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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 563 361 278
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 19.96% 24.61% 17.51%
As % of the General category 37.28% 39.11% 32.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 242 164
10th Percentile £400 £327 £379
25th Percentile £414 £384 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £484 £506
Median % change year-on-year +7.13% -4.40% -7.95%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £642 £700
England median daily rate £550 £550 £593
% change year-on-year - -7.17% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 3
10th Percentile £18.95 - £18.76
25th Percentile £22.20 £15.00 £19.51
Median hourly rate £35.00 £16.76 £20.74
Median % change year-on-year +108.89% -19.21% -
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.13 £45.37
90th Percentile - £23.05 £60.15
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.89 £38.12
% change year-on-year +33.66% -13.72% +36.24%

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 1,510 923 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 53.55% 62.92% 54.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 949 575 482
10th Percentile £312 £255 £295
25th Percentile £408 £365 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £558 £585
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 40 63
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.66 £12.15
25th Percentile £17.94 £17.48 £12.83
Median hourly rate £24.89 £22.14 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +12.40% +51.38% -23.03%
75th Percentile £36.61 £25.03 £22.00
90th Percentile £44.48 £81.25 £40.00
England median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +35.15% -34.02% +27.07%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 0 344 £519 +11.37% 72
West Yorkshire -2 180 £500 -1.72% 171
North Yorkshire 0 28 £488 -6.02% 26
East Yorkshire -12 1 - - 10
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 29 (5.15%) Confluence
2 17 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.18%) CICS
6 1 (0.18%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) nginx
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.36%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) Maple
Business Applications
1 18 (3.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.53%) Maximo
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.36%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.36%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.36%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.18%) Actimize
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.18%) Exstream
6 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI-AP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.18%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 94 (16.70%) Azure
2 93 (16.52%) GCP
3 67 (11.90%) AWS
4 32 (5.68%) Power Platform
5 31 (5.51%) GitHub
6 26 (4.62%) OpenShift
7 24 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (3.55%) Entra ID
9 19 (3.37%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (2.84%) SaaS
11 14 (2.49%) PowerApps
12 10 (1.78%) Azure AI
13 9 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (1.42%) Copilot Studio
15 7 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (1.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (1.07%) OneDrive
16 6 (1.07%) Power Automate
17 4 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.86%) Network Security
2 12 (2.13%) Firewall
3 9 (1.60%) SSL
4 8 (1.42%) DNS
5 6 (1.07%) VPN
6 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.53%) LAN
7 3 (0.53%) SAN
7 3 (0.53%) WAN
8 2 (0.36%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.36%) DHCP
8 2 (0.36%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.36%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.36%) Multicast
9 1 (0.18%) DMZ
9 1 (0.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (0.18%) HTTP
9 1 (0.18%) PSTN
9 1 (0.18%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.84%) Power BI
2 14 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.24%) Metadata
4 7 (1.24%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.24%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.89%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.71%) Db2
7 3 (0.53%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.53%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.36%) Big Data
8 2 (0.36%) Tableau
9 1 (0.18%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.18%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.18%) Redis
9 1 (0.18%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 44 (7.82%) JIRA
2 33 (5.86%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.60%) Git
4 6 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.71%) Liquibase
5 4 (0.71%) Selenium
6 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.53%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.53%) GitLab
7 2 (0.36%) Flyway
7 2 (0.36%) git-flow
7 2 (0.36%) JUnit
7 2 (0.36%) Mockito
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.18%) Gradle
8 1 (0.18%) Hudson
8 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 186 (33.04%) Social Skills
2 129 (22.91%) Banking
3 90 (15.99%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.64%) Legal
5 31 (5.51%) Financial Institution
6 28 (4.97%) Public Sector
7 25 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (2.49%) Law
9 14 (2.49%) Retail
10 10 (1.78%) Billing
10 10 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.42%) Private Banking
13 7 (1.24%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.89%) Publishing
15 4 (0.71%) Social Science
16 3 (0.53%) Advertising
16 3 (0.53%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 93 (16.52%) Lead
2 64 (11.37%) Analyst
3 59 (10.48%) Developer
4 58 (10.30%) Architect
5 44 (7.82%) Senior
6 33 (5.86%) Consultant
7 30 (5.33%) Project Manager
8 26 (4.62%) DevOps Engineer
9 23 (4.09%) Business Analyst
10 16 (2.84%) DevSecOps Consultant
10 16 (2.84%) Java Developer
10 16 (2.84%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (2.31%) Administrator
11 13 (2.31%) Financial Analyst
12 12 (2.13%) Python Developer
13 10 (1.78%) Data Architect
13 10 (1.78%) Data Engineer
13 10 (1.78%) Designer
13 10 (1.78%) Lead Architect
13 10 (1.78%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.26%) REST
2 19 (3.37%) React
3 15 (2.66%) Kafka
4 13 (2.31%) Node.js
4 13 (2.31%) RESTful
5 12 (2.13%) Middleware
5 12 (2.13%) OAuth
5 12 (2.13%) Spring Boot
6 10 (1.78%) .NET
6 10 (1.78%) OAuth2
6 10 (1.78%) OpenID
7 9 (1.60%) ISPF
7 9 (1.60%) SAML
8 8 (1.42%) Spring
9 7 (1.24%) OpenTelemetry
10 6 (1.07%) ASP.NET
10 6 (1.07%) Hibernate
10 6 (1.07%) JWT
10 6 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (1.07%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.99%) Cloud Native
2 34 (6.04%) Data Protection Act
3 33 (5.86%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.26%) Mainframe
5 22 (3.91%) AI Agents
6 21 (3.73%) Data Centre
6 21 (3.73%) Onboarding
7 17 (3.02%) Virtual Team
8 15 (2.66%) Public Cloud
9 13 (2.31%) Management Information System
9 13 (2.31%) Security Posture
10 10 (1.78%) Clustering
10 10 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.42%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.07%) Podcast
13 6 (1.07%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.09%) Linux
2 13 (2.31%) zOS
3 12 (2.13%) Windows
4 11 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.07%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.89%) Android
6 5 (0.89%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.71%) Unix
7 4 (0.71%) VMS
8 2 (0.36%) MVS
9 1 (0.18%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Check Point GAiA
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (27.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 108 (19.18%) CI/CD
3 99 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 97 (17.23%) DevOps
5 96 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
6 87 (15.45%) Agile
7 82 (14.56%) Roadmaps
8 78 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 68 (12.08%) AI
10 67 (11.90%) Risk Management
11 56 (9.95%) Cybersecurity
12 53 (9.41%) Change Management
13 52 (9.24%) DevSecOps
13 52 (9.24%) Observability
14 48 (8.53%) Migration
15 43 (7.64%) Data Protection
16 42 (7.46%) Project Management
17 39 (6.93%) Decision-Making
18 38 (6.75%) Project Delivery
19 36 (6.39%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 74 (13.14%) Python
2 40 (7.10%) Java
3 29 (5.15%) SQL
4 23 (4.09%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.49%) Bash
5 14 (2.49%) Go
6 7 (1.24%) C#
6 7 (1.24%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.24%) Rust
7 6 (1.07%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.71%) Kotlin
8 4 (0.71%) VB
9 3 (0.53%) ABAP
9 3 (0.53%) JCL
9 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.36%) PromQL
11 1 (0.18%) COBOL
11 1 (0.18%) REXX
11 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (6.93%) Degree
2 22 (3.91%) CISM
3 21 (3.73%) PMP
4 19 (3.37%) CISSP
4 19 (3.37%) Security Cleared
5 15 (2.66%) PMI Certification
5 15 (2.66%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (2.49%) CCSP
6 14 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (1.95%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.07%) CRISC
8 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.89%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.71%) CISA
10 4 (0.71%) JNCIA
10 4 (0.71%) JNCIS
10 4 (0.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.91%) Data Quality
1 22 (3.91%) PMO
2 15 (2.66%) QA
3 11 (1.95%) GDPR
4 10 (1.78%) NIST
5 9 (1.60%) SLA
6 5 (0.89%) GRC
6 5 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 5 (0.89%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.53%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.53%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.36%) IFRS
8 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.18%) GxP
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (3.55%) Docker
2 12 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.13%) RACF
3 11 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.89%) vSphere
6 3 (0.53%) ACF2
6 3 (0.53%) KVM
7 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.36%) SRDF
7 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 63 (11.19%) Kubernetes
2 36 (6.39%) Ansible
2 36 (6.39%) Terraform
3 14 (2.49%) Grafana
3 14 (2.49%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.60%) OMEGAMON
6 8 (1.42%) Control-M
7 6 (1.07%) Argo
7 6 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.89%) Kustomize
8 5 (0.89%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.71%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.71%) Puppet
10 3 (0.53%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.36%) Consul
11 2 (0.36%) IBM Guardium
11 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.36%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 89 (15.81%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.68%) Google
3 30 (5.33%) SAP
4 25 (4.44%) Oracle
5 24 (4.26%) IBM
6 19 (3.37%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.66%) Foundry
8 12 (2.13%) Splunk
9 10 (1.78%) VMware
10 9 (1.60%) Databricks
11 8 (1.42%) Concur
12 7 (1.24%) Dell
12 7 (1.24%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.07%) Apple
13 6 (1.07%) Okta
14 5 (0.89%) Black Duck
14 5 (0.89%) Fortinet
14 5 (0.89%) Workday
15 4 (0.71%) Cisco
15 4 (0.71%) Juniper