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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 480 215 240
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 19.70% 21.14% 14.21%
As % of the General category 36.23% 34.13% 24.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 134 144
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £418 £393 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.65% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £569
90th Percentile £698 £650 £634
England median daily rate £538 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -6.52% -2.13% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £11.90
25th Percentile - - £12.78
Median hourly rate - £18.51 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year - +39.91% -
75th Percentile - - £17.01
90th Percentile - - £19.51
England median hourly rate £23.83 £38.11 £27.00
% change year-on-year -37.48% +41.15% +0.58%

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 1,325 630 966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 54.39% 61.95% 57.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 372 558
10th Percentile £283 £254 £198
25th Percentile £400 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% -1.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £575
90th Percentile £669 £650 £645
England median daily rate £503 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.29% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 25 79
10th Percentile £14.25 £11.60 £12.07
25th Percentile £17.04 £16.50 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £18.55 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +22.96% +26.84% -18.11%
75th Percentile £56.69 £22.14 £15.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £38.68 £23.37
England median hourly rate £30.50 £27.50 £30.16
% change year-on-year +10.91% -8.82% -10.82%

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 1 May 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
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 1 May 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 +1 323 £500 +1.01% 76
West Yorkshire -9 124 £500 - 117
North Yorkshire -3 20 £700 +27.27% 22
East Yorkshire -15 1 - - 11
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 (7.08%) Confluence
2 27 (5.63%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.67%) TPMS
5 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.21%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.83%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.63%) Cloudability
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.42%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.42%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.21%) Actimize
7 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.21%) SAP FI-AP
7 1 (0.21%) SAP FI-CA
7 1 (0.21%) SAP MRS
7 1 (0.21%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.21%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.21%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 67 (13.96%) Azure
2 60 (12.50%) GCP
3 46 (9.58%) AWS
4 39 (8.13%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (5.42%) GitHub
6 25 (5.21%) Power Platform
7 22 (4.58%) OpenShift
8 21 (4.38%) Entra ID
9 19 (3.96%) OneDrive
10 16 (3.33%) SaaS
11 14 (2.92%) Microsoft Copilot
12 13 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.67%) PaaS
14 7 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (1.46%) Rubrik
15 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
16 4 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
16 4 (0.83%) IaaS
17 3 (0.63%) AWS KMS
17 3 (0.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.54%) Firewall
2 12 (2.50%) DNS
2 12 (2.50%) Network Security
3 9 (1.88%) SSL
4 8 (1.67%) SNMP
4 8 (1.67%) SSH
5 6 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.63%) DHCP
6 3 (0.63%) Internet
6 3 (0.63%) VPN
6 3 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.42%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.42%) SAN
8 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.21%) LAN
8 1 (0.21%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.21%) PSTN
8 1 (0.21%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.38%) Power BI
2 13 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.46%) Metadata
4 6 (1.25%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.04%) Power Query
5 5 (1.04%) PowerPivot
6 4 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.83%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.63%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.63%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.42%) Big Data
8 2 (0.42%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.42%) DB2
8 2 (0.42%) GIS
9 1 (0.21%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.21%) Redis
9 1 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (10.83%) JIRA
2 39 (8.13%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.50%) GitLab
3 12 (2.50%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (1.67%) Jaeger
5 7 (1.46%) Git
5 7 (1.46%) Selenium
6 6 (1.25%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.25%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.83%) Liquibase
8 3 (0.63%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.21%) Hudson
10 1 (0.21%) Postman
10 1 (0.21%) Robot Framework
General
1 175 (36.46%) Social Skills
2 112 (23.33%) Banking
3 55 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (6.04%) Financial Institution
5 27 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (4.38%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.96%) Legal
8 15 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.08%) Law
9 10 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.08%) Retail
10 9 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.25%) Billing
12 4 (0.83%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.63%) Advertising
14 2 (0.42%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.42%) Local Government
14 2 (0.42%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.42%) Publishing
14 2 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (13.13%) Analyst
2 61 (12.71%) Project Manager
3 55 (11.46%) Lead
4 42 (8.75%) Architect
5 39 (8.13%) Business Analyst
6 37 (7.71%) Senior
7 34 (7.08%) Developer
8 25 (5.21%) DevOps Engineer
9 20 (4.17%) Consultant
10 12 (2.50%) Java Developer
10 12 (2.50%) Programme Manager
11 11 (2.29%) Lead Architect
11 11 (2.29%) Product Owner
12 10 (2.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (2.08%) Infrastructure Manager
12 10 (2.08%) SAP Manager
12 10 (2.08%) Technical Manager
12 10 (2.08%) Technical Project Manager
13 9 (1.88%) Senior Business Analyst
13 9 (1.88%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.13%) REST
2 14 (2.92%) OpenTelemetry
3 13 (2.71%) Kafka
3 13 (2.71%) Spring Boot
4 12 (2.50%) Microsoft Graph
4 12 (2.50%) RESTful
5 11 (2.29%) OpenID
6 10 (2.08%) Middleware
7 8 (1.67%) LDAP
7 8 (1.67%) SailPoint
8 6 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (1.25%) React
9 5 (1.04%) OAuth
9 5 (1.04%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.04%) SAML
10 4 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.83%) JWT
10 4 (0.83%) Spring
11 3 (0.63%) .NET
11 3 (0.63%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.25%) Cloud Native
1 30 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
1 30 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.38%) Data Centre
3 17 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (3.54%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 9 (1.88%) AI Agents
5 9 (1.88%) Mainframe
6 8 (1.67%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.67%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.25%) SCADA
7 6 (1.25%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.04%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.83%) PMI
9 4 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.63%) CCTV
10 3 (0.63%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.08%) Linux
2 21 (4.38%) Windows
3 5 (1.04%) Android
3 5 (1.04%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.04%) Unix
4 4 (0.83%) VMS
5 3 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.63%) zOS
6 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.42%) MVS
7 1 (0.21%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (22.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 99 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
3 98 (20.42%) DevOps
4 88 (18.33%) CI/CD
5 85 (17.71%) Agile
6 70 (14.58%) Cybersecurity
7 62 (12.92%) Roadmaps
8 58 (12.08%) Migration
9 56 (11.67%) Project Management
10 47 (9.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 47 (9.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 46 (9.58%) Observability
12 43 (8.96%) Decision-Making
13 41 (8.54%) ERP
13 41 (8.54%) Project Delivery
14 39 (8.13%) AI
15 38 (7.92%) Business Case
15 38 (7.92%) DevSecOps
15 38 (7.92%) Risk Management
16 36 (7.50%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 61 (12.71%) Python
2 45 (9.38%) SQL
3 43 (8.96%) Java
4 20 (4.17%) PowerShell
5 11 (2.29%) Bash
6 9 (1.88%) Go
6 9 (1.88%) Rust
7 7 (1.46%) VBA
8 6 (1.25%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.04%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.04%) VB
10 3 (0.63%) C#
10 3 (0.63%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.42%) JCL
11 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.42%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.21%) CLIST
12 1 (0.21%) Groovy
12 1 (0.21%) Korn
12 1 (0.21%) REXX
Qualifications
1 44 (9.17%) Degree
2 21 (4.38%) PMP
3 16 (3.33%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.92%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.71%) CISM
5 13 (2.71%) CISSP
6 10 (2.08%) Master's Degree
6 10 (2.08%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.67%) FFIEC
8 7 (1.46%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.25%) CCSP
9 6 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.42%) ACCA
11 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.42%) CCSK
11 2 (0.42%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.21%) PMO
2 22 (4.58%) GDPR
3 18 (3.75%) NIST
4 17 (3.54%) QA
5 14 (2.92%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.71%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.67%) GLBA
8 5 (1.04%) SLA
9 3 (0.63%) GRC
10 2 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.21%) Basel III
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.21%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (5.63%) Docker
2 10 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.46%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.04%) vSphere
5 3 (0.63%) KVM
6 2 (0.42%) ACF2
6 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.42%) RACF
6 2 (0.42%) SRDF
6 2 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.42%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.21%) XenApp
7 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 50 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 34 (7.08%) Ansible
3 24 (5.00%) Terraform
4 20 (4.17%) Grafana
5 16 (3.33%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.67%) Kiali
6 8 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.04%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.83%) Puppet
8 4 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.63%) Control-M
9 3 (0.63%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.42%) Argo
10 2 (0.42%) IBM Guardium
10 2 (0.42%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.21%) Nessus
11 1 (0.21%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.21%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 79 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.67%) Splunk
3 21 (4.38%) SAP
4 17 (3.54%) Oracle
4 17 (3.54%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.33%) Google
6 10 (2.08%) VMware
7 9 (1.88%) Sonatype
8 8 (1.67%) Dell
8 8 (1.67%) Thales
9 7 (1.46%) IBM
9 7 (1.46%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.25%) Apple
10 6 (1.25%) BiZZdesign
10 6 (1.25%) Foundry
10 6 (1.25%) IFS
10 6 (1.25%) Workday
11 4 (0.83%) Broadcom
11 4 (0.83%) Databricks
11 4 (0.83%) Okta