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 28 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 7 21
Rank change year-on-year -6 +14 -8
Contract jobs citing Finance 9 12 3
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 7.44% 11.54% 2.65%
As % of the General category 13.64% 21.43% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £430 £173 -
25th Percentile £465 £220 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £400 £135
Median % change year-on-year +32.81% +196.30% -68.24%
75th Percentile £600 £481 £143
90th Percentile £636 £619 -
Derbyshire median daily rate £350 £425 £262
% change year-on-year -17.65% +62.02% -38.28%
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 common skills in Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 66 56 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 54.55% 53.85% 49.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 24 39
10th Percentile £167 £178 £154
25th Percentile £363 £319 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £531 £614
90th Percentile £716 £619 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £419 £450 £376
% change year-on-year -6.94% +19.68% -11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 4
10th Percentile £15.60 - -
25th Percentile £17.03 - £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.57 £17.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.99% +3.03% +6.45%
75th Percentile £25.33 - £18.75
90th Percentile £27.50 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £20.57 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +20.99% -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 28 December 2025.

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 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (11.11%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) SaaS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Lucidchart
General
1 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing
2 3 (33.33%) Back Office
2 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Electronics
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 1 (11.11%) Automotive
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 3 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior IT Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Junior
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Process Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
1 2 (22.22%) Dependency Management
1 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
1 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (11.11%) Agile
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Change Management
2 1 (11.11%) DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Order to Cash
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma
2 1 (11.11%) WFM
2 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) Zoho