Finance Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Financial
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 15 12 19
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 5.60% 12.12% 8.76%
As % of the General category 10.95% 17.14% 17.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 11
10th Percentile £231 £319 £259
25th Percentile £340 £429 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £625 £425
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +47.06% -19.05%
75th Percentile £559 £638 £488
90th Percentile £666 - -
South East median daily rate £503 £544 £513
% change year-on-year -7.59% +6.10% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £16.30 - £13.97
25th Percentile £20.50 - £14.74
Median hourly rate £22.00 - £16.34
75th Percentile £33.50 - £18.27
90th Percentile £40.87 - £19.23
South East median hourly rate £41.13 £72.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -43.28% +202.08% -40.00%

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

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 general skills in Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 137 70 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 51.12% 70.71% 48.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 36 65
10th Percentile £229 £250 £150
25th Percentile £250 £334 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £591 £500
90th Percentile £618 £681 £604
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - +0.10% -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 24
10th Percentile £15.62 £13.08 £16.16
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.91 £19.08
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.00 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +0.60% +9.89% -12.50%
75th Percentile £28.75 £32.89 £49.06
90th Percentile £52.76 £46.66 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £45.59 £24.66 £42.50
% change year-on-year +84.85% -41.98% -5.56%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Oxfordshire

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Finance

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Oxfordshire

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 11 April 2026. 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
Oxford -3 3 £450 - 16
Carterton - 2 - -
Henley-on-Thames - 1 £159 -
Kidlington - 1 - - 1
Finance
South East

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.67%) Photoshop
2 1 (6.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) SaaS
2 2 (13.33%) Google Workspace
3 1 (6.67%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) Slack
General
1 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (60.00%) Marketing
3 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (13.33%) Electronics
5 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
5 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
6 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
6 1 (6.67%) Aviation
6 1 (6.67%) Banking
6 1 (6.67%) Investment Banking
6 1 (6.67%) Law
6 1 (6.67%) Legal
6 1 (6.67%) Local Government
6 1 (6.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) IT Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Migration Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Commercial Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Content Coordinator
3 1 (6.67%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Coordinator
3 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Executive Assistant
3 1 (6.67%) PMO Director
3 1 (6.67%) Research Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Web Content Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (33.33%) Client Onboarding
2 5 (33.33%) CRM
3 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (20.00%) Logistics
4 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) Workflow
4 2 (13.33%) Workflow Management
5 1 (6.67%) Business Case
5 1 (6.67%) Contract Management
5 1 (6.67%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (6.67%) Data Entry
5 1 (6.67%) Facilities Management
5 1 (6.67%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Project Planning
5 1 (6.67%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) SAP
2 2 (13.33%) Ariba
2 2 (13.33%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) Facebook
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft