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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 587 315 284
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 20.58% 23.39% 16.76%
As % of the General category 38.22% 37.02% 29.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 206 166
10th Percentile £400 £356 £378
25th Percentile £425 £393 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £579 £588
90th Percentile £700 £646 £681
England median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 3
10th Percentile £19.69 - £18.76
25th Percentile £22.20 - £19.51
Median hourly rate £35.00 £15.00 £20.74
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% -27.68% -
75th Percentile £37.24 £16.76 £45.37
90th Percentile £43.96 £17.81 £60.15
England median hourly rate £39.13 £36.51 £32.12
% change year-on-year +7.16% +13.69% +5.72%

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 1,536 851 948
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 53.86% 63.18% 55.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 960 526 532
10th Percentile £313 £254 £251
25th Percentile £407 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £471 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -5.74% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £515 £533
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.41% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 37 77
10th Percentile £16.50 £13.64 -
25th Percentile £19.13 £17.33 £12.15
Median hourly rate £24.89 £22.14 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +12.40% +51.38% -23.03%
75th Percentile £36.61 - £19.50
90th Percentile £48.50 £53.18 £40.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £27.21 £33.07
% change year-on-year +21.28% -17.72% +8.28%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 0 365 £522 +11.18% 84
West Yorkshire -1 185 £525 +5.00% 140
North Yorkshire +1 29 £550 - 20
East Yorkshire -11 1 - - 12
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 (5.96%) Confluence
2 24 (4.09%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.34%) TPMS
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.17%) CICS
6 1 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) nginx
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.34%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (3.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.51%) Maximo
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.34%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.34%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.34%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.17%) Actimize
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Exstream
5 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MRS
5 1 (0.17%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.17%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.17%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 94 (16.01%) Azure
2 93 (15.84%) GCP
3 69 (11.75%) AWS
4 34 (5.79%) GitHub
5 31 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (5.11%) Power Platform
7 26 (4.43%) OpenShift
8 23 (3.92%) Entra ID
8 23 (3.92%) Microsoft Copilot
9 15 (2.56%) SaaS
10 14 (2.39%) PowerApps
11 13 (2.21%) OneDrive
12 10 (1.70%) Azure AI
13 8 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.36%) Copilot Studio
14 7 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (1.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
15 6 (1.02%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.02%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.79%) Network Security
2 14 (2.39%) Firewall
3 11 (1.87%) SSL
4 9 (1.53%) DNS
5 6 (1.02%) VPN
6 4 (0.68%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.51%) DHCP
7 3 (0.51%) LAN
7 3 (0.51%) SAN
7 3 (0.51%) WAN
8 2 (0.34%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.34%) Internet
8 2 (0.34%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.34%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.34%) Multicast
8 2 (0.34%) SNMP
8 2 (0.34%) SSH
8 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
1 14 (2.39%) Power BI
2 10 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.36%) Metadata
4 7 (1.19%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.19%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.85%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.85%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.68%) Db2
7 3 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.51%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.34%) Big Data
8 2 (0.34%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.34%) Tableau
9 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.17%) Looker
9 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.17%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 50 (8.52%) JIRA
2 41 (6.98%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.21%) Sonatype Nexus
4 9 (1.53%) Git
5 5 (0.85%) GitLab
5 5 (0.85%) Liquibase
5 5 (0.85%) Selenium
6 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.34%) Flyway
8 2 (0.34%) git-flow
8 2 (0.34%) Jaeger
8 2 (0.34%) JUnit
8 2 (0.34%) Mockito
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.34%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.17%) Postman
9 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 200 (34.07%) Social Skills
2 137 (23.34%) Banking
3 83 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (6.81%) Legal
5 34 (5.79%) Financial Institution
6 27 (4.60%) Public Sector
7 22 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.39%) Law
11 13 (2.21%) Retail
12 10 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.53%) Billing
14 8 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.36%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.19%) Private Banking
16 5 (0.85%) Publishing
17 4 (0.68%) Social Science
18 3 (0.51%) Advertising
18 3 (0.51%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 88 (14.99%) Lead
2 76 (12.95%) Analyst
3 60 (10.22%) Architect
4 57 (9.71%) Developer
5 37 (6.30%) Senior
6 36 (6.13%) Business Analyst
7 34 (5.79%) Project Manager
8 32 (5.45%) Consultant
9 28 (4.77%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (2.73%) DevSecOps Consultant
11 15 (2.56%) Java Developer
12 14 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (2.04%) Administrator
13 12 (2.04%) Designer
13 12 (2.04%) Financial Analyst
13 12 (2.04%) Python Developer
14 11 (1.87%) Microsoft 365 Architect
14 11 (1.87%) Programme Manager
15 10 (1.70%) Data Engineer
15 10 (1.70%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.92%) REST
2 20 (3.41%) React
3 16 (2.73%) Kafka
4 14 (2.39%) Middleware
4 14 (2.39%) RESTful
4 14 (2.39%) Spring Boot
5 13 (2.21%) Node.js
6 9 (1.53%) ISPF
6 9 (1.53%) OAuth
6 9 (1.53%) OpenID
6 9 (1.53%) OpenTelemetry
7 8 (1.36%) .NET
7 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Graph
7 8 (1.36%) OAuth2
7 8 (1.36%) Spring
8 7 (1.19%) SailPoint
8 7 (1.19%) SAML
9 6 (1.02%) ASP.NET
9 6 (1.02%) Hibernate
9 6 (1.02%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.33%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.13%) Data Protection Act
3 35 (5.96%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.92%) Mainframe
5 22 (3.75%) Data Centre
5 22 (3.75%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.07%) AI Agents
7 16 (2.73%) Public Cloud
8 15 (2.56%) Virtual Team
9 14 (2.39%) Management Information System
10 13 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (2.21%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.70%) Clustering
12 8 (1.36%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
15 4 (0.68%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.60%) Linux
2 13 (2.21%) Windows
2 13 (2.21%) zOS
3 10 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.85%) Android
5 5 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.68%) Unix
6 4 (0.68%) VMS
7 2 (0.34%) MVS
8 1 (0.17%) AIX
8 1 (0.17%) Check Point GAiA
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (24.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 113 (19.25%) CI/CD
3 109 (18.57%) DevOps
4 103 (17.55%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (15.84%) Agile
6 92 (15.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 81 (13.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 79 (13.46%) Roadmaps
9 65 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
10 62 (10.56%) AI
11 59 (10.05%) Risk Management
12 58 (9.88%) Observability
13 56 (9.54%) Migration
14 54 (9.20%) Change Management
15 50 (8.52%) DevSecOps
16 48 (8.18%) Project Management
17 45 (7.67%) Data Protection
18 41 (6.98%) Matrix Organization
18 41 (6.98%) Project Delivery
19 37 (6.30%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 75 (12.78%) Python
2 42 (7.16%) Java
3 37 (6.30%) SQL
4 26 (4.43%) PowerShell
5 15 (2.56%) Go
6 14 (2.39%) Bash
7 9 (1.53%) Rust
8 7 (1.19%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.02%) C#
9 6 (1.02%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.85%) VB
11 4 (0.68%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.51%) ABAP
12 3 (0.51%) JCL
12 3 (0.51%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.34%) Korn
13 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.34%) PromQL
13 2 (0.34%) VBA
14 1 (0.17%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 42 (7.16%) Degree
2 23 (3.92%) PMP
2 23 (3.92%) Security Cleared
3 22 (3.75%) CISM
3 22 (3.75%) CISSP
4 19 (3.24%) PMI Certification
4 19 (3.24%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 14 (2.39%) CCSP
5 14 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.04%) AWS Certification
7 10 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.36%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.68%) JNCIA
11 4 (0.68%) JNCIS
12 3 (0.51%) CRISC
12 3 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.26%) PMO
2 21 (3.58%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.90%) QA
4 16 (2.73%) GDPR
5 15 (2.56%) NIST
6 8 (1.36%) SLA
7 7 (1.19%) GRC
7 7 (1.19%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.51%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.34%) GLBA
10 2 (0.34%) IFRS
10 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.17%) GxP
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 23 (3.92%) Docker
2 12 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.04%) RACF
3 10 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.85%) vSphere
5 3 (0.51%) ACF2
5 3 (0.51%) KVM
6 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.34%) SRDF
6 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 62 (10.56%) Kubernetes
2 42 (7.16%) Ansible
3 37 (6.30%) Terraform
4 17 (2.90%) Grafana
4 17 (2.90%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.53%) OMEGAMON
7 8 (1.36%) Control-M
8 6 (1.02%) Argo
8 6 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.85%) Kustomize
9 5 (0.85%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.68%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.68%) Puppet
11 3 (0.51%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.34%) Consul
12 2 (0.34%) IBM Guardium
12 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.34%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 95 (16.18%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.79%) SAP
3 31 (5.28%) Google
4 24 (4.09%) Oracle
5 23 (3.92%) IBM
6 22 (3.75%) Splunk
7 21 (3.58%) ServiceNow
8 15 (2.56%) Foundry
9 10 (1.70%) VMware
10 9 (1.53%) Databricks
10 9 (1.53%) Dell
11 8 (1.36%) Concur
11 8 (1.36%) Sonatype
12 7 (1.19%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.02%) Apple
13 6 (1.02%) Workday
14 5 (0.85%) BiZZdesign
14 5 (0.85%) Black Duck
14 5 (0.85%) Fortinet
14 5 (0.85%) Okta