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 30 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 16 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Finance 10 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 5.29% 5.66% 8.13%
As % of the General category 10.31% 11.54% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 6
10th Percentile £434 - £268
25th Percentile £443 £640 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +6.12% -2.00%
75th Percentile £633 £660 £740
90th Percentile £662 - £746
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £392 £500
% change year-on-year +17.98% -21.60% -20.00%
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 97 52 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 51.32% 49.06% 58.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 21 37
10th Percentile £213 £171 £183
25th Percentile £350 £213 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -13.46%
75th Percentile £650 £595 £600
90th Percentile £675 £660 £667
Derbyshire median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -8.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 3 7
10th Percentile £12.76 £24.43 -
25th Percentile £14.40 £24.70 -
Median hourly rate £22.81 £25.15 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% +47.94% +9.68%
75th Percentile £25.75 £39.45 £20.59
90th Percentile £30.25 £48.03 £31.57
Derbyshire median hourly rate £22.80 £24.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year -6.94% +44.12% +9.68%

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 30 September 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Git
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Cutover Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Deployment Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Developer
1 2 (20.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Cutover Manager
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Deployment Manager
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Governance Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Integration Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Integration Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Migration Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Data Migration Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (20.00%) CSS
2 2 (20.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) .NET
3 1 (10.00%) REST
3 1 (10.00%) RESTful
3 1 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (30.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (30.00%) Migration
1 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) API Integration
2 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Cutover Planning
2 2 (20.00%) Dependency Management
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Release Management
2 2 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Data Reconciliation
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (10.00%) ABAP
2 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) IFRS
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
2 1 (10.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft