Finance Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Financial
East of England > Suffolk

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Suffolk. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 11 19
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 -13
Contract jobs citing Finance 8 11 8
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 13.11% 10.19% 6.45%
As % of the General category 22.86% 17.74% 10.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £156 £443 £201
25th Percentile £222 £506 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £625 £455
Median % change year-on-year -46.80% +37.36% -27.20%
75th Percentile £442 £669 £550
90th Percentile £507 £688 £580
East of England median daily rate £550 £519 £500
% change year-on-year +6.02% +3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £17.03 - -
25th Percentile £19.31 - -
Median hourly rate £23.75 - -
75th Percentile £24.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.30 £32.87 £49.00
% change year-on-year -47.37% -32.93% +40.00%

All General Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35 62 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 57.38% 57.41% 62.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 26 64
10th Percentile £213 £255 £190
25th Percentile £220 £363 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £700
90th Percentile £575 £594 £745
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £14.05 - -
25th Percentile £16.36 £45.22 £13.50
Median hourly rate £21.34 £48.56 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.06% +246.86% -
75th Percentile £24.38 £52.83 £14.50
90th Percentile £24.76 £53.38 -
East of England median hourly rate £20.72 £17.45 £17.72
% change year-on-year +18.77% -1.55% -10.55%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Finance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk.

Finance job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Suffolk

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Suffolk over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Suffolk

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Finance

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Ipswich - 5 £333 - 17
Bury St Edmunds - 2 - - 7
Finance
East of England

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Burp Suite
General
1 4 (50.00%) Electronics
1 4 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (50.00%) Marketing
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) French Language
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Installation Technician
1 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Technical Support
1 2 (25.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Application Security Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Technician
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Technician
2 1 (12.50%) Finance Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Finance Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Security Risk Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (25.00%) Logistics
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (25.00%) Workflow
2 2 (25.00%) Workflow Management
3 1 (12.50%) Accounts Payable
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Privacy
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Expense Management
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CEH
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) CRISC
2 1 (12.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) GRC
2 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Nexpose
1 1 (12.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Qualys
2 1 (12.50%) Tenable