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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 566 656
Rank change year-on-year +24 +90 +183
Contract jobs citing HFM 5 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.008% 0.012%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.18% 0.11% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -23.81% -16.00%
75th Percentile £488 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
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 2,800 2,793 3,617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.57% 7.34% 7.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,584 1,511 2,018
10th Percentile £360 £363 £357
25th Percentile £450 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £528 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -1.40% +1.90% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 79 68
10th Percentile £13.59 £24.90 £22.06
25th Percentile £25.25 £35.18 £46.75
Median hourly rate £33.49 £45.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £62.81 £61.60 £64.06
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.30 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -12.22% -20.34% +67.39%

HFM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HFM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HFM 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 16 September 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
Work from Home +39 4 - - 5
London +31 3 £475 +18.75% 4
England +14 3 £475 +18.75% 5

HFM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (40.00%) Oracle Smart View
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Star Schema
2 1 (20.00%) Metadata
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Finance Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) HFM Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Migration Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Data Reconciliation
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (40.00%) Backlog Management
3 2 (40.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (40.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) Data Integration
3 2 (40.00%) Data Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Epics
3 2 (40.00%) Financial Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (40.00%) Product Backlog
3 2 (40.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Sprint Review
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ACCA
2 1 (20.00%) CIMA
2 1 (20.00%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (60.00%) Hyperion
3 2 (40.00%) Tagetik
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft