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 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing Finance 456 219 224
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 19.67% 22.65% 13.57%
As % of the General category 36.19% 36.38% 24.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 130 135
10th Percentile £325 £336 £322
25th Percentile £419 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -2.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £569
90th Percentile £700 £643 £633
England median daily rate £535 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -6.96% -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 £41.79 £26.99
% change year-on-year -42.99% +54.85% -12.26%

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 1,260 602 930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 54.36% 62.25% 56.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 828 355 538
10th Percentile £283 £263 £193
25th Percentile £400 £364 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.87% -1.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £565 £575 £568
90th Percentile £671 £648 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 25 77
10th Percentile £14.25 £11.60 £11.99
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.25 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £18.51 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +23.23% +26.56% -17.47%
75th Percentile £57.25 £22.14 £15.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £38.68 £22.30
England median hourly rate £28.55 £29.00 £27.59
% change year-on-year -1.55% +5.10% -21.16%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 0 306 £500 - 64
West Yorkshire -10 118 £525 +16.67% 119
North Yorkshire -3 21 £700 +27.27% 15
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 38 (8.33%) Confluence
2 27 (5.92%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.75%) TPMS
5 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.22%) nginx
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 42 (9.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.88%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.88%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.66%) Cloudability
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.44%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.22%) Actimize
7 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.22%) SAP FI-AP
7 1 (0.22%) SAP FI-CA
7 1 (0.22%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.22%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.22%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 58 (12.72%) Azure
2 50 (10.96%) GCP
3 37 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (7.89%) AWS
5 29 (6.36%) GitHub
6 28 (6.14%) Power Platform
7 22 (4.82%) OpenShift
8 21 (4.61%) Entra ID
9 19 (4.17%) OneDrive
10 14 (3.07%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (2.63%) SaaS
13 7 (1.54%) PaaS
13 7 (1.54%) Rubrik
14 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
16 4 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
16 4 (0.88%) IaaS
17 3 (0.66%) Azure AI
17 3 (0.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.17%) Firewall
2 11 (2.41%) DNS
3 10 (2.19%) SSL
4 9 (1.97%) Network Security
5 8 (1.75%) SNMP
5 8 (1.75%) SSH
6 5 (1.10%) Internet
7 4 (0.88%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.88%) VPN
8 3 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.44%) DHCP
9 2 (0.44%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.44%) LAN
9 2 (0.44%) SAN
9 2 (0.44%) WAN
10 1 (0.22%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.22%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.22%) PSTN
10 1 (0.22%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.22%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.26%) Power BI
2 14 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.97%) NoSQL
4 8 (1.75%) Power Query
4 8 (1.75%) PowerPivot
5 7 (1.54%) Metadata
6 4 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.66%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.66%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.66%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.44%) Big Data
8 2 (0.44%) GIS
8 2 (0.44%) Looker
9 1 (0.22%) DB2
9 1 (0.22%) MySQL
9 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 52 (11.40%) JIRA
2 44 (9.65%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.29%) Sonatype Nexus
4 14 (3.07%) GitLab
5 8 (1.75%) Jaeger
6 7 (1.54%) Selenium
7 6 (1.32%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.32%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.10%) Git
8 5 (1.10%) Liquibase
9 3 (0.66%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.22%) Hudson
11 1 (0.22%) PyCharm
11 1 (0.22%) Robot Framework
General
1 164 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 118 (25.88%) Banking
3 52 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (5.92%) Documentation Skills
4 27 (5.92%) Financial Institution
5 24 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.51%) Legal
6 16 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (1.75%) Retail
8 7 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.54%) Law
9 6 (1.32%) Billing
10 5 (1.10%) General Ledger
11 4 (0.88%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.44%) Advertising
12 2 (0.44%) Local Government
12 2 (0.44%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.44%) Marketing
12 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (14.69%) Analyst
2 55 (12.06%) Project Manager
3 47 (10.31%) Lead
4 42 (9.21%) Architect
5 41 (8.99%) Business Analyst
6 36 (7.89%) Senior
7 26 (5.70%) Developer
8 21 (4.61%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (3.73%) Consultant
10 13 (2.85%) Technical Business Analyst
11 12 (2.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (2.63%) SAP Manager
11 12 (2.63%) Technical Analyst
12 10 (2.19%) Infrastructure Manager
12 10 (2.19%) Product Owner
12 10 (2.19%) Programme Manager
13 9 (1.97%) Data Manager
13 9 (1.97%) Lead Architect
13 9 (1.97%) Senior Manager
13 9 (1.97%) Strategy Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.73%) REST
2 13 (2.85%) Kafka
2 13 (2.85%) OpenTelemetry
3 12 (2.63%) Microsoft Graph
3 12 (2.63%) Spring Boot
4 11 (2.41%) RESTful
5 10 (2.19%) Middleware
6 9 (1.97%) OpenID
7 8 (1.75%) LDAP
7 8 (1.75%) SailPoint
8 6 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (1.10%) React
10 3 (0.66%) .NET
10 3 (0.66%) OAuth
10 3 (0.66%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.66%) SAML
10 3 (0.66%) Spring
11 2 (0.44%) Pandas
11 2 (0.44%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.92%) Data Protection Act
2 25 (5.48%) Cloud Native
3 24 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.82%) Onboarding
5 20 (4.39%) Data Centre
6 16 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (3.51%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.19%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.97%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.54%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.32%) SCADA
10 6 (1.32%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.10%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.88%) PMI
12 4 (0.88%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.89%) Linux
2 21 (4.61%) Windows
3 5 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.10%) Unix
4 4 (0.88%) VMS
5 3 (0.66%) Android
5 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.44%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.22%) MVS
7 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (20.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (20.18%) DevOps
4 78 (17.11%) CI/CD
5 68 (14.91%) Agile
6 67 (14.69%) Cybersecurity
7 62 (13.60%) Migration
8 56 (12.28%) Project Management
9 53 (11.62%) Roadmaps
10 43 (9.43%) Observability
11 42 (9.21%) Decision-Making
12 39 (8.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 38 (8.33%) ERP
13 38 (8.33%) Process Improvement
14 37 (8.11%) AI
14 37 (8.11%) Business Case
14 37 (8.11%) Project Delivery
15 35 (7.68%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (7.68%) Identity Access Management
16 33 (7.24%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 58 (12.72%) Python
2 48 (10.53%) SQL
3 36 (7.89%) Java
4 19 (4.17%) PowerShell
5 10 (2.19%) Bash
6 9 (1.97%) Go
6 9 (1.97%) VBA
7 8 (1.75%) Rust
8 5 (1.10%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.10%) VB
9 3 (0.66%) C#
9 3 (0.66%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.44%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.22%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.22%) CLIST
11 1 (0.22%) Groovy
11 1 (0.22%) JCL
11 1 (0.22%) Korn
11 1 (0.22%) REXX
Qualifications
1 43 (9.43%) Degree
2 19 (4.17%) PMP
3 18 (3.95%) Security Cleared
4 13 (2.85%) CISSP
5 12 (2.63%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.41%) Master's Degree
7 10 (2.19%) CISM
7 10 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.19%) SC Cleared
8 8 (1.75%) FFIEC
9 7 (1.54%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.10%) CCSP
10 5 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.66%) ACCA
11 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.44%) CIMA
12 2 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.26%) GDPR
1 24 (5.26%) PMO
2 19 (4.17%) NIST
3 18 (3.95%) QA
4 16 (3.51%) Data Quality
5 14 (3.07%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.75%) GLBA
7 5 (1.10%) SLA
8 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.66%) GRC
9 3 (0.66%) PSD2
10 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.22%) Basel III
11 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 29 (6.36%) Docker
2 10 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.54%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.10%) vSphere
5 3 (0.66%) KVM
6 2 (0.44%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.44%) SRDF
6 2 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.44%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.22%) ACF2
7 1 (0.22%) RACF
7 1 (0.22%) XenApp
7 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 44 (9.65%) Kubernetes
2 38 (8.33%) Ansible
3 22 (4.82%) Terraform
4 21 (4.61%) Grafana
5 17 (3.73%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.75%) Kiali
7 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.10%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.88%) Puppet
10 3 (0.66%) PowerCLI
10 3 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.44%) Argo
11 2 (0.44%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.44%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.22%) Control-M
12 1 (0.22%) IBM Guardium
12 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.22%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.22%) vRealize
12 1 (0.22%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 74 (16.23%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.68%) Splunk
3 18 (3.95%) SAP
3 18 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.73%) Oracle
5 15 (3.29%) Google
6 14 (3.07%) Sonatype
7 10 (2.19%) VMware
8 8 (1.75%) Dell
8 8 (1.75%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.75%) Thales
9 7 (1.54%) BiZZdesign
10 6 (1.32%) IFS
11 5 (1.10%) Apple
11 5 (1.10%) Foundry
11 5 (1.10%) IBM
12 4 (0.88%) Databricks
13 3 (0.66%) Broadcom
13 3 (0.66%) CyberArk
13 3 (0.66%) Workday