Finance Contracts in Bristol

Financial
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Bristol. 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 4 12 6
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 97 109 179
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 18.06% 10.31% 14.26%
As % of the General category 33.56% 19.68% 30.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 73 146
10th Percentile £319 £315 £325
25th Percentile £355 £430 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% -1.40% +7.50%
75th Percentile £558 £608 £638
90th Percentile £670 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £510 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -10.53% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 7
10th Percentile £54.38 £14.52 £33.21
25th Percentile £57.50 £15.17 £42.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £15.99 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +290.99% -80.02% +128.57%
75th Percentile £65.44 £35.00 £89.96
90th Percentile £73.00 £44.00 £92.16
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £14.79 £43.68
% change year-on-year +322.58% -66.14% +24.79%

All General Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 289 554 593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 53.82% 52.41% 47.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 301 416
10th Percentile £213 £225 £278
25th Percentile £340 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £551 £625 £630
90th Percentile £640 £688 £697
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 133 67
10th Percentile £18.13 £36.25 £23.72
25th Percentile £29.82 £43.75 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £59.50 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -3.25% +89.23%
75th Percentile £69.75 £72.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £92.16
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

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

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

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

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 7 (7.22%) SAS
2 5 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.09%) Confluence
4 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (1.03%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.03%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.03%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.03%) Primavera
1 1 (1.03%) SAP PS
1 1 (1.03%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 18 (18.56%) AWS
2 17 (17.53%) Azure
3 10 (10.31%) GCP
4 7 (7.22%) Adobe Analytics
5 3 (3.09%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.06%) OpenShift
6 2 (2.06%) SaaS
7 1 (1.03%) Akamai
7 1 (1.03%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.03%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (1.03%) AWS Control Tower
7 1 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.03%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (1.03%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.03%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.09%) Firewall
2 2 (2.06%) Network Security
2 2 (2.06%) Wireless
3 1 (1.03%) DHCP
3 1 (1.03%) DNS
3 1 (1.03%) LAN
3 1 (1.03%) VPN
3 1 (1.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.25%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (8.25%) Relational Database
2 4 (4.12%) Oracle Database
3 3 (3.09%) Power BI
4 2 (2.06%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.03%) CockroachDB
5 1 (1.03%) Metadata
5 1 (1.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (1.03%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.03%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (8.25%) JIRA
2 3 (3.09%) Git
3 2 (2.06%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.03%) Ant
4 1 (1.03%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.03%) Flyway
4 1 (1.03%) GitLab
4 1 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.03%) NUnit
4 1 (1.03%) Postman
4 1 (1.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (41.24%) Social Skills
2 30 (30.93%) Marketing
3 26 (26.80%) Telecoms
4 24 (24.74%) Public Sector
5 23 (23.71%) Manufacturing
6 22 (22.68%) Electronics
7 10 (10.31%) Banking
8 5 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (4.12%) Local Government
10 2 (2.06%) Aerospace
10 2 (2.06%) General Ledger
10 2 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.06%) Legal
11 1 (1.03%) Billing
11 1 (1.03%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (1.03%) Law
11 1 (1.03%) Military
11 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.03%) Police
Job Titles
1 16 (16.49%) Analyst
1 16 (16.49%) Developer
2 10 (10.31%) Project Manager
3 9 (9.28%) Applications Support
3 9 (9.28%) Senior
4 8 (8.25%) Lead
4 8 (8.25%) Support Engineer
5 7 (7.22%) Analytics Manager
5 7 (7.22%) Applications Engineer
5 7 (7.22%) Applications Support Engineer
5 7 (7.22%) Azure Developer
5 7 (7.22%) Azure Engineer
5 7 (7.22%) C# Developer
5 7 (7.22%) Data Analytics Manager
5 7 (7.22%) Data Manager
5 7 (7.22%) Delivery Manager
5 7 (7.22%) Insight Manager
5 7 (7.22%) Strategy Manager
6 6 (6.19%) C# Application Developer
6 6 (6.19%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.31%) .NET
1 10 (10.31%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (9.28%) CSS
2 9 (9.28%) HTML
3 4 (4.12%) Middleware
4 2 (2.06%) REST
4 2 (2.06%) RESTful
4 2 (2.06%) SOAP
5 1 (1.03%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.03%) Android SDK
5 1 (1.03%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.03%) Cocoa Touch
5 1 (1.03%) CSS3
5 1 (1.03%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.03%) Laravel
5 1 (1.03%) Node.js
5 1 (1.03%) React
5 1 (1.03%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.03%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.03%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.37%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.15%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.12%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (2.06%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.06%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.06%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.06%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.03%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.03%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.03%) NHS
5 1 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.03%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.12%) Linux
2 3 (3.09%) Windows
3 2 (2.06%) AIX
3 2 (2.06%) Unix
4 1 (1.03%) Android
4 1 (1.03%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.03%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.03%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (29.90%) Project Management
2 26 (26.80%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (23.71%) Programme Management
4 22 (22.68%) Digital Marketing
5 17 (17.53%) Agile
5 17 (17.53%) Migration
6 15 (15.46%) CI/CD
6 15 (15.46%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (12.37%) Service Management
8 11 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (11.34%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (11.34%) Project Delivery
8 11 (11.34%) Software Delivery
8 11 (11.34%) Test Automation
9 10 (10.31%) Continuous Delivery
9 10 (10.31%) Decision-Making
9 10 (10.31%) Service Delivery
9 10 (10.31%) Software Engineering
9 10 (10.31%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.53%) SQL
2 10 (10.31%) JavaScript
3 8 (8.25%) C#
4 7 (7.22%) R
5 4 (4.12%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.06%) Java
7 1 (1.03%) Ada
7 1 (1.03%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.03%) Bash
7 1 (1.03%) C
7 1 (1.03%) C++
7 1 (1.03%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.03%) Objective-C
7 1 (1.03%) PHP
7 1 (1.03%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.03%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.03%) Swift
7 1 (1.03%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.03%) X++
Qualifications
1 18 (18.56%) Security Cleared
2 12 (12.37%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.25%) Degree
4 7 (7.22%) Azure Certification
4 7 (7.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.06%) AAT
5 2 (2.06%) ACCA
5 2 (2.06%) CIMA
5 2 (2.06%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.03%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.03%) CCNP
6 1 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.03%) CISSP
6 1 (1.03%) Dell Certification
6 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.22%) PMO
2 2 (2.06%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.06%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.06%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.03%) GAAP
3 1 (1.03%) GRC
3 1 (1.03%) IFRS
3 1 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.09%) Docker
2 1 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (5.15%) Ansible
2 3 (3.09%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.06%) NSN NetAct
3 2 (2.06%) Terraform
4 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.03%) Puppet
Vendors
1 25 (25.77%) SAP
2 15 (15.46%) Oracle
3 12 (12.37%) Microsoft
4 9 (9.28%) Google
5 7 (7.22%) Adobe
5 7 (7.22%) Teradata
6 3 (3.09%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.06%) Ericsson
7 2 (2.06%) F5
7 2 (2.06%) IFS
7 2 (2.06%) Nokia
8 1 (1.03%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.03%) Dell
8 1 (1.03%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (1.03%) HP
8 1 (1.03%) Infoblox
8 1 (1.03%) Pardot
8 1 (1.03%) Ruckus Wireless
8 1 (1.03%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.03%) Zscaler