Finance Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Financial
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 17
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +18
Contract jobs citing Finance 31 27 10
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 8.96% 14.14% 5.99%
As % of the General category 14.90% 25.00% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 8
10th Percentile - £281 £346
25th Percentile £170 £305 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £363 £488
Median % change year-on-year +27.59% -25.64% -25.00%
75th Percentile £522 £502 £605
90th Percentile £603 £548 £764
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £463 £415 £488
% change year-on-year +11.45% -14.87% -21.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £15.50 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate - £15.50 -

All General Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 208 108 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 60.12% 56.54% 51.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 58 60
10th Percentile £196 £304 £214
25th Percentile £375 £338 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -20.45% -
75th Percentile £500 £550 £668
90th Percentile £560 £633 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £438 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% -14.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 4
10th Percentile £16.64 - £49.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £13.75 £53.75
Median hourly rate £33.63 £14.69 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +128.90% -76.02% +250.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £18.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - £19.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £14.69 £47.50
% change year-on-year +31.04% -69.07% +171.43%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Finance

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Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Newcastle upon Tyne

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Finance

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) SAP CO
1 2 (6.45%) SAP FI
1 2 (6.45%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (25.81%) Azure
3 6 (19.35%) OneDrive
4 3 (9.68%) AWS
5 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.23%) dbt
6 1 (3.23%) GCP
6 1 (3.23%) Intacct
6 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.13%) Wireless
2 1 (3.23%) ATM
2 1 (3.23%) Firewall
2 1 (3.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Delta Lake
2 1 (3.23%) BigQuery
2 1 (3.23%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Git
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Public Sector
3 7 (22.58%) Telecoms
4 6 (19.35%) Electronics
4 6 (19.35%) Manufacturing
4 6 (19.35%) Marketing
5 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Desktop Support
2 6 (19.35%) Desktop Specialist
2 6 (19.35%) Desktop Support Specialist
2 6 (19.35%) Support Specialist
3 5 (16.13%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 5 (16.13%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (16.13%) IT Support
3 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 4 (12.90%) Lead
5 3 (9.68%) Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Data Migration Specialist
5 3 (9.68%) Migration Specialist
6 2 (6.45%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Business Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) SAP Business Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) SAP Support
6 2 (6.45%) SAP Support Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (3.23%) Node.js
1 1 (3.23%) NumPy
1 1 (3.23%) Pandas
1 1 (3.23%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.68%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Reinsurance
4 1 (3.23%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Android
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
1 6 (19.35%) Windows 10
2 5 (16.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.81%) Programme Management
2 7 (22.58%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (22.58%) Migration
2 7 (22.58%) Service Management
3 6 (19.35%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (19.35%) Inventory Management
3 6 (19.35%) Mobile Device Management
3 6 (19.35%) Patch Management
4 4 (12.90%) ERP
5 3 (9.68%) Data Migration
5 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.68%) Workflow
6 2 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.45%) Data Engineering
6 2 (6.45%) Data Protection
6 2 (6.45%) DevOps
6 2 (6.45%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (6.45%) Process Improvement
6 2 (6.45%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 2 (6.45%) SQL
4 1 (3.23%) Bash
4 1 (3.23%) Bicep
4 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) SC Cleared
1 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) AAT
2 2 (6.45%) ACCA
2 2 (6.45%) CIMA
3 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.23%) CISA
3 1 (3.23%) CISSP
3 1 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.23%) COBIT
2 1 (3.23%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) Active Directory
1 6 (19.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Terraform
2 1 (3.23%) Icinga
Vendors
1 8 (25.81%) SAP
2 5 (16.13%) Apple
2 5 (16.13%) Cisco
2 5 (16.13%) Dell
2 5 (16.13%) HP
3 2 (6.45%) Databricks
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.23%) NCR
4 1 (3.23%) Pega
4 1 (3.23%) Sage