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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +6
Contract jobs citing Finance 342 179 196
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 17.62% 18.27% 14.34%
As % of the General category 32.82% 30.86% 27.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 130 146
10th Percentile £325 £350 £265
25th Percentile £379 £395 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £584
90th Percentile £675 £726 £681
North West median daily rate £490 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +8.89% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 10
10th Percentile - £35.66 £13.31
25th Percentile £43.96 £53.24 £13.52
Median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £15.16
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +295.91% -8.15%
75th Percentile £72.06 £66.25 £37.81
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.00 £71.08
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £50.99 £34.21
% change year-on-year -13.78% +49.04% +102.91%

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 1,042 580 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 53.68% 59.18% 51.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 381 438
10th Percentile £275 £263 £313
25th Percentile £390 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
North West median daily rate £481 £455 £493
% change year-on-year +5.77% -7.76% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 43 54
10th Percentile £19.08 - £13.27
25th Percentile £28.23 £13.00 £15.74
Median hourly rate £41.06 £20.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +105.28% -20.79% +42.66%
75th Percentile £74.75 £60.00 £44.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.50 £62.50
North West median hourly rate £36.00 £28.75 £23.50
% change year-on-year +25.22% +22.34% +4.31%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 July 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 - 2 £513 - 1
Salford +3 1 - - 9
Bury -6 1 - -
Altrincham - 1 - - 4
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 14 (4.09%) Confluence
2 8 (2.34%) CICS
3 3 (0.88%) Apache
3 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.88%) SAS
3 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.58%) IIS
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
Applications
1 22 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.29%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 22 (6.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.17%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.88%) Adobe Campaign
3 3 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.88%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.58%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (0.29%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.29%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.74%) AWS
2 41 (11.99%) Azure
3 19 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 12 (3.51%) GCP
5 7 (2.05%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.05%) SaaS
5 7 (2.05%) Serverless
6 6 (1.75%) Snowflake
7 5 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.46%) dbt
7 5 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.17%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (0.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (0.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.58%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.58%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (0.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.26%) Firewall
2 10 (2.92%) DNS
3 8 (2.34%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.05%) SSL
5 3 (0.88%) Network Security
6 2 (0.58%) BGP
6 2 (0.58%) DHCP
6 2 (0.58%) LAN
6 2 (0.58%) VSAN
6 2 (0.58%) WAN
6 2 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.29%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.29%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.29%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.29%) MPLS
7 1 (0.29%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.26%) Power BI
2 17 (4.97%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (3.80%) SQL Server
4 12 (3.51%) DataStage
5 11 (3.22%) Relational Database
6 9 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (2.34%) Data Lake
8 7 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.75%) Metadata
9 6 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
9 6 (1.75%) Tableau
10 5 (1.46%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (1.46%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.17%) Db2
11 4 (1.17%) Looker
11 4 (1.17%) Semantic Layer
11 4 (1.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.26%) JIRA
2 10 (2.92%) Git
3 7 (2.05%) Cucumber
3 7 (2.05%) Selenium
4 4 (1.17%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.88%) JUnit
5 3 (0.88%) Postman
5 3 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.58%) Hudson
6 2 (0.58%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.29%) GitLab
7 1 (0.29%) Gradle
General
1 107 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 50 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (14.33%) Banking
4 20 (5.85%) Legal
5 17 (4.97%) Influencing Skills
5 17 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (4.97%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.68%) Retail
7 11 (3.22%) Marketing
8 8 (2.34%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.46%) Military
11 4 (1.17%) Automotive
11 4 (1.17%) Billing
12 3 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.88%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.58%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.58%) Local Government
13 2 (0.58%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (14.04%) Analyst
2 35 (10.23%) Architect
3 29 (8.48%) Accountant
4 28 (8.19%) Senior
5 22 (6.43%) Project Manager
6 21 (6.14%) Consultant
6 21 (6.14%) Lead
7 20 (5.85%) Developer
8 19 (5.56%) Systems Accountant
9 16 (4.68%) Business Analyst
10 14 (4.09%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (3.51%) Designer
12 10 (2.92%) Infrastructure Designer
12 10 (2.92%) Management Accountant
12 10 (2.92%) Senior Manager
12 10 (2.92%) Systems Analyst
13 9 (2.63%) DBA
14 8 (2.34%) Data Analyst
14 8 (2.34%) Programme Manager
15 7 (2.05%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.51%) Middleware
2 10 (2.92%) Spring
2 10 (2.92%) Spring Boot
3 9 (2.63%) REST
4 7 (2.05%) Kafka
4 7 (2.05%) PySpark
5 6 (1.75%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.75%) LDAP
6 5 (1.46%) AWS CDK
6 5 (1.46%) JSON
6 5 (1.46%) Node.js
6 5 (1.46%) React
6 5 (1.46%) XML
7 4 (1.17%) Gherkin
7 4 (1.17%) ISPF
7 4 (1.17%) OAuth
7 4 (1.17%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.17%) Playwright
7 4 (1.17%) Web Services
8 3 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (4.39%) Mainframe
2 15 (4.39%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.09%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.22%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.22%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.92%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.92%) Security Posture
6 9 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.34%) BYOD
7 8 (2.34%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.34%) VSAM
8 7 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.05%) Virtual Team
8 7 (2.05%) Web Conferencing
9 6 (1.75%) Clustering
9 6 (1.75%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.75%) Podcast
10 5 (1.46%) Credit Risk
10 5 (1.46%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.56%) Linux
1 19 (5.56%) Unix
2 15 (4.39%) Solaris
3 11 (3.22%) Windows
4 9 (2.63%) AIX
5 4 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.17%) zOS
6 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.29%) HPUX
7 1 (0.29%) MVS
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.29%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (19.88%) Agile
1 68 (19.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (15.79%) Migration
3 41 (11.99%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 36 (10.53%) Project Management
6 35 (10.23%) Roadmaps
7 34 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (9.65%) CI/CD
8 33 (9.65%) Data Modelling
8 33 (9.65%) ERP
9 32 (9.36%) DevOps
9 32 (9.36%) Validation
10 31 (9.06%) Decision-Making
11 28 (8.19%) Analytics
11 28 (8.19%) Change Management
11 28 (8.19%) Process Improvement
12 27 (7.89%) AI
12 27 (7.89%) Data Pipeline
13 23 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 55 (16.08%) SQL
2 28 (8.19%) Java
3 24 (7.02%) Python
4 10 (2.92%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.34%) COBOL
6 6 (1.75%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.17%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.17%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.88%) Bash
8 3 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.88%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.88%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.58%) BeanShell
9 2 (0.58%) Bicep
9 2 (0.58%) C#
9 2 (0.58%) Scala
9 2 (0.58%) VBA
10 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 21 (6.14%) Degree
2 16 (4.68%) ACCA
2 16 (4.68%) CIMA
3 14 (4.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (3.22%) CIPFA
4 11 (3.22%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.63%) CISSP
6 6 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (1.75%) PMP
7 5 (1.46%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.46%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.17%) MCSA
8 4 (1.17%) MCSE
9 3 (0.88%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.88%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.58%) CCNA
10 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.58%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.36%) Data Quality
2 18 (5.26%) GDPR
3 14 (4.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 12 (3.51%) PMO
5 8 (2.34%) QA
6 3 (0.88%) GAAP
7 2 (0.58%) GRC
7 2 (0.58%) IFRS
7 2 (0.58%) SLA
7 2 (0.58%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.29%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (3.51%) Active Directory
1 12 (3.51%) Docker
2 6 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.17%) RACF
4 2 (0.58%) GPFS
4 2 (0.58%) NFS
4 2 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.58%) vSphere
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (4.97%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.22%) Terraform
3 4 (1.17%) CASB
3 4 (1.17%) Nessus
3 4 (1.17%) OMEGAMON
3 4 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.88%) Grafana
4 3 (0.88%) Istio
4 3 (0.88%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.88%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.58%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.58%) SCCM
5 2 (0.58%) vRealize
5 2 (0.58%) VxRail
6 1 (0.29%) Ansible
Vendors
1 48 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 37 (10.82%) SAP
3 20 (5.85%) Oracle
4 18 (5.26%) IBM
5 16 (4.68%) ServiceNow
6 14 (4.09%) Databricks
7 11 (3.22%) Sage
7 11 (3.22%) VMware
8 6 (1.75%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.46%) Adobe
9 5 (1.46%) Google
9 5 (1.46%) Remedy
9 5 (1.46%) Splunk
9 5 (1.46%) Tenable
10 4 (1.17%) Cisco
10 4 (1.17%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.17%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.17%) Teradata
11 3 (0.88%) HP
11 3 (0.88%) Infoblox