Finance Contract Job Trends in York

Financial
North Yorkshire > York

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 18 14
Rank change year-on-year +11 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 5 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in York 16.13% 2.78% 4.84%
As % of the General category 27.78% 6.67% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £418 £438 £521
25th Percentile £425 £456 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £614
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -18.50% -9.45%
75th Percentile £506 £531 £648
90th Percentile - £543 £664
North Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -11.36% +15.79% -5.00%

All General Skills
York

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 common skills in York.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 18 30 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in York 58.06% 41.67% 54.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 24
10th Percentile - £229 £163
25th Percentile £120 £322 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £188
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +113.33% -59.46%
75th Percentile £506 £531 £584
90th Percentile £581 £619 £668
North Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £500 £440
% change year-on-year -15.00% +13.64% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £10.50 £22.51
Median % change year-on-year - -53.35% +11.85%
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.58 £18.64 £20.01
% change year-on-year +26.51% -6.85% +18.16%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

Finance job vacancy trend in York

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in York

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in York citing Finance

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in York

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in York citing Finance

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior PMO
2 1 (20.00%) Senior PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Pandas
1 1 (20.00%) pytest
1 1 (20.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (20.00%) TensorFlow
1 1 (20.00%) XGBoost
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) API Development
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) MLOps
3 1 (20.00%) Physics
3 1 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Planview
2 1 (20.00%) FNZ