Financial Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Finance Analyst
England > North of England

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 152 181
Rank change year-on-year -38 +29 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 15 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.31% 0.25% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.28% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 3
10th Percentile £439 £213 £251
25th Percentile £525 £250 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £325 £363
Median % change year-on-year +107.69% -10.34% -30.29%
75th Percentile - £403 £453
90th Percentile - £441 £504
England median daily rate £475 £500 £531
% change year-on-year -5.00% -5.88% +1.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 4,365 3,259 4,289
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.59% 92.14% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,913 1,874 2,871
10th Percentile £213 £230 £270
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £572 £593
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 163 211
10th Percentile £16.53 £15.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.72 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.99 £24.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.49% -18.33% +39.53%
75th Percentile £55.25 £42.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.14 £64.00 £62.00
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Financial Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Financial Analyst job vacancy trend in the North of England

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analyst in the North of England

Financial Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Financial Analyst
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 Financial Analyst within the North of England 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
Yorkshire -29 14 £675 +76.47% 9
North West -30 1 £388 +29.17% 14
Financial Analyst
England

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, Financial Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) Change Management
2 5 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 4 (26.67%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) Data Governance
3 4 (26.67%) Degree
3 4 (26.67%) JIRA
3 4 (26.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (26.67%) SQL
4 3 (20.00%) Anaconda
4 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 3 (20.00%) Data Quality
4 3 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Python
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.67%) API Testing
6 1 (6.67%) AWS
6 1 (6.67%) Azure
6 1 (6.67%) Budgeting
6 1 (6.67%) Business Case
6 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (6.67%) Confluence
6 1 (6.67%) Cost Management
6 1 (6.67%) Cost Optimisation
6 1 (6.67%) CyberArk
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
6 1 (6.67%) Data Modelling
6 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
6 1 (6.67%) FinOps
6 1 (6.67%) GCP

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) GCP
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) JIRA
General
1 15 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Wholesale Banking
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) Anaconda
2 1 (6.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) CMDB
1 3 (20.00%) Credit Risk
2 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Change Management
2 5 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 4 (26.67%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) Data Governance
3 4 (26.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 3 (20.00%) Functional Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.67%) API Testing
6 1 (6.67%) Budgeting
6 1 (6.67%) Business Case
6 1 (6.67%) Cost Management
6 1 (6.67%) Cost Optimisation
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
6 1 (6.67%) FinOps
6 1 (6.67%) Privileged Access Management
6 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
6 1 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (6.67%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
2 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) CyberArk
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft