Finance Contracts in Bridgwater

Financial
Somerset > Bridgwater

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Bridgwater. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Finance 3 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bridgwater 37.50% 20.00% 14.29%
As % of the General category 50.00% 42.86% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £451 -
25th Percentile - £490 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £530 £548
Median % change year-on-year -52.83% -3.20% +253.23%
75th Percentile - £570 £571
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median daily rate £650 £541 £513
% change year-on-year +20.15% +5.56% +13.89%

All General Skills
Bridgwater

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 Bridgwater.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6 14 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bridgwater 75.00% 46.67% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £274 £451 -
25th Percentile £310 £490 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £530 £141
Median % change year-on-year -30.19% +275.22% -41.15%
75th Percentile £510 £570 £251
90th Percentile £594 - £443
Somerset median daily rate £620 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +24.00% -2.44% +13.89%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgwater

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Bridgwater

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bridgwater

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Bridgwater

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bridgwater 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Business Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Business Case
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Process Management
2 2 (66.67%) Scorecard
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (33.33%) PLM
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP