Finance Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Financial
South West > Wiltshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Wiltshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 10 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 63 78 119
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 13.64% 13.47% 14.46%
As % of the General category 24.42% 25.74% 30.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 41 109
10th Percentile £501 £425 £412
25th Percentile £525 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -6.38% -0.42%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £638
90th Percentile £790 £725 £690
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £580
% change year-on-year +4.76% -9.52% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.50 - -
Median hourly rate £24.00 - -
75th Percentile £24.50 - -
90th Percentile £26.12 - -
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £33.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -27.27% -32.65% +8.89%

All General Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 258 303 394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 55.84% 52.33% 47.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 199 316
10th Percentile £273 £290 £303
25th Percentile £509 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £688 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £749 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 8
10th Percentile £16.99 - £18.28
25th Percentile £21.04 - £42.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £12.79 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year +87.65% -79.03% +10.91%
75th Percentile £24.81 - £71.38
90th Percentile £25.15 £22.54 £79.90
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £55.00 £54.33
% change year-on-year -56.36% +1.23% -9.45%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Finance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Finance job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Wiltshire

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Finance

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 November 2025. 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
Corsham +2 25 £650 +10.17% 2
Swindon -3 18 £540 +13.68% 16
Pewsey - 6 - -
Warminster - 1 - -
Finance
South West

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.17%) Confluence
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.70%) AWS
2 6 (9.52%) Azure
3 4 (6.35%) GCP
4 3 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.59%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.76%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.59%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Relational Database
1 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.59%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) GitLab
1 2 (3.17%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) GoCD
2 1 (1.59%) SonarQube
2 1 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 41 (65.08%) Telecoms
2 40 (63.49%) Public Sector
3 38 (60.32%) Electronics
3 38 (60.32%) Manufacturing
3 38 (60.32%) Marketing
4 20 (31.75%) Social Skills
5 8 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (7.94%) Banking
6 5 (7.94%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.76%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.17%) Legal
8 2 (3.17%) Military
8 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (23.81%) Architect
2 13 (20.63%) Consultant
3 10 (15.87%) Security Consultant
4 8 (12.70%) IT Support
5 6 (9.52%) Analyst
5 6 (9.52%) IT Engineer
5 6 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (9.52%) ITIL Manager
5 6 (9.52%) Migration Engineer
5 6 (9.52%) Support Engineer
6 5 (7.94%) Availability Manager
6 5 (7.94%) Incident Manager
6 5 (7.94%) ITIL Incident Manager
6 5 (7.94%) Security Architect
7 4 (6.35%) Enterprise Architect
8 3 (4.76%) Technical Architect
9 2 (3.17%) Cisco Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Data Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) IT Support Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.59%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.94%) CMDB
2 2 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (3.17%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.59%) STB
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Linux
1 3 (4.76%) Windows
2 1 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (69.84%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (60.32%) Digital Marketing
2 38 (60.32%) Programme Management
3 16 (25.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (20.63%) ITIL
5 12 (19.05%) Risk Management
6 11 (17.46%) Service Management
7 10 (15.87%) Migration
7 10 (15.87%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
8 9 (14.29%) Cloud Security
9 8 (12.70%) Roadmaps
10 7 (11.11%) Configuration Management
10 7 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
10 7 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
11 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (9.52%) TOGAF
11 6 (9.52%) Workflow
11 6 (9.52%) Workflow Management
12 5 (7.94%) Lean Six Sigma
12 5 (7.94%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.35%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.17%) Bash
2 2 (3.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 46 (73.02%) Security Cleared
2 33 (52.38%) SC Cleared
3 21 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 14 (22.22%) CISSP
5 9 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
5 9 (14.29%) CISM
6 5 (7.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 4 (6.35%) CLAS
8 3 (4.76%) AWS Certification
8 3 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (3.17%) Azure Certification
9 2 (3.17%) CISA
9 2 (3.17%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (1.59%) ACCA
10 1 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.59%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (14.29%) NIST
2 9 (14.29%) RMADS
3 8 (12.70%) NCSC
4 7 (11.11%) JSP 440
5 4 (6.35%) GDPR
6 2 (3.17%) COBIT
6 2 (3.17%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (1.59%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.59%) GAAP
7 1 (1.59%) IFRS
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.17%) Docker
3 1 (1.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Ansible
2 2 (3.17%) Grafana
2 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.17%) NetBackup
2 2 (3.17%) Prometheus
2 2 (3.17%) Terraform
3 1 (1.59%) FreeIPA
3 1 (1.59%) Puppet
3 1 (1.59%) SCOM
3 1 (1.59%) vRealize
Vendors
1 38 (60.32%) SAP
2 5 (7.94%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) Remedy
3 2 (3.17%) Cisco
3 2 (3.17%) Commvault
3 2 (3.17%) MobileIron
3 2 (3.17%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.17%) Splunk
3 2 (3.17%) Veritas
4 1 (1.59%) Citrix
4 1 (1.59%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.59%) VMware
4 1 (1.59%) Workday