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 23 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 -7
Contract jobs citing Finance 171 115 71
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 19.26% 16.02% 8.94%
As % of the General category 31.20% 27.25% 18.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 82 53
10th Percentile £290 £302 £267
25th Percentile £358 £356 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £408 £489
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% -16.51% +8.67%
75th Percentile £492 £510 £625
90th Percentile £613 £619 £775
England median daily rate £535 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -6.96% -3.36% +1.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £18.66 - £25.74
25th Percentile £20.40 - £33.12
Median hourly rate £25.00 £39.68 £46.14
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% -14.00% +171.40%
75th Percentile - - £58.43
90th Percentile £42.25 - £65.37
England median hourly rate £24.00 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -31.43% +16.67% +16.69%

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 common skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 548 422 384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 61.71% 58.77% 48.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 244 270
10th Percentile £205 £263 £179
25th Percentile £350 £341 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £444 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.09% -1.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £598
90th Percentile £621 £653 £700
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 21 33
10th Percentile £15.67 £14.65 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.10 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £17.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.97% -38.18% +72.20%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.92 £55.00 £62.30
England median hourly rate £24.61 £31.62 £32.50
% change year-on-year -22.17% -2.71% +26.41%

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025. 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 84 £394 -1.56% 46
Leicestershire +7 27 £463 +23.33% 37
Nottinghamshire 0 24 £531 +6.25% 62
Lincolnshire +1 20 £158 -60.63% 23
Derbyshire 0 12 £350 -23.91% 28
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 11 (6.43%) Confluence
2 9 (5.26%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.58%) Apache
3 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.58%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.58%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 12 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.92%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.58%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (7.02%) Oracle Payables
2 9 (5.26%) Oracle General Ledger
3 8 (4.68%) Payment Gateway
3 8 (4.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (4.09%) Oracle Cash Management
4 7 (4.09%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (2.92%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (2.34%) SAP ERP
7 3 (1.75%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (1.75%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (1.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.58%) Actimize
9 1 (0.58%) Distributed Ledger
9 1 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 1 (0.58%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.04%) AWS
2 22 (12.87%) Azure
3 13 (7.60%) Power Platform
4 10 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.68%) GCP
6 5 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 4 (2.34%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.34%) SaaS
7 4 (2.34%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.75%) GitHub
8 3 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.17%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.17%) IaaS
9 2 (1.17%) PaaS
9 2 (1.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.58%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.51%) Wireless
2 2 (1.17%) PuTTY
2 2 (1.17%) SSH
2 2 (1.17%) Telnet
3 1 (0.58%) HTTP
3 1 (0.58%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.60%) Power BI
2 11 (6.43%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (5.85%) Big Data
4 9 (5.26%) Hadoop
5 4 (2.34%) Metadata
5 4 (2.34%) Tableau
6 3 (1.75%) Aerospike
6 3 (1.75%) Apache Hive
6 3 (1.75%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.75%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.75%) Power Query
6 3 (1.75%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.17%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.17%) QlikView
8 1 (0.58%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.58%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 16 (9.36%) JIRA
2 5 (2.92%) Git
3 4 (2.34%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.75%) GitLab
4 3 (1.75%) Selenium
5 2 (1.17%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.58%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.58%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.58%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.58%) JMeter
6 1 (0.58%) JUnit
6 1 (0.58%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.58%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.58%) Maven
6 1 (0.58%) Mocha
6 1 (0.58%) Postman
6 1 (0.58%) Protractor
6 1 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.58%) TeamCity
General
1 60 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 42 (24.56%) Banking
3 22 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.94%) Public Sector
5 16 (9.36%) Manufacturing
5 16 (9.36%) Marketing
6 12 (7.02%) Telecoms
7 11 (6.43%) Electronics
8 9 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (4.09%) Legal
10 6 (3.51%) General Ledger
11 5 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (2.34%) Retail
13 3 (1.75%) Back Office
13 3 (1.75%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.17%) Aerospace
14 2 (1.17%) Automotive
15 1 (0.58%) Front Office
15 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (18.71%) Analyst
2 23 (13.45%) Business Analyst
3 19 (11.11%) Developer
4 17 (9.94%) Project Manager
5 14 (8.19%) Programme Manager
6 13 (7.60%) Lead
7 11 (6.43%) Architect
8 10 (5.85%) Consultant
9 9 (5.26%) Product Owner
10 8 (4.68%) Financial Analyst
10 8 (4.68%) Senior
11 7 (4.09%) Change Manager
11 7 (4.09%) Project Change Manager
12 6 (3.51%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
12 6 (3.51%) 2nd Line Support
12 6 (3.51%) Data Engineer
12 6 (3.51%) Desktop Support
12 6 (3.51%) IT Support
12 6 (3.51%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
13 5 (2.92%) Finance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.19%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (3.51%) .NET
2 6 (3.51%) Kafka
3 5 (2.92%) REST
4 4 (2.34%) RESTful
5 3 (1.75%) ADO
5 3 (1.75%) Node.js
5 3 (1.75%) pytest
5 3 (1.75%) SOAP
5 3 (1.75%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.17%) Blazor
6 2 (1.17%) J2EE
6 2 (1.17%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (1.17%) Middleware
6 2 (1.17%) PySpark
6 2 (1.17%) Spring
6 2 (1.17%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.58%) FIDO
7 1 (0.58%) HTML5
7 1 (0.58%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.36%) Product Ownership
2 15 (8.77%) Onboarding
3 14 (8.19%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.68%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.51%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.34%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.17%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.58%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.58%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.58%) Derivative
10 1 (0.58%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.58%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.58%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.85%) Mac OS
2 7 (4.09%) Windows
3 6 (3.51%) Android
4 5 (2.92%) Unix
5 4 (2.34%) Linux
6 3 (1.75%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.17%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.17%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.17%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.58%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (31.58%) Agile
2 41 (23.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (16.37%) Business Intelligence
4 25 (14.62%) Change Management
4 25 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (13.45%) ERP
5 23 (13.45%) Scrum
6 21 (12.28%) ETL
7 20 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (11.70%) Decision-Making
7 20 (11.70%) Migration
8 19 (11.11%) Programme Management
8 19 (11.11%) Project Management
8 19 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 18 (10.53%) Project Delivery
10 17 (9.94%) Roadmaps
11 16 (9.36%) Business Strategy
12 15 (8.77%) CI/CD
12 15 (8.77%) KYC
12 15 (8.77%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.70%) SQL
2 9 (5.26%) Python
3 8 (4.68%) Java
4 4 (2.34%) Bash
4 4 (2.34%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.34%) R
5 3 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.75%) Scala
6 2 (1.17%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.17%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.17%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.17%) Swift
7 1 (0.58%) C#
7 1 (0.58%) JCL
7 1 (0.58%) PHP
7 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.58%) REXX
7 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 11 (6.43%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.68%) Degree
4 5 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.17%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.17%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.17%) PMP
6 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.58%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.58%) CISA
6 1 (0.58%) CISM
6 1 (0.58%) CISSP
6 1 (0.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (0.58%) MBA
6 1 (0.58%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (0.58%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.85%) QA
2 9 (5.26%) GDPR
3 6 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.51%) ISO 20022
3 6 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.51%) PMO
4 4 (2.34%) SLA
5 2 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.17%) NIST
5 2 (1.17%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.58%) Basel III
6 1 (0.58%) COBIT
6 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 8 (4.68%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.75%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.17%) Docker
4 2 (1.17%) Firmware
5 1 (0.58%) HDFS
5 1 (0.58%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 7 (4.09%) SCCM
2 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.17%) Terraform
4 1 (0.58%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (0.58%) Kibana
4 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.58%) Oozie
4 1 (0.58%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 37 (21.64%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.70%) SAP
3 19 (11.11%) Oracle
4 9 (5.26%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.68%) Cisco
5 8 (4.68%) Dell
6 6 (3.51%) Apple
6 6 (3.51%) HP
7 5 (2.92%) Databricks
8 4 (2.34%) Citrix
8 4 (2.34%) VMware
9 3 (1.75%) Ab Initio
9 3 (1.75%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.17%) DocuSign
10 2 (1.17%) Draytek
10 2 (1.17%) Informatica
10 2 (1.17%) McAfee
10 2 (1.17%) Sage
10 2 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.17%) Splunk