Finance Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Financial
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 5 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +4
Contract jobs citing Finance 321 144 177
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 17.76% 15.69% 12.16%
As % of the General category 33.37% 26.62% 25.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 104 127
10th Percentile £325 £309 £266
25th Percentile £372 £373 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £449 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.28% -5.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £572 £537 £575
90th Percentile £650 £624 £685
North West median daily rate £465 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 13
10th Percentile £43.96 £53.24 £12.93
25th Percentile £46.25 - £13.31
Median hourly rate £62.25 £60.00 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% +320.61% -9.26%
75th Percentile £75.44 £69.38 £16.41
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.63 £52.00
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £50.99 £20.72
% change year-on-year -13.78% +146.13% -8.06%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 962 541 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 53.24% 58.93% 46.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 353 435
10th Percentile £275 £282 £300
25th Percentile £375 £378 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +4.61% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £575
90th Percentile £636 £665 £654
North West median daily rate £465 £469 £493
% change year-on-year -0.85% -4.87% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 33 62
10th Percentile £18.00 - £12.27
25th Percentile £28.23 £13.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £41.06 £14.40 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +185.10% -39.50% +19.00%
75th Percentile £76.00 £60.00 £34.50
90th Percentile £90.00 £77.00 £59.75
North West median hourly rate £36.51 £28.75 £21.43
% change year-on-year +26.99% +34.16% -7.43%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Finance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Finance job vacancy trend in Manchester

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Manchester

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Finance

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Manchester

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Stockport - 3 £513 - 1
Salford +8 2 - - 15
Altrincham - 1 - - 9
Bury - 1 - - 3
Finance
North West

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 12 (3.74%) Confluence
2 8 (2.49%) CICS
3 3 (0.93%) Apache
3 3 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.62%) IIS
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.62%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 19 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.25%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.31%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 23 (7.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.93%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.62%) Finacle
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.62%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.62%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.62%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.31%) Primavera
4 1 (0.31%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.31%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 44 (13.71%) AWS
2 34 (10.59%) Azure
3 14 (4.36%) Power Platform
4 9 (2.80%) Serverless
5 8 (2.49%) GCP
6 7 (2.18%) SuccessFactors
7 6 (1.87%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.56%) SaaS
9 4 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.93%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.62%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (0.62%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (0.62%) dbt
11 2 (0.62%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 2 (0.62%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (0.62%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.30%) Firewall
2 10 (3.12%) DNS
3 7 (2.18%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.56%) SSL
5 3 (0.93%) Network Security
6 2 (0.62%) DHCP
6 2 (0.62%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.62%) LAN
6 2 (0.62%) MPLS
6 2 (0.62%) VSAN
6 2 (0.62%) WAN
6 2 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.31%) BGP
7 1 (0.31%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.31%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (4.05%) Power BI
3 12 (3.74%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.43%) DataStage
5 10 (3.12%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.87%) Metadata
8 5 (1.56%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.56%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.25%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.93%) Db2
10 3 (0.93%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.93%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.93%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.93%) Tableau
11 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
11 2 (0.62%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 16 (4.98%) JIRA
2 7 (2.18%) Cucumber
3 6 (1.87%) Selenium
4 4 (1.25%) Git
5 3 (0.93%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.62%) Hudson
6 2 (0.62%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.62%) JUnit
6 2 (0.62%) Postman
6 2 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.31%) GitLab
7 1 (0.31%) Gradle
General
1 96 (29.91%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.71%) Banking
3 39 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.61%) Influencing Skills
5 17 (5.30%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.74%) Legal
8 10 (3.12%) Retail
9 7 (2.18%) Marketing
10 5 (1.56%) Military
10 5 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.25%) Billing
11 4 (1.25%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.93%) Automotive
12 3 (0.93%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.93%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.62%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.62%) Law
13 2 (0.62%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (12.77%) Analyst
2 29 (9.03%) Accountant
3 27 (8.41%) Architect
4 23 (7.17%) Senior
5 22 (6.85%) Consultant
5 22 (6.85%) Developer
6 20 (6.23%) Lead
7 19 (5.92%) Systems Accountant
8 18 (5.61%) Project Manager
9 13 (4.05%) Business Analyst
10 12 (3.74%) Designer
11 10 (3.12%) Infrastructure Designer
11 10 (3.12%) Management Accountant
11 10 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.80%) DBA
12 9 (2.80%) Systems Analyst
13 8 (2.49%) Product Manager
13 8 (2.49%) Product Owner
14 7 (2.18%) Java Engineer
14 7 (2.18%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.74%) Middleware
1 12 (3.74%) Spring
1 12 (3.74%) Spring Boot
2 11 (3.43%) REST
3 10 (3.12%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.87%) Kafka
4 6 (1.87%) LDAP
4 6 (1.87%) React
5 5 (1.56%) AWS CDK
5 5 (1.56%) PySpark
5 5 (1.56%) XML
6 4 (1.25%) Gherkin
6 4 (1.25%) JSON
6 4 (1.25%) Node.js
6 4 (1.25%) Playwright
6 4 (1.25%) Web Services
7 3 (0.93%) Great Expectations
7 3 (0.93%) OAuth
7 3 (0.93%) Pandas
7 3 (0.93%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.54%) Product Ownership
2 17 (5.30%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (4.36%) Data Centre
3 14 (4.36%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.05%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.05%) Mainframe
5 11 (3.43%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.80%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.49%) BYOD
7 8 (2.49%) CMDB
7 8 (2.49%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.49%) VSAM
8 5 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.56%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (1.56%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.56%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.25%) Clustering
9 4 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.61%) Linux
1 18 (5.61%) Unix
2 15 (4.67%) Solaris
3 10 (3.12%) Windows
4 9 (2.80%) AIX
5 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.62%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.62%) zOS
7 1 (0.31%) HPUX
7 1 (0.31%) MVS
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.31%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (18.69%) Agile
2 57 (17.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 46 (14.33%) Migration
4 43 (13.40%) Roadmaps
5 37 (11.53%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 30 (9.35%) ERP
7 30 (9.35%) Validation
8 29 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (8.72%) DevOps
10 27 (8.41%) Data Modelling
10 27 (8.41%) Project Management
11 24 (7.48%) CI/CD
12 22 (6.85%) Change Management
12 22 (6.85%) Decision-Making
12 22 (6.85%) Process Improvement
13 20 (6.23%) ITIL
14 18 (5.61%) AI
14 18 (5.61%) Data Pipeline
15 17 (5.30%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.33%) SQL
2 30 (9.35%) Java
3 16 (4.98%) Python
4 9 (2.80%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.49%) COBOL
6 5 (1.56%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.56%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.93%) Kotlin
7 3 (0.93%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.93%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.62%) Bash
8 2 (0.62%) BeanShell
8 2 (0.62%) VBA
9 1 (0.31%) C#
Qualifications
1 19 (5.92%) Degree
2 16 (4.98%) ACCA
2 16 (4.98%) CIMA
3 12 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (3.43%) CIPFA
4 11 (3.43%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.80%) CISSP
6 6 (1.87%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (1.87%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.25%) MCSA
8 4 (1.25%) MCSE
8 4 (1.25%) PMP
9 3 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.93%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.62%) CCNA
10 2 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.62%) CISM
10 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.03%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.67%) GDPR
3 14 (4.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 12 (3.74%) PMO
5 7 (2.18%) QA
6 3 (0.93%) GAAP
7 2 (0.62%) GRC
7 2 (0.62%) IFRS
7 2 (0.62%) SLA
7 2 (0.62%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.31%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.31%) NIST
8 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (3.43%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.12%) Docker
3 6 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.62%) GPFS
4 2 (0.62%) NFS
4 2 (0.62%) RACF
4 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.62%) vSphere
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (4.36%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.87%) Terraform
3 4 (1.25%) CASB
3 4 (1.25%) Nessus
3 4 (1.25%) SCCM
4 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.62%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.62%) Grafana
5 2 (0.62%) Istio
5 2 (0.62%) OMEGAMON
5 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.62%) vRealize
5 2 (0.62%) VxRail
6 1 (0.31%) Ansible
Vendors
1 46 (14.33%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.84%) SAP
3 22 (6.85%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.92%) Oracle
5 15 (4.67%) IBM
6 11 (3.43%) VMware
7 10 (3.12%) Sage
8 7 (2.18%) Databricks
9 5 (1.56%) Remedy
9 5 (1.56%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.56%) Splunk
10 4 (1.25%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.25%) Tenable
11 3 (0.93%) Cisco
11 3 (0.93%) Google
11 3 (0.93%) HP
11 3 (0.93%) Infoblox
11 3 (0.93%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.93%) Teradata
12 2 (0.62%) Adobe