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 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +5
Contract jobs citing Finance 36 32 12
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 7.81% 19.88% 6.45%
As % of the General category 13.64% 29.09% 16.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 9
10th Percentile - - £244
25th Percentile £425 £222 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile £738 £400 £488
90th Percentile £775 £825 -
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £16.18 - -
25th Percentile £19.06 £25.75 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £26.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% - -
75th Percentile £28.81 £27.25 -
90th Percentile £31.63 - -
South East median hourly rate £73.60 £53.66 £32.91
% change year-on-year +37.17% +63.02% -26.86%

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 264 110 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 57.27% 68.32% 39.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 60 48
10th Percentile £225 £175 £160
25th Percentile £269 £242 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -
75th Percentile £566 £541 £500
90th Percentile £733 £630 £638
South East median daily rate £518 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 10 10
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.08 £21.85
25th Percentile £16.25 £22.08 £26.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £37.03 £40.52
Median % change year-on-year +28.27% -8.60% +43.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £87.97 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £89.63 £67.88
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £18.82 £57.35
% change year-on-year +152.39% -67.18% +14.70%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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
Abingdon - 13 - - 6
Oxford -14 5 £750 +233.33% 47
Wantage - 5 £450 - 1
Bicester -6 2 £650 -23.53%
Kidlington - 1 - -
Witney - 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 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.56%) Google Workspace
2 2 (5.56%) SaaS
3 1 (2.78%) Azure
3 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Hudson
General
1 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
3 4 (11.11%) Local Government
4 3 (8.33%) Marketing
5 2 (5.56%) Law
5 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Aviation
6 1 (2.78%) Billing
6 1 (2.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (44.44%) Accountant
2 11 (30.56%) Financial Accountant
3 5 (13.89%) Systems Accountant
4 3 (8.33%) Consultant
4 3 (8.33%) Head of PMO
5 2 (5.56%) Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Salesforce Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) Training Consultant
6 1 (2.78%) Administrator
6 1 (2.78%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (2.78%) Commercial Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Contracts Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Data Administrator
6 1 (2.78%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Implementation Project Manager
6 1 (2.78%) QA Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) QA Test Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Salesforce Project Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Test Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.78%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.78%) FMCG
3 1 (2.78%) Life Science
3 1 (2.78%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (19.44%) Decision-Making
2 6 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 6 (16.67%) Migration
3 5 (13.89%) CRM
3 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 3 (8.33%) ERP
5 3 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (5.56%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (5.56%) Analytics
6 2 (5.56%) Budgeting
6 2 (5.56%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (5.56%) Business Case
6 2 (5.56%) Change Management
6 2 (5.56%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (5.56%) Process Improvement
6 2 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (5.56%) User Experience
6 2 (5.56%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (2.78%) PL/SQL
1 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.33%) ACCA
1 3 (8.33%) CIMA
1 3 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) GAAP
1 4 (11.11%) IFRS
1 4 (11.11%) PMO
2 2 (5.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.78%) QA
3 1 (2.78%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (8.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.78%) Google
2 1 (2.78%) IFS
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) MuleSoft
2 1 (2.78%) SAP
70 Finance jobs in Oxfordshire