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 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 158 137 200
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 10.21% 11.03% 11.24%
As % of the General category 16.88% 19.83% 18.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 63 131
10th Percentile £250 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -0.25%
75th Percentile £628 £644 £593
90th Percentile £683 £700 £650
England median daily rate £537 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -6.61% -2.13% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 14
10th Percentile £15.82 £14.71 £37.25
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.08 £43.38
Median hourly rate £19.18 £33.63 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.97% -31.38% +40.00%
75th Percentile £23.50 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £23.92 £55.00 £57.00
England median hourly rate £23.75 £31.80 £30.00
% change year-on-year -25.30% +5.98% +16.69%

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 936 691 1,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 60.50% 55.64% 62.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 289 575
10th Percentile £161 £257 £208
25th Percentile £313 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £581 £575
90th Percentile £688 £670 £675
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 135 296
10th Percentile £13.50 - £14.16
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.35 £20.00 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +0.96% -
75th Percentile £56.00 £55.33 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.69 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.79% -7.02% +28.35%

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 2 December 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
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 2 December 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 +1 50 £550 +12.24% 97
Bedfordshire -6 32 £613 +16.67% 15
Cambridgeshire -10 28 £525 -4.55% 38
Essex +16 25 £375 - 74
Norfolk -10 13 £525 +10.53% 24
Suffolk +5 10 £480 -23.20% 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 (3.16%) SAS
2 4 (2.53%) Confluence
3 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (11.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.53%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (12.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (5.06%) SAP FI
3 7 (4.43%) Unit4 Business World
4 6 (3.80%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 6 (3.80%) SAP MM
5 4 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (1.27%) NetSuite
6 2 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (1.27%) SAP CO
6 2 (1.27%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (1.27%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.03%) Power Platform
2 15 (9.49%) Azure
3 9 (5.70%) AWS
4 6 (3.80%) GCP
5 5 (3.16%) Azure AI
5 5 (3.16%) Copilot Studio
5 5 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (2.53%) OCI
6 4 (2.53%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.90%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.27%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.63%) dbt
9 1 (0.63%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.63%) SaaS
9 1 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.63%) WAN
1 1 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.39%) Power BI
2 10 (6.33%) Power Query
3 6 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.80%) Metadata
4 5 (3.16%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.53%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.90%) Tableau
7 2 (1.27%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.63%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.63%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (4.43%) Hudson
2 6 (3.80%) JIRA
3 3 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.27%) Git
4 2 (1.27%) GitLab
5 1 (0.63%) Burp Suite
General
1 67 (42.41%) Social Skills
2 29 (18.35%) Public Sector
3 25 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (15.19%) Manufacturing
5 21 (13.29%) Marketing
6 17 (10.76%) Telecoms
7 16 (10.13%) Electronics
8 10 (6.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (5.70%) Banking
10 7 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (4.43%) Retail
11 5 (3.16%) General Ledger
11 5 (3.16%) Legal
11 5 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.27%) Automotive
13 2 (1.27%) Aviation
13 2 (1.27%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 26 (16.46%) Analyst
2 19 (12.03%) Consultant
3 12 (7.59%) Project Manager
4 10 (6.33%) Architect
4 10 (6.33%) Lead
5 9 (5.70%) Accountant
5 9 (5.70%) Systems Analyst
6 8 (5.06%) Developer
6 8 (5.06%) SAP Consultant
6 8 (5.06%) Systems Accountant
7 7 (4.43%) ERP Analyst
7 7 (4.43%) IFS Consultant
8 6 (3.80%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 6 (3.80%) Senior
8 6 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.16%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.16%) Coordinator
9 5 (3.16%) IT Manager
9 5 (3.16%) Migration Engineer
9 5 (3.16%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.43%) REST
2 6 (3.80%) SAP Basis
2 6 (3.80%) SAP Business Workflow
2 6 (3.80%) SAP Fiori
3 5 (3.16%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (3.16%) PyTorch
3 5 (3.16%) scikit-learn
3 5 (3.16%) TensorFlow
4 3 (1.90%) HTML
5 2 (1.27%) CSS
5 2 (1.27%) JSON
5 2 (1.27%) SOAP
6 1 (0.63%) Middleware
6 1 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.43%) Credit Risk
2 6 (3.80%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.80%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.90%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.90%) Life Science
4 2 (1.27%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.27%) FMCG
4 2 (1.27%) NHS
4 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.63%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.63%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.63%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.16%) Windows 10
2 3 (1.90%) Windows
3 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (20.89%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (18.35%) ERP
3 27 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (16.46%) Agile
5 24 (15.19%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (13.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 20 (12.66%) Analytics
7 20 (12.66%) Programme Management
8 17 (10.76%) Workshop Facilitation
9 16 (10.13%) Digital Marketing
10 15 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (9.49%) ITSM
10 15 (9.49%) Logistics
10 15 (9.49%) Workflow
11 14 (8.86%) Migration
11 14 (8.86%) Project Management
12 12 (7.59%) Accounts Payable
13 11 (6.96%) PRINCE2
13 11 (6.96%) Project Delivery
13 11 (6.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.19%) SQL
2 13 (8.23%) Python
3 7 (4.43%) VBA
4 6 (3.80%) ABAP
4 6 (3.80%) Java
5 5 (3.16%) R
6 4 (2.53%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.27%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.27%) VB
8 1 (0.63%) C#
8 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (12.66%) Security Cleared
2 18 (11.39%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.59%) Degree
4 7 (4.43%) ACCA
4 7 (4.43%) CIMA
5 5 (3.16%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 3 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.27%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.27%) PMP
8 1 (0.63%) AAT
8 1 (0.63%) CEH
8 1 (0.63%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.63%) CISM
8 1 (0.63%) CISSP
8 1 (0.63%) CRISC
8 1 (0.63%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.63%) MBA
8 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.70%) SLA
2 8 (5.06%) QA
3 6 (3.80%) PMO
4 3 (1.90%) NIST
4 3 (1.90%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.27%) GRC
5 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.63%) GDPR
6 1 (0.63%) GxP
6 1 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.63%) IFRS
6 1 (0.63%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.16%) Docker
2 2 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.63%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 48 (30.38%) SAP
2 27 (17.09%) Microsoft
3 15 (9.49%) ServiceNow
4 14 (8.86%) Oracle
5 11 (6.96%) IFS
6 6 (3.80%) OpenText
7 5 (3.16%) Foundry
7 5 (3.16%) Google
7 5 (3.16%) OpenAI
8 4 (2.53%) Dell
8 4 (2.53%) HP
9 3 (1.90%) Ariba
10 2 (1.27%) Cognos
10 2 (1.27%) IBM
10 2 (1.27%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.27%) Workday
11 1 (0.63%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.63%) Hyperion
11 1 (0.63%) Sage
11 1 (0.63%) StreamSets