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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 581 371 280
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 20.17% 24.19% 18.59%
As % of the General category 38.10% 38.21% 34.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 248 167
10th Percentile £380 £325 £397
25th Percentile £413 £384 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £484 £515
Median % change year-on-year +6.20% -6.02% -6.36%
75th Percentile £619 £575 £600
90th Percentile £694 £644 £700
England median daily rate £550 £550 £593
% change year-on-year - -7.17% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 4 3
10th Percentile £19.69 - £18.76
25th Percentile £22.87 £15.00 £19.51
Median hourly rate £35.00 £16.76 £20.74
Median % change year-on-year +108.89% -19.21% -
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.13 £45.37
90th Percentile - £23.05 £60.15
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.60 £38.12
% change year-on-year +34.85% -14.48% +48.27%

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 1,525 971 805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 52.93% 63.30% 53.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 959 602 452
10th Percentile £306 £235 £313
25th Percentile £406 £366 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £584
90th Percentile £669 £636 £661
England median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.20% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 42 58
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.00 £12.15
25th Percentile £17.12 £17.48 £13.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +51.38% -23.03%
75th Percentile £36.61 £26.15 £24.87
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £40.75
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%

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 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 0 343 £515 +14.44% 94
West Yorkshire 0 201 £500 -2.44% 231
North Yorkshire +1 25 £449 -13.49% 39
East Yorkshire -12 1 - - 17
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 (5.85%) Confluence
2 14 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.34%) Apache
4 2 (0.34%) CICS
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.17%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) nginx
5 1 (0.17%) SAS
5 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.34%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.17%) Maple
6 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (2.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.69%) Maximo
3 4 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.52%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.34%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.34%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 2 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.17%) Actimize
6 1 (0.17%) Exstream
6 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI-AP
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.17%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 98 (16.87%) Azure
1 98 (16.87%) GCP
2 67 (11.53%) AWS
3 36 (6.20%) Power Platform
4 34 (5.85%) GitHub
5 20 (3.44%) OpenShift
6 19 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (3.10%) Entra ID
7 18 (3.10%) SaaS
8 17 (2.93%) Microsoft Copilot
9 14 (2.41%) PowerApps
10 10 (1.72%) Azure AI
10 10 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.38%) Copilot Studio
13 7 (1.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 6 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (1.03%) OCI
14 6 (1.03%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.85%) Network Security
2 11 (1.89%) Firewall
3 9 (1.55%) SSL
4 6 (1.03%) DNS
4 6 (1.03%) VPN
5 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.52%) LAN
6 3 (0.52%) SAN
6 3 (0.52%) WAN
7 2 (0.34%) BIG-IP
7 2 (0.34%) DHCP
7 2 (0.34%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.34%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.34%) Multicast
8 1 (0.17%) DMZ
8 1 (0.17%) HTTP
8 1 (0.17%) Internet
8 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.17%) VSAN
8 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.44%) Power BI
2 11 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.38%) Metadata
3 8 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.20%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.20%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.03%) BigQuery
5 6 (1.03%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.86%) Db2
7 3 (0.52%) Neo4j
7 3 (0.52%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.34%) Big Data
8 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.34%) Tableau
9 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.17%) Redis
9 1 (0.17%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 49 (8.43%) JIRA
2 30 (5.16%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.89%) Git
4 6 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.69%) JMeter
5 4 (0.69%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.69%) Selenium
6 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.52%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.52%) Liquibase
6 3 (0.52%) Postman
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%) Mockito
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.34%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.34%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.17%) Gatling
General
1 192 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 140 (24.10%) Banking
3 98 (16.87%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (7.92%) Legal
5 32 (5.51%) Financial Institution
6 28 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
7 25 (4.30%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.58%) Retail
9 14 (2.41%) Law
10 10 (1.72%) Billing
11 9 (1.55%) Private Banking
12 8 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.38%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.86%) Publishing
15 4 (0.69%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.69%) Social Science
16 3 (0.52%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 106 (18.24%) Lead
2 67 (11.53%) Analyst
3 54 (9.29%) Senior
4 53 (9.12%) Architect
4 53 (9.12%) Developer
5 37 (6.37%) Consultant
6 32 (5.51%) Project Manager
7 26 (4.48%) Business Analyst
8 22 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
9 20 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (2.93%) DevSecOps Consultant
11 15 (2.58%) Java Developer
12 14 (2.41%) Administrator
13 12 (2.07%) Financial Analyst
14 11 (1.89%) Designer
15 10 (1.72%) Data Engineer
15 10 (1.72%) Product Owner
15 10 (1.72%) Programme Manager
15 10 (1.72%) Technical Manager
16 9 (1.55%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.30%) REST
2 19 (3.27%) Kafka
3 18 (3.10%) React
4 15 (2.58%) Middleware
5 14 (2.41%) Node.js
6 13 (2.24%) OAuth
7 12 (2.07%) Spring Boot
8 11 (1.89%) OAuth2
9 10 (1.72%) .NET
9 10 (1.72%) OpenID
9 10 (1.72%) RESTful
9 10 (1.72%) SAML
10 9 (1.55%) ISPF
11 8 (1.38%) Spring
12 6 (1.03%) ASP.NET
12 6 (1.03%) Hibernate
12 6 (1.03%) JWT
12 6 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
12 6 (1.03%) YAML
13 5 (0.86%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.75%) Cloud Native
2 34 (5.85%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.68%) Data Protection Act
4 31 (5.34%) Mainframe
5 22 (3.79%) AI Agents
6 21 (3.61%) Onboarding
7 20 (3.44%) Data Centre
7 20 (3.44%) Virtual Team
8 14 (2.41%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.41%) Security Posture
9 12 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (2.07%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.72%) Clustering
11 9 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.55%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.55%) Podcast
11 9 (1.55%) Web Conferencing
12 7 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.20%) PKI
12 7 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.79%) Linux
2 14 (2.41%) zOS
3 11 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (1.89%) Windows
4 5 (0.86%) Android
4 5 (0.86%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.86%) Unix
4 5 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.52%) VMS
6 2 (0.34%) MVS
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Check Point GAiA
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (30.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 114 (19.62%) CI/CD
3 106 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 95 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
5 94 (16.18%) Agile
5 94 (16.18%) DevOps
6 88 (15.15%) Roadmaps
7 85 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 74 (12.74%) AI
9 72 (12.39%) Risk Management
10 58 (9.98%) DevSecOps
11 57 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
12 55 (9.47%) Change Management
13 54 (9.29%) Observability
14 50 (8.61%) Migration
15 46 (7.92%) Project Management
16 45 (7.75%) Data Protection
17 44 (7.57%) Decision-Making
18 38 (6.54%) Project Delivery
19 37 (6.37%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 70 (12.05%) Python
2 40 (6.88%) Java
3 30 (5.16%) SQL
4 20 (3.44%) PowerShell
5 15 (2.58%) Bash
6 14 (2.41%) Go
7 8 (1.38%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.20%) C#
8 7 (1.20%) PL/SQL
8 7 (1.20%) Rust
9 4 (0.69%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.52%) ABAP
10 3 (0.52%) JCL
10 3 (0.52%) Korn
10 3 (0.52%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.52%) VBA
11 2 (0.34%) COBOL
11 2 (0.34%) PromQL
11 2 (0.34%) Scala
11 2 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 39 (6.71%) Degree
2 22 (3.79%) Security Cleared
3 21 (3.61%) CISM
4 20 (3.44%) PMP
5 19 (3.27%) SC Cleared
6 18 (3.10%) CISSP
7 15 (2.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 15 (2.58%) CCSP
7 15 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (2.41%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.89%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.03%) CRISC
11 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.86%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.69%) ACCA
13 4 (0.69%) JNCIA
13 4 (0.69%) JNCIS
13 4 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.30%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.13%) PMO
3 15 (2.58%) QA
4 10 (1.72%) NIST
5 9 (1.55%) GDPR
5 9 (1.55%) SLA
6 6 (1.03%) GRC
7 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 5 (0.86%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.52%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.34%) IFRS
10 1 (0.17%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.17%) GxP
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 19 (3.27%) Docker
2 12 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.07%) RACF
3 9 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.52%) ACF2
7 2 (0.34%) SRDF
7 2 (0.34%) vSphere
8 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.17%) KVM
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 65 (11.19%) Kubernetes
2 35 (6.02%) Terraform
3 30 (5.16%) Ansible
4 13 (2.24%) Grafana
5 12 (2.07%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.72%) OMEGAMON
8 8 (1.38%) Control-M
9 6 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.86%) Kustomize
11 4 (0.69%) Argo
11 4 (0.69%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.69%) Puppet
12 2 (0.34%) Consul
12 2 (0.34%) IBM Guardium
12 2 (0.34%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.34%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.34%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 90 (15.49%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.68%) Google
3 30 (5.16%) SAP
4 28 (4.82%) IBM
5 27 (4.65%) Oracle
6 19 (3.27%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.58%) Foundry
8 11 (1.89%) Databricks
8 11 (1.89%) Splunk
9 8 (1.38%) Concur
9 8 (1.38%) Workday
10 7 (1.20%) VMware
11 6 (1.03%) Apple
11 6 (1.03%) Dell
11 6 (1.03%) Okta
12 5 (0.86%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.86%) Black Duck
12 5 (0.86%) Delphix
12 5 (0.86%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.69%) OpenText