Finance Contracts in the North of England

Financial
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in the North of England. 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 5 5 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 519 632 847
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 15.75% 13.26% 14.53%
As % of the General category 26.66% 24.18% 26.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 401 574
10th Percentile £305 £319 £363
25th Percentile £375 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £617
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £575 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -2.13% -2.08% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 49 5
10th Percentile £22.28 £11.77 £19.59
25th Percentile £25.26 £13.23 £27.98
Median hourly rate £40.87 £15.11 £30.76
Median % change year-on-year +170.54% -50.89% +112.10%
75th Percentile £60.00 £34.21 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.13 £52.78 £71.00
England median hourly rate £38.11 £27.00 £26.85
% change year-on-year +41.15% +0.58% -21.37%

All General Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,947 2,614 3,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 59.09% 54.82% 55.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 1,539 2,212
10th Percentile £255 £256 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -3.41% +7.89%
75th Percentile £575 £582 £600
90th Percentile £662 £669 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 310 96
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.11 £14.13
25th Percentile £16.25 £13.30 £17.60
Median hourly rate £25.00 £16.06 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.67% -35.76% +33.69%
75th Percentile £39.75 £27.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £48.75 £53.17
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England 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
North West 0 266 £464 -7.25% 1,646
Yorkshire +2 215 £500 - 1,116
North East +10 38 £470 -6.00% 370
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 34 (6.55%) Confluence
2 7 (1.35%) SAS
3 5 (0.96%) Apache
3 5 (0.96%) Tomcat
3 5 (0.96%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.77%) JBoss
4 4 (0.77%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.77%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.58%) CICS
6 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.19%) nginx
7 1 (0.19%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 25 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (2.12%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.73%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.77%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.77%) SketchUp
7 3 (0.58%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.39%) InVision
8 2 (0.39%) Trello
8 2 (0.39%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 20 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.50%) Kondor
3 6 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.96%) SAP PS
5 4 (0.77%) Primavera
5 4 (0.77%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.58%) Finacle
6 3 (0.58%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 3 (0.58%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 3 (0.58%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.58%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.39%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.19%) Actimize
8 1 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.19%) Maximo
8 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.19%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 56 (10.79%) Azure
2 39 (7.51%) AWS
3 22 (4.24%) GCP
4 19 (3.66%) Power Platform
5 14 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (1.93%) SaaS
7 9 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.16%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.16%) OCI
9 6 (1.16%) Snowflake
10 5 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (0.96%) GitHub
10 5 (0.96%) Serverless
11 4 (0.77%) Anthropic Claude
11 4 (0.77%) Azure AI
11 4 (0.77%) Google Gemini
11 4 (0.77%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.24%) Firewall
2 12 (2.31%) Network Security
3 6 (1.16%) LAN
4 4 (0.77%) DHCP
4 4 (0.77%) DNS
4 4 (0.77%) SSL
4 4 (0.77%) WAN
5 3 (0.58%) DMZ
5 3 (0.58%) SAN
5 3 (0.58%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.39%) Internet
6 2 (0.39%) NAS
7 1 (0.19%) ATM
7 1 (0.19%) DWDM
7 1 (0.19%) GPRS
7 1 (0.19%) MPLS
7 1 (0.19%) OSPF
7 1 (0.19%) SNA
7 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.24%) Oracle Database
2 20 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (3.47%) Power BI
4 15 (2.89%) Relational Database
5 12 (2.31%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.12%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.54%) Tableau
9 7 (1.35%) DB2
10 6 (1.16%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.16%) Metadata
10 6 (1.16%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.96%) Essbase
11 5 (0.96%) Siebel EIM
12 4 (0.77%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.77%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.58%) Big Data
13 3 (0.58%) Bigtable
13 3 (0.58%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 43 (8.29%) JIRA
2 26 (5.01%) Jenkins
3 21 (4.05%) Git
4 12 (2.31%) GitLab
5 10 (1.93%) Cucumber
5 10 (1.93%) Gradle
5 10 (1.93%) JUnit
5 10 (1.93%) Liquibase
5 10 (1.93%) Mockito
6 9 (1.73%) Selenium
7 7 (1.35%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.16%) ERwin
9 5 (0.96%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.58%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.58%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.39%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.39%) Axure RP
11 2 (0.39%) JMeter
11 2 (0.39%) REST Assured
General
1 136 (26.20%) Social Skills
2 111 (21.39%) Banking
3 84 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.06%) Public Sector
5 38 (7.32%) Manufacturing
6 35 (6.74%) Legal
7 29 (5.59%) Marketing
8 20 (3.85%) Telecoms
9 19 (3.66%) Electronics
10 17 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (3.28%) Retail
11 16 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.70%) Financial Institution
13 13 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.16%) Law
16 5 (0.96%) Retail Banking
17 4 (0.77%) Corporate Banking
17 4 (0.77%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (12.72%) Analyst
2 65 (12.52%) Project Manager
3 47 (9.06%) Senior
4 38 (7.32%) Architect
5 34 (6.55%) Lead
6 31 (5.97%) Business Analyst
7 29 (5.59%) Developer
8 26 (5.01%) Consultant
9 17 (3.28%) IT Manager
9 17 (3.28%) Programme Manager
10 15 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (2.31%) Designer
11 12 (2.31%) IT Project Manager
12 11 (2.12%) Data Engineer
13 10 (1.93%) Commvault Engineer
13 10 (1.93%) Data Analyst
13 10 (1.93%) DevOps Engineer
13 10 (1.93%) Firewall Engineer
13 10 (1.93%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 10 (1.93%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.85%) Spring Boot
2 19 (3.66%) Spring
3 18 (3.47%) Kafka
4 15 (2.89%) REST
5 14 (2.70%) SOAP
6 11 (2.12%) OpenAPI
6 11 (2.12%) React
6 11 (2.12%) Swagger
6 11 (2.12%) Web Services
7 8 (1.54%) CSS
7 8 (1.54%) HTML
8 7 (1.35%) Gherkin
8 7 (1.35%) Middleware
8 7 (1.35%) Node.js
8 7 (1.35%) XML
9 5 (0.96%) JMS
9 5 (0.96%) JSON
9 5 (0.96%) TensorFlow
10 4 (0.77%) MDX
10 4 (0.77%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.59%) Product Ownership
2 25 (4.82%) Data Protection Act
3 20 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 13 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.31%) PMI
6 8 (1.54%) Mainframe
7 7 (1.35%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.16%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.16%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.16%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.96%) Derivative
9 5 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.96%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.77%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.77%) Life Science
11 3 (0.58%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.20%) Linux
2 21 (4.05%) Windows
3 18 (3.47%) Unix
4 8 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.77%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.58%) HPUX
6 3 (0.58%) Solaris
7 2 (0.39%) Android
7 2 (0.39%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.39%) zOS
8 1 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.19%) CentOS
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (25.05%) Agile
2 122 (23.51%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (17.15%) Project Management
4 86 (16.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 82 (15.80%) Migration
6 72 (13.87%) Change Management
7 56 (10.79%) Risk Management
8 48 (9.25%) Decision-Making
9 46 (8.86%) CI/CD
9 46 (8.86%) DevOps
10 40 (7.71%) Analytics
11 39 (7.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 38 (7.32%) Data Protection
13 32 (6.17%) Business Intelligence
13 32 (6.17%) Programme Management
13 32 (6.17%) Project Delivery
14 31 (5.97%) SDLC
15 30 (5.78%) Performance Tuning
15 30 (5.78%) Roadmaps
16 28 (5.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 59 (11.37%) SQL
2 46 (8.86%) Python
3 33 (6.36%) Java
4 15 (2.89%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.31%) JavaScript
6 11 (2.12%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.93%) PL/SQL
8 7 (1.35%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.96%) Bash
9 5 (0.96%) COBOL
10 3 (0.58%) C#
10 3 (0.58%) JCL
10 3 (0.58%) PeopleCode
10 3 (0.58%) Ruby
10 3 (0.58%) Scala
10 3 (0.58%) VB
11 2 (0.39%) Groovy
11 2 (0.39%) MUMPS
11 2 (0.39%) REXX
12 1 (0.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (8.48%) Security Cleared
2 43 (8.29%) Degree
3 36 (6.94%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.47%) PMI Certification
5 9 (1.73%) PMP
6 7 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.35%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.77%) CIMA
7 4 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.77%) CISM
7 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.58%) APMP
8 3 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (0.58%) SAP Certification
8 3 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.39%) AAT
9 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.39%) CBAP
9 2 (0.39%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.43%) PMO
2 13 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.31%) GDPR
4 11 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.12%) QA
5 9 (1.73%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.96%) Basel III
6 5 (0.96%) MiFID
7 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.77%) SLA
8 3 (0.58%) GRC
8 3 (0.58%) NIST
8 3 (0.58%) WCAG
9 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.19%) PSD2
System Software
1 33 (6.36%) Docker
2 8 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.77%) vSphere
5 3 (0.58%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 3 (0.58%) VirtualBox
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.19%) HDFS
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (5.39%) Ansible
2 27 (5.20%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.50%) Terraform
4 12 (2.31%) Oracle RMAN
5 7 (1.35%) Puppet
6 6 (1.16%) Grafana
7 5 (0.96%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.77%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.39%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.39%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.39%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.39%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.39%) SCCM
10 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.39%) vRealize
11 1 (0.19%) Istio
11 1 (0.19%) Kiali
Vendors
1 68 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 55 (10.60%) Oracle
3 53 (10.21%) SAP
4 18 (3.47%) Commvault
5 14 (2.70%) CheckPoint
6 11 (2.12%) Splunk
7 10 (1.93%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.54%) Cisco
8 8 (1.54%) Google
8 8 (1.54%) VMware
9 7 (1.35%) Sybase
10 6 (1.16%) Ariba
10 6 (1.16%) Databricks
10 6 (1.16%) IBM
11 5 (0.96%) Dell
11 5 (0.96%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.96%) Siebel
11 5 (0.96%) Workday
12 4 (0.77%) Adobe
12 4 (0.77%) HP