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

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	2	2	2
Rank change year-on-year	0	0	+7
Contract jobs citing Finance	358	190	208
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester	17.42%	18.43%	17.92%
As % of the General category	32.40%	29.50%	30.06%
Number of daily rates quoted	198	141	135
10^th Percentile	£312	£311	£360
25^th Percentile	£401	£369	£438
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£496	£450	£511
Median % change year-on-year	+10.22%	-11.94%	-7.09%
75^th Percentile	£600	£575	£609
90^th Percentile	£696	£700	£711
North West median daily rate	£500	£450	£508
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-11.33%	-3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	26	9	2
10^th Percentile	£16.02	£18.86	£43.45
25^th Percentile	-	£19.75	£46.75
Median hourly rate	£43.96	£28.43	£54.50
Median % change year-on-year	+54.63%	-47.83%	+230.30%
75^th Percentile	£50.00	£55.49	£63.25
90^th Percentile	£75.50	£73.75	£67.15
North West median hourly rate	£43.96	£28.85	£37.00
% change year-on-year	+52.37%	-22.03%	+124.24%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills	1,105	644	692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester	53.77%	62.46%	59.60%
Number of daily rates quoted	637	426	389
10^th Percentile	£309	£289	£294
25^th Percentile	£408	£392	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£450	£477
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-5.66%	-4.60%
75^th Percentile	£600	£575	£575
90^th Percentile	£738	£656	£675
North West median daily rate	£500	£450	£483
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-6.74%	-3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted	138	55	26
10^th Percentile	£16.76	£13.20	£16.39
25^th Percentile	£28.23	£17.30	£22.28
Median hourly rate	£40.53	£22.50	£33.75
Median % change year-on-year	+80.12%	-33.33%	+82.43%
75^th Percentile	£73.94	£35.50	£55.38
90^th Percentile	£78.75	£64.50	£65.00
North West median hourly rate	£35.50	£23.57	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+50.65%	-32.67%	+55.35%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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 17 October 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.

Finance Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Manchester over the 6 months to 17 October 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 17 October 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
Salford	-	3	-	-	16
Altrincham	-	1	-	-	5
Finance North West

Finance Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Finance also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Finance.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	30.4%	109
2	Agile	23.5%	84
3	Migration	17.9%	64
4	Azure	15.4%	55
5	AWS	14.5%	52
6	SQL	14.2%	51
7	AI	13.1%	47
7	CI/CD	13.1%	47
9	Python	12.8%	46
10	Microsoft	12.6%	45
10	SAP	12.6%	45
12	ERP	12.3%	44
13	Data Quality	11.7%	42
14	Analytics	11.5%	41
14	Change Management	11.5%	41
16	Data Modelling	10.9%	39
17	DevOps	10.3%	37
18	Roadmaps	10.1%	36
19	Problem-Solving	9.8%	35
20	Validation	9.2%	33
21	Data Migration	8.1%	29
21	Project Management	8.1%	29
23	Continuous Improvement	7.8%	28
23	Java	7.8%	28
23	SAP S/4HANA	7.8%	28
26	Business Intelligence	7.5%	27
26	Decision-Making	7.5%	27
26	GCP	7.5%	27
26	Scrum	7.5%	27
30	Data Pipeline	7.3%	26

Finance Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	38.5%	138
2	Banking	20.4%	73
3	Analytical Skills	12.8%	46
4	Retail	8.1%	29
5	Legal	6.4%	23
6	Organisational Skills	5.9%	21
7	Public Sector	3.9%	14
8	Manufacturing	3.6%	13
9	Billing	3.4%	12
10	Documentation Skills	3.1%	11
11	Influencing Skills	2.8%	10
11	Marketing	2.8%	10
13	General Ledger	2.0%	7
13	Military	2.0%	7
15	Retail Banking	1.1%	4
16	Financial Institution	0.8%	3
16	Presentation Skills	0.8%	3
18	Agriculture	0.6%	2
18	Automotive	0.6%	2
18	Games	0.6%	2