Finance Contract Job Trends in Nottingham

Financial
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Nottingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Finance 23 15 18
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 13.94% 12.30% 12.68%
As % of the General category 22.77% 18.99% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 12
10th Percentile £425 £410 -
25th Percentile £487 £440 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £483 £488
Median % change year-on-year +13.99% -1.03% -2.50%
75th Percentile £616 £556 £681
90th Percentile £679 £575 £775
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £550 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +15.79% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.34 - -
Median hourly rate £15.68 - -
75th Percentile £16.01 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £14.61 - -

All General Skills
Nottingham

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 general skills in Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 101 79 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 61.21% 64.75% 46.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 48 51
10th Percentile £205 £301 £246
25th Percentile £380 £410 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £503
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -0.50% -12.61%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £700
90th Percentile £638 £579 £750
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £450 £500 £481
% change year-on-year -10.00% +3.90% -16.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 7
10th Percentile £16.09 £13.27 £10.76
25th Percentile £16.17 £13.79 £12.51
Median hourly rate £16.34 £14.80 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.37% -1.33% +44.65%
75th Percentile £25.15 £15.03 £20.39
90th Percentile - £15.07 £48.72
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £16.34 £15.10 £15.00
% change year-on-year +8.18% +0.67% +44.65%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Finance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Finance job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Nottingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Nottingham over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Nottingham

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Finance

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (21.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (17.39%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (4.35%) Figma
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.35%) MySQL
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Bulgarian Language
4 1 (4.35%) Electronics
4 1 (4.35%) Front Office
4 1 (4.35%) Law
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Retail
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Programme Manager
1 6 (26.09%) Senior
2 5 (21.74%) SAP Manager
2 5 (21.74%) SAP Programme Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Product Owner
3 4 (17.39%) Project Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Technical Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Technical Project Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Transformation Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Technical Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Technical Project Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Transformation Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Transformation Project Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Java Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) .NET
1 1 (4.35%) ISPF
1 1 (4.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Public Cloud
2 4 (17.39%) Mobile App
2 4 (17.39%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.35%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) ERP
1 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
3 4 (17.39%) Programme Management
3 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
3 4 (17.39%) Project Management
3 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
3 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (13.04%) Agile
4 3 (13.04%) Budgeting
4 3 (13.04%) Change Management
4 3 (13.04%) Conflict Resolution
4 3 (13.04%) Escalation Management
4 3 (13.04%) Objectives and Key Results
4 3 (13.04%) Product Strategy
4 3 (13.04%) Product Vision
4 3 (13.04%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (13.04%) Programme Governance
4 3 (13.04%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) C#
1 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (4.35%) Java
1 1 (4.35%) JCL
1 1 (4.35%) PHP
1 1 (4.35%) PL/SQL
1 1 (4.35%) REXX
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) CISA
2 1 (4.35%) CISM
2 1 (4.35%) CISSP
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.35%) COBIT
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) GRC
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (4.35%) NIST
2 1 (4.35%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) Genesys
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle
2 1 (4.35%) Rapid7
2 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.35%) Splunk