Finance Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Financial
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 87 61 105
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 13.26% 17.58% 20.19%
As % of the General category 24.30% 29.90% 33.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 35 70
10th Percentile £325 £278 £257
25th Percentile £419 £425 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +4.62% -11.36%
75th Percentile £566 £594 £575
90th Percentile £629 £738 £689
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £508
% change year-on-year -2.58% +1.13% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £25.15 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -64.07% +55.56%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £80.50
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £66.25
% change year-on-year +88.87% -62.04% +194.44%

All General Skills
Surrey

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 general skills in Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 358 204 318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 54.57% 58.79% 61.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 144 214
10th Percentile £259 £204 £203
25th Percentile £325 £250 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £488 £415
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +17.47% -20.95%
75th Percentile £554 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £675 £663
South East median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 11 13
10th Percentile £13.37 £13.50 £14.85
25th Percentile £14.38 £14.44 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.15 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% -54.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £49.38 - £70.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £32.77 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £33.00 £20.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +65.00% -65.13% +9.24%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Surrey

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Surrey over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Surrey

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Finance

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 29 September 2026. 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
Staines -8 17 £513 -21.15% 23
Woking +1 7 £620 +90.85% 60
Reigate +1 5 £475 - 5
Weybridge - 5 - - 6
Leatherhead -8 4 £513 +13.89% 8
Redhill -6 3 £513 -6.82% 19
Camberley +2 2 £584 +16.80% 11
Guildford -12 2 £438 -23.91% 31
Sunbury-on-Thames +1 1 £300 +26.32% 1
Epsom - 1 £288 - 3
Oxted - 1 - -
Finance
South East

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.30%) Confluence
1 2 (2.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (14.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (6.90%) SAP Business One
2 6 (6.90%) Workday HCM
3 2 (2.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (2.30%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.15%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.15%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.15%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.75%) Power Platform
2 4 (4.60%) Azure
3 2 (2.30%) Boomi
3 2 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.30%) iPaaS
4 1 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (1.15%) AWS
4 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.15%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.30%) Intranet
1 2 (2.30%) X.509
2 1 (1.15%) DHCP
2 1 (1.15%) DNS
2 1 (1.15%) LAN
2 1 (1.15%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.75%) Power BI
2 3 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.45%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.45%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.30%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.15%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.15%) Db2
4 1 (1.15%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (4.60%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 48 (55.17%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (16.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (14.94%) Public Sector
5 9 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (9.20%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (6.90%) Legal
8 5 (5.75%) General Ledger
8 5 (5.75%) Local Government
9 4 (4.60%) Manufacturing
9 4 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.30%) Banking
11 2 (2.30%) Billing
12 1 (1.15%) Back Office
12 1 (1.15%) Law
12 1 (1.15%) Military
12 1 (1.15%) Retail
12 1 (1.15%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (17.24%) Analyst
2 14 (16.09%) Consultant
3 13 (14.94%) Project Manager
4 8 (9.20%) IT Manager
4 8 (9.20%) IT Project Manager
4 8 (9.20%) Lead
5 7 (8.05%) Accountant
6 6 (6.90%) Data Analyst
6 6 (6.90%) Senior
7 5 (5.75%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.75%) SAP Consultant
8 4 (4.60%) Financial Accountant
8 4 (4.60%) Lecturer
8 4 (4.60%) Programme Director
8 4 (4.60%) SAP Programme Director
9 3 (3.45%) Records Management Analyst
9 3 (3.45%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 3 (3.45%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 3 (3.45%) Support Officer
9 3 (3.45%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.60%) .NET
2 3 (3.45%) OAuth
2 3 (3.45%) OAuth2
3 2 (2.30%) JSON
3 2 (2.30%) Middleware
3 2 (2.30%) REST
3 2 (2.30%) SOAP
3 2 (2.30%) Web Services
3 2 (2.30%) XML
3 2 (2.30%) XSLT
4 1 (1.15%) JWT
4 1 (1.15%) OpenID
4 1 (1.15%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.09%) Onboarding
2 5 (5.75%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.60%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.45%) PMI
5 2 (2.30%) FMCG
6 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.15%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.15%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.15%) Android
1 1 (1.15%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.15%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (41.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (22.99%) Agile
3 19 (21.84%) Decision-Making
3 19 (21.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 17 (19.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (16.09%) ERP
5 14 (16.09%) Migration
6 13 (14.94%) Data Migration
6 13 (14.94%) User Acceptance Testing
7 12 (13.79%) Data Analysis
8 11 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (12.64%) Process Improvement
9 10 (11.49%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 10 (11.49%) Collaborative Culture
9 10 (11.49%) Validation
10 9 (10.34%) Budgeting
10 9 (10.34%) Mentoring
10 9 (10.34%) Project Delivery
10 9 (10.34%) Supplier Management
11 8 (9.20%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.90%) SQL
2 5 (5.75%) Python
3 4 (4.60%) C#
3 4 (4.60%) C++
3 4 (4.60%) Java
3 4 (4.60%) VB.NET
4 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.30%) XPath
5 1 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 15 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.09%) ACCA
2 14 (16.09%) CIMA
2 14 (16.09%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.75%) PMI Certification
4 4 (4.60%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.60%) Degree
4 4 (4.60%) PMP
5 2 (2.30%) CBAP
5 2 (2.30%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.30%) MBA
6 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.15%) CISM
6 1 (1.15%) CISSP
6 1 (1.15%) CRISC
6 1 (1.15%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.15%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (1.15%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.34%) QA
2 8 (9.20%) Data Quality
3 5 (5.75%) PMO
4 1 (1.15%) GRC
4 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.15%) NIST
4 1 (1.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (22.99%) SAP
2 13 (14.94%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.90%) Workday
4 4 (4.60%) Adaptive Insights
5 3 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.30%) Google
6 2 (2.30%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.15%) Citrix
7 1 (1.15%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.15%) Oracle
7 1 (1.15%) Planview
7 1 (1.15%) Polycom
7 1 (1.15%) Tagetik
7 1 (1.15%) Wyse