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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Finance 201 130 208
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 8.97% 13.51% 10.97%
As % of the General category 18.37% 21.24% 17.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 85 95
10th Percentile £363 £403 £250
25th Percentile £434 £500 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +0.48%
75th Percentile £634 £700 £651
90th Percentile £689 £750 £750
England median daily rate £538 £575 £590
% change year-on-year -6.52% -2.54% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 6 65
10th Percentile £14.86 £17.79 £18.90
25th Percentile £15.99 £17.79 -
Median hourly rate £17.73 £19.40 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -8.61% -49.11% -22.20%
75th Percentile £23.56 £50.25 -
90th Percentile £24.49 £66.88 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £40.00 £26.97
% change year-on-year -40.44% +48.31% +4.90%

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 1,094 612 1,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 48.82% 63.62% 61.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 335 427
10th Percentile £191 £202 £244
25th Percentile £325 £356 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £669 £688 £664
England median daily rate £508 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.24% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 106 457
10th Percentile £13.72 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.19 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £20.09 £31.21 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -35.63% -18.13% +81.52%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £76.88 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.50 £27.50 £30.27
% change year-on-year +10.89% -9.14% -6.59%

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 May 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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +4 63 £625 +8.70% 74
Bedfordshire 0 52 £513 -11.64% 34
Essex +6 41 £450 -3.74% 43
Cambridgeshire +12 32 £537 +4.78% 40
Norfolk -19 7 £625 +13.64% 19
Suffolk -3 6 £480 -7.51% 13
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 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (10.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.98%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.99%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 24 (11.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (4.48%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (2.99%) Sage X3
4 5 (2.49%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.49%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (1.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (1.00%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (1.00%) SAP CO
6 2 (1.00%) SAP FI
6 2 (1.00%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.50%) assyst
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.50%) Primavera
7 1 (0.50%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.46%) GCP
2 16 (7.96%) Azure
3 15 (7.46%) AWS
4 12 (5.97%) Power Platform
4 12 (5.97%) SaaS
5 9 (4.48%) OCI
6 8 (3.98%) GitHub
7 7 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.49%) Azure AI
8 5 (2.49%) Copilot Studio
8 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.49%) PaaS
9 3 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (1.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (1.00%) Serverless
10 2 (1.00%) Veeva
11 1 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.49%) VPN
2 2 (1.00%) Firewall
3 1 (0.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.97%) Power BI
2 9 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (4.48%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (2.99%) Power Query
3 6 (2.99%) ZAP BI
4 5 (2.49%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.49%) SAP Data Services
5 3 (1.49%) Tableau
6 2 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.00%) Metadata
6 2 (1.00%) QlikView
7 1 (0.50%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.48%) Git
1 7 (3.48%) JUnit
1 7 (3.48%) SonarQube
2 5 (2.49%) IntelliJ
3 4 (1.99%) JIRA
4 2 (1.00%) Hudson
4 2 (1.00%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.50%) GitLab
5 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
General
1 80 (39.80%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.94%) Manufacturing
3 16 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (7.96%) Public Sector
4 15 (7.46%) Marketing
5 11 (5.47%) Telecoms
6 10 (4.98%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (4.48%) Electronics
7 9 (4.48%) Retail
8 8 (3.98%) Banking
9 7 (3.48%) Local Government
9 7 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.99%) Aviation
10 6 (2.99%) Billing
10 6 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.49%) Back Office
13 3 (1.49%) General Ledger
14 2 (1.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 24 (11.94%) Architect
2 21 (10.45%) Consultant
2 21 (10.45%) Project Manager
3 18 (8.96%) Lead
3 18 (8.96%) Senior
4 17 (8.46%) Developer
5 16 (7.96%) Analyst
6 14 (6.97%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (3.98%) Administrator
7 8 (3.98%) Business Analyst
8 7 (3.48%) Accountant
8 7 (3.48%) Coordinator
8 7 (3.48%) Data Consultant
8 7 (3.48%) Data Migration Consultant
8 7 (3.48%) Migration Consultant
8 7 (3.48%) Senior Manager
8 7 (3.48%) Senior Project Manager
9 6 (2.99%) Financial Controller
9 6 (2.99%) Power BI Developer
9 6 (2.99%) SQL BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.98%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (3.98%) REST
3 7 (3.48%) Spring
3 7 (3.48%) Spring Boot
4 5 (2.49%) PyTorch
4 5 (2.49%) scikit-learn
4 5 (2.49%) TensorFlow
5 3 (1.49%) Node.js
6 2 (1.00%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (1.00%) React
7 1 (0.50%) .NET
7 1 (0.50%) CSS
7 1 (0.50%) HTML
7 1 (0.50%) Playwright
7 1 (0.50%) SOAP
7 1 (0.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.97%) Cloud Native
2 5 (2.49%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.49%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.00%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.00%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.50%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.50%) CMDB
6 1 (0.50%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.50%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.50%) FMCG
6 1 (0.50%) Life Science
6 1 (0.50%) PMI
6 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.50%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.99%) Windows 10
2 3 (1.49%) Windows
3 1 (0.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (22.39%) ERP
2 38 (18.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (18.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 32 (15.92%) Migration
5 28 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (13.43%) Analytics
7 23 (11.44%) Business Intelligence
8 20 (9.95%) CI/CD
8 20 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (9.45%) Agile
10 17 (8.46%) DevOps
11 16 (7.96%) Decision-Making
11 16 (7.96%) Process Improvement
11 16 (7.96%) Validation
12 15 (7.46%) Change Management
12 15 (7.46%) Data Migration
12 15 (7.46%) Project Management
13 14 (6.97%) User Acceptance Testing
14 13 (6.47%) Programme Management
15 12 (5.97%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.45%) SQL
2 13 (6.47%) Python
3 8 (3.98%) Java
4 6 (2.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (2.99%) VBA
5 3 (1.49%) Go
6 2 (1.00%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.00%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.50%) Bash
7 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (8.46%) Degree
2 14 (6.97%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.47%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.98%) ACCA
4 8 (3.98%) CIMA
5 4 (1.99%) CFA
5 4 (1.99%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.49%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.00%) PMP
8 1 (0.50%) CCAB
8 1 (0.50%) CCSP
8 1 (0.50%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.50%) CISM
8 1 (0.50%) CISSP
8 1 (0.50%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.50%) MBA
8 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.97%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.98%) GDPR
3 8 (3.98%) SLA
4 7 (3.48%) QA
5 6 (2.99%) PMO
6 5 (2.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.49%) NIST
8 2 (1.00%) ITGC
9 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.50%) GMP
9 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.49%) Docker
2 2 (1.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.99%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.49%) Terraform
3 2 (1.00%) Ansible
4 1 (0.50%) Argo
4 1 (0.50%) vRealize
Vendors
1 54 (26.87%) SAP
2 36 (17.91%) Oracle
3 31 (15.42%) Microsoft
4 15 (7.46%) Google
5 9 (4.48%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.48%) Ariba
6 7 (3.48%) Checkmarx
7 6 (2.99%) Sage
7 6 (2.99%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.49%) Dell
8 5 (2.49%) Foundry
8 5 (2.49%) IBM
8 5 (2.49%) IFS
8 5 (2.49%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.99%) HP
10 2 (1.00%) VMware
11 1 (0.50%) Cadence
11 1 (0.50%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.50%) Forcepoint
11 1 (0.50%) Informatica