Finance Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Financial
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 356 282 388
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 23.48% 18.88% 18.66%
As % of the General category 37.24% 35.29% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 164 221
10th Percentile £325 £378 £350
25th Percentile £393 £463 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £600
90th Percentile £640 £714 £675
England median daily rate £550 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - £18.76 -
25th Percentile £15.00 £19.51 -
Median hourly rate £16.76 £20.74 £10.42
Median % change year-on-year -19.21% +99.04% +17.47%
75th Percentile £20.13 £45.37 -
90th Percentile £23.05 £60.15 -
England median hourly rate £29.27 £35.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -16.37% +36.13% -3.89%

All General Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 956 799 1,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 63.06% 53.48% 60.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 616 445 804
10th Percentile £225 £300 £280
25th Percentile £362 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £619
90th Percentile £635 £675 £700
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 42 29
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.15 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.48 £14.06 £14.50
Median hourly rate £21.72 £19.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.38% +2.63% +1.60%
75th Percentile £26.15 £37.50 £22.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.50 £30.46
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Yorkshire

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Yorkshire

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Finance

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
South Yorkshire -1 226 £461 -10.44% 86
West Yorkshire +2 108 £525 -2.33% 152
East Yorkshire -2 7 - - 19
North Yorkshire -9 6 £450 -18.18% 40
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 33 (9.27%) Confluence
2 12 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.97%) CICS
3 7 (1.97%) CMS
4 3 (0.84%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) TPMS
Applications
1 45 (12.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (6.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (3.93%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.28%) InVision
6 1 (0.28%) Sketch
6 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.69%) VisionPLUS
3 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.28%) Actimize
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.28%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 35 (9.83%) GCP
2 34 (9.55%) AWS
3 29 (8.15%) Azure
4 20 (5.62%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.21%) Serverless
6 13 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.37%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.69%) GitHub
8 6 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.40%) OCI
9 5 (1.40%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.12%) Azure AKS
10 4 (1.12%) Figma
11 3 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.84%) npm
12 2 (0.56%) Asana
12 2 (0.56%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.90%) Firewall
2 9 (2.53%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.56%) DNS
4 2 (0.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (0.56%) Network Security
4 2 (0.56%) SAN
4 2 (0.56%) SSH
4 2 (0.56%) SSL
4 2 (0.56%) VPN
5 1 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.28%) SNMP
5 1 (0.28%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.34%) Power BI
2 18 (5.06%) NoSQL
3 10 (2.81%) Oracle Database
3 10 (2.81%) Power Query
4 9 (2.53%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.25%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.40%) Tableau
7 4 (1.12%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.84%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.56%) GIS
9 2 (0.56%) Metadata
9 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.56%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.28%) Looker
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.28%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.28%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.28%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 38 (10.67%) JIRA
2 36 (10.11%) Jenkins
3 18 (5.06%) Liquibase
4 17 (4.78%) Git
5 16 (4.49%) GitLab
6 12 (3.37%) Postman
7 3 (0.84%) Maven
8 2 (0.56%) Babel
8 2 (0.56%) ChangeMan
8 2 (0.56%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.56%) Gradle
8 2 (0.56%) JUnit
8 2 (0.56%) Log4j
8 2 (0.56%) Mockito
8 2 (0.56%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.56%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.56%) Subversion
8 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.56%) webpack
9 1 (0.28%) Vagrant
General
1 144 (40.45%) Social Skills
2 83 (23.31%) Banking
3 76 (21.35%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (9.27%) Financial Institution
5 23 (6.46%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (4.78%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (3.65%) Legal
8 12 (3.37%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.81%) Retail
10 6 (1.69%) Marketing
11 5 (1.40%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.40%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.12%) Billing
12 4 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.84%) Electronics
13 3 (0.84%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.56%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.56%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.28%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (21.63%) Analyst
2 41 (11.52%) Senior
3 31 (8.71%) Project Manager
4 28 (7.87%) Business Analyst
5 25 (7.02%) Developer
6 22 (6.18%) Architect
7 20 (5.62%) Data Analyst
8 16 (4.49%) Financial Analyst
9 15 (4.21%) DevOps Engineer
9 15 (4.21%) Incident Manager
10 13 (3.65%) Lead
10 13 (3.65%) Service Analyst
10 13 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (3.37%) IT Manager
12 11 (3.09%) Consultant
12 11 (3.09%) Software Engineer
13 10 (2.81%) Programme Manager
14 9 (2.53%) Finance Business Analyst
14 9 (2.53%) Support Manager
15 8 (2.25%) Commvault Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.34%) REST
1 19 (5.34%) RESTful
2 14 (3.93%) Elastic Stack
3 9 (2.53%) .NET
4 6 (1.69%) CSS
4 6 (1.69%) HTML
5 5 (1.40%) TensorFlow
6 4 (1.12%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.12%) Hugging Face
6 4 (1.12%) Kafka
6 4 (1.12%) Middleware
6 4 (1.12%) OpenCV
6 4 (1.12%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.12%) React
6 4 (1.12%) Regular Expression
6 4 (1.12%) SpaCy
6 4 (1.12%) Spring
6 4 (1.12%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.84%) CSS3
7 3 (0.84%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.71%) Data Centre
2 20 (5.62%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.62%) Public Cloud
3 17 (4.78%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (3.65%) Mainframe
6 12 (3.37%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.25%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.12%) CMDB
9 4 (1.12%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.12%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.12%) VSAM
10 3 (0.84%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.84%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.84%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.58%) Linux
2 21 (5.90%) Windows
3 10 (2.81%) Mac OS
4 9 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.40%) Unix
6 4 (1.12%) Android
6 4 (1.12%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.12%) Solaris
7 3 (0.84%) AIX
7 3 (0.84%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.28%) CentOS
9 1 (0.28%) HPUX
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.28%) SUSE
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.28%) VMS
9 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (30.90%) Agile
2 87 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (21.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 60 (16.85%) DevOps
5 56 (15.73%) Change Management
6 47 (13.20%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (12.08%) CI/CD
8 41 (11.52%) Migration
9 37 (10.39%) Project Management
10 36 (10.11%) Decision-Making
10 36 (10.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 33 (9.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (8.99%) Risk Management
13 30 (8.43%) ITIL
14 27 (7.58%) Business Case
15 26 (7.30%) Software Engineering
16 25 (7.02%) Containerisation
16 25 (7.02%) Data Migration
16 25 (7.02%) Data Protection
17 24 (6.74%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 55 (15.45%) Python
2 25 (7.02%) SQL
3 21 (5.90%) Go
4 15 (4.21%) Java
5 10 (2.81%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.25%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.97%) COBOL
8 6 (1.69%) JCL
8 6 (1.69%) VB
9 5 (1.40%) C#
10 4 (1.12%) Bash
10 4 (1.12%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.12%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.12%) VBA
11 3 (0.84%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.56%) Bicep
12 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.56%) Swift
12 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.28%) ANSI SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (7.87%) Degree
2 15 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
2 15 (4.21%) Master's Degree
3 10 (2.81%) AWS Certification
4 9 (2.53%) ACSP
4 9 (2.53%) ACTC
5 7 (1.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 6 (1.69%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.69%) PMP
6 6 (1.69%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.12%) CISMP
7 4 (1.12%) GSEC
7 4 (1.12%) RIBA
8 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.56%) ACCA
9 2 (0.56%) CISSP
9 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.56%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.46%) GDPR
2 21 (5.90%) PMO
3 14 (3.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.53%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.53%) NIST
6 6 (1.69%) QA
7 4 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.12%) SLA
8 2 (0.56%) COBIT
9 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.28%) GLBA
9 1 (0.28%) GRC
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (6.18%) Docker
2 13 (3.65%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.56%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.56%) vSphere
7 1 (0.28%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.28%) RACF
7 1 (0.28%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.28%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 35 (9.83%) Ansible
2 30 (8.43%) Terraform
3 28 (7.87%) Kubernetes
4 15 (4.21%) Grafana
5 14 (3.93%) Prometheus
6 11 (3.09%) Puppet
7 10 (2.81%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (2.25%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (1.40%) SCCM
10 3 (0.84%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.56%) CA Endevor
11 2 (0.56%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.28%) Control-M
12 1 (0.28%) HP Data Protector
12 1 (0.28%) Istio
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.28%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 80 (22.47%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.43%) ServiceNow
3 17 (4.78%) SAP
3 17 (4.78%) Splunk
4 15 (4.21%) Oracle
5 14 (3.93%) Google
6 11 (3.09%) Apple
6 11 (3.09%) VMware
7 10 (2.81%) Commvault
7 10 (2.81%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.40%) CheckPoint
8 5 (1.40%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.12%) Cisco
9 4 (1.12%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.12%) Dell
9 4 (1.12%) F5
10 3 (0.84%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.84%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.84%) HP
11 2 (0.56%) IBM