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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 500 216 237
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 20.24% 20.69% 14.15%
As % of the General category 37.06% 33.49% 24.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 131 139
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £421 £388 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £640
England median daily rate £540 £575 £592
% change year-on-year -6.13% -2.83% -1.38%
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 £40.00 £26.97
% change year-on-year -40.44% +48.31% +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 1,349 645 959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 54.62% 61.78% 57.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 378 552
10th Percentile £304 £239 £200
25th Percentile £400 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £472 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% -3.78% -6.67%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £647 £650
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 25 82
10th Percentile £14.25 £11.60 -
25th Percentile £16.55 £16.50 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £18.55 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +22.96% +26.84% -17.47%
75th Percentile £56.13 £22.14 £15.23
90th Percentile £68.75 £34.34 £25.83
England median hourly rate £30.50 £27.50 £30.75
% change year-on-year +10.91% -10.57% -5.38%

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 11 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 11 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 0 334 £500 +2.04% 74
West Yorkshire -3 133 £525 +5.00% 139
North Yorkshire -3 20 £700 +27.27% 24
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 (6.60%) Confluence
2 30 (6.00%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.40%) TPMS
5 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.20%) nginx
6 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 33 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.80%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.40%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.40%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.40%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.20%) Actimize
6 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.20%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.20%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 76 (15.20%) Azure
2 67 (13.40%) GCP
3 54 (10.80%) AWS
4 41 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (5.80%) GitHub
6 27 (5.40%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.80%) Entra ID
8 23 (4.60%) OpenShift
9 19 (3.80%) OneDrive
10 17 (3.40%) Microsoft Copilot
11 16 (3.20%) SaaS
12 13 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.60%) PaaS
14 7 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (1.40%) Rubrik
15 6 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (1.00%) PowerApps
17 4 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
17 4 (0.80%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.40%) Firewall
2 15 (3.00%) Network Security
3 12 (2.40%) DNS
4 9 (1.80%) SSL
5 7 (1.40%) SNMP
5 7 (1.40%) SSH
6 6 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.60%) DHCP
7 3 (0.60%) Internet
7 3 (0.60%) VPN
7 3 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.40%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.40%) SAN
9 1 (0.20%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.20%) LAN
9 1 (0.20%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.20%) PSTN
9 1 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.00%) Power BI
2 13 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.40%) Metadata
4 6 (1.20%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.00%) Power Query
5 5 (1.00%) PowerPivot
6 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.60%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.60%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.60%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.40%) Big Data
8 2 (0.40%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.40%) DB2
8 2 (0.40%) GIS
9 1 (0.20%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.20%) Looker
9 1 (0.20%) Redis
9 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (10.00%) JIRA
2 39 (7.80%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.40%) GitLab
3 12 (2.40%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (1.60%) Jaeger
5 7 (1.40%) Git
5 7 (1.40%) Selenium
6 6 (1.20%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.20%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.80%) Liquibase
8 3 (0.60%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.20%) Hudson
10 1 (0.20%) Postman
10 1 (0.20%) Robot Framework
General
1 183 (36.60%) Social Skills
2 112 (22.40%) Banking
3 56 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.80%) Financial Institution
5 26 (5.20%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (4.20%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.80%) Legal
8 16 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.20%) Law
10 10 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.00%) Retail
11 6 (1.20%) Billing
12 4 (0.80%) General Ledger
12 4 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.60%) Advertising
13 3 (0.60%) Publishing
14 2 (0.40%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.40%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 65 (13.00%) Analyst
2 61 (12.20%) Lead
2 61 (12.20%) Project Manager
3 44 (8.80%) Architect
4 38 (7.60%) Business Analyst
5 37 (7.40%) Developer
6 36 (7.20%) Senior
7 24 (4.80%) Consultant
7 24 (4.80%) DevOps Engineer
8 13 (2.60%) Programme Manager
9 12 (2.40%) Java Developer
10 11 (2.20%) Infrastructure Manager
10 11 (2.20%) Microsoft 365 Architect
11 10 (2.00%) Lead Architect
11 10 (2.00%) Technical Manager
11 10 (2.00%) Technical Project Manager
12 9 (1.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (1.80%) Product Owner
12 9 (1.80%) SAP Manager
12 9 (1.80%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.00%) REST
2 14 (2.80%) OpenTelemetry
3 13 (2.60%) Kafka
3 13 (2.60%) Spring Boot
4 12 (2.40%) Microsoft Graph
4 12 (2.40%) RESTful
5 11 (2.20%) Middleware
5 11 (2.20%) OpenID
6 10 (2.00%) SailPoint
7 8 (1.60%) LDAP
7 8 (1.60%) React
8 6 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (1.00%) OAuth
9 5 (1.00%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.00%) SAML
10 4 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.80%) JWT
10 4 (0.80%) Node.js
10 4 (0.80%) Spring
11 3 (0.60%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.00%) Data Protection Act
2 29 (5.80%) Cloud Native
2 29 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.80%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (3.20%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.00%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.20%) Mainframe
8 9 (1.80%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.60%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.60%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.40%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.40%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.20%) SCADA
12 5 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.80%) PMI
13 4 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.60%) CCTV
14 3 (0.60%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.60%) Linux
2 20 (4.00%) Windows
3 6 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.00%) Android
4 5 (1.00%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.00%) Unix
5 4 (0.80%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.80%) zOS
6 3 (0.60%) VMS
7 2 (0.40%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.40%) MVS
8 1 (0.20%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 100 (20.00%) DevOps
3 95 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (18.40%) CI/CD
5 86 (17.20%) Agile
6 71 (14.20%) Cybersecurity
7 65 (13.00%) Roadmaps
8 60 (12.00%) Migration
9 55 (11.00%) Project Management
10 53 (10.60%) Observability
11 52 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 51 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 44 (8.80%) AI
13 44 (8.80%) Risk Management
14 43 (8.60%) Decision-Making
15 42 (8.40%) Project Delivery
16 40 (8.00%) ERP
17 39 (7.80%) DevSecOps
18 37 (7.40%) Process Improvement
19 36 (7.20%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 63 (12.60%) Python
2 44 (8.80%) SQL
3 43 (8.60%) Java
4 24 (4.80%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.40%) Bash
6 10 (2.00%) Go
6 10 (2.00%) Rust
7 7 (1.40%) VBA
8 6 (1.20%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.00%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.00%) VB
10 3 (0.60%) C#
10 3 (0.60%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.40%) JCL
11 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.20%) CLIST
12 1 (0.20%) Groovy
12 1 (0.20%) Korn
12 1 (0.20%) REXX
Qualifications
1 42 (8.40%) Degree
2 21 (4.20%) PMP
3 17 (3.40%) Security Cleared
4 15 (3.00%) CISM
4 15 (3.00%) CISSP
5 14 (2.80%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.20%) SC Cleared
7 9 (1.80%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.60%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (1.40%) CCSP
9 7 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.40%) FFIEC
10 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.40%) ACCA
12 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.40%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.40%) PMO
2 19 (3.80%) GDPR
2 19 (3.80%) NIST
3 17 (3.40%) QA
4 12 (2.40%) PCI DSS
5 11 (2.20%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.40%) GLBA
7 5 (1.00%) GRC
7 5 (1.00%) SLA
8 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.20%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 28 (5.60%) Docker
2 10 (2.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.00%) vSphere
5 3 (0.60%) KVM
5 3 (0.60%) RACF
5 3 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.40%) ACF2
6 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.40%) SRDF
6 2 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.40%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.20%) XenApp
7 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (10.40%) Kubernetes
2 35 (7.00%) Ansible
3 27 (5.40%) Terraform
4 20 (4.00%) Grafana
5 16 (3.20%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.60%) Kiali
8 5 (1.00%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.80%) Puppet
9 4 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.60%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.40%) Argo
11 2 (0.40%) Control-M
11 2 (0.40%) IBM Guardium
11 2 (0.40%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.20%) Nessus
12 1 (0.20%) OMEGAMON
12 1 (0.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 83 (16.60%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.20%) Splunk
3 21 (4.20%) SAP
3 21 (4.20%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.00%) Google
5 16 (3.20%) Oracle
6 10 (2.00%) VMware
7 9 (1.80%) IBM
7 9 (1.80%) Sonatype
8 8 (1.60%) Dell
8 8 (1.60%) Foundry
9 7 (1.40%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.40%) Thales
10 6 (1.20%) Apple
10 6 (1.20%) IFS
10 6 (1.20%) Workday
11 5 (1.00%) BiZZdesign
12 4 (0.80%) Broadcom
12 4 (0.80%) Databricks
12 4 (0.80%) Okta