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 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 64 91 127
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 17.34% 19.87% 17.30%
As % of the General category 29.91% 31.71% 31.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 63 114
10th Percentile £300 £260 £250
25th Percentile £431 £317 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.25% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £697
90th Percentile £738 £684 £775
South East median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -1.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.07% +55.56% +44.46%
75th Percentile - £78.75 £47.50
90th Percentile - £84.00 -
South East median hourly rate £20.01 £52.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -61.89% +118.75% +9.59%

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 common skills in Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 214 287 398
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 57.99% 62.66% 54.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 187 330
10th Percentile £204 £203 £206
25th Percentile £229 £260 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £581 £538 £638
90th Percentile £688 £600 £738
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 13
10th Percentile £15.38 £13.25 £14.83
25th Percentile £21.38 £17.25 £34.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.55% +17.78% -
75th Percentile £30.89 £70.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.00 £72.00
South East median hourly rate £20.40 £52.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -61.14% +5.00% +56.69%

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 5 November 2025.

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 5 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
Staines +8 6 £650 - 4
Redhill +5 6 £663 +23.26% 5
Camberley -2 6 £500 -9.09% 4
Guildford -1 5 £561 -4.87% 44
Chertsey +8 2 £300 +13.21%
Woking +3 2 £325 -51.64% 10
Reigate -2 1 - - 12
Leatherhead -5 1 £450 -5.26% 21
Horley - 1 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £238 - 3
Tadworth - 1 £380 -
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 7 (10.94%) Mattermost
1 7 (10.94%) Skype for Business
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Remedy ITSM
1 7 (10.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (4.69%) NetSuite
3 2 (3.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (3.13%) SAP CO
3 2 (3.13%) SAP FI
3 2 (3.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.94%) SaaS
2 5 (7.81%) Azure
3 3 (4.69%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.13%) Adobe Analytics
4 2 (3.13%) AWS
4 2 (3.13%) Contentsquare
4 2 (3.13%) GCP
5 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.56%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.56%) OCI
5 1 (1.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.94%) Skype
2 3 (4.69%) LAN
2 3 (4.69%) WAN
3 1 (1.56%) DHCP
3 1 (1.56%) DNS
3 1 (1.56%) HTTP
3 1 (1.56%) Kerberos
3 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) Oracle Database
1 3 (4.69%) Oracle Exadata
1 3 (4.69%) Power BI
2 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.13%) Tableau
3 1 (1.56%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (1.56%) Power Query
3 1 (1.56%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Postman
2 1 (1.56%) Selenium
2 1 (1.56%) SoapUI
2 1 (1.56%) SpecFlow
General
1 38 (59.38%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.25%) Banking
4 3 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.13%) Electronics
5 2 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.13%) Legal
5 2 (3.13%) Retail
6 1 (1.56%) Billing
6 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (26.56%) Analyst
2 8 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 8 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 7 (10.94%) Messaging Analyst
3 7 (10.94%) Messaging Support
3 7 (10.94%) Messaging Support Analyst
4 5 (7.81%) Accountant
4 5 (7.81%) Management Accountant
5 4 (6.25%) Architect
5 4 (6.25%) IT Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) Consultant
6 3 (4.69%) DBA
6 3 (4.69%) Lead
6 3 (4.69%) Oracle DBA
6 3 (4.69%) Programme Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Support Engineer
6 3 (4.69%) Technical Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Applications Support
7 2 (3.13%) Vulnerability Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.69%) Middleware
1 3 (4.69%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (3.13%) JSON
3 1 (1.56%) ADO
3 1 (1.56%) LDAP
3 1 (1.56%) Next.js
3 1 (1.56%) REST
3 1 (1.56%) SOAP
3 1 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.69%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.13%) Replication
3 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.31%) Linux
2 4 (6.25%) Windows
3 1 (1.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.56%) ITIL
2 10 (15.63%) Agile
2 10 (15.63%) ERP
2 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (15.63%) Validation
3 9 (14.06%) Migration
4 8 (12.50%) Information Security
5 7 (10.94%) B2B
5 7 (10.94%) ITSM
5 7 (10.94%) Problem Management
5 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (10.94%) Translating Business Requirements
5 7 (10.94%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (9.38%) CRM
6 6 (9.38%) Data Migration
6 6 (9.38%) Project Delivery
7 5 (7.81%) Decision-Making
7 5 (7.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.56%) SQL
2 7 (10.94%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.69%) PL/SQL
3 3 (4.69%) Python
4 1 (1.56%) C#
4 1 (1.56%) Java
4 1 (1.56%) Julia
4 1 (1.56%) Korn
Qualifications
1 7 (10.94%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (9.38%) Degree
3 4 (6.25%) ACCA
3 4 (6.25%) CIMA
4 3 (4.69%) PMI Certification
4 3 (4.69%) PMP
5 2 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) GDPR
1 3 (4.69%) PMO
2 2 (3.13%) SLA
3 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.56%) QA
3 1 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.69%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (10.94%) HP SiteScope
1 7 (10.94%) SCOM
2 3 (4.69%) Data Guard
2 3 (4.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (4.69%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (3.13%) Nessus
4 1 (1.56%) Kibana
4 1 (1.56%) QRadar
4 1 (1.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.50%) SAP
2 8 (12.50%) Splunk
3 7 (10.94%) Cisco
3 7 (10.94%) Remedy
4 5 (7.81%) Oracle
5 4 (6.25%) IFS
6 3 (4.69%) MuleSoft
6 3 (4.69%) Salesforce
6 3 (4.69%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.13%) Adobe
7 2 (3.13%) Google
7 2 (3.13%) Rapid7
7 2 (3.13%) Sybase
8 1 (1.56%) Blue Coat
8 1 (1.56%) Citrix
8 1 (1.56%) F5
8 1 (1.56%) IBM
8 1 (1.56%) VMware
8 1 (1.56%) Wyse