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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing Finance 186 111 105
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 16.80% 19.44% 13.64%
As % of the General category 32.63% 31.09% 25.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 90 72
10th Percentile £351 £320 £356
25th Percentile £400 £359 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £445 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -19.14% +18.28%
75th Percentile £572 £500 £638
90th Percentile £600 £538 £757
England median daily rate £550 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 4
10th Percentile £15.16 £14.81 -
25th Percentile £18.00 £15.09 £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £15.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% +14.81% -57.81%
75th Percentile £23.87 £21.07 £14.25
90th Percentile £24.49 £30.64 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £37.57 £26.97
% change year-on-year -36.58% +39.28% +4.90%

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 570 357 405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 51.49% 62.52% 52.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 232 275
10th Percentile £253 £207 £167
25th Percentile £393 £313 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £423 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.43% +5.63% -14.21%
75th Percentile £545 £500 £550
90th Percentile £628 £562 £633
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 24 55
10th Percentile £13.22 £14.81 £12.19
25th Percentile £15.34 £17.81 £13.75
Median hourly rate £18.75 £22.75 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.58% +33.82% -23.63%
75th Percentile £25.50 £30.67 £34.13
90th Percentile £69.90 £38.38 £51.91
England median hourly rate £30.58 £27.50 £30.12
% change year-on-year +11.20% -8.70% -5.88%

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 19 May 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
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 19 May 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 79 £447 +9.09% 29
Leicestershire +11 37 £525 +30.43% 37
Nottinghamshire -13 33 £500 +1.01% 55
Derbyshire +2 28 £463 +8.82% 23
Lincolnshire -10 8 £700 +36.59% 17
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 18 (9.68%) Confluence
2 3 (1.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (1.61%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (10.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (7.53%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (3.23%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (11.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.76%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (3.23%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (3.23%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (2.15%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (1.61%) ContrOCC
5 3 (1.61%) NetSuite
5 3 (1.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.54%) Avolution ABACUS
7 1 (0.54%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.54%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.54%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.83%) Google Workspace
2 21 (11.29%) Google Sheets
3 19 (10.22%) Power Platform
4 18 (9.68%) AWS
4 18 (9.68%) Cloud Computing
5 17 (9.14%) Azure
6 10 (5.38%) GitHub
7 9 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (3.23%) SaaS
9 4 (2.15%) GCP
10 3 (1.61%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.08%) OCI
11 2 (1.08%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.54%) IaaS
12 1 (0.54%) Lucidchart
12 1 (0.54%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.54%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.22%) Power BI
2 10 (5.38%) Aerospike
3 9 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.76%) DynamoDB
4 7 (3.76%) Redis
5 3 (1.61%) Tableau
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.08%) Power Query
6 2 (1.08%) PowerPivot
6 2 (1.08%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.08%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (12.90%) JIRA
2 10 (5.38%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.84%) GitLab
4 6 (3.23%) JUnit
5 4 (2.15%) Git
6 2 (1.08%) Hudson
7 1 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 88 (47.31%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.52%) Banking
3 26 (13.98%) Public Sector
4 23 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.45%) Local Government
5 12 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.30%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.76%) General Ledger
7 7 (3.76%) Marketing
8 6 (3.23%) Corporate Banking
8 6 (3.23%) Retail
8 6 (3.23%) Retail Banking
8 6 (3.23%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.15%) Electronics
10 3 (1.61%) Billing
10 3 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.08%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.08%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.54%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (12.90%) Project Manager
2 23 (12.37%) Programme Manager
3 21 (11.29%) Analyst
3 21 (11.29%) Lead
4 16 (8.60%) Architect
4 16 (8.60%) Consultant
5 13 (6.99%) Senior
6 10 (5.38%) Business Analyst
6 10 (5.38%) Data Manager
6 10 (5.38%) Report Manager
6 10 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (4.84%) Developer
8 6 (3.23%) SAP Architect
8 6 (3.23%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 6 (3.23%) Senior Manager
8 6 (3.23%) Workstream Lead
9 5 (2.69%) Accountant
9 5 (2.69%) Cloud Consultant
9 5 (2.69%) Data Engineer
9 5 (2.69%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (5.38%) Kafka
2 10 (5.38%) Middleware
2 10 (5.38%) Node.js
3 9 (4.84%) pytest
4 6 (3.23%) Jest
5 5 (2.69%) PySpark
5 5 (2.69%) REST
6 4 (2.15%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (2.15%) RESTful
6 4 (2.15%) Visualforce
7 3 (1.61%) .NET
7 3 (1.61%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.61%) J2EE
7 3 (1.61%) OSGi
8 2 (1.08%) CSS
8 2 (1.08%) HTML
8 2 (1.08%) JSON
9 1 (0.54%) ADO
9 1 (0.54%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.14%) Product Ownership
1 17 (9.14%) Public Cloud
2 10 (5.38%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (4.30%) PMI
4 7 (3.76%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.61%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.08%) EMV
8 2 (1.08%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.54%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.54%) IoT
9 1 (0.54%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.54%) MVS
1 1 (0.54%) Windows
1 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.54%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (28.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 51 (27.42%) Migration
4 41 (22.04%) Agile
5 34 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (17.74%) Change Management
7 31 (16.67%) Project Management
8 29 (15.59%) Regulatory Compliance
9 28 (15.05%) ERP
9 28 (15.05%) Programme Management
10 26 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (12.90%) Data Analysis
11 24 (12.90%) Risk Management
12 23 (12.37%) User Acceptance Testing
13 22 (11.83%) Business Intelligence
13 22 (11.83%) CI/CD
14 21 (11.29%) Analytics
14 21 (11.29%) Dashboard Development
14 21 (11.29%) Technology Transformation
15 20 (10.75%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.74%) SQL
2 13 (6.99%) Java
3 9 (4.84%) Python
4 4 (2.15%) Apex Code
4 4 (2.15%) SOQL
5 3 (1.61%) VBA
6 2 (1.08%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.54%) C#
7 1 (0.54%) JCL
7 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.54%) REXX
Qualifications
1 34 (18.28%) Degree
2 14 (7.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (5.91%) PMI Certification
3 11 (5.91%) PMP
4 8 (4.30%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.76%) ACCA
5 7 (3.76%) CIMA
6 6 (3.23%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.23%) MBA
6 6 (3.23%) SAFe Agilist
7 5 (2.69%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.15%) SAP Certification
9 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.54%) AAT
10 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.54%) IIBA
10 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.68%) QA
2 11 (5.91%) PMO
3 8 (4.30%) GDPR
4 6 (3.23%) Basel III
4 6 (3.23%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.15%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.61%) ISO 20022
7 2 (1.08%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.08%) IFRS
7 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.08%) PSD2
7 2 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.08%) SLA
8 1 (0.54%) GRC
8 1 (0.54%) NIST
8 1 (0.54%) SEPA
8 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.15%) Docker
2 1 (0.54%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 3 (1.61%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.54%) Control-M
2 1 (0.54%) SCCM
2 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (18.82%) SAP
2 24 (12.90%) Google
3 22 (11.83%) Oracle
4 17 (9.14%) Microsoft
5 13 (6.99%) Databricks
6 6 (3.23%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.69%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.61%) Adobe
8 3 (1.61%) JD Edwards
8 3 (1.61%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (1.08%) Ariba
9 2 (1.08%) IFS
10 1 (0.54%) BMC
10 1 (0.54%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.54%) Epicor
10 1 (0.54%) Genesys
10 1 (0.54%) OpenText
10 1 (0.54%) Planview
10 1 (0.54%) Sage
10 1 (0.54%) TSYS