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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +10
Contract jobs citing Finance 185 116 109
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 16.55% 19.53% 13.80%
As % of the General category 32.46% 31.10% 26.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 95 75
10th Percentile £340 £322 £359
25th Percentile £396 £360 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £443 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -19.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £621
90th Percentile £601 £535 £688
England median daily rate £550 £575 £590
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.54% -1.67%
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% -73.00%
75th Percentile £23.24 £21.07 £14.25
90th Percentile £24.49 £30.64 -
England median hourly rate £25.08 £40.25 £26.99
% change year-on-year -37.70% +49.16% +4.96%

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 570 373 409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 50.98% 62.79% 51.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 250 278
10th Percentile £258 £213 £167
25th Percentile £393 £320 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £418 £400
Median % change year-on-year +13.77% +4.38% -15.79%
75th Percentile £572 £500 £547
90th Percentile £650 £550 £622
England median daily rate £515 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 24 55
10th Percentile £13.46 £15.16 £12.19
25th Percentile £14.82 £17.81 £13.13
Median hourly rate £18.38 £21.95 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.27% +29.09% -24.04%
75th Percentile £25.50 £30.08 £27.63
90th Percentile £64.78 £38.38 £51.91
England median hourly rate £31.16 £27.50 £30.27
% change year-on-year +13.29% -9.14% -5.18%

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 29 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 29 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 +4 76 £450 +9.76% 17
Leicestershire +10 39 £525 +30.43% 43
Nottinghamshire -11 34 £500 +2.04% 69
Derbyshire +4 27 £463 +8.82% 18
Lincolnshire -11 8 £700 +36.59% 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 (10.27%) Confluence
2 3 (1.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (8.11%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (3.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (12.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.32%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (3.24%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (3.24%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (2.16%) NetSuite
4 4 (2.16%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (2.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (1.62%) ContrOCC
6 2 (1.08%) BASE24
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (1.08%) SAP FI
6 2 (1.08%) SAP FI-GL
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
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.89%) Google Workspace
2 21 (11.35%) Google Sheets
3 19 (10.27%) Power Platform
4 18 (9.73%) Cloud Computing
5 15 (8.11%) Azure
6 13 (7.03%) AWS
7 9 (4.86%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.78%) GitHub
9 6 (3.24%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (3.24%) SaaS
10 3 (1.62%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (1.08%) GCP
11 2 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.08%) OCI
11 2 (1.08%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.54%) IaaS
12 1 (0.54%) Lucidchart
12 1 (0.54%) PaaS
12 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 (10.27%) Power BI
2 8 (4.32%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (3.78%) Aerospike
4 6 (3.24%) DynamoDB
4 6 (3.24%) Redis
5 3 (1.62%) Tableau
6 2 (1.08%) NonStop SQL
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 25 (13.51%) JIRA
2 7 (3.78%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.24%) GitLab
4 5 (2.70%) JUnit
5 4 (2.16%) Git
5 4 (2.16%) Hudson
6 1 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 82 (44.32%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.68%) Banking
3 25 (13.51%) Public Sector
4 19 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.49%) Local Government
6 11 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.86%) General Ledger
8 8 (4.32%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.78%) Marketing
9 7 (3.78%) Retail
10 6 (3.24%) Corporate Banking
10 6 (3.24%) Retail Banking
10 6 (3.24%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.16%) Billing
11 4 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.16%) Electronics
12 3 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.08%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.08%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.54%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (12.97%) Project Manager
2 23 (12.43%) Programme Manager
3 21 (11.35%) Lead
4 19 (10.27%) Analyst
5 17 (9.19%) Architect
5 17 (9.19%) Consultant
6 11 (5.95%) Senior
6 11 (5.95%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (5.41%) Data Manager
7 10 (5.41%) Developer
7 10 (5.41%) Report Manager
8 9 (4.86%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.24%) Accountant
9 6 (3.24%) SAP Architect
9 6 (3.24%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.24%) Workstream Lead
10 5 (2.70%) Cloud Consultant
10 5 (2.70%) Financial Analyst
10 5 (2.70%) Lead Consultant
10 5 (2.70%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (5.95%) Middleware
3 8 (4.32%) Kafka
4 7 (3.78%) Node.js
5 6 (3.24%) pytest
5 6 (3.24%) REST
6 5 (2.70%) Jest
7 4 (2.16%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (2.16%) RESTful
7 4 (2.16%) Visualforce
8 3 (1.62%) .NET
8 3 (1.62%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.62%) J2EE
8 3 (1.62%) OSGi
8 3 (1.62%) PySpark
9 2 (1.08%) CSS
9 2 (1.08%) HTML
9 2 (1.08%) JSON
10 1 (0.54%) ISPF
10 1 (0.54%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.27%) Public Cloud
2 17 (9.19%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.86%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (4.32%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.32%) PMI
5 6 (3.24%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.62%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.08%) EMV
8 2 (1.08%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.54%) Chip and PIN
9 1 (0.54%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.54%) IoT
9 1 (0.54%) Mainframe
9 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 73 (39.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (29.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 52 (28.11%) Migration
4 39 (21.08%) Agile
5 34 (18.38%) Change Management
6 31 (16.76%) ERP
7 29 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (15.68%) Project Management
7 29 (15.68%) Regulatory Compliance
8 28 (15.14%) Programme Management
9 25 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (13.51%) Data Analysis
9 25 (13.51%) User Acceptance Testing
10 24 (12.97%) Risk Management
11 23 (12.43%) Process Improvement
12 22 (11.89%) Business Intelligence
13 21 (11.35%) Dashboard Development
13 21 (11.35%) DevOps
13 21 (11.35%) Technology Transformation
14 20 (10.81%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.84%) SQL
2 13 (7.03%) Java
3 6 (3.24%) Python
4 4 (2.16%) Apex Code
4 4 (2.16%) SOQL
5 3 (1.62%) 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 33 (17.84%) Degree
2 14 (7.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (5.95%) PMI Certification
3 11 (5.95%) PMP
4 8 (4.32%) ACCA
4 8 (4.32%) CIMA
5 6 (3.24%) Master's Degree
5 6 (3.24%) MBA
5 6 (3.24%) SAFe Agilist
5 6 (3.24%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.16%) SAP Certification
6 4 (2.16%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.54%) AAT
8 1 (0.54%) IIBA
8 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.73%) QA
2 10 (5.41%) PMO
3 8 (4.32%) GDPR
3 8 (4.32%) PCI DSS
4 6 (3.24%) Basel III
5 4 (2.16%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.62%) IFRS
6 3 (1.62%) 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%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.54%) NIST
8 1 (0.54%) SEPA
8 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.70%) Docker
2 1 (0.54%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 4 (2.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.54%) Control-M
2 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (21.62%) SAP
2 25 (13.51%) Oracle
3 24 (12.97%) Google
4 16 (8.65%) Microsoft
5 10 (5.41%) Databricks
6 6 (3.24%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.70%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.62%) Adobe
8 3 (1.62%) JD Edwards
8 3 (1.62%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (1.08%) Ariba
9 2 (1.08%) IFS
10 1 (0.54%) BMC
10 1 (0.54%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.54%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.54%) Epicor
10 1 (0.54%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.54%) Sage
10 1 (0.54%) Splunk
10 1 (0.54%) Workday