Finance Contracts in the North West

Financial
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 3 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 350 414 365
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 17.02% 14.90% 12.00%
As % of the General category 28.93% 27.69% 22.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 291 250
10th Percentile £350 £300 £361
25th Percentile £399 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +1.94%
75th Percentile £578 £588 £638
90th Percentile £698 £688 £688
England median daily rate £550 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -6.38% -2.08% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 40 11
10th Percentile £25.27 £11.77 £14.00
25th Percentile £26.70 £13.31 £15.72
Median hourly rate £55.49 £20.72 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year +167.89% -8.06% +1.51%
75th Percentile £63.13 £35.00 £30.44
90th Percentile £75.88 £45.54 £75.50
England median hourly rate £36.51 £28.00 £30.38
% change year-on-year +30.39% -7.83% -13.21%

All General Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,210 1,495 1,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 58.82% 53.80% 52.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 775 884 1,099
10th Percentile £302 £300 £300
25th Percentile £379 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £491 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.85% -1.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £576 £588
90th Percentile £675 £661 £675
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 192 85
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.00 £14.79
25th Percentile £13.90 £15.50 £16.85
Median hourly rate £29.54 £22.98 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year +28.55% -0.76% -6.46%
75th Percentile £58.76 £42.88 £35.75
90th Percentile £76.63 £51.79 £55.94
England median hourly rate £27.45 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.55% +9.65% +25.23%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North West over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the North West

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the North West over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the North West

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Manchester +3 162 £450 -10.00% 1,658
Cheshire -2 126 £447 -14.86% 399
Merseyside +7 33 £465 +132.50% 220
Lancashire -10 13 £500 +17.65% 499
Cumbria -15 9 £600 +9.09% 37
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 18 (5.14%) Confluence
2 9 (2.57%) WebSphere
3 8 (2.29%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.00%) JBoss
4 7 (2.00%) Tomcat
5 6 (1.71%) SAS
6 5 (1.43%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.86%) CICS
8 2 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.29%) Apache
9 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.29%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.57%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.14%) Chatbot
5 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.14%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.57%) InVision
6 2 (0.57%) Trello
6 2 (0.57%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 25 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.14%) Kondor
3 7 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.43%) Primavera
4 5 (1.43%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.86%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.57%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.57%) Finacle
7 1 (0.29%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.29%) Maximo
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.29%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 45 (12.86%) Azure
2 37 (10.57%) AWS
3 16 (4.57%) Power Platform
4 13 (3.71%) GCP
5 12 (3.43%) SaaS
6 10 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.29%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.43%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.43%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.14%) Anthropic Claude
10 4 (1.14%) Azure AI
10 4 (1.14%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.14%) Figma
10 4 (1.14%) Google Gemini
11 3 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.43%) Firewall
2 5 (1.43%) Network Security
3 3 (0.86%) DMZ
3 3 (0.86%) LAN
3 3 (0.86%) NetScaler
3 3 (0.86%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.86%) VPN
4 2 (0.57%) ATM
4 2 (0.57%) BGP
4 2 (0.57%) Calico
4 2 (0.57%) DHCP
4 2 (0.57%) Internet
4 2 (0.57%) Multicast
5 1 (0.29%) Broadband
5 1 (0.29%) DWDM
5 1 (0.29%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.29%) L2TP
5 1 (0.29%) MPLS
5 1 (0.29%) OSPF
5 1 (0.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.14%) Relational Database
2 16 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (4.29%) Power BI
4 14 (4.00%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.57%) DB2
6 8 (2.29%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.29%) Siebel EIM
7 6 (1.71%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.14%) Neo4j
8 4 (1.14%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.14%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.14%) Tableau
9 3 (0.86%) MySQL
10 2 (0.57%) Big Data
10 2 (0.57%) InterSystems Cache
10 2 (0.57%) Metadata
10 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (7.43%) JIRA
2 19 (5.43%) Jenkins
3 16 (4.57%) Git
4 13 (3.71%) JUnit
5 11 (3.14%) GitLab
5 11 (3.14%) Gradle
5 11 (3.14%) Mockito
6 10 (2.86%) Liquibase
7 7 (2.00%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.14%) Maven
9 3 (0.86%) Hudson
9 3 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.57%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.57%) Selenium
10 2 (0.57%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.29%) eggPlant
11 1 (0.29%) ERwin
11 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 115 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 85 (24.29%) Banking
3 62 (17.71%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (10.00%) Legal
5 31 (8.86%) Public Sector
6 30 (8.57%) Manufacturing
7 21 (6.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 18 (5.14%) Marketing
9 13 (3.71%) Retail
10 12 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (3.43%) Telecoms
11 11 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.86%) Electronics
12 10 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.00%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.71%) Corporate Banking
15 5 (1.43%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.43%) Local Government
15 5 (1.43%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (16.00%) Analyst
2 36 (10.29%) Architect
3 32 (9.14%) Developer
4 30 (8.57%) Business Analyst
5 23 (6.57%) Project Manager
5 23 (6.57%) Senior
6 18 (5.14%) Lead
7 17 (4.86%) Consultant
8 15 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (2.86%) Scrum Master
9 10 (2.86%) Security Engineer
10 9 (2.57%) Data Analyst
10 9 (2.57%) Java Developer
10 9 (2.57%) SAP Consultant
10 9 (2.57%) Test Manager
11 8 (2.29%) Designer
11 8 (2.29%) Programme Manager
11 8 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 8 (2.29%) Software Engineer
12 7 (2.00%) SAP Financial Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.29%) SOAP
1 22 (6.29%) Spring Boot
2 20 (5.71%) Spring
3 17 (4.86%) REST
4 16 (4.57%) Web Services
5 14 (4.00%) Kafka
5 14 (4.00%) React
6 10 (2.86%) OpenAPI
6 10 (2.86%) Swagger
7 8 (2.29%) JMS
8 7 (2.00%) CSS
8 7 (2.00%) HTML
8 7 (2.00%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (1.71%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.71%) Node.js
9 6 (1.71%) RAML
9 6 (1.71%) WSDL
10 5 (1.43%) TensorFlow
11 4 (1.14%) JSON
11 4 (1.14%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.29%) Product Ownership
2 15 (4.29%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.00%) Derivative
5 7 (2.00%) Private Cloud
5 7 (2.00%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.71%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.43%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.43%) Mainframe
7 5 (1.43%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.14%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.14%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.14%) Life Science
8 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.14%) Social Media
9 3 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.86%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.71%) Linux
2 16 (4.57%) Windows
3 13 (3.71%) Unix
4 4 (1.14%) Android
4 4 (1.14%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.57%) HPUX
5 2 (0.57%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (28.86%) Agile
2 66 (18.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 65 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (16.57%) Migration
5 48 (13.71%) Project Management
6 39 (11.14%) Risk Management
7 37 (10.57%) DevOps
8 36 (10.29%) Change Management
9 35 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 33 (9.43%) CI/CD
11 30 (8.57%) Decision-Making
12 29 (8.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (8.00%) Analytics
14 27 (7.71%) SDLC
15 26 (7.43%) Scrum
16 25 (7.14%) Project Delivery
17 23 (6.57%) Waterfall
18 22 (6.29%) Data Modelling
18 22 (6.29%) Microservices
19 20 (5.71%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 49 (14.00%) SQL
2 32 (9.14%) Java
3 26 (7.43%) Python
4 11 (3.14%) JavaScript
4 11 (3.14%) PowerShell
4 11 (3.14%) TypeScript
5 8 (2.29%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.43%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.14%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.86%) Scala
9 2 (0.57%) C#
9 2 (0.57%) COBOL
9 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.57%) JCL
9 2 (0.57%) MUMPS
9 2 (0.57%) Perl
10 1 (0.29%) PHP
10 1 (0.29%) R
10 1 (0.29%) REXX
10 1 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 37 (10.57%) Security Cleared
2 33 (9.43%) SC Cleared
3 28 (8.00%) Degree
4 7 (2.00%) CIMA
5 6 (1.71%) ACCA
5 6 (1.71%) ISTQB
5 6 (1.71%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.43%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.14%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.14%) PMP
8 3 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.57%) CISM
9 2 (0.57%) CISSP
10 1 (0.29%) CCIE
10 1 (0.29%) CCNP
10 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.00%) Data Quality
1 14 (4.00%) QA
2 11 (3.14%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.86%) GDPR
4 8 (2.29%) Basel III
5 7 (2.00%) GRC
5 7 (2.00%) MiFID
5 7 (2.00%) NIST
6 6 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.71%) PMO
6 6 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.43%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.29%) PSD2
9 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (6.86%) Docker
2 4 (1.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (3.43%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.00%) Ansible
3 6 (1.71%) Terraform
4 2 (0.57%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (0.57%) Grafana
4 2 (0.57%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.57%) Istio
4 2 (0.57%) Kibana
5 1 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.29%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.29%) QRadar
5 1 (0.29%) Sysdig
5 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 96 (27.43%) Microsoft
2 53 (15.14%) SAP
3 34 (9.71%) Oracle
4 16 (4.57%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.86%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.57%) Sybase
7 8 (2.29%) Siebel
8 7 (2.00%) Ariba
9 6 (1.71%) Splunk
9 6 (1.71%) Zscaler
10 5 (1.43%) IBM
11 4 (1.14%) Cisco
11 4 (1.14%) Citrix
11 4 (1.14%) Darktrace
12 3 (0.86%) AppDynamics
12 3 (0.86%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.86%) Dell
12 3 (0.86%) HP
12 3 (0.86%) Thycotic
12 3 (0.86%) VMware