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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 124 217 225
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 13.14% 11.36% 10.89%
As % of the General category 20.77% 18.33% 18.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 102 134
10th Percentile £405 £250 £350
25th Percentile £500 £389 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.96% +4.00%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £792
England median daily rate £575 £590 £600
% change year-on-year -2.49% -1.72% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 66 14
10th Percentile £17.46 £19.75 £25.41
25th Percentile £17.79 - £43.19
Median hourly rate £19.40 £38.12 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.11% -22.20% +127.91%
75th Percentile £50.25 - £57.50
90th Percentile £66.88 - £63.50
England median hourly rate £39.06 £27.00 £27.98
% change year-on-year +44.65% -3.50% -18.04%

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 597 1,184 1,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 63.24% 61.99% 60.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 454 692
10th Percentile £210 £236 £200
25th Percentile £372 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £625
90th Percentile £676 £650 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 456 261
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.24 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £38.12 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +81.52% +44.83%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £76.25 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £33.91
% change year-on-year -6.67% -11.53% +57.72%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 56 £580 +4.50% 28
Cambridgeshire +11 26 £494 +16.18% 84
Hertfordshire -13 23 £575 +35.29% 71
Essex +1 12 £468 -15.00% 54
Suffolk -10 5 £635 +1.60% 18
Norfolk +2 2 £550 +18.92% 23
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 (2.42%) Confluence
1 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.61%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (1.61%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.61%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.81%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 29 (23.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (5.65%) SAP CO
2 7 (5.65%) SAP FI
2 7 (5.65%) SAP FI/CO
2 7 (5.65%) Workday HCM
3 3 (2.42%) SAP BPC
4 2 (1.61%) Movex
5 1 (0.81%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.81%) iTrent
5 1 (0.81%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.81%) Primavera
5 1 (0.81%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.81%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.81%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 16 (12.90%) Power Platform
2 10 (8.06%) Azure
3 6 (4.84%) Power Automate
4 5 (4.03%) AWS
4 5 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.03%) Snowflake
5 4 (3.23%) GCP
6 3 (2.42%) SaaS
7 2 (1.61%) Cohesity
7 2 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.61%) OCI
7 2 (1.61%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.81%) npm
8 1 (0.81%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.61%) IMAP
1 2 (1.61%) SAN
1 2 (1.61%) Skype
1 2 (1.61%) SMTP
2 1 (0.81%) DHCP
2 1 (0.81%) DNS
2 1 (0.81%) HTTP
2 1 (0.81%) LAN
2 1 (0.81%) Network Security
2 1 (0.81%) VLAN
2 1 (0.81%) VoIP
2 1 (0.81%) VPN
2 1 (0.81%) WAN
2 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.90%) Power BI
2 7 (5.65%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (4.84%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (6.45%) JIRA
2 3 (2.42%) TestRail
3 2 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.81%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.81%) Hudson
General
1 45 (36.29%) Social Skills
2 29 (23.39%) Pharmaceutical
3 15 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.87%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.65%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.65%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.84%) Marketing
7 5 (4.03%) Aviation
8 4 (3.23%) Electronics
8 4 (3.23%) General Ledger
8 4 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.42%) Legal
9 3 (2.42%) Local Government
9 3 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.42%) Retail
10 2 (1.61%) Back Office
10 2 (1.61%) Banking
10 2 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.81%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 22 (17.74%) Consultant
2 15 (12.10%) Senior
3 11 (8.87%) Analyst
3 11 (8.87%) Functional Consultant
3 11 (8.87%) Lead
4 9 (7.26%) Architect
4 9 (7.26%) Business Analyst
4 9 (7.26%) Developer
5 8 (6.45%) Project Manager
5 8 (6.45%) SAP Consultant
6 7 (5.65%) Programme Manager
7 5 (4.03%) Administrator
7 5 (4.03%) IT Manager
7 5 (4.03%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 5 (4.03%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (4.03%) Senior Functional Consultant
8 4 (3.23%) Insight Analyst
8 4 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.23%) Technical Manager
8 4 (3.23%) Training Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.42%) .NET
2 3 (2.42%) Express.js
3 2 (1.61%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.61%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.61%) REST
3 2 (1.61%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.81%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.81%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.81%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.81%) Kafka
4 1 (0.81%) MDX
4 1 (0.81%) Middleware
4 1 (0.81%) NgRx
4 1 (0.81%) ODBC
4 1 (0.81%) Playwright
4 1 (0.81%) RESTful
4 1 (0.81%) RxJS
4 1 (0.81%) Spring
4 1 (0.81%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.55%) Life Science
2 6 (4.84%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.23%) e-Learning
3 4 (3.23%) Learning Management System
4 3 (2.42%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.42%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.42%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.61%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.61%) FMCG
5 2 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.81%) Culture of Ownership
6 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.81%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.84%) Windows
2 3 (2.42%) Linux
3 2 (1.61%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 28 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (21.77%) Analytics
4 19 (15.32%) Agile
5 18 (14.52%) Business Intelligence
5 18 (14.52%) Project Management
5 18 (14.52%) Record to Report
6 17 (13.71%) Migration
6 17 (13.71%) Procure-to-Pay
7 15 (12.10%) Artificial Intelligence
8 14 (11.29%) ERP
9 13 (10.48%) Workshop Facilitation
10 12 (9.68%) Business Transformation
11 11 (8.87%) Business Analysis
11 11 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (8.87%) Decision-Making
11 11 (8.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (8.06%) Roadmaps
13 9 (7.26%) Change Management
13 9 (7.26%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.06%) SQL
2 3 (2.42%) Java
2 3 (2.42%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.61%) Apex Code
3 2 (1.61%) C++
3 2 (1.61%) Groovy
3 2 (1.61%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.61%) Python
4 1 (0.81%) Bicep
4 1 (0.81%) Kotlin
4 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (10.48%) Degree
2 6 (4.84%) CCA
2 6 (4.84%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.03%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.23%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.61%) CISSP
5 2 (1.61%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.81%) CCNP
6 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) MCSA
6 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.81%) PMP
6 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.26%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.45%) GDPR
3 7 (5.65%) QA
4 4 (3.23%) PMO
5 2 (1.61%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.81%) GxP
6 1 (0.81%) IFRS
6 1 (0.81%) ITGC
6 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.81%) SLA
6 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.81%) Docker
3 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.61%) Terraform
2 1 (0.81%) AppManager
2 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (37.90%) SAP
2 14 (11.29%) Microsoft
3 12 (9.68%) Ariba
4 7 (5.65%) Oracle
4 7 (5.65%) Workday
5 6 (4.84%) Anaplan
5 6 (4.84%) IFS
5 6 (4.84%) Salesforce
6 5 (4.03%) Hyperion
7 3 (2.42%) VMware
8 2 (1.61%) Google
8 2 (1.61%) HP
8 2 (1.61%) NetApp
9 1 (0.81%) Adobe
9 1 (0.81%) Cognos
9 1 (0.81%) IBM
9 1 (0.81%) Ivanti
9 1 (0.81%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.81%) SnapLogic