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 26 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 411 179 316
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 21.46% 18.57% 17.36%
As % of the General category 37.40% 32.14% 30.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 97 201
10th Percentile £313 £333 £310
25th Percentile £425 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £609 £600 £555
90th Percentile £688 £658 £612
England median daily rate £540 £595 £575
% change year-on-year -9.24% +3.48% -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 £23.75 £27.31 £21.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.03% -14.00%

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 1,099 557 1,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 57.39% 57.78% 56.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 750 314 641
10th Percentile £283 £241 £213
25th Percentile £400 £371 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -3.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £587
90th Percentile £675 £650 £668
England median daily rate £500 £528 £545
% change year-on-year -5.21% -3.21% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 16 38
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.13 £11.16
25th Percentile £14.81 £15.62 £12.55
Median hourly rate £21.78 £20.57 £14.45
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% +42.31% -32.78%
75th Percentile £57.25 £35.30 £17.85
90th Percentile £67.68 £42.00 £23.96
England median hourly rate £23.00 £29.12 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.00% +11.98% +1.13%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 0 255 £478 -10.15% 95
West Yorkshire +3 126 £550 +27.91% 155
North Yorkshire +4 16 £594 +10.47% 54
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 (8.27%) Confluence
2 25 (6.08%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.68%) TPMS
4 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.22%) CICS
5 5 (1.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 46 (11.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.70%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.73%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.22%) VisionPLUS
4 4 (0.97%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.97%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.73%) Cloudability
6 2 (0.49%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI-CA
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MRS
7 1 (0.24%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.24%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 55 (13.38%) GCP
2 51 (12.41%) AWS
3 46 (11.19%) Azure
4 31 (7.54%) Power Platform
5 27 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (6.57%) Serverless
6 24 (5.84%) Entra ID
7 17 (4.14%) GitHub
8 13 (3.16%) OneDrive
9 12 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.19%) AWS KMS
11 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.95%) OpenShift
12 5 (1.22%) IaaS
12 5 (1.22%) PaaS
12 5 (1.22%) SaaS
13 4 (0.97%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.97%) Rubrik
14 3 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.14%) Firewall
2 13 (3.16%) SSL
3 11 (2.68%) SNMP
3 11 (2.68%) SSH
4 7 (1.70%) Internet
5 6 (1.46%) DNS
5 6 (1.46%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.22%) Network Security
6 5 (1.22%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.49%) DHCP
8 2 (0.49%) VPN
9 1 (0.24%) IPsec
9 1 (0.24%) LAN
9 1 (0.24%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.76%) NoSQL
2 31 (7.54%) Power BI
3 27 (6.57%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.43%) Power Query
5 9 (2.19%) PowerPivot
6 8 (1.95%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.22%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.97%) Metadata
9 3 (0.73%) GIS
9 3 (0.73%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.73%) MySQL
10 2 (0.49%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
11 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.24%) IDMS
11 1 (0.24%) Looker
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 54 (13.14%) JIRA
2 52 (12.65%) Jenkins
3 34 (8.27%) GitLab
4 22 (5.35%) Liquibase
5 11 (2.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.95%) Git
7 7 (1.70%) Jaeger
8 5 (1.22%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.22%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.22%) Selenium
9 4 (0.97%) Maven
10 3 (0.73%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.73%) Gradle
10 3 (0.73%) PyCharm
11 2 (0.49%) ChangeMan
11 2 (0.49%) JUnit
11 2 (0.49%) Log4j
11 2 (0.49%) Mockito
11 2 (0.49%) Subversion
12 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
General
1 174 (42.34%) Social Skills
2 117 (28.47%) Banking
3 49 (11.92%) Financial Institution
4 47 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (6.57%) Public Sector
6 26 (6.33%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.41%) Legal
8 12 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.95%) Retail
10 7 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.46%) Law
11 6 (1.46%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.22%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.22%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.22%) Marketing
13 4 (0.97%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.73%) Electronics
14 3 (0.73%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.73%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 61 (14.84%) Analyst
2 56 (13.63%) Project Manager
3 41 (9.98%) Senior
4 35 (8.52%) Business Analyst
5 29 (7.06%) Architect
6 24 (5.84%) Developer
7 19 (4.62%) Consultant
8 18 (4.38%) Software Engineer
9 16 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
10 15 (3.65%) Support Manager
11 14 (3.41%) GCP Engineer
11 14 (3.41%) Lead
12 12 (2.92%) Data Analyst
12 12 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (2.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (2.92%) Senior Software Engineer
13 11 (2.68%) Cryptography Engineer
13 11 (2.68%) IT Manager
13 11 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.76%) REST
2 31 (7.54%) RESTful
3 26 (6.33%) Elastic Stack
4 13 (3.16%) Spring Boot
5 12 (2.92%) Kafka
6 11 (2.68%) OpenTelemetry
7 10 (2.43%) Middleware
8 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (1.46%) .NET
9 6 (1.46%) JSON
9 6 (1.46%) LDAP
9 6 (1.46%) OAuth
9 6 (1.46%) SAML
10 5 (1.22%) OpenID
10 5 (1.22%) SailPoint
10 5 (1.22%) Spring
10 5 (1.22%) TensorFlow
11 4 (0.97%) React
12 3 (0.73%) Anaconda
12 3 (0.73%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.27%) Distributed Systems
2 33 (8.03%) Public Cloud
3 29 (7.06%) Cloud Native
4 25 (6.08%) Product Ownership
5 24 (5.84%) Onboarding
6 19 (4.62%) Data Centre
7 17 (4.14%) Management Information System
8 14 (3.41%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.95%) Mainframe
10 7 (1.70%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.46%) SCADA
12 5 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.97%) Credit Risk
14 3 (0.73%) CMDB
14 3 (0.73%) Online Banking
14 3 (0.73%) PMI
14 3 (0.73%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 51 (12.41%) Linux
2 30 (7.30%) Windows
3 12 (2.92%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.73%) Unix
4 3 (0.73%) VMS
4 3 (0.73%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (27.25%) Agile
2 89 (21.65%) Cybersecurity
3 81 (19.71%) DevOps
3 81 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (19.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 77 (18.73%) CI/CD
5 50 (12.17%) Decision-Making
5 50 (12.17%) Migration
5 50 (12.17%) Project Management
6 47 (11.44%) Computer Science
6 47 (11.44%) Microservices
7 45 (10.95%) Roadmaps
8 42 (10.22%) Cryptography
8 42 (10.22%) Infrastructure as Code
8 42 (10.22%) Root Cause Analysis
9 39 (9.49%) Change Management
9 39 (9.49%) Containerisation
9 39 (9.49%) Data Security
10 37 (9.00%) ERP
11 36 (8.76%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 63 (15.33%) Python
2 45 (10.95%) SQL
3 36 (8.76%) Java
4 33 (8.03%) Go
5 14 (3.41%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.19%) VBA
7 8 (1.95%) Rust
8 5 (1.22%) C#
8 5 (1.22%) COBOL
8 5 (1.22%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.97%) JCL
10 3 (0.73%) Bash
10 3 (0.73%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.24%) Bicep
11 1 (0.24%) C++
11 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.24%) Groovy
11 1 (0.24%) REXX
Qualifications
1 61 (14.84%) Degree
2 34 (8.27%) Master's Degree
3 32 (7.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (3.41%) CISSP
5 13 (3.16%) Security Cleared
6 12 (2.92%) PMP
7 11 (2.68%) CISM
7 11 (2.68%) FFIEC
8 10 (2.43%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.19%) ACSP
9 9 (2.19%) ACTC
9 9 (2.19%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (1.70%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.22%) PhD
12 4 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.97%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 3 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.08%) GDPR
2 20 (4.87%) NIST
3 18 (4.38%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.65%) PMO
5 14 (3.41%) PCI DSS
6 11 (2.68%) GLBA
6 11 (2.68%) QA
7 8 (1.95%) SLA
8 7 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.73%) GRC
10 3 (0.73%) PSD2
11 2 (0.49%) COBIT
12 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.24%) Basel III
System Software
1 40 (9.73%) Docker
2 19 (4.62%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) XenApp
4 1 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 50 (12.17%) Kubernetes
2 43 (10.46%) Ansible
3 39 (9.49%) Grafana
4 38 (9.25%) Terraform
5 37 (9.00%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.43%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (1.70%) Kiali
8 6 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.73%) Control-M
10 2 (0.49%) CA Endevor
10 2 (0.49%) IBM Guardium
10 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.49%) Nessus
11 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 69 (16.79%) Microsoft
2 50 (12.17%) Splunk
3 31 (7.54%) ServiceNow
4 22 (5.35%) SAP
5 15 (3.65%) Google
6 11 (2.68%) Apple
7 10 (2.43%) Thales
8 9 (2.19%) Oracle
8 9 (2.19%) Sonatype
9 8 (1.95%) BiZZdesign
10 6 (1.46%) IFS
11 5 (1.22%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.73%) AppDynamics
12 3 (0.73%) Ariba
12 3 (0.73%) F5
12 3 (0.73%) Planview
12 3 (0.73%) Workday
13 2 (0.49%) CheckPoint
13 2 (0.49%) Dell
13 2 (0.49%) HP