Financial Analysis Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Financial Analysis
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Financial Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 109 117
Rank change year-on-year -15 +8 +64
Contract jobs citing Financial Analysis 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.052% 0.11% 0.050%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% 0.13% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £496 -
25th Percentile £463 £565 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £684 £224
Median % change year-on-year -30.53% +205.63% -55.26%
75th Percentile £488 £807 £226
90th Percentile - £879 -
England median daily rate £450 £488 £525
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +8.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Financial Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,728 1,551 1,716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 90.23% 82.99% 85.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 980 1,154
10th Percentile £263 £231 £263
25th Percentile £400 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% -
75th Percentile £588 £619 £600
90th Percentile £683 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 39 59
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.61 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.38 £18.88
Median hourly rate £23.70 £23.60 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% -14.18% +55.19%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £45.63
90th Percentile £50.00 £53.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.40% -6.74% +27.14%

Financial Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Financial Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Financial Analysis job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Financial Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Financial Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Financial Analysis

Financial Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Financial Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Financial Analysis

Financial Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analysis within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Birmingham - 1 £475 -
Financial Analysis
England

Financial Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall