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 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 16 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 119 111 205
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 9.14% 7.21% 10.90%
As % of the General category 15.45% 12.73% 18.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 49 129
10th Percentile £363 £310 £335
25th Percentile £463 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £564 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £659 £588 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £736
England median daily rate £550 £580 £600
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 11
10th Percentile £15.96 £13.69 £41.25
25th Percentile £16.69 £26.50 -
Median hourly rate £17.69 £38.12 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.59% -22.20% +40.00%
75th Percentile £17.79 - £51.38
90th Percentile £26.90 £52.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £29.27 £35.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -16.37% +36.13% -3.89%

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 common skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 770 872 1,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 59.14% 56.62% 58.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 289 564
10th Percentile £185 £191 £205
25th Percentile £363 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £560 £613
90th Percentile £688 £646 £738
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 281 285
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +115.12% -10.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £30.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% +27.07% +22.45%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Finance 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 20 September 2025.

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 20 September 2025.

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 20 September 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
Bedfordshire -6 32 £625 +13.64% 30
Hertfordshire +3 27 £530 +51.43% 114
Cambridgeshire -4 21 £600 +5.26% 79
Essex +12 18 £485 +14.12% 71
Norfolk -1 11 £538 +13.16% 27
Suffolk +9 10 £350 -44.00% 36
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.20%) SAS
2 4 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (13.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.52%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (18.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (5.04%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (2.52%) SAP CO
3 3 (2.52%) SAP FI
3 3 (2.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (1.68%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.84%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.84%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.84%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.84%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.84%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.40%) Power Platform
2 8 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.04%) Azure
4 4 (3.36%) Snowflake
5 3 (2.52%) GCP
6 2 (1.68%) AWS
6 2 (1.68%) Lucidchart
6 2 (1.68%) OCI
6 2 (1.68%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.84%) Amazon EMR
7 1 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.84%) dbt
7 1 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.84%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.84%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.84%) npm
7 1 (0.84%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.84%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.84%) DHCP
1 1 (0.84%) DNS
1 1 (0.84%) HTTP
1 1 (0.84%) LAN
1 1 (0.84%) Network Security
1 1 (0.84%) VLAN
1 1 (0.84%) VoIP
1 1 (0.84%) VPN
1 1 (0.84%) WAN
1 1 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.56%) Power BI
2 8 (6.72%) Power Query
3 7 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.36%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.68%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.68%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.68%) Tableau
6 1 (0.84%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.84%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (4.20%) Hudson
2 3 (2.52%) JIRA
3 1 (0.84%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.84%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.84%) Git
3 1 (0.84%) Jenkins
General
1 48 (40.34%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.81%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (9.24%) Pharmaceutical
4 10 (8.40%) Manufacturing
4 10 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (6.72%) Telecoms
6 7 (5.88%) Legal
7 6 (5.04%) Retail
8 5 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.36%) Electronics
9 4 (3.36%) Marketing
10 3 (2.52%) Banking
10 3 (2.52%) General Ledger
10 3 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.68%) Automotive
11 2 (1.68%) Billing
11 2 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.68%) French Language
Job Titles
1 20 (16.81%) Analyst
2 15 (12.61%) Consultant
3 12 (10.08%) Project Manager
4 11 (9.24%) Developer
5 9 (7.56%) Architect
5 9 (7.56%) Systems Analyst
6 7 (5.88%) SAP Consultant
7 6 (5.04%) ERP Analyst
7 6 (5.04%) Senior
8 5 (4.20%) Administrator
8 5 (4.20%) Finance Manager
8 5 (4.20%) IFS Consultant
8 5 (4.20%) Lead
8 5 (4.20%) Software Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.36%) Programme Manager
10 3 (2.52%) Data Centre Engineer
10 3 (2.52%) Finance Project Manager
10 3 (2.52%) IT Manager
10 3 (2.52%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.52%) HTML
2 3 (2.52%) REST
3 2 (1.68%) CSS
4 1 (0.84%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.84%) Express.js
4 1 (0.84%) FIDO
4 1 (0.84%) JSON
4 1 (0.84%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.84%) Middleware
4 1 (0.84%) NgRx
4 1 (0.84%) Playwright
4 1 (0.84%) RESTful
4 1 (0.84%) RxJS
4 1 (0.84%) SOAP
4 1 (0.84%) Spring
4 1 (0.84%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.84%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.88%) Credit Risk
2 6 (5.04%) Life Science
3 5 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.52%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.52%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (1.68%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.84%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.84%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.84%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.20%) Windows
2 1 (0.84%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (24.37%) ERP
1 29 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (22.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (17.65%) Agile
4 18 (15.13%) Project Management
5 16 (13.45%) Workshop Facilitation
6 14 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (10.92%) Analytics
7 13 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (10.92%) Migration
7 13 (10.92%) PRINCE2
7 13 (10.92%) Risk Management
8 11 (9.24%) Process Improvement
9 10 (8.40%) Change Management
10 8 (6.72%) Data Migration
10 8 (6.72%) Programme Management
10 8 (6.72%) Translating Business Requirements
11 7 (5.88%) Credit Risk Management
11 7 (5.88%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.29%) SQL
2 7 (5.88%) Java
2 7 (5.88%) Python
3 6 (5.04%) VBA
4 5 (4.20%) R
5 4 (3.36%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.68%) VB
7 1 (0.84%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.84%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (10.92%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.08%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.88%) Degree
4 5 (4.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 4 (3.36%) ACCA
5 4 (3.36%) CIMA
6 3 (2.52%) PMP
7 2 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.84%) CEH
8 1 (0.84%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.84%) CISM
8 1 (0.84%) CISSP
8 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.84%) CRISC
8 1 (0.84%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.84%) OSCP
8 1 (0.84%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.72%) PMO
2 7 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.88%) QA
3 4 (3.36%) NIST
3 4 (3.36%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.68%) GDPR
5 2 (1.68%) IFRS
6 1 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.84%) GRC
6 1 (0.84%) GxP
6 1 (0.84%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.84%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.84%) ITGC
6 1 (0.84%) P3O
6 1 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.84%) Docker
2 1 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.84%) AppManager
1 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.84%) Nexpose
1 1 (0.84%) SCCM
1 1 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 39 (32.77%) SAP
2 25 (21.01%) Microsoft
3 9 (7.56%) IFS
3 9 (7.56%) Oracle
4 6 (5.04%) Ariba
5 5 (4.20%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.68%) Anaplan
6 2 (1.68%) Cognos
6 2 (1.68%) IBM
6 2 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.84%) Google
7 1 (0.84%) HP
7 1 (0.84%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.84%) Ivanti
7 1 (0.84%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.84%) Planview
7 1 (0.84%) Qualys
7 1 (0.84%) Sage
7 1 (0.84%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.84%) VMware