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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +6
Contract jobs citing Finance 335 159 201
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 18.13% 17.19% 13.77%
As % of the General category 33.63% 29.12% 27.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 117 147
10th Percentile £325 £348 £266
25th Percentile £375 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year - -8.16% -6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £581
90th Percentile £681 £710 £675
North West median daily rate £469 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +4.22% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 13
10th Percentile £43.96 £53.24 £12.93
25th Percentile £44.74 - £13.31
Median hourly rate £56.00 £60.00 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +320.61% -4.00%
75th Percentile £74.31 £69.38 £16.41
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.63 £39.00
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 996 546 718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 53.90% 59.03% 49.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 361 452
10th Percentile £275 £278 £300
25th Percentile £376 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £450 £489
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% -7.93% -2.25%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £656
North West median daily rate £473 £463 £491
% change year-on-year +2.27% -5.85% -1.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 33 60
10th Percentile £18.31 - £12.50
25th Percentile £27.42 £13.00 £13.45
Median hourly rate £41.06 £14.40 £24.72
Median % change year-on-year +185.10% -41.75% +26.77%
75th Percentile £76.00 £60.00 £37.19
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.00 £58.00
North West median hourly rate £35.91 £29.27 £22.31
% change year-on-year +22.69% +31.23% -3.65%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 - 3 £513 - 3
Salford +5 2 - - 16
Altrincham - 1 - - 2
Bury - 1 - - 1
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 (4.18%) Confluence
2 8 (2.39%) CICS
3 3 (0.90%) Apache
3 3 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.60%) IIS
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (6.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.30%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 23 (6.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.90%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.90%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.60%) Finacle
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.60%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.60%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe Campaign
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%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 44 (13.13%) AWS
2 35 (10.45%) Azure
3 17 (5.07%) Power Platform
4 11 (3.28%) GCP
5 9 (2.69%) Serverless
6 8 (2.39%) SaaS
7 6 (1.79%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (1.49%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.19%) dbt
9 4 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 2 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.60%) Intacct
11 2 (0.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (0.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.60%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.37%) Firewall
2 10 (2.99%) DNS
3 8 (2.39%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.79%) SSL
5 3 (0.90%) Network Security
6 2 (0.60%) BGP
6 2 (0.60%) DHCP
6 2 (0.60%) LAN
6 2 (0.60%) VSAN
6 2 (0.60%) WAN
6 2 (0.60%) 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 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (4.78%) Power BI
3 12 (3.58%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.28%) DataStage
5 10 (2.99%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.79%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.79%) Metadata
8 6 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (1.49%) Delta Lake
9 5 (1.49%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (1.49%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.49%) Tableau
10 4 (1.19%) Looker
10 4 (1.19%) Semantic Layer
10 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.90%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (5.07%) JIRA
2 7 (2.09%) Cucumber
2 7 (2.09%) Git
2 7 (2.09%) Selenium
3 4 (1.19%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.90%) JUnit
4 3 (0.90%) Postman
4 3 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.60%) Hudson
5 2 (0.60%) JDeveloper
6 1 (0.30%) GitLab
6 1 (0.30%) Gradle
General
1 105 (31.34%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.52%) Banking
3 46 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.07%) Influencing Skills
4 17 (5.07%) Legal
4 17 (5.07%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (4.18%) Retail
7 9 (2.69%) Marketing
8 8 (2.39%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.49%) Military
9 5 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.19%) Automotive
10 4 (1.19%) Billing
11 3 (0.90%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (0.90%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.60%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.60%) Local Government
12 2 (0.60%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (13.73%) Analyst
2 35 (10.45%) Architect
3 29 (8.66%) Accountant
4 26 (7.76%) Senior
5 22 (6.57%) Consultant
5 22 (6.57%) Lead
6 21 (6.27%) Developer
7 20 (5.97%) Project Manager
8 19 (5.67%) Systems Accountant
9 15 (4.48%) Business Analyst
10 12 (3.58%) Designer
10 12 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (2.99%) Infrastructure Designer
11 10 (2.99%) Management Accountant
11 10 (2.99%) Systems Analyst
12 9 (2.69%) DBA
13 8 (2.39%) Senior Manager
14 7 (2.09%) Java Engineer
14 7 (2.09%) Product Manager
14 7 (2.09%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.88%) Middleware
2 12 (3.58%) Spring
2 12 (3.58%) Spring Boot
3 10 (2.99%) REST
4 8 (2.39%) AngularJS
5 7 (2.09%) Kafka
6 6 (1.79%) LDAP
7 5 (1.49%) AWS CDK
7 5 (1.49%) PySpark
7 5 (1.49%) React
7 5 (1.49%) XML
8 4 (1.19%) Gherkin
8 4 (1.19%) JSON
8 4 (1.19%) Node.js
8 4 (1.19%) Playwright
8 4 (1.19%) Web Services
9 3 (0.90%) Great Expectations
9 3 (0.90%) OAuth2
9 3 (0.90%) Pandas
9 3 (0.90%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.97%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (5.07%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.18%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.18%) Mainframe
3 14 (4.18%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.88%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.28%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.99%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.69%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.39%) BYOD
8 8 (2.39%) VSAM
9 7 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.79%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.49%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.49%) Clustering
11 5 (1.49%) Credit Risk
11 5 (1.49%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.49%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.49%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.67%) Linux
2 18 (5.37%) Unix
3 15 (4.48%) Solaris
4 11 (3.28%) Windows
5 9 (2.69%) AIX
6 4 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.90%) zOS
8 2 (0.60%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.60%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.30%) HPUX
9 1 (0.30%) MVS
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.30%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (19.70%) Agile
1 66 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
2 52 (15.52%) Migration
3 39 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (11.34%) Roadmaps
5 35 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 33 (9.85%) Project Management
7 32 (9.55%) ERP
8 31 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (9.25%) Data Modelling
8 31 (9.25%) Validation
9 30 (8.96%) CI/CD
10 29 (8.66%) DevOps
11 26 (7.76%) Change Management
11 26 (7.76%) Decision-Making
12 25 (7.46%) AI
13 24 (7.16%) Analytics
13 24 (7.16%) Process Improvement
14 22 (6.57%) Data Pipeline
15 21 (6.27%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 52 (15.52%) SQL
2 30 (8.96%) Java
3 21 (6.27%) Python
4 10 (2.99%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.39%) COBOL
6 5 (1.49%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.19%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.90%) Bash
8 3 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.90%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.90%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.60%) BeanShell
9 2 (0.60%) VBA
10 1 (0.30%) C#
10 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 19 (5.67%) Degree
2 16 (4.78%) ACCA
2 16 (4.78%) CIMA
3 13 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (3.28%) CIPFA
4 11 (3.28%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.69%) CISSP
6 6 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (1.49%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.49%) PMP
8 4 (1.19%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.19%) MCSA
8 4 (1.19%) MCSE
8 4 (1.19%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.60%) CCNA
10 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.60%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.96%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.78%) GDPR
3 14 (4.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 12 (3.58%) PMO
5 6 (1.79%) QA
6 3 (0.90%) GAAP
7 2 (0.60%) GRC
7 2 (0.60%) IFRS
7 2 (0.60%) SLA
7 2 (0.60%) 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 (3.58%) Docker
2 11 (3.28%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.90%) RACF
5 2 (0.60%) GPFS
5 2 (0.60%) NFS
5 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.60%) vSphere
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (4.78%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.09%) Terraform
3 4 (1.19%) CASB
3 4 (1.19%) Nessus
3 4 (1.19%) SCCM
4 3 (0.90%) Grafana
4 3 (0.90%) Istio
4 3 (0.90%) OMEGAMON
4 3 (0.90%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.60%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.60%) vRealize
5 2 (0.60%) VxRail
6 1 (0.30%) Ansible
Vendors
1 45 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.64%) SAP
3 20 (5.97%) Oracle
4 18 (5.37%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.78%) IBM
6 12 (3.58%) Databricks
7 11 (3.28%) Sage
7 11 (3.28%) VMware
8 6 (1.79%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.49%) Google
9 5 (1.49%) Remedy
9 5 (1.49%) Splunk
9 5 (1.49%) Tenable
10 4 (1.19%) Cisco
10 4 (1.19%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.19%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.90%) Adobe
11 3 (0.90%) HP
11 3 (0.90%) Infoblox
11 3 (0.90%) Teradata