Finance Contracts in Lancashire

Financial
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 24 22
Rank change year-on-year +20 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 29 11 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 14.95% 4.55% 7.36%
As % of the General category 23.02% 9.09% 11.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 5 13
10th Percentile £313 £420 £331
25th Percentile £350 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +10.77%
75th Percentile £649 £540 £513
90th Percentile £757 £561 £624
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.24
25th Percentile - - £18.23
Median hourly rate £11.77 - £24.44
75th Percentile - - £30.61
90th Percentile - - £33.58
North West median hourly rate £16.05 £30.76 £14.50
% change year-on-year -47.83% +112.10% -18.99%

All General Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 126 121 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 64.95% 50.00% 61.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 84 93
10th Percentile £313 £354 £230
25th Percentile £413 £456 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £487
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +13.05% +21.63%
75th Percentile £714 £675 £604
90th Percentile £781 £734 £712
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 10 38
10th Percentile £14.35 £19.11 £13.68
25th Percentile - £39.81 £16.50
Median hourly rate £16.06 £47.79 £40.54
Median % change year-on-year -66.39% +17.87% +39.79%
75th Percentile £35.23 £53.26 £46.21
90th Percentile £46.18 £57.43 £72.70
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £26.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -31.85% +30.00% -11.11%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Lancashire

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Lancashire

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Lancashire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Lancashire

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Lancashire

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Blackburn +7 10 £425 - 8
Preston - 9 £450 - 19
Blackpool +12 3 - - 2
Finance
North West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (31.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (24.14%) SAP FI
3 2 (6.90%) SAP SD
4 1 (3.45%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (3.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Legal
3 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Consultant
2 8 (27.59%) Project Manager
2 8 (27.59%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (24.14%) SAP FI Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) Administrator
4 4 (13.79%) Programme Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (10.34%) Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Functional Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Senior
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 1 (3.45%) IT Manager
7 1 (3.45%) IT Programme Manager
7 1 (3.45%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 1 (3.45%) SOX Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.34%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (41.38%) Project Management
3 9 (31.03%) Agile
4 8 (27.59%) Waterfall
5 7 (24.14%) Asset Management
5 7 (24.14%) Data Protection
5 7 (24.14%) Investment Management
5 7 (24.14%) PRINCE2
6 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (17.24%) Migration
7 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (13.79%) Data Entry
7 4 (13.79%) DevOps
7 4 (13.79%) Information Security
7 4 (13.79%) ITSM
7 4 (13.79%) Mathematics
7 4 (13.79%) People Management
7 4 (13.79%) Performance Management
7 4 (13.79%) Service Management
7 4 (13.79%) Validation
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) SAP
2 4 (13.79%) Cadence
3 1 (3.45%) Blue Prism
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft