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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +6
Contract jobs citing Finance 358 189 210
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 17.56% 18.62% 17.87%
As % of the General category 32.75% 29.76% 29.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 141 135
10th Percentile £312 £311 £360
25th Percentile £402 £367 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £511
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -11.94% -7.09%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £609
90th Percentile £696 £700 £711
North West median daily rate £502 £450 £508
% change year-on-year +11.44% -11.33% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 8 2
10th Percentile £29.04 £18.56 £43.45
25th Percentile - £19.67 £46.75
Median hourly rate £43.96 £39.22 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.10% -28.05% +230.30%
75th Percentile £55.00 £60.06 £63.25
90th Percentile £82.30 £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 1,093 635 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 53.60% 62.56% 59.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 621 420 396
10th Percentile £308 £277 £294
25th Percentile £412 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £476
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.46% -4.80%
75th Percentile £600 £581 £575
90th Percentile £738 £656 £675
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £478
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.81% -4.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 52 27
10th Percentile £18.35 £13.00 £15.97
25th Percentile £28.24 £17.24 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.06 £22.57 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.94% -30.57% +75.68%
75th Percentile £75.00 £35.50 £52.75
90th Percentile £79.13 £64.88 £65.00
North West median hourly rate £35.50 £25.94 £35.00
% change year-on-year +36.87% -25.89% +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 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 14 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 14 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 14 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 - 2 - - 8
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 16 (4.47%) Confluence
2 6 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.40%) SAS
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.28%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (5.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (7.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.12%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (1.12%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 4 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.84%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.84%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.56%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.56%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 57 (15.92%) Azure
2 53 (14.80%) AWS
3 27 (7.54%) GCP
4 21 (5.87%) Power Platform
5 12 (3.35%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.07%) SaaS
7 9 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.51%) Snowflake
8 7 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.68%) GitHub
10 5 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.40%) dbt
10 5 (1.40%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 5 (1.40%) IaaS
11 4 (1.12%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.03%) Firewall
2 12 (3.35%) Network Security
3 6 (1.68%) DNS
4 5 (1.40%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.40%) VPN
5 4 (1.12%) BGP
5 4 (1.12%) BIG-IP
5 4 (1.12%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 4 (1.12%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 4 (1.12%) SSL
6 2 (0.56%) DHCP
6 2 (0.56%) MPLS
6 2 (0.56%) OSPF
6 2 (0.56%) VLAN
6 2 (0.56%) WAN
7 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.28%) Internet
7 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
1 19 (5.31%) Power BI
2 9 (2.51%) Data Lake
2 9 (2.51%) Relational Database
2 9 (2.51%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.68%) DataStage
4 6 (1.68%) Db2
4 6 (1.68%) Snowflake Schema
5 5 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.40%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.40%) Tableau
6 4 (1.12%) Delta Lake
6 4 (1.12%) Looker
6 4 (1.12%) Semantic Layer
7 2 (0.56%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.56%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 18 (5.03%) JIRA
2 15 (4.19%) Git
3 11 (3.07%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.40%) GitLab
5 4 (1.12%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.12%) Selenium
6 3 (0.84%) JUnit
6 3 (0.84%) Postman
6 3 (0.84%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.56%) Hudson
7 2 (0.56%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.56%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.28%) Gradle
8 1 (0.28%) JMeter
8 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 136 (37.99%) Social Skills
2 72 (20.11%) Banking
3 47 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.10%) Retail
5 23 (6.42%) Legal
6 20 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.63%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.35%) Billing
8 12 (3.35%) Public Sector
9 11 (3.07%) Marketing
10 10 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.96%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.68%) Military
14 4 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.12%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.84%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.56%) Automotive
16 2 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (11.45%) Analyst
2 39 (10.89%) Architect
3 32 (8.94%) Consultant
4 24 (6.70%) Project Manager
5 23 (6.42%) Senior
6 18 (5.03%) Business Analyst
6 18 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
7 16 (4.47%) Accountant
8 15 (4.19%) Developer
8 15 (4.19%) Finance Manager
9 13 (3.63%) Lead
10 12 (3.35%) Security Engineer
11 10 (2.79%) IT Manager
11 10 (2.79%) Management Accountant
11 10 (2.79%) Technical Consultant
12 9 (2.51%) Data Analyst
12 9 (2.51%) Data Engineer
12 9 (2.51%) IT Project Manager
13 8 (2.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.23%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.47%) Terraform
2 13 (3.63%) REST
3 12 (3.35%) SAML
4 10 (2.79%) Spring
4 10 (2.79%) Spring Boot
5 8 (2.23%) Kafka
6 7 (1.96%) AngularJS
6 7 (1.96%) React
7 6 (1.68%) Middleware
7 6 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.40%) PySpark
9 4 (1.12%) ISPF
9 4 (1.12%) Jakarta EE
9 4 (1.12%) JSON
9 4 (1.12%) Node.js
9 4 (1.12%) OAuth
9 4 (1.12%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.84%) RESTful
10 3 (0.84%) Web Services
10 3 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.42%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.15%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.31%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.19%) Data Protection Act
4 15 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.63%) CMDB
5 13 (3.63%) Credit Risk
5 13 (3.63%) Virtual Team
6 12 (3.35%) Web Conferencing
7 11 (3.07%) AI Agents
8 10 (2.79%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.79%) Podcast
8 10 (2.79%) Public Cloud
9 9 (2.51%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.96%) Clustering
10 7 (1.96%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.96%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.68%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.79%) Windows
2 9 (2.51%) Linux
3 7 (1.96%) Unix
4 6 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.68%) Solaris
5 4 (1.12%) zOS
6 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (29.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 83 (23.18%) Agile
3 64 (17.88%) Migration
4 46 (12.85%) AI
4 46 (12.85%) CI/CD
5 44 (12.29%) ERP
6 41 (11.45%) Analytics
6 41 (11.45%) Change Management
6 41 (11.45%) Data Modelling
7 37 (10.34%) DevOps
8 36 (10.06%) Roadmaps
9 35 (9.78%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (9.22%) Validation
11 29 (8.10%) Data Migration
11 29 (8.10%) Project Management
12 28 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (7.54%) Business Intelligence
13 27 (7.54%) Data Pipeline
13 27 (7.54%) Scrum
14 26 (7.26%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 54 (15.08%) SQL
2 45 (12.57%) Python
3 28 (7.82%) Java
4 14 (3.91%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.23%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.23%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.96%) Bicep
7 6 (1.68%) Bash
7 6 (1.68%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.12%) ActionScript
8 4 (1.12%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.84%) Search Processing Language
9 3 (0.84%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.56%) C#
10 2 (0.56%) Google Apps Script
10 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.56%) Scala
11 1 (0.28%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (5.87%) BPSS Clearance
2 20 (5.59%) Degree
3 12 (3.35%) CISSP
4 11 (3.07%) Security Cleared
5 10 (2.79%) ACCA
5 10 (2.79%) CIMA
6 7 (1.96%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.96%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.40%) PMP
8 4 (1.12%) CIPFA
8 4 (1.12%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.12%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.84%) CCNP
9 3 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.84%) GCIH
10 2 (0.56%) CCIE
10 2 (0.56%) CCIE Security
10 2 (0.56%) CCSP
10 2 (0.56%) GCFA
10 2 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (12.29%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.63%) GDPR
3 12 (3.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.07%) QA
5 9 (2.51%) PMO
6 5 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.12%) GRC
7 4 (1.12%) NIST
8 3 (0.84%) GAAP
8 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.56%) FATCA
9 2 (0.56%) IFRS
10 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.28%) COBIT
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.28%) ITGC
10 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.28%) SEPA
10 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (3.63%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.35%) Docker
3 4 (1.12%) RACF
4 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.28%) GPFS
5 1 (0.28%) NFS
5 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.91%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (1.96%) Progress Chef
4 5 (1.40%) Ansible
5 4 (1.12%) Grafana
5 4 (1.12%) Istio
5 4 (1.12%) OMEGAMON
6 3 (0.84%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.56%) CASB
7 2 (0.56%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.28%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.28%) SCCM
8 1 (0.28%) vRealize
8 1 (0.28%) VxRail
Vendors
1 46 (12.85%) Microsoft
2 44 (12.29%) SAP
3 23 (6.42%) Oracle
3 23 (6.42%) ServiceNow
4 15 (4.19%) IBM
5 13 (3.63%) Databricks
6 12 (3.35%) Google
7 10 (2.79%) BeyondTrust
7 10 (2.79%) F5
8 9 (2.51%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.23%) Splunk
10 6 (1.68%) Adobe
10 6 (1.68%) Cisco
10 6 (1.68%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.68%) Teradata
11 5 (1.40%) Ariba
11 5 (1.40%) Sage
12 3 (0.84%) AlgoSec
12 3 (0.84%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.84%) Juniper