Finance Contracts in Merseyside

Financial
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 7 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 -4
Contract jobs citing Finance 39 30 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 23.21% 13.16% 11.11%
As % of the General category 37.14% 24.00% 19.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 10 24
10th Percentile £225 £162 £391
25th Percentile £305 £200 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £329 £500
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% -34.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £545 £506 £575
90th Percentile £663 £656 £660
North West median daily rate £464 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.25% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.00 £14.50 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £26.77 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.83% - -
75th Percentile £23.00 £34.29 -
90th Percentile - £48.10 -
North West median hourly rate £52.50 £16.05 £30.76
% change year-on-year +227.20% -47.83% +112.10%

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 common skills in Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 105 125 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 62.50% 54.82% 56.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 58 129
10th Percentile £150 £155 £393
25th Percentile £305 £213 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £423 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.55% -15.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £545 £494 £588
90th Percentile £641 £588 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 35 9
10th Percentile £13.28 £14.50 £16.15
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +2.86% +34.62%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.22 £37.18 £25.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Merseyside

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Finance in Merseyside

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Merseyside over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Merseyside

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Merseyside

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Liverpool +6 31 £505 +53.61% 143
Finance
North West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.56%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.26%) Azure
3 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Firewall
1 3 (7.69%) LAN
1 3 (7.69%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Siebel EIM
2 4 (10.26%) Essbase
2 4 (10.26%) Metadata
3 2 (5.13%) InterSystems Cache
3 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (25.64%) Banking
1 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.69%) Billing
4 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Legal
4 2 (5.13%) Marketing
5 1 (2.56%) Law
5 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) Project Manager
2 4 (10.26%) Analyst
2 4 (10.26%) Consultant
2 4 (10.26%) Developer
2 4 (10.26%) Essbase Consultant
2 4 (10.26%) Oracle Consultant
2 4 (10.26%) Siebel Developer
3 3 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Business Analyst
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (5.13%) Active Directory Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Active Directory Support
4 2 (5.13%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Coordinator
4 2 (5.13%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Test Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) JMS
1 5 (12.82%) SOAP
1 5 (12.82%) Web Services
2 4 (10.26%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
1 1 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Linux
1 5 (12.82%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.08%) Migration
2 6 (15.38%) ITIL
2 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (12.82%) Change Management
3 5 (12.82%) CRM
3 5 (12.82%) Data Modelling
3 5 (12.82%) EAI
3 5 (12.82%) Performance Tuning
3 5 (12.82%) SDLC
4 4 (10.26%) Budgeting
4 4 (10.26%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 4 (10.26%) Customer Service
4 4 (10.26%) Financial Modelling
4 4 (10.26%) Metadata Management
4 4 (10.26%) Planning and Forecasting
5 3 (7.69%) Customer Experience
5 3 (7.69%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.82%) PL/SQL
1 5 (12.82%) SQL
2 2 (5.13%) MUMPS
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
1 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.56%) GRC
1 1 (2.56%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) SCCM
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (23.08%) Oracle
3 5 (12.82%) Siebel
4 2 (5.13%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.13%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.56%) OneTrust