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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 197 112 191
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 8.87% 10.76% 9.58%
As % of the General category 18.11% 17.50% 16.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 69 77
10th Percentile £363 £400 £244
25th Percentile £463 £500 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +15.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £601 £684 £650
90th Percentile £663 £750 £725
England median daily rate £550 £563 £588
% change year-on-year -2.22% -4.26% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 64
10th Percentile £14.82 £17.79 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.80 -
Median hourly rate £17.73 £21.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -15.57% -44.91% -22.20%
75th Percentile £56.00 £48.00 -
90th Percentile £90.20 £65.50 -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.11 £28.00
% change year-on-year -8.16% +36.11% +2.79%

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 1,088 640 1,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 48.99% 61.48% 58.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 317 413
10th Percentile £188 £200 £225
25th Percentile £325 £340 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £565
90th Percentile £675 £679 £650
England median daily rate £520 £520 £533
% change year-on-year - -2.35% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 133 449
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.62 £14.94
25th Percentile £15.88 £17.33 £15.62
Median hourly rate £20.51 £35.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -41.40% -8.18% +108.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £72.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.46 £82.07 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.00 £31.97
% change year-on-year +16.07% -12.42% +6.57%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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
Bedfordshire -1 56 £513 -11.64% 17
Hertfordshire +5 53 £601 -5.80% 40
Essex +4 46 £500 +6.95% 47
Cambridgeshire +14 32 £510 -9.33% 41
Norfolk -16 7 £625 +13.64% 22
Suffolk -13 3 £450 -13.29% 8
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 6 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (10.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.54%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 23 (11.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (4.57%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (3.05%) Sage X3
4 5 (2.54%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.02%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (1.02%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (1.02%) Primavera
5 2 (1.02%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.02%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.02%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.02%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.51%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.15%) GCP
2 16 (8.12%) Azure
3 15 (7.61%) Power Platform
4 14 (7.11%) AWS
5 12 (6.09%) SaaS
6 9 (4.57%) GitHub
7 7 (3.55%) OCI
8 6 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (2.54%) PaaS
10 4 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.52%) Azure AI
11 3 (1.52%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.02%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (1.02%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.02%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 2 (1.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.55%) VPN
2 6 (3.05%) Firewall
3 1 (0.51%) Intranet
3 1 (0.51%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.09%) Power BI
2 8 (4.06%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.55%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (3.05%) Power Query
4 6 (3.05%) ZAP BI
5 5 (2.54%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.54%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (1.52%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.52%) Tableau
7 2 (1.02%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (1.02%) Metadata
7 2 (1.02%) QlikView
7 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (4.57%) Git
2 7 (3.55%) JUnit
2 7 (3.55%) SonarQube
3 5 (2.54%) IntelliJ
4 4 (2.03%) JIRA
5 2 (1.02%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.02%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.51%) GitLab
General
1 72 (36.55%) Social Skills
2 18 (9.14%) Manufacturing
3 13 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (6.60%) Banking
4 9 (4.57%) Retail
5 8 (4.06%) Local Government
5 8 (4.06%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.55%) Marketing
6 7 (3.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (3.05%) Aviation
8 5 (2.54%) Billing
8 5 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.03%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.52%) Back Office
10 3 (1.52%) Legal
10 3 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.02%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 26 (13.20%) Architect
2 25 (12.69%) Developer
3 24 (12.18%) Project Manager
4 20 (10.15%) Consultant
5 17 (8.63%) Analyst
5 17 (8.63%) Lead
5 17 (8.63%) Senior
6 15 (7.61%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (5.08%) Software Engineer
8 9 (4.57%) Java Developer
9 8 (4.06%) Backend Developer
10 7 (3.55%) Accountant
10 7 (3.55%) Business Analyst
10 7 (3.55%) Coordinator
10 7 (3.55%) Data Consultant
10 7 (3.55%) Data Migration Consultant
10 7 (3.55%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 7 (3.55%) Financial Controller
10 7 (3.55%) Migration Consultant
10 7 (3.55%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (3.55%) REST
2 7 (3.55%) Spring
2 7 (3.55%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.52%) .NET
3 3 (1.52%) Node.js
3 3 (1.52%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.52%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (1.52%) scikit-learn
3 3 (1.52%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.02%) CSS
4 2 (1.02%) HTML
4 2 (1.02%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.02%) React
4 2 (1.02%) Web Services
5 1 (0.51%) Flash
5 1 (0.51%) IDoc
5 1 (0.51%) Kafka
5 1 (0.51%) RxJS
5 1 (0.51%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.09%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.55%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.52%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.02%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.02%) BYOD
5 2 (1.02%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.02%) Life Science
5 2 (1.02%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.02%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.51%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.51%) FMCG
6 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.51%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Linux
1 1 (0.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.32%) ERP
2 41 (20.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (17.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 32 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (13.71%) Analytics
5 27 (13.71%) Migration
6 25 (12.69%) Agile
7 24 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (11.68%) Project Management
9 22 (11.17%) CI/CD
10 21 (10.66%) DevOps
11 19 (9.64%) Change Management
11 19 (9.64%) Data Migration
11 19 (9.64%) Decision-Making
12 17 (8.63%) Process Improvement
13 16 (8.12%) Software Engineering
13 16 (8.12%) Validation
14 14 (7.11%) Business Intelligence
15 13 (6.60%) Data Modelling
16 12 (6.09%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.64%) SQL
2 15 (7.61%) Java
3 11 (5.58%) Python
4 6 (3.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (3.05%) VBA
5 5 (2.54%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.52%) Go
7 2 (1.02%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.02%) C#
7 2 (1.02%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.02%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.02%) X++
8 1 (0.51%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (7.11%) Degree
2 10 (5.08%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.57%) ACCA
3 9 (4.57%) CIMA
4 6 (3.05%) PMI Certification
4 6 (3.05%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.54%) PMP
6 4 (2.03%) CFA
6 4 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.02%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.51%) APMG
8 1 (0.51%) CCSP
8 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.51%) CRISC
8 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.51%) PgMP
8 1 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.11%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.08%) GDPR
3 9 (4.57%) SLA
4 7 (3.55%) PMO
5 6 (3.05%) QA
6 3 (1.52%) NIST
6 3 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.02%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.02%) GRC
7 2 (1.02%) ITGC
8 1 (0.51%) GMP
8 1 (0.51%) IFRS
8 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.52%) Docker
2 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.52%) Terraform
3 2 (1.02%) Ansible
4 1 (0.51%) Argo
4 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.51%) vRealize
Vendors
1 44 (22.34%) SAP
2 33 (16.75%) Oracle
3 28 (14.21%) Microsoft
4 13 (6.60%) Google
5 7 (3.55%) Ariba
5 7 (3.55%) Checkmarx
5 7 (3.55%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.05%) Sage
6 6 (3.05%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.54%) IBM
8 3 (1.52%) Foundry
8 3 (1.52%) IFS
8 3 (1.52%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.02%) Dell
9 2 (1.02%) HP
9 2 (1.02%) VMware
10 1 (0.51%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.51%) EMC
10 1 (0.51%) Forcepoint
10 1 (0.51%) Informatica