Finance Contracts in Kent

Financial
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +13
Contract jobs citing Finance 31 56 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 15.66% 26.05% 25.52%
As % of the General category 39.24% 48.28% 50.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 46 68
10th Percentile - - £463
25th Percentile £205 £205 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £347 £425 £563
Median % change year-on-year -18.35% -24.44% +32.35%
75th Percentile £647 £746 £632
90th Percentile £790 £788 £661
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
South East median hourly rate £26.71 £31.65 £32.50
% change year-on-year -15.62% -2.62% +30.00%

All General Skills
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 79 116 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 39.90% 53.95% 50.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 81 122
10th Percentile - £148 £198
25th Percentile £205 £205 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £330 £500
Median % change year-on-year +30.68% -34.00% +48.15%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £788 £654
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £498
% change year-on-year -2.00% +0.50% +5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 6
10th Percentile £11.25 £42.78 £16.84
25th Percentile £11.45 £50.38 £19.05
Median hourly rate £13.25 £56.47 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -76.54% +98.14% -26.77%
75th Percentile £45.37 £62.25 £33.77
90th Percentile £66.74 £71.72 £42.81
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -26.25%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Kent

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Kent

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Kent over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Kent

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Kent

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Kent region over the 6 months to 20 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
Chatham 0 3 £488 -37.10% 11
Stansted - 2 £485 - 1
Dartford 0 1 - - 5
Sevenoaks 0 1 £275 -57.03% 10
Finance
South East

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (3.23%) SAS
1 1 (3.23%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Firewall
1 3 (9.68%) VPN
2 2 (6.45%) LAN
2 2 (6.45%) WAN
2 2 (6.45%) Wireless
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (3.23%) NetScaler
3 1 (3.23%) Skype
3 1 (3.23%) Telepresence
3 1 (3.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Power BI
General
1 15 (48.39%) Public Sector
2 14 (45.16%) Electronics
2 14 (45.16%) Manufacturing
2 14 (45.16%) Marketing
2 14 (45.16%) Telecoms
3 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Support Engineer
2 12 (38.71%) Desktop Engineer
2 12 (38.71%) Desktop Support
2 12 (38.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Lead
4 3 (9.68%) Network Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Senior
5 2 (6.45%) Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Developer
5 2 (6.45%) Platform Architect
5 2 (6.45%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Head of Analysis
6 1 (3.23%) PMO Lead
6 1 (3.23%) Product Owner
6 1 (3.23%) Resource Management Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Senior PMO
6 1 (3.23%) Senior PMO Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Senior Product Owner
6 1 (3.23%) Technical Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 14 (45.16%) NHS
2 1 (3.23%) Credit Risk
2 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (3.23%) Smartphone
2 1 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (41.94%) Windows
1 13 (41.94%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.23%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (45.16%) Digital Marketing
2 14 (45.16%) Programme Management
3 4 (12.90%) Agile
3 4 (12.90%) Analytics
3 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
3 4 (12.90%) ITIL
3 4 (12.90%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (9.68%) Change Management
4 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (9.68%) Customer-Centricity
4 3 (9.68%) Data Analysis
4 3 (9.68%) Data Strategy
4 3 (9.68%) Decision-Making
4 3 (9.68%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (9.68%) Incident Management
4 3 (9.68%) Problem Management
4 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.68%) Process Improvement
4 3 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) Python
1 1 (3.23%) R
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
1 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Postgraduate
2 1 (3.23%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) PMO
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) SAP
2 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
2 3 (9.68%) SolarWinds
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) Apple
4 1 (3.23%) Citrix
4 1 (3.23%) F5
4 1 (3.23%) Meraki
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.23%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.23%) Polycom