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 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 510 218 236
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 20.51% 21.06% 14.16%
As % of the General category 37.67% 33.69% 24.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 132 139
10th Percentile £365 £328 £350
25th Percentile £425 £388 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.44% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £578 £575
90th Percentile £700 £642 £640
England median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £11.90
25th Percentile - - £12.78
Median hourly rate - £18.51 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year - +39.91% -
75th Percentile - - £17.01
90th Percentile - - £19.51
England median hourly rate £23.83 £38.11 £26.97
% change year-on-year -37.48% +41.31% +4.90%

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 general skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,354 647 960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 54.47% 62.51% 57.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 876 380 552
10th Percentile £304 £235 £200
25th Percentile £401 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.02% -7.45% -4.76%
75th Percentile £565 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 24 82
10th Percentile £14.25 £11.60 -
25th Percentile £16.55 £16.44 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £18.53 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +23.10% +26.70% -18.11%
75th Percentile £56.13 £22.14 £15.23
90th Percentile £68.75 £32.53 £25.83
England median hourly rate £30.78 £27.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year +11.93% -9.84% -6.15%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Finance job vacancy trend 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 May 2026.

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 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
South Yorkshire 0 338 £507 +6.63% 74
West Yorkshire -6 139 £525 +6.33% 144
North Yorkshire -1 21 £700 +27.27% 25
East Yorkshire -12 1 - - 13
Finance
England

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 33 (6.47%) Confluence
2 30 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.37%) TPMS
5 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.20%) nginx
6 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (1.18%) Unit4 Business World
3 5 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.39%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.39%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.20%) Actimize
5 1 (0.20%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.20%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.20%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.20%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 80 (15.69%) Azure
2 71 (13.92%) GCP
3 56 (10.98%) AWS
4 41 (8.04%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (5.69%) GitHub
6 25 (4.90%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.71%) Entra ID
8 23 (4.51%) OpenShift
9 19 (3.73%) OneDrive
10 17 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
10 17 (3.33%) SaaS
11 13 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (1.57%) PaaS
13 7 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (1.37%) Rubrik
14 6 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (0.98%) PowerApps
16 4 (0.78%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.33%) Firewall
1 17 (3.33%) Network Security
2 12 (2.35%) DNS
3 9 (1.76%) SSL
4 7 (1.37%) SNMP
4 7 (1.37%) SSH
5 6 (1.18%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.59%) DHCP
6 3 (0.59%) Internet
6 3 (0.59%) VPN
6 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.39%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.39%) SAN
8 1 (0.20%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.20%) LAN
8 1 (0.20%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.20%) PSTN
8 1 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.53%) Power BI
2 13 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.37%) Metadata
4 6 (1.18%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.78%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.59%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.59%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.59%) Power Query
7 3 (0.59%) PowerPivot
7 3 (0.59%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.39%) Big Data
8 2 (0.39%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.39%) DB2
8 2 (0.39%) GIS
8 2 (0.39%) Tableau
9 1 (0.20%) Looker
9 1 (0.20%) Redis
9 1 (0.20%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 53 (10.39%) JIRA
2 39 (7.65%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.35%) GitLab
3 12 (2.35%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (1.57%) Jaeger
5 7 (1.37%) Git
5 7 (1.37%) Selenium
6 6 (1.18%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.18%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.78%) Liquibase
8 3 (0.59%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.20%) Hudson
10 1 (0.20%) Postman
10 1 (0.20%) Robot Framework
General
1 182 (35.69%) Social Skills
2 113 (22.16%) Banking
3 55 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (5.88%) Financial Institution
5 27 (5.29%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (4.51%) Public Sector
7 20 (3.92%) Legal
8 15 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.16%) Law
11 10 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.96%) Retail
12 6 (1.18%) Billing
13 4 (0.78%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.59%) Advertising
14 3 (0.59%) Publishing
15 2 (0.39%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.39%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (12.55%) Analyst
2 62 (12.16%) Project Manager
3 61 (11.96%) Lead
4 48 (9.41%) Architect
5 38 (7.45%) Business Analyst
5 38 (7.45%) Developer
6 36 (7.06%) Senior
7 26 (5.10%) Consultant
8 24 (4.71%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (2.55%) Programme Manager
10 12 (2.35%) Java Developer
11 11 (2.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 11 (2.16%) Infrastructure Manager
11 11 (2.16%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 9 (1.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (1.76%) Lead Architect
12 9 (1.76%) Product Owner
12 9 (1.76%) Python Developer
12 9 (1.76%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (1.76%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.33%) REST
2 14 (2.75%) OpenTelemetry
3 13 (2.55%) Kafka
3 13 (2.55%) Spring Boot
4 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Graph
4 12 (2.35%) Middleware
4 12 (2.35%) RESTful
5 11 (2.16%) OpenID
6 10 (1.96%) SailPoint
7 9 (1.76%) React
8 8 (1.57%) LDAP
9 7 (1.37%) Node.js
10 6 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.98%) OAuth
11 5 (0.98%) OAuth2
11 5 (0.98%) SAML
12 4 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.78%) JWT
12 4 (0.78%) Spring
13 3 (0.59%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
1 30 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 29 (5.69%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.71%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (3.14%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.94%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.16%) Mainframe
8 10 (1.96%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.57%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.57%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.57%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.37%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.18%) SCADA
12 5 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.78%) PMI
14 3 (0.59%) CCTV
14 3 (0.59%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.59%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.67%) Linux
2 21 (4.12%) Windows
3 6 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.98%) Android
4 5 (0.98%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.98%) Unix
4 5 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.78%) zOS
6 3 (0.59%) VMS
7 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.39%) MVS
8 1 (0.20%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (23.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 101 (19.80%) DevOps
3 95 (18.63%) CI/CD
3 95 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (17.06%) Agile
5 71 (13.92%) Cybersecurity
6 68 (13.33%) Roadmaps
7 61 (11.96%) Migration
8 57 (11.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 56 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (10.98%) Observability
9 56 (10.98%) Project Management
10 49 (9.61%) Risk Management
11 46 (9.02%) AI
12 42 (8.24%) ERP
12 42 (8.24%) Project Delivery
13 41 (8.04%) Decision-Making
13 41 (8.04%) DevSecOps
14 37 (7.25%) Process Improvement
15 36 (7.06%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 65 (12.75%) Python
2 45 (8.82%) Java
3 42 (8.24%) SQL
4 25 (4.90%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.35%) Bash
6 11 (2.16%) Go
6 11 (2.16%) Rust
7 6 (1.18%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.98%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.98%) VB
8 5 (0.98%) VBA
9 3 (0.59%) C#
9 3 (0.59%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.39%) JCL
10 2 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.20%) CLIST
11 1 (0.20%) Groovy
11 1 (0.20%) Korn
11 1 (0.20%) REXX
Qualifications
1 43 (8.43%) Degree
2 24 (4.71%) PMP
3 19 (3.73%) Security Cleared
4 18 (3.53%) PMI Certification
5 16 (3.14%) CISM
5 16 (3.14%) CISSP
6 13 (2.55%) SC Cleared
7 9 (1.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 9 (1.76%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.76%) CCSP
7 9 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.57%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.37%) FFIEC
10 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.59%) CCSK
11 3 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.39%) ACCA
12 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.29%) PMO
2 19 (3.73%) GDPR
2 19 (3.73%) NIST
3 17 (3.33%) QA
4 12 (2.35%) PCI DSS
5 11 (2.16%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.37%) GLBA
7 6 (1.18%) SLA
8 5 (0.98%) GRC
9 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.20%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 29 (5.69%) Docker
2 10 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.98%) vSphere
5 3 (0.59%) KVM
5 3 (0.59%) RACF
5 3 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.39%) ACF2
6 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.39%) SRDF
6 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.39%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.20%) XenApp
7 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (10.78%) Kubernetes
2 36 (7.06%) Ansible
3 27 (5.29%) Terraform
4 20 (3.92%) Grafana
5 16 (3.14%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.57%) Kiali
8 5 (0.98%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.78%) Puppet
9 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.59%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.39%) Argo
11 2 (0.39%) Control-M
11 2 (0.39%) IBM Guardium
11 2 (0.39%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.20%) Nessus
12 1 (0.20%) OMEGAMON
12 1 (0.20%) vRealize
Vendors
1 84 (16.47%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.08%) Splunk
3 25 (4.90%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.51%) SAP
5 21 (4.12%) Google
6 17 (3.33%) Oracle
7 10 (1.96%) VMware
8 9 (1.76%) IBM
8 9 (1.76%) Sonatype
9 8 (1.57%) Dell
9 8 (1.57%) Foundry
10 7 (1.37%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.37%) Thales
10 7 (1.37%) Workday
11 6 (1.18%) Apple
11 6 (1.18%) IFS
12 5 (0.98%) Databricks
13 4 (0.78%) BiZZdesign
13 4 (0.78%) Broadcom
13 4 (0.78%) Okta