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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +5
Contract jobs citing Finance 200 130 233
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 9.58% 13.77% 12.28%
As % of the General category 18.42% 21.78% 20.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 81 116
10th Percentile £352 £400 £256
25th Percentile £425 £500 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £628 £700 £621
90th Percentile £688 £750 £750
England median daily rate £535 £580 £588
% change year-on-year -7.76% -1.28% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 5 67
10th Percentile £14.89 £17.40 £20.60
25th Percentile £16.75 £17.80 -
Median hourly rate £20.69 £21.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -44.91% -22.20%
75th Percentile £23.61 £60.00 -
90th Percentile £24.44 £68.25 £47.70
England median hourly rate £23.83 £47.79 £27.00
% change year-on-year -50.14% +76.99% -19.13%

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 1,086 597 1,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 52.04% 63.24% 61.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 326 495
10th Percentile £191 £211 £250
25th Percentile £325 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £691 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 100 414
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.97 £19.16 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £46.81 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -57.27% +22.80% +81.52%
75th Percentile £55.00 £69.06 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £29.04 £27.50
% change year-on-year -5.29% +5.58% -21.43%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 68 £600 +4.39% 81
Bedfordshire -3 42 £516 -10.99% 18
Essex +5 41 £450 -1.91% 69
Cambridgeshire +6 35 £509 +3.09% 54
Norfolk -20 8 £625 +13.64% 23
Suffolk +2 6 £480 -24.41% 22
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 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (11.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.50%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 28 (14.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.50%) SAP FI
3 6 (3.00%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 6 (3.00%) Sage X3
3 6 (3.00%) SAP MM
4 5 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (2.50%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 4 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (1.50%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (1.50%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (1.00%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.50%) assyst
8 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.50%) Primavera
8 1 (0.50%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.00%) Azure
2 18 (9.00%) Power Platform
3 17 (8.50%) GCP
4 16 (8.00%) AWS
5 11 (5.50%) SaaS
6 9 (4.50%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (4.50%) OCI
7 8 (4.00%) Azure AI
7 8 (4.00%) Copilot Studio
7 8 (4.00%) GitHub
7 8 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.50%) PaaS
9 4 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.50%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.00%) Serverless
11 2 (1.00%) Veeva
12 1 (0.50%) dbt
12 1 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.00%) VPN
2 1 (0.50%) Firewall
2 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.50%) WAN
2 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.00%) Power BI
2 9 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (4.50%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (4.00%) NoSQL
4 6 (3.00%) Metadata
4 6 (3.00%) Power Query
4 6 (3.00%) ZAP BI
5 5 (2.50%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (1.50%) Tableau
7 2 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (1.00%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (1.00%) QlikView
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.50%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.50%) Git
1 7 (3.50%) JUnit
1 7 (3.50%) SonarQube
2 5 (2.50%) IntelliJ
2 5 (2.50%) JIRA
3 2 (1.00%) GitLab
3 2 (1.00%) Hudson
3 2 (1.00%) Jenkins
General
1 84 (42.00%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.00%) Manufacturing
3 25 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 21 (10.50%) Marketing
5 18 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (9.00%) Telecoms
6 16 (8.00%) Electronics
7 10 (5.00%) Banking
8 9 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (3.00%) Aviation
10 6 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (3.00%) Retail
11 4 (2.00%) Billing
11 4 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.00%) Local Government
11 4 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.50%) Automotive
12 3 (1.50%) Back Office
13 2 (1.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (13.50%) Consultant
2 20 (10.00%) Architect
2 20 (10.00%) Lead
3 18 (9.00%) Project Manager
4 16 (8.00%) Analyst
4 16 (8.00%) Developer
4 16 (8.00%) Senior
5 14 (7.00%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (5.50%) SAP Consultant
7 9 (4.50%) Accountant
8 8 (4.00%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.50%) Administrator
9 7 (3.50%) Migration Engineer
9 7 (3.50%) Systems Accountant
10 6 (3.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 6 (3.00%) Data Consultant
10 6 (3.00%) Oracle Consultant
10 6 (3.00%) Report Developer
10 6 (3.00%) Senior Project Manager
10 6 (3.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (5.00%) REST
3 8 (4.00%) PyTorch
3 8 (4.00%) scikit-learn
3 8 (4.00%) TensorFlow
4 7 (3.50%) Spring
4 7 (3.50%) Spring Boot
5 6 (3.00%) SAP Basis
5 6 (3.00%) SAP Business Workflow
5 6 (3.00%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (1.50%) Node.js
7 2 (1.00%) React
7 2 (1.00%) SOAP
8 1 (0.50%) .NET
8 1 (0.50%) CSS
8 1 (0.50%) HTML
8 1 (0.50%) Middleware
8 1 (0.50%) Playwright
8 1 (0.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.00%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.50%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.00%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.00%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.00%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.00%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.50%) CMDB
7 1 (0.50%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.50%) FMCG
7 1 (0.50%) NHS
7 1 (0.50%) PMI
7 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.50%) Windows 10
2 3 (1.50%) Windows
3 1 (0.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (19.00%) Analytics
1 38 (19.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 36 (18.00%) Business Intelligence
3 34 (17.00%) ERP
4 32 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 31 (15.50%) Migration
6 23 (11.50%) CI/CD
6 23 (11.50%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (10.50%) Agile
8 20 (10.00%) DevOps
8 20 (10.00%) Validation
8 20 (10.00%) Workflow
9 19 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (8.50%) Programme Management
11 16 (8.00%) Digital Marketing
11 16 (8.00%) ITSM
11 16 (8.00%) Logistics
12 15 (7.50%) Change Management
12 15 (7.50%) Process Improvement
13 14 (7.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.00%) SQL
2 15 (7.50%) Python
3 7 (3.50%) Java
4 6 (3.00%) ABAP
4 6 (3.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (3.00%) VBA
5 3 (1.50%) Go
6 2 (1.00%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.50%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (9.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.50%) Degree
3 15 (7.50%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.00%) ACCA
4 10 (5.00%) CIMA
5 5 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.00%) CFA
6 4 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.00%) PMP
9 1 (0.50%) CCAB
9 1 (0.50%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.50%) MBA
9 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.50%) PgMP
9 1 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.50%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.50%) SLA
3 8 (4.00%) QA
4 6 (3.00%) GDPR
5 5 (2.50%) PMO
5 5 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.00%) NIST
7 1 (0.50%) GMP
7 1 (0.50%) ITGC
7 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (4.00%) Docker
2 2 (1.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (4.50%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.50%) Terraform
3 2 (1.00%) Ansible
4 1 (0.50%) Argo
4 1 (0.50%) vRealize
Vendors
1 63 (31.50%) SAP
2 34 (17.00%) Microsoft
3 29 (14.50%) Oracle
4 17 (8.50%) ServiceNow
5 16 (8.00%) Google
6 8 (4.00%) Foundry
6 8 (4.00%) OpenAI
7 7 (3.50%) Checkmarx
8 6 (3.00%) Ariba
8 6 (3.00%) Dell
8 6 (3.00%) OpenText
8 6 (3.00%) Sage
9 5 (2.50%) HP
9 5 (2.50%) IBM
9 5 (2.50%) IFS
10 3 (1.50%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.00%) VMware
12 1 (0.50%) Cadence
12 1 (0.50%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.50%) Forcepoint