Finance Contracts in the South East

Financial
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 9 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 389 667 854
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 13.22% 11.82% 15.16%
As % of the General category 21.66% 23.79% 26.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 382 608
10th Percentile £256 £213 £213
25th Percentile £405 £360 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -4.76% +2.94%
75th Percentile £638 £614 £650
90th Percentile £700 £729 £765
England median daily rate £575 £592 £600
% change year-on-year -2.83% -1.38% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 36 14
10th Percentile £19.06 £14.50 £15.99
25th Percentile £30.52 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £75.00 £26.71 £31.65
Median % change year-on-year +180.85% -15.62% -2.62%
75th Percentile - £67.81 £71.56
90th Percentile £81.03 £70.09 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.25 £27.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year +49.07% +5.02% -26.54%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,796 2,804 3,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 61.03% 49.69% 58.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 1,527 2,214
10th Percentile £213 £213 £232
25th Percentile £375 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £591 £608 £629
90th Percentile £656 £688 £721
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 346 159
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.88 £15.69
25th Percentile £14.20 £18.32 £23.75
Median hourly rate £19.97 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.62% -10.00% +150.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.09 £74.20
England median hourly rate £27.97 £30.44 £31.92
% change year-on-year -8.10% -4.65% +48.47%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the South East

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Finance in the South East

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the South East

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the South East

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the South East

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 June 2025. 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
Thames Valley +1 196 £555 +16.84% 3,840
Berkshire 0 141 £613 +20.45% 2,239
Hampshire +8 93 £525 -9.48% 1,630
Buckinghamshire +1 45 £500 +5.26% 1,051
Surrey -3 43 £450 -12.20% 1,081
West Sussex -5 21 £486 -5.58% 536
Kent -5 17 £263 -45.45% 1,025
Oxfordshire -3 12 £250 -42.86% 612
East Sussex -1 6 £500 +25.00% 520
Middlesex +14 2 £675 - 17
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 19 (4.88%) Confluence
2 10 (2.57%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.03%) SAS
4 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 23 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (5.40%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.29%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (7.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (4.37%) Oracle EBS R12
3 15 (3.86%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (3.08%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 8 (2.06%) Oracle Assets
6 7 (1.80%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (1.80%) SAP BRIM
6 7 (1.80%) SAP Hybris
6 7 (1.80%) SAP PSCD
7 6 (1.54%) SAP CO
7 6 (1.54%) SAP FI
7 6 (1.54%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (1.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (1.03%) Avolution ABACUS
9 4 (1.03%) Maximo
9 4 (1.03%) Oracle ASCP
9 4 (1.03%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (1.03%) SAP ECC
9 4 (1.03%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 38 (9.77%) Azure
2 20 (5.14%) AWS
2 20 (5.14%) Power Platform
3 8 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (1.80%) Entra ID
4 7 (1.80%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 6 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (1.54%) SaaS
6 5 (1.29%) GitHub
7 4 (1.03%) OCI
8 3 (0.77%) Azure AKS
8 3 (0.77%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.51%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (0.51%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.51%) GCP
9 2 (0.51%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.26%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.26%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.34%) WebEx
2 11 (2.83%) LAN
3 10 (2.57%) WAN
4 4 (1.03%) DNS
5 3 (0.77%) BGP
5 3 (0.77%) VPN
6 2 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.51%) DHCP
6 2 (0.51%) Firewall
6 2 (0.51%) Multicast
6 2 (0.51%) Network Security
6 2 (0.51%) OSPF
6 2 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.51%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.51%) Wireless
7 1 (0.26%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.26%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.86%) Power BI
2 12 (3.08%) Big Data
3 9 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.80%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.29%) MySQL
5 5 (1.29%) Tableau
6 4 (1.03%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.03%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.77%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 3 (0.77%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.77%) IBM InfoSphere
7 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.77%) OLAP
7 3 (0.77%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.77%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.51%) Metadata
8 2 (0.51%) NewSQL
8 2 (0.51%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 23 (5.91%) JIRA
2 14 (3.60%) Git
2 14 (3.60%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.29%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.29%) Selenium
4 3 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.77%) Postman
4 3 (0.77%) TestRail
5 2 (0.51%) Codeception
5 2 (0.51%) ERwin
5 2 (0.51%) Subversion
6 1 (0.26%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.26%) GitLab
6 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.26%) WebDriver
General
1 115 (29.56%) Social Skills
2 79 (20.31%) Telecoms
3 74 (19.02%) Manufacturing
4 68 (17.48%) Public Sector
5 58 (14.91%) Analytical Skills
6 57 (14.65%) Marketing
7 46 (11.83%) Electronics
8 27 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (4.63%) Billing
10 15 (3.86%) Legal
11 13 (3.34%) Retail
12 10 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.06%) Automotive
13 8 (2.06%) Banking
13 8 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.54%) General Ledger
15 5 (1.29%) Aviation
16 4 (1.03%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.03%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 61 (15.68%) Analyst
2 49 (12.60%) Architect
3 40 (10.28%) Project Manager
4 36 (9.25%) Consultant
5 24 (6.17%) Developer
6 21 (5.40%) Active Directory Architect
7 20 (5.14%) Senior
8 16 (4.11%) Functional Consultant
9 15 (3.86%) SAP Consultant
10 14 (3.60%) Delphi Developer
10 14 (3.60%) Lead
11 13 (3.34%) SAP Manager
11 13 (3.34%) Support Analyst
12 12 (3.08%) 2nd Line Support
12 12 (3.08%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 12 (3.08%) Data Analyst
12 12 (3.08%) Support Engineer
13 11 (2.83%) Business Analyst
14 10 (2.57%) Desktop Support
14 10 (2.57%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.31%) Middleware
2 7 (1.80%) Web Services
3 6 (1.54%) REST
4 4 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.77%) .NET
5 3 (0.77%) RESTful
5 3 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.51%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.51%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.51%) Laravel
6 2 (0.51%) Phalcon
7 1 (0.26%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.26%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.26%) EDI
7 1 (0.26%) Express.js
7 1 (0.26%) FHIR
7 1 (0.26%) Flask
7 1 (0.26%) LangChain
7 1 (0.26%) LDAP
7 1 (0.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.34%) Data Centre
1 13 (3.34%) Life Science
1 13 (3.34%) NHS
2 12 (3.08%) Renewable Energy
3 10 (2.57%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.31%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.54%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.29%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.77%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.77%) e-Learning
8 3 (0.77%) LIMS
8 3 (0.77%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.51%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.51%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.51%) Digital Signage
9 2 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.51%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 67 (17.22%) Windows
2 14 (3.60%) Linux
3 10 (2.57%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.29%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (23.39%) Agile
2 69 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (16.20%) Business Intelligence
4 59 (15.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 58 (14.91%) Project Management
6 57 (14.65%) Programme Management
7 47 (12.08%) Digital Marketing
8 42 (10.80%) ERP
9 40 (10.28%) Migration
10 38 (9.77%) Project Delivery
11 37 (9.51%) PRINCE2
12 34 (8.74%) Risk Management
13 32 (8.23%) Change Management
14 28 (7.20%) Test Automation
15 25 (6.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 24 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 24 (6.17%) Identity Access Management
17 23 (5.91%) Roadmaps
18 22 (5.66%) Process Improvement
19 21 (5.40%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (13.11%) SQL
2 30 (7.71%) PowerShell
3 17 (4.37%) C#
3 17 (4.37%) Python
4 15 (3.86%) PL/SQL
5 14 (3.60%) Delphi
6 4 (1.03%) Bash
7 3 (0.77%) ABAP
7 3 (0.77%) Java
8 2 (0.51%) Go
8 2 (0.51%) PHP
8 2 (0.51%) Scala
9 1 (0.26%) Bicep
9 1 (0.26%) C
9 1 (0.26%) C++
9 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.26%) R
9 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.26%) VB
9 1 (0.26%) X++
Qualifications
1 68 (17.48%) Security Cleared
2 45 (11.57%) DV Cleared
3 29 (7.46%) Degree
3 29 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.37%) PMP
5 15 (3.86%) ACCA
6 10 (2.57%) CIMA
6 10 (2.57%) PMI Certification
7 8 (2.06%) APMP
8 5 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.77%) APMG
9 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.77%) Dell Certification
10 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.51%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.51%) CISSP
10 2 (0.51%) ISEB
10 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.51%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.34%) PMO
1 13 (3.34%) SLA
2 10 (2.57%) GDPR
3 9 (2.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (1.80%) QA
5 6 (1.54%) P3O
6 5 (1.29%) GRC
6 5 (1.29%) IFRS
7 4 (1.03%) PMBOK
8 3 (0.77%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.77%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.51%) COBIT
9 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.51%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.26%) COSO
10 1 (0.26%) HL7
10 1 (0.26%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.26%) ITGC
10 1 (0.26%) MIL-STD-1553
10 1 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 40 (10.28%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.29%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (2.57%) Terraform
2 7 (1.80%) Ansible
2 7 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.51%) Nessus
4 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.26%) QRadar
4 1 (0.26%) SCCM
4 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (27.76%) SAP
2 65 (16.71%) Microsoft
3 55 (14.14%) Oracle
4 15 (3.86%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.60%) Citrix
6 13 (3.34%) Sage
7 11 (2.83%) Databricks
8 9 (2.31%) MuleSoft
9 8 (2.06%) IFS
10 7 (1.80%) HP
10 7 (1.80%) IBM
11 6 (1.54%) Dell
12 5 (1.29%) Cisco
12 5 (1.29%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.03%) Adobe
13 4 (1.03%) Ariba
14 2 (0.51%) F5
14 2 (0.51%) Fujitsu
14 2 (0.51%) Rapid7
14 2 (0.51%) Zend