Finance Contracts in Devon

Financial
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Devon. 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 14 17
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 -9
Contract jobs citing Finance 28 23 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 26.17% 8.36% 9.09%
As % of the General category 41.18% 20.00% 20.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 12
10th Percentile £312 £553 £379
25th Percentile £322 £572 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £600 £435
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +37.93% +6.88%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £478
90th Percentile - £675 £500
South West median daily rate £510 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -10.53% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 £11.93 -
Median % change year-on-year +445.07% - -
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £14.79 £43.68
% change year-on-year +322.58% -66.14% +24.79%

All General Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 68 115 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 63.55% 41.82% 44.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 69 60
10th Percentile £187 £153 £240
25th Percentile £313 £158 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £409 £468
Median % change year-on-year +22.25% -12.51% +16.88%
75th Percentile £538 £475 £600
90th Percentile £650 £600 £675
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 20 4
10th Percentile £23.41 £10.42 £30.60
25th Percentile £27.64 £12.21 £49.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £25.28 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +127.50% -59.56% +63.81%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £46.25 £79.00
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 Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Devon

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Devon

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

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

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Devon

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Devon

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Devon region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter +9 11 £344 -42.71% 122
Plymouth -1 11 - - 114
Tiverton - 2 - -
Exmouth - 2 - -
Finance
South West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Azure
1 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (7.14%) Azure Pipelines
1 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 18 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Legal
2 6 (21.43%) Marketing
3 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Military
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Desktop Engineer
1 9 (32.14%) Desktop Support
1 9 (32.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 9 (32.14%) Support Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Customer Executive
3 4 (14.29%) Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Senior
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Delivery Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Test Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Digital Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Product Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) Driving Licence
2 3 (10.71%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Customer Experience
1 9 (32.14%) Mathematics
2 7 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (21.43%) Business Development
3 6 (21.43%) Contract Negotiation
3 6 (21.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 5 (17.86%) Agile
5 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
6 2 (7.14%) Business Analysis
6 2 (7.14%) Data Protection
6 2 (7.14%) DevOps
6 2 (7.14%) Document Management
6 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
6 2 (7.14%) Project Management
6 2 (7.14%) Safety Engineering
6 2 (7.14%) Software Testing
6 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.14%) Test Strategy
7 1 (3.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (60.71%) SC Cleared
1 17 (60.71%) Security Cleared
2 9 (32.14%) Dell Certification
3 2 (7.14%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 2 (7.14%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) SLA
2 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 9 (32.14%) Dell
2 9 (32.14%) HP
3 6 (21.43%) Salesforce