Financial Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Finance Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 106 125
Rank change year-on-year +12 +19 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 7 24 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.47% 0.91% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.98% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile £418 £244 £252
25th Percentile £444 £272 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +14.29% -15.15%
75th Percentile £569 £525 £448
90th Percentile £603 - £504
South East median daily rate £550 £425 £320
% change year-on-year +29.41% +32.81% -24.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £17.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £17.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,369 2,443 2,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 92.64% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 871 1,369 1,836
10th Percentile £290 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 191 81
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.85 £17.11
25th Percentile £15.13 £19.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £32.05 £47.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.53% -3.06% +180.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £87.46 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £33.05 £48.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -31.15% -4.00% +150.00%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Financial Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in the Thames Valley

Financial Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Analyst in the Thames Valley

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analyst in the Thames Valley

Financial Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Financial Analyst in the Thames Valley

Financial Analyst
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 Financial Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +14 5 £600 +20.00% 42
Buckinghamshire +12 2 £400 +45.45% 24
Financial Analyst
South East

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 June 2025, Financial Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) ACCA
3 4 (57.14%) Financial Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) CIMA
4 3 (42.86%) Budget Management
4 3 (42.86%) Budgeting
4 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
4 3 (42.86%) Financial Analysis
4 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (42.86%) IFS
4 3 (42.86%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 3 (42.86%) Contract Management
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (28.57%) Legal
5 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (14.29%) Data Collection
6 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (14.29%) SQL
6 1 (14.29%) SAP
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (14.29%) ERP
6 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (14.29%) Hyperion
6 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
6 1 (14.29%) Cost Management
6 1 (14.29%) Data Lineage
6 1 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
6 1 (14.29%) Power BI

Financial Analyst Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Financial Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Budget Management
2 3 (42.86%) Budgeting
2 3 (42.86%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 3 (42.86%) Contract Management
2 3 (42.86%) Financial Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Cost Management
3 1 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Data Collection
3 1 (14.29%) Data Lineage
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) ACCA
2 4 (57.14%) CIMA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) IFS
2 1 (14.29%) Alteryx
2 1 (14.29%) Hyperion
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow