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 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 553 265 253
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 20.34% 22.81% 14.71%
As % of the General category 37.72% 35.96% 26.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 165 140
10th Percentile £375 £343 £378
25th Percentile £430 £385 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £665 £575 £582
90th Percentile £710 £638 £651
England median daily rate £550 £563 £588
% change year-on-year -2.22% -4.26% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 7
10th Percentile £21.58 - £12.05
25th Percentile £27.40 - £12.93
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.51 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +89.09% +39.91% -
75th Percentile £41.72 - £19.51
90th Percentile £43.96 - £40.44
England median hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +42.86% +2.79%

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 1,466 737 950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 53.92% 63.43% 55.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 930 440 528
10th Percentile £313 £240 £198
25th Percentile £407 £365 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £569 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
England median daily rate £520 £520 £533
% change year-on-year - -2.35% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 31 85
10th Percentile £16.01 £11.60 -
25th Percentile £20.66 £17.29 £12.15
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +51.38% -18.11%
75th Percentile £36.61 - £18.27
90th Percentile £68.75 £34.15 £34.33
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.00 £31.97
% change year-on-year +16.07% -12.42% +6.57%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 June 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 0 358 £514 +9.59% 153
West Yorkshire -2 161 £525 +4.48% 211
North Yorkshire +2 23 £700 +27.27% 57
East Yorkshire -9 1 - - 45
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 (6.33%) Confluence
2 32 (5.79%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.90%) TPMS
5 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.18%) CICS
6 1 (0.18%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) nginx
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (4.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (1.08%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.36%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.18%) Maximo
5 1 (0.18%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.18%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.18%) SAP FI-AP
5 1 (0.18%) SAP MRS
5 1 (0.18%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.18%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 86 (15.55%) Azure
2 83 (15.01%) GCP
3 62 (11.21%) AWS
4 38 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (5.61%) GitHub
6 27 (4.88%) Entra ID
7 25 (4.52%) OpenShift
8 23 (4.16%) Power Platform
9 21 (3.80%) Microsoft Copilot
10 19 (3.44%) OneDrive
10 19 (3.44%) SaaS
11 9 (1.63%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (1.45%) Rubrik
13 7 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.27%) PaaS
14 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
14 6 (1.08%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.90%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.42%) Network Security
2 18 (3.25%) Firewall
3 10 (1.81%) SSL
4 9 (1.63%) DNS
5 6 (1.08%) VPN
6 5 (0.90%) SNMP
6 5 (0.90%) SSH
6 5 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.54%) DHCP
7 3 (0.54%) SAN
8 2 (0.36%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.36%) Internet
8 2 (0.36%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.18%) DMZ
9 1 (0.18%) HTTP
9 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.18%) LAN
9 1 (0.18%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.17%) Power BI
3 9 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.27%) Metadata
5 6 (1.08%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.90%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.54%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.54%) Db2
8 3 (0.54%) Power Query
9 2 (0.36%) Big Data
9 2 (0.36%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.36%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.36%) Tableau
10 1 (0.18%) GIS
10 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.18%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 54 (9.76%) JIRA
2 42 (7.59%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.35%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (1.45%) Git
4 8 (1.45%) GitLab
5 6 (1.08%) Cucumber
5 6 (1.08%) Jaeger
5 6 (1.08%) Selenium
6 5 (0.90%) Liquibase
7 4 (0.72%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.36%) Flyway
8 2 (0.36%) git-flow
8 2 (0.36%) JUnit
8 2 (0.36%) Mockito
8 2 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.18%) Gradle
9 1 (0.18%) Hudson
9 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
General
1 192 (34.72%) Social Skills
2 118 (21.34%) Banking
3 69 (12.48%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (6.15%) Legal
5 31 (5.61%) Financial Institution
6 22 (3.98%) Public Sector
7 21 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (2.89%) Law
11 10 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.63%) Retail
13 8 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.27%) Billing
15 6 (1.08%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.72%) Publishing
17 3 (0.54%) Advertising
17 3 (0.54%) Social Science
18 2 (0.36%) International Banking
18 2 (0.36%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 74 (13.38%) Lead
2 67 (12.12%) Analyst
3 56 (10.13%) Architect
4 49 (8.86%) Project Manager
5 44 (7.96%) Developer
6 34 (6.15%) Senior
7 32 (5.79%) Business Analyst
8 30 (5.42%) Consultant
9 27 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (2.53%) Java Developer
11 13 (2.35%) DevSecOps Consultant
11 13 (2.35%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 12 (2.17%) Programme Manager
12 12 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (1.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 11 (1.99%) Product Owner
14 10 (1.81%) Data Architect
14 10 (1.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (1.81%) Infrastructure Manager
14 10 (1.81%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.44%) REST
2 16 (2.89%) Kafka
2 16 (2.89%) React
2 16 (2.89%) Spring Boot
3 15 (2.71%) Middleware
4 14 (2.53%) RESTful
5 13 (2.35%) OpenTelemetry
6 12 (2.17%) Microsoft Graph
7 11 (1.99%) Node.js
8 10 (1.81%) OpenID
9 8 (1.45%) OAuth
9 8 (1.45%) SailPoint
10 7 (1.27%) OAuth2
11 6 (1.08%) Hibernate
11 6 (1.08%) JWT
11 6 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (1.08%) SAML
11 6 (1.08%) Spring
12 5 (0.90%) ISPF
12 5 (0.90%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.51%) Cloud Native
2 35 (6.33%) Product Ownership
3 30 (5.42%) Data Protection Act
4 25 (4.52%) Data Centre
5 20 (3.62%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.25%) Mainframe
7 16 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.89%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.35%) Public Cloud
8 13 (2.35%) Security Posture
9 12 (2.17%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.81%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.45%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.08%) Clustering
12 6 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (0.72%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.72%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 33 (5.97%) Linux
2 18 (3.25%) Windows
3 9 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (1.63%) zOS
4 6 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.90%) Android
5 5 (0.90%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.90%) Unix
6 3 (0.54%) VMS
7 2 (0.36%) MVS
8 1 (0.18%) AIX
8 1 (0.18%) Check Point GAiA
8 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (25.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 108 (19.53%) DevOps
3 105 (18.99%) CI/CD
4 94 (17.00%) Agile
4 94 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (14.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 77 (13.92%) Roadmaps
7 71 (12.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 68 (12.30%) Cybersecurity
9 62 (11.21%) Observability
10 51 (9.22%) AI
10 51 (9.22%) Risk Management
11 50 (9.04%) Migration
11 50 (9.04%) Project Management
12 49 (8.86%) DevSecOps
13 45 (8.14%) Change Management
14 42 (7.59%) ERP
15 39 (7.05%) Identity Access Management
16 37 (6.69%) Data Protection
16 37 (6.69%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 74 (13.38%) Python
2 48 (8.68%) Java
3 41 (7.41%) SQL
4 29 (5.24%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.53%) Bash
6 12 (2.17%) Go
7 11 (1.99%) Rust
8 7 (1.27%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.90%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.90%) VB
10 4 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.72%) VBA
11 3 (0.54%) JCL
11 3 (0.54%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.36%) PromQL
13 1 (0.18%) C#
13 1 (0.18%) CLIST
13 1 (0.18%) COBOL
13 1 (0.18%) REXX
Qualifications
1 41 (7.41%) Degree
2 23 (4.16%) PMP
3 21 (3.80%) CISM
3 21 (3.80%) CISSP
3 21 (3.80%) Security Cleared
4 18 (3.25%) PMI Certification
5 17 (3.07%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (2.53%) CCSP
6 14 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (1.63%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.45%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.90%) FFIEC
11 4 (0.72%) JNCIA
11 4 (0.72%) JNCIS
12 3 (0.54%) CCSK
12 3 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.52%) PMO
2 19 (3.44%) GDPR
3 18 (3.25%) NIST
4 15 (2.71%) QA
5 13 (2.35%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.81%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.63%) SLA
8 6 (1.08%) GRC
9 5 (0.90%) GLBA
10 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.54%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.36%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 1 (0.18%) Dodd-Frank
13 1 (0.18%) GxP
13 1 (0.18%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 26 (4.70%) Docker
2 13 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.27%) RACF
6 5 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.90%) vSphere
7 3 (0.54%) KVM
8 2 (0.36%) ACF2
8 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.36%) SRDF
8 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 60 (10.85%) Kubernetes
2 40 (7.23%) Ansible
3 31 (5.61%) Terraform
4 19 (3.44%) Grafana
5 18 (3.25%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.45%) Control-M
8 6 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (1.08%) Kiali
9 5 (0.90%) OMEGAMON
9 5 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.90%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.72%) Argo
10 4 (0.72%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.72%) Puppet
11 3 (0.54%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.54%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.36%) Consul
12 2 (0.36%) IBM Guardium
12 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 92 (16.64%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.06%) Splunk
3 27 (4.88%) Google
3 27 (4.88%) SAP
4 24 (4.34%) Oracle
4 24 (4.34%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.89%) IBM
6 10 (1.81%) Foundry
6 10 (1.81%) VMware
7 9 (1.63%) Dell
8 8 (1.45%) Sonatype
8 8 (1.45%) Workday
9 7 (1.27%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.08%) Apple
10 6 (1.08%) Databricks
11 5 (0.90%) Black Duck
11 5 (0.90%) Fortinet
11 5 (0.90%) Thales
12 4 (0.72%) Cisco
12 4 (0.72%) Juniper