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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +8
Contract jobs citing Finance 175 127 121
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 15.75% 19.39% 14.05%
As % of the General category 31.47% 30.75% 26.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 106 81
10th Percentile £340 £320 £360
25th Percentile £400 £358 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £434 £530
Median % change year-on-year +7.66% -18.07% +6.00%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £620
90th Percentile £608 £528 £688
England median daily rate £550 £572 £590
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.05% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 4
10th Percentile - £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% -77.50%
75th Percentile - £21.07 £14.25
90th Percentile £23.00 £30.64 -
England median hourly rate £34.25 £38.11 £28.00
% change year-on-year -10.13% +36.11% +0.07%

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 556 413 450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 50.05% 63.05% 52.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 275 291
10th Percentile £260 £220 £167
25th Percentile £393 £320 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £409 £410
Median % change year-on-year +19.19% -0.24% -13.68%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £550
90th Percentile £650 £550 £630
England median daily rate £519 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -1.23% -1.66% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 28 57
10th Percentile £13.01 £15.12 £12.22
25th Percentile £14.65 £17.69 £13.50
Median hourly rate £18.75 £21.39 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% +25.82% -32.65%
75th Percentile £25.50 £26.36 £28.75
90th Percentile £65.80 £37.60 £51.91
England median hourly rate £32.23 £27.85 £31.50
% change year-on-year +15.71% -11.59% +2.78%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +3 71 £449 +9.45% 12
Leicestershire +13 38 £525 +30.43% 27
Nottinghamshire -14 31 £500 +3.63% 55
Derbyshire +6 27 £463 +8.82% 22
Lincolnshire -11 7 £638 +24.39% 14
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 (9.71%) Confluence
2 3 (1.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.57%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (9.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (7.43%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (3.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (13.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.43%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (2.29%) ContrOCC
3 4 (2.29%) NetSuite
3 4 (2.29%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (2.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (2.29%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.14%) BASE24
4 2 (1.14%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (1.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (1.14%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.14%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.57%) Avolution ABACUS
5 1 (0.57%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.57%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 20 (11.43%) Google Sheets
1 20 (11.43%) Google Workspace
2 17 (9.71%) Cloud Computing
3 16 (9.14%) Power Platform
4 15 (8.57%) Azure
5 13 (7.43%) AWS
6 8 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (4.00%) GitHub
8 6 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (3.43%) SaaS
9 3 (1.71%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (1.14%) GCP
10 2 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.14%) OCI
10 2 (1.14%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.57%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.57%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.57%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.57%) Firewall
1 1 (0.57%) LAN
1 1 (0.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.14%) Power BI
2 8 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (4.00%) Aerospike
4 6 (3.43%) DynamoDB
4 6 (3.43%) Redis
5 3 (1.71%) Tableau
6 2 (1.14%) NonStop SQL
6 2 (1.14%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.14%) Power Query
6 2 (1.14%) PowerPivot
6 2 (1.14%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.14%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.57%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (12.57%) JIRA
2 7 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.43%) GitLab
4 5 (2.86%) JUnit
5 4 (2.29%) Git
5 4 (2.29%) Hudson
General
1 78 (44.57%) Social Skills
2 27 (15.43%) Banking
3 22 (12.57%) Public Sector
4 18 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.00%) Local Government
6 9 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.57%) General Ledger
8 7 (4.00%) Retail
9 5 (2.86%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.29%) Billing
10 4 (2.29%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (2.29%) Marketing
10 4 (2.29%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.14%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.14%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.14%) Legal
13 1 (0.57%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 23 (13.14%) Programme Manager
2 21 (12.00%) Lead
2 21 (12.00%) Project Manager
3 18 (10.29%) Architect
4 17 (9.71%) Consultant
5 16 (9.14%) Analyst
6 11 (6.29%) Senior
6 11 (6.29%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (5.71%) Data Manager
7 10 (5.71%) Developer
7 10 (5.71%) Report Manager
8 9 (5.14%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.43%) Accountant
9 6 (3.43%) SAP Architect
9 6 (3.43%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.43%) Workstream Lead
10 5 (2.86%) Cloud Consultant
10 5 (2.86%) Lead Consultant
10 5 (2.86%) SAP Consultant
10 5 (2.86%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.29%) Middleware
1 11 (6.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (4.57%) Kafka
3 7 (4.00%) Node.js
3 7 (4.00%) REST
4 6 (3.43%) pytest
5 5 (2.86%) Jest
6 4 (2.29%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (2.29%) RESTful
6 4 (2.29%) Visualforce
7 3 (1.71%) .NET
7 3 (1.71%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.71%) J2EE
7 3 (1.71%) JSON
7 3 (1.71%) OSGi
7 3 (1.71%) PySpark
8 2 (1.14%) CSS
8 2 (1.14%) HTML
9 1 (0.57%) SAML
9 1 (0.57%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.86%) Public Cloud
2 15 (8.57%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.14%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (4.57%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.43%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.43%) PMI
6 5 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.71%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.14%) EMV
9 2 (1.14%) Hedge funds
9 2 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.14%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.57%) Chip and PIN
10 1 (0.57%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.57%) IoT
10 1 (0.57%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.57%) MVS
1 1 (0.57%) Windows
1 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.57%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 51 (29.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 48 (27.43%) Migration
4 38 (21.71%) Agile
5 31 (17.71%) Change Management
6 28 (16.00%) ERP
6 28 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (15.43%) Project Management
8 26 (14.86%) Regulatory Compliance
9 24 (13.71%) Programme Management
10 23 (13.14%) Data Analysis
10 23 (13.14%) Risk Management
10 23 (13.14%) User Acceptance Testing
11 22 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (12.57%) Process Improvement
12 20 (11.43%) Dashboard Development
12 20 (11.43%) DevOps
12 20 (11.43%) Technology Transformation
13 19 (10.86%) CI/CD
13 19 (10.86%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 32 (18.29%) SQL
2 12 (6.86%) Java
3 6 (3.43%) Python
4 4 (2.29%) Apex Code
4 4 (2.29%) SOQL
5 3 (1.71%) VBA
6 2 (1.14%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.57%) C#
7 1 (0.57%) JCL
7 1 (0.57%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.57%) REXX
Qualifications
1 30 (17.14%) Degree
2 14 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (5.14%) PMI Certification
3 9 (5.14%) PMP
4 8 (4.57%) ACCA
4 8 (4.57%) CIMA
5 4 (2.29%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.29%) MBA
5 4 (2.29%) SAFe Agilist
5 4 (2.29%) SAP Certification
5 4 (2.29%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.14%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.57%) AAT
8 1 (0.57%) IIBA
8 1 (0.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.57%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.14%) QA
2 10 (5.71%) PMO
3 8 (4.57%) PCI DSS
4 7 (4.00%) GDPR
5 4 (2.29%) Basel III
5 4 (2.29%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.71%) IFRS
6 3 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.14%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.14%) PSD2
7 2 (1.14%) SLA
8 1 (0.57%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.57%) NIST
8 1 (0.57%) SEPA
8 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.86%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 4 (2.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.57%) Control-M
2 1 (0.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (21.14%) SAP
2 23 (13.14%) Oracle
3 22 (12.57%) Google
4 15 (8.57%) Microsoft
5 10 (5.71%) Databricks
6 6 (3.43%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.86%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.71%) Adobe
8 3 (1.71%) JD Edwards
8 3 (1.71%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (1.14%) Ariba
9 2 (1.14%) IFS
10 1 (0.57%) BMC
10 1 (0.57%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.57%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.57%) Epicor
10 1 (0.57%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.57%) Sage
10 1 (0.57%) Splunk
10 1 (0.57%) Workday