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 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 420 211 327
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 22.12% 18.76% 18.30%
As % of the General category 37.53% 34.20% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 124 210
10th Percentile £313 £350 £310
25th Percentile £408 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £485
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +6.70% -6.73%
75th Percentile £587 £638 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £625
England median daily rate £537 £585 £583
% change year-on-year -8.21% +0.34% -1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £16.00 - £10.64
25th Percentile £17.50 - £10.97
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £11.59
75th Percentile £22.50 - £12.26
90th Percentile £24.00 - £12.63
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.30 £27.50
% change year-on-year -21.36% +10.16% +6.96%

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 common skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,119 617 1,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 58.93% 54.84% 56.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 763 342 640
10th Percentile £253 £250 £259
25th Percentile £384 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £649 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 23 24
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.64 £12.79
25th Percentile £15.19 £16.00 £15.12
Median hourly rate £21.30 £22.50 £18.32
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +22.82% -3.58%
75th Percentile £51.06 £40.13 £22.16
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.50 £39.82
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +29.36%

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025. 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 -1 261 £475 -11.63% 159
West Yorkshire +3 133 £550 +19.57% 280
North Yorkshire +4 12 £488 -9.30% 71
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 28 (6.67%) Confluence
2 17 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.67%) TPMS
4 6 (1.43%) CMS
5 5 (1.19%) CICS
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 52 (12.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.43%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.71%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.24%) InVision
7 1 (0.24%) Sketch
7 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.19%) VisionPLUS
4 3 (0.71%) Cloudability
4 3 (0.71%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.24%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 62 (14.76%) GCP
2 59 (14.05%) AWS
3 49 (11.67%) Azure
4 40 (9.52%) Power Platform
5 33 (7.86%) Serverless
6 16 (3.81%) Entra ID
6 16 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (3.33%) GitHub
8 13 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.14%) AWS KMS
9 9 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.67%) OpenShift
11 6 (1.43%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.43%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.19%) Azure AKS
13 3 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.71%) Collibra
13 3 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.71%) npm
13 3 (0.71%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.57%) Firewall
2 9 (2.14%) SSL
3 8 (1.90%) SSH
4 7 (1.67%) SNMP
5 6 (1.43%) Internet
5 6 (1.43%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.43%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.19%) DNS
7 3 (0.71%) Network Security
8 2 (0.48%) VPN
8 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.24%) DHCP
9 1 (0.24%) IPsec
9 1 (0.24%) LAN
9 1 (0.24%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.52%) Power BI
2 38 (9.05%) NoSQL
3 32 (7.62%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.57%) Power Query
5 13 (3.10%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.90%) PowerPivot
7 5 (1.19%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.19%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.95%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.95%) Metadata
9 3 (0.71%) MySQL
10 2 (0.48%) GIS
11 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
11 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.24%) IDMS
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 55 (13.10%) Jenkins
2 52 (12.38%) JIRA
3 38 (9.05%) GitLab
4 28 (6.67%) Liquibase
5 12 (2.86%) Git
6 8 (1.90%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.95%) Jaeger
7 4 (0.95%) Maven
7 4 (0.95%) Postman
8 3 (0.71%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.71%) Gradle
8 3 (0.71%) PyCharm
8 3 (0.71%) Selenium
9 2 (0.48%) Babel
9 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.48%) Mockito
9 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.48%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.48%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.48%) webpack
General
1 181 (43.10%) Social Skills
2 128 (30.48%) Banking
3 60 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (12.62%) Financial Institution
5 26 (6.19%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (3.57%) Legal
9 12 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.14%) Retail
11 7 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.43%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.19%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.19%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.19%) Law
14 4 (0.95%) Billing
14 4 (0.95%) Marketing
14 4 (0.95%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.71%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.71%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 75 (17.86%) Analyst
2 48 (11.43%) Project Manager
3 47 (11.19%) Senior
4 35 (8.33%) Business Analyst
5 30 (7.14%) Developer
6 29 (6.90%) Architect
7 23 (5.48%) Data Analyst
8 20 (4.76%) Software Engineer
9 18 (4.29%) Cloud Engineer
9 18 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
10 17 (4.05%) Consultant
10 17 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (3.81%) GCP Engineer
12 14 (3.33%) Financial Analyst
12 14 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (3.33%) Support Manager
13 13 (3.10%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (2.86%) IT Manager
15 11 (2.62%) Incident Manager
15 11 (2.62%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (9.76%) REST
2 37 (8.81%) RESTful
3 31 (7.38%) Elastic Stack
4 11 (2.62%) Spring Boot
5 10 (2.38%) .NET
6 9 (2.14%) Kafka
6 9 (2.14%) TensorFlow
7 8 (1.90%) OpenTelemetry
8 6 (1.43%) CSS
8 6 (1.43%) HTML
8 6 (1.43%) JSON
8 6 (1.43%) OAuth
8 6 (1.43%) SAML
8 6 (1.43%) Spring
9 5 (1.19%) Hugging Face
9 5 (1.19%) Middleware
9 5 (1.19%) OpenCV
9 5 (1.19%) PyTorch
9 5 (1.19%) Regular Expression
9 5 (1.19%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.52%) Public Cloud
2 36 (8.57%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (7.62%) Cloud Native
4 26 (6.19%) Onboarding
5 23 (5.48%) Data Centre
6 22 (5.24%) Product Ownership
7 16 (3.81%) Management Information System
8 14 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (2.86%) Mainframe
10 10 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.67%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.95%) CMDB
15 3 (0.71%) Credit Risk
15 3 (0.71%) Online Banking
15 3 (0.71%) SCADA
15 3 (0.71%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 51 (12.14%) Linux
2 27 (6.43%) Windows
3 11 (2.62%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.71%) Unix
4 3 (0.71%) VMS
4 3 (0.71%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (30.00%) Agile
2 91 (21.67%) Cybersecurity
3 90 (21.43%) DevOps
4 85 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 78 (18.57%) CI/CD
7 54 (12.86%) Decision-Making
8 52 (12.38%) Change Management
9 51 (12.14%) Project Management
10 50 (11.90%) Migration
11 47 (11.19%) Containerisation
11 47 (11.19%) Infrastructure as Code
11 47 (11.19%) Microservices
12 44 (10.48%) Computer Science
12 44 (10.48%) Cryptography
13 41 (9.76%) Software Engineering
14 39 (9.29%) Data Security
14 39 (9.29%) Roadmaps
14 39 (9.29%) Root Cause Analysis
15 37 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 78 (18.57%) Python
2 43 (10.24%) SQL
3 40 (9.52%) Go
4 30 (7.14%) Java
5 11 (2.62%) VBA
6 10 (2.38%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.14%) C#
8 8 (1.90%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.19%) COBOL
9 5 (1.19%) Rust
10 4 (0.95%) Bash
10 4 (0.95%) JCL
10 4 (0.95%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.24%) Bicep
12 1 (0.24%) C++
12 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.24%) Groovy
12 1 (0.24%) REXX
Qualifications
1 59 (14.05%) Degree
2 36 (8.57%) Master's Degree
3 32 (7.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (3.57%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.33%) CISSP
6 11 (2.62%) CISM
6 11 (2.62%) Security Cleared
7 9 (2.14%) ACSP
7 9 (2.14%) ACTC
7 9 (2.14%) PMP
8 8 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (1.67%) FFIEC
9 7 (1.67%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.19%) PhD
11 4 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.95%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.71%) GDPR
2 20 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.29%) NIST
3 18 (4.29%) PMO
4 11 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.62%) PCI DSS
4 11 (2.62%) QA
5 8 (1.90%) SLA
6 7 (1.67%) GLBA
6 7 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.71%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.71%) PSD2
8 2 (0.48%) COBIT
8 2 (0.48%) GRC
9 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.24%) Basel III
System Software
1 44 (10.48%) Docker
2 15 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.24%) XenApp
4 1 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (13.81%) Kubernetes
2 49 (11.67%) Terraform
3 48 (11.43%) Ansible
4 41 (9.76%) Grafana
5 39 (9.29%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.38%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.95%) Kiali
9 3 (0.71%) Control-M
9 3 (0.71%) Puppet
10 2 (0.48%) CA Endevor
10 2 (0.48%) IBM Guardium
10 2 (0.48%) Nessus
10 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (17.62%) Microsoft
2 47 (11.19%) Splunk
3 32 (7.62%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.76%) Google
4 20 (4.76%) SAP
5 11 (2.62%) Apple
6 9 (2.14%) Oracle
7 8 (1.90%) CyberArk
8 6 (1.43%) BiZZdesign
8 6 (1.43%) Sonatype
8 6 (1.43%) Thales
9 5 (1.19%) IFS
10 3 (0.71%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.71%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.71%) F5
10 3 (0.71%) Genesys
10 3 (0.71%) Planview
10 3 (0.71%) VMware
11 2 (0.48%) Computacenter
11 2 (0.48%) GoldenSource