Financial Analysis Contracts

Financial Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Financial Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Financial Analysis over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 672 790
Rank change year-on-year +126 +118 -115
Contract jobs citing Financial Analysis 32 44 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.074% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% 0.083% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 21 57
10th Percentile - £413 £332
25th Percentile £114 £460 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -39.71% +2.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £514 £590 £606
90th Percentile £525 £650 £751
UK excluding London median daily rate £114 £505 £400
% change year-on-year -77.51% +26.25% +11.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £18.75 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £19.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +169.23% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £20.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Financial Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,480 53,073 80,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.37% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,166 36,804 56,457
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,447 1,751 1,910
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Financial Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Financial Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Financial Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analysis over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Financial Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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
England +88 23 £190 -62.75% 114
UK excluding London +49 21 £114 -77.51% 50
South East +14 11 £114 -77.40% 14
London +107 7 £510 -13.56% 63
Scotland +44 6 £425 - 1
Work from Home +122 5 £190 -59.57% 46
North West +26 2 - - 14
North of England +26 2 - - 17
Midlands - 2 £475 - 6
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 £475 - 4

Financial Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (46.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (34.38%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) AWS
1 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (3.13%) GCP
1 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) PPP
2 1 (3.13%) IMAP
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 32 (100.00%) Finance
2 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 9 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (21.88%) Banking
4 7 (21.88%) Wholesale Banking
5 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.25%) German Language
6 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Spanish Language
7 1 (3.13%) Electronics
7 1 (3.13%) Games
7 1 (3.13%) General Ledger
7 1 (3.13%) Local Government
7 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.13%) Marketing
7 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.13%) Retail
7 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Analyst
1 7 (21.88%) Coordinator
2 6 (18.75%) Project Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Lead
4 3 (9.38%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Accountant
5 2 (6.25%) ERP Manager
5 2 (6.25%) ERP Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Financial Controller
5 2 (6.25%) Management Accountant
5 2 (6.25%) Programme Controller
5 2 (6.25%) Qualitative Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Quantitative Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Senior
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Project Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) AngularJS
1 1 (3.13%) React
1 1 (3.13%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.25%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.13%) EPoS
3 1 (3.13%) FMCG
3 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.13%) Life Science
3 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Project Management
2 7 (21.88%) Line Management
3 6 (18.75%) ERP
3 6 (18.75%) Resource Allocation
3 6 (18.75%) Risk Management
4 4 (12.50%) Change Management
4 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 4 (12.50%) Economics
5 3 (9.38%) Asset Management
5 3 (9.38%) Budget Management
5 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.38%) Statistics
5 3 (9.38%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (6.25%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 2 (6.25%) Financial Modelling
6 2 (6.25%) Monte Carlo Method
6 2 (6.25%) Programme Governance
6 2 (6.25%) Quantitative Finance
6 2 (6.25%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) C#
2 1 (3.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (37.50%) Degree
2 6 (18.75%) Master's Degree
3 4 (12.50%) ACCA
3 4 (12.50%) CIMA
4 2 (6.25%) PhD
5 1 (3.13%) CIPFA
5 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.13%) ICAEW
5 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.13%) PMP
5 1 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) COSO
1 2 (6.25%) ISO 31000
1 2 (6.25%) NIST
1 2 (6.25%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Firmware
Vendors
1 11 (34.38%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) MicroStrategy
3 4 (12.50%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) Cadence
4 1 (3.13%) Oracle
4 1 (3.13%) Xero