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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 496 217 236
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 20.20% 21.23% 14.10%
As % of the General category 36.80% 33.85% 24.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 135 140
10th Percentile £363 £350 £348
25th Percentile £421 £389 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £569
90th Percentile £700 £650 £638
England median daily rate £538 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -6.52% -2.13% -2.08%
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 £39.06 £27.00
% change year-on-year -39.00% +44.65% +5.02%

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 1,348 641 957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 54.89% 62.72% 57.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 378 553
10th Percentile £301 £240 £198
25th Percentile £400 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £466 £483
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -3.47% -8.10%
75th Percentile £565 £575 £575
90th Percentile £674 £647 £649
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 25 80
10th Percentile £14.25 £11.60 £12.11
25th Percentile £17.04 £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 £56.69 £22.14 £15.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £38.68 £25.83
England median hourly rate £30.15 £27.76 £30.50
% change year-on-year +8.61% -8.98% -5.86%

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 7 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 7 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 £507 +3.37% 75
West Yorkshire -7 129 £525 +5.00% 130
North Yorkshire -3 20 £700 +27.27% 21
East Yorkshire -12 1 - - 23
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 34 (6.85%) Confluence
2 29 (5.85%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.61%) 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 34 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.81%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.60%) Cloudability
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.40%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.40%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.20%) Actimize
7 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.20%) SAP FI-CA
7 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.20%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.20%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.20%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.20%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 71 (14.31%) Azure
2 63 (12.70%) GCP
3 50 (10.08%) AWS
4 41 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (5.65%) GitHub
6 27 (5.44%) Power Platform
7 23 (4.64%) Entra ID
7 23 (4.64%) OpenShift
8 19 (3.83%) OneDrive
9 16 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (3.23%) SaaS
10 13 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.61%) PaaS
12 7 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.41%) Rubrik
13 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
15 4 (0.81%) IaaS
15 4 (0.81%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.43%) Firewall
2 15 (3.02%) Network Security
3 12 (2.42%) DNS
4 10 (2.02%) SSL
5 8 (1.61%) SNMP
5 8 (1.61%) SSH
6 6 (1.21%) 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 21 (4.23%) Power BI
2 13 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.41%) Metadata
4 6 (1.21%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.01%) Power Query
5 5 (1.01%) PowerPivot
6 4 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.81%) 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%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.20%) Redis
9 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 51 (10.28%) JIRA
2 39 (7.86%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.42%) GitLab
3 12 (2.42%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (1.61%) Jaeger
5 7 (1.41%) Git
5 7 (1.41%) Selenium
6 6 (1.21%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.21%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.81%) 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
1 181 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 115 (23.19%) Banking
3 56 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.85%) Financial Institution
5 27 (5.44%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (4.23%) Legal
6 21 (4.23%) Public Sector
7 15 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.02%) Law
8 10 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.02%) Retail
9 6 (1.21%) Billing
10 4 (0.81%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.60%) Advertising
12 2 (0.40%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.40%) Local Government
12 2 (0.40%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.40%) Publishing
12 2 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (12.90%) Analyst
2 61 (12.30%) Project Manager
3 60 (12.10%) Lead
4 44 (8.87%) Architect
5 38 (7.66%) Business Analyst
6 36 (7.26%) Senior
7 35 (7.06%) Developer
8 24 (4.84%) DevOps Engineer
9 22 (4.44%) Consultant
10 12 (2.42%) Java Developer
10 12 (2.42%) Programme Manager
11 11 (2.22%) Infrastructure Manager
11 11 (2.22%) Lead Architect
11 11 (2.22%) Product Owner
12 10 (2.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (2.02%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 10 (2.02%) Technical Manager
12 10 (2.02%) Technical Project Manager
13 9 (1.81%) SAP Manager
13 9 (1.81%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.02%) REST
2 14 (2.82%) OpenTelemetry
3 13 (2.62%) Kafka
3 13 (2.62%) Spring Boot
4 12 (2.42%) Microsoft Graph
4 12 (2.42%) RESTful
5 11 (2.22%) Middleware
5 11 (2.22%) OpenID
6 9 (1.81%) SailPoint
7 8 (1.61%) LDAP
8 6 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (1.21%) React
9 5 (1.01%) OAuth
9 5 (1.01%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.01%) SAML
10 4 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.81%) JWT
10 4 (0.81%) Spring
11 3 (0.60%) .NET
11 3 (0.60%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 30 (6.05%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.05%) Data Protection Act
3 22 (4.44%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.43%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.02%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.22%) Mainframe
8 9 (1.81%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.61%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.61%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.41%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.21%) SCADA
11 6 (1.21%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.81%) PMI
13 4 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.60%) CCTV
14 3 (0.60%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.85%) Linux
2 20 (4.03%) Windows
3 6 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.01%) Android
4 5 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.01%) Unix
5 4 (0.81%) VMS
5 4 (0.81%) zOS
6 3 (0.60%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.40%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.40%) MVS
8 1 (0.20%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (23.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 99 (19.96%) DevOps
3 97 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (18.35%) CI/CD
5 86 (17.34%) Agile
6 72 (14.52%) Cybersecurity
7 66 (13.31%) Roadmaps
8 60 (12.10%) Migration
9 54 (10.89%) Project Management
10 51 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 50 (10.08%) Observability
12 43 (8.67%) Decision-Making
13 42 (8.47%) AI
14 41 (8.27%) Project Delivery
14 41 (8.27%) Risk Management
15 40 (8.06%) ERP
16 39 (7.86%) DevSecOps
17 37 (7.46%) Business Case
17 37 (7.46%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 61 (12.30%) Python
2 44 (8.87%) SQL
3 43 (8.67%) Java
4 22 (4.44%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.42%) Bash
6 9 (1.81%) Go
6 9 (1.81%) Rust
7 7 (1.41%) VBA
8 6 (1.21%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.01%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.01%) 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 44 (8.87%) Degree
2 20 (4.03%) PMP
3 16 (3.23%) Security Cleared
4 15 (3.02%) CISM
4 15 (3.02%) CISSP
5 14 (2.82%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.02%) Master's Degree
6 10 (2.02%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.61%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.61%) FFIEC
8 7 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (1.41%) CCSP
8 7 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.40%) ACCA
10 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.40%) CCSK
10 2 (0.40%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.44%) PMO
2 22 (4.44%) GDPR
3 19 (3.83%) NIST
4 17 (3.43%) QA
5 13 (2.62%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.62%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.61%) GLBA
7 5 (1.01%) SLA
8 4 (0.81%) GRC
9 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.20%) Basel III
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.20%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (5.44%) Docker
2 10 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.81%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.01%) vSphere
6 3 (0.60%) KVM
6 3 (0.60%) RACF
7 2 (0.40%) ACF2
7 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.40%) SRDF
7 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.40%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.20%) XenApp
8 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 51 (10.28%) Kubernetes
2 34 (6.85%) Ansible
3 26 (5.24%) Terraform
4 20 (4.03%) Grafana
5 16 (3.23%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.61%) Kiali
8 5 (1.01%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.81%) Puppet
9 4 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.60%) Control-M
10 3 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.60%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.40%) Argo
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 82 (16.53%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.45%) Splunk
3 21 (4.23%) SAP
4 19 (3.83%) ServiceNow
5 18 (3.63%) Google
6 17 (3.43%) Oracle
7 10 (2.02%) VMware
8 9 (1.81%) IBM
8 9 (1.81%) Sonatype
9 8 (1.61%) Dell
9 8 (1.61%) Thales
10 7 (1.41%) Foundry
10 7 (1.41%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.21%) Apple
11 6 (1.21%) BiZZdesign
11 6 (1.21%) IFS
11 6 (1.21%) Workday
12 4 (0.81%) Broadcom
12 4 (0.81%) Databricks
12 4 (0.81%) Okta