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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 12 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Finance 151 191 211
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 12.79% 11.22% 11.98%
As % of the General category 20.38% 21.48% 19.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 88 138
10th Percentile £400 £294 £363
25th Percentile £513 £400 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £517 £595
Median % change year-on-year +21.01% -13.19% +16.10%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £688
90th Percentile £745 £738 £738
South East median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.35% -3.24% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 2
10th Percentile £21.28 - £57.87
25th Percentile £23.33 £14.50 £59.36
Median hourly rate £28.50 £17.00 £63.71
Median % change year-on-year +67.65% -73.32% +4.01%
75th Percentile £31.28 £31.24 £68.03
90th Percentile £31.90 £68.04 £69.51
South East median hourly rate £53.66 £30.83 £51.88
% change year-on-year +74.06% -40.58% +112.43%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 741 889 1,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 62.74% 52.23% 60.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 435 636
10th Percentile £323 £263 £281
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £636
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 63 34
10th Percentile - £18.66 £16.96
25th Percentile £14.75 £41.50 £21.06
Median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £56.03
Median % change year-on-year -47.97% +9.94% +149.02%
75th Percentile £62.24 £72.33 £66.38
90th Percentile £88.05 £87.46 £72.23
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -67.18% +14.70% +137.53%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Berkshire

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Finance

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Berkshire

Finance
DemandTrendContract 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 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +7 91 £650 +4.00% 127
Windsor +8 14 £650 -8.32% 14
Slough -4 12 £540 +13.68% 348
Bracknell -2 11 £313 +8.70% 17
Wokingham -3 8 £700 +21.74% 6
Maidenhead 0 1 - - 20
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 11 (7.28%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.66%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 19 (12.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.66%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (9.27%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (7.95%) Oracle EBS R12
3 10 (6.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (5.96%) Oracle Assets
5 7 (4.64%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (3.97%) SAP CO
6 6 (3.97%) SAP FI
6 6 (3.97%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (3.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (1.99%) Oracle AGIS
8 3 (1.99%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (1.99%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 3 (1.99%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (1.99%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (1.99%) Workday HCM
9 2 (1.32%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (1.32%) Primavera
9 2 (1.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 1 (0.66%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.66%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.57%) Azure
2 18 (11.92%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.30%) AWS
4 7 (4.64%) GCP
5 6 (3.97%) SaaS
6 5 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.99%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.32%) GitHub
8 2 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.32%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.66%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.66%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.66%) OCI
9 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.66%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.66%) Twilio
9 1 (0.66%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.99%) Firewall
1 3 (1.99%) Network Security
2 1 (0.66%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.61%) Power BI
2 6 (3.97%) Tableau
3 4 (2.65%) Oracle BI EE
4 3 (1.99%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.32%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.32%) DTS
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.66%) Big Data
6 1 (0.66%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 3 (1.99%) Git
1 3 (1.99%) Selenium
2 2 (1.32%) ERwin
2 2 (1.32%) Postman
3 1 (0.66%) GitLab
3 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.66%) JIRA
3 1 (0.66%) WebDriver
General
1 43 (28.48%) Telecoms
2 37 (24.50%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (20.53%) Social Skills
4 25 (16.56%) Public Sector
5 24 (15.89%) Manufacturing
6 23 (15.23%) Marketing
7 22 (14.57%) Electronics
8 7 (4.64%) Legal
8 7 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.65%) Billing
11 2 (1.32%) Automotive
11 2 (1.32%) German Language
11 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.32%) Law
11 2 (1.32%) Local Government
11 2 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.66%) Back Office
12 1 (0.66%) Banking
12 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (23.18%) Architect
2 22 (14.57%) Analyst
3 19 (12.58%) Active Directory Architect
4 15 (9.93%) Lead
5 12 (7.95%) Project Manager
6 9 (5.96%) Consultant
7 8 (5.30%) Developer
7 8 (5.30%) Programme Manager
8 7 (4.64%) Financial Analyst
9 6 (3.97%) Administrator
9 6 (3.97%) SAP Architect
9 6 (3.97%) Security Architect
10 5 (3.31%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) Junior
10 5 (3.31%) Junior Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) Junior Support Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) Oracle Project Manager
10 5 (3.31%) Portfolio Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) Support Analyst
11 4 (2.65%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.65%) .NET
3 2 (1.32%) CSS
3 2 (1.32%) HTML
3 2 (1.32%) Web Services
4 1 (0.66%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.66%) ADO
4 1 (0.66%) EDI
4 1 (0.66%) Express.js
4 1 (0.66%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.66%) FHIR
4 1 (0.66%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.66%) Kafka
4 1 (0.66%) LangChain
4 1 (0.66%) Material-UI
4 1 (0.66%) Next.js
4 1 (0.66%) Node.js
4 1 (0.66%) PySpark
4 1 (0.66%) React
4 1 (0.66%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.97%) Cloud Native
2 5 (3.31%) Augmented Reality
3 4 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.65%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.99%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (1.99%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.99%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.99%) Public Cloud
4 3 (1.99%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.32%) PMI
5 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.66%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (0.66%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.66%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.66%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.66%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 21 (13.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (28.48%) Agile
2 38 (25.17%) Business Intelligence
3 27 (17.88%) Programme Management
4 26 (17.22%) Project Management
5 25 (16.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (15.89%) Project Delivery
6 24 (15.89%) Test Automation
7 22 (14.57%) Decision-Making
7 22 (14.57%) Digital Marketing
7 22 (14.57%) Identity Access Management
8 21 (13.91%) ERP
8 21 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (12.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (9.27%) Cost Management
10 14 (9.27%) Roadmaps
11 13 (8.61%) Risk Management
12 12 (7.95%) Waterfall
13 11 (7.28%) Portfolio Management
13 11 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 10 (6.62%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.91%) PowerShell
2 15 (9.93%) SQL
3 7 (4.64%) Python
4 3 (1.99%) X++
5 2 (1.32%) Bash
5 2 (1.32%) C#
5 2 (1.32%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.66%) Bicep
6 1 (0.66%) Java
6 1 (0.66%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.66%) R
6 1 (0.66%) Scala
Qualifications
1 26 (17.22%) Security Cleared
2 21 (13.91%) DV Cleared
3 8 (5.30%) ACCA
3 8 (5.30%) Degree
4 7 (4.64%) PMI Certification
5 6 (3.97%) CIMA
5 6 (3.97%) PMP
6 5 (3.31%) APMP
6 5 (3.31%) CISSP
6 5 (3.31%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (2.65%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.65%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.65%) CCSP
7 4 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.32%) CIPFA
9 2 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.32%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.66%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.95%) GDPR
2 7 (4.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (4.64%) SLA
3 6 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.97%) NIST
4 5 (3.31%) P3O
4 5 (3.31%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.31%) PSD2
5 3 (1.99%) PMO
5 3 (1.99%) QA
6 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.32%) GRC
7 1 (0.66%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.66%) HL7
System Software
1 19 (12.58%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.97%) Docker
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.31%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.99%) Terraform
3 1 (0.66%) Ansible
3 1 (0.66%) QRadar
Vendors
1 44 (29.14%) SAP
2 30 (19.87%) Oracle
3 18 (11.92%) Microsoft
4 12 (7.95%) IFS
5 7 (4.64%) Workday
6 4 (2.65%) Ariba
7 3 (1.99%) Databricks
7 3 (1.99%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.32%) Google
8 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.32%) Sparx
8 2 (1.32%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.66%) Adobe
9 1 (0.66%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.66%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.66%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.66%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.66%) Splunk