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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 -4
Contract jobs citing Finance 203 98 68
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 21.23% 17.25% 8.87%
As % of the General category 35.18% 26.06% 17.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 76 46
10th Percentile £312 £282 £175
25th Percentile £360 £350 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £423 £489
Median % change year-on-year +5.80% -13.60% +8.67%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £588
90th Percentile £638 £575 £731
England median daily rate £540 £591 £575
% change year-on-year -8.55% +2.70% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 1
10th Percentile £14.98 - -
25th Percentile £17.50 - £20.82
Median hourly rate £23.83 £39.68 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -39.96% +78.14% -7.19%
75th Percentile £24.49 - £23.73
90th Percentile £25.00 - -
England median hourly rate £23.75 £27.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -13.64% +27.91% -14.00%

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 577 376 386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 60.36% 66.20% 50.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 228 275
10th Percentile £199 £227 £160
25th Percentile £352 £320 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +1.24% -9.57%
75th Percentile £525 £531 £550
90th Percentile £605 £609 £662
England median daily rate £500 £525 £541
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.91% -1.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 17 39
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.92 £13.63
25th Percentile £15.74 £17.00 £14.26
Median hourly rate £20.06 £22.50 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +27.05% +14.26%
75th Percentile £24.87 £31.76 £34.13
90th Percentile £25.96 £45.81 £51.50
England median hourly rate £22.85 £29.90 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.58% +15.00% +1.13%

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 January 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 29 January 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 29 January 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 92 £422 +3.62% 55
Nottinghamshire -1 38 £531 +7.32% 66
Leicestershire +9 32 £450 +36.36% 61
Lincolnshire +2 23 £304 -24.06% 37
Derbyshire -2 15 £381 -10.29% 54
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 22 (10.84%) Confluence
2 6 (2.96%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.99%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.49%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.49%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 15 (7.39%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (5.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.96%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (10.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (7.88%) Oracle Payables
3 13 (6.40%) Oracle General Ledger
4 11 (5.42%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (3.94%) Oracle Cash Management
6 7 (3.45%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (2.46%) Oracle Assets
7 5 (2.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (1.97%) SAP ERP
9 3 (1.48%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (1.48%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 2 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
11 1 (0.49%) Actimize
11 1 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
11 1 (0.49%) R3 Corda
11 1 (0.49%) SAP CO
11 1 (0.49%) SAP FI
11 1 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 24 (11.82%) AWS
2 22 (10.84%) Google Workspace
3 20 (9.85%) Azure
4 19 (9.36%) Google Sheets
5 18 (8.87%) Cloud Computing
5 18 (8.87%) Power Platform
6 10 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (4.43%) GCP
8 7 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.45%) GitHub
8 7 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.46%) SaaS
10 4 (1.97%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.97%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.48%) IaaS
11 3 (1.48%) PaaS
12 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.99%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.49%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.96%) Wireless
2 2 (0.99%) PuTTY
2 2 (0.99%) SSH
2 2 (0.99%) Telnet
3 1 (0.49%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.87%) Power BI
2 7 (3.45%) Aerospike
2 7 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.46%) Big Data
3 5 (2.46%) DynamoDB
3 5 (2.46%) Hadoop
3 5 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.46%) Redis
4 3 (1.48%) Tableau
5 2 (0.99%) Apache Hive
5 2 (0.99%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.99%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.99%) Metadata
6 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.49%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 29 (14.29%) JIRA
2 8 (3.94%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.45%) GitLab
4 4 (1.97%) JUnit
4 4 (1.97%) Selenium
5 3 (1.48%) Git
6 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.49%) JMeter
6 1 (0.49%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.49%) Postman
General
1 103 (50.74%) Social Skills
2 37 (18.23%) Banking
3 35 (17.24%) Public Sector
4 24 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (9.85%) Manufacturing
6 19 (9.36%) Marketing
7 17 (8.37%) Telecoms
8 15 (7.39%) Electronics
9 11 (5.42%) General Ledger
10 10 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (3.45%) Corporate Banking
12 7 (3.45%) Retail Banking
13 6 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.96%) Local Government
14 3 (1.48%) Back Office
15 2 (0.99%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.99%) Legal
15 2 (0.99%) Retail
16 1 (0.49%) Billing
Job Titles
1 27 (13.30%) Project Manager
2 26 (12.81%) Analyst
2 26 (12.81%) Programme Manager
3 23 (11.33%) Lead
4 17 (8.37%) Consultant
5 15 (7.39%) Architect
6 12 (5.91%) Business Analyst
7 11 (5.42%) Developer
7 11 (5.42%) Senior
8 8 (3.94%) Financial Analyst
9 7 (3.45%) Product Owner
9 7 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (2.96%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
10 6 (2.96%) 2nd Line Support
10 6 (2.96%) Desktop Support
10 6 (2.96%) IT Support
10 6 (2.96%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 6 (2.96%) Technical Manager
11 5 (2.46%) Oracle Consultant
11 5 (2.46%) SAP Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (3.94%) Kafka
2 8 (3.94%) Middleware
3 7 (3.45%) Node.js
4 6 (2.96%) pytest
5 5 (2.46%) Lightning Web Components
5 5 (2.46%) Visualforce
6 4 (1.97%) ADO
6 4 (1.97%) Jest
7 3 (1.48%) J2EE
7 3 (1.48%) OSGi
7 3 (1.48%) REST
7 3 (1.48%) RESTful
8 2 (0.99%) .NET
8 2 (0.99%) PySpark
9 1 (0.49%) ISPF
9 1 (0.49%) JSON
9 1 (0.49%) SOAP
9 1 (0.49%) Web Services
9 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.33%) Product Ownership
2 16 (7.88%) Public Cloud
3 15 (7.39%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.42%) Cloud Native
5 9 (4.43%) PMI
6 8 (3.94%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.97%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.48%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.99%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.99%) EMV
10 2 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.49%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.49%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.49%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.93%) Mac OS
2 7 (3.45%) Windows
3 6 (2.96%) Android
4 4 (1.97%) Linux
5 3 (1.48%) Unix
5 3 (1.48%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.99%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.99%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.99%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.49%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (39.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 52 (25.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 51 (25.12%) Agile
4 50 (24.63%) Migration
5 42 (20.69%) Change Management
6 40 (19.70%) Programme Management
7 34 (16.75%) Business Intelligence
8 33 (16.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (15.76%) Project Management
10 30 (14.78%) Regulatory Compliance
11 28 (13.79%) User Experience
12 26 (12.81%) ERP
12 26 (12.81%) Risk Management
13 24 (11.82%) CI/CD
14 23 (11.33%) Data Analysis
15 21 (10.34%) Data Modelling
15 21 (10.34%) DevOps
16 19 (9.36%) Dashboard Development
16 19 (9.36%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 31 (15.27%) SQL
2 12 (5.91%) Java
3 10 (4.93%) Python
4 5 (2.46%) Apex Code
5 4 (1.97%) Bash
5 4 (1.97%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.97%) SOQL
6 3 (1.48%) R
7 2 (0.99%) Swift
8 1 (0.49%) JCL
8 1 (0.49%) REXX
8 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (15.76%) Degree
2 22 (10.84%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (7.39%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.91%) PMI Certification
5 11 (5.42%) PMP
6 7 (3.45%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.45%) MBA
6 7 (3.45%) SAFe Agilist
7 2 (0.99%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.49%) AAT
8 1 (0.49%) ACCA
8 1 (0.49%) CIMA
8 1 (0.49%) CISA
8 1 (0.49%) CISM
8 1 (0.49%) CISSP
8 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.49%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.49%) IIBA
8 1 (0.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.84%) QA
2 13 (6.40%) GDPR
3 8 (3.94%) PMO
4 7 (3.45%) Basel III
4 7 (3.45%) ISO 20022
5 5 (2.46%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.97%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.97%) SLA
7 2 (0.99%) NIST
7 2 (0.99%) PSD2
8 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.49%) COBIT
8 1 (0.49%) GRC
8 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.49%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.49%) SEPA
System Software
1 8 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.48%) BitLocker
3 3 (1.48%) Docker
4 2 (0.99%) Firmware
5 1 (0.49%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 8 (3.94%) SCCM
2 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.48%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.48%) Terraform
4 1 (0.49%) Kibana
4 1 (0.49%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (18.72%) SAP
2 32 (15.76%) Microsoft
3 22 (10.84%) Oracle
4 21 (10.34%) Google
5 9 (4.43%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.94%) Cisco
6 8 (3.94%) Databricks
6 8 (3.94%) Dell
7 6 (2.96%) Apple
7 6 (2.96%) HP
8 4 (1.97%) Adobe
8 4 (1.97%) Citrix
8 4 (1.97%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.97%) VMware
9 3 (1.48%) Ab Initio
9 3 (1.48%) Sage
9 3 (1.48%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.99%) Draytek
10 2 (0.99%) McAfee
10 2 (0.99%) Splunk