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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 615 353 287
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 21.35% 22.85% 19.27%
As % of the General category 38.95% 36.54% 35.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 249 162
10th Percentile £364 £321 £379
25th Percentile £425 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £619 £584 £619
90th Percentile £688 £675 £715
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 2
10th Percentile £19.69 - £23.44
25th Percentile £23.53 - £31.20
Median hourly rate £35.00 £15.00 £44.14
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% -66.01% +323.56%
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.00 £57.07
90th Percentile - £23.00 £64.83
England median hourly rate £43.96 £28.43 £34.25
% change year-on-year +54.63% -16.99% +33.22%

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 1,579 966 805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 54.81% 62.52% 54.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 629 441
10th Percentile £314 £220 £300
25th Percentile £413 £369 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £559 £588
90th Percentile £675 £638 £675
England median daily rate £525 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 32 37
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.00 £13.18
25th Percentile £16.62 £17.48 £14.50
Median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +5.43% +10.53%
75th Percentile £36.20 £35.16 £40.00
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £42.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.08 £37.50
% change year-on-year +19.64% -33.13% +30.43%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 0 348 £519 +12.83% 160
West Yorkshire +4 222 £525 -4.55% 324
North Yorkshire +8 28 £448 -8.21% 54
East Yorkshire -9 1 - - 24
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 37 (6.02%) Confluence
2 12 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.65%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.65%) IBM Transformation Extender
4 3 (0.49%) Apache
4 3 (0.49%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.33%) CICS
5 2 (0.33%) nginx
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.33%) SAS
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.33%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.16%) Maple
7 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.65%) Maximo
2 4 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.49%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.33%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.16%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.16%) Exstream
5 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.16%) SAP FI-AP
5 1 (0.16%) SAP MRS
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 116 (18.86%) Azure
2 115 (18.70%) GCP
3 87 (14.15%) AWS
4 38 (6.18%) Power Platform
5 37 (6.02%) GitHub
6 22 (3.58%) Entra ID
7 21 (3.41%) OpenShift
8 19 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (2.76%) SaaS
11 13 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (1.95%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.30%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 7 (1.14%) Azure AI
14 7 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (1.14%) Copilot Studio
14 7 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
15 6 (0.98%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.83%) Network Security
2 12 (1.95%) Firewall
3 9 (1.46%) SSL
4 6 (0.98%) VPN
5 5 (0.81%) DNS
6 4 (0.65%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.49%) SAN
7 3 (0.49%) WAN
8 2 (0.33%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.33%) DHCP
8 2 (0.33%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.33%) LAN
8 2 (0.33%) Multicast
9 1 (0.16%) DMZ
9 1 (0.16%) HTTP
9 1 (0.16%) Internet
9 1 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.16%) VSAN
9 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.90%) Power BI
2 13 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.95%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.46%) BigQuery
4 9 (1.46%) Metadata
5 8 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.14%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.14%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.98%) Db2
8 5 (0.81%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.49%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.49%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.33%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.16%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.16%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 57 (9.27%) JIRA
2 24 (3.90%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.11%) Git
4 5 (0.81%) JMeter
4 5 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.65%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.65%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.65%) Postman
5 4 (0.65%) Selenium
6 3 (0.49%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.49%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.33%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.33%) Flyway
7 2 (0.33%) git-flow
7 2 (0.33%) JUnit
7 2 (0.33%) Mockito
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.33%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.33%) WebDriver
General
1 228 (37.07%) Social Skills
2 151 (24.55%) Banking
3 92 (14.96%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (6.83%) Legal
5 35 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (4.72%) Financial Institution
6 29 (4.72%) Influencing Skills
7 25 (4.07%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.60%) Retail
9 12 (1.95%) Law
9 12 (1.95%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.46%) Private Banking
11 8 (1.30%) Billing
11 8 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.98%) Publishing
14 4 (0.65%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.49%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 101 (16.42%) Lead
2 74 (12.03%) Senior
3 63 (10.24%) Architect
4 58 (9.43%) Developer
5 57 (9.27%) Analyst
6 45 (7.32%) Consultant
7 32 (5.20%) Project Manager
8 29 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
9 20 (3.25%) Business Analyst
9 20 (3.25%) DevSecOps Consultant
10 18 (2.93%) Administrator
10 18 (2.93%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (2.44%) Java Developer
12 14 (2.28%) Senior Architect
13 13 (2.11%) Technical Leader
14 12 (1.95%) Data Analyst
14 12 (1.95%) Product Owner
14 12 (1.95%) Programme Manager
14 12 (1.95%) Senior Manager
14 12 (1.95%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (6.67%) Terraform
2 27 (4.39%) REST
3 25 (4.07%) Kafka
4 22 (3.58%) Middleware
5 21 (3.41%) React
6 16 (2.60%) Node.js
6 16 (2.60%) OAuth
7 14 (2.28%) .NET
7 14 (2.28%) OAuth2
8 13 (2.11%) OpenID
8 13 (2.11%) SAML
9 12 (1.95%) Spring Boot
10 11 (1.79%) RESTful
11 10 (1.63%) ASP.NET
12 9 (1.46%) ISPF
13 8 (1.30%) Spring
14 7 (1.14%) .NET Framework
14 7 (1.14%) JWT
15 6 (0.98%) SailPoint
15 6 (0.98%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (9.43%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.02%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.37%) Data Protection Act
4 31 (5.04%) Mainframe
5 29 (4.72%) Onboarding
6 27 (4.39%) Data Centre
7 25 (4.07%) AI Agents
8 23 (3.74%) Virtual Team
9 17 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (2.44%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (2.28%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.95%) Management Information System
13 11 (1.79%) Clustering
14 10 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (1.63%) Podcast
14 10 (1.63%) Web Conferencing
15 9 (1.46%) Data Structures
15 9 (1.46%) Mobile App
15 9 (1.46%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.39%) Linux
2 14 (2.28%) zOS
3 13 (2.11%) Windows
4 9 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.14%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.98%) Unix
7 5 (0.81%) Android
7 5 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.65%) VMS
9 2 (0.33%) MVS
10 1 (0.16%) AIX
10 1 (0.16%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (34.80%) Stakeholder Management
2 129 (20.98%) CI/CD
3 116 (18.86%) Agile
4 107 (17.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 99 (16.10%) Roadmaps
6 98 (15.93%) DevOps
7 88 (14.31%) Problem-Solving
8 83 (13.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 80 (13.01%) AI
10 72 (11.71%) Risk Management
11 71 (11.54%) DevSecOps
12 67 (10.89%) Cybersecurity
12 67 (10.89%) Observability
13 64 (10.41%) Change Management
14 59 (9.59%) Migration
15 53 (8.62%) Decision-Making
16 52 (8.46%) Project Management
17 49 (7.97%) Analytics
17 49 (7.97%) Project Delivery
18 45 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 78 (12.68%) Python
2 46 (7.48%) Java
3 42 (6.83%) SQL
4 25 (4.07%) PowerShell
5 15 (2.44%) Bash
5 15 (2.44%) Go
6 12 (1.95%) C#
6 12 (1.95%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.14%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.14%) Rust
8 5 (0.81%) Kotlin
8 5 (0.81%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.49%) ABAP
9 3 (0.49%) COBOL
9 3 (0.49%) JCL
9 3 (0.49%) Korn
9 3 (0.49%) VBA
10 2 (0.33%) Bicep
10 2 (0.33%) Scala
10 2 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (6.18%) Degree
2 25 (4.07%) CISM
3 23 (3.74%) PMP
4 22 (3.58%) CISSP
5 19 (3.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 19 (3.09%) CCSP
5 19 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (2.76%) PMI Certification
6 17 (2.76%) Security Cleared
7 16 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (2.44%) SC Cleared
9 13 (2.11%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.46%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.98%) CCSK
12 6 (0.98%) CRISC
12 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.65%) ACCA
13 4 (0.65%) CISA
13 4 (0.65%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.53%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.41%) PMO
3 18 (2.93%) QA
4 10 (1.63%) NIST
4 10 (1.63%) SLA
5 9 (1.46%) GDPR
6 7 (1.14%) GRC
7 6 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.65%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.49%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.33%) IFRS
12 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.16%) Dodd-Frank
12 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.16%) P3O
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (3.58%) Docker
2 17 (2.76%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.11%) RACF
3 13 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.98%) vSphere
6 5 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.65%) ACF2
8 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.16%) KVM
9 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 81 (13.17%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.39%) Ansible
3 13 (2.11%) Grafana
3 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (2.11%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.63%) OMEGAMON
5 8 (1.30%) Control-M
5 8 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.14%) Kustomize
6 7 (1.14%) Tivoli
7 5 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.65%) Argo
8 4 (0.65%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.65%) Tivoli Monitoring
9 2 (0.33%) Consul
9 2 (0.33%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.33%) IBM Guardium
9 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.33%) SCCM
9 2 (0.33%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 97 (15.77%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.02%) SAP
3 35 (5.69%) Google
3 35 (5.69%) IBM
4 29 (4.72%) Oracle
5 22 (3.58%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.28%) Databricks
6 14 (2.28%) VMware
7 12 (1.95%) Splunk
8 11 (1.79%) Foundry
9 10 (1.63%) Workday
10 8 (1.30%) Concur
11 7 (1.14%) Dynatrace
11 7 (1.14%) Okta
12 6 (0.98%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.98%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.98%) Sage
13 5 (0.81%) Apple
13 5 (0.81%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.81%) Delphix