Finance Contract Job Trends in Derby

Financial
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Derby. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 16 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 +5
Contract jobs citing Finance 11 6 17
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 7.28% 6.52% 10.97%
As % of the General category 15.07% 14.29% 17.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile £431 £428 £450
25th Percentile £443 £431 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £728
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -39.86% -3.19%
75th Percentile £494 £444 £750
90th Percentile £541 £448 £855
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £438 £728
% change year-on-year +5.71% -39.86% +16.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
Derbyshire median hourly rate - £15.50 -

All General Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 73 42 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 48.34% 45.65% 62.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 18 66
10th Percentile £259 £168 £150
25th Percentile £350 £206 £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £254
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +82.09% -47.08%
75th Percentile £650 £593 £447
90th Percentile £665 £715 £619
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £463 £250
% change year-on-year - +85.00% -47.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 6
10th Percentile £12.76 £23.38 -
25th Percentile £17.87 £23.94 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.60 £24.83 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.08% +39.86% +0.97%
75th Percentile £24.29 £32.30 £22.89
90th Percentile £24.73 £45.17 £33.42
Derbyshire median hourly rate £19.33 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -15.96% +31.43% -0.46%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Derby

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Derby over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Derby

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Finance

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Power Platform
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Power BI
2 2 (18.18%) Power Query
2 2 (18.18%) PowerPivot
3 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
5 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) PMO Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Senior
4 2 (18.18%) Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 2 (18.18%) Governance Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Portfolio Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
5 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Lead
5 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Senior IT Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Senior IT Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) AngularJS
2 2 (18.18%) CSS
2 2 (18.18%) HTML
3 1 (9.09%) .NET
3 1 (9.09%) REST
3 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (45.45%) Decision-Making
1 5 (45.45%) Project Management
2 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (27.27%) Front End Development
3 3 (27.27%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Business Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 2 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
4 2 (18.18%) Responsive Web Design
4 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
1 2 (18.18%) VBA
2 1 (9.09%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) AAT
1 1 (9.09%) ACCA
1 1 (9.09%) CIMA
1 1 (9.09%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) PMO
2 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
3 1 (9.09%) IFRS
3 1 (9.09%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
2 1 (9.09%) Sage
2 1 (9.09%) SAP