Finance Contracts in Lancashire

Financial
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 21 14
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 +9
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Finance 22 7 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 11.11% 3.38% 11.41%
As % of the General category 22.92% 7.14% 20.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 19
10th Percentile £168 £200 £443
25th Percentile £400 £259 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £634
90th Percentile £536 £575 £645
North West median daily rate £455 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -13.43% -3.23% +5.85%

All General Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 96 98 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 48.48% 47.34% 54.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 33 92
10th Percentile £153 £259 £330
25th Percentile £395 £325 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £581 £600 £634
90th Percentile £630 £750 £699
North West median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.10% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 36 24
10th Percentile £26.88 £16.06 £16.70
25th Percentile £37.91 £17.52 £23.15
Median hourly rate £55.20 £32.90 £47.19
Median % change year-on-year +67.81% -30.29% +53.48%
75th Percentile £63.40 £43.10 £58.62
90th Percentile £76.66 £44.64 £76.91
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £34.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -15.44% +30.77% +29.16%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Lancashire

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Lancashire over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Lancashire

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Finance

Finance
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston +1 8 £425 +39.34% 24
Blackburn 0 3 £488 -13.33% 12
Blackpool -1 1 - - 9
Finance
North West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (4.55%) SAP BPC
2 1 (4.55%) SAP CO
2 1 (4.55%) SAP FI
2 1 (4.55%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (4.55%) AWS
4 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.55%) SaaS
4 1 (4.55%) Snowflake
4 1 (4.55%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Power BI
2 2 (9.09%) Data Lake
2 2 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.55%) DB2
3 1 (4.55%) IMS/DB
3 1 (4.55%) SAP BW
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) General Ledger
3 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.09%) Retail
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Accountant
1 6 (27.27%) Assistant Accountant
1 6 (27.27%) Project Accountant
2 5 (22.73%) Senior
3 4 (18.18%) Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Senior Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Business Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
5 2 (9.09%) IT Technician
5 2 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Senior IT Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Senior IT Technician
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Technician
6 1 (4.55%) Power BI Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) Power BI Developer
6 1 (4.55%) SAP Financial Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
1 1 (4.55%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) CMDB
1 2 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.55%) FMCG
2 1 (4.55%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.55%) NHS
2 1 (4.55%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Agile
1 6 (27.27%) Deadline-Driven
1 6 (27.27%) Process Improvement
2 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (13.64%) Migration
4 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (9.09%) Analytics
5 2 (9.09%) Configuration Management
5 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (9.09%) Data Governance
5 2 (9.09%) Data Mapping
5 2 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (9.09%) DevOps
5 2 (9.09%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (9.09%) Scrum
5 2 (9.09%) Validation
5 2 (9.09%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) JCL
2 1 (4.55%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
2 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) ACCA
3 1 (4.55%) CIMA
3 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) Ariba
3 1 (4.55%) IBM
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) Syncsort