Finance Contracts in the East of England

Financial
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 107 190 224
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 9.58% 9.89% 11.28%
As % of the General category 16.24% 16.86% 18.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 73 134
10th Percentile £403 £238 £363
25th Percentile £500 £388 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £536
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -6.76% +7.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £781
England median daily rate £550 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -6.38% -2.08% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 64 15
10th Percentile £17.24 £15.57 £44.35
25th Percentile £17.79 - -
Median hourly rate £17.80 £38.12 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.31% -22.20% +40.00%
75th Percentile £28.50 - £59.38
90th Percentile £45.60 - £72.00
England median hourly rate £36.00 £28.00 £30.38
% change year-on-year +28.57% -7.83% -13.21%

All General Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 659 1,127 1,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 59.00% 58.67% 60.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 401 650
10th Percentile £195 £225 £212
25th Percentile £321 £333 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £568 £638
90th Percentile £675 £650 £738
England median daily rate £519 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.08% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 434 265
10th Percentile £15.59 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.30 £14.25
Median hourly rate £30.16 £38.12 £18.26
Median % change year-on-year -20.88% +108.82% +17.77%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.18 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.38 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.78% +9.65% +26.04%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the East of England

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Finance in the East of England

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the East of England

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the East of England

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the East of England

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the East of England region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Bedfordshire -1 38 £580 +3.57% 53
Cambridgeshire +5 22 £588 +38.24% 133
Hertfordshire -14 20 £613 +44.12% 134
Essex -1 14 £440 -20.00% 106
Suffolk -1 9 £519 - 41
Norfolk -2 4 £538 +19.44% 32
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.87%) Confluence
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (11.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (7.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.80%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.87%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (25.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.87%) SAP BPC
2 2 (1.87%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.87%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.87%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.93%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.93%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.93%) Primavera
3 1 (0.93%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.93%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.93%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.93%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (14.95%) Power Platform
2 12 (11.21%) Azure
3 9 (8.41%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (7.48%) Power Automate
5 5 (4.67%) Snowflake
6 4 (3.74%) AWS
6 4 (3.74%) GCP
7 3 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.87%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.87%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.87%) npm
8 2 (1.87%) OCI
8 2 (1.87%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.87%) SaaS
9 1 (0.93%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.93%) IaaS
9 1 (0.93%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.87%) HTTP
2 1 (0.93%) DHCP
2 1 (0.93%) DNS
2 1 (0.93%) LAN
2 1 (0.93%) Network Security
2 1 (0.93%) VLAN
2 1 (0.93%) VoIP
2 1 (0.93%) VPN
2 1 (0.93%) WAN
2 1 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (14.02%) Power BI
2 7 (6.54%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.67%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.80%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.87%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.87%) Power Query
5 2 (1.87%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (6.54%) JIRA
2 2 (1.87%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.87%) Hudson
2 2 (1.87%) TestRail
3 1 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
General
1 44 (41.12%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.76%) Pharmaceutical
3 16 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.48%) Manufacturing
5 6 (5.61%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (4.67%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.74%) General Ledger
7 4 (3.74%) Legal
7 4 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.80%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.80%) Retail
9 2 (1.87%) Back Office
9 2 (1.87%) Banking
9 2 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.87%) French Language
9 2 (1.87%) Law
9 2 (1.87%) Local Government
10 1 (0.93%) Aviation
10 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (11.21%) Consultant
1 12 (11.21%) Project Manager
1 12 (11.21%) Senior
2 10 (9.35%) Analyst
2 10 (9.35%) Developer
3 8 (7.48%) Architect
3 8 (7.48%) Programme Manager
4 7 (6.54%) Lead
5 6 (5.61%) Administrator
5 6 (5.61%) SAP Consultant
6 5 (4.67%) Business Analyst
6 5 (4.67%) Finance Manager
7 4 (3.74%) Data Analytics Specialist
7 4 (3.74%) Financial Analyst
7 4 (3.74%) Training Manager
8 3 (2.80%) Finance Project Manager
8 3 (2.80%) Insight Analyst
8 3 (2.80%) SAP Manager
8 3 (2.80%) Senior Functional Consultant
8 3 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (3.74%) REST
3 2 (1.87%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.87%) Express.js
3 2 (1.87%) NgRx
3 2 (1.87%) Playwright
3 2 (1.87%) RESTful
3 2 (1.87%) RxJS
4 1 (0.93%) .NET
4 1 (0.93%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.93%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.93%) FIDO
4 1 (0.93%) HTML
4 1 (0.93%) JSON
4 1 (0.93%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.93%) MDX
4 1 (0.93%) Middleware
4 1 (0.93%) SOAP
4 1 (0.93%) Spring
4 1 (0.93%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.21%) Life Science
2 4 (3.74%) e-Learning
2 4 (3.74%) Learning Management System
2 4 (3.74%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 3 (2.80%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.80%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.80%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.87%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.93%) Culture of Ownership
5 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.93%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.67%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Linux
2 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
1 27 (25.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (21.50%) Agile
3 20 (18.69%) Analytics
3 20 (18.69%) Project Management
4 18 (16.82%) Migration
5 17 (15.89%) ERP
6 14 (13.08%) Record to Report
7 13 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (12.15%) PRINCE2
7 13 (12.15%) Workshop Facilitation
8 12 (11.21%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (11.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (10.28%) Procure-to-Pay
10 9 (8.41%) Change Management
10 9 (8.41%) Data Migration
10 9 (8.41%) Data Modelling
10 9 (8.41%) Decision-Making
10 9 (8.41%) DevOps
10 9 (8.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.21%) SQL
2 3 (2.80%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (1.87%) Java
3 2 (1.87%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.87%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.93%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.93%) Bicep
4 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (13.08%) Degree
2 7 (6.54%) SC Cleared
2 7 (6.54%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.74%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.87%) CCA
4 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.87%) PMP
5 1 (0.93%) ACCA
5 1 (0.93%) CIMA
5 1 (0.93%) CIPFA
5 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.28%) Data Quality
2 9 (8.41%) PMO
3 6 (5.61%) QA
4 4 (3.74%) GDPR
5 3 (2.80%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.93%) GxP
7 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.93%) IFRS
7 1 (0.93%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.93%) ITGC
7 1 (0.93%) NIST
7 1 (0.93%) P3O
7 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.93%) SLA
7 1 (0.93%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (2.80%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.93%) Docker
2 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.87%) Terraform
2 1 (0.93%) AppManager
2 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.93%) SCCM
2 1 (0.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 37 (34.58%) SAP
2 25 (23.36%) Microsoft
3 11 (10.28%) Ariba
4 7 (6.54%) Oracle
5 6 (5.61%) Anaplan
6 5 (4.67%) IFS
7 4 (3.74%) Hyperion
8 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.87%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.93%) Adobe
10 1 (0.93%) Cognos
10 1 (0.93%) Databricks
10 1 (0.93%) Google
10 1 (0.93%) IBM
10 1 (0.93%) Ivanti
10 1 (0.93%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.93%) Planview
10 1 (0.93%) SnapLogic
10 1 (0.93%) VMware
10 1 (0.93%) Workday