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 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Finance 535 234 242
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 20.04% 21.51% 14.32%
As % of the General category 36.92% 34.41% 25.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 145 132
10th Percentile £368 £335 £378
25th Percentile £430 £388 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% -4.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £576
90th Percentile £713 £647 £650
England median daily rate £550 £575 £592
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.83% -1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 7
10th Percentile £23.60 - £12.05
25th Percentile - - £12.93
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.51 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +89.09% +39.91% -
75th Percentile - - £19.51
90th Percentile £40.38 - £40.44
England median hourly rate £28.55 £39.06 £27.00
% change year-on-year -26.90% +44.65% +5.02%

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 1,449 680 960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 54.29% 62.50% 56.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 929 399 542
10th Percentile £313 £235 £200
25th Percentile £406 £357 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £490
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -5.61% -6.67%
75th Percentile £571 £575 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £638
England median daily rate £515 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 29 85
10th Percentile £16.01 £11.60 -
25th Percentile £20.60 £17.25 £12.15
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% +51.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £46.25 - £18.27
90th Percentile £68.75 £31.06 £34.33
England median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% -9.68% -2.88%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -1 350 £513 +9.43% 74
West Yorkshire -5 150 £525 +4.48% 181
North Yorkshire +1 21 £700 +27.27% 26
East Yorkshire -12 1 - - 7
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 32 (5.98%) Confluence
2 31 (5.79%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.93%) TPMS
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.19%) CICS
6 1 (0.19%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) nginx
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (1.12%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.37%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.19%) Actimize
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.19%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.19%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.19%) SAP FI-AP
4 1 (0.19%) SAP MRS
4 1 (0.19%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.19%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.19%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.19%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 87 (16.26%) Azure
2 80 (14.95%) GCP
3 62 (11.59%) AWS
4 40 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (5.98%) GitHub
6 27 (5.05%) Entra ID
7 23 (4.30%) OpenShift
8 22 (4.11%) Power Platform
9 20 (3.74%) Microsoft Copilot
10 19 (3.55%) OneDrive
11 18 (3.36%) SaaS
12 9 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.50%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.50%) Rubrik
14 7 (1.31%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (1.31%) PaaS
15 6 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
16 5 (0.93%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.86%) Network Security
2 20 (3.74%) Firewall
3 11 (2.06%) DNS
4 10 (1.87%) SSL
5 6 (1.12%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.12%) VPN
6 5 (0.93%) SNMP
6 5 (0.93%) SSH
7 3 (0.56%) DHCP
7 3 (0.56%) SAN
8 2 (0.37%) Internet
8 2 (0.37%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.19%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.19%) DMZ
9 1 (0.19%) HTTP
9 1 (0.19%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.19%) LAN
9 1 (0.19%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.24%) Power BI
3 8 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.31%) Metadata
5 6 (1.12%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.75%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.75%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.56%) Db2
7 3 (0.56%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.56%) Power Query
8 2 (0.37%) Big Data
8 2 (0.37%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.37%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.37%) Tableau
9 1 (0.19%) GIS
9 1 (0.19%) Looker
9 1 (0.19%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 54 (10.09%) JIRA
2 41 (7.66%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.43%) Sonatype Nexus
4 12 (2.24%) GitLab
5 10 (1.87%) Git
6 8 (1.50%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.50%) Jaeger
7 7 (1.31%) Selenium
8 6 (1.12%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.93%) Liquibase
10 3 (0.56%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.37%) Flyway
11 2 (0.37%) git-flow
11 2 (0.37%) JUnit
11 2 (0.37%) Mockito
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.19%) Hudson
12 1 (0.19%) Postman
12 1 (0.19%) Robot Framework
General
1 188 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 122 (22.80%) Banking
3 62 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.79%) Legal
5 30 (5.61%) Financial Institution
6 22 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (4.11%) Public Sector
7 18 (3.36%) Law
8 17 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.68%) Retail
12 8 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.12%) Billing
14 5 (0.93%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.75%) Publishing
16 3 (0.56%) Advertising
16 3 (0.56%) Local Government
16 3 (0.56%) Social Science
17 2 (0.37%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (13.46%) Lead
2 64 (11.96%) Analyst
3 55 (10.28%) Project Manager
4 54 (10.09%) Architect
5 39 (7.29%) Developer
6 35 (6.54%) Senior
7 33 (6.17%) Business Analyst
8 27 (5.05%) Consultant
8 27 (5.05%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (2.62%) Java Developer
10 13 (2.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 13 (2.43%) Programme Manager
11 12 (2.24%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 11 (2.06%) DevSecOps Consultant
12 11 (2.06%) Infrastructure Manager
12 11 (2.06%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (1.87%) Lead Architect
14 9 (1.68%) Data Architect
14 9 (1.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (1.68%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.93%) REST
2 16 (2.99%) Middleware
2 16 (2.99%) OpenTelemetry
3 14 (2.62%) Kafka
3 14 (2.62%) RESTful
3 14 (2.62%) Spring Boot
4 12 (2.24%) Microsoft Graph
4 12 (2.24%) OpenID
5 11 (2.06%) Node.js
5 11 (2.06%) React
6 10 (1.87%) SailPoint
7 8 (1.50%) OAuth
8 7 (1.31%) LDAP
8 7 (1.31%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.12%) JWT
9 6 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (1.12%) SAML
9 6 (1.12%) Spring
10 5 (0.93%) ISPF
11 4 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.98%) Cloud Native
2 31 (5.79%) Product Ownership
3 28 (5.23%) Data Protection Act
4 26 (4.86%) Data Centre
5 18 (3.36%) Mainframe
6 17 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (3.18%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.99%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.06%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.06%) Security Posture
9 10 (1.87%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.50%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.50%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.93%) Clustering
12 5 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.75%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.75%) PMI
13 4 (0.75%) SCADA
14 3 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.54%) Linux
2 21 (3.93%) Windows
3 9 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (1.68%) zOS
4 6 (1.12%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.93%) Android
5 5 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.93%) Unix
6 3 (0.56%) VMS
7 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.37%) MVS
8 1 (0.19%) AIX
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (23.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 108 (20.19%) DevOps
3 105 (19.63%) CI/CD
4 93 (17.38%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (17.01%) Agile
6 72 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
7 70 (13.08%) Roadmaps
8 69 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 65 (12.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 62 (11.59%) Observability
11 54 (10.09%) Project Management
12 51 (9.53%) DevSecOps
12 51 (9.53%) Migration
13 50 (9.35%) Risk Management
14 48 (8.97%) AI
15 42 (7.85%) ERP
16 39 (7.29%) Identity Access Management
17 38 (7.10%) Project Delivery
18 37 (6.92%) Change Management
19 36 (6.73%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 72 (13.46%) Python
2 50 (9.35%) Java
3 40 (7.48%) SQL
4 30 (5.61%) PowerShell
5 15 (2.80%) Bash
6 12 (2.24%) Go
6 12 (2.24%) Rust
7 6 (1.12%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.12%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.93%) VB
9 4 (0.75%) VBA
10 3 (0.56%) JCL
10 3 (0.56%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.37%) C#
11 2 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.37%) PromQL
12 1 (0.19%) COBOL
12 1 (0.19%) Groovy
12 1 (0.19%) REXX
Qualifications
1 43 (8.04%) Degree
2 25 (4.67%) PMP
3 22 (4.11%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.55%) CISM
4 19 (3.55%) CISSP
4 19 (3.55%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.99%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 12 (2.24%) CCSP
6 12 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (1.68%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.50%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.93%) FFIEC
11 4 (0.75%) JNCIA
11 4 (0.75%) JNCIS
12 3 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.56%) CCSK
12 3 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.67%) PMO
2 19 (3.55%) GDPR
3 18 (3.36%) NIST
4 17 (3.18%) QA
5 13 (2.43%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.87%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.31%) SLA
8 5 (0.93%) GLBA
8 5 (0.93%) GRC
9 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.56%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.19%) Dodd-Frank
12 1 (0.19%) GxP
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 31 (5.79%) Docker
2 13 (2.43%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.31%) RACF
6 5 (0.93%) vSphere
7 4 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.56%) KVM
9 2 (0.37%) ACF2
9 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.37%) SRDF
9 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (11.59%) Kubernetes
2 41 (7.66%) Ansible
3 30 (5.61%) Terraform
4 23 (4.30%) Grafana
5 19 (3.55%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.50%) Kiali
8 5 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.93%) OMEGAMON
8 5 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.93%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.75%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.75%) Puppet
10 3 (0.56%) Argo
10 3 (0.56%) Control-M
10 3 (0.56%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.37%) Consul
11 2 (0.37%) IBM Guardium
11 2 (0.37%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.37%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 92 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.61%) Splunk
3 26 (4.86%) ServiceNow
4 25 (4.67%) SAP
5 24 (4.49%) Google
6 16 (2.99%) IBM
6 16 (2.99%) Oracle
7 10 (1.87%) Foundry
7 10 (1.87%) VMware
8 9 (1.68%) Dell
9 8 (1.50%) Sonatype
10 7 (1.31%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.31%) Workday
11 6 (1.12%) Apple
11 6 (1.12%) Databricks
11 6 (1.12%) IFS
12 5 (0.93%) Black Duck
12 5 (0.93%) Fortinet
12 5 (0.93%) Thales
13 4 (0.75%) Juniper