Finance Contracts in Cambridge

Financial
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 5 11 6
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 +8
Contract jobs citing Finance 15 21 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 13.16% 10.82% 10.88%
As % of the General category 20.27% 17.50% 20.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 17
10th Percentile £313 £168 £463
25th Percentile £400 £184 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £330 £580
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% -43.10% +22.11%
75th Percentile £625 £528 £725
90th Percentile £650 £550 £888
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £494 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +16.18% -19.05% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £17.19 - -
25th Percentile £17.29 - -
Median hourly rate £17.53 £15.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.06% - -
75th Percentile £17.69 - -
90th Percentile £17.76 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £17.53 £15.50 -
% change year-on-year +13.06% - -

All General Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 74 120 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 64.91% 61.86% 52.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 68 89
10th Percentile £296 £219 £171
25th Percentile £405 £350 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.56% -8.89% -4.00%
75th Percentile £591 £536 £550
90th Percentile £663 £575 £650
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £425 £439
% change year-on-year +5.88% -3.13% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 12
10th Percentile £15.85 £15.50 £16.84
25th Percentile £17.13 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £17.80 £52.50 £35.11
Median % change year-on-year -66.10% +49.53% -8.81%
75th Percentile £60.00 £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile - £67.20 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.67% +3.45% +6.15%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Cambridge

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Cambridge

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

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

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Cambridge

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Cambridge

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (13.33%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) Amazon S3
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (6.67%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
2 1 (6.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Cypress.io
2 1 (6.67%) Hudson
General
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (13.33%) Electronics
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (13.33%) Marketing
2 2 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) General Ledger
3 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Business Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Business Systems Manager
2 2 (13.33%) C++ Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Developer in Test
2 2 (13.33%) IT Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Linux Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Python Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Systems Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Angular Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Data Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Finance Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (6.67%) IFS Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
1 1 (6.67%) AngularJS
1 1 (6.67%) Express.js
1 1 (6.67%) Kafka
1 1 (6.67%) NgRx
1 1 (6.67%) Playwright
1 1 (6.67%) REST
1 1 (6.67%) RESTful
1 1 (6.67%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.67%) Life Science
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Licensing
2 1 (6.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Mac OS
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL
4 3 (20.00%) Agile
4 3 (20.00%) Validation
5 2 (13.33%) API Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Biotechnology
5 2 (13.33%) Change Management
5 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (13.33%) Line Management
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office Automation
5 2 (13.33%) Office Automation
5 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
5 2 (13.33%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (13.33%) Scrum
5 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
6 1 (6.67%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C++
1 2 (13.33%) Groovy
1 2 (13.33%) Python
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) Java
2 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.67%) Kotlin
2 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) CISSP
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (6.67%) PMP
1 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Data Quality
1 2 (13.33%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) SAP
2 2 (13.33%) Ariba
2 2 (13.33%) HP
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) IFS
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow