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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 4 20
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 -8
Contract jobs citing Finance 10 13 9
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 6.94% 15.12% 6.25%
As % of the General category 13.33% 24.53% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £418 £173 £155
25th Percentile £434 £268 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £268
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +58.88% -37.06%
75th Percentile £574 £438 £336
90th Percentile £626 £565 £374
Derbyshire median daily rate £413 £425 £331
% change year-on-year -2.94% +28.34% -22.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.50 - -
Median hourly rate £18.00 - -
75th Percentile £18.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £18.00 - -

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 75 53 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 52.08% 61.63% 59.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 20 61
10th Percentile £221 £173 £160
25th Percentile £269 £391 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £269
Median % change year-on-year - +67.29% -38.76%
75th Percentile £531 £550 £538
90th Percentile £672 £644 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £450 £450 £255
% change year-on-year - +76.82% -40.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 7
10th Percentile £15.61 - £15.25
25th Percentile £17.50 - £15.75
Median hourly rate £18.87 £17.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% -2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £25.11 - £18.75
90th Percentile £27.00 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £18.87 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +11.00% -2.86% +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
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Derby over the 6 months to 2 February 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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (10.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Lucidchart
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Back Office
3 2 (20.00%) Electronics
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (10.00%) Automotive
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) IT Manager
2 3 (30.00%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior IT Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Process Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Project Management
1 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (20.00%) Dependency Management
2 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (10.00%) WFM
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) AAT
2 1 (10.00%) ACCA
2 1 (10.00%) CIMA
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) IIBA
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Sage
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) Zoho