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 21 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 447 174 298
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 21.44% 19.06% 16.17%
As % of the General category 36.85% 32.52% 28.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 89 193
10th Percentile £323 £300 £310
25th Percentile £428 £413 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +7.89% -9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £555
90th Percentile £700 £650 £600
England median daily rate £534 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -9.11% +2.17% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £10.72
25th Percentile - - £11.18
Median hourly rate - - £12.75
75th Percentile - - £13.23
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.75 £35.00 £23.88
% change year-on-year -32.14% +46.60% -4.50%

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 1,213 535 1,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 58.18% 58.60% 56.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 815 306 635
10th Percentile £284 £250 £199
25th Percentile £402 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £686 £638 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 17 46
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.84 £11.24
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.25 £12.53
Median hourly rate £21.30 £22.50 £14.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +55.01% -29.00%
75th Percentile £49.75 £34.15 £15.25
90th Percentile £57.55 £41.90 £22.36
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.28% +18.38% -12.61%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 0 292 £500 -6.37% 65
West Yorkshire -4 121 £550 +28.65% 106
North Yorkshire 0 22 £700 +27.27% 16
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 39 (8.72%) Confluence
2 27 (6.04%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.46%) TPMS
4 9 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.45%) CICS
5 2 (0.45%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) nginx
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 47 (10.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (5.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.34%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.89%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.89%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.89%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.67%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.45%) VisionPLUS
6 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.22%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.22%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP MRS
6 1 (0.22%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 63 (14.09%) GCP
2 54 (12.08%) AWS
3 52 (11.63%) Azure
4 34 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (6.26%) Power Platform
6 26 (5.82%) GitHub
7 25 (5.59%) Serverless
8 23 (5.15%) Entra ID
9 18 (4.03%) OneDrive
10 14 (3.13%) OpenShift
11 12 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (2.68%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (2.01%) AWS KMS
13 7 (1.57%) Rubrik
13 7 (1.57%) SaaS
14 4 (0.89%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.89%) IaaS
14 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.25%) Firewall
2 13 (2.91%) SSL
3 11 (2.46%) SNMP
3 11 (2.46%) SSH
4 10 (2.24%) DNS
5 7 (1.57%) Internet
6 6 (1.34%) Kerberos
6 6 (1.34%) Network Security
7 5 (1.12%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.67%) VPN
8 3 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.45%) DHCP
10 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 1 (0.22%) IPsec
10 1 (0.22%) LAN
10 1 (0.22%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.22%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.61%) NoSQL
2 32 (7.16%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (6.04%) Power BI
4 9 (2.01%) Power Query
5 8 (1.79%) PowerPivot
6 6 (1.34%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.12%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.89%) Metadata
9 3 (0.67%) GIS
9 3 (0.67%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.67%) MySQL
10 2 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.22%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.22%) Data Mart
11 1 (0.22%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.22%) Pinecone
11 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.22%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 65 (14.54%) Jenkins
2 60 (13.42%) JIRA
3 37 (8.28%) GitLab
4 21 (4.70%) Liquibase
5 15 (3.36%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.79%) Git
6 8 (1.79%) Jaeger
7 6 (1.34%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.34%) REST Assured
7 6 (1.34%) Selenium
8 4 (0.89%) Maven
9 3 (0.67%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.67%) Gradle
9 3 (0.67%) PyCharm
10 2 (0.45%) ChangeMan
10 2 (0.45%) JUnit
10 2 (0.45%) Log4j
10 2 (0.45%) Mockito
10 2 (0.45%) Subversion
11 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
General
1 180 (40.27%) Social Skills
2 126 (28.19%) Banking
3 47 (10.51%) Financial Institution
4 46 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (6.71%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (6.04%) Public Sector
7 14 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (1.79%) Legal
8 8 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.34%) Retail
10 5 (1.12%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.12%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.12%) Law
11 4 (0.89%) Digital Health
12 3 (0.67%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.67%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.45%) Local Government
13 2 (0.45%) Marketing
13 2 (0.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (15.21%) Analyst
2 57 (12.75%) Project Manager
3 43 (9.62%) Business Analyst
4 40 (8.95%) Senior
5 34 (7.61%) Architect
6 28 (6.26%) Developer
7 22 (4.92%) Lead
8 18 (4.03%) Software Engineer
9 17 (3.80%) Cloud Engineer
9 17 (3.80%) Consultant
9 17 (3.80%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (3.80%) GCP Engineer
10 13 (2.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (2.91%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (2.91%) Support Manager
11 11 (2.46%) Cryptography Engineer
11 11 (2.46%) IT Manager
11 11 (2.46%) Programme Manager
11 11 (2.46%) SAP Manager
11 11 (2.46%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.50%) REST
2 31 (6.94%) RESTful
3 26 (5.82%) Elastic Stack
4 16 (3.58%) OpenTelemetry
5 14 (3.13%) Kafka
6 13 (2.91%) Spring Boot
7 11 (2.46%) Microsoft Graph
7 11 (2.46%) Middleware
8 8 (1.79%) SailPoint
9 7 (1.57%) JSON
9 7 (1.57%) LDAP
10 6 (1.34%) OAuth
10 6 (1.34%) OpenID
10 6 (1.34%) SAML
10 6 (1.34%) TensorFlow
11 5 (1.12%) React
12 4 (0.89%) .NET
12 4 (0.89%) FastAPI
12 4 (0.89%) Spring
13 3 (0.67%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.83%) Distributed Systems
2 32 (7.16%) Cloud Native
3 31 (6.94%) Public Cloud
4 25 (5.59%) Onboarding
5 23 (5.15%) Product Ownership
6 20 (4.47%) Data Centre
7 18 (4.03%) Management Information System
8 17 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.57%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.34%) SCADA
12 5 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.89%) Credit Risk
13 4 (0.89%) Mainframe
14 3 (0.67%) CMDB
14 3 (0.67%) Hedge funds
14 3 (0.67%) Online Banking
14 3 (0.67%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 54 (12.08%) Linux
2 27 (6.04%) Windows
3 10 (2.24%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.89%) VMS
5 3 (0.67%) Unix
6 2 (0.45%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (24.38%) Agile
2 95 (21.25%) DevOps
3 87 (19.46%) Cybersecurity
4 86 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (18.79%) CI/CD
5 84 (18.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 55 (12.30%) Migration
7 52 (11.63%) Project Management
8 49 (10.96%) Computer Science
8 49 (10.96%) Decision-Making
8 49 (10.96%) Microservices
9 45 (10.07%) Infrastructure as Code
9 45 (10.07%) Roadmaps
10 43 (9.62%) Cryptography
11 41 (9.17%) Containerisation
11 41 (9.17%) Data Security
11 41 (9.17%) Root Cause Analysis
12 40 (8.95%) Observability
13 39 (8.72%) Change Management
13 39 (8.72%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 79 (17.67%) Python
2 52 (11.63%) SQL
3 37 (8.28%) Java
4 32 (7.16%) Go
5 17 (3.80%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.01%) Rust
6 9 (2.01%) VBA
7 8 (1.79%) Bash
8 4 (0.89%) C#
9 3 (0.67%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.67%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.67%) VB
10 2 (0.45%) COBOL
10 2 (0.45%) Groovy
10 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.22%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.22%) JCL
11 1 (0.22%) Korn
11 1 (0.22%) REXX
Qualifications
1 64 (14.32%) Degree
2 34 (7.61%) Master's Degree
3 31 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (3.80%) CISSP
5 15 (3.36%) Security Cleared
6 14 (3.13%) CISM
6 14 (3.13%) PMP
7 11 (2.46%) AWS Certification
7 11 (2.46%) FFIEC
8 10 (2.24%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (1.79%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.57%) ACSP
10 7 (1.57%) ACTC
11 5 (1.12%) PhD
11 5 (1.12%) SC Cleared
12 4 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.89%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 4 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.49%) GDPR
2 23 (5.15%) NIST
3 19 (4.25%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.25%) PMO
4 14 (3.13%) PCI DSS
5 12 (2.68%) QA
6 11 (2.46%) GLBA
7 7 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.34%) SLA
9 4 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.67%) GRC
10 3 (0.67%) PSD2
11 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.22%) Basel III
11 1 (0.22%) COBIT
System Software
1 46 (10.29%) Docker
2 15 (3.36%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.89%) vSphere
5 3 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.45%) KVM
6 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.22%) XenApp
7 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 59 (13.20%) Kubernetes
2 52 (11.63%) Ansible
3 43 (9.62%) Grafana
4 40 (8.95%) Prometheus
5 39 (8.72%) Terraform
6 8 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (1.79%) Kiali
7 6 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.89%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.67%) Control-M
10 2 (0.45%) Argo
10 2 (0.45%) CA Endevor
10 2 (0.45%) IBM Guardium
10 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.45%) Nessus
10 2 (0.45%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.45%) Puppet
11 1 (0.22%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.22%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 75 (16.78%) Microsoft
2 58 (12.98%) Splunk
3 34 (7.61%) ServiceNow
4 22 (4.92%) Google
5 18 (4.03%) SAP
6 13 (2.91%) Sonatype
7 10 (2.24%) BiZZdesign
7 10 (2.24%) Oracle
7 10 (2.24%) Thales
8 9 (2.01%) Apple
9 6 (1.34%) VMware
10 5 (1.12%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.12%) IFS
10 5 (1.12%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.89%) Dell
12 3 (0.67%) Ariba
12 3 (0.67%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.67%) F5
12 3 (0.67%) Planview
12 3 (0.67%) Workday