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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +6
Contract jobs citing Finance 337 162 204
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 17.73% 17.31% 14.06%
As % of the General category 33.40% 29.56% 28.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 121 151
10th Percentile £325 £348 £268
25th Percentile £377 £383 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £581
90th Percentile £679 £725 £675
North West median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 12
10th Percentile £43.96 £53.24 -
25th Percentile £44.74 - £13.31
Median hourly rate £56.00 £60.00 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +320.61% -9.26%
75th Percentile £74.31 £69.38 £17.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.63 £41.38
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £55.49 £20.72
% change year-on-year -20.78% +167.89% -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 1,009 548 723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 53.08% 58.55% 49.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 583 360 457
10th Percentile £275 £275 £300
25th Percentile £375 £375 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.11% -8.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £668
North West median daily rate £475 £463 £491
% change year-on-year +2.70% -5.85% -1.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 35 59
10th Percentile £18.06 - £12.50
25th Percentile £25.81 £13.00 £13.50
Median hourly rate £40.53 £17.15 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +136.31% -32.08% +37.53%
75th Percentile £75.75 £60.00 £39.38
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.50 £58.50
North West median hourly rate £35.55 £29.54 £22.98
% change year-on-year +20.37% +28.55% -0.76%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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
Salford +5 2 - - 19
Stockport - 2 £513 - 2
Altrincham - 1 - - 10
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 14 (4.15%) Confluence
2 8 (2.37%) CICS
3 3 (0.89%) Apache
3 3 (0.89%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.89%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.59%) IIS
4 2 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.59%) SAS
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
Applications
1 21 (6.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.30%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (6.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.89%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.89%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.59%) Finacle
3 2 (0.59%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.59%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.59%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.59%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.59%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (0.30%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.30%) Primavera
4 1 (0.30%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 45 (13.35%) AWS
2 37 (10.98%) Azure
3 18 (5.34%) Power Platform
4 11 (3.26%) GCP
5 9 (2.67%) SaaS
6 8 (2.37%) Serverless
7 6 (1.78%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.78%) Snowflake
8 5 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.48%) dbt
8 5 (1.48%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.89%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.89%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 2 (0.59%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (0.59%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.59%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.59%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.34%) Firewall
2 10 (2.97%) DNS
3 8 (2.37%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.08%) SSL
5 3 (0.89%) Network Security
6 2 (0.59%) BGP
6 2 (0.59%) DHCP
6 2 (0.59%) LAN
6 2 (0.59%) VSAN
6 2 (0.59%) WAN
6 2 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.30%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.30%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.30%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.30%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.30%) MPLS
7 1 (0.30%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
1 17 (5.04%) Power BI
2 13 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.26%) DataStage
4 10 (2.97%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (2.08%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.78%) Metadata
7 6 (1.78%) Snowflake Schema
8 5 (1.48%) Delta Lake
8 5 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.48%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.48%) Tableau
9 4 (1.19%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.19%) Looker
9 4 (1.19%) Semantic Layer
9 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.89%) Db2
Development Applications
1 17 (5.04%) JIRA
2 9 (2.67%) Git
3 7 (2.08%) Cucumber
3 7 (2.08%) Selenium
4 4 (1.19%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.89%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.89%) JUnit
5 3 (0.89%) Postman
5 3 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.59%) Hudson
6 2 (0.59%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.30%) GitLab
7 1 (0.30%) Gradle
General
1 105 (31.16%) Social Skills
2 53 (15.73%) Banking
3 47 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.34%) Legal
5 17 (5.04%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (4.45%) Retail
8 10 (2.97%) Marketing
9 8 (2.37%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.48%) Military
10 5 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.19%) Automotive
11 4 (1.19%) Billing
12 3 (0.89%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.89%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.59%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.59%) Law
13 2 (0.59%) Local Government
13 2 (0.59%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (13.95%) Analyst
2 36 (10.68%) Architect
3 29 (8.61%) Accountant
4 26 (7.72%) Senior
5 22 (6.53%) Consultant
5 22 (6.53%) Lead
6 20 (5.93%) Developer
6 20 (5.93%) Project Manager
7 19 (5.64%) Systems Accountant
8 16 (4.75%) Business Analyst
9 13 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (3.56%) Designer
11 10 (2.97%) Infrastructure Designer
11 10 (2.97%) Management Accountant
11 10 (2.97%) Systems Analyst
12 9 (2.67%) DBA
13 8 (2.37%) Senior Manager
14 7 (2.08%) Data Analyst
14 7 (2.08%) Java Engineer
14 7 (2.08%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.15%) Middleware
2 11 (3.26%) Spring
2 11 (3.26%) Spring Boot
3 10 (2.97%) REST
4 7 (2.08%) AngularJS
4 7 (2.08%) Kafka
5 6 (1.78%) LDAP
5 6 (1.78%) PySpark
6 5 (1.48%) AWS CDK
6 5 (1.48%) JSON
6 5 (1.48%) Node.js
6 5 (1.48%) React
6 5 (1.48%) XML
7 4 (1.19%) Gherkin
7 4 (1.19%) ISPF
7 4 (1.19%) OAuth
7 4 (1.19%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.19%) Playwright
7 4 (1.19%) Web Services
8 3 (0.89%) Great Expectations
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.64%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (5.04%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.45%) Mainframe
4 14 (4.15%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.86%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.86%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.26%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.67%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.67%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.37%) BYOD
8 8 (2.37%) VSAM
9 7 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.78%) Clustering
10 6 (1.78%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.48%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.48%) Credit Risk
11 5 (1.48%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.48%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.48%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.64%) Linux
2 18 (5.34%) Unix
3 15 (4.45%) Solaris
4 11 (3.26%) Windows
5 9 (2.67%) AIX
6 4 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.19%) zOS
7 2 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.59%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.30%) HPUX
8 1 (0.30%) MVS
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.30%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (20.18%) Agile
1 68 (20.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 52 (15.43%) Migration
3 38 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (10.98%) Roadmaps
5 35 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 33 (9.79%) Project Management
7 32 (9.50%) CI/CD
7 32 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (9.50%) Data Modelling
7 32 (9.50%) ERP
8 31 (9.20%) DevOps
9 29 (8.61%) Validation
10 27 (8.01%) Decision-Making
11 26 (7.72%) Analytics
11 26 (7.72%) Process Improvement
12 25 (7.42%) AI
12 25 (7.42%) Change Management
13 24 (7.12%) Data Pipeline
14 22 (6.53%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 53 (15.73%) SQL
2 29 (8.61%) Java
3 22 (6.53%) Python
4 10 (2.97%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.37%) COBOL
6 5 (1.48%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.19%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.89%) Bash
8 3 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.89%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.89%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.89%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.59%) BeanShell
9 2 (0.59%) C#
9 2 (0.59%) VBA
10 1 (0.30%) Bicep
10 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 20 (5.93%) Degree
2 16 (4.75%) ACCA
2 16 (4.75%) CIMA
3 13 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (3.26%) CIPFA
4 11 (3.26%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.67%) CISSP
6 6 (1.78%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (1.78%) PMP
7 5 (1.48%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.48%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.19%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.19%) MCSA
8 4 (1.19%) MCSE
9 3 (0.89%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.59%) CCNA
10 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.20%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.04%) GDPR
3 14 (4.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.26%) PMO
5 7 (2.08%) QA
6 3 (0.89%) GAAP
7 2 (0.59%) GRC
7 2 (0.59%) IFRS
7 2 (0.59%) SLA
7 2 (0.59%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.30%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (3.56%) Docker
2 11 (3.26%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.19%) RACF
5 2 (0.59%) GPFS
5 2 (0.59%) NFS
5 2 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.59%) vSphere
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (4.75%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.67%) Terraform
3 4 (1.19%) CASB
3 4 (1.19%) Nessus
3 4 (1.19%) OMEGAMON
3 4 (1.19%) SCCM
4 3 (0.89%) Grafana
4 3 (0.89%) Istio
4 3 (0.89%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.89%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.59%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.59%) vRealize
5 2 (0.59%) VxRail
6 1 (0.30%) Ansible
Vendors
1 47 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.68%) SAP
3 20 (5.93%) Oracle
4 18 (5.34%) ServiceNow
5 17 (5.04%) IBM
6 13 (3.86%) Databricks
7 11 (3.26%) Sage
7 11 (3.26%) VMware
8 6 (1.78%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.48%) Google
9 5 (1.48%) Remedy
9 5 (1.48%) Splunk
9 5 (1.48%) Tenable
10 4 (1.19%) Adobe
10 4 (1.19%) Cisco
10 4 (1.19%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.19%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.89%) HP
11 3 (0.89%) Infoblox
11 3 (0.89%) Teradata