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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +6
Contract jobs citing Finance 344 184 207
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 17.12% 18.33% 17.56%
As % of the General category 32.12% 29.53% 30.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 135 132
10th Percentile £310 £314 £351
25th Percentile £400 £375 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £509
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -11.63% -7.41%
75th Percentile £600 £592 £606
90th Percentile £694 £715 £717
North West median daily rate £509 £450 £508
% change year-on-year +13.00% -11.33% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 2
10th Percentile - £18.27 £43.45
25th Percentile - £23.08 £46.75
Median hourly rate £43.96 £50.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% -8.26% +230.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.62 £63.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £73.75 £67.15
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £29.27 £39.75
% change year-on-year +50.19% -26.36% +140.91%

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 1,071 623 688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 53.31% 62.05% 58.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 408 383
10th Percentile £300 £275 £294
25th Percentile £406 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £489
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.98% -2.20%
75th Percentile £600 £576 £586
90th Percentile £725 £657 £681
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 52 26
10th Percentile £18.54 £13.00 £15.96
25th Percentile £28.23 £16.93 £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.57 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +77.27% -33.14% +90.46%
75th Percentile £74.00 £35.50 £55.38
90th Percentile £78.50 £64.88 £65.00
North West median hourly rate £35.05 £24.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +43.07% -30.00% +65.25%

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 8 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.

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 8 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 8 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
Bury -12 1 - - 3
Salford - 1 - - 17
Altrincham - 1 - - 6
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 16 (4.65%) Confluence
2 6 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.45%) SAS
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.29%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.29%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 28 (8.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.74%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.87%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.87%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 3 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.87%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.58%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.58%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.29%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.29%) SAP FI-AP
6 1 (0.29%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 53 (15.41%) AWS
1 53 (15.41%) Azure
2 27 (7.85%) GCP
3 19 (5.52%) Power Platform
4 12 (3.49%) Entra ID
5 11 (3.20%) SaaS
6 9 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.03%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.74%) GitHub
10 5 (1.45%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.45%) dbt
10 5 (1.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 5 (1.45%) IaaS
11 4 (1.16%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.94%) Firewall
2 12 (3.49%) Network Security
3 5 (1.45%) DNS
4 4 (1.16%) BIG-IP
4 4 (1.16%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 4 (1.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 4 (1.16%) SSL
5 3 (0.87%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.87%) VPN
6 2 (0.58%) BGP
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.29%) DHCP
7 1 (0.29%) LAN
7 1 (0.29%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.29%) VSAN
7 1 (0.29%) WAN
7 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.23%) Power BI
2 17 (4.94%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.62%) Relational Database
3 9 (2.62%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.33%) Data Lake
4 8 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (1.74%) DataStage
5 6 (1.74%) Db2
5 6 (1.74%) Snowflake Schema
6 5 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.45%) Tableau
7 4 (1.16%) Delta Lake
7 4 (1.16%) Looker
7 4 (1.16%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.87%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.58%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.58%) Metadata
9 2 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 18 (5.23%) JIRA
2 11 (3.20%) Git
3 10 (2.91%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.16%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.16%) Selenium
5 3 (0.87%) JUnit
5 3 (0.87%) Postman
5 3 (0.87%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.58%) GitLab
6 2 (0.58%) Hudson
6 2 (0.58%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.58%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.29%) Gradle
7 1 (0.29%) JMeter
7 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 131 (38.08%) Social Skills
2 66 (19.19%) Banking
3 45 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.43%) Retail
5 23 (6.69%) Legal
6 19 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.49%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.49%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.20%) Marketing
9 10 (2.91%) Billing
9 10 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.74%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.74%) Military
12 4 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.16%) Retail Banking
13 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.58%) Automotive
14 2 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (11.92%) Analyst
2 37 (10.76%) Architect
3 31 (9.01%) Consultant
4 23 (6.69%) Project Manager
4 23 (6.69%) Senior
5 18 (5.23%) Business Analyst
6 17 (4.94%) Accountant
7 16 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (4.36%) Finance Manager
9 14 (4.07%) Developer
10 13 (3.78%) Lead
11 12 (3.49%) Security Engineer
12 10 (2.91%) IT Manager
12 10 (2.91%) Management Accountant
12 10 (2.91%) Technical Consultant
13 9 (2.62%) Data Engineer
13 9 (2.62%) IT Project Manager
14 8 (2.33%) Data Analyst
14 8 (2.33%) Data Consultant
14 8 (2.33%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.36%) Terraform
2 13 (3.78%) REST
3 12 (3.49%) SAML
4 10 (2.91%) Spring
4 10 (2.91%) Spring Boot
5 8 (2.33%) Kafka
6 7 (2.03%) AngularJS
6 7 (2.03%) React
7 6 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.45%) Middleware
8 5 (1.45%) PySpark
9 4 (1.16%) ISPF
9 4 (1.16%) Jakarta EE
9 4 (1.16%) Node.js
9 4 (1.16%) OAuth
9 4 (1.16%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.87%) Pandas
10 3 (0.87%) RESTful
10 3 (0.87%) Web Services
10 3 (0.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.10%) Onboarding
1 21 (6.10%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.23%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (4.07%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (3.78%) Credit Risk
5 13 (3.78%) Virtual Team
6 12 (3.49%) Web Conferencing
7 11 (3.20%) CMDB
8 10 (2.91%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.91%) Podcast
8 10 (2.91%) Public Cloud
9 9 (2.62%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.33%) AI Agents
11 7 (2.03%) Clustering
11 7 (2.03%) Data Centre
11 7 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (2.03%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.74%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.74%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.91%) Linux
1 10 (2.91%) Windows
2 8 (2.33%) Unix
3 7 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (2.03%) Solaris
4 4 (1.16%) zOS
5 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.29%) AIX
6 1 (0.29%) HPUX
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.29%) SUSE
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (28.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 81 (23.55%) Agile
3 64 (18.60%) Migration
4 42 (12.21%) ERP
5 40 (11.63%) AI
5 40 (11.63%) CI/CD
5 40 (11.63%) Data Modelling
6 39 (11.34%) Change Management
7 38 (11.05%) Analytics
8 35 (10.17%) DevOps
8 35 (10.17%) Roadmaps
9 33 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (8.72%) Project Management
11 28 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (8.14%) Data Migration
11 28 (8.14%) Validation
12 27 (7.85%) Data Pipeline
13 26 (7.56%) Business Intelligence
13 26 (7.56%) Decision-Making
13 26 (7.56%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 51 (14.83%) SQL
2 36 (10.47%) Python
3 28 (8.14%) Java
4 13 (3.78%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.33%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.74%) Bash
6 6 (1.74%) Bicep
6 6 (1.74%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.45%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.16%) ActionScript
8 4 (1.16%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.87%) Search Processing Language
9 3 (0.87%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.58%) Scala
11 1 (0.29%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.29%) R
11 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (6.10%) Degree
2 20 (5.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (3.78%) CISSP
4 11 (3.20%) ACCA
4 11 (3.20%) CIMA
4 11 (3.20%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.03%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.03%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.45%) CIPFA
7 4 (1.16%) PMP
7 4 (1.16%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.87%) CCNP
8 3 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.87%) GCIH
8 3 (0.87%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.58%) CCIE
9 2 (0.58%) CCIE Security
9 2 (0.58%) CCSP
9 2 (0.58%) GCFA
9 2 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.21%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.78%) GDPR
3 12 (3.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (2.91%) PMO
4 10 (2.91%) QA
5 5 (1.45%) GRC
5 5 (1.45%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.16%) NIST
7 3 (0.87%) GAAP
7 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.58%) FATCA
8 2 (0.58%) IFRS
9 1 (0.29%) COBIT
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.29%) ITGC
9 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.29%) SEPA
9 1 (0.29%) SLA
9 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (3.78%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.91%) Docker
3 4 (1.16%) RACF
4 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.29%) GPFS
5 1 (0.29%) NFS
5 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (5.81%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.07%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.03%) Progress Chef
4 4 (1.16%) Grafana
4 4 (1.16%) Istio
4 4 (1.16%) OMEGAMON
5 3 (0.87%) Ansible
5 3 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.58%) CASB
6 2 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.29%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.29%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.29%) SCCM
7 1 (0.29%) vRealize
7 1 (0.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 49 (14.24%) Microsoft
2 45 (13.08%) SAP
3 23 (6.69%) Oracle
4 21 (6.10%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.07%) IBM
6 13 (3.78%) Databricks
7 10 (2.91%) BeyondTrust
7 10 (2.91%) Google
8 8 (2.33%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.03%) F5
9 7 (2.03%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.74%) Adobe
10 6 (1.74%) Splunk
10 6 (1.74%) Teradata
11 5 (1.45%) Ariba
11 5 (1.45%) Sage
12 4 (1.16%) Cisco
13 3 (0.87%) AlgoSec
13 3 (0.87%) AppDynamics
14 2 (0.58%) DocuSign