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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Finance 171 136 180
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 10.91% 12.55% 10.48%
As % of the General category 18.11% 21.28% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 72 122
10th Percentile £253 £313 £263
25th Percentile £413 £463 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -1.38%
75th Percentile £638 £655 £575
90th Percentile £688 £711 £650
England median daily rate £535 £588 £586
% change year-on-year -8.94% +0.34% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 13
10th Percentile £15.15 £28.49 £20.10
25th Percentile £16.88 £45.53 £42.50
Median hourly rate £21.35 £55.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.19% +12.24% +40.00%
75th Percentile £23.64 £59.69 £50.00
90th Percentile £24.45 £68.13 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -17.84% +7.43% +7.98%

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 944 639 1,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 60.24% 58.95% 60.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 294 519
10th Percentile £188 £250 £207
25th Percentile £325 £363 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £560
90th Percentile £688 £692 £650
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.45% -2.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 104 283
10th Percentile £13.50 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.18 £20.50 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% +15.49% -15.48%
75th Percentile £51.53 £60.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year -21.67% -7.18% +25.71%

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 January 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
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 January 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 -2 54 £570 +11.22% 105
Bedfordshire +1 47 £563 +7.14% 75
Cambridgeshire -7 26 £515 -1.90% 78
Essex +14 22 £300 -33.33% 99
Norfolk -10 13 £506 +6.58% 75
Suffolk +6 9 £480 -23.20% 60
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 (2.92%) SAS
2 4 (2.34%) Confluence
3 2 (1.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.34%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 26 (15.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.68%) SAP FI
3 7 (4.09%) Unit4 Business World
4 6 (3.51%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 6 (3.51%) SAP MM
5 5 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (1.75%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (1.17%) NetSuite
7 2 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (1.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (1.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (1.17%) SAP CO
7 2 (1.17%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.58%) assyst
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.58%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (11.11%) Azure
2 17 (9.94%) Power Platform
3 15 (8.77%) AWS
4 9 (5.26%) GCP
5 8 (4.68%) Azure AI
5 8 (4.68%) Copilot Studio
5 8 (4.68%) Microsoft Copilot
6 7 (4.09%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.34%) OCI
7 4 (2.34%) SaaS
7 4 (2.34%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.75%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.58%) Amazon EMR
10 1 (0.58%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.58%) dbt
10 1 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.58%) WAN
1 1 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.94%) Power BI
2 8 (4.68%) NoSQL
2 8 (4.68%) Power Query
3 6 (3.51%) Metadata
4 5 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.92%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (2.34%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.17%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (1.17%) Tableau
7 1 (0.58%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (3.51%) Hudson
2 5 (2.92%) JIRA
3 2 (1.17%) GitLab
3 2 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.58%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.58%) Git
General
1 73 (42.69%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.30%) Public Sector
3 27 (15.79%) Manufacturing
4 24 (14.04%) Marketing
5 23 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (11.11%) Electronics
6 19 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 11 (6.43%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (4.68%) Banking
10 6 (3.51%) Aviation
10 6 (3.51%) Retail
11 5 (2.92%) Legal
12 4 (2.34%) General Ledger
12 4 (2.34%) Local Government
12 4 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.17%) Health Technology
14 2 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 23 (13.45%) Analyst
2 22 (12.87%) Consultant
3 17 (9.94%) Architect
4 14 (8.19%) Project Manager
4 14 (8.19%) Solutions Architect
5 10 (5.85%) Lead
6 9 (5.26%) Accountant
7 8 (4.68%) SAP Consultant
7 8 (4.68%) Systems Accountant
7 8 (4.68%) Systems Analyst
8 7 (4.09%) ERP Analyst
9 6 (3.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 6 (3.51%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.51%) Developer
9 6 (3.51%) IFS Consultant
9 6 (3.51%) IT Engineer
9 6 (3.51%) Migration Engineer
9 6 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 6 (3.51%) Senior
9 6 (3.51%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.26%) REST
2 8 (4.68%) PyTorch
2 8 (4.68%) scikit-learn
2 8 (4.68%) TensorFlow
3 6 (3.51%) SAP Basis
3 6 (3.51%) SAP Business Workflow
3 6 (3.51%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (2.34%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.17%) CSS
5 2 (1.17%) HTML
6 1 (0.58%) JSON
6 1 (0.58%) Middleware
6 1 (0.58%) SOAP
6 1 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.09%) Credit Risk
1 7 (4.09%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.92%) Cloud Native
3 3 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.75%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.17%) FMCG
4 2 (1.17%) Life Science
4 2 (1.17%) NHS
4 2 (1.17%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.58%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.58%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.58%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.09%) Windows 10
2 4 (2.34%) Windows
3 1 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (20.47%) Business Intelligence
2 33 (19.30%) ERP
3 30 (17.54%) Analytics
4 27 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (15.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (14.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 22 (12.87%) Programme Management
8 21 (12.28%) Agile
9 20 (11.70%) Migration
10 19 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
10 19 (11.11%) Workflow
11 18 (10.53%) ITSM
12 17 (9.94%) Logistics
13 15 (8.77%) Workshop Facilitation
14 14 (8.19%) AI
14 14 (8.19%) Roadmaps
15 12 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
16 11 (6.43%) Customer Service
16 11 (6.43%) Microservices
17 10 (5.85%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 25 (14.62%) SQL
2 16 (9.36%) Python
3 7 (4.09%) VBA
4 6 (3.51%) ABAP
4 6 (3.51%) Java
5 5 (2.92%) R
6 2 (1.17%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.17%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.17%) VB
7 1 (0.58%) C#
7 1 (0.58%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 21 (12.28%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.02%) Degree
4 6 (3.51%) ACCA
4 6 (3.51%) CIMA
5 5 (2.92%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 3 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.75%) CFA
6 3 (1.75%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.17%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.58%) AAT
8 1 (0.58%) CCAB
8 1 (0.58%) CEH
8 1 (0.58%) CISM
8 1 (0.58%) CISSP
8 1 (0.58%) CRISC
8 1 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.58%) OSCP
8 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.85%) SLA
2 6 (3.51%) QA
3 4 (2.34%) PMO
4 2 (1.17%) GRC
4 2 (1.17%) NIST
4 2 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.58%) GDPR
5 1 (0.58%) GxP
5 1 (0.58%) IFRS
5 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (4.68%) Docker
2 3 (1.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (4.68%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.58%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 61 (35.67%) SAP
2 28 (16.37%) Microsoft
3 18 (10.53%) Oracle
3 18 (10.53%) ServiceNow
4 9 (5.26%) IFS
5 8 (4.68%) Foundry
5 8 (4.68%) Google
5 8 (4.68%) OpenAI
6 6 (3.51%) Dell
6 6 (3.51%) OpenText
7 5 (2.92%) HP
7 5 (2.92%) IBM
8 4 (2.34%) Ariba
9 2 (1.17%) Cognos
9 2 (1.17%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.58%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.58%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.58%) Qualys
10 1 (0.58%) Retek
10 1 (0.58%) Sage