Financial Institution Contracts in the North West

Financial Institution
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Financial Institution over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 102 137
Rank change year-on-year -23 +35 +46
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 6 22 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.27% 0.91% 0.24%
As % of the General category 0.45% 1.68% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 18 6
10th Percentile - - £441
25th Percentile - - £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £612 £490 £600
Median % change year-on-year +24.90% -18.33% +11.63%
75th Percentile £731 £538 £672
90th Percentile £802 £546 £675
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

All General Skills
North West

Financial Institution 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 1,346 1,307 1,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 61.41% 54.35% 54.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 852 783 1,057
10th Percentile £268 £300 £255
25th Percentile £378 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £588
90th Percentile £678 £684 £675
England median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.20% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 101 107
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.06 £15.74
25th Percentile £14.92 £16.78 £16.85
Median hourly rate £28.75 £32.90 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% +20.94% +36.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £43.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £70.39 £57.50 £63.30
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +12.24%

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Institution in the North West

Financial Institution
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Institution in the North West

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Institution in the North West over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Institution in the North West

Financial Institution
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Financial Institution in the North West

Financial Institution
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 Financial Institution within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -14 3 £612 +24.90% 9
Cheshire -21 3 £850 +78.67% 5
Financial Institution
England

Financial Institution
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Relational Database
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Back Office
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Head of Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Implementation Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Migration Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Network Implementation Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) REST
1 2 (33.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Credit Derivative
1 2 (33.33%) Derivative
1 2 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (33.33%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Fintech
2 2 (33.33%) High Availability
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) Generative AI
3 1 (16.67%) Internal Audit
3 1 (16.67%) LLM
3 1 (16.67%) Low Latency
3 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (16.67%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Basel III
1 2 (33.33%) MiFID
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Sybase
3 1 (16.67%) AlgoSec
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (16.67%) F5