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 17 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 12 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 135 123 197
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 9.69% 8.54% 10.52%
As % of the General category 16.30% 15.39% 17.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 56 131
10th Percentile £359 £306 £325
25th Percentile £463 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £638 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £548 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.78% -4.17% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 10
10th Percentile £15.22 £13.69 £38.76
25th Percentile £16.41 £15.73 -
Median hourly rate £17.00 £35.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.43% -28.57% +40.00%
75th Percentile £17.79 £50.00 £52.56
90th Percentile £21.43 £55.00 £61.82
England median hourly rate £26.86 £35.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -23.27% +36.13% -0.56%

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 828 799 1,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 59.44% 55.45% 59.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 305 576
10th Percentile £186 £213 £200
25th Percentile £350 £318 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £569 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £731
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 187 292
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.06 £13.42
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.75 £21.37 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% +20.60% -10.55%
75th Percentile £63.88 £53.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +20.00%

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 17 October 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 17 October 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 17 October 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
Hertfordshire +6 43 £550 +25.71% 136
Bedfordshire -8 31 £590 +7.27% 28
Cambridgeshire -10 21 £600 +9.09% 74
Essex +15 16 £464 -15.68% 98
Norfolk -2 15 £525 +10.53% 25
Suffolk +3 9 £350 -44.00% 26
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 (3.70%) SAS
2 3 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (14.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.22%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (5.19%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (2.22%) SAP CO
3 3 (2.22%) SAP FI
3 3 (2.22%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.48%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.74%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.74%) Primavera
5 1 (0.74%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.74%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.37%) Power Platform
2 8 (5.93%) Azure
3 6 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.70%) AWS
5 4 (2.96%) Snowflake
6 3 (2.22%) OCI
7 2 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.48%) GCP
7 2 (1.48%) Lucidchart
7 2 (1.48%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.74%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (0.74%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.74%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.74%) dbt
8 1 (0.74%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.74%) npm
8 1 (0.74%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.74%) HTTP
1 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.74%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.63%) Power BI
2 10 (7.41%) Power Query
3 6 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.96%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.48%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (1.48%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.48%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.48%) Tableau
6 1 (0.74%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (3.70%) Hudson
1 5 (3.70%) JIRA
2 2 (1.48%) Git
3 1 (0.74%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.74%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
General
1 56 (41.48%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (14.07%) Public Sector
4 14 (10.37%) Manufacturing
5 12 (8.89%) Marketing
6 10 (7.41%) Telecoms
7 8 (5.93%) Electronics
7 8 (5.93%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (5.93%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (5.19%) Legal
9 6 (4.44%) Retail
10 5 (3.70%) Banking
11 4 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.96%) General Ledger
11 4 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.48%) Aviation
13 2 (1.48%) Digital Health
13 2 (1.48%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 25 (18.52%) Analyst
2 16 (11.85%) Consultant
3 14 (10.37%) Project Manager
4 10 (7.41%) Developer
4 10 (7.41%) Systems Analyst
5 9 (6.67%) Architect
6 8 (5.93%) Lead
7 7 (5.19%) ERP Analyst
8 6 (4.44%) SAP Consultant
8 6 (4.44%) Senior
8 6 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.70%) Administrator
9 5 (3.70%) Finance Manager
9 5 (3.70%) Financial Analyst
9 5 (3.70%) IFS Consultant
9 5 (3.70%) Software Engineer
10 4 (2.96%) Coordinator
10 4 (2.96%) Help Desk Coordinator
10 4 (2.96%) IT Manager
10 4 (2.96%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.96%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (2.96%) REST
2 3 (2.22%) HTML
3 2 (1.48%) CSS
3 2 (1.48%) JSON
3 2 (1.48%) SOAP
4 1 (0.74%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.74%) Express.js
4 1 (0.74%) FIDO
4 1 (0.74%) Middleware
4 1 (0.74%) NgRx
4 1 (0.74%) Playwright
4 1 (0.74%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.74%) RESTful
4 1 (0.74%) RxJS
4 1 (0.74%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.74%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.19%) Credit Risk
2 6 (4.44%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.96%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.22%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.22%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.22%) Life Science
4 3 (2.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (1.48%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.48%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.48%) FMCG
5 2 (1.48%) NHS
5 2 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.74%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.96%) Windows
2 1 (0.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (22.22%) ERP
2 28 (20.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (17.04%) Agile
5 20 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
6 17 (12.59%) Project Management
7 16 (11.85%) Workshop Facilitation
8 15 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (9.63%) PRINCE2
9 13 (9.63%) Programme Management
10 11 (8.15%) Analytics
10 11 (8.15%) Migration
10 11 (8.15%) Process Improvement
11 10 (7.41%) Change Management
11 10 (7.41%) Risk Management
11 10 (7.41%) Roadmaps
12 9 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
13 8 (5.93%) Digital Marketing
13 8 (5.93%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.81%) SQL
2 9 (6.67%) Python
3 7 (5.19%) VBA
4 6 (4.44%) Java
5 5 (3.70%) R
6 4 (2.96%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.48%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.48%) VB
8 1 (0.74%) C#
8 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.74%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 13 (9.63%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.19%) Degree
4 6 (4.44%) ACCA
4 6 (4.44%) CIMA
5 5 (3.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 3 (2.22%) PMP
7 2 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.74%) CEH
8 1 (0.74%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.74%) CISM
8 1 (0.74%) CISSP
8 1 (0.74%) CRISC
8 1 (0.74%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.74%) OSCP
8 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.67%) PMO
2 7 (5.19%) QA
3 5 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.70%) SLA
4 4 (2.96%) NIST
5 3 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.22%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.48%) GDPR
6 2 (1.48%) GRC
6 2 (1.48%) IFRS
7 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.74%) GxP
7 1 (0.74%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.74%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.74%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (2.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.74%) Nexpose
1 1 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 37 (27.41%) SAP
2 28 (20.74%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.63%) Oracle
4 9 (6.67%) IFS
5 6 (4.44%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.96%) Ariba
7 2 (1.48%) Anaplan
7 2 (1.48%) Cognos
7 2 (1.48%) IBM
7 2 (1.48%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.74%) Dell
8 1 (0.74%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.74%) Google
8 1 (0.74%) HP
8 1 (0.74%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.74%) Planview
8 1 (0.74%) Qualys
8 1 (0.74%) StreamSets
8 1 (0.74%) Tenable
8 1 (0.74%) Workday