Finance Contracts in Essex

Financial
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 14 2
Rank change year-on-year +8 -12 +16
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Finance 14 8 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 12.50% 6.25% 20.71%
As % of the General category 23.73% 10.81% 35.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 37
10th Percentile £336 £394 £336
25th Percentile £400 £398 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -22.73% +9.13%
75th Percentile £485 £522 £595
90th Percentile £521 £563 £630
East of England median daily rate £575 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £25.29
25th Percentile - - £31.28
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £66.60
90th Percentile - - £80.30
East of England median hourly rate £17.80 £38.12 £49.00
% change year-on-year -53.32% -22.20% +40.00%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59 74 164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 52.68% 57.81% 58.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 43 109
10th Percentile £153 £263 £213
25th Percentile £225 £303 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £474 £534 £575
90th Percentile £520 £598 £618
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 7
10th Percentile - £18.79 £21.77
25th Percentile £13.25 £21.88 £31.67
Median hourly rate £21.75 £50.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.93% -22.31% +111.38%
75th Percentile £48.30 £64.25 £78.75
90th Percentile £73.95 £66.95 £83.78
East of England median hourly rate £39.32 £41.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -5.25% +134.20% -10.55%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Essex

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Essex over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Essex

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Finance

Finance
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Essex region over the 6 months to 19 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
Basildon +9 7 £413 - 18
Harlow - 2 - - 3
Chelmsford -2 1 £375 -11.76% 12
Brentwood - 1 £468 - 1
Finance
East of England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
3 1 (7.14%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 2 (14.29%) GCP
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
3 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DHCP
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) VLAN
1 1 (7.14%) VoIP
1 1 (7.14%) VPN
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
1 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
1 2 (14.29%) Power Query
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) TestRail
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Automotive
4 1 (7.14%) Back Office
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) General Ledger
4 1 (7.14%) Law
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Defect Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support
3 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Java Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Java Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Report Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Software Programmer
3 1 (7.14%) Technology Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) HTML
1 1 (7.14%) JSON
1 1 (7.14%) REST
1 1 (7.14%) Spring
1 1 (7.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) Agile
3 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (14.29%) Change Management
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 2 (14.29%) DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) ETL
3 2 (14.29%) Fault Management
3 2 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) TDD
4 1 (7.14%) Budget Management
4 1 (7.14%) Budgeting
4 1 (7.14%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
1 2 (14.29%) PMO
1 2 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (7.14%) ISO 22301
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) AppManager
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe
2 1 (7.14%) Google
2 1 (7.14%) Ivanti
2 1 (7.14%) VMware