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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 13 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 -6
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Finance 8 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 10.26% 4.35% 3.45%
As % of the General category 19.05% 7.14% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £146 £189 £336
25th Percentile £254 £233 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £305 £380
Median % change year-on-year +39.34% -19.74% -27.62%
75th Percentile £473 £378 £414
90th Percentile £564 £421 £428
Lancashire median daily rate £465 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +3.33% -18.18% +22.22%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 42 28 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 53.85% 60.87% 54.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 14 22
10th Percentile £250 £200 £330
25th Percentile £398 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £414
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +17.82% -17.25%
75th Percentile £575 £644 £487
90th Percentile £663 £924 £625
Lancashire median daily rate £455 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -4.21% -13.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 20
10th Percentile £26.88 £15.89 £19.92
25th Percentile £35.07 £16.06 £38.83
Median hourly rate £44.09 £16.43 £49.79
Median % change year-on-year +168.31% -66.99% +71.91%
75th Percentile £50.17 £33.97 £65.08
90th Percentile £62.56 £56.56 £78.00
Lancashire median hourly rate £55.20 £32.90 £47.19
% change year-on-year +67.81% -30.29% +53.48%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Preston over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Preston

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Finance

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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
1 1 (12.50%) Snowflake
1 1 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (25.00%) IT Technician
3 2 (25.00%) Senior IT Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Senior IT Technician
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Technician
4 1 (12.50%) Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Data Management
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
3 1 (12.50%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (12.50%) Product Management
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Source to Pay
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Test Planning
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Ariba
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow