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 advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +5
Contract jobs citing Finance 300 491 532
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.10% 16.76% 15.34%
As % of the General category 19.80% 26.87% 25.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 336 352
10th Percentile £213 £320 £250
25th Percentile £350 £418 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £481
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +5.45% +7.54%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £740 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £507 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.43% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 5
10th Percentile £17.00 £25.17 £11.64
25th Percentile £21.10 £30.46 £13.35
Median hourly rate £30.00 £41.03 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.87% -17.95% +100.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £51.71 £53.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £57.06 £70.25
South East median hourly rate £26.87 £40.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year -32.84% -3.03% +65.00%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,515 1,827 2,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 56.07% 62.38% 59.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 798 1,231 1,311
10th Percentile £205 £305 £205
25th Percentile £325 £406 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £467
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.07% +2.64%
75th Percentile £588 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £640
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 41 73
10th Percentile £17.93 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £23.12 £22.50 £12.31
Median hourly rate £48.40 £32.30 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.85% +84.57% -18.83%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £21.97
90th Percentile £75.59 £75.75 £31.80
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -20.00%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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 -7 195 £513 -10.48% 116
Buckinghamshire -3 86 £450 -2.70% 99
Oxfordshire +3 19 £425 -19.05% 64
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 11 (3.67%) SAS
2 10 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.67%) Confluence
4 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.33%) CICS
Applications
1 39 (13.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.67%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.33%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (2.33%) Oracle EBS R12
1 7 (2.33%) SAP FI
2 6 (2.00%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.00%) Unit4 Business World
3 5 (1.67%) Maximo
4 4 (1.33%) Avolution ABACUS
4 4 (1.33%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (1.33%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.33%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.33%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (1.00%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (1.00%) NetSuite
5 3 (1.00%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle AGIS
Cloud Services
1 21 (7.00%) Azure
2 20 (6.67%) Power Platform
3 16 (5.33%) Snowflake
4 14 (4.67%) AWS
5 11 (3.67%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (1.67%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.67%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.33%) SaaS
9 3 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.00%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.67%) OCI
10 2 (0.67%) SAP Fieldglass
11 1 (0.33%) GitHub
11 1 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.00%) DMZ
2 8 (2.67%) Firewall
3 7 (2.33%) 5G
4 5 (1.67%) Cisco IOS
4 5 (1.67%) Network Security
4 5 (1.67%) VPN
5 3 (1.00%) NX-OS
5 3 (1.00%) WAN
6 2 (0.67%) BGP
6 2 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.67%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.67%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.67%) MPLS
6 2 (0.67%) SSL
7 1 (0.33%) 4G
7 1 (0.33%) ATM
7 1 (0.33%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.33%) Junos
7 1 (0.33%) LAN
7 1 (0.33%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.33%) Tableau
2 20 (6.67%) Power BI
3 6 (2.00%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.67%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (1.33%) Big Data
5 4 (1.33%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.33%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.00%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.00%) Power Query
6 3 (1.00%) PowerPivot
6 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.67%) Impala
7 2 (0.67%) OLTP
8 1 (0.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 14 (4.67%) JIRA
2 6 (2.00%) Git
3 1 (0.33%) Appium
3 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.33%) JMeter
3 1 (0.33%) JUnit
3 1 (0.33%) MLflow
3 1 (0.33%) Selenium
3 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.33%) TestNG
General
1 59 (19.67%) Social Skills
2 51 (17.00%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (15.00%) Telecoms
4 42 (14.00%) Legal
5 35 (11.67%) Banking
6 21 (7.00%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (6.00%) Public Sector
8 16 (5.33%) Manufacturing
9 15 (5.00%) Retail
10 13 (4.33%) Marketing
11 12 (4.00%) Law
12 9 (3.00%) Electronics
13 8 (2.67%) Billing
13 8 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (2.33%) General Ledger
14 7 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (2.33%) Wholesale Banking
15 5 (1.67%) Corporate Banking
15 5 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (27.00%) Analyst
2 31 (10.33%) Senior
3 29 (9.67%) Lead
4 25 (8.33%) Financial Analyst
4 25 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 23 (7.67%) Network Engineer
6 19 (6.33%) Consultant
6 19 (6.33%) Data Analyst
7 18 (6.00%) Developer
7 18 (6.00%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (5.00%) Architect
9 12 (4.00%) Business Analyst
9 12 (4.00%) Coordinator
9 12 (4.00%) Telecoms Manager
10 11 (3.67%) Functional Consultant
11 10 (3.33%) Programme Manager
12 9 (3.00%) Enterprise Architect
12 9 (3.00%) Finance Manager
13 8 (2.67%) Network Manager
13 8 (2.67%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.67%) React
2 2 (0.67%) .NET
2 2 (0.67%) Flash
2 2 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.67%) REST
3 1 (0.33%) ADO
3 1 (0.33%) JSON
3 1 (0.33%) MDX
3 1 (0.33%) NumPy
3 1 (0.33%) Pandas
3 1 (0.33%) PySpark
3 1 (0.33%) Spring
3 1 (0.33%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.33%) Credit Risk
2 13 (4.33%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.33%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.00%) Mainframe
6 5 (1.67%) PMI
6 5 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.00%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.00%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.67%) Blackberry
9 2 (0.67%) CSOC
9 2 (0.67%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.67%) FMCG
9 2 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.67%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.67%) NHS
10 1 (0.33%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.33%) Windows
2 5 (1.67%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.00%) Linux
3 3 (1.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.67%) Mac OS X
4 2 (0.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (17.67%) Project Management
2 42 (14.00%) Migration
3 39 (13.00%) Project Delivery
4 38 (12.67%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (12.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (12.00%) Analytics
6 30 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (9.67%) Agile
8 24 (8.00%) Decision-Making
8 24 (8.00%) ERP
9 22 (7.33%) Roadmaps
10 21 (7.00%) Logistics
11 20 (6.67%) Dashboard Development
12 19 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (6.00%) DevOps
13 18 (6.00%) Procure-to-Pay
13 18 (6.00%) Programme Management
14 17 (5.67%) B2B
14 17 (5.67%) Change Management
15 16 (5.33%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.33%) SQL
2 11 (3.67%) Python
3 4 (1.33%) Java
4 2 (0.67%) C#
4 2 (0.67%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.33%) COBOL
5 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.33%) JCL
5 1 (0.33%) R
5 1 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (12.67%) Degree
2 23 (7.67%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (6.33%) Security Cleared
4 16 (5.33%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.33%) ACCA
6 11 (3.67%) ICAEW
7 9 (3.00%) CIMA
7 9 (3.00%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.67%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.00%) CCNP
10 5 (1.67%) PMP
10 5 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.67%) PgMP
13 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.33%) CCNA
13 1 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.33%) ISEB
13 1 (0.33%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.00%) PMO
2 15 (5.00%) IFRS
3 11 (3.67%) QA
4 9 (3.00%) GAAP
5 5 (1.67%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.67%) IFRS 9
5 5 (1.67%) SLA
6 4 (1.33%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.00%) GDPR
8 2 (0.67%) FATCA
8 2 (0.67%) ITGC
8 2 (0.67%) MiFID
9 1 (0.33%) P3O
System Software
1 6 (2.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.67%) AirWatch
2 4 (1.33%) Ansible
2 4 (1.33%) Terraform
3 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.00%) Netcool
4 2 (0.67%) Endace
4 2 (0.67%) Nessus
4 2 (0.67%) Rundeck
5 1 (0.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 37 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.33%) Cisco
3 25 (8.33%) Oracle
3 25 (8.33%) SAP
4 24 (8.00%) CheckPoint
5 18 (6.00%) Alteryx
6 17 (5.67%) Arista
7 9 (3.00%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.33%) Juniper
8 7 (2.33%) MicroStrategy
9 6 (2.00%) Concur
9 6 (2.00%) F5
9 6 (2.00%) HP
9 6 (2.00%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.67%) Apple
10 5 (1.67%) IFS
10 5 (1.67%) Reuters
10 5 (1.67%) Workday
11 4 (1.33%) IBM
11 4 (1.33%) Planview