Finance Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Financial
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 18 31
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 5 13 13
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.81% 8.55% 4.91%
As % of the General category 6.17% 18.06% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 10
10th Percentile - £466 £498
25th Percentile £155 £490 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 £513 £514
Median % change year-on-year -47.80% -0.20% +2.70%
75th Percentile £403 £688 £638
90th Percentile £431 - £669
Hampshire median daily rate £473 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -17.83% - +10.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £68.61
Hampshire median hourly rate - £73.75 £43.31
% change year-on-year - +70.30% +33.25%

All General Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 81 72 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 45.51% 47.37% 48.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 48 71
10th Percentile £190 £266 £269
25th Percentile £200 £411 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £503 £514
Median % change year-on-year -55.22% -2.15% +14.12%
75th Percentile £453 £671 £603
90th Percentile £520 £700 £670
Hampshire median daily rate £475 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -7.77% -6.36% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 25
10th Percentile £22.21 £63.25 £22.35
25th Percentile £25.12 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £44.25 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.79% +16.67% +96.66%
75th Percentile £56.25 - £68.61
90th Percentile £67.35 - £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £70.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -70.41% +27.27% +98.34%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Finance

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Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 11 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Portsmouth

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Finance

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (40.00%) IT Support
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow Management
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Software Licensing
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team Management
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP