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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 -7
Contract jobs citing Finance 186 90 61
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 20.67% 15.79% 8.48%
As % of the General category 33.51% 24.73% 17.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 67 46
10th Percentile £311 £267 £175
25th Percentile £360 £353 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £414 £489
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -15.34% +8.67%
75th Percentile £521 £491 £578
90th Percentile £635 £575 £731
England median daily rate £535 £590 £588
% change year-on-year -9.41% +0.43% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 1
10th Percentile £14.98 - -
25th Percentile £17.50 - £20.82
Median hourly rate £23.83 £39.68 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -39.96% +78.14% -9.08%
75th Percentile £24.49 - £23.73
90th Percentile £25.00 - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £32.80 £27.50
% change year-on-year -27.35% +19.25% +10.00%

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 555 364 347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 61.67% 63.86% 48.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 223 251
10th Percentile £196 £226 £160
25th Percentile £352 £311 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £513 £530 £567
90th Percentile £610 £625 £675
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 19 29
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.01 £13.80
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £18.32 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year +21.53% -17.76% +39.48%
75th Percentile £25.15 £30.88 £51.50
90th Percentile £26.50 £42.74 -
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +28.11%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 7 January 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 0 88 £410 +2.50% 33
Leicestershire +10 32 £450 +20.00% 36
Nottinghamshire -2 26 £550 +15.79% 45
Lincolnshire +2 21 £158 -60.63% 15
Derbyshire -1 15 £350 -12.50% 28
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 9 (4.84%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.54%) Apache
3 1 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.54%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.54%) Hyperledger
3 1 (0.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
1 12 (6.45%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.69%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (7.53%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (5.91%) Oracle General Ledger
3 9 (4.84%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (4.30%) Oracle Cash Management
4 8 (4.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (3.76%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (2.69%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (2.15%) SAP ERP
8 3 (1.61%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (1.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (1.61%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.54%) Actimize
10 1 (0.54%) Distributed Ledger
10 1 (0.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 1 (0.54%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.83%) AWS
2 18 (9.68%) Azure
2 18 (9.68%) Power Platform
3 10 (5.38%) GCP
3 10 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (4.84%) Google Workspace
5 7 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.76%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (3.76%) GitHub
5 7 (3.76%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (3.76%) Google Sheets
6 5 (2.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 4 (2.15%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.15%) SaaS
7 4 (2.15%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.61%) IaaS
8 3 (1.61%) PaaS
9 2 (1.08%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.08%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.23%) Wireless
2 2 (1.08%) PuTTY
2 2 (1.08%) SSH
2 2 (1.08%) Telnet
3 1 (0.54%) HTTP
3 1 (0.54%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.68%) Power BI
2 9 (4.84%) Big Data
2 9 (4.84%) Hadoop
3 8 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.76%) Aerospike
5 6 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.69%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.69%) Redis
6 5 (2.69%) Tableau
7 3 (1.61%) Apache Hive
7 3 (1.61%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.61%) Metadata
7 3 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.08%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.08%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.08%) QlikView
8 2 (1.08%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.54%) HBase
9 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.54%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 26 (13.98%) JIRA
2 8 (4.30%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.76%) GitLab
4 4 (2.15%) Git
4 4 (2.15%) JUnit
4 4 (2.15%) Selenium
5 1 (0.54%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.54%) JMeter
5 1 (0.54%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.54%) Postman
5 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
General
1 78 (41.94%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.58%) Banking
3 25 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.29%) Public Sector
5 20 (10.75%) Manufacturing
5 20 (10.75%) Marketing
6 16 (8.60%) Telecoms
7 15 (8.06%) Electronics
8 10 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (3.76%) Corporate Banking
10 7 (3.76%) General Ledger
10 7 (3.76%) Retail Banking
11 6 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.15%) Legal
13 3 (1.61%) Back Office
13 3 (1.61%) Retail
14 2 (1.08%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.08%) Front Office
15 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 35 (18.82%) Analyst
2 27 (14.52%) Project Manager
3 20 (10.75%) Business Analyst
4 17 (9.14%) Developer
5 15 (8.06%) Programme Manager
6 12 (6.45%) Lead
7 11 (5.91%) Senior
8 10 (5.38%) Consultant
8 10 (5.38%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (4.84%) Architect
10 7 (3.76%) Product Owner
11 6 (3.23%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
11 6 (3.23%) 2nd Line Support
11 6 (3.23%) Data Engineer
11 6 (3.23%) Desktop Support
11 6 (3.23%) IT Support
11 6 (3.23%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
11 6 (3.23%) Technical Manager
12 5 (2.69%) Financial Business Analyst
12 5 (2.69%) SAP Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (5.38%) Kafka
3 7 (3.76%) Node.js
4 6 (3.23%) pytest
5 5 (2.69%) .NET
6 4 (2.15%) ADO
6 4 (2.15%) Jest
6 4 (2.15%) REST
7 2 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (1.08%) Middleware
7 2 (1.08%) PySpark
7 2 (1.08%) SOAP
7 2 (1.08%) Visualforce
8 1 (0.54%) ISPF
8 1 (0.54%) JSON
8 1 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.54%) RESTful
8 1 (0.54%) Spring
8 1 (0.54%) Web Services
8 1 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.22%) Product Ownership
2 15 (8.06%) Onboarding
3 12 (6.45%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.84%) Data Centre
5 8 (4.30%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (4.30%) PMI
6 6 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.23%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.15%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.08%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.54%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.54%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.54%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.54%) Mobile Banking
10 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.38%) Mac OS
2 7 (3.76%) Windows
3 6 (3.23%) Android
4 4 (2.15%) Linux
4 4 (2.15%) Unix
5 3 (1.61%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.08%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.08%) Windows 7
6 2 (1.08%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.54%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (30.65%) Agile
2 55 (29.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (19.35%) Business Intelligence
3 36 (19.35%) Migration
4 35 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (17.74%) Change Management
5 33 (17.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 30 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (16.13%) Programme Management
6 30 (16.13%) Project Management
7 26 (13.98%) ERP
8 23 (12.37%) Scrum
9 21 (11.29%) Project Delivery
10 19 (10.22%) CI/CD
11 18 (9.68%) Kanban
11 18 (9.68%) Regulatory Compliance
11 18 (9.68%) Risk Management
11 18 (9.68%) User Experience
12 16 (8.60%) Decision-Making
13 15 (8.06%) KYC
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.52%) SQL
2 11 (5.91%) Java
2 11 (5.91%) Python
3 4 (2.15%) Bash
3 4 (2.15%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.15%) R
4 3 (1.61%) Scala
5 2 (1.08%) Apex Code
5 2 (1.08%) Swift
6 1 (0.54%) C#
6 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.54%) JCL
6 1 (0.54%) PHP
6 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.54%) REXX
6 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (11.29%) Degree
1 21 (11.29%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.06%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.38%) PMI Certification
4 9 (4.84%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (4.84%) PMP
5 8 (4.30%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.76%) MBA
6 7 (3.76%) SAFe Agilist
7 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.54%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.54%) CISA
8 1 (0.54%) CISM
8 1 (0.54%) CISSP
8 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.54%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.14%) QA
2 10 (5.38%) GDPR
3 8 (4.30%) PMO
4 7 (3.76%) Basel III
4 7 (3.76%) Data Quality
5 6 (3.23%) ISO 20022
6 5 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (2.15%) SLA
8 2 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (1.08%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.54%) COBIT
9 1 (0.54%) GRC
9 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.54%) NIST
9 1 (0.54%) NIST 800
System Software
1 8 (4.30%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.61%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.08%) Firmware
5 1 (0.54%) Docker
5 1 (0.54%) HDFS
5 1 (0.54%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 8 (4.30%) SCCM
2 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.61%) Terraform
4 1 (0.54%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (0.54%) Kibana
4 1 (0.54%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.54%) Oozie
4 1 (0.54%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (18.28%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.90%) SAP
3 21 (11.29%) Oracle
4 9 (4.84%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.30%) Cisco
5 8 (4.30%) Databricks
5 8 (4.30%) Dell
5 8 (4.30%) Google
6 6 (3.23%) Apple
6 6 (3.23%) HP
7 4 (2.15%) Citrix
7 4 (2.15%) Dynatrace
7 4 (2.15%) VMware
8 3 (1.61%) Ab Initio
8 3 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.08%) Draytek
9 2 (1.08%) Informatica
9 2 (1.08%) McAfee
9 2 (1.08%) Sage
9 2 (1.08%) Splunk