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 3 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 7 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +3
Contract jobs citing Finance 13 10 14
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 9.29% 12.05% 9.66%
As % of the General category 21.31% 24.39% 16.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 5
10th Percentile £428 £248 £237
25th Percentile £443 £362 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% -22.73% +26.44%
75th Percentile £492 £431 £750
90th Percentile £494 £443 £855
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +8.82% -10.53% +9.20%

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 61 41 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 43.57% 49.40% 58.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 63
10th Percentile £261 £168 £150
25th Percentile £294 £362 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £469 £250
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% +87.50% -44.13%
75th Percentile £498 £550 £434
90th Percentile £571 £644 £598
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £438 £245
% change year-on-year +5.71% +78.57% -42.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 6
10th Percentile - £23.13 -
25th Percentile - £23.31 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% +35.71% +12.90%
75th Percentile £24.29 £24.31 £18.75
90th Percentile £24.96 £24.58 £18.88
Derbyshire median hourly rate £17.87 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +15.29% -11.43% +12.90%

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
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 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (7.69%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Lucidchart
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Power BI
2 2 (15.38%) Power Query
2 2 (15.38%) PowerPivot
3 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Git
General
1 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Senior
3 4 (30.77%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) IT Manager
4 3 (23.08%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
4 3 (23.08%) Senior IT Manager
4 3 (23.08%) Senior IT Project Manager
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Manager
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (15.38%) Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (15.38%) Governance Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Portfolio Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement Manager
6 1 (7.69%) Process Manager
6 1 (7.69%) SharePoint Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) AngularJS
2 2 (15.38%) CSS
2 2 (15.38%) HTML
3 1 (7.69%) .NET
3 1 (7.69%) REST
3 1 (7.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (38.46%) Decision-Making
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (23.08%) Front End Development
4 3 (23.08%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
5 2 (15.38%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (15.38%) Dependency Management
5 2 (15.38%) DevOps
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (15.38%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
1 2 (15.38%) VBA
2 1 (7.69%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) AAT
1 1 (7.69%) ACCA
1 1 (7.69%) CIMA
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) IIBA
1 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
1 1 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) PMO
2 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
3 1 (7.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.69%) Sage
2 1 (7.69%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Zoho