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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing Finance 352 183 181
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 18.00% 18.50% 13.97%
As % of the General category 33.68% 31.61% 27.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 130 133
10th Percentile £330 £348 £303
25th Percentile £381 £400 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.55% -8.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £726 £700
North West median daily rate £492 £450 £508
% change year-on-year +9.33% -11.33% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 9
10th Percentile - £24.53 £13.31
25th Percentile £43.96 £41.54 £13.31
Median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £16.05
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +273.95% -2.76%
75th Percentile £72.06 £63.13 £43.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.38 £72.40
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £50.99 £35.00
% change year-on-year -13.78% +45.67% +109.83%

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 1,045 579 660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 53.43% 58.54% 50.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 371 411
10th Percentile £275 £270 £313
25th Percentile £393 £376 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £592 £588
90th Percentile £652 £700 £688
North West median daily rate £486 £465 £493
% change year-on-year +4.57% -5.68% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 46 44
10th Percentile £18.57 - £13.31
25th Percentile £28.23 £13.00 £15.98
Median hourly rate £40.53 £20.55 £26.76
Median % change year-on-year +97.21% -23.21% +52.22%
75th Percentile £74.75 £58.87 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £73.75 £62.50
North West median hourly rate £36.00 £28.75 £24.15
% change year-on-year +25.22% +19.07% +7.17%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 - 6
Salford +3 1 - - 15
Bury -8 1 - - 1
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 15 (4.26%) Confluence
2 8 (2.27%) CICS
3 5 (1.42%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.85%) Apache
4 3 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.85%) SAS
5 2 (0.57%) IIS
5 2 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
Applications
1 20 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.28%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 23 (6.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.14%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.85%) Adobe Campaign
3 3 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.85%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.57%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.57%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (0.28%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.28%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 50 (14.20%) AWS
2 46 (13.07%) Azure
3 17 (4.83%) Power Platform
4 14 (3.98%) GCP
5 9 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 7 (1.99%) SaaS
6 7 (1.99%) Serverless
7 6 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.70%) Snowflake
8 5 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.42%) dbt
9 4 (1.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 3 (0.85%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.85%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.57%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.40%) Firewall
2 10 (2.84%) DNS
3 8 (2.27%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.99%) SSL
5 3 (0.85%) Network Security
6 2 (0.57%) BGP
6 2 (0.57%) DHCP
6 2 (0.57%) LAN
6 2 (0.57%) VSAN
6 2 (0.57%) WAN
6 2 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.28%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.28%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.28%) MPLS
7 1 (0.28%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.83%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (4.55%) Power BI
3 13 (3.69%) SQL Server
4 12 (3.41%) DataStage
5 11 (3.13%) Relational Database
6 9 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (2.27%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.70%) Metadata
9 6 (1.70%) Snowflake Schema
10 5 (1.42%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (1.42%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.42%) Tableau
11 4 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.14%) Db2
11 4 (1.14%) Looker
11 4 (1.14%) Semantic Layer
11 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (5.40%) JIRA
2 10 (2.84%) Git
3 7 (1.99%) Cucumber
3 7 (1.99%) Selenium
4 3 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.85%) JUnit
4 3 (0.85%) Postman
4 3 (0.85%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.57%) Hudson
5 2 (0.57%) JDeveloper
5 2 (0.57%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.28%) Gradle
6 1 (0.28%) JMeter
6 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
General
1 114 (32.39%) Social Skills
2 55 (15.63%) Banking
3 50 (14.20%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (5.97%) Legal
5 19 (5.40%) Retail
6 18 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (4.83%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.13%) Marketing
9 9 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.42%) Billing
11 5 (1.42%) Military
12 4 (1.14%) Automotive
13 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.57%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.57%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.57%) Local Government
13 2 (0.57%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (13.92%) Analyst
2 35 (9.94%) Architect
3 29 (8.24%) Accountant
4 28 (7.95%) Senior
5 24 (6.82%) Project Manager
6 23 (6.53%) Lead
7 21 (5.97%) Consultant
8 19 (5.40%) Developer
8 19 (5.40%) Systems Accountant
9 18 (5.11%) Business Analyst
10 14 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (3.41%) Designer
12 11 (3.13%) Senior Manager
13 10 (2.84%) Infrastructure Designer
13 10 (2.84%) Management Accountant
13 10 (2.84%) Systems Analyst
14 9 (2.56%) Data Analyst
14 9 (2.56%) DBA
15 8 (2.27%) Security Engineer
16 7 (1.99%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.69%) Middleware
2 10 (2.84%) Spring
2 10 (2.84%) Spring Boot
3 9 (2.56%) REST
4 7 (1.99%) Kafka
4 7 (1.99%) PySpark
5 6 (1.70%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.70%) LDAP
5 6 (1.70%) React
6 5 (1.42%) AWS CDK
6 5 (1.42%) JSON
6 5 (1.42%) Node.js
6 5 (1.42%) XML
7 4 (1.14%) Gherkin
7 4 (1.14%) ISPF
7 4 (1.14%) OAuth
7 4 (1.14%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.14%) Playwright
7 4 (1.14%) Web Services
8 3 (0.85%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.68%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.26%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.26%) Mainframe
4 13 (3.69%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.41%) Security Posture
6 11 (3.13%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.84%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.27%) BYOD
8 8 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.27%) Virtual Team
8 8 (2.27%) VSAM
8 8 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
9 7 (1.99%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.99%) Podcast
9 7 (1.99%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.70%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (1.70%) Clustering
10 6 (1.70%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.68%) Linux
2 19 (5.40%) Unix
3 15 (4.26%) Solaris
4 12 (3.41%) Windows
5 9 (2.56%) AIX
6 5 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.14%) zOS
8 2 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.28%) HPUX
9 1 (0.28%) MVS
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.28%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (21.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 73 (20.74%) Agile
3 59 (16.76%) Migration
4 41 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (11.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 36 (10.23%) Project Management
6 36 (10.23%) Roadmaps
7 35 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (9.94%) DevOps
8 34 (9.66%) CI/CD
9 33 (9.38%) ERP
10 32 (9.09%) Data Modelling
10 32 (9.09%) Validation
11 31 (8.81%) Change Management
11 31 (8.81%) Decision-Making
12 29 (8.24%) Process Improvement
13 28 (7.95%) AI
13 28 (7.95%) Analytics
14 27 (7.67%) Data Pipeline
15 25 (7.10%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 53 (15.06%) SQL
2 27 (7.67%) Java
3 25 (7.10%) Python
4 11 (3.13%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.27%) COBOL
6 6 (1.70%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.14%) Bash
7 4 (1.14%) Bicep
7 4 (1.14%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.14%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.85%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.85%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.57%) BeanShell
9 2 (0.57%) C#
9 2 (0.57%) Scala
10 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (6.25%) Degree
2 17 (4.83%) BPSS Clearance
3 16 (4.55%) ACCA
3 16 (4.55%) CIMA
4 11 (3.13%) CIPFA
4 11 (3.13%) Security Cleared
5 10 (2.84%) CISSP
6 6 (1.70%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.70%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (1.70%) PMP
7 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.42%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.14%) MCSA
8 4 (1.14%) MCSE
9 2 (0.57%) CCNA
9 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 18 (5.11%) GDPR
3 14 (3.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 13 (3.69%) PMO
5 10 (2.84%) QA
6 3 (0.85%) GAAP
7 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.57%) GRC
7 2 (0.57%) IFRS
7 2 (0.57%) SLA
7 2 (0.57%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.28%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (3.98%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.69%) Docker
3 6 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.14%) RACF
5 2 (0.57%) GPFS
5 2 (0.57%) NFS
5 2 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.57%) vSphere
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (5.40%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.69%) Terraform
3 6 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.14%) CASB
4 4 (1.14%) Grafana
4 4 (1.14%) Nessus
4 4 (1.14%) OMEGAMON
4 4 (1.14%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.85%) Istio
5 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.57%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.57%) SCCM
6 2 (0.57%) vRealize
6 2 (0.57%) VxRail
7 1 (0.28%) Ansible
Vendors
1 50 (14.20%) Microsoft
2 37 (10.51%) SAP
3 20 (5.68%) IBM
3 20 (5.68%) Oracle
4 16 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.98%) Databricks
6 11 (3.13%) Sage
6 11 (3.13%) VMware
7 6 (1.70%) Splunk
7 6 (1.70%) Tenable
8 5 (1.42%) Adobe
8 5 (1.42%) Google
8 5 (1.42%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.42%) Remedy
8 5 (1.42%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.14%) Ariba
9 4 (1.14%) Cisco
9 4 (1.14%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.14%) Teradata
10 3 (0.85%) AppDynamics