Finance Contracts in Reading

Financial
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 12 13
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 -9
Contract jobs citing Finance 83 131 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 15.20% 11.14% 10.80%
As % of the General category 23.92% 18.42% 17.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 44 77
10th Percentile £525 £355 £363
25th Percentile £572 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £513 £600
Median % change year-on-year +26.83% -14.58% +23.71%
75th Percentile £700 £628 £688
90th Percentile - £675 £718
Berkshire median daily rate £625 £509 £560
% change year-on-year +22.79% -9.11% +17.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £44.91 £23.91 £41.03
% change year-on-year +87.79% -41.71% -20.34%

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 347 711 629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 63.55% 60.46% 60.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 331 367
10th Percentile £350 £213 £361
25th Percentile £450 £402 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £655
90th Percentile £700 £675 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +0.70% -2.91% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 49 8
10th Percentile £44.88 £16.90 £37.05
25th Percentile £48.44 £51.25 £58.60
Median hourly rate £56.25 £61.06 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year -7.88% -5.59% +115.58%
75th Percentile £63.44 £72.33 £67.16
90th Percentile £66.63 £87.53 £71.20
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 £58.49 £45.00
% change year-on-year +1.72% +29.98% +109.21%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Reading

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Reading over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Reading

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (19.28%) Oracle EBS R12
2 13 (15.66%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (8.43%) Oracle Assets
4 5 (6.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (4.82%) Maximo
5 4 (4.82%) Oracle ASCP
5 4 (4.82%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (4.82%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (3.61%) Oracle AGIS
6 3 (3.61%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (3.61%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 3 (3.61%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (3.61%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (2.41%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (1.20%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.82%) Azure
1 4 (4.82%) SaaS
2 2 (2.41%) AWS
2 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.20%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (1.20%) Azure AKS
3 1 (1.20%) Azure App Service
3 1 (1.20%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.20%) OCI
3 1 (1.20%) Twilio
3 1 (1.20%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) Broadband
1 1 (1.20%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (1.20%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (1.20%) Junos
1 1 (1.20%) LAN
1 1 (1.20%) Network Security
1 1 (1.20%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (1.20%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (3.61%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Git
1 5 (6.02%) Selenium
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.20%) WebDriver
General
1 45 (54.22%) Telecoms
2 30 (36.14%) Marketing
3 27 (32.53%) Electronics
3 27 (32.53%) Manufacturing
3 27 (32.53%) Public Sector
4 19 (22.89%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (16.87%) Social Skills
6 8 (9.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (7.23%) Legal
8 2 (2.41%) General Ledger
8 2 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Retail
9 1 (1.20%) Billing
9 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (28.92%) Architect
2 21 (25.30%) Active Directory Architect
3 12 (14.46%) Consultant
4 8 (9.64%) Functional Consultant
4 8 (9.64%) Oracle Consultant
4 8 (9.64%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 6 (7.23%) Analyst
5 6 (7.23%) Senior
6 4 (4.82%) Financial Analyst
6 4 (4.82%) Senior Manager
7 3 (3.61%) Commercial Analyst
7 3 (3.61%) Developer
7 3 (3.61%) Finance Manager
7 3 (3.61%) Lead
7 3 (3.61%) OBIEE Consultant
8 2 (2.41%) DevOps Engineer
8 2 (2.41%) Project Manager
8 2 (2.41%) Report Manager
8 2 (2.41%) Risk Manager
8 2 (2.41%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) .NET
1 1 (1.20%) .NET Core
1 1 (1.20%) ADO
1 1 (1.20%) CSS
1 1 (1.20%) Express.js
1 1 (1.20%) FastAPI
1 1 (1.20%) FHIR
1 1 (1.20%) GraphQL
1 1 (1.20%) HTML
1 1 (1.20%) LangChain
1 1 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.20%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.41%) Cyberattack
1 2 (2.41%) Management Information System
1 2 (2.41%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.20%) CMDB
2 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (30.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.94%) Business Intelligence
1 29 (34.94%) Programme Management
2 27 (32.53%) Digital Marketing
3 26 (31.33%) Agile
4 24 (28.92%) Test Automation
5 21 (25.30%) Identity Access Management
6 18 (21.69%) Project Delivery
7 14 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (15.66%) Project Management
9 10 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (8.43%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 7 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (8.43%) Roadmaps
11 6 (7.23%) PRINCE2
12 5 (6.02%) Change Control
12 5 (6.02%) Customer-Centricity
12 5 (6.02%) ERP
12 5 (6.02%) Logistics
12 5 (6.02%) Portfolio Management
12 5 (6.02%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 25 (30.12%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.23%) Python
3 4 (4.82%) Bash
3 4 (4.82%) SQL
4 2 (2.41%) C#
5 1 (1.20%) Bicep
5 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.20%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (32.53%) Security Cleared
2 25 (30.12%) DV Cleared
3 6 (7.23%) ACCA
4 5 (6.02%) APMP
5 4 (4.82%) CIMA
5 4 (4.82%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.41%) Degree
7 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.20%) ISACA
7 1 (1.20%) ISEB
7 1 (1.20%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.20%) PMP
7 1 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.02%) P3O
1 5 (6.02%) SLA
2 4 (4.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.41%) GDPR
3 2 (2.41%) IFRS
4 1 (1.20%) COBIT
4 1 (1.20%) HL7
4 1 (1.20%) NIST
4 1 (1.20%) PMO
4 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 21 (25.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.20%) Ansible
1 1 (1.20%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (33.73%) SAP
2 22 (26.51%) Oracle
3 8 (9.64%) IFS
4 3 (3.61%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.41%) Databricks
5 2 (2.41%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.20%) Adobe
6 1 (1.20%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.20%) Ariba
6 1 (1.20%) Cisco
6 1 (1.20%) Citrix
6 1 (1.20%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.20%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.20%) F5
6 1 (1.20%) Facebook
6 1 (1.20%) Juniper