Finance Contracts in the South West

Financial
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 14 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 333 409 564
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 10.47% 11.29% 15.15%
As % of the General category 20.43% 23.07% 29.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 339 450
10th Percentile £305 £399 £363
25th Percentile £425 £471 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £550 £522
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% +5.47% +4.30%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £608
90th Percentile £775 £726 £688
England median daily rate £588 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.08% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 8
10th Percentile £10.42 £18.05 £28.25
25th Percentile £11.87 £21.25 £31.25
Median hourly rate £14.79 £38.35 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.43% +9.57% +120.68%
75th Percentile £18.65 £80.00 £56.88
90th Percentile £35.00 £92.16 £71.50
England median hourly rate £27.00 £25.71 £34.14
% change year-on-year +5.02% -24.69% +52.68%

All General Skills
South West

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,630 1,773 1,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.27% 48.94% 51.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 970 1,311 1,329
10th Percentile £213 £275 £238
25th Percentile £408 £413 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £493
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +11.36% +6.02%
75th Percentile £625 £637 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 124 136
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.50 -
25th Percentile £22.27 £37.50 £15.90
Median hourly rate £46.39 £61.10 £44.71
Median % change year-on-year -24.08% +36.66% +11.78%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £55.83
90th Percentile £75.75 £87.25 £65.25
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.20% +51.16% -4.44%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the South West

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in the South West

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the South West

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the South West

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the South West

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Bristol -5 103 £530 -1.40% 142
Wiltshire 0 99 £625 +4.17% 55
Gloucestershire +24 54 £488 -12.36% 43
Somerset +1 23 £541 +5.56% 71
Devon 0 23 £600 +37.93% 71
Dorset +3 15 £513 -14.58% 27
Cornwall - 1 - - 9
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (1.80%) Confluence
2 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.60%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 39 (11.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (10.51%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (9.31%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (7.81%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.20%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.30%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (1.20%) Adobe Campaign
2 3 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.60%) Actimize
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.30%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.30%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.30%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.30%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.30%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 34 (10.21%) Azure
2 19 (5.71%) Power Platform
3 13 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
4 12 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.00%) AWS
6 8 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.90%) Serverless
7 3 (0.90%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.60%) Apigee
8 2 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.60%) IaaS
8 2 (0.60%) SaaS
9 1 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.30%) GCP
9 1 (0.30%) GitHub
9 1 (0.30%) npm
9 1 (0.30%) PaaS
9 1 (0.30%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.10%) 3G
1 7 (2.10%) 4G
1 7 (2.10%) Firewall
1 7 (2.10%) LAN
1 7 (2.10%) WAN
2 3 (0.90%) VPN
2 3 (0.90%) Wireless
3 2 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.60%) FTP
3 2 (0.60%) SAN
3 2 (0.60%) Skype
4 1 (0.30%) Internet
4 1 (0.30%) ISDN
4 1 (0.30%) PSTN
4 1 (0.30%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.30%) Power BI
2 5 (1.50%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.20%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.90%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.90%) Metadata
4 3 (0.90%) Tableau
5 2 (0.60%) Data Vault
5 2 (0.60%) MySQL
5 2 (0.60%) OLAP
5 2 (0.60%) OLTP
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.30%) Big Data
6 1 (0.30%) CockroachDB
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (10.51%) JIRA
2 4 (1.20%) Git
3 2 (0.60%) git-flow
3 2 (0.60%) GitLab
3 2 (0.60%) JMeter
3 2 (0.60%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.30%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.30%) ERwin
4 1 (0.30%) GoCD
4 1 (0.30%) NUnit
4 1 (0.30%) PHPUnit
4 1 (0.30%) Postman
4 1 (0.30%) Selenium
4 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.30%) webpack
4 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 112 (33.63%) Social Skills
2 96 (28.83%) Public Sector
3 73 (21.92%) Marketing
4 71 (21.32%) Telecoms
5 66 (19.82%) Electronics
5 66 (19.82%) Manufacturing
6 54 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (9.91%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (3.30%) Banking
9 10 (3.00%) Legal
10 7 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.10%) Police
10 7 (2.10%) Publishing
10 7 (2.10%) Retail
11 5 (1.50%) Law
11 5 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.20%) Billing
12 4 (1.20%) Fire and Rescue
12 4 (1.20%) Military
13 3 (0.90%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 55 (16.52%) Lead
2 49 (14.71%) Architect
3 43 (12.91%) Project Manager
4 41 (12.31%) Analyst
5 24 (7.21%) Project Leader
5 24 (7.21%) Senior
6 23 (6.91%) Solutions Architect
7 22 (6.61%) Developer
8 17 (5.11%) Consultant
9 16 (4.80%) Delivery Manager
10 15 (4.50%) Administrator
10 15 (4.50%) IT Manager
10 15 (4.50%) Technical Architect
11 13 (3.90%) Change Manager
11 13 (3.90%) Data Analyst
12 12 (3.60%) Senior Manager
13 9 (2.70%) Senior Delivery Manager
14 8 (2.40%) Business Analyst
14 8 (2.40%) ITIL Release Manager
14 8 (2.40%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.60%) Node.js
2 7 (2.10%) React
3 6 (1.80%) GraphQL
4 4 (1.20%) .NET
4 4 (1.20%) Middleware
5 3 (0.90%) HTML
5 3 (0.90%) Jest
6 2 (0.60%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.60%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.60%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.60%) CSS
6 2 (0.60%) Laravel
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.30%) Android SDK
7 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.30%) JPA
7 1 (0.30%) OAuth
7 1 (0.30%) REST
7 1 (0.30%) RESTful
7 1 (0.30%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.60%) Product Ownership
2 9 (2.70%) Public Cloud
3 8 (2.40%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.40%) NHS
4 7 (2.10%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.80%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.90%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.90%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.60%) Blog
8 2 (0.60%) CMDB
8 2 (0.60%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.60%) iPhone
8 2 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.60%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.60%) PMI
8 2 (0.60%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.60%) Replication
8 2 (0.60%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.30%) Contactless
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.11%) Windows
2 9 (2.70%) Linux
3 3 (0.90%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.30%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (28.53%) Agile
2 85 (25.53%) Project Management
3 81 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
4 72 (21.62%) Programme Management
5 67 (20.12%) Digital Marketing
5 67 (20.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 51 (15.32%) PRINCE2
7 46 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (13.21%) Project Delivery
9 37 (11.11%) Data Management
10 32 (9.61%) Project Planning
11 30 (9.01%) Change Management
12 29 (8.71%) Migration
12 29 (8.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 29 (8.71%) Workshop Facilitation
13 28 (8.41%) ITIL
14 27 (8.11%) Commercial Awareness
14 27 (8.11%) Decision-Making
15 25 (7.51%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 25 (7.51%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.20%) SQL
2 10 (3.00%) TypeScript
3 9 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.80%) Java
5 4 (1.20%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.90%) Python
7 2 (0.60%) C#
7 2 (0.60%) PHP
8 1 (0.30%) Bash
8 1 (0.30%) Bicep
8 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 120 (36.04%) Security Cleared
2 68 (20.42%) DV Cleared
3 63 (18.92%) SC Cleared
4 25 (7.51%) APMP
5 16 (4.80%) Degree
6 6 (1.80%) CISSP
6 6 (1.80%) PMP
7 5 (1.50%) CESG Certified Professional
7 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.20%) CLAS
8 4 (1.20%) HND
8 4 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.60%) ACCA
9 2 (0.60%) CIMA
9 2 (0.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.30%) CISM
10 1 (0.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (14.11%) PMO
2 15 (4.50%) QA
3 8 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.10%) JSP 440
5 6 (1.80%) RMADS
6 4 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.20%) NIST
7 3 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.90%) GDPR
7 3 (0.90%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) COSO
8 1 (0.30%) GRC
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.30%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.30%) SEPA
8 1 (0.30%) TARGET2
System Software
1 5 (1.50%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.50%) Docker
2 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.30%) NFS
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.20%) Terraform
4 2 (0.60%) Ansible
4 2 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.60%) SCOrch
4 2 (0.60%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 2 (0.60%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.30%) Grafana
5 1 (0.30%) Istio
5 1 (0.30%) OPNET
5 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.30%) Puppet
5 1 (0.30%) SCOM
Vendors
1 82 (24.62%) Microsoft
2 72 (21.62%) SAP
3 7 (2.10%) Oracle
3 7 (2.10%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.80%) Adobe
5 4 (1.20%) VMware
6 3 (0.90%) BiZZdesign
6 3 (0.90%) Cisco
6 3 (0.90%) Citrix
6 3 (0.90%) Civica
6 3 (0.90%) Dell
6 3 (0.90%) FIS
6 3 (0.90%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.60%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.60%) Cognos
7 2 (0.60%) Hyperion
7 2 (0.60%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.60%) Refinitiv
7 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.60%) Veeam