Financial Analyst Contracts in the North of England

Finance Analyst
England > North of England

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 150 182
Rank change year-on-year -24 +32 +48
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 15 13 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.38% 0.31% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.33% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 14
10th Percentile £337 £314 £383
25th Percentile £381 £350 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £390 £428
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -8.77% -14.50%
75th Percentile £494 £575 £515
90th Percentile £543 £594 £563
England median daily rate £468 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -13.02% -2.27% -

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,698 3,910 4,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 92.96% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,394 2,341 3,270
10th Percentile £251 £281 £263
25th Percentile £369 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +0.50%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 280 201
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.42 £15.72
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.70
Median hourly rate £22.45 £28.50 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% +4.78% +35.12%
75th Percentile £50.00 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £69.78 £56.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -42.84% +0.32% +68.69%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Financial Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire 0 12 £488 +27.45% 1
North West -16 3 £351 -6.33% 6
Financial Analyst
England

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Financial Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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 15 (100.00%) Finance
2 9 (60.00%) Change Management
3 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (13.33%) Data Centre Operations
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Software Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (6.67%) Degree
5 1 (6.67%) Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) General Ledger
5 1 (6.67%) Law
5 1 (6.67%) CIMA
5 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.67%) SQL
5 1 (6.67%) Oracle
5 1 (6.67%) SAP
5 1 (6.67%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (6.67%) Python
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (6.67%) Data Modelling
5 1 (6.67%) Broadband
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft

Financial Analyst Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Broadband
General
1 15 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) General Ledger
3 1 (6.67%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Credit Risk
2 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Change Management
2 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (13.33%) Agile
3 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (13.33%) Data Centre Operations
3 2 (13.33%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (6.67%) Budgeting
4 1 (6.67%) Business Case
4 1 (6.67%) Cost Management
4 1 (6.67%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (6.67%) Customer Journey Map
4 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (6.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (6.67%) FinOps
4 1 (6.67%) Journey Map
4 1 (6.67%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (6.67%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Python
1 1 (6.67%) R
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) ACCA
1 1 (6.67%) CIMA
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) CyberArk
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle
1 1 (6.67%) SAP