Finance Contract Job Trends 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 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 2 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Finance 470 410 307
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 14.84% 17.81% 11.91%
As % of the General category 25.46% 28.47% 22.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 288 229
10th Percentile £306 £325 £295
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £738 £725
England median daily rate £538 £585 £588
% change year-on-year -8.12% -0.43% -0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 1
10th Percentile £14.08 - -
25th Percentile £16.75 - £20.82
Median hourly rate £23.83 £23.82 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year +0.02% +6.94% +3.41%
75th Percentile £25.00 £31.75 £23.73
90th Percentile - £55.25 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -20.58% - +16.69%

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 1,846 1,440 1,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 58.27% 62.55% 52.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,186 902 938
10th Percentile £206 £210 £200
25th Percentile £363 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £478
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.71% -4.02%
75th Percentile £569 £599 £600
90th Percentile £638 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 57 70
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.05
25th Percentile £16.13 £17.00 £16.05
Median hourly rate £22.01 £23.82 £20.26
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +17.60% +22.76%
75th Percentile £26.86 £31.76 £46.56
90th Percentile £35.60 £51.00 £65.38
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £34.75
% change year-on-year -21.67% -13.67% +35.16%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Finance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Finance job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Finance

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 23 December 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 -7 294 £525 -4.55% 488
East Midlands +1 177 £425 +1.19% 393
Finance
England

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 21 (4.47%) Confluence
2 14 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.77%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.64%) Apache
5 3 (0.64%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.21%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.21%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.21%) IIS
6 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 36 (7.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (4.89%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (2.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.70%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.43%) Trello
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (3.62%) Oracle Payables
2 15 (3.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (2.55%) Oracle General Ledger
4 11 (2.34%) Oracle Receivables
5 9 (1.91%) Oracle Cash Management
5 9 (1.91%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (1.28%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (1.28%) SAP CO
6 6 (1.28%) SAP ERP
6 6 (1.28%) SAP FI
6 6 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (1.06%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.85%) Maximo
9 3 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.64%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.64%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 3 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (13.62%) AWS
2 53 (11.28%) Azure
3 35 (7.45%) GCP
4 31 (6.60%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (2.55%) Serverless
8 9 (1.91%) SaaS
9 8 (1.70%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.70%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (1.49%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.28%) GitHub
11 6 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.28%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.06%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.06%) Google Sheets
12 5 (1.06%) IaaS
12 5 (1.06%) OpenShift
12 5 (1.06%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.70%) Wireless
2 3 (0.64%) LAN
2 3 (0.64%) SSH
2 3 (0.64%) WAN
3 2 (0.43%) Firewall
3 2 (0.43%) PuTTY
3 2 (0.43%) SAN
3 2 (0.43%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.43%) Telnet
3 2 (0.43%) VSAN
4 1 (0.21%) Broadband
4 1 (0.21%) DHCP
4 1 (0.21%) DNS
4 1 (0.21%) DWDM
4 1 (0.21%) Internet
4 1 (0.21%) SMS
4 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.21%) VoIP
4 1 (0.21%) VPN
4 1 (0.21%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.60%) Power BI
2 17 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (3.62%) NoSQL
3 15 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (2.77%) Hadoop
5 12 (2.55%) Big Data
6 8 (1.70%) Tableau
7 5 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (1.06%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.85%) Aerospike
8 4 (0.85%) QlikView
8 4 (0.85%) SAP BW
8 4 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.64%) Apache Hive
9 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.64%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.64%) Metadata
10 2 (0.43%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.43%) Power Query
10 2 (0.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 35 (7.45%) JIRA
2 21 (4.47%) GitLab
3 20 (4.26%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.70%) Liquibase
5 4 (0.85%) Git
5 4 (0.85%) Selenium
6 2 (0.43%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.43%) JUnit
6 2 (0.43%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.21%) Hudson
7 1 (0.21%) JMeter
7 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.21%) MLflow
7 1 (0.21%) Mockito
7 1 (0.21%) Postman
7 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.21%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.21%) Toad
7 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 191 (40.64%) Social Skills
2 74 (15.74%) Banking
3 58 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 32 (6.81%) Telecoms
6 30 (6.38%) Manufacturing
7 29 (6.17%) Marketing
8 20 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (3.83%) Electronics
10 15 (3.19%) Financial Institution
10 15 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.98%) General Ledger
11 14 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (2.98%) Legal
12 10 (2.13%) Law
12 10 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.49%) Back Office
13 7 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.49%) Local Government
14 6 (1.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 84 (17.87%) Analyst
2 57 (12.13%) Project Manager
3 50 (10.64%) Lead
4 37 (7.87%) Business Analyst
5 36 (7.66%) Senior
6 32 (6.81%) Architect
7 30 (6.38%) Consultant
8 27 (5.74%) Programme Manager
9 19 (4.04%) Developer
10 16 (3.40%) Cloud Engineer
10 16 (3.40%) SAP Manager
11 15 (3.19%) Financial Analyst
12 14 (2.98%) Delivery Manager
13 12 (2.55%) Data Engineer
13 12 (2.55%) IT Manager
14 11 (2.34%) Change Manager
14 11 (2.34%) Senior Manager
14 11 (2.34%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.13%) DevOps Engineer
15 10 (2.13%) Engagement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.38%) Oracle Fusion
1 30 (6.38%) REST
2 14 (2.98%) RESTful
3 13 (2.77%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (1.91%) SOAP
5 7 (1.49%) Flash
5 7 (1.49%) Kafka
6 6 (1.28%) .NET
6 6 (1.28%) Node.js
7 5 (1.06%) Middleware
7 5 (1.06%) SailPoint
7 5 (1.06%) SAP Fiori
8 4 (0.85%) ADO
9 3 (0.64%) Jest
9 3 (0.64%) PySpark
9 3 (0.64%) pytest
9 3 (0.64%) XML
10 2 (0.43%) Apache NiFi
10 2 (0.43%) Enzyme
10 2 (0.43%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.23%) Onboarding
2 24 (5.11%) Data Centre
3 20 (4.26%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.04%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (4.04%) Public Cloud
5 18 (3.83%) Cloud Native
6 11 (2.34%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.70%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.49%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.49%) Replication
9 5 (1.06%) PMI
10 4 (0.85%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.64%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.64%) Taxonomies
11 3 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.53%) Linux
2 13 (2.77%) Windows
3 10 (2.13%) Mac OS
4 6 (1.28%) Android
5 5 (1.06%) Unix
6 3 (0.64%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.43%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.43%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.21%) VMS
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (28.09%) Agile
2 125 (26.60%) Stakeholder Management
3 78 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (16.17%) Migration
5 70 (14.89%) Project Management
6 65 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 64 (13.62%) ERP
8 61 (12.98%) Change Management
9 59 (12.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 51 (10.85%) DevOps
11 49 (10.43%) Business Intelligence
12 46 (9.79%) CI/CD
13 45 (9.57%) Programme Management
14 40 (8.51%) Waterfall
15 37 (7.87%) Roadmaps
16 36 (7.66%) Data Migration
16 36 (7.66%) Decision-Making
16 36 (7.66%) Project Delivery
17 35 (7.45%) User Acceptance Testing
18 34 (7.23%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 44 (9.36%) SQL
2 30 (6.38%) Python
3 17 (3.62%) Java
4 14 (2.98%) Go
5 9 (1.91%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.28%) Scala
7 5 (1.06%) Bash
8 4 (0.85%) BeanShell
8 4 (0.85%) R
9 3 (0.64%) ABAP
9 3 (0.64%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.64%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.43%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.43%) C#
10 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.43%) Swift
10 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.43%) VB
11 1 (0.21%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 48 (10.21%) Degree
2 34 (7.23%) Security Cleared
3 26 (5.53%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.62%) Master's Degree
5 15 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.49%) ACCA
6 7 (1.49%) CIMA
6 7 (1.49%) CISM
6 7 (1.49%) CISSP
6 7 (1.49%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.49%) PMP
7 6 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.06%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (0.85%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.64%) MBA
10 3 (0.64%) SAFe Agilist
11 2 (0.43%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.43%) CCA
11 2 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.66%) PMO
2 32 (6.81%) QA
3 22 (4.68%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.19%) GDPR
5 13 (2.77%) SLA
6 7 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.28%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.64%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.64%) Basel III
8 3 (0.64%) GRC
8 3 (0.64%) ISO 19650
8 3 (0.64%) NIST
9 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.21%) ITGC
10 1 (0.21%) NCSC
10 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (3.19%) Docker
2 14 (2.98%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.70%) vSphere
5 7 (1.49%) GPFS
5 7 (1.49%) NFS
5 7 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.64%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.43%) Firmware
7 2 (0.43%) HDFS
8 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.21%) IAG
8 1 (0.21%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (4.26%) Terraform
2 17 (3.62%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.55%) Grafana
3 12 (2.55%) Prometheus
4 11 (2.34%) Ansible
5 8 (1.70%) SCCM
5 8 (1.70%) vRealize
6 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.64%) Argo
8 2 (0.43%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.43%) Kibana
8 2 (0.43%) VxRail
9 1 (0.21%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.21%) Istio
9 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.21%) Oozie
9 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 76 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 67 (14.26%) SAP
3 54 (11.49%) Oracle
4 26 (5.53%) ServiceNow
5 18 (3.83%) Cisco
6 15 (3.19%) Google
7 14 (2.98%) Splunk
7 14 (2.98%) VMware
7 14 (2.98%) Workday
8 11 (2.34%) IBM
9 10 (2.13%) Dell
9 10 (2.13%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.91%) HP
11 8 (1.70%) Sage
12 6 (1.28%) Apple
12 6 (1.28%) Citrix
13 5 (1.06%) Ariba
13 5 (1.06%) Databricks
14 4 (0.85%) Dynatrace
14 4 (0.85%) Guidewire