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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 562 284 279
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 20.43% 22.98% 16.12%
As % of the General category 38.02% 35.95% 28.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 182 158
10th Percentile £375 £350 £377
25th Percentile £425 £388 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.19% -2.95% -9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £579
90th Percentile £700 £638 £652
England median daily rate £550 £550 £589
% change year-on-year - -6.62% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 5
10th Percentile £20.19 £15.35 £12.00
25th Percentile £22.20 £15.88 £13.23
Median hourly rate £35.00 £16.76 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year +108.89% -8.29% -
75th Percentile - £17.63 £20.74
90th Percentile £43.96 £18.16 £50.30
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.02 £28.00
% change year-on-year -5.46% +32.21% -6.67%

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 1,478 790 963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 53.73% 63.92% 55.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 929 478 541
10th Percentile £313 £254 £213
25th Percentile £406 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £467 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.07% -6.60% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +1.01% -2.85% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 35 79
10th Percentile £16.33 £12.96 £12.07
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.29 £12.15
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +51.38% -23.80%
75th Percentile £36.61 £23.63 £15.25
90th Percentile £61.85 £62.53 £28.66
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.76 £32.90
% change year-on-year +17.07% -15.61% +9.65%

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 29 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 29 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Yorkshire

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 29 June 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 0 360 £519 +10.61% 60
West Yorkshire -3 167 £525 +5.00% 109
North Yorkshire 0 25 £700 +27.27% 19
East Yorkshire -11 1 - - 7
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 36 (6.41%) Confluence
2 31 (5.52%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.71%) TPMS
5 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.18%) CICS
6 1 (0.18%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) nginx
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (3.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.71%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.53%) Maximo
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.36%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.36%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.18%) Actimize
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.18%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI-AP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP MRS
6 1 (0.18%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.18%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 91 (16.19%) Azure
2 89 (15.84%) GCP
3 67 (11.92%) AWS
4 36 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (5.69%) GitHub
6 27 (4.80%) Entra ID
7 26 (4.63%) OpenShift
8 25 (4.45%) Power Platform
9 21 (3.74%) Microsoft Copilot
10 17 (3.02%) OneDrive
10 17 (3.02%) SaaS
11 10 (1.78%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.25%) PaaS
12 7 (1.25%) Rubrik
13 6 (1.07%) Azure AI
13 6 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (1.07%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.05%) Network Security
2 15 (2.67%) Firewall
3 11 (1.96%) SSL
4 8 (1.42%) DNS
5 6 (1.07%) VPN
6 4 (0.71%) SNMP
6 4 (0.71%) SSH
6 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.53%) DHCP
7 3 (0.53%) SAN
8 2 (0.36%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.36%) Internet
8 2 (0.36%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.36%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.36%) LAN
8 2 (0.36%) WAN
8 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.18%) PSTN
9 1 (0.18%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.31%) Power BI
2 12 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.42%) Metadata
4 6 (1.07%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.07%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.07%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.53%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.53%) Db2
5 3 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.53%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.36%) Big Data
6 2 (0.36%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.36%) Power Query
6 2 (0.36%) Tableau
7 1 (0.18%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.18%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.18%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.18%) Redis
7 1 (0.18%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 53 (9.43%) JIRA
2 44 (7.83%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.31%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (1.42%) Git
5 7 (1.25%) GitLab
5 7 (1.25%) Selenium
6 6 (1.07%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.89%) Liquibase
8 4 (0.71%) Jaeger
8 4 (0.71%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.36%) Flyway
9 2 (0.36%) git-flow
9 2 (0.36%) JUnit
9 2 (0.36%) Mockito
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.18%) Gradle
10 1 (0.18%) Hudson
10 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 196 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 123 (21.89%) Banking
3 73 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (6.58%) Legal
5 34 (6.05%) Financial Institution
6 23 (4.09%) Public Sector
7 20 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.67%) Law
11 12 (2.14%) Retail
12 10 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.42%) Billing
13 8 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.25%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.89%) Publishing
16 4 (0.71%) Social Science
17 3 (0.53%) International Banking
17 3 (0.53%) Private Banking
17 3 (0.53%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 80 (14.23%) Lead
2 69 (12.28%) Analyst
3 59 (10.50%) Architect
4 48 (8.54%) Developer
5 40 (7.12%) Project Manager
6 33 (5.87%) Business Analyst
6 33 (5.87%) Senior
7 31 (5.52%) Consultant
8 28 (4.98%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (2.85%) DevSecOps Consultant
10 14 (2.49%) Java Developer
11 12 (2.14%) Microsoft 365 Architect
11 12 (2.14%) Python Developer
11 12 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (1.96%) Programme Manager
13 10 (1.78%) Administrator
13 10 (1.78%) Data Architect
13 10 (1.78%) Infrastructure Manager
13 10 (1.78%) Lead Architect
13 10 (1.78%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.91%) REST
2 18 (3.20%) React
3 16 (2.85%) Kafka
3 16 (2.85%) Spring Boot
4 15 (2.67%) Middleware
5 13 (2.31%) Node.js
5 13 (2.31%) RESTful
6 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Graph
6 11 (1.96%) OpenID
6 11 (1.96%) OpenTelemetry
7 9 (1.60%) OAuth
7 9 (1.60%) SailPoint
8 8 (1.42%) OAuth2
8 8 (1.42%) Spring
9 7 (1.25%) ISPF
9 7 (1.25%) SAML
10 6 (1.07%) Hibernate
10 6 (1.07%) JWT
10 6 (1.07%) LDAP
10 6 (1.07%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.94%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.41%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.87%) Data Protection Act
4 24 (4.27%) Data Centre
5 21 (3.74%) Mainframe
6 19 (3.38%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.85%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.85%) Public Cloud
8 15 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (2.49%) AI Agents
10 13 (2.31%) Security Posture
11 12 (2.14%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.42%) Clustering
12 8 (1.42%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
15 4 (0.71%) Data Structures
15 4 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.34%) Linux
2 16 (2.85%) Windows
3 11 (1.96%) zOS
4 10 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.07%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.89%) Android
6 5 (0.89%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.71%) Unix
8 3 (0.53%) VMS
9 2 (0.36%) MVS
10 1 (0.18%) AIX
10 1 (0.18%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (24.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 109 (19.40%) CI/CD
3 107 (19.04%) DevOps
4 96 (17.08%) Problem-Solving
5 90 (16.01%) Agile
6 86 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 81 (14.41%) Roadmaps
8 74 (13.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 66 (11.74%) Cybersecurity
10 60 (10.68%) Observability
11 56 (9.96%) Risk Management
12 54 (9.61%) AI
13 52 (9.25%) Change Management
13 52 (9.25%) Migration
14 51 (9.07%) Project Management
15 49 (8.72%) DevSecOps
16 41 (7.30%) Project Delivery
17 40 (7.12%) Data Protection
18 39 (6.94%) Identity Access Management
19 38 (6.76%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 73 (12.99%) Python
2 43 (7.65%) Java
3 41 (7.30%) SQL
4 28 (4.98%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.49%) Bash
6 13 (2.31%) Go
7 11 (1.96%) Rust
8 7 (1.25%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.89%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.89%) VB
10 3 (0.53%) ABAP
10 3 (0.53%) JCL
10 3 (0.53%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.53%) VBA
11 2 (0.36%) C#
11 2 (0.36%) Korn
11 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.36%) PromQL
12 1 (0.18%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 42 (7.47%) Degree
2 24 (4.27%) PMP
3 23 (4.09%) Security Cleared
4 22 (3.91%) CISSP
5 21 (3.74%) CISM
6 19 (3.38%) PMI Certification
6 19 (3.38%) SC Cleared
7 14 (2.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (2.49%) CCSP
7 14 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.78%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.42%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.71%) FFIEC
12 4 (0.71%) JNCIA
12 4 (0.71%) JNCIS
13 3 (0.53%) CCSK
13 3 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.45%) PMO
2 18 (3.20%) GDPR
3 17 (3.02%) NIST
4 16 (2.85%) QA
5 13 (2.31%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.60%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.60%) SLA
7 6 (1.07%) GRC
8 5 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.71%) GLBA
10 3 (0.53%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.18%) GxP
12 1 (0.18%) IFRS
12 1 (0.18%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 23 (4.09%) Docker
2 15 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.60%) RACF
5 5 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.89%) vSphere
6 3 (0.53%) KVM
7 2 (0.36%) ACF2
7 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.36%) SRDF
7 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 59 (10.50%) Kubernetes
2 41 (7.30%) Ansible
3 32 (5.69%) Terraform
4 16 (2.85%) Grafana
4 16 (2.85%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.42%) Control-M
7 7 (1.25%) OMEGAMON
8 6 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.89%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.71%) Argo
10 4 (0.71%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.71%) Kiali
10 4 (0.71%) Puppet
11 3 (0.53%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.53%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.36%) Consul
12 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.36%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 94 (16.73%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.52%) Google
2 31 (5.52%) SAP
3 25 (4.45%) Splunk
4 23 (4.09%) ServiceNow
5 22 (3.91%) Oracle
6 19 (3.38%) IBM
7 11 (1.96%) Foundry
8 10 (1.78%) VMware
9 9 (1.60%) Dell
10 8 (1.42%) Sonatype
11 7 (1.25%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.25%) Workday
12 6 (1.07%) Apple
12 6 (1.07%) Concur
12 6 (1.07%) Databricks
13 5 (0.89%) Black Duck
13 5 (0.89%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.89%) Okta
14 4 (0.71%) Juniper