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 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 5 17
Rank change year-on-year -10 +12 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 50 31 4
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 11.19% 21.09% 2.63%
As % of the General category 18.32% 32.63% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 15 3
10th Percentile £331 £222 -
25th Percentile £419 £267 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £700 £575 £475
90th Percentile £808 £725 -
South East median daily rate £500 £514 £510
% change year-on-year -2.72% +0.78% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £14.80 £16.75 -
25th Percentile £15.63 £18.25 -
Median hourly rate £17.21 £21.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.98% - -
75th Percentile £18.71 £24.75 -
90th Percentile £19.51 £26.25 -
South East median hourly rate £39.87 £25.15 £66.25
% change year-on-year +58.51% -62.04% +219.28%

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 273 95 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 61.07% 64.63% 43.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 64 40
10th Percentile £225 £180 £159
25th Percentile £331 £243 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £431 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.14% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £592 £550 £503
90th Percentile £750 £618 £639
South East median daily rate £525 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +9.78% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 7 4
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.54 £23.55
25th Percentile £16.25 £20.75 £25.12
Median hourly rate £29.07 £77.00 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.25% +69.25% +40.85%
75th Percentile £51.27 £89.63 £74.06
90th Percentile £77.50 - £85.88
South East median hourly rate £32.81 £20.40 £58.05
% change year-on-year +60.81% -64.85% +10.56%

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 10 October 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
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 10 October 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 -1 17 £600 +166.67% 74
Abingdon -7 13 - - 7
Wantage - 7 £450 - 2
Bicester -10 2 £650 -23.53% 2
Kidlington - 1 - - 1
Witney - 1 - - 5
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 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.00%) Azure
3 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.00%) Power BI
2 1 (2.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Hudson
General
1 15 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 14 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (16.00%) Japanese Language
4 6 (12.00%) Local Government
5 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.00%) Legal
6 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.00%) Billing
7 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Law
7 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) Accountant
2 11 (22.00%) Financial Accountant
3 9 (18.00%) Senior
4 7 (14.00%) Systems Accountant
5 5 (10.00%) Head of PMO
6 3 (6.00%) Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) Consultant
7 2 (4.00%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) Lead
7 2 (4.00%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.00%) Salesforce Consultant
7 2 (4.00%) Training Consultant
8 1 (2.00%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
8 1 (2.00%) IFS Consultant
8 1 (2.00%) IT Analyst
8 1 (2.00%) Power BI Developer
8 1 (2.00%) QA Analyst
8 1 (2.00%) QA Test Engineer
8 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Project Manager
8 1 (2.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.00%) AI Agents
2 4 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.00%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.00%) FMCG
3 1 (2.00%) Life Science
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (2.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (22.00%) Decision-Making
3 10 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 9 (18.00%) AI
4 9 (18.00%) Business Case
4 9 (18.00%) Roadmaps
5 8 (16.00%) Commercialisation
5 8 (16.00%) Cost Reduction
5 8 (16.00%) Customer Experience
5 8 (16.00%) Data Migration
5 8 (16.00%) Machine Learning
5 8 (16.00%) Migration
5 8 (16.00%) Product Management
5 8 (16.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (16.00%) Software Engineering
5 8 (16.00%) Use Case
5 8 (16.00%) Validation
6 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (2.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.00%) ACCA
1 3 (6.00%) CIMA
2 2 (4.00%) Degree
3 1 (2.00%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.00%) PMO
2 4 (8.00%) GAAP
2 4 (8.00%) IFRS
3 2 (4.00%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.00%) QA
4 1 (2.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (6.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.00%) IFS
3 1 (2.00%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.00%) SAP
3 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.00%) Snow