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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 -5
Contract jobs citing Finance 200 105 80
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 20.06% 17.92% 10.18%
As % of the General category 33.96% 27.85% 19.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 86 50
10th Percentile £312 £282 £195
25th Percentile £388 £350 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £420 £490
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -14.29% +10.11%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £620
90th Percentile £601 £534 £716
England median daily rate £534 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -9.11% +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 £23.75 £35.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -32.14% +45.83% -4.00%

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 589 377 413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 59.08% 64.33% 52.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 240 286
10th Percentile £199 £202 £160
25th Percentile £358 £319 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% +2.91% -8.22%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £535
90th Percentile £587 £600 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 12 48
10th Percentile £13.07 £13.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.94 £19.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.06% +12.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £25.11 £32.26 £29.88
90th Percentile £29.65 £39.09 £51.50
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.79 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.68% +18.43% -12.61%

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 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 22 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 22 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 -2 94 £424 +8.38% 34
Nottinghamshire -3 36 £500 +5.26% 41
Leicestershire +7 29 £497 +41.86% 31
Lincolnshire 0 25 £450 -10.00% 22
Derbyshire -3 13 £413 -2.94% 29
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 (9.50%) Confluence
2 7 (3.50%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.50%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.50%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.50%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 15 (7.50%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (3.50%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (12.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (7.50%) Oracle Payables
3 12 (6.00%) Oracle General Ledger
4 11 (5.50%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (4.00%) Oracle Cash Management
6 6 (3.00%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (2.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (2.00%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (2.00%) SAP ERP
9 3 (1.50%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (1.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 2 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (1.00%) Payment Gateway
11 1 (0.50%) Actimize
11 1 (0.50%) Avolution ABACUS
11 1 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
11 1 (0.50%) R3 Corda
11 1 (0.50%) SAP CO
11 1 (0.50%) SAP FI
11 1 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 27 (13.50%) AWS
2 22 (11.00%) Google Workspace
3 21 (10.50%) Azure
4 19 (9.50%) Google Sheets
5 18 (9.00%) Cloud Computing
5 18 (9.00%) Power Platform
6 11 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (5.00%) GCP
8 9 (4.50%) GitHub
9 8 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (3.00%) SaaS
12 4 (2.00%) Entra ID
12 4 (2.00%) SuccessFactors
13 3 (1.50%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.50%) IaaS
13 3 (1.50%) PaaS
14 2 (1.00%) OpenShift
15 1 (0.50%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.00%) Power BI
2 9 (4.50%) Aerospike
3 7 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.00%) DynamoDB
4 6 (3.00%) Redis
5 5 (2.50%) Big Data
5 5 (2.50%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.50%) Tableau
7 2 (1.00%) Apache Hive
7 2 (1.00%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.00%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.00%) Metadata
8 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.50%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 27 (13.50%) JIRA
2 10 (5.00%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.00%) GitLab
4 5 (2.50%) JUnit
5 3 (1.50%) Git
6 2 (1.00%) Selenium
7 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.50%) JMeter
7 1 (0.50%) Postman
General
1 100 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.50%) Banking
3 37 (18.50%) Public Sector
4 20 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 19 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (9.50%) Marketing
6 18 (9.00%) Telecoms
7 15 (7.50%) Electronics
8 11 (5.50%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (5.00%) General Ledger
10 8 (4.00%) Local Government
11 7 (3.50%) Corporate Banking
11 7 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (3.50%) Retail Banking
12 6 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.50%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.50%) Legal
14 2 (1.00%) Aerospace
14 2 (1.00%) Back Office
14 2 (1.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (14.50%) Programme Manager
2 27 (13.50%) Lead
3 24 (12.00%) Project Manager
4 23 (11.50%) Analyst
5 17 (8.50%) Consultant
6 16 (8.00%) Architect
7 11 (5.50%) Developer
8 10 (5.00%) Senior
9 9 (4.50%) Business Analyst
10 8 (4.00%) Financial Analyst
10 8 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.50%) Product Owner
12 6 (3.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
12 6 (3.00%) 2nd Line Support
12 6 (3.00%) Data Engineer
12 6 (3.00%) Desktop Support
12 6 (3.00%) IT Support
12 6 (3.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
12 6 (3.00%) Workstream Lead
13 5 (2.50%) SAP Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (5.00%) Kafka
3 9 (4.50%) Middleware
3 9 (4.50%) Node.js
4 8 (4.00%) pytest
5 5 (2.50%) Jest
5 5 (2.50%) Lightning Web Components
5 5 (2.50%) Visualforce
6 4 (2.00%) ADO
7 3 (1.50%) J2EE
7 3 (1.50%) OSGi
7 3 (1.50%) PySpark
7 3 (1.50%) REST
7 3 (1.50%) RESTful
8 2 (1.00%) .NET
9 1 (0.50%) ISPF
9 1 (0.50%) JSON
9 1 (0.50%) SOAP
9 1 (0.50%) Web Services
9 1 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.00%) Product Ownership
2 18 (9.00%) Public Cloud
3 13 (6.50%) Cloud Native
4 12 (6.00%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.50%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.50%) PMI
6 8 (4.00%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.00%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.50%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.00%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.00%) EMV
10 2 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (1.00%) Hedge funds
10 2 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.50%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.00%) Mac OS
2 6 (3.00%) Android
3 5 (2.50%) Windows
4 2 (1.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.00%) Linux
4 2 (1.00%) Unix
5 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.50%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (41.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 56 (28.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 53 (26.50%) Migration
4 47 (23.50%) Agile
5 40 (20.00%) Change Management
6 38 (19.00%) Programme Management
7 34 (17.00%) Business Intelligence
7 34 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (16.00%) Regulatory Compliance
9 30 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (14.00%) Project Management
11 27 (13.50%) ERP
11 27 (13.50%) User Experience
12 26 (13.00%) Risk Management
13 24 (12.00%) CI/CD
13 24 (12.00%) Data Modelling
14 22 (11.00%) Data Analysis
14 22 (11.00%) DevOps
15 21 (10.50%) Technology Transformation
16 20 (10.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.00%) SQL
2 14 (7.00%) Java
3 9 (4.50%) Python
4 5 (2.50%) Apex Code
5 4 (2.00%) Bash
5 4 (2.00%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.00%) SOQL
6 3 (1.50%) R
7 2 (1.00%) Swift
8 1 (0.50%) JCL
8 1 (0.50%) REXX
8 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (15.50%) Degree
2 22 (11.00%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (7.50%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.00%) PMI Certification
5 11 (5.50%) PMP
6 7 (3.50%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.50%) MBA
6 7 (3.50%) SAFe Agilist
7 3 (1.50%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.50%) AAT
8 1 (0.50%) ACCA
8 1 (0.50%) CIMA
8 1 (0.50%) CISA
8 1 (0.50%) CISM
8 1 (0.50%) CISSP
8 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.50%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.50%) IIBA
8 1 (0.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.50%) QA
2 13 (6.50%) GDPR
3 9 (4.50%) PMO
4 8 (4.00%) PCI DSS
5 7 (3.50%) Basel III
5 7 (3.50%) ISO 20022
5 7 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.50%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.50%) SLA
8 2 (1.00%) NIST
8 2 (1.00%) PSD2
9 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.50%) COBIT
9 1 (0.50%) GRC
9 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.50%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.50%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (2.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.50%) Docker
3 1 (0.50%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.50%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 6 (3.00%) SCCM
2 4 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.50%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.50%) Terraform
4 1 (0.50%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (20.50%) SAP
2 28 (14.00%) Microsoft
3 21 (10.50%) Google
4 20 (10.00%) Oracle
5 10 (5.00%) Databricks
6 6 (3.00%) Apple
6 6 (3.00%) Cisco
6 6 (3.00%) Dell
6 6 (3.00%) HP
7 5 (2.50%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.00%) Adobe
8 4 (2.00%) Citrix
8 4 (2.00%) VMware
9 3 (1.50%) Ab Initio
9 3 (1.50%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.50%) Sage
9 3 (1.50%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.00%) Informatica
11 1 (0.50%) Epicor
11 1 (0.50%) Genesys