Finance Contracts in Berkshire

Financial
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 10 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 +5
Contract jobs citing Finance 195 196 331
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 10.20% 11.24% 14.09%
As % of the General category 18.02% 18.20% 22.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 127 208
10th Percentile £200 £363 £289
25th Percentile £353 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £570 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.09% +20.00% +6.15%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £600
90th Percentile £675 £705 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 2
10th Percentile £14.50 £25.17 £48.05
25th Percentile £15.13 £30.46 £48.88
Median hourly rate £30.41 £41.03 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.87% -20.34% +101.96%
75th Percentile £61.25 £51.71 £52.88
90th Percentile £68.89 £57.06 £52.95
South East median hourly rate £26.71 £31.65 £32.50
% change year-on-year -15.62% -2.62% +30.00%

All General Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,082 1,077 1,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 56.62% 61.75% 62.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 658 863
10th Percentile £205 £325 £247
25th Percentile £328 £406 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +8.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £575
90th Percentile £663 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £493 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -1.40% +1.01% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 26 23
10th Percentile £20.04 £18.50 £17.00
25th Percentile £42.00 £21.16 £17.50
Median hourly rate £58.30 £51.88 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.39% +147.02% -0.24%
75th Percentile £68.05 £69.05 £27.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £49.00
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -24.70%

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 18 May 2024.

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 18 May 2024.

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 18 May 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
Reading -4 125 £513 -17.34% 71
Bracknell -2 34 £319 -46.88% 9
Newbury -5 7 £375 -13.29% 3
Slough +12 5 £450 +9.09% 17
Maidenhead -2 3 £415 -27.83% 5
Wokingham +1 2 £575 -42.50% 8
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 9 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.56%) SAS
3 1 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (14.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (9.74%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (2.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.59%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (3.59%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (3.08%) Unit4 Business World
3 5 (2.56%) Maximo
4 4 (2.05%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (2.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (2.05%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (1.54%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (1.54%) NetSuite
5 3 (1.54%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (1.54%) SAP CO
5 3 (1.54%) SAP FI
5 3 (1.54%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (1.03%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (1.03%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (1.03%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.51%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle AGIS
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.23%) Azure
2 16 (8.21%) Snowflake
3 14 (7.18%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 5 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (2.56%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.05%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.54%) SaaS
9 2 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.51%) AWS
10 1 (0.51%) IaaS
10 1 (0.51%) OCI
10 1 (0.51%) PaaS
10 1 (0.51%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.72%) DMZ
2 7 (3.59%) 5G
3 3 (1.54%) WAN
4 2 (1.03%) BGP
4 2 (1.03%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (1.03%) MPLS
4 2 (1.03%) SSL
5 1 (0.51%) Junos
5 1 (0.51%) LAN
5 1 (0.51%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.51%) VPN
5 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.26%) Tableau
2 14 (7.18%) Power BI
3 6 (3.08%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.56%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (1.54%) Power Query
5 3 (1.54%) PowerPivot
6 2 (1.03%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.51%) GIS
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.51%) Redis
7 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.56%) Git
2 4 (2.05%) JIRA
General
1 41 (21.03%) Telecoms
2 40 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 39 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (19.49%) Legal
5 28 (14.36%) Banking
6 18 (9.23%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (5.64%) Law
7 11 (5.64%) Marketing
8 10 (5.13%) Billing
8 10 (5.13%) Public Sector
9 8 (4.10%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (3.59%) Retail
10 7 (3.59%) Wholesale Banking
11 5 (2.56%) Electronics
11 5 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.54%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.54%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (1.03%) French Language
Job Titles
1 56 (28.72%) Analyst
2 24 (12.31%) Senior
3 22 (11.28%) Lead
4 18 (9.23%) Financial Analyst
5 17 (8.72%) Network Engineer
5 17 (8.72%) Senior Network Engineer
6 15 (7.69%) Developer
7 14 (7.18%) Project Manager
8 13 (6.67%) Data Analyst
8 13 (6.67%) Telecoms Manager
9 11 (5.64%) Consultant
10 9 (4.62%) Operations Manager
11 8 (4.10%) Coordinator
12 7 (3.59%) Finance Manager
12 7 (3.59%) Functional Consultant
12 7 (3.59%) Oracle Consultant
12 7 (3.59%) Oracle Functional Consultant
12 7 (3.59%) Programme Manager
13 6 (3.08%) Lead Data Analyst
13 6 (3.08%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.56%) React
2 1 (0.51%) .NET
2 1 (0.51%) ADO
2 1 (0.51%) Angular 2
2 1 (0.51%) Jest
2 1 (0.51%) MDX
2 1 (0.51%) NgRx
2 1 (0.51%) OAuth
2 1 (0.51%) OpenID
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.51%) REST
2 1 (0.51%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.21%) Credit Risk
2 12 (6.15%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (3.59%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.56%) PMI
5 3 (1.54%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.03%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.03%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.51%) IoT
7 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.51%) Life Science
7 1 (0.51%) NHS
7 1 (0.51%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.51%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Linux
1 1 (0.51%) Windows
1 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
1 34 (17.44%) Project Management
2 28 (14.36%) Migration
3 26 (13.33%) Analytics
3 26 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (10.26%) Decision-Making
5 19 (9.74%) Dashboard Development
5 19 (9.74%) Project Delivery
5 19 (9.74%) Roadmaps
6 18 (9.23%) Agile
6 18 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (8.72%) B2B
7 17 (8.72%) DevOps
7 17 (8.72%) ERP
7 17 (8.72%) Procure-to-Pay
8 16 (8.21%) Actionable Insight
8 16 (8.21%) Change Management
9 15 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (7.18%) Logistics
11 13 (6.67%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.15%) SQL
2 5 (2.56%) Python
3 2 (1.03%) C#
3 2 (1.03%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 36 (18.46%) Degree
2 18 (9.23%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (6.15%) ACCA
4 11 (5.64%) ICAEW
5 9 (4.62%) CIMA
5 9 (4.62%) PMI Certification
6 7 (3.59%) Security Cleared
7 6 (3.08%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.56%) PMP
8 5 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.03%) PgMP
10 1 (0.51%) CCNA
10 1 (0.51%) CCNP
10 1 (0.51%) CIPFA
10 1 (0.51%) CPIM
10 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.51%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.51%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.69%) PMO
2 9 (4.62%) GAAP
2 9 (4.62%) IFRS
2 9 (4.62%) QA
3 5 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.54%) GDPR
6 2 (1.03%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.03%) ITGC
7 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.03%) Endace
2 1 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.26%) Cisco
3 18 (9.23%) Alteryx
3 18 (9.23%) CheckPoint
4 17 (8.72%) Arista
5 14 (7.18%) Oracle
6 11 (5.64%) SAP
7 7 (3.59%) MicroStrategy
8 6 (3.08%) IFS
9 5 (2.56%) Reuters
10 4 (2.05%) Concur
11 3 (1.54%) Juniper
11 3 (1.54%) OpenText
11 3 (1.54%) Workday
12 2 (1.03%) Ceridian
12 2 (1.03%) F5
12 2 (1.03%) Salesforce
12 2 (1.03%) ServiceNow
13 1 (0.51%) Arqiva
13 1 (0.51%) JD Edwards