Financial
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | 0 | +1 |
| Contract jobs citing Finance | 8,104 | 12,655 | 18,090 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 18.78% | 21.42% | 20.39% |
| As % of the General category | 32.30% | 36.64% | 36.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,390 | 8,998 | 12,864 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £378 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £490 | £466 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £600 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | +4.35% | +10.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £712 | £725 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £825 | £823 | £770 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £513 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.38% | +5.00% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 244 | 108 | 148 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £18.11 | £13.32 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.17 | £21.24 | £20.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.00 | £26.85 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.58% | -23.30% | +55.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £38.12 | £49.25 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £55.77 | £73.25 | £60.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £32.12 | £43.75 | £21.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.59% | +103.49% | +20.11% |
All General Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for common skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 25,093 | 34,536 | 49,876 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 58.14% | 58.47% | 56.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15,826 | 23,949 | 34,580 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £319 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +8.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £766 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £495 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.00% | +5.26% | +10.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,938 | 1,057 | 1,434 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.77 | £13.41 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £17.98 | £15.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +47.73% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £52.50 | £61.25 | £47.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.01 | £72.50 | £58.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.25 | £29.00 | £18.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.59% | +54.67% | -5.71% |
Finance
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance.
Finance
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance.
Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
Finance
Top 18 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 | -1 | 7,072 | £588 | -2.08% | 7,048 |
| London | 0 | 4,693 | £600 | -4.00% | 3,685 |
| Work from Home | +1 | 3,326 | £600 | +1.69% | 2,975 |
| UK excluding London | +1 | 2,584 | £513 | -2.38% | 3,692 |
| South East | -4 | 640 | £500 | -4.76% | 918 |
| North of England | +2 | 619 | £500 | -4.76% | 910 |
| Scotland | 0 | 373 | £475 | -5.00% | 326 |
| North West | +4 | 363 | £500 | - | 554 |
| Midlands | +4 | 363 | £550 | +10.00% | 629 |
| South West | +1 | 333 | £570 | +3.64% | 466 |
| West Midlands | +4 | 258 | £548 | +5.29% | 385 |
| Yorkshire | -2 | 233 | £500 | -9.09% | 267 |
| East of England | +4 | 216 | £525 | +0.96% | 356 |
| East Midlands | +7 | 97 | £540 | +16.13% | 243 |
| Northern Ireland | -1 | 32 | £443 | -1.67% | 80 |
| Wales | -10 | 20 | £550 | +10.00% | 105 |
| North East | +5 | 19 | £500 | -16.67% | 94 |
| Isle of Man | 0 | 7 | £388 | +14.39% | 5 |
Finance
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||