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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +6
Contract jobs citing Finance 367 205 179
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 18.49% 20.00% 14.78%
As % of the General category 35.19% 32.70% 28.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 148 130
10th Percentile £311 £330 £311
25th Percentile £380 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £579 £588 £605
90th Percentile £694 £725 £702
North West median daily rate £500 £455 £519
% change year-on-year +9.89% -12.29% -4.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 9 4
10th Percentile £34.48 £25.26 £26.38
25th Percentile £43.96 £46.48 £35.94
Median hourly rate £44.73 £60.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +10.09% +230.30%
75th Percentile £69.25 £73.75 £73.06
90th Percentile £80.50 £76.75 £79.03
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £50.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year -12.08% +29.03% +132.31%

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 1,043 627 629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 52.54% 61.17% 51.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 607 397 379
10th Percentile £275 £291 £325
25th Percentile £400 £393 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £599 £588 £600
90th Percentile £700 £680 £713
North West median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 54 29
10th Percentile £18.09 - £16.62
25th Percentile £24.39 £13.00 £23.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £21.32 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.93% -39.10% +97.63%
75th Percentile £69.88 £53.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £63.95
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £28.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +21.74% -17.86% +31.58%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +4 1 - - 12
Bury -12 1 - - 1
Altrincham - 1 - - 2
Stockport - 1 £300 - 8
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 20 (5.45%) Confluence
2 5 (1.36%) SAS
2 5 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.09%) Apache
3 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.54%) CICS
4 2 (0.54%) IIS
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.27%) nginx
Applications
1 20 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.27%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 29 (7.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.36%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.09%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.82%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.82%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.82%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.54%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.27%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.27%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.27%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 58 (15.80%) AWS
2 52 (14.17%) Azure
3 20 (5.45%) Power Platform
4 19 (5.18%) GCP
5 12 (3.27%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.72%) SaaS
7 8 (2.18%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.91%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.36%) dbt
9 5 (1.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 5 (1.36%) Serverless
10 4 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.82%) Intacct
11 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.82%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.81%) Firewall
2 7 (1.91%) Network Security
3 5 (1.36%) DNS
4 4 (1.09%) SSL
4 4 (1.09%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.54%) BGP
5 2 (0.54%) DHCP
5 2 (0.54%) LAN
5 2 (0.54%) VPN
5 2 (0.54%) VSAN
5 2 (0.54%) WAN
5 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.27%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.45%) Power BI
2 18 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (3.54%) Relational Database
3 13 (3.54%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (2.18%) Data Lake
5 8 (2.18%) DataStage
6 7 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.63%) Db2
7 6 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
8 5 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (1.36%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.36%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.36%) Tableau
9 4 (1.09%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.09%) Looker
9 4 (1.09%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.82%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 24 (6.54%) JIRA
2 10 (2.72%) Git
3 5 (1.36%) Cucumber
3 5 (1.36%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.36%) Selenium
4 3 (0.82%) Hudson
4 3 (0.82%) JUnit
4 3 (0.82%) Postman
4 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.54%) GitLab
5 2 (0.54%) JDeveloper
5 2 (0.54%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.27%) Gradle
6 1 (0.27%) JMeter
6 1 (0.27%) LoadRunner
General
1 130 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 70 (19.07%) Banking
3 53 (14.44%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.08%) Retail
5 24 (6.54%) Legal
6 22 (5.99%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (3.81%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.27%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.27%) Marketing
9 11 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.18%) Billing
11 5 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.36%) Military
11 5 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.36%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.09%) Automotive
13 2 (0.54%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.54%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.54%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (13.62%) Analyst
2 36 (9.81%) Architect
3 29 (7.90%) Accountant
4 28 (7.63%) Consultant
5 24 (6.54%) Project Manager
6 22 (5.99%) Senior
7 21 (5.72%) Business Analyst
8 19 (5.18%) Systems Accountant
9 16 (4.36%) Developer
9 16 (4.36%) Lead
10 14 (3.81%) Finance Manager
10 14 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.00%) IT Manager
11 11 (3.00%) Security Engineer
12 10 (2.72%) IT Project Manager
12 10 (2.72%) Management Accountant
12 10 (2.72%) Systems Analyst
12 10 (2.72%) Technical Consultant
13 9 (2.45%) Data Engineer
13 9 (2.45%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.09%) Terraform
2 13 (3.54%) Spring
2 13 (3.54%) Spring Boot
3 9 (2.45%) REST
3 9 (2.45%) SAML
4 8 (2.18%) React
5 7 (1.91%) Kafka
5 7 (1.91%) Middleware
6 6 (1.63%) AWS CDK
6 6 (1.63%) Node.js
6 6 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (1.63%) PySpark
6 6 (1.63%) XML
7 5 (1.36%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.36%) JSON
8 4 (1.09%) ISPF
8 4 (1.09%) Jakarta EE
8 4 (1.09%) OAuth
8 4 (1.09%) OAuth2
8 4 (1.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.72%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (5.45%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.27%) CMDB
4 12 (3.27%) Credit Risk
4 12 (3.27%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (3.27%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.27%) Web Conferencing
5 11 (3.00%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.00%) Podcast
6 10 (2.72%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.45%) Mainframe
7 9 (2.45%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.45%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.91%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.63%) Clustering
9 6 (1.63%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.36%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.00%) Unix
2 10 (2.72%) Linux
2 10 (2.72%) Windows
3 9 (2.45%) Solaris
4 6 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.09%) zOS
6 3 (0.82%) AIX
6 3 (0.82%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.27%) HPUX
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.27%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (26.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 87 (23.71%) Agile
3 65 (17.71%) Migration
4 44 (11.99%) ERP
5 41 (11.17%) Data Modelling
6 39 (10.63%) Change Management
7 38 (10.35%) Analytics
8 37 (10.08%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (10.08%) Project Management
9 36 (9.81%) Roadmaps
10 35 (9.54%) DevOps
11 34 (9.26%) CI/CD
12 32 (8.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 31 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
14 30 (8.17%) AI
15 29 (7.90%) Decision-Making
16 28 (7.63%) Data Migration
16 28 (7.63%) Data Pipeline
16 28 (7.63%) Validation
17 27 (7.36%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 52 (14.17%) SQL
2 29 (7.90%) Python
3 27 (7.36%) Java
4 13 (3.54%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.18%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.63%) Bicep
6 6 (1.63%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.36%) Bash
7 5 (1.36%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.82%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.82%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.82%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.54%) BeanShell
9 2 (0.54%) COBOL
9 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.54%) Scala
9 2 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.27%) C#
10 1 (0.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 23 (6.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 20 (5.45%) Degree
3 17 (4.63%) ACCA
3 17 (4.63%) CIMA
4 11 (3.00%) CIPFA
4 11 (3.00%) CISSP
5 9 (2.45%) Security Cleared
6 7 (1.91%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.63%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.36%) PMP
9 4 (1.09%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.82%) CCNP
10 3 (0.82%) GCIH
11 2 (0.54%) CCIE
11 2 (0.54%) CCNA
11 2 (0.54%) CCSP
11 2 (0.54%) GCFA
11 2 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (11.99%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.18%) GDPR
3 16 (4.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 13 (3.54%) PMO
5 9 (2.45%) QA
6 6 (1.63%) GRC
7 5 (1.36%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.82%) GAAP
8 3 (0.82%) NIST
9 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.54%) FATCA
9 2 (0.54%) IFRS
9 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.54%) SLA
10 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 14 (3.81%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.54%) Docker
3 4 (1.09%) RACF
3 4 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.54%) GPFS
4 2 (0.54%) NFS
4 2 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.54%) vSphere
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (5.72%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.27%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (1.91%) Progress Chef
4 4 (1.09%) Grafana
4 4 (1.09%) Istio
4 4 (1.09%) OMEGAMON
5 3 (0.82%) Ansible
5 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.54%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.54%) CASB
6 2 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.54%) SCCM
6 2 (0.54%) vRealize
6 2 (0.54%) VxRail
7 1 (0.27%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 62 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 50 (13.62%) SAP
3 29 (7.90%) Oracle
4 25 (6.81%) ServiceNow
5 17 (4.63%) IBM
6 12 (3.27%) Databricks
6 12 (3.27%) Sage
7 9 (2.45%) BeyondTrust
8 8 (2.18%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.91%) Google
10 6 (1.63%) Adobe
10 6 (1.63%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.63%) Teradata
11 5 (1.36%) Cisco
11 5 (1.36%) Splunk
11 5 (1.36%) VMware
12 4 (1.09%) Ariba
13 3 (0.82%) HP
13 3 (0.82%) Infoblox
13 3 (0.82%) Workday