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 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 418 264 358
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 23.29% 19.41% 18.82%
As % of the General category 38.00% 37.29% 32.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 139 226
10th Percentile £307 £363 £310
25th Percentile £400 £456 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £631 £580
90th Percentile £675 £708 £638
England median daily rate £537 £575 £598
% change year-on-year -6.61% -3.77% +1.70%
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 £25.00 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +15.38%

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 1,100 708 1,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 61.28% 52.06% 58.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 745 372 711
10th Percentile £260 £220 £227
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £559 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £662 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 27 23
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.93 £13.75
25th Percentile £17.48 £17.38 £16.59
Median hourly rate £22.14 £27.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% +37.50% +6.95%
75th Percentile £31.08 £40.75 £24.65
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.50 £31.62
England median hourly rate £24.34 £31.97 £32.00
% change year-on-year -23.87% -0.09% +24.47%

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 16 November 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 16 November 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 0 273 £475 -11.63% 56
West Yorkshire -1 118 £500 - 147
North Yorkshire +9 10 £488 -17.02% 26
East Yorkshire - 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 (8.37%) Confluence
2 13 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.67%) CICS
3 7 (1.67%) CMS
4 4 (0.96%) TPMS
5 3 (0.72%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 54 (12.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (6.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (3.59%) MS Visio
5 10 (2.39%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.24%) InVision
7 1 (0.24%) Sketch
7 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
1 6 (1.44%) VisionPLUS
2 3 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.72%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.48%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 54 (12.92%) GCP
2 53 (12.68%) AWS
3 38 (9.09%) Azure
4 33 (7.89%) Serverless
5 28 (6.70%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.35%) Entra ID
7 13 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.63%) GitHub
9 8 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.44%) AWS KMS
10 6 (1.44%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.20%) Azure AKS
12 4 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.96%) Figma
13 3 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.72%) Collibra
13 3 (0.72%) npm
13 3 (0.72%) OCI
14 2 (0.48%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.26%) Firewall
2 10 (2.39%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.44%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.20%) Internet
4 5 (1.20%) SSH
4 5 (1.20%) SSL
5 4 (0.96%) SNMP
6 3 (0.72%) VPN
6 3 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.48%) DNS
7 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.48%) Network Security
7 2 (0.48%) SAN
8 1 (0.24%) IPsec
8 1 (0.24%) LAN
8 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.09%) NoSQL
2 28 (6.70%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (6.46%) Power BI
4 14 (3.35%) Power Query
5 13 (3.11%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.44%) PowerPivot
7 5 (1.20%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.96%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.96%) Metadata
9 3 (0.72%) MySQL
9 3 (0.72%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.48%) GIS
10 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
11 1 (0.24%) IDMS
11 1 (0.24%) Looker
11 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 58 (13.88%) Jenkins
2 52 (12.44%) JIRA
3 33 (7.89%) GitLab
4 27 (6.46%) Liquibase
5 15 (3.59%) Git
6 12 (2.87%) Postman
7 7 (1.67%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.96%) Maven
9 3 (0.72%) Gradle
9 3 (0.72%) PyCharm
10 2 (0.48%) Babel
10 2 (0.48%) ChangeMan
10 2 (0.48%) JUnit
10 2 (0.48%) Log4j
10 2 (0.48%) Mockito
10 2 (0.48%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.48%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.48%) Subversion
10 2 (0.48%) webpack
11 1 (0.24%) JMeter
General
1 186 (44.50%) Social Skills
2 117 (27.99%) Banking
3 70 (16.75%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.72%) Financial Institution
5 24 (5.74%) Presentation Skills
6 19 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 16 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (3.59%) Legal
8 15 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.67%) Retail
10 6 (1.44%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.20%) Billing
11 5 (1.20%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.20%) Marketing
12 3 (0.72%) Digital Health
12 3 (0.72%) Electronics
12 3 (0.72%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.72%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.72%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 90 (21.53%) Analyst
2 42 (10.05%) Senior
3 39 (9.33%) Project Manager
4 36 (8.61%) Business Analyst
5 32 (7.66%) Architect
6 30 (7.18%) Developer
7 24 (5.74%) Data Analyst
8 20 (4.78%) Software Engineer
9 18 (4.31%) Cloud Engineer
9 18 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
10 17 (4.07%) Financial Analyst
11 15 (3.59%) GCP Engineer
11 15 (3.59%) Incident Manager
12 14 (3.35%) Service Analyst
13 13 (3.11%) Consultant
13 13 (3.11%) IT Manager
13 13 (3.11%) Senior Software Engineer
13 13 (3.11%) Support Manager
14 11 (2.63%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (8.85%) REST
2 36 (8.61%) RESTful
3 31 (7.42%) Elastic Stack
4 10 (2.39%) .NET
5 9 (2.15%) TensorFlow
6 6 (1.44%) CSS
6 6 (1.44%) HTML
6 6 (1.44%) JSON
6 6 (1.44%) OAuth
6 6 (1.44%) SAML
7 5 (1.20%) Hugging Face
7 5 (1.20%) OpenCV
7 5 (1.20%) PyTorch
7 5 (1.20%) Regular Expression
7 5 (1.20%) SpaCy
8 4 (0.96%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.96%) Pandas
8 4 (0.96%) React
8 4 (0.96%) Spring
8 4 (0.96%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.33%) Public Cloud
2 32 (7.66%) Cloud Native
3 31 (7.42%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (6.46%) Data Centre
5 24 (5.74%) Onboarding
6 19 (4.55%) Product Ownership
7 14 (3.35%) Mainframe
8 12 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (2.63%) Management Information System
10 9 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.67%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.96%) CMDB
13 4 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.96%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.96%) VSAM
14 3 (0.72%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 48 (11.48%) Linux
2 24 (5.74%) Windows
3 10 (2.39%) Mac OS
4 8 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.96%) Android
6 3 (0.72%) AIX
6 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.72%) Solaris
6 3 (0.72%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.72%) Unix
6 3 (0.72%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.48%) VMS
8 1 (0.24%) CentOS
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.24%) SUSE
8 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (32.30%) Agile
2 93 (22.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 84 (20.10%) DevOps
4 83 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (18.66%) Cybersecurity
6 68 (16.27%) CI/CD
7 51 (12.20%) Change Management
8 46 (11.00%) Decision-Making
9 43 (10.29%) Containerisation
9 43 (10.29%) Infrastructure as Code
10 42 (10.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 41 (9.81%) Cryptography
11 41 (9.81%) Software Engineering
12 40 (9.57%) Computer Science
12 40 (9.57%) Microservices
13 39 (9.33%) Roadmaps
14 36 (8.61%) Data Security
14 36 (8.61%) Project Management
15 35 (8.37%) Migration
16 34 (8.13%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 76 (18.18%) Python
2 37 (8.85%) Go
3 29 (6.94%) SQL
4 15 (3.59%) Java
5 10 (2.39%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.15%) VBA
7 7 (1.67%) COBOL
8 6 (1.44%) C#
8 6 (1.44%) JCL
8 6 (1.44%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.44%) VB
9 4 (0.96%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.72%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.48%) Bash
11 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.48%) Swift
11 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.24%) Bicep
12 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 54 (12.92%) Degree
2 36 (8.61%) Master's Degree
3 32 (7.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (3.59%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.35%) CISSP
6 11 (2.63%) CISM
7 10 (2.39%) Security Cleared
8 9 (2.15%) ACSP
8 9 (2.15%) ACTC
8 9 (2.15%) PMP
9 8 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.67%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.20%) PhD
12 4 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.96%) CISMP
12 4 (0.96%) FFIEC
12 4 (0.96%) GSEC
12 4 (0.96%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.18%) GDPR
2 21 (5.02%) PMO
3 15 (3.59%) NIST
4 13 (3.11%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.91%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.91%) QA
7 5 (1.20%) SLA
8 4 (0.96%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.96%) GLBA
9 3 (0.72%) PSD2
10 2 (0.48%) COBIT
10 2 (0.48%) GRC
11 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.24%) Basel III
11 1 (0.24%) IFRS
11 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (8.37%) Docker
2 14 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.96%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.48%) vSphere
7 1 (0.24%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.24%) RACF
7 1 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 54 (12.92%) Ansible
2 49 (11.72%) Kubernetes
3 47 (11.24%) Terraform
4 34 (8.13%) Prometheus
5 33 (7.89%) Grafana
6 11 (2.63%) Puppet
7 10 (2.39%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (1.20%) SCCM
10 3 (0.72%) Control-M
11 2 (0.48%) CA Endevor
11 2 (0.48%) IBM Guardium
11 2 (0.48%) Nessus
11 2 (0.48%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 92 (22.01%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.85%) Splunk
3 36 (8.61%) ServiceNow
4 21 (5.02%) Google
5 16 (3.83%) SAP
6 12 (2.87%) VMware
7 11 (2.63%) Apple
8 9 (2.15%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.91%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.44%) BiZZdesign
10 6 (1.44%) Oracle
10 6 (1.44%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.20%) Sonatype
12 4 (0.96%) F5
13 3 (0.72%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.72%) Thales
14 2 (0.48%) AppDynamics
14 2 (0.48%) BeyondTrust
14 2 (0.48%) Broadcom
14 2 (0.48%) Thycotic