Finance Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Financial
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 +4
Contract jobs citing Finance 186 99 79
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 17.60% 18.93% 10.34%
As % of the General category 32.98% 30.75% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 81 49
10th Percentile £340 £346 £367
25th Percentile £393 £363 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £447 £620
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -27.90% +39.33%
75th Percentile £534 £500 £688
90th Percentile £575 £544 £778
England median daily rate £537 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -6.61% -2.13% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 4
10th Percentile £14.80 - -
25th Percentile £19.14 £14.63 £12.75
Median hourly rate £23.83 £14.75 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.53% +9.26% -51.79%
75th Percentile £24.62 £14.88 £14.25
90th Percentile £25.00 - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £40.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -40.81% +46.36% -1.72%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 564 322 387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 53.36% 61.57% 50.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 207 258
10th Percentile £205 £205 £160
25th Percentile £381 £319 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £443 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.52% +10.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £550
90th Percentile £600 £580 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 17 59
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.28 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.62 £18.38 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.27 £24.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.12% +40.00% -15.48%
75th Percentile £25.62 £30.30 £35.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £40.25 £51.91
England median hourly rate £30.08 £28.18 £29.83
% change year-on-year +6.72% -5.52% -14.79%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Finance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Finance job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the East Midlands

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Finance

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the East Midlands

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northamptonshire +1 91 £424 +2.36% 32
Nottinghamshire -13 32 £500 +2.04% 50
Derbyshire +1 26 £463 +8.82% 28
Leicestershire +9 21 £450 +36.36% 29
Lincolnshire -7 13 £588 +14.63% 15
Finance
England

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 19 (10.22%) Confluence
2 7 (3.76%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.61%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.54%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.54%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (8.06%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.69%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (11.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.23%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (3.23%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (2.15%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (1.61%) ContrOCC
5 2 (1.08%) NetSuite
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.54%) Avolution ABACUS
6 1 (0.54%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.54%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.54%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.54%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.54%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 24 (12.90%) Power Platform
2 21 (11.29%) AWS
2 21 (11.29%) Azure
2 21 (11.29%) Google Sheets
2 21 (11.29%) Google Workspace
3 18 (9.68%) Cloud Computing
4 11 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (5.38%) GitHub
6 9 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (3.23%) GCP
7 6 (3.23%) SaaS
8 3 (1.61%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.61%) IaaS
8 3 (1.61%) PaaS
9 2 (1.08%) Lucidchart
9 2 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.08%) OCI
9 2 (1.08%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.54%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.90%) Power BI
2 10 (5.38%) Aerospike
3 9 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.76%) DynamoDB
5 7 (3.76%) Redis
6 3 (1.61%) Big Data
6 3 (1.61%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.61%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.61%) Tableau
7 2 (1.08%) Apache Hive
7 2 (1.08%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.08%) Metadata
7 2 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.08%) Power Query
7 2 (1.08%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.54%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 27 (14.52%) JIRA
2 10 (5.38%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.84%) GitLab
4 6 (3.23%) JUnit
5 5 (2.69%) Git
6 2 (1.08%) Hudson
7 1 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 87 (46.77%) Social Skills
2 35 (18.82%) Banking
3 32 (17.20%) Public Sector
4 24 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.99%) Manufacturing
6 12 (6.45%) Local Government
6 12 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (5.91%) Marketing
8 10 (5.38%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.76%) Corporate Banking
9 7 (3.76%) Electronics
9 7 (3.76%) General Ledger
9 7 (3.76%) Retail Banking
10 5 (2.69%) Retail
11 3 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.08%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.54%) Billing
13 1 (0.54%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 23 (12.37%) Lead
2 22 (11.83%) Analyst
2 22 (11.83%) Programme Manager
2 22 (11.83%) Project Manager
3 18 (9.68%) Architect
4 17 (9.14%) Consultant
5 14 (7.53%) Developer
6 12 (6.45%) Senior
7 9 (4.84%) Business Analyst
7 9 (4.84%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (3.76%) Data Manager
8 7 (3.76%) Report Manager
9 6 (3.23%) SAP Architect
9 6 (3.23%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.23%) Workstream Lead
10 5 (2.69%) Banking Project Manager
10 5 (2.69%) Cloud Consultant
10 5 (2.69%) Financial Analyst
10 5 (2.69%) PMO Analyst
10 5 (2.69%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.91%) Kafka
1 11 (5.91%) Middleware
2 10 (5.38%) Node.js
3 9 (4.84%) pytest
4 7 (3.76%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (3.76%) REST
5 6 (3.23%) Jest
6 5 (2.69%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (2.69%) PySpark
6 5 (2.69%) Visualforce
7 4 (2.15%) RESTful
8 3 (1.61%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.61%) J2EE
8 3 (1.61%) JSON
8 3 (1.61%) OSGi
9 2 (1.08%) CSS
9 2 (1.08%) HTML
9 2 (1.08%) ISPF
10 1 (0.54%) SOAP
10 1 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.68%) Product Ownership
2 17 (9.14%) Public Cloud
3 12 (6.45%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.84%) PMI
6 8 (4.30%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.61%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.08%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.08%) EMV
9 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.08%) Hedge funds
9 2 (1.08%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.08%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.54%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.54%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.54%) IoT
10 1 (0.54%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.08%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.08%) Linux
1 2 (1.08%) Unix
1 2 (1.08%) Windows
1 2 (1.08%) zOS
2 1 (0.54%) MVS
2 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (40.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (29.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 49 (26.34%) Agile
4 47 (25.27%) Migration
5 37 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (18.82%) Change Management
7 32 (17.20%) Business Intelligence
8 31 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
9 30 (16.13%) Project Management
10 29 (15.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (15.05%) Programme Management
12 26 (13.98%) CI/CD
13 25 (13.44%) Risk Management
14 24 (12.90%) Analytics
14 24 (12.90%) Data Analysis
14 24 (12.90%) DevOps
15 22 (11.83%) Data Modelling
15 22 (11.83%) User Experience
16 21 (11.29%) Dashboard Development
16 21 (11.29%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 35 (18.82%) SQL
2 14 (7.53%) Java
3 10 (5.38%) Python
4 5 (2.69%) Apex Code
5 4 (2.15%) SOQL
6 3 (1.61%) VBA
7 2 (1.08%) JCL
7 2 (1.08%) REXX
7 2 (1.08%) Swift
7 2 (1.08%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.54%) C#
8 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.54%) R
8 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (18.82%) Degree
2 14 (7.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (6.99%) Security Cleared
4 12 (6.45%) PMI Certification
4 12 (6.45%) PMP
5 7 (3.76%) Master's Degree
5 7 (3.76%) MBA
5 7 (3.76%) SAFe Agilist
5 7 (3.76%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.15%) ACCA
6 4 (2.15%) CIMA
6 4 (2.15%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.54%) AAT
8 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.54%) IIBA
8 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.75%) QA
2 12 (6.45%) PMO
3 10 (5.38%) GDPR
4 7 (3.76%) Basel III
4 7 (3.76%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.76%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.61%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.08%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.08%) PSD2
6 2 (1.08%) SLA
7 1 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.54%) GRC
7 1 (0.54%) NIST
7 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.54%) SEPA
7 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.15%) Docker
2 2 (1.08%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 1 (0.54%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.61%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.61%) Terraform
2 2 (1.08%) SCCM
3 1 (0.54%) Control-M
3 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (17.20%) SAP
2 23 (12.37%) Google
3 21 (11.29%) Microsoft
4 13 (6.99%) Databricks
4 13 (6.99%) Oracle
5 6 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.69%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.61%) Ab Initio
7 3 (1.61%) Adobe
7 3 (1.61%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.61%) Liquidlogic
7 3 (1.61%) Sage
8 2 (1.08%) Ariba
8 2 (1.08%) IFS
8 2 (1.08%) Informatica
8 2 (1.08%) Splunk
9 1 (0.54%) Planview
9 1 (0.54%) Talend
9 1 (0.54%) TSYS
9 1 (0.54%) Zoho