Finance Contracts in Berkshire

Financial
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 14 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing Finance 157 194 216
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 13.38% 9.78% 11.94%
As % of the General category 21.24% 17.21% 19.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 94 140
10th Percentile £363 £219 £363
25th Percentile £500 £329 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year +17.07% -10.87% +21.05%
75th Percentile £700 £597 £676
90th Percentile - £675 £713
South East median daily rate £517 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.95% -3.33% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 2
10th Percentile £27.18 £23.50 £25.17
25th Percentile £38.08 £31.88 £30.46
Median hourly rate £57.50 £51.25 £41.03
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% +24.92% -20.34%
75th Percentile £72.90 £68.44 £51.71
90th Percentile £81.39 £69.47 £57.06
South East median hourly rate £63.75 £26.73 £40.00
% change year-on-year +138.50% -33.18% +23.08%

All General Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 739 1,127 1,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 63.00% 56.80% 62.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 551 708
10th Percentile £300 £205 £325
25th Percentile £413 £325 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £632 £589 £631
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 87 27
10th Percentile £19.91 £22.75 £19.10
25th Percentile £30.25 £42.50 £22.33
Median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +161.59%
75th Percentile £65.62 £69.47 £68.11
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Berkshire

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Berkshire

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Berkshire

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Berkshire

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Berkshire

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +8 97 £631 +23.17% 98
Bracknell +6 19 £375 -9.09% 7
Windsor - 11 £500 - 7
Wokingham -5 7 £451 -21.65% 5
Slough -7 4 £563 +25.00% 30
Finance
South East

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 5 (3.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (7.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (6.37%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (6.37%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (2.55%) Maximo
3 4 (2.55%) Oracle ASCP
3 4 (2.55%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.91%) Oracle Retail
4 3 (1.91%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.91%) SAP GRC
4 3 (1.91%) SAP MDG
5 2 (1.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (1.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (1.27%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.64%) Primavera
6 1 (0.64%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.64%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.64%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.64%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 23 (14.65%) Azure
2 12 (7.64%) AWS
3 11 (7.01%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (5.73%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.55%) GitHub
5 4 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.27%) Azure AKS
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.27%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.27%) GCP
7 2 (1.27%) PaaS
7 2 (1.27%) SaaS
7 2 (1.27%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.64%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.64%) OCI
8 1 (0.64%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.64%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.91%) Network Security
2 2 (1.27%) iSCSI
2 2 (1.27%) NGFW
2 2 (1.27%) SSL
2 2 (1.27%) Wireless
3 1 (0.64%) Broadband
3 1 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.64%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.64%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.64%) Junos
3 1 (0.64%) LAN
3 1 (0.64%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.82%) Power BI
2 5 (3.18%) Big Data
3 2 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.27%) Tableau
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (6.37%) Git
2 5 (3.18%) Jenkins
2 5 (3.18%) Selenium
3 3 (1.91%) JIRA
3 3 (1.91%) Postman
3 3 (1.91%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.27%) ERwin
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.64%) WebDriver
General
1 54 (34.39%) Telecoms
2 42 (26.75%) Marketing
3 39 (24.84%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (24.84%) Manufacturing
3 39 (24.84%) Social Skills
4 38 (24.20%) Public Sector
5 35 (22.29%) Electronics
6 11 (7.01%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (6.37%) Retail
8 9 (5.73%) Legal
9 6 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.55%) Agriculture
10 4 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.91%) Automotive
11 3 (1.91%) Billing
11 3 (1.91%) Local Government
12 2 (1.27%) Banking
12 2 (1.27%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 29 (18.47%) Architect
2 21 (13.38%) Active Directory Architect
3 19 (12.10%) Consultant
4 16 (10.19%) Project Manager
5 15 (9.55%) Analyst
6 11 (7.01%) Functional Consultant
7 10 (6.37%) Oracle Consultant
7 10 (6.37%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 8 (5.10%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (5.10%) Senior
9 7 (4.46%) Administrator
10 6 (3.82%) Finance Manager
10 6 (3.82%) Lead
11 5 (3.18%) Business Analyst
11 5 (3.18%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 5 (3.18%) HR Manager
11 5 (3.18%) IT Manager
11 5 (3.18%) IT Operations Manager
11 5 (3.18%) Operations Manager
11 5 (3.18%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.91%) ADO
1 3 (1.91%) Gherkin
1 3 (1.91%) PySpark
1 3 (1.91%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.27%) .NET
2 2 (1.27%) SAML
2 2 (1.27%) YAML
3 1 (0.64%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.64%) CSS
3 1 (0.64%) HTML
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.46%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.55%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.91%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.91%) Life Science
5 2 (1.27%) Cyberattack
5 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.27%) PMI
5 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.27%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.64%) CMDB
6 1 (0.64%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 32 (20.38%) Windows
2 7 (4.46%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.18%) Linux
3 5 (3.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (25.48%) Business Intelligence
1 40 (25.48%) Programme Management
2 38 (24.20%) Agile
3 35 (22.29%) Digital Marketing
4 30 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (15.92%) Project Management
5 25 (15.92%) Test Automation
6 24 (15.29%) Identity Access Management
6 24 (15.29%) Project Delivery
7 20 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (9.55%) DevOps
9 13 (8.28%) Change Management
10 11 (7.01%) Migration
10 11 (7.01%) PRINCE2
11 10 (6.37%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 9 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (5.10%) Budgeting
13 8 (5.10%) Customer Experience
13 8 (5.10%) ERP
13 8 (5.10%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 30 (19.11%) PowerShell
2 10 (6.37%) Python
3 6 (3.82%) SQL
4 4 (2.55%) Bash
5 2 (1.27%) Bicep
5 2 (1.27%) C#
6 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.64%) VB
6 1 (0.64%) X++
Qualifications
1 38 (24.20%) Security Cleared
2 28 (17.83%) DV Cleared
3 11 (7.01%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.37%) ACCA
4 10 (6.37%) Degree
5 7 (4.46%) CIMA
5 7 (4.46%) PMI Certification
6 5 (3.18%) PMP
7 2 (1.27%) APMP
7 2 (1.27%) CISM
7 2 (1.27%) CISSP
7 2 (1.27%) ISEB
7 2 (1.27%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.64%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.64%) CCAB
8 1 (0.64%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.64%) CISMP
8 1 (0.64%) ISACA
8 1 (0.64%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.73%) PMO
2 7 (4.46%) GDPR
3 6 (3.82%) QA
4 4 (2.55%) IFRS
5 3 (1.91%) GRC
6 2 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.27%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.27%) P3O
7 1 (0.64%) COBIT
7 1 (0.64%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.64%) NIST
7 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (15.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.27%) NFS
3 2 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (3.82%) Ansible
2 5 (3.18%) Terraform
3 2 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.27%) vRealize
3 2 (1.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (0.64%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 53 (33.76%) SAP
2 20 (12.74%) Oracle
3 19 (12.10%) Microsoft
4 10 (6.37%) Databricks
5 4 (2.55%) Dynatrace
5 4 (2.55%) IFS
5 4 (2.55%) VMware
6 3 (1.91%) Ariba
6 3 (1.91%) Splunk
7 2 (1.27%) Cisco
7 2 (1.27%) Sparx
7 2 (1.27%) Virgin Media
7 2 (1.27%) Workday
8 1 (0.64%) Adobe
8 1 (0.64%) Citrix
8 1 (0.64%) Dell
8 1 (0.64%) Ericsson
8 1 (0.64%) HP
8 1 (0.64%) IBM
8 1 (0.64%) Juniper