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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 79 62 109
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 13.21% 18.56% 18.92%
As % of the General category 24.84% 31.96% 33.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 40 77
10th Percentile £325 £296 £259
25th Percentile £413 £425 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £638
90th Percentile £566 £681 £750
South East median daily rate £505 £525 £507
% change year-on-year -3.81% +3.65% -3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.35
Median hourly rate - £25.15 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -64.07% +55.56%
75th Percentile - £104.43 -
90th Percentile - £152.00 £73.50
South East median hourly rate £73.60 £32.31 £30.83
% change year-on-year +127.79% +4.82% -40.58%

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 318 194 325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 53.18% 58.08% 56.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 138 237
10th Percentile £300 £204 £203
25th Percentile £373 £275 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £488 £405
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +20.37% -22.86%
75th Percentile £550 £548 £550
90th Percentile £675 £661 £663
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 18
10th Percentile £13.58 £13.50 £18.35
25th Percentile £16.33 £15.38 £31.30
Median hourly rate £33.00 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.21% -44.11% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £32.77 £70.00
90th Percentile £66.24 £53.75 £73.00
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £18.87 £57.35
% change year-on-year +123.90% -67.10% +14.70%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -4 17 £500 -23.08% 5
Woking +3 7 £568 +74.77% 10
Weybridge - 5 - - 1
Reigate -2 3 £475 -50.00% 2
Redhill -5 3 £513 -6.82% 7
Leatherhead -6 3 £519 +15.28% 2
Guildford -19 2 £438 -20.27% 13
Sunbury-on-Thames +2 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 (2.53%) Confluence
2 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (16.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (7.59%) SAP Business One
1 6 (7.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (5.06%) Workday HCM
3 2 (2.53%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (2.53%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.39%) Azure
2 4 (5.06%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.80%) AWS
4 2 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.53%) GCP
5 1 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.27%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.33%) LAN
1 5 (6.33%) WAN
2 3 (3.80%) DNS
3 2 (2.53%) Intranet
3 2 (2.53%) VPN
4 1 (1.27%) DHCP
4 1 (1.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) Power BI
2 3 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.53%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.27%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.27%) Db2
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) JIRA
1 4 (5.06%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (46.84%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (17.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (12.66%) Public Sector
4 9 (11.39%) Financial Institution
5 7 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (7.59%) General Ledger
6 6 (7.59%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (5.06%) Legal
9 3 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.80%) Local Government
10 2 (2.53%) Billing
10 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.53%) Retail
11 1 (1.27%) Banking
11 1 (1.27%) Law
11 1 (1.27%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (18.99%) Analyst
2 12 (15.19%) Project Manager
3 10 (12.66%) Architect
4 9 (11.39%) Consultant
5 7 (8.86%) IT Manager
5 7 (8.86%) IT Project Manager
5 7 (8.86%) Lead
6 6 (7.59%) Accountant
6 6 (7.59%) Senior
7 5 (6.33%) Business Analyst
8 4 (5.06%) Data Analyst
8 4 (5.06%) Financial Accountant
8 4 (5.06%) Lecturer
8 4 (5.06%) Technical Architect
8 4 (5.06%) Technical Manager
9 3 (3.80%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (3.80%) Programme Director
9 3 (3.80%) Programme Manager
9 3 (3.80%) SAP Programme Director
9 3 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) .NET
1 4 (5.06%) Middleware
2 2 (2.53%) Terraform
3 1 (1.27%) EDI
3 1 (1.27%) IDoc
3 1 (1.27%) JWT
3 1 (1.27%) OAuth
3 1 (1.27%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.27%) OpenID
3 1 (1.27%) React Native
3 1 (1.27%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.46%) Onboarding
2 10 (12.66%) Public Cloud
3 3 (3.80%) PMI
4 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.27%) FMCG
5 1 (1.27%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.33%) Windows
2 4 (5.06%) Linux
3 1 (1.27%) Android
3 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (24.05%) Agile
3 17 (21.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (17.72%) Decision-Making
5 13 (16.46%) ERP
5 13 (16.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (15.19%) Data Analysis
7 11 (13.92%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 11 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (13.92%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (12.66%) Budgeting
8 10 (12.66%) Collaborative Culture
8 10 (12.66%) Process Improvement
9 9 (11.39%) Mentoring
9 9 (11.39%) Migration
10 8 (10.13%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (10.13%) Data Migration
10 8 (10.13%) DevOps
10 8 (10.13%) Strategic Thinking
10 8 (10.13%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.33%) Python
1 5 (6.33%) SQL
2 4 (5.06%) C#
2 4 (5.06%) C++
2 4 (5.06%) Java
2 4 (5.06%) VB.NET
3 1 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (16.46%) ACCA
1 13 (16.46%) CIMA
2 6 (7.59%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.33%) PMI Certification
3 5 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.06%) DBS Check
4 4 (5.06%) Degree
5 3 (3.80%) PMP
6 2 (2.53%) CBAP
6 2 (2.53%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.53%) MBA
7 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.27%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.27%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (1.27%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) QA
2 5 (6.33%) Data Quality
2 5 (6.33%) PMO
3 2 (2.53%) IFRS
4 1 (1.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) Docker
1 2 (2.53%) Hyper-V
1 2 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.53%) Ansible
3 1 (1.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (16.46%) SAP
2 11 (13.92%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.59%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.06%) Adaptive Insights
4 4 (5.06%) MuleSoft
4 4 (5.06%) Workday
5 3 (3.80%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.53%) Google
6 2 (2.53%) VMware
7 1 (1.27%) Citrix
7 1 (1.27%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.27%) Oracle
7 1 (1.27%) Polycom
7 1 (1.27%) Tagetik
7 1 (1.27%) Wyse