HFM Contract Job Trends

Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring HFM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 513 580
Rank change year-on-year -106 +67 +112
Contract jobs citing HFM 6 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.010% 0.007%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.18% 0.12% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £695 £496 -
25th Percentile £725 £547 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £638 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.49% - -
75th Percentile £825 £722 -
90th Percentile - £769 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

HFM falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,380 2,408 3,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.16% 8.31% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,904 1,363 1,882
10th Percentile £361 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £745 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 51 116
10th Percentile £25.70 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.13 £58.38
90th Percentile £87.25 £86.00 £64.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.25 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -7.92% +50.00% -20.00%

HFM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

HFM job vacancy trend in the UK

HFM
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HFM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HFM

HFM
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HFM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HFM

HFM
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HFM within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 2026. 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
London -61 5 £800 +68.42% 3
England -111 5 £800 +25.49% 3
Work from Home - 5 £800 - 3

HFM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
1 4 (66.67%) HFM Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Finance Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 2 (33.33%) Product Backlog
2 2 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Data Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) VB
1 1 (16.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) ACCA
1 4 (66.67%) CIMA
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GAAP
2 2 (33.33%) IFRS
2 2 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Hyperion
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (33.33%) Tagetik