Finance Contracts in Merseyside

Financial
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 16 12
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 -7
Contract jobs citing Finance 30 38 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 13.16% 11.11% 12.74%
As % of the General category 24.00% 19.69% 22.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 23
10th Percentile £162 £391 £163
25th Percentile £200 £400 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £329 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -34.25% +5.26% +52.00%
75th Percentile £506 £575 £538
90th Percentile £656 £660 £671
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 5
10th Percentile - - £8.49
25th Percentile £14.50 - £9.23
Median hourly rate £26.77 - £9.46
75th Percentile £34.29 - £11.88
90th Percentile £48.10 - £12.85
North West median hourly rate £16.05 £30.76 £14.50
% change year-on-year -47.83% +112.10% -18.99%

All General Skills
Merseyside

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 125 193 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 54.82% 56.43% 57.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 129 140
10th Percentile £155 £393 £166
25th Percentile £213 £425 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.50% +17.65% +26.87%
75th Percentile £494 £588 £538
90th Percentile £588 £700 £615
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 9 11
10th Percentile £14.50 £16.15 £9.23
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £9.93
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +34.62% -26.76%
75th Percentile £34.21 £23.75 £16.25
90th Percentile £37.18 £25.00 £18.75
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £26.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -31.85% +30.00% -11.11%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Merseyside

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Merseyside

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Merseyside over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Merseyside

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Merseyside

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Merseyside over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Merseyside

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Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
Liverpool +4 26 £329 -34.25% 43
Birkenhead - 4 - - 1
Finance
North West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) SAP CO
1 2 (6.67%) SAP FI
1 2 (6.67%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (6.67%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Data Vault
1 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 7 (23.33%) Manufacturing
4 4 (13.33%) Banking
5 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (10.00%) Local Government
5 3 (10.00%) Police
6 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.33%) Electronics
7 1 (3.33%) Marketing
7 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Project Manager
2 4 (13.33%) Analyst
2 4 (13.33%) Data Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) ERP Manager
3 3 (10.00%) ERP Project Manager
3 3 (10.00%) Strategy Manager
3 3 (10.00%) Technical Manager
3 3 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Active Directory Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Compliance Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Data Compliance Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Market Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Market Data Administrator
4 2 (6.67%) Market Data Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Market Data Support Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
1 2 (6.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (6.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.00%) ERP
2 5 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 4 (13.33%) Change Management
3 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.00%) Project Management
4 3 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (6.67%) Application Security
5 2 (6.67%) Business Process Analysis
5 2 (6.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (6.67%) Data Interpretation
5 2 (6.67%) Data Migration
5 2 (6.67%) EAI
5 2 (6.67%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (6.67%) Internal Audit
5 2 (6.67%) Migration
5 2 (6.67%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.33%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (3.33%) IT Audit
6 1 (3.33%) Programme Governance
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) HNC
2 3 (10.00%) NVQ Level 4
3 2 (6.67%) ACCA
3 2 (6.67%) CIMA
3 2 (6.67%) CIPFA
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.33%) CISA
4 1 (3.33%) CISM
4 1 (3.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.00%) GDPR
3 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.33%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) SCCM
1 2 (6.67%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) SAP
3 2 (6.67%) Bloomberg
3 2 (6.67%) Refinitiv