Finance Contracts in Manchester

Financial
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 178 207 322
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 11.91% 11.09% 12.39%
As % of the General category 24.76% 22.60% 27.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 149 244
10th Percentile £340 £363 £355
25th Percentile £388 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £577 £600 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £738
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 7
10th Percentile £12.98 £20.60 £13.59
25th Percentile £13.31 £30.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £14.27 £47.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.65% +224.14% +3.35%
75th Percentile £19.10 £63.50 £14.75
90th Percentile £56.70 £73.40 £14.85
North West median hourly rate £16.05 £30.76 £14.50
% change year-on-year -47.83% +112.10% -18.99%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 719 916 1,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 48.09% 49.09% 44.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 643 892
10th Percentile £311 £307 £260
25th Percentile £392 £402 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £663 £675
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 37 30
10th Percentile £12.29 £16.76 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.31 £19.25 £14.73
Median hourly rate £23.45 £25.00 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% +38.45% -21.49%
75th Percentile £34.00 £37.30 £20.78
90th Percentile £59.50 £45.02 £27.25
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £26.60 £20.00
% change year-on-year -33.38% +33.00% -10.11%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Manchester

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Manchester

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Manchester

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Manchester

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Manchester

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 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
Bolton +2 4 £500 - 7
Salford -4 2 - - 16
Stockport -4 2 £583 +55.33% 6
Cheadle - 1 £400 - 5
Oldham - 1 - - 3
Finance
North West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (1.12%) nginx
1 2 (1.12%) Traefik
2 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.56%) Confluence
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (15.73%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.93%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.12%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.12%) Primavera
2 2 (1.12%) ResourceLink
2 2 (1.12%) SAP PS
2 2 (1.12%) SAP Retail
3 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.56%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.56%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.56%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.87%) Azure
2 10 (5.62%) AWS
3 8 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (3.93%) IaaS
4 7 (3.93%) PaaS
4 7 (3.93%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.81%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (2.81%) GCP
5 5 (2.81%) SaaS
5 5 (2.81%) Serverless
5 5 (2.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.25%) npm
7 2 (1.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.56%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.56%) GitHub
8 1 (0.56%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.55%) DMZ
1 17 (9.55%) SD-WAN
2 15 (8.43%) Wireless
3 13 (7.30%) Cisco IOS
3 13 (7.30%) Cisco Nexus
4 9 (5.06%) ATM
5 4 (2.25%) HTTP
6 3 (1.69%) InfiniBand
7 2 (1.12%) DNS
7 2 (1.12%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.56%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.56%) Firewall
8 1 (0.56%) MPLS
8 1 (0.56%) VPN
8 1 (0.56%) WAN
8 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.93%) Power BI
2 5 (2.81%) Metadata
2 5 (2.81%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.12%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.12%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.12%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.56%) Azkaban
6 1 (0.56%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.56%) DB2
6 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.56%) MySQL
6 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.56%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.81%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.25%) ERwin
3 3 (1.69%) Git
3 3 (1.69%) GitLab
4 2 (1.12%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.56%) JIRA
5 1 (0.56%) RStudio
5 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
General
1 51 (28.65%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.04%) Public Sector
3 19 (10.67%) Telecoms
4 18 (10.11%) Banking
5 17 (9.55%) Retail
6 16 (8.99%) Manufacturing
7 11 (6.18%) Marketing
8 10 (5.62%) Electronics
9 9 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (4.49%) Billing
11 7 (3.93%) Mandarin Language
12 6 (3.37%) Financial Institution
13 5 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (2.25%) Retail Banking
15 3 (1.69%) Back Office
15 3 (1.69%) Legal
16 2 (1.12%) French Language
16 2 (1.12%) Military
17 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
17 1 (0.56%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (11.80%) Network Engineer
2 18 (10.11%) Architect
3 14 (7.87%) Analyst
4 13 (7.30%) Developer
5 12 (6.74%) Lead
5 12 (6.74%) Project Manager
6 9 (5.06%) IT Technician
6 9 (5.06%) Senior
7 8 (4.49%) Business Analyst
7 8 (4.49%) Cutover Manager
8 7 (3.93%) Administrator
9 6 (3.37%) Consultant
9 6 (3.37%) Dynamics 365 Trainer
9 6 (3.37%) Software Engineer
9 6 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.37%) Trainer
10 5 (2.81%) Programme Manager
10 5 (2.81%) Wireless Engineer
10 5 (2.81%) Wireless Network Engineer
11 4 (2.25%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.37%) AngularJS
2 5 (2.81%) Kafka
2 5 (2.81%) Middleware
2 5 (2.81%) RESTful
3 3 (1.69%) .NET
3 3 (1.69%) Node.js
4 2 (1.12%) cloud-init
4 2 (1.12%) Spring
5 1 (0.56%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.56%) AWS SAM
5 1 (0.56%) Express.js
5 1 (0.56%) Jest
5 1 (0.56%) JSON
5 1 (0.56%) Lambda Expressions
5 1 (0.56%) PySpark
5 1 (0.56%) React
5 1 (0.56%) Serverless Framework
5 1 (0.56%) Svelte
5 1 (0.56%) SvelteKit
5 1 (0.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.99%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.06%) Driving Licence
2 9 (5.06%) EPoS
2 9 (5.06%) Smartphone
3 8 (4.49%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.81%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.81%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.25%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.25%) Wiki
7 3 (1.69%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.12%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.12%) Clustering
8 2 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.12%) Derivative
8 2 (1.12%) PKI
8 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.56%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.74%) Linux
2 8 (4.49%) Windows
3 5 (2.81%) Unix
4 4 (2.25%) zOS
5 2 (1.12%) CentOS
5 2 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (14.04%) Agile
2 20 (11.24%) Project Management
3 18 (10.11%) Business Intelligence
4 17 (9.55%) Decision-Making
5 15 (8.43%) ITSM
6 14 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (7.30%) Migration
8 12 (6.74%) Software Engineering
9 11 (6.18%) Programme Management
10 10 (5.62%) Data Migration
10 10 (5.62%) Data Modelling
10 10 (5.62%) Digital Marketing
11 9 (5.06%) Break/Fix
11 9 (5.06%) Cost Reduction
11 9 (5.06%) DevOps
11 9 (5.06%) ETL
11 9 (5.06%) Preventative Maintenance
12 8 (4.49%) ERP
12 8 (4.49%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (3.93%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.74%) Python
2 7 (3.93%) TypeScript
3 6 (3.37%) SQL
4 4 (2.25%) Java
5 3 (1.69%) Bash
5 3 (1.69%) C#
5 3 (1.69%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.69%) MATLAB
6 2 (1.12%) Go
6 2 (1.12%) Ruby
6 2 (1.12%) X++
7 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (7.87%) Degree
2 8 (4.49%) SC Cleared
2 8 (4.49%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.81%) PMI Certification
3 5 (2.81%) PMP
4 4 (2.25%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.12%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (0.56%) CISA
6 1 (0.56%) CISM
6 1 (0.56%) CISSP
6 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.56%) ISEB
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.93%) Data Quality
1 7 (3.93%) PMO
2 6 (3.37%) GDPR
3 5 (2.81%) SLA
4 3 (1.69%) QA
5 2 (1.12%) NCSC
6 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.56%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.69%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.69%) Firmware
1 3 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.49%) Terraform
2 3 (1.69%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (1.12%) Ansible
3 2 (1.12%) Consul
3 2 (1.12%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (1.12%) Graphite
3 2 (1.12%) HAProxy
3 2 (1.12%) Istio
3 2 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.12%) linkerd
3 2 (1.12%) Packer
3 2 (1.12%) Podman
3 2 (1.12%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.12%) Puppet
3 2 (1.12%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.56%) SCCM
4 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (11.24%) F5
2 18 (10.11%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.11%) SAP
3 16 (8.99%) Palo Alto
4 14 (7.87%) Cisco
5 5 (2.81%) Oracle
6 4 (2.25%) Databricks
6 4 (2.25%) Sparx
7 3 (1.69%) Dell
7 3 (1.69%) Facebook
7 3 (1.69%) Isilon
7 3 (1.69%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.69%) Splunk
7 3 (1.69%) VMware
8 2 (1.12%) BMC
8 2 (1.12%) Google
8 2 (1.12%) IBM
8 2 (1.12%) IDERA
8 2 (1.12%) PagerDuty
8 2 (1.12%) ServiceNow