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 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 436 173 298
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 21.27% 19.12% 16.20%
As % of the General category 36.64% 32.34% 28.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 88 192
10th Percentile £350 £300 £310
25th Percentile £438 £413 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +7.89% -9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £553
90th Percentile £698 £650 £600
England median daily rate £537 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -8.60% +2.17% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £10.72
25th Percentile - - £11.18
Median hourly rate - - £12.75
75th Percentile - - £13.23
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £35.00 £21.43
% change year-on-year -31.93% +63.32% -14.28%

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 1,190 535 1,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 58.05% 59.12% 56.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 802 303 635
10th Percentile £285 £250 £199
25th Percentile £402 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £684 £648 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 15 46
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.63 £11.24
25th Percentile £15.13 £16.25 £12.53
Median hourly rate £21.30 £27.50 £14.52
Median % change year-on-year -22.55% +89.46% -25.12%
75th Percentile £48.00 £36.45 £15.25
90th Percentile £57.25 £42.10 £22.36
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.45 £26.00
% change year-on-year -24.48% +17.12% -10.34%

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 0 285 £500 -6.37% 72
West Yorkshire -4 118 £550 +27.91% 102
North Yorkshire +2 21 £700 +30.23% 21
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 (8.72%) Confluence
2 27 (6.19%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.52%) TPMS
4 9 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.46%) CICS
5 2 (0.46%) CMS
6 1 (0.23%) nginx
6 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 48 (11.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (5.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.38%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.92%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.92%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.92%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.69%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.46%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.46%) VisionPLUS
6 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.23%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.23%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP MRS
6 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 60 (13.76%) GCP
2 52 (11.93%) AWS
3 50 (11.47%) Azure
4 33 (7.57%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (6.19%) Power Platform
6 25 (5.73%) GitHub
6 25 (5.73%) Serverless
7 23 (5.28%) Entra ID
8 17 (3.90%) OneDrive
9 14 (3.21%) OpenShift
10 12 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (2.06%) AWS KMS
13 7 (1.61%) Rubrik
14 6 (1.38%) SaaS
15 4 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (0.92%) IaaS
15 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (0.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.13%) Firewall
2 13 (2.98%) SSL
3 11 (2.52%) SNMP
3 11 (2.52%) SSH
4 9 (2.06%) DNS
5 7 (1.61%) Internet
6 6 (1.38%) Kerberos
6 6 (1.38%) Network Security
7 5 (1.15%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.46%) DHCP
9 2 (0.46%) VPN
10 1 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 1 (0.23%) IPsec
10 1 (0.23%) LAN
10 1 (0.23%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.80%) NoSQL
2 32 (7.34%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (6.19%) Power BI
4 9 (2.06%) Power Query
5 8 (1.83%) PowerPivot
6 6 (1.38%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.15%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.92%) Metadata
9 3 (0.69%) GIS
9 3 (0.69%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.69%) MySQL
10 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.23%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.23%) Data Mart
11 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.23%) Looker
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 63 (14.45%) Jenkins
2 59 (13.53%) JIRA
3 36 (8.26%) GitLab
4 20 (4.59%) Liquibase
5 15 (3.44%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.83%) Jaeger
7 7 (1.61%) Git
8 6 (1.38%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.38%) REST Assured
8 6 (1.38%) Selenium
9 4 (0.92%) Maven
10 3 (0.69%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.69%) Gradle
10 3 (0.69%) PyCharm
11 2 (0.46%) ChangeMan
11 2 (0.46%) JUnit
11 2 (0.46%) Log4j
11 2 (0.46%) Mockito
11 2 (0.46%) Subversion
12 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
General
1 181 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 122 (27.98%) Banking
3 46 (10.55%) Financial Institution
4 45 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (6.88%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (5.96%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.06%) Legal
8 9 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.38%) Retail
10 5 (1.15%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.15%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.15%) Law
11 4 (0.92%) Digital Health
12 3 (0.69%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.69%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.46%) Local Government
13 2 (0.46%) Marketing
13 2 (0.46%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 61 (13.99%) Analyst
2 58 (13.30%) Project Manager
3 40 (9.17%) Business Analyst
4 39 (8.94%) Senior
5 33 (7.57%) Architect
6 27 (6.19%) Developer
7 21 (4.82%) Lead
8 17 (3.90%) Consultant
8 17 (3.90%) Software Engineer
9 16 (3.67%) Cloud Engineer
9 16 (3.67%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (3.67%) GCP Engineer
10 14 (3.21%) Support Manager
11 13 (2.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (2.75%) IT Manager
12 12 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
13 11 (2.52%) Cryptography Engineer
13 11 (2.52%) Programme Manager
13 11 (2.52%) Technical Business Analyst
14 10 (2.29%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (8.49%) REST
2 31 (7.11%) RESTful
3 25 (5.73%) Elastic Stack
4 16 (3.67%) OpenTelemetry
5 14 (3.21%) Kafka
6 13 (2.98%) Spring Boot
7 11 (2.52%) Middleware
8 10 (2.29%) Microsoft Graph
9 8 (1.83%) SailPoint
10 7 (1.61%) JSON
10 7 (1.61%) LDAP
11 6 (1.38%) OAuth
11 6 (1.38%) OpenID
11 6 (1.38%) SAML
11 6 (1.38%) TensorFlow
12 5 (1.15%) React
13 4 (0.92%) .NET
13 4 (0.92%) FastAPI
13 4 (0.92%) Spring
14 3 (0.69%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.03%) Distributed Systems
2 30 (6.88%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.88%) Public Cloud
3 24 (5.50%) Onboarding
3 24 (5.50%) Product Ownership
4 21 (4.82%) Data Centre
5 18 (4.13%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.67%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.61%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.38%) SCADA
9 5 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.92%) Credit Risk
10 4 (0.92%) Mainframe
10 4 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.69%) CMDB
11 3 (0.69%) Hedge funds
11 3 (0.69%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 53 (12.16%) Linux
2 28 (6.42%) Windows
3 11 (2.52%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.92%) VMS
5 3 (0.69%) Unix
6 2 (0.46%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (24.31%) Agile
2 91 (20.87%) DevOps
3 89 (20.41%) Cybersecurity
4 85 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (19.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 82 (18.81%) CI/CD
7 55 (12.61%) Migration
8 51 (11.70%) Project Management
9 49 (11.24%) Computer Science
9 49 (11.24%) Microservices
10 48 (11.01%) Decision-Making
11 45 (10.32%) Roadmaps
12 43 (9.86%) Cryptography
12 43 (9.86%) Infrastructure as Code
13 41 (9.40%) Root Cause Analysis
14 40 (9.17%) Containerisation
14 40 (9.17%) Data Security
14 40 (9.17%) Observability
15 38 (8.72%) Change Management
15 38 (8.72%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 76 (17.43%) Python
2 50 (11.47%) SQL
3 37 (8.49%) Java
4 31 (7.11%) Go
5 16 (3.67%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.06%) Rust
6 9 (2.06%) VBA
7 7 (1.61%) Bash
8 4 (0.92%) C#
9 3 (0.69%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.69%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.69%) VB
10 2 (0.46%) COBOL
10 2 (0.46%) Groovy
10 2 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.23%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.23%) JCL
11 1 (0.23%) Korn
11 1 (0.23%) REXX
Qualifications
1 64 (14.68%) Degree
2 34 (7.80%) Master's Degree
3 31 (7.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (3.90%) CISSP
5 15 (3.44%) Security Cleared
6 14 (3.21%) CISM
6 14 (3.21%) PMP
7 11 (2.52%) AWS Certification
7 11 (2.52%) FFIEC
8 10 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (1.83%) ACSP
9 8 (1.83%) ACTC
9 8 (1.83%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.15%) PhD
10 5 (1.15%) SC Cleared
11 4 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.92%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.65%) GDPR
2 22 (5.05%) NIST
3 19 (4.36%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.36%) PMO
4 14 (3.21%) PCI DSS
5 12 (2.75%) QA
6 11 (2.52%) GLBA
7 7 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.38%) SLA
9 4 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.69%) GRC
10 3 (0.69%) PSD2
11 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.23%) Basel III
11 1 (0.23%) COBIT
System Software
1 45 (10.32%) Docker
2 16 (3.67%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.92%) vSphere
5 3 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.46%) KVM
6 2 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.46%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.23%) XenApp
7 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (13.30%) Kubernetes
2 51 (11.70%) Ansible
3 42 (9.63%) Grafana
4 39 (8.94%) Prometheus
5 37 (8.49%) Terraform
6 9 (2.06%) Jamf Pro
7 8 (1.83%) Kiali
8 6 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.92%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.69%) Control-M
11 2 (0.46%) Argo
11 2 (0.46%) CA Endevor
11 2 (0.46%) IBM Guardium
11 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.46%) Nessus
11 2 (0.46%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.46%) Puppet
12 1 (0.23%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 76 (17.43%) Microsoft
2 57 (13.07%) Splunk
3 32 (7.34%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.59%) Google
5 17 (3.90%) SAP
6 13 (2.98%) Sonatype
7 10 (2.29%) Apple
7 10 (2.29%) BiZZdesign
7 10 (2.29%) Oracle
7 10 (2.29%) Thales
8 6 (1.38%) VMware
9 5 (1.15%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.15%) IFS
9 5 (1.15%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.92%) Dell
11 3 (0.69%) Ariba
11 3 (0.69%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.69%) F5
11 3 (0.69%) Planview
11 3 (0.69%) Workday