Finance Contracts 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 306 280 405
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 23.29% 16.34% 18.47%
As % of the General category 36.78% 29.20% 30.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 159 248
10th Percentile £356 £377 £367
25th Percentile £390 £433 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £619
90th Percentile £650 £651 £688
England median daily rate £550 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -6.50% -1.96% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile - £14.74 -
25th Percentile - £17.01 -
Median hourly rate £15.00 £19.51 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.10% - -
75th Percentile £16.76 £33.06 -
90th Percentile £17.81 £55.22 -
England median hourly rate £36.00 £30.00 £30.76
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.45% -12.13%

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 common skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 832 959 1,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 63.32% 55.95% 61.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 538 890
10th Percentile £255 £214 £270
25th Percentile £375 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.34% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £638 £645 £700
England median daily rate £518 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.27% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 78 23
10th Percentile £13.30 - £12.00
25th Percentile £17.31 £12.15 £14.83
Median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.38% -23.03% +1.60%
75th Percentile £22.88 £17.52 £21.78
90th Percentile £57.86 £30.08 £31.60
England median hourly rate £27.17 £33.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -17.67% +10.00% +28.26%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Yorkshire

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Finance in Yorkshire

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Yorkshire

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend 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 July 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 0 179 £469 +4.22% 245
West Yorkshire +3 100 £500 - 563
North Yorkshire 0 12 £550 +4.76% 142
East Yorkshire 0 7 - - 79
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 35 (11.44%) Confluence
2 5 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.31%) Apache
3 4 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.98%) IIS
5 2 (0.65%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.65%) CICS
5 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.33%) CMS
6 1 (0.33%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 26 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (4.25%) MS Visio
4 10 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (3.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.33%) SketchUp
5 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.33%) Actimize
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.33%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.33%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 18 (5.88%) Azure
2 15 (4.90%) GCP
3 12 (3.92%) AWS
4 9 (2.94%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.61%) OCI
6 7 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.29%) GitHub
7 6 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.31%) Figma
8 4 (1.31%) Serverless
9 3 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.65%) Asana
10 2 (0.65%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.65%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.65%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.65%) NuGet
10 2 (0.65%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.65%) PaaS
10 2 (0.65%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.15%) Firewall
2 9 (2.94%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.63%) Network Security
3 5 (1.63%) SAN
4 4 (1.31%) DNS
5 3 (0.98%) SSL
6 2 (0.65%) DHCP
6 2 (0.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.65%) NAS
6 2 (0.65%) VPN
6 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.33%) SNA
7 1 (0.33%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.52%) Oracle Database
2 10 (3.27%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (2.61%) Power BI
4 6 (1.96%) Power Query
4 6 (1.96%) Tableau
5 5 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.63%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.98%) Flink
7 2 (0.65%) Big Data
7 2 (0.65%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.65%) GIS
7 2 (0.65%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.65%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.33%) Essbase
8 1 (0.33%) QlikView
8 1 (0.33%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (12.42%) JIRA
2 26 (8.50%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.25%) Git
4 9 (2.94%) Postman
5 7 (2.29%) Cucumber
5 7 (2.29%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.98%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.98%) Selenium
6 3 (0.98%) Vagrant
7 2 (0.65%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.65%) GitLab
7 2 (0.65%) JMeter
7 2 (0.65%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.65%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.33%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.33%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.33%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.33%) TestNG
General
1 100 (32.68%) Social Skills
2 63 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (19.61%) Banking
4 17 (5.56%) Financial Institution
5 16 (5.23%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (4.90%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.29%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.29%) Retail
9 4 (1.31%) Legal
10 2 (0.65%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.65%) Marketing
10 2 (0.65%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.33%) Billing
11 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.33%) Games
11 1 (0.33%) International Banking
11 1 (0.33%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 50 (16.34%) Analyst
2 40 (13.07%) Project Manager
3 28 (9.15%) Senior
4 18 (5.88%) Business Analyst
4 18 (5.88%) Lead
5 17 (5.56%) Architect
6 15 (4.90%) Developer
7 12 (3.92%) IT Manager
7 12 (3.92%) Programme Manager
8 11 (3.59%) Data Engineer
9 10 (3.27%) Commvault Engineer
9 10 (3.27%) Data Analyst
9 10 (3.27%) IT Project Manager
9 10 (3.27%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 9 (2.94%) Backup Engineer
10 9 (2.94%) Firewall Engineer
11 8 (2.61%) Automation Engineer
11 8 (2.61%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (2.61%) PMO Analyst
12 7 (2.29%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.29%) Gherkin
2 6 (1.96%) Middleware
2 6 (1.96%) REST
3 5 (1.63%) Kafka
4 4 (1.31%) .NET
4 4 (1.31%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.31%) RESTful
5 3 (0.98%) Android Jetpack
5 3 (0.98%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.98%) Jetpack Compose
5 3 (0.98%) MSMQ
5 3 (0.98%) PySpark
6 2 (0.65%) Anaconda
6 2 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.65%) Hugging Face
6 2 (0.65%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.65%) Regular Expression
6 2 (0.65%) SpaCy
6 2 (0.65%) SwiftUI
6 2 (0.65%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.82%) Data Protection Act
2 24 (7.84%) Data Centre
3 15 (4.90%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.63%) Mainframe
4 5 (1.63%) PMI
5 4 (1.31%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.31%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.31%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.31%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.31%) Virtual Team
6 3 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.98%) Clustering
6 3 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.98%) Mobile App
6 3 (0.98%) N-Tier
7 2 (0.65%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (0.65%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.21%) Linux
2 11 (3.59%) Windows
3 10 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (3.27%) Unix
4 4 (1.31%) Android
4 4 (1.31%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.31%) Solaris
5 3 (0.98%) AIX
5 3 (0.98%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 3 (0.98%) zOS
6 1 (0.33%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.33%) CentOS
6 1 (0.33%) HPUX
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.33%) SUSE
6 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.33%) VMS
6 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (28.10%) Agile
1 86 (28.10%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (19.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (15.69%) Change Management
4 45 (14.71%) Migration
5 41 (13.40%) Project Management
6 36 (11.76%) Data Protection
7 31 (10.13%) DevOps
8 30 (9.80%) Business Case
9 29 (9.48%) CI/CD
10 27 (8.82%) Risk Management
10 27 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 26 (8.50%) Decision-Making
11 26 (8.50%) Performance Tuning
12 25 (8.17%) Project Delivery
13 24 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (7.19%) Data Analysis
14 22 (7.19%) Data Migration
14 22 (7.19%) Roadmaps
15 21 (6.86%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 42 (13.73%) Python
2 18 (5.88%) SQL
3 10 (3.27%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.29%) Shell Script
4 7 (2.29%) VB
5 5 (1.63%) COBOL
5 5 (1.63%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.31%) Bash
6 4 (1.31%) Java
6 4 (1.31%) Kotlin
7 3 (0.98%) Go
7 3 (0.98%) JCL
7 3 (0.98%) Ruby
7 3 (0.98%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.65%) Groovy
8 2 (0.65%) Swift
9 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.33%) REXX
9 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (6.54%) Degree
2 8 (2.61%) PMI Certification
2 8 (2.61%) PMP
3 4 (1.31%) CISMP
3 4 (1.31%) GSEC
3 4 (1.31%) RIBA
3 4 (1.31%) Security Cleared
4 3 (0.98%) Azure Certification
4 3 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
4 3 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (0.65%) APMP
5 2 (0.65%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (0.65%) VCAP
6 1 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.33%) CBAP
6 1 (0.33%) IIBA
6 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.21%) PMO
2 16 (5.23%) GDPR
3 9 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (2.29%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.63%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.98%) NIST
8 3 (0.98%) QA
9 2 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.65%) SLA
10 1 (0.33%) IFRS
10 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (4.58%) Docker
3 6 (1.96%) vSphere
4 4 (1.31%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 4 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.98%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.98%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 3 (0.98%) VirtualBox
5 3 (0.98%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.33%) HDFS
7 1 (0.33%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.33%) RACF
7 1 (0.33%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (12.09%) Ansible
2 18 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.90%) Puppet
4 12 (3.92%) Oracle RMAN
5 10 (3.27%) Terraform
6 5 (1.63%) Grafana
7 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Clustering
7 4 (1.31%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.31%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.31%) SCCM
7 4 (1.31%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.65%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.65%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.65%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.65%) vRealize
9 1 (0.33%) Istio
9 1 (0.33%) Kiali
9 1 (0.33%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 46 (15.03%) Microsoft
2 34 (11.11%) Oracle
3 19 (6.21%) Commvault
4 17 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 16 (5.23%) VMware
6 13 (4.25%) CheckPoint
7 11 (3.59%) Google
8 10 (3.27%) SAP
9 9 (2.94%) MuleSoft
10 8 (2.61%) Cisco
10 8 (2.61%) Splunk
11 6 (1.96%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.63%) IBM
13 3 (0.98%) Databricks
13 3 (0.98%) F5
13 3 (0.98%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.98%) Perforce
13 3 (0.98%) Veritas
14 2 (0.65%) Dynatrace
14 2 (0.65%) Xero