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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 12 14
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing Finance 221 122 117
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 9.58% 9.44% 7.74%
As % of the General category 18.74% 15.93% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 64 47
10th Percentile £373 £363 £308
25th Percentile £478 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +11.25% -
75th Percentile £600 £662 £594
90th Percentile £652 £726 £700
England median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 7 28
10th Percentile £15.22 £16.05 £15.12
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.98 £37.34
Median hourly rate £42.77 £17.79 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +140.39% -53.33% -22.20%
75th Percentile £65.00 £19.40 -
90th Percentile £92.87 £27.00 £41.68
England median hourly rate £43.96 £30.79 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.77% -12.03% +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 1,179 766 853
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 51.08% 59.24% 56.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 302 276
10th Percentile £190 £185 £209
25th Percentile £325 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £587 £600 £550
90th Percentile £650 £687 £648
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 215 291
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £28.73 £30.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% -21.30% +115.12%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £50.95
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £31.31 £25.15 £38.68
% change year-on-year +24.48% -34.97% +40.64%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +10 61 £600 +9.63% 113
Essex +3 52 £530 +9.28% 90
Cambridgeshire +15 46 £565 -5.83% 73
Bedfordshire +6 45 £578 -0.43% 37
Norfolk -16 9 £525 -2.33% 34
Suffolk -14 6 £450 +28.57% 22
East Anglia - 1 £450 - 23
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 (2.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.62%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (3.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 5 (2.26%) SAP Travel Management
5 3 (1.36%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.90%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.90%) Primavera
6 2 (0.90%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.90%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.90%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.90%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.45%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.45%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 29 (13.12%) GCP
2 20 (9.05%) Azure
3 15 (6.79%) AWS
4 10 (4.52%) GitHub
5 9 (4.07%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.62%) OCI
7 7 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.17%) SaaS
8 5 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.36%) PaaS
9 3 (1.36%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.90%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.90%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.45%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.45%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.88%) VPN
2 12 (5.43%) Firewall
3 2 (0.90%) Network Security
4 1 (0.45%) ATM
4 1 (0.45%) Broadband
4 1 (0.45%) Intranet
4 1 (0.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.98%) Relational Database
2 6 (2.71%) Power BI
3 5 (2.26%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (1.36%) Metadata
4 3 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.90%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.90%) Tableau
6 1 (0.45%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.45%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.45%) Power Query
6 1 (0.45%) QlikView
6 1 (0.45%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (4.98%) Git
2 7 (3.17%) JUnit
2 7 (3.17%) SonarQube
3 6 (2.71%) JIRA
4 5 (2.26%) IntelliJ
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.90%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.45%) GitLab
General
1 64 (28.96%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.38%) Banking
3 22 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.05%) Manufacturing
5 11 (4.98%) Retail
6 10 (4.52%) Marketing
7 8 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.62%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.17%) General Ledger
8 7 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.17%) Legal
8 7 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.71%) Local Government
9 6 (2.71%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (2.26%) Back Office
11 4 (1.81%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.81%) Billing
11 4 (1.81%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.81%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (16.29%) Developer
2 30 (13.57%) Project Manager
3 23 (10.41%) Java Developer
4 22 (9.95%) Consultant
5 18 (8.14%) Analyst
5 18 (8.14%) Software Engineer
6 17 (7.69%) Lead
7 15 (6.79%) Backend Developer
7 15 (6.79%) IAM Developer
8 14 (6.33%) Architect
8 14 (6.33%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 14 (6.33%) IT Manager
8 14 (6.33%) Java Engineer
8 14 (6.33%) Java Software Engineer
8 14 (6.33%) SAP Consultant
8 14 (6.33%) Software Developer
9 12 (5.43%) Java Software Developer
10 10 (4.52%) Product Manager
10 10 (4.52%) Senior
11 9 (4.07%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (3.62%) OAuth
2 8 (3.62%) OpenID
3 7 (3.17%) Spring
3 7 (3.17%) Spring Boot
4 5 (2.26%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (1.36%) .NET
5 3 (1.36%) CSS
5 3 (1.36%) Node.js
5 3 (1.36%) REST
5 3 (1.36%) Terraform
6 2 (0.90%) EDI
6 2 (0.90%) HTML
6 2 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.90%) React
7 1 (0.45%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.45%) IDoc
7 1 (0.45%) Kafka
7 1 (0.45%) Playwright
7 1 (0.45%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.52%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.07%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (3.62%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.71%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.81%) Life Science
6 3 (1.36%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.36%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.36%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.90%) BYOD
7 2 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.90%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.90%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.45%) Biopharmaceutical
8 1 (0.45%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.90%) Windows
2 1 (0.45%) Linux
2 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (27.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (19.46%) Agile
2 43 (19.46%) ERP
3 37 (16.74%) Migration
4 36 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (14.48%) Software Engineering
6 30 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (13.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 26 (11.76%) Decision-Making
8 25 (11.31%) Change Management
8 25 (11.31%) CI/CD
8 25 (11.31%) Project Management
9 24 (10.86%) Analytics
10 21 (9.50%) DevOps
11 20 (9.05%) Data Migration
11 20 (9.05%) Process Improvement
12 18 (8.14%) Identity Access Management
13 17 (7.69%) Risk Management
13 17 (7.69%) Roadmaps
13 17 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 30 (13.57%) Java
2 9 (4.07%) SQL
3 7 (3.17%) Python
4 6 (2.71%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.36%) Go
6 2 (0.90%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.90%) C#
6 2 (0.90%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.90%) X++
7 1 (0.45%) Bash
7 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 19 (8.60%) Security Cleared
2 14 (6.33%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.43%) Degree
4 8 (3.62%) CIMA
5 7 (3.17%) ACCA
5 7 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.26%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.26%) PMP
7 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.45%) APMG
8 1 (0.45%) CCAB
8 1 (0.45%) CCSP
8 1 (0.45%) CISM
8 1 (0.45%) CISSP
8 1 (0.45%) CRISC
8 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.45%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.43%) PMO
3 9 (4.07%) QA
4 8 (3.62%) GDPR
5 5 (2.26%) SLA
6 3 (1.36%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.36%) GRC
6 3 (1.36%) NIST
6 3 (1.36%) P3O
7 2 (0.90%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.45%) GxP
8 1 (0.45%) IFRS
8 1 (0.45%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.45%) ITGC
8 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (3.62%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.90%) Ansible
3 1 (0.45%) Argo
3 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.45%) vRealize
Vendors
1 48 (21.72%) SAP
2 34 (15.38%) Oracle
3 29 (13.12%) Microsoft
4 11 (4.98%) Google
5 8 (3.62%) IBM
6 7 (3.17%) Checkmarx
7 6 (2.71%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.71%) Snow
8 5 (2.26%) VMware
9 4 (1.81%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.36%) Ariba
10 3 (1.36%) Workday
11 2 (0.90%) Databricks
11 2 (0.90%) IFS
12 1 (0.45%) Adobe
12 1 (0.45%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.45%) Forcepoint
12 1 (0.45%) GoCardless
12 1 (0.45%) Planon
12 1 (0.45%) Xero