Finance Contracts in Luton

Financial
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Luton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 -3
Contract jobs citing Finance 27 22 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 18.12% 16.30% 20.00%
As % of the General category 23.68% 20.56% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 14
10th Percentile £500 £480 £363
25th Percentile £509 £500 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £560 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £700 £700 £520
90th Percentile £750 £750 £610
Bedfordshire median daily rate £590 £568 £520
% change year-on-year +3.96% +9.13% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.59 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate - £12.59 -

All General Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 114 107 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 76.51% 79.26% 63.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 60 45
10th Percentile £185 £356 £300
25th Percentile £500 £453 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £606 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £615
Bedfordshire median daily rate £565 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +13.00% +2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 22 2
10th Percentile £62.50 - £58.50
25th Percentile £67.50 £15.39 £63.75
Median hourly rate £85.00 £19.75 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +330.38% -72.76% +314.29%
75th Percentile £91.50 £21.75 £81.25
90th Percentile - £58.44 £86.50
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £82.25 £21.50 £72.50
% change year-on-year +282.56% -70.34% +38.10%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Luton

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Luton

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Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Luton over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Luton

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Luton

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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:

Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (70.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (7.41%) SAP BPC
3 1 (3.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Power Platform
2 4 (14.81%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) Power Automate
2 4 (14.81%) Snowflake
3 1 (3.70%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) Power BI
2 4 (14.81%) Data Lake
2 4 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
General
1 18 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Manufacturing
4 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Aviation
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Senior
2 4 (14.81%) Data Analytics Specialist
2 4 (14.81%) Training Manager
3 3 (11.11%) Consultant
3 3 (11.11%) Functional Consultant
3 3 (11.11%) Lead
3 3 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 3 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
3 3 (11.11%) Senior Functional Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Analytics Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Business Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Finance Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Programme Manager
4 2 (7.41%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) SAP Financial Specialist
4 2 (7.41%) SAP Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Life Science
2 4 (14.81%) e-Learning
2 4 (14.81%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Analytics
1 11 (40.74%) Record to Report
2 10 (37.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (25.93%) Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (25.93%) Project Management
5 6 (22.22%) Agile
5 6 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (18.52%) Data Modelling
7 4 (14.81%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (14.81%) Business Transformation
7 4 (14.81%) Critical Thinking
7 4 (14.81%) Inventory Management
7 4 (14.81%) Logistics
7 4 (14.81%) Migration
7 4 (14.81%) Waterfall
8 3 (11.11%) Data Design
8 3 (11.11%) ERP
9 2 (7.41%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) Master's Degree
3 2 (7.41%) CCA
4 1 (3.70%) ACCA
4 1 (3.70%) CIMA
4 1 (3.70%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) Data Quality
2 3 (11.11%) PMO
3 1 (3.70%) GxP
3 1 (3.70%) QA
3 1 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) SAP
2 9 (33.33%) Ariba
3 4 (14.81%) Anaplan
3 4 (14.81%) Hyperion
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle