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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 584 369 289
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 20.38% 23.70% 19.27%
As % of the General category 38.35% 37.61% 35.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 254 170
10th Percentile £365 £325 £378
25th Percentile £413 £388 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% -7.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £575 £617
90th Percentile £688 £641 £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 1,523 981 803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 53.16% 63.01% 53.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 972 628 447
10th Percentile £313 £235 £313
25th Percentile £406 £361 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £591
90th Percentile £674 £634 £680
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 36 43
10th Percentile £13.80 £12.73 £12.15
25th Percentile £16.62 £17.44 £14.06
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% +21.18% -3.84%
75th Percentile £36.61 £31.33 £36.25
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £42.50
England median hourly rate £31.31 £25.15 £38.68
% change year-on-year +24.48% -34.97% +40.64%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 0 341 £514 +11.74% 98
West Yorkshire 0 204 £525 +5.00% 177
North Yorkshire +6 25 £448 -0.56% 36
East Yorkshire -9 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 38 (6.51%) Confluence
2 13 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.68%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.51%) Apache
4 3 (0.51%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.34%) CICS
5 2 (0.34%) nginx
5 2 (0.34%) 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 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.34%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.17%) Maple
7 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.68%) Maximo
2 4 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.51%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.34%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.34%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.34%) 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 (19.01%) Azure
2 104 (17.81%) GCP
3 77 (13.18%) AWS
4 40 (6.85%) Power Platform
5 34 (5.82%) GitHub
6 19 (3.25%) Entra ID
6 19 (3.25%) OpenShift
7 17 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (2.74%) SaaS
9 15 (2.57%) Microsoft Copilot
10 14 (2.40%) PowerApps
11 13 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.54%) Azure AI
13 9 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.37%) Copilot Studio
15 7 (1.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 6 (1.03%) OCI
16 6 (1.03%) Power Automate
17 5 (0.86%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.85%) Network Security
2 10 (1.71%) Firewall
3 9 (1.54%) SSL
4 6 (1.03%) VPN
5 5 (0.86%) DNS
6 4 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.68%) WAN
7 3 (0.51%) LAN
7 3 (0.51%) SAN
8 2 (0.34%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.34%) DHCP
8 2 (0.34%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.34%) Multicast
8 2 (0.34%) 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 (4.28%) Power BI
2 15 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.05%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.54%) Metadata
5 8 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.20%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.03%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.03%) Db2
8 5 (0.86%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.51%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.51%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.34%) Big Data
10 2 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.17%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.17%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.17%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 57 (9.76%) JIRA
2 24 (4.11%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.88%) Git
4 6 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.68%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.68%) JMeter
5 4 (0.68%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.68%) Selenium
6 3 (0.51%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.51%) Postman
7 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.34%) Flyway
7 2 (0.34%) git-flow
7 2 (0.34%) JUnit
7 2 (0.34%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.34%) Mockito
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.34%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.34%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.17%) Maven
General
1 208 (35.62%) Social Skills
2 147 (25.17%) Banking
3 91 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (7.88%) Legal
5 34 (5.82%) Organisational Skills
6 32 (5.48%) Financial Institution
7 30 (5.14%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (3.77%) Public Sector
9 19 (3.25%) Retail
10 14 (2.40%) Law
11 9 (1.54%) Private Banking
12 8 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.37%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.20%) Billing
14 6 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.03%) Publishing
15 5 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.68%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.68%) Social Science
17 3 (0.51%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 103 (17.64%) Lead
2 62 (10.62%) Senior
3 59 (10.10%) Analyst
4 57 (9.76%) Developer
5 55 (9.42%) Architect
6 45 (7.71%) Consultant
7 32 (5.48%) Project Manager
8 25 (4.28%) Solutions Architect
9 22 (3.77%) Business Analyst
10 20 (3.42%) DevSecOps Consultant
11 18 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (2.74%) Java Developer
13 14 (2.40%) Administrator
14 12 (2.05%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.05%) Data Engineer
15 11 (1.88%) Financial Analyst
15 11 (1.88%) Product Owner
15 11 (1.88%) Technical Manager
16 10 (1.71%) .NET Developer
16 10 (1.71%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.16%) Terraform
2 24 (4.11%) Kafka
2 24 (4.11%) REST
3 18 (3.08%) React
4 15 (2.57%) Middleware
4 15 (2.57%) Node.js
5 14 (2.40%) OAuth
6 13 (2.23%) Spring Boot
7 12 (2.05%) .NET
7 12 (2.05%) OAuth2
8 11 (1.88%) OpenID
8 11 (1.88%) SAML
9 10 (1.71%) RESTful
10 9 (1.54%) ISPF
10 9 (1.54%) Spring
11 8 (1.37%) ASP.NET
12 6 (1.03%) Hibernate
12 6 (1.03%) JWT
12 6 (1.03%) YAML
13 5 (0.86%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.56%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.51%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.65%) Data Protection Act
4 31 (5.31%) Mainframe
5 24 (4.11%) AI Agents
6 22 (3.77%) Onboarding
7 20 (3.42%) Virtual Team
8 19 (3.25%) Data Centre
9 15 (2.57%) Public Cloud
10 14 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (2.40%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.88%) Management Information System
12 10 (1.71%) Clustering
12 10 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.71%) Podcast
12 10 (1.71%) Web Conferencing
13 9 (1.54%) Mobile App
14 8 (1.37%) PKI
15 7 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.60%) Linux
2 14 (2.40%) zOS
3 9 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (1.54%) Windows
4 5 (0.86%) Android
4 5 (0.86%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.86%) Unix
4 5 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.51%) VMS
6 2 (0.34%) MVS
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Check Point GAiA
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (33.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 118 (20.21%) CI/CD
3 107 (18.32%) Agile
3 107 (18.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 92 (15.75%) DevOps
5 91 (15.58%) Roadmaps
6 85 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (13.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 74 (12.67%) AI
9 70 (11.99%) Risk Management
10 68 (11.64%) DevSecOps
11 60 (10.27%) Change Management
11 60 (10.27%) Observability
12 59 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
13 52 (8.90%) Migration
14 48 (8.22%) Project Management
15 45 (7.71%) Decision-Making
16 43 (7.36%) Data Protection
17 41 (7.02%) Analytics
18 40 (6.85%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 70 (11.99%) Python
2 46 (7.88%) Java
3 38 (6.51%) SQL
4 24 (4.11%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.40%) Bash
6 13 (2.23%) Go
7 9 (1.54%) C#
7 9 (1.54%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.20%) PL/SQL
8 7 (1.20%) Rust
9 5 (0.86%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.51%) ABAP
10 3 (0.51%) COBOL
10 3 (0.51%) JCL
10 3 (0.51%) Korn
10 3 (0.51%) VBA
11 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.34%) Scala
11 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (5.82%) Degree
2 25 (4.28%) CISM
3 22 (3.77%) CISSP
4 21 (3.60%) PMP
5 19 (3.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 19 (3.25%) CCSP
5 19 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (3.08%) Security Cleared
7 17 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (2.74%) SC Cleared
9 15 (2.57%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.88%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.03%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.03%) CCSK
12 6 (1.03%) CRISC
12 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.68%) ACCA
13 4 (0.68%) JNCIA
13 4 (0.68%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.79%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.11%) PMO
3 16 (2.74%) QA
4 10 (1.71%) NIST
4 10 (1.71%) SLA
5 8 (1.37%) GDPR
6 6 (1.03%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.86%) GRC
7 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.51%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.34%) IFRS
11 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.17%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.17%) MiFID
11 1 (0.17%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (3.77%) Docker
2 14 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.23%) RACF
4 10 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.68%) 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 75 (12.84%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.45%) Ansible
3 13 (2.23%) Grafana
4 12 (2.05%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.71%) OMEGAMON
7 8 (1.37%) Control-M
8 7 (1.20%) Kustomize
8 7 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.68%) Argo
10 4 (0.68%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.34%) Consul
11 2 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.34%) IBM Guardium
11 2 (0.34%) Packer
11 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.34%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.17%) QRadar
12 1 (0.17%) vMotion
Vendors
1 89 (15.24%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.31%) SAP
3 29 (4.97%) Google
3 29 (4.97%) IBM
4 26 (4.45%) Oracle
5 18 (3.08%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.40%) Databricks
7 13 (2.23%) Foundry
8 11 (1.88%) Splunk
9 8 (1.37%) Concur
9 8 (1.37%) Workday
10 7 (1.20%) VMware
11 6 (1.03%) Apple
11 6 (1.03%) Okta
12 5 (0.86%) AppDynamics
12 5 (0.86%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.86%) Black Duck
12 5 (0.86%) Delphix
12 5 (0.86%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.68%) OpenText