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 8 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 190 107 83
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 19.67% 18.64% 10.35%
As % of the General category 32.82% 28.01% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 86 53
10th Percentile £312 £301 £200
25th Percentile £360 £351 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £425 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.18% -13.27% +8.89%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £620
90th Percentile £583 £566 £710
England median daily rate £526 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -10.45% +2.17% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 1
10th Percentile £14.98 £17.13 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.89 £20.82
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.22 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -12.46% +22.18% -7.19%
75th Percentile £24.49 £33.48 £23.73
90th Percentile £25.00 £37.20 -
England median hourly rate £23.54 £29.62 £20.50
% change year-on-year -20.52% +44.46% -18.00%

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 579 382 416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 59.94% 66.55% 51.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 238 288
10th Percentile £199 £243 £160
25th Percentile £351 £340 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £440 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.35% +3.47% -7.61%
75th Percentile £528 £530 £550
90th Percentile £575 £600 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 45
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.64 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.13 £16.05 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.25 £17.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -2.86% +12.90%
75th Percentile £25.00 £32.76 £33.25
90th Percentile £26.50 £48.87 £51.50
England median hourly rate £22.85 £30.21 £25.50
% change year-on-year -24.36% +18.47% -5.08%

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 8 February 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 8 February 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 8 February 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 90 £420 +5.00% 39
Nottinghamshire -3 33 £497 +2.90% 46
Leicestershire +8 29 £497 +46.03% 39
Lincolnshire -1 23 £304 -39.25% 15
Derbyshire -7 12 £413 -2.94% 24
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 21 (11.05%) Confluence
2 6 (3.16%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (1.05%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.53%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.53%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 15 (7.89%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.68%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.53%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (11.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (7.89%) Oracle Payables
3 12 (6.32%) Oracle General Ledger
4 11 (5.79%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (4.21%) Oracle Cash Management
6 6 (3.16%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (2.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (2.11%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (2.11%) SAP ERP
9 3 (1.58%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (1.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 2 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
11 1 (0.53%) Actimize
11 1 (0.53%) Distributed Ledger
11 1 (0.53%) R3 Corda
11 1 (0.53%) SAP CO
11 1 (0.53%) SAP FI
11 1 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 25 (13.16%) AWS
2 22 (11.58%) Google Workspace
3 20 (10.53%) Azure
4 19 (10.00%) Google Sheets
5 18 (9.47%) Cloud Computing
5 18 (9.47%) Power Platform
6 10 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (4.74%) GCP
8 8 (4.21%) GitHub
9 7 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.63%) SaaS
11 4 (2.11%) Entra ID
11 4 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.58%) IaaS
12 3 (1.58%) PaaS
13 2 (1.05%) Amazon S3
13 2 (1.05%) OpenShift
14 1 (0.53%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.47%) Power BI
2 8 (4.21%) Aerospike
3 7 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.16%) DynamoDB
4 6 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.16%) Redis
5 5 (2.63%) Big Data
5 5 (2.63%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.58%) Tableau
7 2 (1.05%) Apache Hive
7 2 (1.05%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.05%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.05%) Metadata
8 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.53%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 28 (14.74%) JIRA
2 9 (4.74%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.68%) GitLab
4 5 (2.63%) JUnit
5 3 (1.58%) Git
6 2 (1.05%) Selenium
7 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.53%) JMeter
7 1 (0.53%) Postman
General
1 94 (49.47%) Social Skills
2 36 (18.95%) Banking
3 35 (18.42%) Public Sector
4 21 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 19 (10.00%) Marketing
6 17 (8.95%) Telecoms
7 15 (7.89%) Electronics
8 10 (5.26%) General Ledger
8 10 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.68%) Corporate Banking
9 7 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.68%) Retail Banking
10 6 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.16%) Local Government
11 2 (1.05%) Back Office
11 2 (1.05%) Legal
11 2 (1.05%) Retail
12 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.53%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 25 (13.16%) Analyst
2 24 (12.63%) Lead
2 24 (12.63%) Programme Manager
3 23 (12.11%) Project Manager
4 17 (8.95%) Consultant
5 15 (7.89%) Architect
6 12 (6.32%) Business Analyst
7 10 (5.26%) Developer
8 9 (4.74%) Senior
9 8 (4.21%) Financial Analyst
10 7 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.16%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
11 6 (3.16%) 2nd Line Support
11 6 (3.16%) Data Engineer
11 6 (3.16%) Desktop Support
11 6 (3.16%) IT Support
11 6 (3.16%) Product Owner
11 6 (3.16%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
12 5 (2.63%) Banking Project Manager
12 5 (2.63%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.42%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (4.74%) Kafka
3 8 (4.21%) Middleware
3 8 (4.21%) Node.js
4 7 (3.68%) pytest
5 5 (2.63%) Jest
5 5 (2.63%) Lightning Web Components
5 5 (2.63%) Visualforce
6 4 (2.11%) ADO
7 3 (1.58%) J2EE
7 3 (1.58%) OSGi
7 3 (1.58%) RESTful
8 2 (1.05%) .NET
8 2 (1.05%) PySpark
8 2 (1.05%) REST
9 1 (0.53%) Pandas
9 1 (0.53%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.53%) SOAP
9 1 (0.53%) Web Services
9 1 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.05%) Product Ownership
2 16 (8.42%) Public Cloud
3 14 (7.37%) Onboarding
4 12 (6.32%) Cloud Native
5 9 (4.74%) PMI
6 8 (4.21%) Data Centre
6 8 (4.21%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.11%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.58%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.05%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.05%) EMV
9 2 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.53%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.53%) Mobile Banking
10 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.26%) Mac OS
2 6 (3.16%) Android
3 5 (2.63%) Windows
4 3 (1.58%) Unix
5 2 (1.05%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.05%) Linux
6 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.53%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (39.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 52 (27.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 51 (26.84%) Migration
4 50 (26.32%) Agile
5 38 (20.00%) Change Management
6 37 (19.47%) Programme Management
7 34 (17.89%) Business Intelligence
8 33 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (16.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (15.79%) Regulatory Compliance
11 28 (14.74%) User Experience
12 27 (14.21%) Project Management
13 25 (13.16%) ERP
13 25 (13.16%) Risk Management
14 23 (12.11%) CI/CD
14 23 (12.11%) Data Modelling
15 22 (11.58%) Data Analysis
15 22 (11.58%) DevOps
16 19 (10.00%) Data Transformation
16 19 (10.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.26%) SQL
2 13 (6.84%) Java
3 9 (4.74%) Python
4 5 (2.63%) Apex Code
5 4 (2.11%) Bash
5 4 (2.11%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.11%) SOQL
6 3 (1.58%) R
7 2 (1.05%) Swift
8 1 (0.53%) JCL
8 1 (0.53%) REXX
8 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (16.84%) Degree
2 22 (11.58%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.89%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (7.89%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.32%) PMI Certification
5 11 (5.79%) PMP
6 7 (3.68%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.68%) MBA
6 7 (3.68%) SAFe Agilist
7 2 (1.05%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.53%) AAT
8 1 (0.53%) ACCA
8 1 (0.53%) CIMA
8 1 (0.53%) CISA
8 1 (0.53%) CISM
8 1 (0.53%) CISSP
8 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.53%) IIBA
8 1 (0.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.11%) QA
2 13 (6.84%) GDPR
3 7 (3.68%) Basel III
3 7 (3.68%) ISO 20022
3 7 (3.68%) PMO
4 5 (2.63%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.11%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.05%) NIST
6 2 (1.05%) PSD2
6 2 (1.05%) SLA
7 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.53%) COBIT
7 1 (0.53%) GRC
7 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.53%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (2.11%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.58%) Docker
3 1 (0.53%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.53%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 6 (3.16%) SCCM
2 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.58%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.58%) Terraform
4 1 (0.53%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (20.00%) SAP
2 29 (15.26%) Microsoft
3 21 (11.05%) Google
4 19 (10.00%) Oracle
5 9 (4.74%) Databricks
5 9 (4.74%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.16%) Apple
6 6 (3.16%) Cisco
6 6 (3.16%) Dell
6 6 (3.16%) HP
7 4 (2.11%) Adobe
7 4 (2.11%) Citrix
7 4 (2.11%) VMware
8 3 (1.58%) Ab Initio
8 3 (1.58%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.58%) Sage
8 3 (1.58%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.05%) DocuSign
9 2 (1.05%) Informatica
10 1 (0.53%) Rapid7