Finance Contracts in Chester

Financial
Cheshire > Chester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Chester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 23 30 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 38.98% 27.78% 18.92%
As % of the General category 54.76% 41.67% 35.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 22 8
10th Percentile £473 £350 £201
25th Percentile £528 £427 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +7.32% -
75th Percentile £738 £600 £541
90th Percentile - £685 £588
Cheshire median daily rate £535 £550 £457
% change year-on-year -2.73% +20.28% -6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £28.62 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.76 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.80% +46.45% +17.32%
75th Percentile - £32.89 £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.00 £22.53 £26.89
% change year-on-year +55.35% -16.20% +41.50%

All General Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 42 72 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 71.19% 66.67% 52.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 40 17
10th Percentile £475 £288 £162
25th Percentile £545 £394 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £538 £440
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% +22.16% +35.38%
75th Percentile £738 £588 £538
90th Percentile - £688 £553
Cheshire median daily rate £500 £500 £460
% change year-on-year - +8.70% +4.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 4
10th Percentile - £23.15 £15.05
25th Percentile £35.00 £29.10 £18.55
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.65 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.67% +39.31% +22.91%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £24.75
90th Percentile - £38.51 £25.20
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.00 £27.74 £22.00
% change year-on-year +26.17% +26.09% +15.79%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Chester

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Chester

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Chester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Chester over the 6 months to 17 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Chester

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Chester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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 1 (4.35%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) SAP PP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) DHCP
1 1 (4.35%) DNS
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) LAN
1 1 (4.35%) Network Security
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Banking
3 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Marketing
4 3 (13.04%) Investment Banking
5 2 (8.70%) Financial Institution
5 2 (8.70%) Front Office
6 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Project Manager
2 7 (30.43%) Architect
2 7 (30.43%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (26.09%) Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Risk Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Network Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Operational Risk Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Report Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Risk Business Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Risk Management Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Risk Management Business Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Senior
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Reporting Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Risk Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Commercial Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Payments Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
1 2 (8.70%) Derivative
1 2 (8.70%) Equities
1 2 (8.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Business Strategy
1 7 (30.43%) Enterprise Architecture
1 7 (30.43%) Project Management
2 6 (26.09%) Architectural Design
2 6 (26.09%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
5 3 (13.04%) IT Strategy
5 3 (13.04%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (8.70%) Agile
6 2 (8.70%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (8.70%) Innovative Thinking
6 2 (8.70%) Process Management
6 2 (8.70%) Remediation Plan
6 2 (8.70%) SDLC
6 2 (8.70%) Use Case
6 2 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) CCNA
1 1 (4.35%) CCNP
1 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Cisco
1 1 (4.35%) F5
1 1 (4.35%) SAP