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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Finance 186 92 78
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 18.02% 18.25% 10.21%
As % of the General category 32.92% 28.75% 20.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 78 48
10th Percentile £332 £338 £244
25th Percentile £393 £363 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £446 £618
Median % change year-on-year +0.73% -27.85% +38.76%
75th Percentile £537 £500 £659
90th Percentile £575 £558 £779
England median daily rate £537 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -6.57% -2.13% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 4
10th Percentile £14.80 - -
25th Percentile £19.14 £14.63 £12.75
Median hourly rate £23.83 £14.75 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.53% +9.26% -51.79%
75th Percentile £24.62 £14.88 £16.62
90th Percentile £25.00 - £20.88
England median hourly rate £23.83 £43.08 £27.00
% change year-on-year -44.69% +59.54% -19.13%

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 565 320 376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 54.75% 63.49% 49.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 217 253
10th Percentile £200 £200 £158
25th Percentile £360 £313 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £436 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +8.88% -11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £523 £550
90th Percentile £600 £580 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 15 58
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.10 £12.28
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.54 £24.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.01% +40.00% -9.23%
75th Percentile £25.59 £31.03 £34.56
90th Percentile £58.89 £43.50 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £29.07 £27.50
% change year-on-year -5.40% +5.71% -21.43%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 91 £424 +2.36% 33
Nottinghamshire -8 33 £500 - 54
Leicestershire +9 23 £450 +36.36% 37
Derbyshire -2 20 £463 +8.82% 28
Lincolnshire -5 17 £158 -68.89% 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 19 (10.22%) Confluence
2 7 (3.76%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.61%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.54%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.54%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 16 (8.60%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.69%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (11.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (5.38%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (4.30%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (3.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (2.15%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (1.61%) ContrOCC
6 3 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (1.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (1.08%) NetSuite
7 2 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (1.08%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.54%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.54%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.54%) R3 Corda
8 1 (0.54%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.54%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.83%) Google Workspace
2 21 (11.29%) AWS
2 21 (11.29%) Power Platform
3 20 (10.75%) Azure
4 19 (10.22%) Google Sheets
5 18 (9.68%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (5.38%) GitHub
7 9 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (3.23%) GCP
8 6 (3.23%) SaaS
9 5 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.61%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.61%) IaaS
10 3 (1.61%) PaaS
11 2 (1.08%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.54%) Lucidchart
12 1 (0.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.29%) Power BI
2 10 (5.38%) Aerospike
3 8 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.76%) DynamoDB
4 7 (3.76%) Redis
5 3 (1.61%) Big Data
5 3 (1.61%) Hadoop
5 3 (1.61%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.61%) Tableau
6 2 (1.08%) Apache Hive
6 2 (1.08%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.08%) Metadata
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.08%) Power Query
6 2 (1.08%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.54%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 26 (13.98%) 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 91 (48.92%) Social Skills
2 37 (19.89%) Banking
3 35 (18.82%) Public Sector
4 19 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (8.60%) Manufacturing
6 14 (7.53%) Marketing
7 13 (6.99%) Telecoms
8 12 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (5.91%) Local Government
10 10 (5.38%) Electronics
11 7 (3.76%) Corporate Banking
11 7 (3.76%) Retail Banking
12 6 (3.23%) General Ledger
13 4 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.61%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.61%) Retail
15 2 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.54%) Back Office
16 1 (0.54%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 25 (13.44%) Lead
2 23 (12.37%) Project Manager
3 22 (11.83%) Programme Manager
4 20 (10.75%) Analyst
5 19 (10.22%) Architect
6 17 (9.14%) Consultant
7 12 (6.45%) Developer
8 11 (5.91%) Senior
9 10 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (4.30%) Business Analyst
11 6 (3.23%) SAP Architect
11 6 (3.23%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.23%) Workstream Lead
12 5 (2.69%) Banking Project Manager
12 5 (2.69%) Financial Analyst
12 5 (2.69%) Lead Consultant
12 5 (2.69%) Senior Manager
13 4 (2.15%) AWS Data Engineer
13 4 (2.15%) PMO Analyst
13 4 (2.15%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.91%) Kafka
1 11 (5.91%) Middleware
2 10 (5.38%) Node.js
3 9 (4.84%) pytest
4 7 (3.76%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (3.23%) Jest
5 6 (3.23%) REST
6 5 (2.69%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (2.69%) PySpark
6 5 (2.69%) Visualforce
7 3 (1.61%) J2EE
7 3 (1.61%) JSON
7 3 (1.61%) OSGi
7 3 (1.61%) RESTful
8 1 (0.54%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.54%) Pandas
8 1 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.54%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.54%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.29%) Product Ownership
2 17 (9.14%) Public Cloud
3 12 (6.45%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.84%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.84%) PMI
6 5 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.15%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.61%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.08%) EMV
9 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.08%) Hedge funds
9 2 (1.08%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.08%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.54%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.54%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.54%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.61%) Android
1 3 (1.61%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.08%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.08%) Linux
2 2 (1.08%) Unix
3 1 (0.54%) Windows
3 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.54%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (40.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (29.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 49 (26.34%) Migration
4 46 (24.73%) Agile
5 36 (19.35%) Change Management
6 32 (17.20%) Business Intelligence
6 32 (17.20%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (17.20%) Regulatory Compliance
7 31 (16.67%) Programme Management
8 30 (16.13%) Project Management
9 29 (15.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (13.98%) Risk Management
11 25 (13.44%) CI/CD
11 25 (13.44%) DevOps
12 23 (12.37%) Analytics
13 22 (11.83%) Data Analysis
13 22 (11.83%) Data Modelling
13 22 (11.83%) User Experience
14 21 (11.29%) Dashboard Development
14 21 (11.29%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.74%) SQL
2 14 (7.53%) Java
3 10 (5.38%) Python
4 5 (2.69%) Apex Code
5 4 (2.15%) SOQL
6 3 (1.61%) VBA
7 2 (1.08%) Swift
8 1 (0.54%) JCL
8 1 (0.54%) R
8 1 (0.54%) REXX
8 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (17.74%) Degree
2 17 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 15 (8.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (6.45%) PMI Certification
4 12 (6.45%) PMP
5 10 (5.38%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.76%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.76%) MBA
6 7 (3.76%) SAFe Agilist
7 4 (2.15%) SAP Certification
8 2 (1.08%) ACCA
8 2 (1.08%) CIMA
8 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.54%) AAT
9 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.54%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.83%) QA
2 11 (5.91%) PMO
3 10 (5.38%) GDPR
4 7 (3.76%) Basel III
4 7 (3.76%) PCI DSS
5 6 (3.23%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.69%) ISO 20022
7 4 (2.15%) SLA
8 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.08%) PSD2
9 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.54%) GRC
9 1 (0.54%) NIST
9 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.54%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (1.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.54%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.54%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 3 (1.61%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.61%) Terraform
2 2 (1.08%) SCCM
3 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (18.28%) SAP
2 21 (11.29%) Google
2 21 (11.29%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.53%) Oracle
4 13 (6.99%) Databricks
5 5 (2.69%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.15%) Adobe
6 4 (2.15%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.61%) Ab Initio
7 3 (1.61%) Apple
7 3 (1.61%) Cisco
7 3 (1.61%) Dell
7 3 (1.61%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.61%) HP
7 3 (1.61%) Liquidlogic
7 3 (1.61%) Sage
8 2 (1.08%) Ariba
8 2 (1.08%) IFS
8 2 (1.08%) Informatica
9 1 (0.54%) Workday