 5 (0.74%) PMI
11 4 (0.59%) e-Health
11 4 (0.59%) iSeries
11 4 (0.59%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.44%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.35%) Windows
2 18 (2.66%) Windows 10
3 17 (2.51%) Linux
3 17 (2.51%) Unix
4 4 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.44%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (16.69%) Project Management
2 100 (14.77%) Business Intelligence
3 98 (14.48%) Agile
4 78 (11.52%) Migration
5 77 (11.37%) Programme Management
6 76 (11.23%) Problem-Solving
7 72 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 67 (9.90%) ERP
9 66 (9.75%) Project Delivery
10 58 (8.57%) Analytics
11 54 (7.98%) Digital Marketing
12 46 (6.79%) Continuous Improvement
13 44 (6.50%) DevOps
14 41 (6.06%) Decision-Making
15 38 (5.61%) Customer Requirements
15 38 (5.61%) PRINCE2
16 37 (5.47%) Change Management
17 36 (5.32%) ITIL
18 35 (5.17%) Roadmaps
19 32 (4.73%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 45 (6.65%) SQL
2 32 (4.73%) Python
3 13 (1.92%) Java
4 12 (1.77%) C#
5 10 (1.48%) PowerShell
6 8 (1.18%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.89%) ABAP
8 5 (0.74%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.74%) R
8 5 (0.74%) X++
9 3 (0.44%) C
9 3 (0.44%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.44%) VBScript
10 2 (0.30%) COBOL
10 2 (0.30%) Scala
10 2 (0.30%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.15%) CLIST
11 1 (0.15%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.15%) Perl
11 1 (0.15%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 77 (11.37%) Degree
2 76 (11.23%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.02%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (3.99%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.84%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.10%) ACCA
7 18 (2.66%) CIMA
8 13 (1.92%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.77%) ICAEW
10 11 (1.62%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.62%) PMP
10 11 (1.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 9 (1.33%) CCNP
12 7 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.74%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.59%) APMP
15 4 (0.59%) CCNA
15 4 (0.59%) CPIM
16 3 (0.44%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.61%) PMO
2 24 (3.55%) QA
3 18 (2.66%) IFRS
4 17 (2.51%) SLA
5 9 (1.33%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.33%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.33%) GAAP
6 8 (1.18%) HL7
6 8 (1.18%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.74%) GDPR
7 5 (0.74%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.59%) IFRS 9
9 3 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.30%) ITGC
10 2 (0.30%) P3O
11 1 (0.15%) COBIT
11 1 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.89%) vSphere
4 4 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.30%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (3.55%) Endace
2 8 (1.18%) Nessus
3 7 (1.03%) SCCM
3 7 (1.03%) Terraform
4 6 (0.89%) WSUS
5 5 (0.74%) Ansible
6 4 (0.59%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.44%) AirWatch
7 3 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
7 3 (0.44%) IBM BigFix
7 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.44%) Netcool
7 3 (0.44%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.30%) Control-M
8 2 (0.30%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.30%) Rundeck
8 2 (0.30%) vRealize
8 2 (0.30%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 2 (0.30%) WMI
Vendors
1 123 (18.17%) SAP
2 77 (11.37%) Microsoft
3 66 (9.75%) Cisco
4 36 (5.32%) Oracle
5 30 (4.43%) F5
6 29 (4.28%) CheckPoint
6 29 (4.28%) Juniper
7 25 (3.69%) Arista
8 22 (3.25%) Alteryx
9 20 (2.95%) IFS
10 17 (2.51%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.48%) IBM
11 10 (1.48%) VMware
12 8 (1.18%) Apple
12 8 (1.18%) Concur
13 7 (1.03%) MicroStrategy
13 7 (1.03%) Sun
14 6 (0.89%) Adobe
14 6 (0.89%) Dynatrace
14 6 (0.89%) Qualys