Finance Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Financial
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Bradford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 9 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing Finance 16 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in Bradford 25.00% 7.69% 9.59%
As % of the General category 40.00% 37.50% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 7
10th Percentile £445 - £392
25th Percentile £561 £350 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +57.33% -6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £618 £403 £485
90th Percentile £624 £405 £579
West Yorkshire median daily rate £538 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +19.44% -7.69% -2.50%

All General Skills
Bradford

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 general skills in Bradford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 40 8 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford 62.50% 20.51% 67.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 8 44
10th Percentile £299 £339 £320
25th Percentile £487 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £383 £515
Median % change year-on-year +46.44% -25.58% +14.44%
75th Percentile £618 £415 £600
90th Percentile £667 £490 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £463 £523
% change year-on-year +8.11% -11.48% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £13.61 - £27.10
25th Percentile £15.97 - £27.59
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £28.42
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.64%
75th Percentile £20.69 - £29.25
90th Percentile £21.30 - £29.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.09 £30.00 £19.17
% change year-on-year -33.05% +56.47% -14.79%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Bradford

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Bradford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Bradford over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Bradford

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Bradford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Finance

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (12.50%) SAP ERP
2 2 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) GIS
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Power Query
2 1 (6.25%) PowerPivot
General
1 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) SAP Manager
2 4 (25.00%) SAP Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Scrum Master
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) ERP Manager
4 2 (12.50%) ERP Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Integration Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Migration Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Migration Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) SCADA Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) SCADA Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Senior SAP Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Integration Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Telemetry Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Telemetry Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) SCADA
2 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 3 (18.75%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (68.75%) Budget Management
2 11 (68.75%) ERP
2 11 (68.75%) Project Delivery
2 11 (68.75%) Project Management
3 7 (43.75%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (31.25%) Migration
5 4 (25.00%) Business Case
5 4 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 4 (25.00%) Data Migration
6 3 (18.75%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 3 (18.75%) Backlog Refinement
6 3 (18.75%) Burndown Charts
6 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
6 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
6 3 (18.75%) Planning Poker
6 3 (18.75%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) SAP
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) IFS