Financial Analyst Contracts in the North West

Finance Analyst
England > North West

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in the North West is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 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
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 115 140
Rank change year-on-year -13 +25 +33
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 3 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% 0.33% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.35% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £329 £291 £408
25th Percentile £362 £325 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £375 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -31.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £474 £575 £563
90th Percentile £505 - -
England median daily rate £471 £540 £563
% change year-on-year -12.73% -4.00% +2.27%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,044 2,312 2,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 94.79% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,316 1,386 1,855
10th Percentile £263 £276 £285
25th Percentile £363 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £564 £588 £588
90th Percentile £663 £675 £656
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 200 152
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £15.78
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% +11.33% +35.73%
75th Percentile £50.00 £54.31 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.54 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +5.88% +65.50%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in the North West

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analyst in the North West

Financial Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Financial Analyst
DemandTrendContract 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 Financial Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 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
Manchester 0 2 £420 -9.19% 7
Lancashire - 1 - - 3
Financial Analyst
England

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 22 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 West region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Journey Map
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) General Ledger
3 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
3 1 (33.33%) Social Media
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (33.33%) Boomi
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) Elite 3E
3 1 (33.33%) Intapp
3 1 (33.33%) Accounts Payable
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Journey Map
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) Broadband
3 1 (33.33%) ACCA
3 1 (33.33%) CIMA

Financial Analyst Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Boomi
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) General Ledger
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Accounts Payable
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Journey Map
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Journey Map
2 1 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ACCA
1 1 (33.33%) CIMA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Intapp
1 1 (33.33%) SAP