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 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 416 206 322
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 22.00% 18.74% 18.07%
As % of the General category 37.51% 34.16% 32.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 118 205
10th Percentile £313 £350 £310
25th Percentile £407 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £634 £575
90th Percentile £683 £700 £625
England median daily rate £535 £588 £588
% change year-on-year -8.94% - -0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £10.86
25th Percentile - - £11.52
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £12.75
75th Percentile - - £13.05
90th Percentile - - £13.16
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -20.58% - +20.00%

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 1,109 603 1,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 58.65% 54.87% 56.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 755 332 632
10th Percentile £255 £250 £251
25th Percentile £383 £370 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £652 £662 £688
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 23 24
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.64 £12.79
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.00 £14.27
Median hourly rate £21.30 £22.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +28.57% -7.89%
75th Percentile £45.28 £40.13 £22.16
90th Percentile £74.28 £42.50 £39.82
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% -9.09% +28.35%

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 30 December 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 30 December 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 -1 259 £475 -11.21% 240
West Yorkshire +4 131 £550 +19.24% 400
North Yorkshire +4 12 £488 -9.30% 107
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 28 (6.73%) Confluence
2 17 (4.09%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.92%) TPMS
4 6 (1.44%) CMS
5 5 (1.20%) CICS
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 52 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.44%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.24%) InVision
7 1 (0.24%) Sketch
7 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.20%) VisionPLUS
4 3 (0.72%) Cloudability
4 3 (0.72%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.24%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 62 (14.90%) GCP
2 59 (14.18%) AWS
3 47 (11.30%) Azure
4 40 (9.62%) Power Platform
5 32 (7.69%) Serverless
6 16 (3.85%) Entra ID
6 16 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (3.37%) GitHub
8 11 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.16%) AWS KMS
9 9 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.68%) OpenShift
11 6 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.44%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.20%) Azure AKS
13 3 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.72%) Collibra
13 3 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.72%) npm
13 3 (0.72%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.61%) Firewall
2 10 (2.40%) SSL
3 9 (2.16%) SSH
4 8 (1.92%) SNMP
5 6 (1.44%) Internet
5 6 (1.44%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.44%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.20%) DNS
7 3 (0.72%) Network Security
8 2 (0.48%) VPN
8 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.24%) DHCP
9 1 (0.24%) IPsec
9 1 (0.24%) LAN
9 1 (0.24%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.62%) Power BI
2 39 (9.38%) NoSQL
3 32 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.61%) Power Query
5 13 (3.13%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.92%) PowerPivot
7 5 (1.20%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.20%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.96%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.96%) Metadata
9 3 (0.72%) MySQL
10 2 (0.48%) GIS
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%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 55 (13.22%) Jenkins
2 52 (12.50%) JIRA
3 38 (9.13%) GitLab
4 28 (6.73%) Liquibase
5 12 (2.88%) Git
6 8 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.96%) Jaeger
7 4 (0.96%) Maven
7 4 (0.96%) Postman
8 3 (0.72%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.72%) Gradle
8 3 (0.72%) PyCharm
9 2 (0.48%) Babel
9 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.48%) JUnit
9 2 (0.48%) Mockito
9 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.48%) Selenium
9 2 (0.48%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.48%) webpack
General
1 178 (42.79%) Social Skills
2 128 (30.77%) Banking
3 60 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (12.74%) Financial Institution
5 26 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (3.61%) Legal
9 12 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.16%) Retail
11 7 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.44%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.20%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.20%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.20%) Law
14 4 (0.96%) Billing
14 4 (0.96%) Marketing
14 4 (0.96%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.72%) Electronics
15 3 (0.72%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 75 (18.03%) Analyst
2 49 (11.78%) Project Manager
3 46 (11.06%) Senior
4 35 (8.41%) Business Analyst
5 30 (7.21%) Developer
6 29 (6.97%) Architect
7 23 (5.53%) Data Analyst
8 20 (4.81%) Software Engineer
9 18 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
10 17 (4.09%) Consultant
10 17 (4.09%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
11 16 (3.85%) GCP Engineer
12 14 (3.37%) Financial Analyst
12 14 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (3.37%) Support Manager
13 13 (3.13%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (2.88%) IT Manager
15 11 (2.64%) Incident Manager
15 11 (2.64%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (9.86%) REST
2 37 (8.89%) RESTful
3 31 (7.45%) Elastic Stack
4 11 (2.64%) Spring Boot
5 10 (2.40%) .NET
6 9 (2.16%) Kafka
6 9 (2.16%) TensorFlow
7 8 (1.92%) OpenTelemetry
8 6 (1.44%) CSS
8 6 (1.44%) HTML
8 6 (1.44%) JSON
8 6 (1.44%) Middleware
8 6 (1.44%) OAuth
8 6 (1.44%) SAML
8 6 (1.44%) Spring
9 5 (1.20%) Hugging Face
9 5 (1.20%) OpenCV
9 5 (1.20%) PyTorch
9 5 (1.20%) Regular Expression
9 5 (1.20%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.62%) Public Cloud
2 36 (8.65%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 26 (6.25%) Onboarding
5 23 (5.53%) Data Centre
5 23 (5.53%) Product Ownership
6 16 (3.85%) Management Information System
7 14 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (2.88%) Mainframe
9 10 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.68%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.96%) CMDB
14 3 (0.72%) Credit Risk
14 3 (0.72%) Online Banking
14 3 (0.72%) SCADA
14 3 (0.72%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 51 (12.26%) Linux
2 28 (6.73%) Windows
3 11 (2.64%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.72%) Unix
4 3 (0.72%) VMS
4 3 (0.72%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (30.53%) Agile
2 89 (21.39%) Cybersecurity
2 89 (21.39%) DevOps
3 85 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (19.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 78 (18.75%) CI/CD
6 54 (12.98%) Decision-Making
7 52 (12.50%) Change Management
8 51 (12.26%) Project Management
9 48 (11.54%) Microservices
9 48 (11.54%) Migration
10 47 (11.30%) Containerisation
10 47 (11.30%) Infrastructure as Code
11 45 (10.82%) Cryptography
12 44 (10.58%) Computer Science
13 41 (9.86%) Software Engineering
14 40 (9.62%) Data Security
14 40 (9.62%) Roadmaps
15 39 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
16 37 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 78 (18.75%) Python
2 44 (10.58%) SQL
3 40 (9.62%) Go
4 30 (7.21%) Java
5 11 (2.64%) VBA
6 10 (2.40%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.16%) C#
8 7 (1.68%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.20%) COBOL
9 5 (1.20%) Rust
10 4 (0.96%) Bash
10 4 (0.96%) JCL
10 4 (0.96%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.24%) Bicep
12 1 (0.24%) C++
12 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.24%) Groovy
12 1 (0.24%) REXX
Qualifications
1 59 (14.18%) Degree
2 36 (8.65%) Master's Degree
3 32 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (3.61%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.37%) CISSP
6 11 (2.64%) CISM
6 11 (2.64%) Security Cleared
7 9 (2.16%) ACSP
7 9 (2.16%) ACTC
7 9 (2.16%) PMP
8 8 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (1.92%) FFIEC
9 7 (1.68%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (1.20%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.20%) PhD
11 4 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.96%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.29%) GDPR
2 20 (4.81%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.33%) PMO
4 16 (3.85%) NIST
5 12 (2.88%) PCI DSS
6 11 (2.64%) QA
7 8 (1.92%) GLBA
7 8 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.92%) SLA
8 7 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.72%) Accessibility
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
System Software
1 43 (10.34%) Docker
2 15 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.24%) XenApp
4 1 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (13.94%) Kubernetes
2 47 (11.30%) Ansible
2 47 (11.30%) Terraform
3 41 (9.86%) Grafana
4 39 (9.38%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.40%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.96%) Kiali
8 3 (0.72%) Control-M
9 2 (0.48%) CA Endevor
9 2 (0.48%) IBM Guardium
9 2 (0.48%) Nessus
9 2 (0.48%) Puppet
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (17.79%) Microsoft
2 48 (11.54%) Splunk
3 32 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.81%) Google
5 19 (4.57%) SAP
6 11 (2.64%) Apple
7 9 (2.16%) Oracle
8 8 (1.92%) CyberArk
9 7 (1.68%) Thales
10 6 (1.44%) BiZZdesign
10 6 (1.44%) Sonatype
11 5 (1.20%) IFS
12 3 (0.72%) AppDynamics
12 3 (0.72%) F5
12 3 (0.72%) Genesys
12 3 (0.72%) Planview
12 3 (0.72%) VMware
13 2 (0.48%) Ariba
13 2 (0.48%) Dell
13 2 (0.48%) HP