Finance Contracts in the Thames Valley

Financial
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 10 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 202 293 455
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.79% 11.14% 16.06%
As % of the General category 21.67% 20.18% 26.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 168 299
10th Percentile £282 £213 £305
25th Percentile £450 £350 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £494 £520
Median % change year-on-year +11.39% -5.05% +4.52%
75th Percentile £672 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £704 £702
South East median daily rate £514 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.18% -3.24% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 2
10th Percentile £15.76 £14.50 £25.17
25th Percentile £19.91 £16.38 £30.46
Median hourly rate £57.50 £25.38 £41.03
Median % change year-on-year +126.60% -38.15% +28.81%
75th Percentile £70.00 £48.75 £51.71
90th Percentile £80.23 £68.63 £57.06
South East median hourly rate £63.75 £26.71 £31.65
% change year-on-year +138.72% -15.62% -2.62%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 932 1,452 1,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 63.62% 55.21% 61.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 784 1,161
10th Percentile £250 £205 £280
25th Percentile £405 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £601 £588 £610
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 137 41
10th Percentile - £17.62 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.58 £22.00
Median hourly rate £26.38 £47.50 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.46% +63.79% +65.71%
75th Percentile £61.37 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.53 £75.94 £75.75
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -51.11% -5.26% +137.50%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the Thames Valley

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Finance in the Thames Valley

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the Thames Valley

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the Thames Valley

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the Thames Valley

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Berkshire +1 148 £600 +17.07% 218
Buckinghamshire +2 44 £500 +8.11% 102
Oxfordshire -5 12 £438 - 123
Finance
South East

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.98%) SAS
3 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (6.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.49%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (9.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (5.94%) Oracle EBS R12
3 11 (5.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 10 (4.95%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.98%) Maximo
5 4 (1.98%) Oracle ASCP
5 4 (1.98%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (1.49%) SAP ERP
6 3 (1.49%) SAP GRC
6 3 (1.49%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.99%) Avolution ABACUS
7 2 (0.99%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.99%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.99%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.99%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.99%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.99%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.99%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.50%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 27 (13.37%) Azure
2 17 (8.42%) AWS
3 11 (5.45%) Power Platform
4 10 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.48%) GitHub
6 5 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.49%) Azure AKS
7 3 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.49%) SaaS
8 2 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.99%) GCP
8 2 (0.99%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.99%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.99%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.50%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.50%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.50%) PaaS
9 1 (0.50%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.99%) Network Security
2 1 (0.50%) Broadband
2 1 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (0.50%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (0.50%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.50%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.50%) Junos
2 1 (0.50%) LAN
2 1 (0.50%) NGFW
2 1 (0.50%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.50%) SMS
2 1 (0.50%) SSL
2 1 (0.50%) VPN
2 1 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.96%) Big Data
2 7 (3.47%) Power BI
3 5 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.48%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.49%) IBM InfoSphere
5 3 (1.49%) MySQL
5 3 (1.49%) OLAP
5 3 (1.49%) Tableau
6 2 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.99%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.99%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (0.50%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.50%) Impala
7 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 1 (0.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (5.94%) Git
2 5 (2.48%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.48%) Selenium
3 3 (1.49%) JIRA
3 3 (1.49%) Postman
3 3 (1.49%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.99%) ERwin
5 1 (0.50%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.50%) GitLab
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.50%) WebDriver
General
1 58 (28.71%) Telecoms
2 57 (28.22%) Social Skills
3 47 (23.27%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (23.27%) Manufacturing
4 42 (20.79%) Marketing
5 41 (20.30%) Public Sector
6 35 (17.33%) Electronics
7 19 (9.41%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (6.44%) Retail
9 10 (4.95%) Legal
10 7 (3.47%) Automotive
10 7 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.98%) Agriculture
12 4 (1.98%) Banking
12 4 (1.98%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.49%) Billing
13 3 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.99%) Law
14 2 (0.99%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 29 (14.36%) Architect
2 26 (12.87%) Analyst
3 22 (10.89%) Consultant
4 21 (10.40%) Active Directory Architect
5 18 (8.91%) Project Manager
6 13 (6.44%) Senior
7 11 (5.45%) Functional Consultant
8 10 (4.95%) Oracle Consultant
8 10 (4.95%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 9 (4.46%) SAP Manager
10 8 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (3.96%) Lead
11 7 (3.47%) Data Analyst
11 7 (3.47%) Senior Manager
12 6 (2.97%) Administrator
12 6 (2.97%) Business Analyst
12 6 (2.97%) Finance Manager
12 6 (2.97%) SAP Project Manager
13 5 (2.48%) Platform Engineer
13 5 (2.48%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.49%) .NET
1 3 (1.49%) Gherkin
1 3 (1.49%) PySpark
1 3 (1.49%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (0.99%) .NET Core
2 2 (0.99%) FastAPI
2 2 (0.99%) REST
2 2 (0.99%) YAML
3 1 (0.50%) ADO
3 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.50%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.50%) Express.js
3 1 (0.50%) FHIR
3 1 (0.50%) Flask
3 1 (0.50%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.50%) HTML
3 1 (0.50%) iXBRL
3 1 (0.50%) LangChain
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.94%) Life Science
2 11 (5.45%) Renewable Energy
3 9 (4.46%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.47%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.98%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.49%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.99%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.99%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.99%) PMI
7 2 (0.99%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.50%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.50%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.50%) FMCG
8 1 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (15.84%) Windows
2 6 (2.97%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.48%) Linux
3 5 (2.48%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (25.74%) Agile
2 43 (21.29%) Business Intelligence
3 42 (20.79%) Programme Management
4 40 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (17.33%) Digital Marketing
6 31 (15.35%) Project Delivery
6 31 (15.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 27 (13.37%) Project Management
8 26 (12.87%) Test Automation
9 24 (11.88%) Identity Access Management
10 23 (11.39%) Migration
11 19 (9.41%) Change Management
11 19 (9.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (8.42%) PRINCE2
13 16 (7.92%) DevOps
13 16 (7.92%) ERP
14 14 (6.93%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (6.44%) ITIL
15 13 (6.44%) Risk Management
15 13 (6.44%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 30 (14.85%) PowerShell
2 16 (7.92%) SQL
3 13 (6.44%) Python
4 4 (1.98%) Bash
5 3 (1.49%) Bicep
5 3 (1.49%) C#
6 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.50%) R
6 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.50%) VB
6 1 (0.50%) X++
Qualifications
1 49 (24.26%) Security Cleared
2 31 (15.35%) DV Cleared
3 23 (11.39%) SC Cleared
4 17 (8.42%) ACCA
5 13 (6.44%) CIMA
6 12 (5.94%) Degree
7 6 (2.97%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.48%) APMP
9 4 (1.98%) PMP
10 3 (1.49%) APMG
10 3 (1.49%) ISEB
11 2 (0.99%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.99%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.50%) CISSP
12 1 (0.50%) Dell Certification
12 1 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.47%) GDPR
1 7 (3.47%) IFRS
1 7 (3.47%) QA
1 7 (3.47%) SLA
2 6 (2.97%) PMO
3 4 (1.98%) P3O
3 4 (1.98%) PMBOK
3 4 (1.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.49%) GRC
5 2 (0.99%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.99%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.50%) COBIT
6 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.50%) HL7
6 1 (0.50%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (11.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.99%) Docker
2 2 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.50%) NFS
3 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (3.47%) Terraform
2 6 (2.97%) Ansible
3 4 (1.98%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.50%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.50%) SCCM
4 1 (0.50%) vRealize
4 1 (0.50%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 66 (32.67%) SAP
2 24 (11.88%) Microsoft
3 21 (10.40%) Oracle
4 10 (4.95%) Databricks
5 6 (2.97%) IFS
6 4 (1.98%) IBM
7 3 (1.49%) Ariba
7 3 (1.49%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.49%) HP
7 3 (1.49%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.99%) Dell
8 2 (0.99%) Sparx
8 2 (0.99%) Splunk
8 2 (0.99%) Virgin Media
8 2 (0.99%) VMware
8 2 (0.99%) Workday
9 1 (0.50%) Cisco
9 1 (0.50%) Juniper
9 1 (0.50%) McAfee
9 1 (0.50%) Zscaler