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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 89 63 98
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 13.44% 18.05% 20.33%
As % of the General category 24.18% 29.72% 32.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 37 65
10th Percentile £325 £285 £259
25th Percentile £419 £425 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +3.59% -11.76%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £575
90th Percentile £625 £738 £681
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £510
% change year-on-year -1.96% - -2.86%
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 £60.00
% change year-on-year +64.93% -58.08% +189.16%

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 368 212 301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 55.59% 60.74% 62.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 147 198
10th Percentile £221 £204 £203
25th Percentile £363 £236 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +21.88% -23.81%
75th Percentile £566 £551 £538
90th Percentile £650 £680 £611
South East median daily rate £515 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +7.85% -4.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 11 10
10th Percentile £13.43 £13.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.82 £16.49 £29.06
Median hourly rate £23.50 £25.15 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.56% -59.76% +38.89%
75th Percentile £45.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £32.77 £71.75
South East median hourly rate £32.81 £20.40 £56.75
% change year-on-year +60.81% -64.05% +8.09%

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 15 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 15 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 -8 17 £513 -21.15% 20
Reigate -1 7 £475 - 6
Woking 0 6 £568 +74.77% 26
Leatherhead -5 4 £513 +13.89% 7
Epsom - 4 £609 - 15
Weybridge - 4 - - 8
Redhill -7 3 £513 -6.82% 8
Camberley +1 2 £584 +16.80% 6
Guildford -12 2 £438 -23.91% 29
Sunbury-on-Thames +1 1 £300 +26.32% 9
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 7 (7.87%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (20.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (13.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (6.74%) Workday HCM
3 3 (3.37%) SAP Business One
4 2 (2.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (2.25%) SAP FI
5 1 (1.12%) NetSuite
5 1 (1.12%) SAP CO
5 1 (1.12%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.99%) Power Platform
2 7 (7.87%) Azure
3 4 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.37%) Azure API Management
4 3 (3.37%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (3.37%) Azure Functions
4 3 (3.37%) Azure Storage
4 3 (3.37%) GitHub
4 3 (3.37%) PowerApps
4 3 (3.37%) Serverless
5 2 (2.25%) Boomi
5 2 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.25%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.12%) AWS
6 1 (1.12%) Google Sheets
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 4 (4.49%) Data Lake
3 3 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.37%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.37%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.25%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.12%) Db2
5 1 (1.12%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.37%) JIRA
General
1 50 (56.18%) Social Skills
2 15 (16.85%) 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 7 (7.87%) Local Government
8 6 (6.74%) Legal
9 4 (4.49%) General Ledger
9 4 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (4.49%) Retail
10 3 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (3.37%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.25%) Banking
11 2 (2.25%) Billing
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 16 (17.98%) Consultant
2 15 (16.85%) Analyst
3 12 (13.48%) Project Manager
4 8 (8.99%) IT Manager
4 8 (8.99%) IT Project Manager
5 7 (7.87%) Lead
5 7 (7.87%) SAP Consultant
6 6 (6.74%) Data Analyst
6 6 (6.74%) Senior
7 5 (5.62%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.62%) Functional Consultant
7 5 (5.62%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 5 (5.62%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 5 (5.62%) Support Officer
8 4 (4.49%) Accountant
8 4 (4.49%) Lecturer
8 4 (4.49%) Programme Director
8 4 (4.49%) SAP Programme Director
9 3 (3.37%) Finance Manager
9 3 (3.37%) Financial Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.87%) .NET
2 5 (5.62%) REST
3 3 (3.37%) ARM Templates
3 3 (3.37%) OAuth
3 3 (3.37%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.25%) JSON
4 2 (2.25%) Middleware
4 2 (2.25%) SOAP
4 2 (2.25%) Web Services
4 2 (2.25%) XML
4 2 (2.25%) XSLT
5 1 (1.12%) JWT
5 1 (1.12%) OpenID
5 1 (1.12%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.61%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.87%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.37%) AS400
3 3 (3.37%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.37%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (3.37%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.37%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.25%) FMCG
4 2 (2.25%) PMI
5 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.12%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.12%) Android
1 1 (1.12%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.12%) macOS
1 1 (1.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (38.20%) Stakeholder Management
2 22 (24.72%) Agile
3 21 (23.60%) Decision-Making
4 19 (21.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 16 (17.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (16.85%) Migration
7 14 (15.73%) Data Migration
8 13 (14.61%) Data Analysis
9 12 (13.48%) User Acceptance Testing
10 11 (12.36%) ERP
10 11 (12.36%) Process Improvement
11 10 (11.24%) Collaborative Working
11 10 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (11.24%) Project Delivery
12 9 (10.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 9 (10.11%) Collaborative Culture
12 9 (10.11%) Supplier Management
12 9 (10.11%) Validation
13 8 (8.99%) AI
13 8 (8.99%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.11%) SQL
2 8 (8.99%) Python
3 7 (7.87%) C#
4 5 (5.62%) JavaScript
5 4 (4.49%) C++
5 4 (4.49%) Java
5 4 (4.49%) VB.NET
6 2 (2.25%) XPath
7 1 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.12%) Korn
Qualifications
1 16 (17.98%) Security Cleared
2 15 (16.85%) SC Cleared
3 13 (14.61%) ACCA
3 13 (14.61%) CIMA
4 4 (4.49%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.49%) Degree
4 4 (4.49%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.37%) PMP
6 2 (2.25%) CBAP
6 2 (2.25%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.25%) MBA
7 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.12%) CISM
7 1 (1.12%) CISSP
7 1 (1.12%) CRISC
7 1 (1.12%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.12%) SAFe Agilist
7 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 20 (22.47%) SAP
2 17 (19.10%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.74%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.74%) Workday
4 4 (4.49%) Adaptive Insights
5 3 (3.37%) Databricks
5 3 (3.37%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.25%) Google
6 2 (2.25%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.12%) Citrix
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