Finance Contracts in the North West

Financial
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 368 367 522
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 13.41% 11.54% 12.93%
As % of the General category 24.97% 22.23% 25.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 260 367
10th Percentile £311 £361 £295
25th Percentile £391 £414 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £624
90th Percentile £735 £688 £700
England median daily rate £588 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.08% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 5 21
10th Percentile £11.77 £19.59 £9.23
25th Percentile £13.31 £27.98 £12.59
Median hourly rate £16.05 £30.76 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +112.10% -18.99%
75th Percentile £34.32 £57.50 £28.75
90th Percentile £52.78 £71.00 £47.22
England median hourly rate £27.00 £26.85 £34.14
% change year-on-year +0.58% -21.37% +51.73%

All General Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,474 1,651 2,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.72% 51.93% 50.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 1,136 1,427
10th Percentile £300 £307 £213
25th Percentile £400 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.95%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 81 115
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.00 £11.21
25th Percentile £14.50 £19.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £26.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.85% +30.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £35.74 £38.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £52.99 £53.52
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +58.14% -4.44%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the North West

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the North West

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +4 180 £475 -9.52% 281
Cheshire +3 85 £550 +15.79% 85
Cumbria +1 37 £575 +35.29% 18
Merseyside +8 30 £329 -34.25% 61
Lancashire +20 29 £425 -15.00% 45
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 7 (1.90%) Confluence
2 6 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.82%) Apache
4 3 (0.82%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.82%) nginx
5 2 (0.54%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.54%) Traefik
6 1 (0.27%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) JBoss
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.27%) Mule
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 39 (10.60%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.26%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.45%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 23 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.45%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.63%) Temenos T24
4 4 (1.09%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.82%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.54%) Primavera
6 2 (0.54%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.54%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.54%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.54%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.27%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.27%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.27%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.27%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 42 (11.41%) Azure
2 31 (8.42%) AWS
3 19 (5.16%) Power Platform
4 11 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (2.17%) IaaS
5 8 (2.17%) SaaS
6 7 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (1.90%) PaaS
7 5 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (1.36%) Apigee
7 5 (1.36%) GCP
7 5 (1.36%) Kong
7 5 (1.36%) Serverless
7 5 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (1.09%) npm
8 4 (1.09%) WhatsApp
9 3 (0.82%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.54%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.62%) DMZ
1 17 (4.62%) SD-WAN
2 15 (4.08%) Wireless
3 13 (3.53%) Cisco IOS
3 13 (3.53%) Cisco Nexus
4 9 (2.45%) ATM
5 7 (1.90%) DSL
6 6 (1.63%) Firewall
7 5 (1.36%) DNS
7 5 (1.36%) HTTP
8 4 (1.09%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.82%) InfiniBand
9 3 (0.82%) Skype
10 2 (0.54%) Network Security
10 2 (0.54%) PPP
10 2 (0.54%) WAN
11 1 (0.27%) Cisco IPT
11 1 (0.27%) DHCP
11 1 (0.27%) LAN
11 1 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.16%) Power BI
2 10 (2.72%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.90%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.36%) Metadata
5 5 (1.36%) OLAP
5 5 (1.36%) OLTP
5 5 (1.36%) Oracle OLAP
5 5 (1.36%) Tableau
6 4 (1.09%) DB2
7 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.82%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.54%) Big Data
8 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.54%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.54%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.54%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 27 (7.34%) JIRA
2 13 (3.53%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.09%) ERwin
4 3 (0.82%) Git
4 3 (0.82%) GitLab
5 2 (0.54%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.27%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.27%) Log4j
6 1 (0.27%) RStudio
6 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 118 (32.07%) Social Skills
2 59 (16.03%) Public Sector
3 50 (13.59%) Banking
4 39 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (7.34%) Manufacturing
6 22 (5.98%) Telecoms
7 20 (5.43%) Retail
8 14 (3.80%) Marketing
9 13 (3.53%) Electronics
9 13 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (3.26%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (2.99%) Legal
12 8 (2.17%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.90%) Billing
13 7 (1.90%) Mandarin Language
14 6 (1.63%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.63%) Local Government
14 6 (1.63%) Police
15 5 (1.36%) Front Office
15 5 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (13.04%) Project Manager
2 36 (9.78%) Architect
3 33 (8.97%) Analyst
4 25 (6.79%) Lead
5 24 (6.52%) Network Engineer
6 21 (5.71%) Consultant
6 21 (5.71%) Senior
7 20 (5.43%) Developer
8 19 (5.16%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (4.08%) Administrator
9 15 (4.08%) Business Analyst
10 14 (3.80%) Programme Manager
11 12 (3.26%) Delivery Manager
12 10 (2.72%) Data Analyst
13 9 (2.45%) IT Technician
13 9 (2.45%) SAP Consultant
13 9 (2.45%) Windows Engineer
14 8 (2.17%) Service Delivery Manager
14 8 (2.17%) Service Manager
14 8 (2.17%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.72%) Kafka
2 7 (1.90%) Middleware
3 6 (1.63%) .NET
3 6 (1.63%) AngularJS
3 6 (1.63%) IBM Integration Bus
3 6 (1.63%) Spring
3 6 (1.63%) Web Services
4 5 (1.36%) J2EE
4 5 (1.36%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (1.36%) RESTful
4 5 (1.36%) SOAP
5 4 (1.09%) Apache Camel
5 4 (1.09%) React
5 4 (1.09%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.09%) Spring Integration
6 3 (0.82%) Node.js
7 2 (0.54%) cloud-init
8 1 (0.27%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.27%) AWS SAM
8 1 (0.27%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.89%) Data Centre
1 18 (4.89%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.35%) Public Cloud
3 13 (3.53%) Driving Licence
4 10 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.45%) EPoS
5 9 (2.45%) Smartphone
5 9 (2.45%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.63%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.36%) DataPower
8 5 (1.36%) Life Science
8 5 (1.36%) NHS
8 5 (1.36%) PKI
9 4 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.09%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.09%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.09%) Wiki
10 3 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.98%) Linux
2 19 (5.16%) Windows
3 15 (4.08%) Unix
4 4 (1.09%) Android
4 4 (1.09%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.82%) zOS
6 2 (0.54%) CentOS
6 2 (0.54%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.54%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (17.66%) Project Management
1 65 (17.66%) Stakeholder Management
2 62 (16.85%) Agile
3 32 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
4 30 (8.15%) Decision-Making
5 29 (7.88%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (7.34%) DevOps
7 23 (6.25%) Migration
8 22 (5.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (5.98%) PRINCE2
8 22 (5.98%) Requirements Gathering
8 22 (5.98%) Waterfall
9 20 (5.43%) Programme Management
10 19 (5.16%) Business Case
10 19 (5.16%) Change Management
10 19 (5.16%) ITSM
10 19 (5.16%) Risk Management
10 19 (5.16%) Service Delivery
10 19 (5.16%) Software Engineering
11 18 (4.89%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.16%) Python
1 19 (5.16%) SQL
2 15 (4.08%) Java
3 9 (2.45%) Ruby
4 7 (1.90%) PL/SQL
4 7 (1.90%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.09%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.09%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.82%) Bash
6 3 (0.82%) C
6 3 (0.82%) C#
6 3 (0.82%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.54%) Go
7 2 (0.54%) R
7 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.54%) X++
8 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.27%) Groovy
8 1 (0.27%) Julia
8 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 36 (9.78%) Degree
2 33 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.07%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.45%) PMI Certification
4 9 (2.45%) PMP
5 5 (1.36%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.82%) ACCA
7 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.82%) CIMA
7 3 (0.82%) CISSP
7 3 (0.82%) HNC
7 3 (0.82%) NVQ Level 4
8 2 (0.54%) CIPFA
8 2 (0.54%) CISA
8 2 (0.54%) CISM
8 2 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.54%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.27%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.98%) SLA
2 15 (4.08%) GDPR
3 10 (2.72%) PMO
4 9 (2.45%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.36%) NIST
6 4 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.09%) QA
7 2 (0.54%) COSO
7 2 (0.54%) ISO 31000
7 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.54%) NCSC
7 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.27%) GAAP
8 1 (0.27%) GxP
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.27%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.82%) Firmware
2 3 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.99%) Terraform
2 10 (2.72%) Ansible
3 9 (2.45%) Puppet
4 8 (2.17%) Progress Chef
5 7 (1.90%) CFEngine
5 7 (1.90%) PowerBroker
6 6 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.82%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.82%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.82%) SCCM
8 2 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.54%) Graphite
8 2 (0.54%) HAProxy
8 2 (0.54%) Istio
8 2 (0.54%) linkerd
8 2 (0.54%) Packer
8 2 (0.54%) Podman
8 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.54%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 2 (0.54%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 49 (13.32%) SAP
2 40 (10.87%) Microsoft
3 20 (5.43%) F5
4 16 (4.35%) Cisco
4 16 (4.35%) Palo Alto
5 15 (4.08%) Oracle
6 7 (1.90%) Atlassian
6 7 (1.90%) Avaloq
6 7 (1.90%) IBM
7 6 (1.63%) Databricks
8 5 (1.36%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.36%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.36%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.36%) TSYS
9 4 (1.09%) Ariba
9 4 (1.09%) Cadence
9 4 (1.09%) Google
9 4 (1.09%) Sage
9 4 (1.09%) Sparx
9 4 (1.09%) VMware