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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 14 19
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 +2
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Finance 15 19 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 9.68% 9.05% 6.82%
As % of the General category 19.48% 20.43% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 8
10th Percentile £316 £498 £350
25th Percentile £326 £553 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £600 £501
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +19.70% +0.25%
75th Percentile £800 £638 £558
90th Percentile - £675 £624
South West median daily rate £569 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +8.33% -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £14.79 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - -70.42% -
South West median hourly rate £21.68 £33.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -34.30% -7.04% -1.39%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 77 93 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 49.68% 44.29% 44.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 55 60
10th Percentile - £154 £280
25th Percentile £145 £339 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% +24.30%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £600
90th Percentile £598 £663 £702
South West median daily rate £490 £515 £536
% change year-on-year -4.85% -3.96% +2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 5
10th Percentile £20.49 - £26.80
25th Percentile £23.64 £13.86 £40.00
Median hourly rate £26.96 £25.28 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -49.45% +354.55%
75th Percentile £28.50 £45.94 £65.00
90th Percentile £28.90 £69.75 £77.00
South West median hourly rate £22.63 £65.00 £55.81
% change year-on-year -65.18% +16.48% +11.61%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Devon over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Devon

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Finance

Finance
DemandTrendContract 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 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Plymouth +4 8 £800 - 13
Exeter +2 7 £329 -45.21% 11
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (13.33%) Azure Pipelines
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.67%) DTS
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (20.00%) Military
4 2 (13.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 6 (40.00%) Desktop Support
1 6 (40.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 6 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Programme Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Test Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.67%) PMO Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Customer Experience
1 6 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (13.33%) Agile
2 2 (13.33%) DevOps
2 2 (13.33%) Migration
2 2 (13.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (13.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (6.67%) Budget Management
3 1 (6.67%) Bug Management
3 1 (6.67%) Business Case
3 1 (6.67%) Change Control
3 1 (6.67%) Data Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (6.67%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.67%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (6.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (6.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) SLA
2 2 (13.33%) QA
3 1 (6.67%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Dell
2 6 (40.00%) HP