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 advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 363 369 525
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 13.45% 11.69% 13.02%
As % of the General category 25.05% 22.51% 26.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 263 369
10th Percentile £307 £350 £300
25th Percentile £390 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £738 £688 £700
England median daily rate £588 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.08% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 5 21
10th Percentile £11.77 £19.59 £9.23
25th Percentile £13.31 £27.98 £12.59
Median hourly rate £16.05 £30.76 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +112.10% -18.99%
75th Percentile £34.32 £57.50 £28.75
90th Percentile £52.78 £71.00 £47.22
England median hourly rate £27.00 £25.71 £34.14
% change year-on-year +5.02% -24.69% +52.68%

All General Skills
North West

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,449 1,639 2,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.71% 51.93% 49.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 1,134 1,410
10th Percentile £300 £305 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.34%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 80 116
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.17 £11.21
25th Percentile £14.50 £19.14 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £27.35 £20.07
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +36.31% -10.82%
75th Percentile £36.95 £38.75 £44.03
90th Percentile £51.91 £53.02 £54.41
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.20% +51.16% -4.44%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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 +4 178 £475 -9.52% 295
Cheshire +2 82 £535 +12.63% 88
Cumbria +4 37 £575 +35.29% 21
Merseyside +8 30 £329 -34.25% 55
Lancashire +18 29 £425 -15.00% 53
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 8 (2.20%) Confluence
2 6 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.83%) nginx
5 2 (0.55%) Apache
5 2 (0.55%) Traefik
6 1 (0.28%) JBoss
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.28%) Mule
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.28%) SAS
6 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 40 (11.02%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (8.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (3.58%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.48%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 23 (6.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.48%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.65%) Temenos T24
4 4 (1.10%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.83%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.55%) Primavera
6 2 (0.55%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.55%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.55%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.55%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.28%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.28%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.28%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.28%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 37 (10.19%) Azure
2 27 (7.44%) AWS
3 19 (5.23%) Power Platform
4 12 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (2.48%) SaaS
6 8 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (1.93%) IaaS
7 7 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.93%) PaaS
8 5 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (1.38%) Apigee
8 5 (1.38%) GCP
8 5 (1.38%) Kong
8 5 (1.38%) Serverless
8 5 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (1.10%) npm
9 4 (1.10%) WhatsApp
10 3 (0.83%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.68%) DMZ
1 17 (4.68%) SD-WAN
2 15 (4.13%) Wireless
3 13 (3.58%) Cisco IOS
3 13 (3.58%) Cisco Nexus
4 9 (2.48%) ATM
5 5 (1.38%) DNS
5 5 (1.38%) Firewall
6 4 (1.10%) HTTP
7 3 (0.83%) DSL
7 3 (0.83%) InfiniBand
7 3 (0.83%) Skype
8 2 (0.55%) PPP
8 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.55%) WAN
9 1 (0.28%) DHCP
9 1 (0.28%) LAN
9 1 (0.28%) MPLS
9 1 (0.28%) VPN
9 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.23%) Power BI
2 11 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.93%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.38%) Metadata
5 5 (1.38%) OLAP
5 5 (1.38%) OLTP
5 5 (1.38%) Oracle OLAP
5 5 (1.38%) Tableau
6 4 (1.10%) DB2
7 3 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.83%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.55%) Big Data
8 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.55%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.55%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.55%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 24 (6.61%) JIRA
2 9 (2.48%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.10%) ERwin
4 3 (0.83%) Git
4 3 (0.83%) GitLab
5 2 (0.55%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.28%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.28%) Log4j
6 1 (0.28%) RStudio
6 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
General
1 115 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 57 (15.70%) Public Sector
3 49 (13.50%) Banking
4 35 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (7.16%) Manufacturing
6 21 (5.79%) Telecoms
7 20 (5.51%) Retail
8 13 (3.58%) Marketing
8 13 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.31%) Electronics
9 12 (3.31%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (2.75%) Legal
11 8 (2.20%) Billing
11 8 (2.20%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.93%) Mandarin Language
13 6 (1.65%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.65%) Local Government
13 6 (1.65%) Police
14 5 (1.38%) Front Office
14 5 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (13.22%) Project Manager
2 36 (9.92%) Architect
3 35 (9.64%) Analyst
4 26 (7.16%) Lead
5 23 (6.34%) Network Engineer
6 21 (5.79%) Consultant
6 21 (5.79%) Senior
7 20 (5.51%) Developer
8 19 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (4.41%) Business Analyst
10 15 (4.13%) Administrator
11 14 (3.86%) Programme Manager
12 12 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
13 10 (2.75%) Data Analyst
14 9 (2.48%) IT Technician
14 9 (2.48%) SAP Consultant
15 8 (2.20%) AWS Architect
15 8 (2.20%) Service Delivery Manager
15 8 (2.20%) Service Manager
15 8 (2.20%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.03%) Kafka
2 8 (2.20%) Middleware
3 6 (1.65%) .NET
3 6 (1.65%) AngularJS
3 6 (1.65%) IBM Integration Bus
3 6 (1.65%) Spring
3 6 (1.65%) Web Services
4 5 (1.38%) J2EE
4 5 (1.38%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (1.38%) RESTful
4 5 (1.38%) SOAP
5 4 (1.10%) Apache Camel
5 4 (1.10%) React
5 4 (1.10%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.10%) Spring Integration
6 3 (0.83%) Node.js
7 2 (0.55%) cloud-init
8 1 (0.28%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.28%) AWS SAM
8 1 (0.28%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.96%) Data Centre
2 17 (4.68%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.58%) Driving Licence
4 12 (3.31%) Public Cloud
5 10 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.48%) EPoS
6 9 (2.48%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.65%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.38%) DataPower
9 5 (1.38%) Life Science
9 5 (1.38%) NHS
9 5 (1.38%) PKI
9 5 (1.38%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.10%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.10%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.10%) Wiki
11 3 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.68%) Linux
2 14 (3.86%) Windows
3 11 (3.03%) Unix
4 4 (1.10%) Android
4 4 (1.10%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.10%) zOS
5 3 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.55%) CentOS
6 2 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.55%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 65 (17.91%) Project Management
3 63 (17.36%) Agile
4 31 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
5 30 (8.26%) Decision-Making
6 26 (7.16%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (6.61%) Migration
8 23 (6.34%) Requirements Gathering
9 22 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (6.06%) DevOps
9 22 (6.06%) PRINCE2
9 22 (6.06%) Waterfall
10 20 (5.51%) Risk Management
11 19 (5.23%) Business Case
11 19 (5.23%) ERP
11 19 (5.23%) ITSM
11 19 (5.23%) Programme Management
11 19 (5.23%) Service Delivery
11 19 (5.23%) Software Engineering
12 17 (4.68%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.23%) SQL
2 17 (4.68%) Python
3 15 (4.13%) Java
4 7 (1.93%) PL/SQL
4 7 (1.93%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.38%) Ruby
6 4 (1.10%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.83%) Bash
7 3 (0.83%) C
7 3 (0.83%) C#
7 3 (0.83%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.83%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.55%) Go
8 2 (0.55%) R
8 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.55%) X++
9 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.28%) Groovy
9 1 (0.28%) Julia
9 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 37 (10.19%) Degree
2 33 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.16%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.48%) PMI Certification
4 9 (2.48%) PMP
5 5 (1.38%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.83%) ACCA
7 3 (0.83%) CIMA
7 3 (0.83%) CISSP
7 3 (0.83%) HNC
7 3 (0.83%) NVQ Level 4
8 2 (0.55%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.55%) CIPFA
8 2 (0.55%) CISA
8 2 (0.55%) CISM
8 2 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.06%) SLA
2 15 (4.13%) GDPR
3 10 (2.75%) PMO
4 9 (2.48%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.38%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.38%) NIST
6 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.10%) QA
7 2 (0.55%) COSO
7 2 (0.55%) ISO 31000
7 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.55%) NCSC
7 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.28%) GAAP
8 1 (0.28%) GxP
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.28%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.83%) Firmware
2 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (2.48%) Terraform
2 6 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.38%) Ansible
3 5 (1.38%) Puppet
4 3 (0.83%) CFEngine
4 3 (0.83%) Dell DRAC
4 3 (0.83%) PowerBroker
4 3 (0.83%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.83%) SCCM
5 2 (0.55%) Consul
5 2 (0.55%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.55%) Graphite
5 2 (0.55%) HAProxy
5 2 (0.55%) Istio
5 2 (0.55%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.55%) linkerd
5 2 (0.55%) Packer
5 2 (0.55%) Podman
5 2 (0.55%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.55%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 48 (13.22%) SAP
2 40 (11.02%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.79%) F5
4 16 (4.41%) Palo Alto
5 15 (4.13%) Cisco
5 15 (4.13%) Oracle
6 8 (2.20%) IBM
7 7 (1.93%) Avaloq
8 6 (1.65%) Databricks
9 5 (1.38%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.38%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.38%) TSYS
10 4 (1.10%) Ariba
10 4 (1.10%) Cadence
10 4 (1.10%) Google
10 4 (1.10%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.10%) Sage
10 4 (1.10%) Sparx
11 3 (0.83%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.83%) Splunk