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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 595 361 288
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 20.67% 23.40% 19.19%
As % of the General category 38.51% 37.06% 35.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 250 168
10th Percentile £363 £325 £378
25th Percentile £414 £393 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £489 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.14% -6.90% -4.11%
75th Percentile £620 £575 £619
90th Percentile £688 £643 £713
England median daily rate £550 £550 £580
% change year-on-year - -5.17% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 2
10th Percentile £19.69 - £23.44
25th Percentile £23.53 £15.00 £31.20
Median hourly rate £35.00 £16.76 £44.14
Median % change year-on-year +108.89% -62.04% +323.56%
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.13 £57.07
90th Percentile - £23.05 £64.83
England median hourly rate £43.96 £29.27 £35.00
% change year-on-year +50.19% -16.37% +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 1,545 974 805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 53.66% 63.12% 53.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 980 624 447
10th Percentile £313 £223 £310
25th Percentile £406 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £471 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -5.74% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £636 £675
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 37 41
10th Percentile £13.79 £14.54 £12.15
25th Percentile £16.62 £17.48 £14.06
Median hourly rate £24.00 £18.87 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.19% -0.68% -
75th Percentile £36.61 £25.11 £38.75
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £42.50
England median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £38.50
% change year-on-year +25.25% -34.68% +40.00%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 0 342 £518 +11.92% 196
West Yorkshire +1 212 £525 +1.20% 432
North Yorkshire +7 27 £475 +5.56% 70
East Yorkshire -9 1 - - 35
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 (6.39%) Confluence
2 13 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.67%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.50%) Apache
4 3 (0.50%) IBM Transformation Extender
4 3 (0.50%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.34%) CICS
5 2 (0.34%) nginx
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.34%) SAS
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
Applications
1 25 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.34%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.17%) Maple
7 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.67%) Maximo
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.50%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.34%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.34%) OpenText VIM for SAP
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
1 114 (19.16%) Azure
2 109 (18.32%) GCP
3 82 (13.78%) AWS
4 39 (6.55%) Power Platform
5 35 (5.88%) GitHub
6 20 (3.36%) Entra ID
7 19 (3.19%) OpenShift
8 18 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (2.86%) SaaS
10 16 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (2.52%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (2.35%) PowerApps
13 12 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (1.51%) Azure AI
15 8 (1.34%) Copilot Studio
16 7 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (1.18%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 6 (1.01%) OCI
17 6 (1.01%) Power Automate
18 5 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.89%) Network Security
2 11 (1.85%) Firewall
3 9 (1.51%) SSL
4 6 (1.01%) VPN
5 5 (0.84%) DNS
6 4 (0.67%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.67%) WAN
7 3 (0.50%) LAN
7 3 (0.50%) 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 23 (3.87%) Power BI
2 13 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.85%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.68%) Metadata
5 8 (1.34%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.18%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.18%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.01%) Db2
8 5 (0.84%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.50%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.50%) 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%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 57 (9.58%) JIRA
2 24 (4.03%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.02%) Git
4 5 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.67%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.67%) JMeter
5 4 (0.67%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.67%) Selenium
6 3 (0.50%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.50%) Postman
7 2 (0.34%) Claude Code
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
General
1 216 (36.30%) Social Skills
2 148 (24.87%) Banking
3 91 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (7.56%) Legal
5 34 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
6 32 (5.38%) Financial Institution
7 31 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
8 24 (4.03%) Public Sector
9 19 (3.19%) Retail
10 14 (2.35%) Law
11 10 (1.68%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.51%) Private Banking
13 8 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.18%) Billing
15 6 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.01%) Publishing
16 5 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.67%) Investment Banking
17 4 (0.67%) Social Science
18 3 (0.50%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 100 (16.81%) Lead
2 66 (11.09%) Senior
3 60 (10.08%) Analyst
3 60 (10.08%) Architect
4 58 (9.75%) Developer
5 45 (7.56%) Consultant
6 30 (5.04%) Project Manager
7 26 (4.37%) Solutions Architect
8 21 (3.53%) Business Analyst
9 20 (3.36%) DevSecOps Consultant
10 19 (3.19%) DevOps Engineer
11 16 (2.69%) Administrator
11 16 (2.69%) Java Developer
12 12 (2.02%) Data Analyst
12 12 (2.02%) Senior Architect
13 11 (1.85%) Data Engineer
13 11 (1.85%) Financial Analyst
13 11 (1.85%) Product Owner
13 11 (1.85%) Technical Manager
14 10 (1.68%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.39%) Terraform
2 26 (4.37%) Kafka
3 25 (4.20%) REST
4 19 (3.19%) React
5 18 (3.03%) Middleware
6 15 (2.52%) Node.js
6 15 (2.52%) OAuth
7 13 (2.18%) .NET
7 13 (2.18%) OAuth2
7 13 (2.18%) Spring Boot
8 12 (2.02%) OpenID
8 12 (2.02%) SAML
9 10 (1.68%) RESTful
10 9 (1.51%) ASP.NET
10 9 (1.51%) ISPF
10 9 (1.51%) Spring
11 6 (1.01%) .NET Framework
11 6 (1.01%) Hibernate
11 6 (1.01%) JWT
11 6 (1.01%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.91%) Cloud Native
2 34 (5.71%) Data Protection Act
2 34 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.55%) Mainframe
4 26 (4.37%) Onboarding
5 25 (4.20%) AI Agents
6 22 (3.70%) Data Centre
7 21 (3.53%) Virtual Team
8 15 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (2.52%) Public Cloud
9 14 (2.35%) Security Posture
10 11 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.85%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.68%) Clustering
11 10 (1.68%) Podcast
11 10 (1.68%) Web Conferencing
12 9 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.51%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.51%) PKI
13 8 (1.34%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.03%) Linux
2 14 (2.35%) zOS
3 12 (2.02%) Windows
4 9 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.01%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.84%) Android
6 5 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.84%) Unix
7 3 (0.50%) VMS
8 2 (0.34%) MVS
9 1 (0.17%) AIX
9 1 (0.17%) Check Point GAiA
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (33.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 125 (21.01%) CI/CD
3 109 (18.32%) Agile
4 105 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 94 (15.80%) Roadmaps
6 93 (15.63%) DevOps
7 86 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
8 84 (14.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 78 (13.11%) AI
10 71 (11.93%) Risk Management
11 70 (11.76%) DevSecOps
12 65 (10.92%) Cybersecurity
12 65 (10.92%) Observability
13 62 (10.42%) Change Management
14 53 (8.91%) Migration
15 48 (8.07%) Project Management
16 47 (7.90%) Decision-Making
17 46 (7.73%) Analytics
18 45 (7.56%) Data Protection
19 43 (7.23%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 73 (12.27%) Python
2 46 (7.73%) Java
3 39 (6.55%) SQL
4 26 (4.37%) PowerShell
5 15 (2.52%) Bash
6 13 (2.18%) Go
7 10 (1.68%) C#
7 10 (1.68%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.18%) PL/SQL
8 7 (1.18%) Rust
9 5 (0.84%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.50%) ABAP
10 3 (0.50%) COBOL
10 3 (0.50%) JCL
10 3 (0.50%) Korn
10 3 (0.50%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.50%) VBA
11 2 (0.34%) Bicep
11 2 (0.34%) Scala
11 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (5.88%) Degree
2 25 (4.20%) CISM
3 22 (3.70%) CISSP
4 21 (3.53%) PMP
5 19 (3.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 19 (3.19%) CCSP
5 19 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (3.19%) Security Cleared
6 17 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.86%) SC Cleared
7 15 (2.52%) PMI Certification
8 12 (2.02%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.01%) CCSK
11 6 (1.01%) CRISC
11 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.67%) ACCA
12 4 (0.67%) CISA
12 4 (0.67%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.04%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.87%) PMO
3 16 (2.69%) QA
4 10 (1.68%) NIST
4 10 (1.68%) SLA
5 9 (1.51%) GDPR
6 6 (1.01%) GRC
6 6 (1.01%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 3 (0.50%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.50%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.34%) IFRS
10 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.17%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.17%) GxP
10 1 (0.17%) MiFID
10 1 (0.17%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (3.70%) Docker
2 15 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.18%) RACF
4 11 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.67%) ACF2
8 2 (0.34%) vSphere
9 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.17%) KVM
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 77 (12.94%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.37%) Ansible
3 13 (2.18%) Grafana
4 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (2.02%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.68%) OMEGAMON
6 8 (1.34%) Control-M
6 8 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.18%) Kustomize
8 6 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.84%) Tivoli
10 4 (0.67%) Argo
10 4 (0.67%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.50%) Tivoli Monitoring
12 2 (0.34%) Consul
12 2 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.34%) IBM Guardium
12 2 (0.34%) Packer
12 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.34%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 91 (15.29%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.71%) SAP
3 33 (5.55%) IBM
4 31 (5.21%) Google
5 26 (4.37%) Oracle
6 18 (3.03%) ServiceNow
7 14 (2.35%) Databricks
8 13 (2.18%) Foundry
9 11 (1.85%) Splunk
10 10 (1.68%) VMware
10 10 (1.68%) Workday
11 8 (1.34%) Concur
12 6 (1.01%) Apple
12 6 (1.01%) Okta
12 6 (1.01%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.84%) AppDynamics
13 5 (0.84%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.84%) Delphix
13 5 (0.84%) Dynatrace
14 4 (0.67%) Black Duck