Finance Contracts in Kent

Financial
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Kent. 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 5 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 18 35 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 17.14% 17.33% 26.94%
As % of the General category 28.13% 44.30% 50.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 31 47
10th Percentile £205 - -
25th Percentile £256 - £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £205 £420
Median % change year-on-year +28.05% -51.19% -23.64%
75th Percentile £450 £509 £749
90th Percentile £505 £775 £813
South East median daily rate £517 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.95% -3.33% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
South East median hourly rate £63.75 £26.73 £40.00
% change year-on-year +138.50% -33.18% +23.08%

All General Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 64 79 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 60.95% 39.11% 52.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 58 79
10th Percentile £200 - £175
25th Percentile £208 £205 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £424 £330
Median % change year-on-year -35.10% +28.41% -34.00%
75th Percentile £473 £550 £625
90th Percentile £663 £675 £788
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 7
10th Percentile £18.22 £11.25 £37.48
25th Percentile £21.00 £11.40 £42.32
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.75 £56.24
Median % change year-on-year +23.94% -68.44% +63.51%
75th Percentile £80.10 £66.74 £57.12
90th Percentile £88.58 £72.65 £61.35
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Kent

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Kent

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

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

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Kent

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Kent

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Kent 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
Chatham 0 5 £263 -46.15% 8
Maidstone - 3 £455 - 16
Finance
South East

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 4 (22.22%) Electronics
2 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 4 (22.22%) Marketing
2 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Avionics
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) IT Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Support Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 3 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Dynamics AX Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) IT Security Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Security Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Service Design Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Service Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Banking Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.56%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.56%) FPGA
2 1 (5.56%) Verilog
2 1 (5.56%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (22.22%) Programme Management
2 4 (22.22%) Project Management
3 3 (16.67%) Agile
3 3 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) B2B
4 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (11.11%) Cutover Planning
4 2 (11.11%) Data Migration
4 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 2 (11.11%) ERP
4 2 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) Migration
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Service Design
5 1 (5.56%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) C
1 1 (5.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Citrix
2 4 (22.22%) Sage
2 4 (22.22%) SAP
2 4 (22.22%) ServiceNow