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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 578 288 280
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 20.73% 22.86% 16.22%
As % of the General category 38.41% 36.05% 29.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 184 157
10th Percentile £400 £351 £377
25th Percentile £425 £388 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £576 £580
90th Percentile £700 £638 £653
England median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 5
10th Percentile £19.69 - £12.00
25th Percentile £22.20 - £13.23
Median hourly rate £35.00 £15.00 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% -17.90% -
75th Percentile - £16.76 £20.74
90th Percentile £43.96 £17.81 £50.30
England median hourly rate £35.00 £36.51 £28.00
% change year-on-year -4.14% +30.39% -7.83%

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 1,505 799 959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 53.98% 63.41% 55.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 943 482 536
10th Percentile £313 £254 £213
25th Percentile £406 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £569 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £645
England median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 35 78
10th Percentile £16.55 £12.96 £12.03
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.29 £12.15
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +51.38% -23.03%
75th Percentile £36.61 £23.63 £15.25
90th Percentile £57.25 £62.53 £40.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £32.90
% change year-on-year +18.18% -16.40% +9.65%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 0 360 £522 +11.30% 87
West Yorkshire 0 179 £513 +2.50% 161
North Yorkshire +4 30 £565 +2.73% 25
East Yorkshire -10 1 - - 9
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 (6.06%) Confluence
2 29 (5.02%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.52%) TPMS
5 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.17%) CICS
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) nginx
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.69%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.52%) Maximo
4 3 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.35%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.35%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.35%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.17%) Actimize
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI-AP
6 1 (0.17%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.17%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 95 (16.44%) Azure
2 91 (15.74%) GCP
3 68 (11.76%) AWS
4 35 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (5.54%) GitHub
6 30 (5.19%) Power Platform
7 26 (4.50%) Entra ID
7 26 (4.50%) OpenShift
8 24 (4.15%) Microsoft Copilot
9 17 (2.94%) SaaS
10 16 (2.77%) OneDrive
11 14 (2.42%) PowerApps
12 10 (1.73%) Azure AI
13 8 (1.38%) Copilot Studio
14 7 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.21%) Rubrik
15 6 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (1.04%) PaaS
15 6 (1.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.88%) Network Security
2 16 (2.77%) Firewall
3 12 (2.08%) SSL
4 8 (1.38%) DNS
5 6 (1.04%) VPN
6 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.52%) DHCP
7 3 (0.52%) LAN
7 3 (0.52%) SAN
7 3 (0.52%) SNMP
7 3 (0.52%) SSH
7 3 (0.52%) WAN
8 2 (0.35%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.35%) Internet
8 2 (0.35%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.35%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.35%) Multicast
8 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (0.17%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.42%) Power BI
2 12 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.38%) Metadata
5 7 (1.21%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.04%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.87%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.52%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.52%) Db2
8 3 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.52%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.35%) Big Data
9 2 (0.35%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.35%) Power Query
9 2 (0.35%) Tableau
10 1 (0.17%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.17%) Pinecone
10 1 (0.17%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.17%) Redis
10 1 (0.17%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 52 (9.00%) JIRA
2 43 (7.44%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.25%) Sonatype Nexus
4 9 (1.56%) Git
5 7 (1.21%) GitLab
5 7 (1.21%) Selenium
6 6 (1.04%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.87%) Liquibase
8 4 (0.69%) Jaeger
8 4 (0.69%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.35%) Flyway
9 2 (0.35%) git-flow
9 2 (0.35%) JUnit
9 2 (0.35%) Mockito
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.17%) Gradle
10 1 (0.17%) Hudson
10 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 200 (34.60%) Social Skills
2 127 (21.97%) Banking
3 75 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (6.75%) Legal
5 35 (6.06%) Financial Institution
6 27 (4.67%) Public Sector
7 20 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (2.42%) Law
11 13 (2.25%) Retail
12 10 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.56%) Billing
14 8 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.87%) Publishing
16 4 (0.69%) Private Banking
16 4 (0.69%) Social Science
17 3 (0.52%) International Banking
17 3 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (14.19%) Lead
2 70 (12.11%) Analyst
3 60 (10.38%) Architect
4 55 (9.52%) Developer
5 38 (6.57%) Project Manager
6 33 (5.71%) Business Analyst
6 33 (5.71%) Senior
7 32 (5.54%) Consultant
8 28 (4.84%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (2.77%) DevSecOps Consultant
10 14 (2.42%) Java Developer
11 12 (2.08%) Administrator
11 12 (2.08%) Designer
11 12 (2.08%) Microsoft 365 Architect
11 12 (2.08%) Python Developer
11 12 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (1.90%) Programme Manager
13 10 (1.73%) Data Architect
13 10 (1.73%) Financial Analyst
13 10 (1.73%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.98%) REST
2 18 (3.11%) React
3 17 (2.94%) Middleware
4 16 (2.77%) Kafka
4 16 (2.77%) Spring Boot
5 13 (2.25%) Node.js
5 13 (2.25%) RESTful
6 11 (1.90%) OpenID
6 11 (1.90%) OpenTelemetry
7 10 (1.73%) Microsoft Graph
8 9 (1.56%) ISPF
8 9 (1.56%) OAuth
8 9 (1.56%) SailPoint
9 8 (1.38%) .NET
9 8 (1.38%) OAuth2
9 8 (1.38%) Spring
10 7 (1.21%) SAML
11 6 (1.04%) ASP.NET
11 6 (1.04%) Hibernate
11 6 (1.04%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.27%) Cloud Native
2 35 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 34 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 24 (4.15%) Data Centre
5 23 (3.98%) Mainframe
6 20 (3.46%) Onboarding
7 18 (3.11%) AI Agents
8 16 (2.77%) Management Information System
8 16 (2.77%) Public Cloud
9 15 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (2.25%) Security Posture
11 12 (2.08%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.73%) Clustering
13 8 (1.38%) Mobile App
14 6 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
15 5 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
15 5 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
16 4 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
16 4 (0.69%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.02%) Linux
2 15 (2.60%) Windows
3 13 (2.25%) zOS
4 10 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.04%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.87%) Android
6 5 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.69%) Unix
7 4 (0.69%) VMS
8 2 (0.35%) MVS
9 1 (0.17%) AIX
9 1 (0.17%) Check Point GAiA
9 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (25.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 110 (19.03%) CI/CD
3 109 (18.86%) DevOps
4 98 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
5 90 (15.57%) Agile
6 86 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 81 (14.01%) Roadmaps
8 76 (13.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 65 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
10 61 (10.55%) Observability
11 58 (10.03%) AI
11 58 (10.03%) Risk Management
12 55 (9.52%) Migration
13 53 (9.17%) Change Management
14 50 (8.65%) DevSecOps
15 49 (8.48%) Project Management
16 43 (7.44%) Data Protection
17 40 (6.92%) Project Delivery
18 39 (6.75%) Decision-Making
18 39 (6.75%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 74 (12.80%) Python
2 43 (7.44%) Java
3 40 (6.92%) SQL
4 27 (4.67%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.42%) Bash
5 14 (2.42%) Go
6 11 (1.90%) Rust
7 7 (1.21%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.04%) C#
9 5 (0.87%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.87%) VB
10 3 (0.52%) ABAP
10 3 (0.52%) JCL
10 3 (0.52%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.52%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.52%) VBA
11 2 (0.35%) Korn
11 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.35%) PromQL
12 1 (0.17%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 43 (7.44%) Degree
2 23 (3.98%) PMP
2 23 (3.98%) Security Cleared
3 22 (3.81%) CISSP
4 21 (3.63%) CISM
5 19 (3.29%) PMI Certification
5 19 (3.29%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (2.42%) CCSP
6 14 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (1.90%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.38%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.69%) JNCIA
11 4 (0.69%) JNCIS
12 3 (0.52%) CCSK
12 3 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.33%) PMO
2 18 (3.11%) GDPR
3 17 (2.94%) QA
4 16 (2.77%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.77%) NIST
5 8 (1.38%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.38%) SLA
6 7 (1.21%) GRC
7 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 3 (0.52%) GLBA
8 3 (0.52%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.35%) IFRS
9 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.17%) GxP
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 23 (3.98%) Docker
2 14 (2.42%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.90%) RACF
4 10 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.87%) vSphere
6 3 (0.52%) KVM
7 2 (0.35%) ACF2
7 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.35%) SRDF
7 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 60 (10.38%) Kubernetes
2 41 (7.09%) Ansible
3 34 (5.88%) Terraform
4 17 (2.94%) Grafana
4 17 (2.94%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.56%) OMEGAMON
7 8 (1.38%) Control-M
8 6 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.87%) Argo
9 5 (0.87%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.69%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.69%) Kiali
10 4 (0.69%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.69%) Puppet
11 3 (0.52%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.35%) Consul
12 2 (0.35%) IBM Guardium
12 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 95 (16.44%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.71%) SAP
3 31 (5.36%) Google
4 24 (4.15%) Splunk
5 23 (3.98%) ServiceNow
6 22 (3.81%) Oracle
7 21 (3.63%) IBM
8 15 (2.60%) Foundry
9 10 (1.73%) VMware
10 9 (1.56%) Dell
11 8 (1.38%) Sonatype
12 7 (1.21%) Concur
12 7 (1.21%) Databricks
12 7 (1.21%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.21%) Workday
13 6 (1.04%) Apple
14 5 (0.87%) Black Duck
14 5 (0.87%) Fortinet
14 5 (0.87%) Okta
15 4 (0.69%) Broadcom