Finance Contracts in the North East

Financial
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in the North East. 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 9 19 28
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 -13
Contract jobs citing Finance 38 19 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 11.88% 5.62% 7.33%
As % of the General category 20.54% 10.73% 14.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 12 24
10th Percentile £229 £429 £426
25th Percentile £305 £463 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -16.67% +23.71%
75th Percentile £538 £553 £720
90th Percentile £732 £645 £740
England median daily rate £575 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -2.13% -2.08% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £15.25 -
England median hourly rate £38.11 £27.00 £26.85
% change year-on-year +41.15% +0.58% -21.37%

All General Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 185 177 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 57.81% 52.37% 49.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 88 167
10th Percentile £244 £189 £231
25th Percentile £355 £402 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £523 £538
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% -2.79% +10.54%
75th Percentile £538 £625 £625
90th Percentile £617 £720 £732
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 40 0
10th Percentile - £11.41 -
25th Percentile £11.60 £12.13 -
Median hourly rate £11.64 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.49% - -
75th Percentile £18.72 £46.69 -
90th Percentile £22.64 £49.88 -
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 North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North East

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in the North East

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

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

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the North East

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the North East

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North East 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
Tyne and Wear +8 29 £350 -30.00% 123
Durham +2 4 £638 - 9
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (5.26%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (7.89%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 3 (7.89%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 2 (5.26%) SAP CO
2 2 (5.26%) SAP FI
2 2 (5.26%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) Azure
2 3 (7.89%) AWS
2 3 (7.89%) SaaS
3 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (5.26%) IaaS
3 2 (5.26%) Kong
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.26%) PaaS
4 1 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.63%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Git
1 4 (10.53%) GitLab
2 2 (5.26%) Cucumber
2 2 (5.26%) REST Assured
2 2 (5.26%) Selenium
3 1 (2.63%) JIRA
3 1 (2.63%) Postman
General
1 11 (28.95%) Public Sector
2 8 (21.05%) Electronics
2 8 (21.05%) Manufacturing
2 8 (21.05%) Marketing
2 8 (21.05%) Telecoms
3 6 (15.79%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (21.05%) Consultant
2 7 (18.42%) Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Senior
4 4 (10.53%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Lead
4 4 (10.53%) Project Manager
5 3 (7.89%) Architect
5 3 (7.89%) Lead DevOps
5 3 (7.89%) Lead DevOps Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) PeopleSoft Consultant
5 3 (7.89%) User Experience Researcher
6 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Data Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) JavaScript Developer
6 2 (5.26%) Project Officer
6 2 (5.26%) Project Support Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) SAP CO Consultant
6 2 (5.26%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.26%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) CSS
1 2 (5.26%) HTML
1 2 (5.26%) Jest
1 2 (5.26%) Node.js
1 2 (5.26%) pytest
1 2 (5.26%) Sass
2 1 (2.63%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.63%) Middleware
2 1 (2.63%) OpenAPI
2 1 (2.63%) REST
2 1 (2.63%) SAP ALE
2 1 (2.63%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.63%) Swagger
2 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.26%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Linux
1 2 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.63%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (2.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) Programme Management
1 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (21.05%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (18.42%) Decision-Making
3 7 (18.42%) Risk Management
4 6 (15.79%) Project Management
5 5 (13.16%) Analytics
5 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (10.53%) Design Thinking
6 4 (10.53%) DevOps
6 4 (10.53%) Fintech
7 3 (7.89%) CI/CD
7 3 (7.89%) Impact Analysis
7 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (7.89%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (7.89%) User Research
7 3 (7.89%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.89%) Java
1 3 (7.89%) PeopleCode
2 2 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.26%) Python
2 2 (5.26%) SQL
3 1 (2.63%) Bash
3 1 (2.63%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) Degree
4 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.26%) CISM
5 2 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (5.26%) CRISC
5 2 (5.26%) PMP
5 2 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (2.63%) ACCA
6 1 (2.63%) CIMA
6 1 (2.63%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) QA
1 2 (5.26%) WCAG
2 1 (2.63%) NIST
2 1 (2.63%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) Kubernetes
1 4 (10.53%) Terraform
2 2 (5.26%) Grafana
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.26%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.63%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) SAP
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.89%) PeopleSoft
2 3 (7.89%) Workday
3 1 (2.63%) Databricks
3 1 (2.63%) Pega
3 1 (2.63%) Salesforce