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 12 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 15 9 15
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 7.01% 9.00% 6.82%
As % of the General category 13.27% 11.84% 12.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 9
10th Percentile £255 £319 £382
25th Percentile £400 £429 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +38.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £488
90th Percentile - - £491
South East median daily rate £500 £545 £504
% change year-on-year -8.26% +8.24% -1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £14.40 - £13.97
25th Percentile £15.75 - £14.74
Median hourly rate £22.00 - £16.34
75th Percentile £23.50 - £18.27
90th Percentile £36.87 - £19.23
South East median hourly rate £35.63 £63.75 £26.86
% change year-on-year -44.12% +137.34% -1.34%

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 113 76 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 52.80% 76.00% 52.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 40 74
10th Percentile £231 £241 £150
25th Percentile £256 £306 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £505
90th Percentile £600 £666 £584
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 24
10th Percentile £15.62 £13.08 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.85 £19.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £25.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.94% -2.91% +0.98%
75th Percentile £27.16 £46.30 £49.06
90th Percentile £27.88 £51.50 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £27.63 £30.00
% change year-on-year +7.17% -7.90% -33.33%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 12 March 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 0 2 £450 - 13
Carterton - 2 - -
Henley-on-Thames - 1 £159 -
Kidlington - 1 - - 2
Wallingford - 1 - - 4
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 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) SaaS
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (60.00%) Marketing
3 6 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (13.33%) Electronics
5 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
5 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
6 1 (6.67%) Banking
6 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (6.67%) Investment Banking
6 1 (6.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Analyst
1 3 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (13.33%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Finance Modeller
2 2 (13.33%) IT Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Migration Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Content Coordinator
3 1 (6.67%) Coordinator
3 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Research Analyst
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 5 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) e-Learning
2 1 (6.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) CRM
2 5 (33.33%) Client Onboarding
2 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (13.33%) Budgeting
3 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (13.33%) Financial Modelling
3 2 (13.33%) Logistics
3 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (13.33%) Workflow
3 2 (13.33%) Workflow Management
4 1 (6.67%) Data Entry
4 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (6.67%) Project Management
4 1 (6.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (6.67%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) ACCA
1 2 (13.33%) CIMA
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) SAP
2 2 (13.33%) Ariba
2 2 (13.33%) Facebook
3 1 (6.67%) Google