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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 579 354 286
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 20.34% 23.32% 19.09%
As % of the General category 38.40% 37.34% 36.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 243 171
10th Percentile £375 £325 £385
25th Percentile £417 £383 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £476 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.03% -9.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £574 £616
90th Percentile £688 £638 £713
England median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 3
10th Percentile £19.69 - £18.76
25th Percentile £23.53 £15.00 £19.51
Median hourly rate £35.00 £16.76 £20.74
Median % change year-on-year +108.89% -19.21% +99.04%
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.13 £45.37
90th Percentile - £23.05 £60.15
England median hourly rate £43.96 £30.79 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.77% -12.03% +36.13%

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 1,508 948 794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 52.99% 62.45% 53.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 958 607 441
10th Percentile £313 £235 £313
25th Percentile £406 £361 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £594
90th Percentile £675 £625 £688
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 36 50
10th Percentile £14.19 £12.73 £12.15
25th Percentile £16.62 £17.44 £13.92
Median hourly rate £24.89 £22.14 £16.35
Median % change year-on-year +12.40% +35.45% -13.97%
75th Percentile £36.61 £31.33 £31.77
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £42.50
England median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +25.25% -34.02% +38.62%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 4 September 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 0 339 £515 +14.33% 127
West Yorkshire -1 202 £525 +5.00% 284
North Yorkshire +3 24 £436 -3.06% 39
East Yorkshire -8 1 - - 15
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 37 (6.39%) Confluence
2 13 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.69%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.52%) Apache
4 3 (0.52%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.35%) CICS
5 2 (0.35%) nginx
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.35%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.17%) Maple
7 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (3.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.69%) Maximo
2 4 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.52%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.35%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.35%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.17%) Actimize
5 1 (0.17%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.17%) Exstream
5 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI-AP
5 1 (0.17%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.17%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 111 (19.17%) Azure
2 103 (17.79%) GCP
3 76 (13.13%) AWS
4 40 (6.91%) Power Platform
5 34 (5.87%) GitHub
6 19 (3.28%) Entra ID
6 19 (3.28%) OpenShift
7 17 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (2.76%) SaaS
9 15 (2.59%) Microsoft Copilot
10 14 (2.42%) PowerApps
11 13 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.55%) Azure AI
13 9 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.38%) Copilot Studio
15 7 (1.21%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 6 (1.04%) OCI
16 6 (1.04%) Power Automate
17 5 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.74%) Network Security
2 10 (1.73%) Firewall
3 9 (1.55%) SSL
4 6 (1.04%) VPN
5 5 (0.86%) DNS
6 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.69%) WAN
7 3 (0.52%) LAN
7 3 (0.52%) SAN
8 2 (0.35%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.35%) DHCP
8 2 (0.35%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.35%) Multicast
8 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.17%) DMZ
9 1 (0.17%) HTTP
9 1 (0.17%) Internet
9 1 (0.17%) PSTN
9 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.17%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.32%) Power BI
2 14 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.07%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.38%) Metadata
4 8 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.21%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.21%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.04%) Db2
7 5 (0.86%) BigQuery
7 5 (0.86%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.52%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.52%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.35%) Big Data
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.17%) Redis
10 1 (0.17%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 56 (9.67%) JIRA
2 24 (4.15%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.90%) Git
4 6 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.69%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.69%) JMeter
5 4 (0.69%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.69%) Selenium
6 3 (0.52%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.52%) Postman
7 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.35%) Flyway
7 2 (0.35%) git-flow
7 2 (0.35%) JUnit
7 2 (0.35%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.35%) Mockito
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.35%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.35%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.17%) Hudson
General
1 205 (35.41%) Social Skills
2 143 (24.70%) Banking
3 91 (15.72%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (7.94%) Legal
5 32 (5.53%) Organisational Skills
6 31 (5.35%) Financial Institution
7 30 (5.18%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (3.80%) Public Sector
9 19 (3.28%) Retail
10 14 (2.42%) Law
11 9 (1.55%) Private Banking
12 8 (1.38%) Billing
12 8 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.38%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.86%) Publishing
15 4 (0.69%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.69%) Social Science
16 3 (0.52%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 103 (17.79%) Lead
2 60 (10.36%) Senior
3 57 (9.84%) Analyst
4 56 (9.67%) Developer
5 55 (9.50%) Architect
6 43 (7.43%) Consultant
7 32 (5.53%) Project Manager
8 25 (4.32%) Solutions Architect
9 22 (3.80%) Business Analyst
10 20 (3.45%) DevSecOps Consultant
11 19 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (2.59%) Java Developer
13 14 (2.42%) Administrator
14 12 (2.07%) Data Analyst
15 11 (1.90%) Data Engineer
15 11 (1.90%) Financial Analyst
15 11 (1.90%) Product Owner
16 10 (1.73%) .NET Developer
16 10 (1.73%) Designer
16 10 (1.73%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.22%) Terraform
2 24 (4.15%) Kafka
2 24 (4.15%) REST
3 18 (3.11%) React
4 15 (2.59%) Middleware
5 14 (2.42%) Node.js
5 14 (2.42%) OAuth
6 12 (2.07%) .NET
6 12 (2.07%) OAuth2
6 12 (2.07%) Spring Boot
7 11 (1.90%) OpenID
7 11 (1.90%) SAML
8 10 (1.73%) RESTful
9 9 (1.55%) ISPF
10 8 (1.38%) ASP.NET
10 8 (1.38%) Spring
11 6 (1.04%) Hibernate
11 6 (1.04%) JWT
11 6 (1.04%) YAML
12 5 (0.86%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.64%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.56%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.70%) Data Protection Act
4 31 (5.35%) Mainframe
5 23 (3.97%) AI Agents
6 22 (3.80%) Onboarding
7 20 (3.45%) Virtual Team
8 18 (3.11%) Data Centre
9 15 (2.59%) Public Cloud
10 14 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (2.42%) Security Posture
11 12 (2.07%) Management Information System
12 10 (1.73%) Clustering
12 10 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.73%) Podcast
12 10 (1.73%) Web Conferencing
13 9 (1.55%) Mobile App
14 8 (1.38%) PKI
15 7 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.63%) Linux
2 14 (2.42%) zOS
3 9 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (1.38%) Windows
5 5 (0.86%) Android
5 5 (0.86%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.86%) Unix
5 5 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.52%) VMS
7 2 (0.35%) MVS
8 1 (0.17%) AIX
8 1 (0.17%) Check Point GAiA
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (32.99%) Stakeholder Management
2 115 (19.86%) CI/CD
3 107 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 106 (18.31%) Agile
5 91 (15.72%) DevOps
5 91 (15.72%) Roadmaps
6 85 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
7 81 (13.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 73 (12.61%) AI
9 71 (12.26%) Risk Management
10 67 (11.57%) DevSecOps
11 60 (10.36%) Observability
12 59 (10.19%) Change Management
13 58 (10.02%) Cybersecurity
14 52 (8.98%) Migration
15 49 (8.46%) Project Management
16 46 (7.94%) Decision-Making
17 43 (7.43%) Data Protection
18 40 (6.91%) Matrix Organization
18 40 (6.91%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 69 (11.92%) Python
2 45 (7.77%) Java
3 37 (6.39%) SQL
4 24 (4.15%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.42%) Bash
6 13 (2.25%) Go
7 9 (1.55%) C#
7 9 (1.55%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.21%) PL/SQL
8 7 (1.21%) Rust
9 5 (0.86%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.52%) ABAP
10 3 (0.52%) COBOL
10 3 (0.52%) JCL
10 3 (0.52%) Korn
10 3 (0.52%) VBA
11 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.35%) PromQL
11 2 (0.35%) Scala
11 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (5.87%) Degree
2 25 (4.32%) CISM
3 22 (3.80%) CISSP
4 21 (3.63%) PMP
5 20 (3.45%) Security Cleared
6 19 (3.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 19 (3.28%) CCSP
6 19 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (2.94%) SC Cleared
9 15 (2.59%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.90%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.04%) CCSK
12 6 (1.04%) CRISC
12 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.69%) ACCA
13 4 (0.69%) CISA
13 4 (0.69%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.66%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.32%) PMO
3 16 (2.76%) QA
4 10 (1.73%) NIST
4 10 (1.73%) SLA
5 8 (1.38%) GDPR
6 6 (1.04%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.86%) GRC
7 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.52%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.35%) IFRS
11 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.17%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.17%) GxP
11 1 (0.17%) MiFID
11 1 (0.17%) P3O
System Software
1 21 (3.63%) Docker
2 14 (2.42%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.25%) RACF
4 10 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.69%) ACF2
8 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.17%) KVM
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 74 (12.78%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.49%) Ansible
3 13 (2.25%) Grafana
4 12 (2.07%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.73%) OMEGAMON
7 8 (1.38%) Control-M
8 7 (1.21%) Kustomize
8 7 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.69%) Argo
10 4 (0.69%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.35%) Consul
11 2 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.35%) IBM Guardium
11 2 (0.35%) Packer
11 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.35%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.17%) Autotask
12 1 (0.17%) vMotion
Vendors
1 89 (15.37%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.35%) SAP
3 29 (5.01%) IBM
4 28 (4.84%) Google
5 27 (4.66%) Oracle
6 17 (2.94%) ServiceNow
7 14 (2.42%) Databricks
8 13 (2.25%) Foundry
9 11 (1.90%) Splunk
10 8 (1.38%) Concur
10 8 (1.38%) Workday
11 7 (1.21%) VMware
12 6 (1.04%) Apple
12 6 (1.04%) Okta
13 5 (0.86%) AppDynamics
13 5 (0.86%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.86%) Black Duck
13 5 (0.86%) Delphix
13 5 (0.86%) OpenAI
14 4 (0.69%) Fortinet