Finance Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Financial
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 12 12
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 204 125 112
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 8.43% 9.41% 7.51%
As % of the General category 16.41% 15.86% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 67 52
10th Percentile £363 £363 £354
25th Percentile £481 £494 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £591
90th Percentile £638 £720 £698
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 6 9
10th Percentile £15.54 £15.96 £13.69
25th Percentile £18.27 £16.69 £15.73
Median hourly rate £50.00 £17.69 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +182.61% -49.45% -28.57%
75th Percentile £65.00 £17.79 £50.00
90th Percentile £91.75 £26.90 £55.00
England median hourly rate £42.30 £27.89 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.69% -20.33% +36.13%

All General Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,243 788 844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 51.38% 59.34% 56.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 307 295
10th Percentile £185 £197 £198
25th Percentile £313 £364 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £512 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +7.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £609 £564
90th Percentile £638 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £501 £533
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.10% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 406 233 240
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.89 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.56 £16.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.75 £22.63 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.46% -24.57% +69.30%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.50 £25.15 £36.00
% change year-on-year +17.30% -30.14% +25.22%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Finance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Finance job vacancy trend in the East of England

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the East of England

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Finance

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the East of England

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Hertfordshire 0 57 £550 -2.65% 274
Bedfordshire +2 46 £600 - 141
Essex +3 45 £550 +4.76% 210
Cambridgeshire +15 39 £566 -5.67% 246
Norfolk -11 9 £513 -2.38% 96
Suffolk -22 6 £450 +28.57% 82
East Anglia - 1 £450 - 16
Finance
England

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (2.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (12.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (4.41%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (3.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 5 (2.45%) SAP Travel Management
5 3 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (1.47%) SAP GRC
5 3 (1.47%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.98%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.98%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.98%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.98%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.98%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.49%) Primavera
7 1 (0.49%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.49%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.49%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 27 (13.24%) GCP
2 23 (11.27%) Azure
3 17 (8.33%) AWS
4 9 (4.41%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.92%) OCI
6 7 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.45%) GitHub
7 5 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (2.45%) SaaS
8 4 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.47%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.98%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.98%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.98%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.49%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
11 1 (0.49%) npm
11 1 (0.49%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.86%) VPN
2 13 (6.37%) Firewall
3 3 (1.47%) Network Security
4 1 (0.49%) ATM
4 1 (0.49%) Broadband
4 1 (0.49%) DNS
4 1 (0.49%) FTP
4 1 (0.49%) HTTP
4 1 (0.49%) Intranet
4 1 (0.49%) SMTP
4 1 (0.49%) SSL
4 1 (0.49%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.88%) Relational Database
2 6 (2.94%) Power BI
3 4 (1.96%) Metadata
4 3 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.98%) Tableau
6 1 (0.49%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.49%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.49%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.49%) Power Query
6 1 (0.49%) QlikView
6 1 (0.49%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.94%) Git
2 5 (2.45%) JIRA
3 2 (0.98%) IntelliJ
3 2 (0.98%) JUnit
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.98%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.98%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.49%) GitLab
General
1 61 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 37 (18.14%) Banking
3 20 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.80%) Manufacturing
4 10 (4.90%) Marketing
5 9 (4.41%) Retail
6 8 (3.92%) Legal
6 8 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (3.92%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.43%) General Ledger
7 7 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.45%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.45%) Local Government
10 4 (1.96%) Billing
10 4 (1.96%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.47%) Law
11 3 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (17.65%) Developer
2 28 (13.73%) Project Manager
3 24 (11.76%) Java Developer
4 20 (9.80%) Lead
5 19 (9.31%) Consultant
6 16 (7.84%) IAM Developer
6 16 (7.84%) Software Engineer
7 15 (7.35%) Architect
7 15 (7.35%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 15 (7.35%) IT Manager
7 15 (7.35%) Software Developer
8 14 (6.86%) Backend Developer
8 14 (6.86%) Java Engineer
8 14 (6.86%) Java Software Engineer
9 13 (6.37%) Analyst
9 13 (6.37%) Java Software Developer
10 10 (4.90%) Product Manager
10 10 (4.90%) SAP Consultant
11 8 (3.92%) Oracle Developer
12 7 (3.43%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (4.90%) OAuth
2 10 (4.90%) OpenID
3 5 (2.45%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.47%) CSS
4 3 (1.47%) REST
5 2 (0.98%) .NET
5 2 (0.98%) EDI
5 2 (0.98%) HTML
5 2 (0.98%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.98%) React
5 2 (0.98%) Spring
5 2 (0.98%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.98%) Terraform
6 1 (0.49%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.49%) IDoc
6 1 (0.49%) Kafka
6 1 (0.49%) LDAP
6 1 (0.49%) Playwright
6 1 (0.49%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.90%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (4.41%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.92%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.96%) Life Science
7 3 (1.47%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.47%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.98%) BYOD
8 2 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.98%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.98%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.98%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.98%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.49%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.49%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.49%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.49%) Windows
1 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (26.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 40 (19.61%) Agile
3 37 (18.14%) ERP
4 35 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (15.69%) Migration
5 32 (15.69%) Software Engineering
6 25 (12.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (11.27%) Analytics
8 22 (10.78%) Decision-Making
8 22 (10.78%) Project Management
9 21 (10.29%) CI/CD
9 21 (10.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (9.80%) Identity Access Management
11 18 (8.82%) Change Management
12 17 (8.33%) DevOps
13 16 (7.84%) Roadmaps
14 15 (7.35%) Data Migration
14 15 (7.35%) Process Improvement
14 15 (7.35%) Risk Management
14 15 (7.35%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 28 (13.73%) Java
2 9 (4.41%) SQL
3 6 (2.94%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.98%) Apex Code
4 2 (0.98%) C#
4 2 (0.98%) Python
4 2 (0.98%) TypeScript
4 2 (0.98%) X++
5 1 (0.49%) Bash
5 1 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (9.31%) Security Cleared
2 15 (7.35%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.90%) Degree
4 6 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.45%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.45%) PMP
6 4 (1.96%) CIMA
7 3 (1.47%) ACCA
8 2 (0.98%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.49%) APMG
9 1 (0.49%) CCSP
9 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.49%) CISSP
9 1 (0.49%) CRISC
9 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.49%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.49%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.88%) PMO
2 8 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.94%) QA
4 5 (2.45%) GDPR
5 4 (1.96%) GRC
5 4 (1.96%) SLA
6 3 (1.47%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.47%) P3O
7 2 (0.98%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.98%) NIST
8 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.49%) GxP
8 1 (0.49%) IFRS
8 1 (0.49%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.49%) ITGC
8 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (4.90%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.49%) Ansible
2 1 (0.49%) Argo
2 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 45 (22.06%) SAP
2 37 (18.14%) Oracle
3 27 (13.24%) Microsoft
4 8 (3.92%) IBM
5 7 (3.43%) Snow
6 6 (2.94%) Google
6 6 (2.94%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.96%) VMware
8 3 (1.47%) Ariba
8 3 (1.47%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.47%) Workday
9 2 (0.98%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.98%) Databricks
10 1 (0.49%) Adobe
10 1 (0.49%) Cegedim Rx
10 1 (0.49%) EMC
10 1 (0.49%) GoCardless
10 1 (0.49%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.49%) Planon
10 1 (0.49%) Xero