Finance Contracts in Essex

Financial
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 4 22
Rank change year-on-year -13 +18 +24
Contract jobs citing Finance 3 43 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 2.40% 18.53% 8.40%
As % of the General category 4.62% 30.94% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 31 19
10th Percentile - £320 £160
25th Percentile - £438 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +16.69%
75th Percentile - £595 £545
90th Percentile - £600 £653
East of England median daily rate £519 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.75% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £13.35
25th Percentile - - £14.63
Median hourly rate - £89.44 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - +426.12% -
75th Percentile - - £19.13
90th Percentile - - £20.25
East of England median hourly rate £32.87 £49.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +40.00% +102.90%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 65 139 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 52.00% 59.91% 52.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 92 149
10th Percentile £180 £192 £144
25th Percentile £300 £308 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year -33.51% -3.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £450 £575 £575
90th Percentile £600 £600 £630
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 12
10th Percentile £17.59 £20.50 £13.11
25th Percentile £20.00 £23.62 £18.64
Median hourly rate £23.00 £48.88 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% +60.25% +6.79%
75th Percentile £42.25 £62.64 £47.13
90th Percentile £60.85 £79.25 £55.00
East of England median hourly rate £18.64 £17.72 £19.81
% change year-on-year +5.21% -10.55% +46.74%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Essex

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in Essex.

Daily rate trend for Finance in Essex

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Essex

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Essex region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Basildon -2 2 - - 3
Finance
East of England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (33.33%) CICS
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) VisionPLUS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Aviation
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Law
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Category Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Change Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Product Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Change Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Category Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) COBOL
1 1 (33.33%) JCL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PgMP
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft