Finance Contracts in Macclesfield

Financial
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Macclesfield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 7 12
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 -8
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Finance 17 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 36.96% 20.41% 8.70%
As % of the General category 39.53% 21.74% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 4
10th Percentile £455 £481 -
25th Percentile £489 £504 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -0.88% +115.24%
75th Percentile £580 £671 £650
90th Percentile £610 £700 -
Cheshire median daily rate £448 £509 £575
% change year-on-year -12.04% -11.52% +23.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.38 - -
Median hourly rate £17.75 - -
75th Percentile £18.13 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £15.26 £35.00 £24.27
% change year-on-year -56.41% +44.24% -13.34%

All General Skills
Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 43 46 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 93.48% 93.88% 80.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 34 26
10th Percentile £399 £450 £381
25th Percentile £478 £472 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% +46.15%
75th Percentile £688 £585 £549
90th Percentile £704 - £663
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £500 £534
% change year-on-year -10.60% -6.32% +18.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £17.67 - £11.00
25th Percentile £18.12 - £11.66
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £13.03
75th Percentile - - £14.14
90th Percentile - - £14.66
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -8.57% +14.60% +72.06%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Macclesfield

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Macclesfield citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Macclesfield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Macclesfield over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Macclesfield

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Macclesfield citing Finance

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield 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 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (58.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) Power Platform
2 4 (23.53%) Snowflake
3 3 (17.65%) Anthropic Claude
3 3 (17.65%) AWS
3 3 (17.65%) Azure AI
3 3 (17.65%) GCP
3 3 (17.65%) Google Gemini
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Data Lake
1 4 (23.53%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (23.53%) Power BI
2 3 (17.65%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Git
General
1 11 (64.71%) Pharmaceutical
2 10 (58.82%) Manufacturing
3 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
4 5 (29.41%) Legal
5 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.88%) Electronics
6 1 (5.88%) General Ledger
6 1 (5.88%) Marketing
6 1 (5.88%) Retail
6 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Data Analytics Specialist
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Process Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) SAP Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) SAP Financial Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Business Process Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Data Migration Expert
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (5.88%) IT Technician
4 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) SAP Business Process Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) PyTorch
1 3 (17.65%) Streamlit
1 3 (17.65%) TensorFlow
2 1 (5.88%) OLE
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Life Science
2 3 (17.65%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (29.41%) Inventory Management
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Analytics
3 4 (23.53%) Data Modelling
3 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
3 4 (23.53%) ERP
3 4 (23.53%) Lean Six Sigma
3 4 (23.53%) Logistics
3 4 (23.53%) Process Improvement
3 4 (23.53%) Process Management
3 4 (23.53%) SAP Implementation
3 4 (23.53%) Six Sigma
4 3 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Mathematics
4 3 (17.65%) RDF
4 3 (17.65%) Statistics
4 3 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) Scala
3 1 (5.88%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
1 4 (23.53%) Master's Degree
1 4 (23.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Docker
2 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) SCCM
2 1 (5.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) SAP
2 6 (35.29%) Ariba
3 2 (11.76%) Anaplan
3 2 (11.76%) Hyperion
4 1 (5.88%) Apple
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.88%) Oracle
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow