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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +6
Contract jobs citing Finance 186 114 104
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 16.76% 19.76% 13.47%
As % of the General category 32.69% 31.49% 25.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 95 70
10th Percentile £350 £322 £357
25th Percentile £400 £360 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £442 £528
Median % change year-on-year +5.87% -16.28% +11.05%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £634
90th Percentile £603 £535 £691
England median daily rate £550 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 4
10th Percentile £15.34 £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% -67.07%
75th Percentile £23.24 £21.07 £14.25
90th Percentile £24.49 £30.64 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £37.02 £26.97
% change year-on-year -35.64% +37.26% +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 569 362 403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 51.26% 62.74% 52.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 239 272
10th Percentile £260 £205 £166
25th Percentile £393 £316 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £420 £400
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% +5.00% -15.34%
75th Percentile £555 £500 £541
90th Percentile £638 £558 £625
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 22 55
10th Percentile £13.31 £15.25 £12.19
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.41 £13.75
Median hourly rate £18.75 £22.75 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.58% +33.82% -24.04%
75th Percentile £25.50 £30.30 £34.13
90th Percentile £67.85 £38.77 £51.91
England median hourly rate £31.00 £27.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +12.73% -8.33% -6.25%

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 22 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 22 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 76 £450 +8.70% 21
Leicestershire +13 38 £525 +30.43% 32
Nottinghamshire -9 35 £500 +2.04% 50
Derbyshire +4 28 £463 +8.82% 17
Lincolnshire -8 8 £700 +36.59% 18
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 17 (9.14%) Confluence
2 3 (1.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
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
Business Applications
1 22 (11.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.30%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (3.23%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (3.23%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (2.15%) NetSuite
4 4 (2.15%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (2.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (1.61%) ContrOCC
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (1.08%) SAP FI
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/CO
7 1 (0.54%) SAP FI-GL
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.83%) Google Workspace
2 21 (11.29%) Google Sheets
3 19 (10.22%) Power Platform
4 18 (9.68%) Cloud Computing
5 17 (9.14%) Azure
6 15 (8.06%) AWS
7 9 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.76%) GitHub
8 7 (3.76%) SaaS
9 6 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.15%) GCP
11 3 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (1.08%) OCI
12 2 (1.08%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.54%) IaaS
13 1 (0.54%) Lucidchart
13 1 (0.54%) PaaS
13 1 (0.54%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.54%) Firewall
1 1 (0.54%) LAN
1 1 (0.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.22%) Power BI
2 8 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (3.76%) Aerospike
4 6 (3.23%) DynamoDB
4 6 (3.23%) 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%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (12.37%) JIRA
2 7 (3.76%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.23%) GitLab
4 5 (2.69%) JUnit
5 4 (2.15%) Git
6 3 (1.61%) Hudson
7 1 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 82 (44.09%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.52%) Banking
3 25 (13.44%) Public Sector
4 21 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.45%) Local Government
5 12 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.30%) General Ledger
6 8 (4.30%) Manufacturing
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%) Billing
9 4 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.15%) Electronics
10 3 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.08%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.08%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.54%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 24 (12.90%) Project Manager
2 23 (12.37%) Programme Manager
3 21 (11.29%) Lead
4 20 (10.75%) Analyst
5 16 (8.60%) Architect
5 16 (8.60%) Consultant
6 13 (6.99%) Senior
7 10 (5.38%) Data Manager
7 10 (5.38%) Developer
7 10 (5.38%) Report Manager
7 10 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (4.84%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.23%) SAP Architect
9 6 (3.23%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.23%) Senior Manager
9 6 (3.23%) Workstream Lead
10 5 (2.69%) Accountant
10 5 (2.69%) Cloud Consultant
10 5 (2.69%) Financial Analyst
10 5 (2.69%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (5.38%) Middleware
3 8 (4.30%) Kafka
4 7 (3.76%) Node.js
5 6 (3.23%) pytest
5 6 (3.23%) REST
6 5 (2.69%) Jest
7 4 (2.15%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (2.15%) RESTful
7 4 (2.15%) Visualforce
8 3 (1.61%) .NET
8 3 (1.61%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.61%) J2EE
8 3 (1.61%) OSGi
8 3 (1.61%) PySpark
9 2 (1.08%) CSS
9 2 (1.08%) HTML
9 2 (1.08%) JSON
10 1 (0.54%) OAuth
10 1 (0.54%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.68%) Public Cloud
2 17 (9.14%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.30%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.30%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (4.30%) PMI
4 6 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.61%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.08%) EMV
7 2 (1.08%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.54%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.54%) IoT
8 1 (0.54%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
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 54 (29.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 51 (27.42%) Migration
4 37 (19.89%) Agile
5 34 (18.28%) Change Management
6 31 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (16.67%) Project Management
7 29 (15.59%) ERP
7 29 (15.59%) Regulatory Compliance
8 28 (15.05%) Programme Management
9 26 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (13.44%) Data Analysis
11 24 (12.90%) Risk Management
11 24 (12.90%) User Acceptance Testing
12 22 (11.83%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (11.83%) Process Improvement
13 21 (11.29%) Dashboard Development
13 21 (11.29%) DevOps
13 21 (11.29%) Technology Transformation
14 20 (10.75%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.74%) SQL
2 13 (6.99%) Java
3 8 (4.30%) 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 7 (3.76%) ACCA
4 7 (3.76%) CIMA
4 7 (3.76%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.23%) Master's Degree
5 6 (3.23%) MBA
5 6 (3.23%) SAFe Agilist
6 5 (2.69%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.15%) SAP Certification
8 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.54%) AAT
9 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.54%) IIBA
9 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 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%) IFRS
6 3 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.08%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.08%) PSD2
7 2 (1.08%) SLA
8 1 (0.54%) GRC
8 1 (0.54%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.54%) NIST
8 1 (0.54%) SEPA
8 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.69%) Docker
2 1 (0.54%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 4 (2.15%) 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 38 (20.43%) SAP
2 24 (12.90%) Google
3 23 (12.37%) Oracle
4 17 (9.14%) Microsoft
5 10 (5.38%) Databricks
6 6 (3.23%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.23%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.61%) Adobe
7 3 (1.61%) JD Edwards
7 3 (1.61%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (1.08%) Ariba
8 2 (1.08%) IFS
9 1 (0.54%) BMC
9 1 (0.54%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.54%) Epicor
9 1 (0.54%) Genesys
9 1 (0.54%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.54%) OpenText
9 1 (0.54%) Sage
9 1 (0.54%) Workday