Finance Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Financial
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Oxford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 9 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 14.06% - 3.33%
As % of the General category 23.08% - 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - £425
25th Percentile £222 - £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.74%
75th Percentile £229 - £481
90th Percentile £301 - £496
Oxfordshire median daily rate £350 £625 £450
% change year-on-year -44.00% +38.89% -21.74%

All General Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 39 21 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 60.94% 58.33% 41.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 14 30
10th Percentile £210 £168 £162
25th Percentile £222 £251 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £375
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +30.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £525 £622 £502
90th Percentile £600 £689 £653
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £15.62 - -
25th Percentile £20.39 £23.50 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% +35.06%
75th Percentile £86.32 £37.00 -
90th Percentile £89.63 £43.30 -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £22.27 £25.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -12.67% -1.94% +11.02%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Finance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Finance job vacancy trend in Oxford

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Oxford over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Oxford

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Finance

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (11.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Power Platform
2 4 (44.44%) PowerApps
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (11.11%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) Power BI
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Local Government
2 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Accountant
1 5 (55.56%) Systems Accountant
2 4 (44.44%) Financial Accountant
2 4 (44.44%) Senior
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Accountant
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Systems Accountant
3 1 (11.11%) Business Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Business Process Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Change Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Junior
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Process Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Change Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Life Science
1 4 (44.44%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Process Improvement
2 5 (55.56%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
3 4 (44.44%) Data Management
3 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
3 4 (44.44%) ERP
3 4 (44.44%) Performance Monitoring
3 4 (44.44%) Project Delivery
3 4 (44.44%) Systems Thinking
4 3 (33.33%) Change Management
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
5 2 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
5 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (22.22%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CCAB
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) SAP