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 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 89 62 99
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 13.59% 17.61% 19.64%
As % of the General category 24.52% 29.67% 31.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 35 65
10th Percentile £325 £278 £256
25th Percentile £419 £425 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +7.37% -13.83%
75th Percentile £566 £594 £575
90th Percentile £622 £738 £681
South East median daily rate £500 £514 £508
% change year-on-year -2.72% +1.28% -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 £41.48 £25.15 £66.25
% change year-on-year +64.93% -62.04% +219.28%

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 363 209 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 55.42% 59.38% 62.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 146 207
10th Percentile £221 £204 £203
25th Percentile £325 £250 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +21.88% -23.81%
75th Percentile £566 £550 £534
90th Percentile £650 £675 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 11 12
10th Percentile £13.35 £13.50 £14.05
25th Percentile £14.31 £14.44 £39.06
Median hourly rate £23.25 £25.15 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% -59.76% +38.89%
75th Percentile £45.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £32.77 £79.00
South East median hourly rate £32.81 £20.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +64.03% -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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -6 17 £513 -21.15% 27
Woking 0 6 £568 +74.77% 65
Reigate 0 6 £475 - 9
Weybridge - 5 - - 8
Leatherhead -6 4 £513 +13.89% 15
Redhill -7 3 £513 -6.82% 18
Camberley +3 2 £584 +16.80% 13
Guildford -12 2 £438 -23.91% 27
Epsom - 2 £448 - 15
Sunbury-on-Thames +1 1 £300 +26.32% 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 4 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (21.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (15.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (6.74%) SAP Business One
2 6 (6.74%) Workday HCM
3 2 (2.25%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (2.25%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.12%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.12%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.12%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.74%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.62%) Azure
3 2 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.25%) Boomi
3 2 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.25%) iPaaS
3 2 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (1.12%) AWS
4 1 (1.12%) Azure API Management
4 1 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.12%) Azure Functions
4 1 (1.12%) Azure Storage
4 1 (1.12%) GitHub
4 1 (1.12%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.12%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.25%) Intranet
1 2 (2.25%) X.509
2 1 (1.12%) DHCP
2 1 (1.12%) DNS
2 1 (1.12%) LAN
2 1 (1.12%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.62%) Power BI
2 3 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.37%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.37%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.25%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (2.25%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.12%) Db2
4 1 (1.12%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.37%) JIRA
General
1 49 (55.06%) Social Skills
2 16 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (15.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (14.61%) Public Sector
5 9 (10.11%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (8.99%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (6.74%) Legal
7 6 (6.74%) Local Government
8 5 (5.62%) General Ledger
9 4 (4.49%) Manufacturing
9 4 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.25%) Banking
11 2 (2.25%) Billing
11 2 (2.25%) Retail
12 1 (1.12%) Back Office
12 1 (1.12%) Law
12 1 (1.12%) Military
12 1 (1.12%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (16.85%) Analyst
1 15 (16.85%) Consultant
2 12 (13.48%) Project Manager
3 8 (8.99%) IT Manager
3 8 (8.99%) IT Project Manager
3 8 (8.99%) Lead
4 7 (7.87%) Accountant
5 6 (6.74%) Data Analyst
5 6 (6.74%) SAP Consultant
5 6 (6.74%) Senior
6 5 (5.62%) Business Analyst
7 4 (4.49%) Financial Accountant
7 4 (4.49%) Functional Consultant
7 4 (4.49%) Lecturer
7 4 (4.49%) Programme Director
7 4 (4.49%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 4 (4.49%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 4 (4.49%) SAP Programme Director
7 4 (4.49%) Support Officer
8 3 (3.37%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.62%) .NET
2 3 (3.37%) OAuth
2 3 (3.37%) OAuth2
2 3 (3.37%) REST
3 2 (2.25%) JSON
3 2 (2.25%) Middleware
3 2 (2.25%) SOAP
3 2 (2.25%) Web Services
3 2 (2.25%) XML
3 2 (2.25%) XSLT
4 1 (1.12%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.12%) JWT
4 1 (1.12%) OpenID
4 1 (1.12%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.73%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.74%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.49%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.25%) FMCG
4 2 (2.25%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (2.25%) PMI
5 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.12%) AS400
5 1 (1.12%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.12%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.12%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.12%) Android
1 1 (1.12%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.12%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (39.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (22.47%) Agile
2 20 (22.47%) Decision-Making
3 19 (21.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 17 (19.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (16.85%) Migration
6 14 (15.73%) Data Migration
6 14 (15.73%) ERP
7 13 (14.61%) Data Analysis
7 13 (14.61%) User Acceptance Testing
8 12 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (12.36%) Process Improvement
10 10 (11.24%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 10 (11.24%) Collaborative Culture
10 10 (11.24%) Validation
11 9 (10.11%) Budgeting
11 9 (10.11%) Mentoring
11 9 (10.11%) Project Delivery
11 9 (10.11%) Supplier Management
12 8 (8.99%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.87%) SQL
2 6 (6.74%) Python
3 5 (5.62%) C#
4 4 (4.49%) C++
4 4 (4.49%) Java
4 4 (4.49%) VB.NET
5 3 (3.37%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.25%) XPath
7 1 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.12%) Korn
Qualifications
1 15 (16.85%) Security Cleared
2 14 (15.73%) ACCA
2 14 (15.73%) CIMA
2 14 (15.73%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.49%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.49%) Degree
3 4 (4.49%) PMI Certification
4 3 (3.37%) PMP
5 2 (2.25%) CBAP
5 2 (2.25%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.25%) MBA
6 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.12%) CISM
6 1 (1.12%) CISSP
6 1 (1.12%) CRISC
6 1 (1.12%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.12%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (1.12%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.99%) Data Quality
1 8 (8.99%) QA
2 5 (5.62%) PMO
3 1 (1.12%) GRC
3 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.12%) NIST
3 1 (1.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.12%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (23.60%) SAP
2 15 (16.85%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.74%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.74%) Workday
4 4 (4.49%) Adaptive Insights
5 3 (3.37%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.25%) Google
6 2 (2.25%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.12%) Citrix
7 1 (1.12%) Databricks
7 1 (1.12%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.12%) Oracle
7 1 (1.12%) Planview
7 1 (1.12%) Polycom
7 1 (1.12%) Tagetik
7 1 (1.12%) Wyse