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 17 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 383 289 373
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 22.84% 19.89% 18.28%
As % of the General category 37.59% 37.24% 30.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 156 225
10th Percentile £310 £384 £315
25th Percentile £400 £461 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £709 £662
England median daily rate £548 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.78% -4.17% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £15.00 £70.00 £10.42
Median % change year-on-year -78.57% +571.79% +17.47%
75th Percentile £20.00 - -
90th Percentile £23.00 - -
England median hourly rate £26.86 £35.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -23.27% +36.13% -0.56%

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 common skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,019 776 1,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 60.76% 53.41% 59.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 676 417 770
10th Percentile £257 £269 £259
25th Percentile £375 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £551 £575 £612
90th Percentile £647 £657 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 29 26
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.08 £13.37
25th Percentile £17.63 £16.25 £16.31
Median hourly rate £22.14 £27.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% +44.74% +1.60%
75th Percentile £40.02 £40.00 £22.45
90th Percentile £81.25 £46.75 £31.04
England median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +20.00%

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 17 October 2025.

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 17 October 2025. 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 0 241 £475 -10.29% 71
West Yorkshire -3 115 £525 +2.44% 157
North Yorkshire +1 9 £488 -2.50% 25
East Yorkshire -5 7 - - 16
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 35 (9.14%) Confluence
2 14 (3.66%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.83%) CICS
3 7 (1.83%) CMS
4 3 (0.78%) IIS
4 3 (0.78%) TPMS
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 50 (13.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (6.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (3.92%) MS Visio
5 10 (2.61%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.26%) InVision
7 1 (0.26%) Sketch
7 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.57%) VisionPLUS
3 3 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Actimize
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 50 (13.05%) GCP
2 48 (12.53%) AWS
3 34 (8.88%) Azure
4 32 (8.36%) Serverless
5 23 (6.01%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.13%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.61%) GitHub
9 8 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.57%) AWS KMS
10 6 (1.57%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.31%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.04%) Figma
12 4 (1.04%) OCI
13 3 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.78%) npm
14 2 (0.52%) Asana
14 2 (0.52%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.96%) Firewall
2 10 (2.61%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.57%) Kerberos
4 4 (1.04%) SSH
5 3 (0.78%) Internet
5 3 (0.78%) SNMP
5 3 (0.78%) SSL
5 3 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.52%) DNS
6 2 (0.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.52%) SAN
6 2 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.40%) NoSQL
2 27 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (5.74%) Power BI
4 12 (3.13%) Relational Database
5 11 (2.87%) Power Query
6 5 (1.31%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.04%) Data Mining
7 4 (1.04%) Metadata
7 4 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.04%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.04%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.04%) Tableau
8 2 (0.52%) GIS
8 2 (0.52%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.52%) MySQL
9 1 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.26%) DB2
9 1 (0.26%) Easytrieve
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.26%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 56 (14.62%) Jenkins
2 47 (12.27%) JIRA
3 32 (8.36%) GitLab
4 26 (6.79%) Liquibase
5 16 (4.18%) Git
6 12 (3.13%) Postman
7 5 (1.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.04%) Maven
9 3 (0.78%) Gradle
10 2 (0.52%) Babel
10 2 (0.52%) ChangeMan
10 2 (0.52%) JUnit
10 2 (0.52%) Log4j
10 2 (0.52%) Mockito
10 2 (0.52%) PyCharm
10 2 (0.52%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.52%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.52%) Subversion
10 2 (0.52%) webpack
11 1 (0.26%) JMeter
General
1 172 (44.91%) Social Skills
2 95 (24.80%) Banking
3 62 (16.19%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (12.27%) Financial Institution
5 24 (6.27%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (3.92%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.13%) Legal
8 12 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.83%) Retail
10 6 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.57%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.31%) Billing
11 5 (1.31%) Marketing
12 3 (0.78%) Digital Health
12 3 (0.78%) Electronics
12 3 (0.78%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.78%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.52%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.52%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 86 (22.45%) Analyst
2 39 (10.18%) Senior
3 34 (8.88%) Project Manager
4 32 (8.36%) Business Analyst
5 29 (7.57%) Developer
6 25 (6.53%) Architect
7 24 (6.27%) Data Analyst
8 19 (4.96%) Software Engineer
9 17 (4.44%) Cloud Engineer
9 17 (4.44%) Financial Analyst
10 16 (4.18%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (3.92%) GCP Engineer
11 15 (3.92%) Incident Manager
11 15 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.66%) Service Analyst
13 13 (3.39%) Support Manager
14 12 (3.13%) Consultant
14 12 (3.13%) Lead
14 12 (3.13%) Senior Software Engineer
15 11 (2.87%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.40%) REST
2 35 (9.14%) RESTful
3 30 (7.83%) Elastic Stack
4 10 (2.61%) .NET
5 8 (2.09%) TensorFlow
6 6 (1.57%) CSS
6 6 (1.57%) HTML
6 6 (1.57%) JSON
6 6 (1.57%) OAuth
6 6 (1.57%) SAML
7 5 (1.31%) Hugging Face
7 5 (1.31%) OpenCV
7 5 (1.31%) PyTorch
7 5 (1.31%) Regular Expression
7 5 (1.31%) SpaCy
8 4 (1.04%) .NET Framework
8 4 (1.04%) Middleware
8 4 (1.04%) React
8 4 (1.04%) Spring
8 4 (1.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.66%) Public Cloud
2 30 (7.83%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (7.31%) Data Centre
4 27 (7.05%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.92%) Product Ownership
6 14 (3.66%) Mainframe
6 14 (3.66%) Onboarding
7 12 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (2.35%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.57%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.04%) CMDB
12 4 (1.04%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.04%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.04%) VSAM
13 3 (0.78%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.49%) Linux
2 21 (5.48%) Windows
3 10 (2.61%) Mac OS
4 8 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.04%) Android
6 3 (0.78%) AIX
6 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.78%) Solaris
6 3 (0.78%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.78%) Unix
6 3 (0.78%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.26%) CentOS
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.26%) SUSE
7 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.26%) VMS
7 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (33.42%) Agile
2 81 (21.15%) DevOps
2 81 (21.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 72 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (18.54%) Cybersecurity
5 63 (16.45%) CI/CD
6 54 (14.10%) Change Management
7 41 (10.70%) Containerisation
7 41 (10.70%) Decision-Making
8 40 (10.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 38 (9.92%) Microservices
9 38 (9.92%) Software Engineering
10 37 (9.66%) Cryptography
10 37 (9.66%) Infrastructure as Code
11 35 (9.14%) Computer Science
12 34 (8.88%) Root Cause Analysis
13 33 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (8.62%) ITIL
13 33 (8.62%) Migration
14 31 (8.09%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 72 (18.80%) Python
2 36 (9.40%) Go
3 25 (6.53%) SQL
4 15 (3.92%) Java
5 10 (2.61%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.83%) COBOL
7 6 (1.57%) C#
7 6 (1.57%) JCL
7 6 (1.57%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.57%) VB
8 4 (1.04%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.04%) VBA
9 3 (0.78%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.78%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.52%) Bash
10 2 (0.52%) Bicep
10 2 (0.52%) Swift
10 2 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (12.27%) Degree
2 32 (8.36%) Master's Degree
3 30 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (2.87%) AWS Certification
5 9 (2.35%) ACSP
5 9 (2.35%) ACTC
5 9 (2.35%) CISM
5 9 (2.35%) CISSP
6 8 (2.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (2.09%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.57%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.31%) PMP
8 5 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.04%) CISMP
9 4 (1.04%) GSEC
9 4 (1.04%) RIBA
10 3 (0.78%) FFIEC
10 3 (0.78%) PhD
10 3 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.27%) GDPR
2 21 (5.48%) PMO
3 12 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (2.87%) NIST
5 10 (2.61%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.31%) QA
6 5 (1.31%) SLA
7 4 (1.04%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.04%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.78%) GLBA
9 2 (0.52%) COBIT
9 2 (0.52%) GRC
10 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.26%) IFRS
10 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (8.36%) Docker
2 14 (3.66%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.04%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.52%) vSphere
7 1 (0.26%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.26%) RACF
7 1 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 51 (13.32%) Ansible
2 46 (12.01%) Kubernetes
2 46 (12.01%) Terraform
3 33 (8.62%) Prometheus
4 32 (8.36%) Grafana
5 11 (2.87%) Puppet
6 10 (2.61%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (1.31%) SCCM
9 4 (1.04%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.78%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.52%) CA Endevor
11 2 (0.52%) Control-M
11 2 (0.52%) IBM Guardium
11 2 (0.52%) Nessus
11 2 (0.52%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.52%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 85 (22.19%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.14%) ServiceNow
3 34 (8.88%) Splunk
4 21 (5.48%) Google
5 17 (4.44%) SAP
6 11 (2.87%) Apple
6 11 (2.87%) Oracle
6 11 (2.87%) VMware
7 9 (2.35%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.57%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.31%) Commvault
9 5 (1.31%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.04%) BiZZdesign
10 4 (1.04%) F5
11 3 (0.78%) AppDynamics
11 3 (0.78%) Cisco
11 3 (0.78%) Dell
11 3 (0.78%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.78%) HP
11 3 (0.78%) Sonatype