Finance Contracts in Hertfordshire

Financial
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 18 20 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 -10 +6
Contract jobs citing Finance 31 64 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 6.43% 8.52% 12.90%
As % of the General category 12.60% 16.54% 21.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 37 77
10th Percentile £185 £308 £265
25th Percentile £313 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -3.38%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £638
90th Percentile £600 £825 £788
East of England median daily rate £519 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.75% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 8
10th Percentile - - £27.88
25th Percentile £13.69 - -
Median hourly rate £14.13 £49.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.17% +40.00% -11.39%
75th Percentile £15.15 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £15.50 £53.75 £37.25
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
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 246 387 514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 51.04% 51.53% 60.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 199 278
10th Percentile £261 £250 £227
25th Percentile £325 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.67% +16.56%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £650
90th Percentile £600 £750 £738
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 90 115
10th Percentile £14.32 £26.21 £15.62
25th Percentile £16.59 £42.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +51.90%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.38
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £70.00
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 Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Hertfordshire

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Hertfordshire

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Hertfordshire

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Hertfordshire

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Hertfordshire 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
Watford +1 9 £325 -33.33% 10
Hatfield +6 3 - - 4
Letchworth -3 2 £600 +21.21%
Hitchin - 2 £513 -
Hemel Hempstead +7 1 £550 +4.76% 13
Hertford -1 1 £94 -75.07%
St Albans -2 1 £350 -44.00% 4
Welwyn Garden City -3 1 - - 1
Stevenage -4 1 - - 4
Rickmansworth - 1 £400 -
Borehamwood - 1 £550 - 2
Finance
East of England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (6.45%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (6.45%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.45%) Skype for Business
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (12.90%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (6.45%) iTrent
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) Cohesity
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) SAN
2 2 (6.45%) IMAP
2 2 (6.45%) Skype
2 2 (6.45%) SMTP
3 1 (3.23%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.23%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.23%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (25.81%) Public Sector
2 7 (22.58%) Electronics
2 7 (22.58%) Manufacturing
2 7 (22.58%) Marketing
2 7 (22.58%) Telecoms
3 4 (12.90%) Retail
3 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
4 3 (9.68%) General Ledger
5 2 (6.45%) Back Office
6 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Aviation
6 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Lead
2 4 (12.90%) Administrator
3 3 (9.68%) Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Active Directory Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Exchange Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Hardware Technician
4 2 (6.45%) IT Technician
4 2 (6.45%) Messaging Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Senior
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Exchange Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Messaging Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Senior VMware Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Test Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) VMware Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) T-SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Blackberry
1 2 (6.45%) Data Structures
1 2 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.23%) FMCG
2 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
1 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (22.58%) Digital Marketing
1 7 (22.58%) Programme Management
2 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (9.68%) Agile
3 3 (9.68%) Customer Service
3 3 (9.68%) Migration
3 3 (9.68%) Project Management
4 2 (6.45%) Configuration Management
4 2 (6.45%) Data Mapping
4 2 (6.45%) Decision-Making
4 2 (6.45%) ERP
4 2 (6.45%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.45%) Process Improvement
4 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
4 2 (6.45%) Roadmaps
5 1 (3.23%) Line Management
5 1 (3.23%) Mentoring
5 1 (3.23%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) Bash
2 1 (3.23%) Java
2 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.23%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
1 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) Degree
3 1 (3.23%) ISEB
3 1 (3.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.23%) PgMP
3 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) IFRS
1 1 (3.23%) PMBOK
1 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) SAP
2 10 (32.26%) Oracle
3 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.68%) VMware
5 2 (6.45%) CODA
5 2 (6.45%) IFS
5 2 (6.45%) Kronos
5 2 (6.45%) NetApp
6 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.23%) Sybase