Finance Contracts in the Midlands

Financial
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 4 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 313 358 476
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.35% 12.99% 13.83%
As % of the General category 26.21% 23.66% 24.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 255 316
10th Percentile £349 £363 £308
25th Percentile £410 £448 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £600
90th Percentile £638 £788 £694
England median daily rate £575 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -2.13% -2.08% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 10
10th Percentile £14.81 - £15.22
25th Percentile £15.09 £12.75 £20.86
Median hourly rate £15.50 £14.00 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -57.18% +84.70%
75th Percentile £17.87 £56.25 £48.44
90th Percentile £21.68 £69.57 £54.75
England median hourly rate £38.11 £27.00 £26.85
% change year-on-year +41.15% +0.58% -21.37%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,194 1,513 1,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.38% 54.88% 55.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,034 1,359
10th Percentile £190 £207 £213
25th Percentile £343 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £488 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +1.56% +2.67%
75th Percentile £550 £611 £588
90th Percentile £650 £738 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 167 83
10th Percentile £13.98 £11.75 £11.80
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.90 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.88 £17.50 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -13.88% +14.80%
75th Percentile £30.00 £38.13 £32.13
90th Percentile £34.24 £53.80 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -3 200 £533 -2.16% 473
East Midlands +7 103 £447 -18.73% 274
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (4.15%) Confluence
2 6 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.96%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.64%) SAS
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.32%) Luigi
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (5.43%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.64%) Open Workbench
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.60%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.96%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.64%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.64%) SAP CCM
4 2 (0.64%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.32%) Actimize
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.32%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 28 (8.95%) Azure
2 24 (7.67%) AWS
3 16 (5.11%) Power Platform
4 9 (2.88%) SaaS
4 9 (2.88%) Snowflake
5 7 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.24%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (1.60%) OCI
7 4 (1.28%) Adobe Analytics
7 4 (1.28%) Google Analytics
8 3 (0.96%) AWS CodeBuild
8 3 (0.96%) GCP
9 2 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.64%) AWS CodeCommit
9 2 (0.64%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.64%) Boomi
9 2 (0.64%) BrowserStack
9 2 (0.64%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.64%) Firewall
1 2 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (0.64%) LAN
1 2 (0.64%) Network Security
2 1 (0.32%) ATM
2 1 (0.32%) DHCP
2 1 (0.32%) DNS
2 1 (0.32%) FTP
2 1 (0.32%) PPP
2 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.32%) VPN
2 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.79%) Power BI
2 8 (2.56%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.24%) Big Data
3 7 (2.24%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.28%) Apache Hive
5 4 (1.28%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.28%) HBase
5 4 (1.28%) Impala
5 4 (1.28%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.96%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.96%) MySQL
6 3 (0.96%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.64%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.75%) JIRA
2 7 (2.24%) Postman
3 5 (1.60%) Cypress.io
3 5 (1.60%) Git
4 4 (1.28%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.96%) ERwin
5 3 (0.96%) Gradle
5 3 (0.96%) JMeter
5 3 (0.96%) JUnit
5 3 (0.96%) Maven
5 3 (0.96%) Mockito
5 3 (0.96%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.96%) Selenium
5 3 (0.96%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.64%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.32%) Ant
7 1 (0.32%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.32%) MagicDraw
General
1 100 (31.95%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.46%) Banking
3 38 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.99%) Law
5 19 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (4.15%) Legal
7 13 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (4.15%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.88%) Retail
10 8 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.56%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.24%) Marketing
12 6 (1.92%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.92%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.60%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.60%) Local Government
14 4 (1.28%) Brand Awareness
14 4 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 44 (14.06%) Analyst
2 38 (12.14%) Project Manager
3 30 (9.58%) Lead
3 30 (9.58%) Senior
4 24 (7.67%) Consultant
5 23 (7.35%) Developer
6 21 (6.71%) Architect
7 18 (5.75%) Programme Manager
8 12 (3.83%) Business Analyst
9 11 (3.51%) Data Engineer
9 11 (3.51%) Engagement Manager
9 11 (3.51%) IT Manager
9 11 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (2.88%) Delivery Manager
10 9 (2.88%) PMO Analyst
11 8 (2.56%) Finance Manager
11 8 (2.56%) Infrastructure Manager
11 8 (2.56%) SAP Consultant
11 8 (2.56%) Software Engineer
12 7 (2.24%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.15%) .NET
2 7 (2.24%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.92%) LDAP
3 6 (1.92%) Spring
4 5 (1.60%) REST
4 5 (1.60%) RESTful
5 4 (1.28%) Blazor
5 4 (1.28%) React
5 4 (1.28%) Symfony
5 4 (1.28%) XML
6 3 (0.96%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.96%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.96%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.96%) WPF
7 2 (0.64%) ADO
7 2 (0.64%) Django
7 2 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.64%) FpML
7 2 (0.64%) JSON
7 2 (0.64%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.11%) Data Centre
2 12 (3.83%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (2.56%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.60%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.28%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.28%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.28%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.28%) Social Media
7 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.96%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.64%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.64%) CMDB
8 2 (0.64%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.64%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.64%) PMI
8 2 (0.64%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.64%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.51%) Windows
2 6 (1.92%) Linux
3 3 (0.96%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.96%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.64%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.64%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.32%) Android
5 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (28.12%) Stakeholder Management
2 84 (26.84%) Agile
3 55 (17.57%) Project Management
4 41 (13.10%) Project Delivery
5 40 (12.78%) Migration
5 40 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (11.50%) Risk Management
7 29 (9.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (8.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (7.99%) ERP
10 24 (7.67%) Change Management
11 22 (7.03%) Decision-Making
12 20 (6.39%) Analytics
12 20 (6.39%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 19 (6.07%) Budgeting
13 19 (6.07%) Programme Management
14 18 (5.75%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (5.75%) Change Control
14 18 (5.75%) ITIL
15 17 (5.43%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.22%) SQL
2 18 (5.75%) Java
2 18 (5.75%) Python
3 9 (2.88%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.56%) C#
5 5 (1.60%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.60%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.28%) PHP
6 4 (1.28%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.96%) Bash
7 3 (0.96%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.96%) Scala
8 2 (0.64%) COBOL
8 2 (0.64%) R
8 2 (0.64%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.32%) C++
9 1 (0.32%) Perl
9 1 (0.32%) RPG
9 1 (0.32%) RPG/400
9 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (5.11%) Degree
2 9 (2.88%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.24%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.60%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.60%) PMP
6 3 (0.96%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.96%) Chartered Engineer
6 3 (0.96%) CIMA
6 3 (0.96%) MRICS
7 2 (0.64%) AAT
7 2 (0.64%) CBAP
7 2 (0.64%) CEH
7 2 (0.64%) CISSP
7 2 (0.64%) GIAC
7 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.90%) PMO
2 14 (4.47%) QA
3 13 (4.15%) SLA
4 7 (2.24%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.28%) GAAP
5 4 (1.28%) GDPR
6 3 (0.96%) IFRS
7 2 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.64%) GRC
7 2 (0.64%) MiFID
7 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.32%) Basel III
8 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.64%) Docker
2 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.32%) HDFS
3 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.92%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.28%) Terraform
3 2 (0.64%) Ansible
3 2 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.64%) SCCM
4 1 (0.32%) Grafana
Vendors
1 34 (10.86%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.95%) Oracle
3 25 (7.99%) SAP
4 10 (3.19%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.92%) Adobe
5 6 (1.92%) CyberArk
5 6 (1.92%) Databricks
6 5 (1.60%) Google
7 4 (1.28%) Virgin Media
8 3 (0.96%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.96%) HP
8 3 (0.96%) Lotus
8 3 (0.96%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.96%) Splunk
9 2 (0.64%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.64%) Cisco
9 2 (0.64%) Dell
9 2 (0.64%) F5
9 2 (0.64%) IBM
9 2 (0.64%) Imperva