Finance Contracts in Preston

Financial
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs citing Finance 9 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 16.98% - 5.21%
As % of the General category 19.57% - 8.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £511
25th Percentile £350 - £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £563
Median % change year-on-year - - +34.49%
75th Percentile £740 - £603
90th Percentile £746 - £624
Lancashire median daily rate £425 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +10.77%
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
Lancashire median hourly rate £11.77 - £24.44
% change year-on-year - - -38.91%

All General Skills
Preston

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 Preston with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 46 28 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 86.79% 35.90% 59.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 16
10th Percentile £274 - £166
25th Percentile £375 £363 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £469 £340
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% +37.87% -15.00%
75th Percentile £748 £703 £486
90th Percentile £924 £850 £519
Lancashire median daily rate £519 £550 £486
% change year-on-year -5.68% +13.29% +21.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 8 30
10th Percentile £11.77 £40.83 £13.48
25th Percentile - £44.13 £17.59
Median hourly rate £16.06 £50.85 £40.54
Median % change year-on-year -68.42% +25.43% +88.56%
75th Percentile - £54.11 £44.03
90th Percentile £46.18 £59.49 £52.58
Lancashire median hourly rate £16.06 £49.57 £40.54
% change year-on-year -67.60% +22.27% +14.20%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Preston

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Preston

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Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Preston over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Preston

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Preston

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Administrator
1 4 (44.44%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Data Entry
2 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
2 4 (44.44%) Mathematics
2 4 (44.44%) Validation
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (22.22%) DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) ITSM
4 2 (22.22%) Line Management
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Governance
4 2 (22.22%) Service Management
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Identification
4 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cadence
2 1 (11.11%) Blue Prism