Finance Contracts in Preston

Financial
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 7 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Finance 5 9 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 7.25% 16.36% -
As % of the General category 11.11% 19.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £438 £350 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -
75th Percentile £529 £740 -
90th Percentile £554 £746 -
Lancashire median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £11.77 -
Lancashire median hourly rate £52.50 £11.77 -
% change year-on-year +346.05% - -

All General Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 45 47 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 65.22% 85.45% 36.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 14 18
10th Percentile £395 £274 -
25th Percentile £425 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £513 £469
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% +9.33% +37.87%
75th Percentile £630 £748 £703
90th Percentile £688 £924 £850
Lancashire median daily rate £525 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +1.20% -5.68% +13.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 32 9
10th Percentile £23.77 £12.20 £35.33
25th Percentile £26.88 - £41.50
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £49.57
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -67.60% +22.27%
75th Percentile £30.63 £19.05 £53.35
90th Percentile £44.98 £46.18 £58.46
Lancashire median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £47.79
% change year-on-year +79.02% -66.39% +17.87%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Preston

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in Preston.

Daily rate trend for Finance in Preston

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Preston over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Preston

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in Preston.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Preston

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Network Services Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (40.00%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Product Management
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Scorecard
2 2 (40.00%) Service Design
2 2 (40.00%) Software License Management
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Supplier Management
2 2 (40.00%) Transition Management
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) TOWER Software