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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +6
Contract jobs citing Finance 346 186 192
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 17.62% 18.83% 16.68%
As % of the General category 33.14% 30.54% 28.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 136 128
10th Percentile £310 £315 £359
25th Percentile £400 £378 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £450 £518
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -13.13% -5.39%
75th Percentile £600 £578 £608
90th Percentile £694 £713 £725
North West median daily rate £506 £450 £508
% change year-on-year +12.44% -11.33% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 6 2
10th Percentile £41.83 £23.08 £43.45
25th Percentile - £31.66 £46.75
Median hourly rate £43.96 £50.49 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% -7.35% +230.30%
75th Percentile £55.00 £69.19 £63.25
90th Percentile £76.90 £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 1,044 609 663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 53.16% 61.64% 57.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 398 375
10th Percentile £275 £302 £294
25th Percentile £402 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £490
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -5.10% -2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £582 £588
90th Percentile £713 £666 £688
North West median daily rate £500 £455 £490
% change year-on-year +9.89% -7.14% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 51 24
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.00 £15.94
25th Percentile £28.23 £15.64 £20.15
Median hourly rate £37.50 £22.63 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +65.71% -32.95% +90.68%
75th Percentile £70.00 £35.50 £59.13
90th Percentile £77.50 £65.00 £65.00
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £24.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.86% -30.00% +59.09%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 29 September 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 1 - - 24
Bury -12 1 - - 7
Altrincham - 1 - - 7
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 (4.05%) Confluence
2 5 (1.45%) SAS
2 5 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
4 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.29%) CICS
4 1 (0.29%) IIS
4 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.29%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.29%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 28 (8.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.87%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.87%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.87%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.58%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.29%) SAP FI-AP
6 1 (0.29%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 52 (15.03%) AWS
2 51 (14.74%) Azure
3 25 (7.23%) GCP
4 19 (5.49%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.18%) SaaS
6 10 (2.89%) Entra ID
7 8 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (2.02%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.45%) Amazon ECS
9 5 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.45%) dbt
9 5 (1.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 4 (1.16%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.16%) GitHub
10 4 (1.16%) IaaS
10 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.91%) Firewall
2 10 (2.89%) Network Security
3 4 (1.16%) DNS
3 4 (1.16%) SSL
4 3 (0.87%) BIG-IP
4 3 (0.87%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 3 (0.87%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (0.87%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.87%) VPN
5 2 (0.58%) BGP
6 1 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.29%) DHCP
6 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.29%) LAN
6 1 (0.29%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.29%) WAN
6 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.20%) Power BI
2 17 (4.91%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.60%) Relational Database
3 9 (2.60%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.31%) Data Lake
4 8 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (2.02%) DataStage
6 6 (1.73%) Db2
6 6 (1.73%) Snowflake Schema
7 5 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.45%) Tableau
8 4 (1.16%) Delta Lake
8 4 (1.16%) Looker
8 4 (1.16%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.87%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.87%) Metadata
10 2 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (4.62%) JIRA
2 10 (2.89%) Git
3 8 (2.31%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.16%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.16%) Selenium
5 3 (0.87%) JUnit
5 3 (0.87%) Postman
5 3 (0.87%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.58%) GitLab
6 2 (0.58%) Hudson
6 2 (0.58%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.58%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.29%) Gradle
7 1 (0.29%) JMeter
7 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 132 (38.15%) Social Skills
2 65 (18.79%) Banking
3 46 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.80%) Retail
5 23 (6.65%) Legal
6 19 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.76%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.18%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.18%) Marketing
9 10 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.31%) Billing
11 7 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.73%) Military
13 4 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.16%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.87%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.58%) Automotive
15 2 (0.58%) Games
15 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (12.43%) Analyst
2 37 (10.69%) Architect
3 28 (8.09%) Consultant
4 25 (7.23%) Senior
5 24 (6.94%) Project Manager
6 22 (6.36%) Accountant
7 18 (5.20%) Business Analyst
8 17 (4.91%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.05%) Developer
9 14 (4.05%) Finance Manager
9 14 (4.05%) Lead
10 12 (3.47%) Security Engineer
10 12 (3.47%) Systems Accountant
11 10 (2.89%) Data Engineer
11 10 (2.89%) IT Manager
11 10 (2.89%) Management Accountant
11 10 (2.89%) Technical Consultant
12 9 (2.60%) IT Project Manager
13 8 (2.31%) Data Analyst
13 8 (2.31%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.34%) Terraform
2 14 (4.05%) REST
3 10 (2.89%) SAML
3 10 (2.89%) Spring
3 10 (2.89%) Spring Boot
4 8 (2.31%) AngularJS
4 8 (2.31%) React
5 6 (1.73%) Middleware
5 6 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (1.73%) PySpark
6 5 (1.45%) Kafka
7 4 (1.16%) ISPF
7 4 (1.16%) Jakarta EE
7 4 (1.16%) Node.js
7 4 (1.16%) SailPoint
8 3 (0.87%) .NET
8 3 (0.87%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.87%) Pandas
8 3 (0.87%) Web Services
8 3 (0.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.36%) Product Ownership
2 21 (6.07%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.91%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (4.34%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.76%) Credit Risk
5 13 (3.76%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (3.76%) Virtual Team
6 12 (3.47%) Web Conferencing
7 11 (3.18%) CMDB
7 11 (3.18%) Podcast
8 9 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.60%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.60%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.31%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.31%) Mainframe
10 7 (2.02%) Clustering
10 7 (2.02%) Data Centre
10 7 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (2.02%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.73%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.18%) Linux
2 10 (2.89%) Windows
3 9 (2.60%) Unix
4 8 (2.31%) Solaris
5 7 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.16%) zOS
7 2 (0.58%) AIX
7 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.29%) HPUX
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.29%) SUSE
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (28.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 78 (22.54%) Agile
3 62 (17.92%) Migration
4 40 (11.56%) Change Management
5 39 (11.27%) ERP
6 38 (10.98%) AI
6 38 (10.98%) CI/CD
6 38 (10.98%) Data Modelling
7 37 (10.69%) Analytics
8 35 (10.12%) Roadmaps
9 34 (9.83%) DevOps
10 32 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (9.25%) Project Management
11 29 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (8.09%) Validation
13 27 (7.80%) Data Migration
13 27 (7.80%) Decision-Making
13 27 (7.80%) Scrum
14 26 (7.51%) Data Pipeline
15 25 (7.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 51 (14.74%) SQL
2 35 (10.12%) Python
3 27 (7.80%) Java
4 14 (4.05%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.31%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.73%) Bash
6 6 (1.73%) Bicep
6 6 (1.73%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.45%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.16%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.87%) ActionScript
9 3 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.87%) Search Processing Language
9 3 (0.87%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.58%) Scala
11 1 (0.29%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.29%) C#
11 1 (0.29%) COBOL
11 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 21 (6.07%) BPSS Clearance
2 20 (5.78%) Degree
3 14 (4.05%) ACCA
3 14 (4.05%) CIMA
4 12 (3.47%) CISSP
5 11 (3.18%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.31%) CIPFA
7 7 (2.02%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.02%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.16%) PMP
8 4 (1.16%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.87%) CCNP
9 3 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.87%) GCIH
9 3 (0.87%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.58%) CCIE
10 2 (0.58%) CCIE Security
10 2 (0.58%) CCSP
10 2 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.58%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.14%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.76%) GDPR
3 11 (3.18%) PMO
4 10 (2.89%) QA
4 10 (2.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.45%) GRC
5 5 (1.45%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.16%) NIST
7 3 (0.87%) GAAP
7 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.58%) FATCA
8 2 (0.58%) IFRS
9 1 (0.29%) COBIT
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.29%) ITGC
9 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.29%) SEPA
9 1 (0.29%) SLA
9 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (3.47%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.89%) Docker
3 4 (1.16%) RACF
4 3 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.29%) GPFS
5 1 (0.29%) NFS
5 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (5.49%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.76%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.02%) Progress Chef
4 4 (1.16%) Grafana
4 4 (1.16%) Istio
4 4 (1.16%) OMEGAMON
5 3 (0.87%) Ansible
5 3 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.58%) CASB
6 2 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.29%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.29%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.29%) SCCM
7 1 (0.29%) vRealize
7 1 (0.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 47 (13.58%) Microsoft
2 44 (12.72%) SAP
3 23 (6.65%) ServiceNow
4 21 (6.07%) Oracle
5 15 (4.34%) IBM
6 13 (3.76%) Databricks
7 9 (2.60%) BeyondTrust
7 9 (2.60%) Google
8 8 (2.31%) Sage
8 8 (2.31%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.02%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.73%) Adobe
10 6 (1.73%) F5
10 6 (1.73%) Splunk
10 6 (1.73%) Teradata
11 5 (1.45%) Ariba
12 4 (1.16%) Cisco
13 3 (0.87%) AlgoSec
13 3 (0.87%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.87%) VMware