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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 15 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +5
Contract jobs citing Finance 12 5 12
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 7.89% 5.56% 8.57%
As % of the General category 15.58% 13.16% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile £437 - £510
25th Percentile £443 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £728
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.19%
75th Percentile £625 - £750
90th Percentile £660 - £855
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £134 £639
% change year-on-year +245.15% -79.02% +2.20%
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 77 38 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 50.66% 42.22% 54.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 16 51
10th Percentile £208 £164 £150
25th Percentile £284 £170 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £320
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% +44.53% -32.63%
75th Percentile £650 £595 £500
90th Percentile £664 £725 £627
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £463 £320
% change year-on-year - +44.53% -32.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 4 3
10th Percentile £12.76 £23.38 £18.44
25th Percentile £17.87 £23.94 £20.59
Median hourly rate £19.33 £24.83 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -22.13% +2.67% -20.07%
75th Percentile £24.29 £32.30 £33.42
90th Percentile £29.80 £45.17 £38.96
Derbyshire median hourly rate £22.80 £23.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -0.87% +27.78% -40.50%

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 1 August 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Power BI
2 2 (16.67%) Power Query
2 2 (16.67%) PowerPivot
3 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Git
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Cutover Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Deployment Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 2 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Cutover Manager
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Deployment Manager
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Governance Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Integration Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Integration Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Portfolio Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) SharePoint Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (16.67%) CSS
2 2 (16.67%) HTML
3 1 (8.33%) .NET
3 1 (8.33%) REST
3 1 (8.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
1 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 3 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 3 (25.00%) Project Management
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) API Integration
4 2 (16.67%) Business Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 2 (16.67%) Contingency Planning
4 2 (16.67%) Cutover Planning
4 2 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (16.67%) ERP
4 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) TypeScript
1 2 (16.67%) VBA
2 1 (8.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) PMO
2 2 (16.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (8.33%) IFRS
3 1 (8.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
1 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft