Finance Contracts in the North of England

Financial
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 617 842 1,011
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 13.31% 14.74% 14.08%
As % of the General category 24.38% 26.49% 27.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 571 718
10th Percentile £313 £363 £315
25th Percentile £402 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £615 £591
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £595 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -0.83% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 5 22
10th Percentile £11.77 £14.69 £9.26
25th Percentile £13.23 £15.72 £12.52
Median hourly rate £14.80 £27.98 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.10% +92.97% -18.99%
75th Percentile £34.21 £32.89 £22.92
90th Percentile £52.78 £61.16 £35.28
England median hourly rate £26.97 £25.71 £33.00
% change year-on-year +4.90% -22.09% +50.00%

All General Skills
North of England

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,531 3,178 3,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.59% 55.63% 50.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,483 2,191 2,589
10th Percentile £263 £300 £208
25th Percentile £400 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £563
90th Percentile £669 £688 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 92 185
10th Percentile £12.11 £14.28 £11.21
25th Percentile £13.30 £16.85 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.06 £25.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.76% +25.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £31.94 £37.30 £34.09
90th Percentile £48.75 £53.31 £55.43
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.15% +51.16% -4.44%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North of England region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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
North West +3 356 £500 - 508
Yorkshire -2 237 £500 -9.09% 243
North East +3 19 £500 -16.67% 103
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (1.94%) Confluence
2 9 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.81%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.65%) IIS
6 3 (0.49%) nginx
7 2 (0.32%) Apache
7 2 (0.32%) CMS
7 2 (0.32%) Traefik
8 1 (0.16%) JBoss
8 1 (0.16%) Mule
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.16%) SAS
8 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 55 (8.91%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (5.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.08%) MS Visio
4 17 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (4.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.94%) SAP FI
3 7 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.97%) SAP CO
4 6 (0.97%) Temenos T24
5 5 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.65%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.49%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.32%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.32%) SAP CRM
8 2 (0.32%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.16%) Primavera
9 1 (0.16%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
9 1 (0.16%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 46 (7.46%) Azure
2 36 (5.83%) Dynamics 365
3 35 (5.67%) Power Platform
4 28 (4.54%) AWS
5 13 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (1.78%) SaaS
7 9 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.46%) GCP
7 9 (1.46%) PaaS
7 9 (1.46%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.30%) IaaS
9 6 (0.97%) Serverless
10 5 (0.81%) Apigee
10 5 (0.81%) Kong
11 4 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (0.65%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.65%) npm
11 4 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (0.65%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.49%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.76%) DMZ
1 17 (2.76%) SD-WAN
2 15 (2.43%) Wireless
3 13 (2.11%) Cisco IOS
3 13 (2.11%) Cisco Nexus
4 11 (1.78%) DNS
5 9 (1.46%) ATM
6 7 (1.13%) DHCP
6 7 (1.13%) Firewall
7 5 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.65%) HTTP
8 4 (0.65%) SAN
8 4 (0.65%) Skype
9 3 (0.49%) WAN
10 2 (0.32%) DSL
10 2 (0.32%) InfiniBand
10 2 (0.32%) PPP
10 2 (0.32%) RTP
10 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.19%) Power BI
2 21 (3.40%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.78%) Big Data
4 8 (1.30%) Metadata
4 8 (1.30%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.97%) Ingres
5 6 (0.97%) Tableau
6 5 (0.81%) BigQuery
6 5 (0.81%) DB2
6 5 (0.81%) OLAP
6 5 (0.81%) OLTP
6 5 (0.81%) Oracle OLAP
7 4 (0.65%) MySQL
7 4 (0.65%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.49%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.32%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 35 (5.67%) JIRA
2 13 (2.11%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.13%) Git
4 5 (0.81%) GitLab
5 4 (0.65%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.65%) ERwin
5 4 (0.65%) JUnit
6 3 (0.49%) JMeter
7 2 (0.32%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.32%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.32%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.16%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.16%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.16%) Log4j
8 1 (0.16%) Postman
8 1 (0.16%) RStudio
8 1 (0.16%) Selenium
8 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 162 (26.26%) Social Skills
2 109 (17.67%) Banking
3 75 (12.16%) Public Sector
4 57 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (6.81%) Manufacturing
6 26 (4.21%) Telecoms
7 23 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (3.57%) Marketing
9 21 (3.40%) Retail
10 16 (2.59%) Electronics
11 13 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (1.94%) Local Government
13 11 (1.78%) Billing
13 11 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.78%) Legal
14 9 (1.46%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.30%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.13%) Police
Job Titles
1 78 (12.64%) Analyst
2 70 (11.35%) Project Manager
3 62 (10.05%) Architect
4 48 (7.78%) Lead
5 34 (5.51%) Developer
5 34 (5.51%) Senior
6 33 (5.35%) Consultant
7 31 (5.02%) Business Analyst
8 26 (4.21%) Data Analyst
9 25 (4.05%) Network Engineer
9 25 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (3.24%) Administrator
11 17 (2.76%) Cutover Manager
12 16 (2.59%) Programme Manager
13 14 (2.27%) Trainer
14 13 (2.11%) SAP Consultant
14 13 (2.11%) Senior Manager
15 12 (1.94%) Data Centre Engineer
15 12 (1.94%) Delivery Manager
15 12 (1.94%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.94%) Kafka
2 9 (1.46%) .NET
2 9 (1.46%) Middleware
3 8 (1.30%) React
4 7 (1.13%) Gherkin
4 7 (1.13%) Web Services
5 6 (0.97%) AngularJS
5 6 (0.97%) IBM Integration Bus
5 6 (0.97%) REST
5 6 (0.97%) RESTful
5 6 (0.97%) SOAP
5 6 (0.97%) Spring
6 5 (0.81%) J2EE
6 5 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.65%) Apache Camel
7 4 (0.65%) Node.js
7 4 (0.65%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.65%) Spring Integration
8 3 (0.49%) CSS
8 3 (0.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.02%) Data Centre
2 22 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 15 (2.43%) Public Cloud
4 13 (2.11%) Driving Licence
5 12 (1.94%) Mainframe
5 12 (1.94%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (1.46%) EPoS
6 9 (1.46%) Smartphone
7 8 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.13%) Clustering
8 7 (1.13%) NHS
8 7 (1.13%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.81%) DataPower
10 5 (0.81%) Life Science
10 5 (0.81%) PKI
10 5 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 4 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.65%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.02%) Windows
2 24 (3.89%) Linux
3 11 (1.78%) Unix
4 9 (1.46%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.30%) VMS
6 7 (1.13%) MVS
6 7 (1.13%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.97%) Windows 7
7 6 (0.97%) zOS
8 5 (0.81%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.65%) Android
9 4 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.32%) CentOS
11 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (17.34%) Agile
2 97 (15.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 89 (14.42%) Project Management
4 67 (10.86%) Change Management
5 60 (9.72%) Migration
5 60 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (8.10%) DevOps
7 49 (7.94%) Business Intelligence
8 39 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (6.32%) ERP
9 36 (5.83%) Decision-Making
10 34 (5.51%) CI/CD
10 34 (5.51%) Risk Management
11 33 (5.35%) Analytics
11 33 (5.35%) Waterfall
12 30 (4.86%) ITSM
13 29 (4.70%) Programme Management
14 28 (4.54%) Validation
15 26 (4.21%) ITIL
15 26 (4.21%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (5.51%) SQL
2 24 (3.89%) Python
3 21 (3.40%) Java
4 11 (1.78%) PowerShell
5 10 (1.62%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.46%) Bash
7 7 (1.13%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.13%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.81%) C#
8 5 (0.81%) Ruby
9 4 (0.65%) Perl
10 3 (0.49%) C
10 3 (0.49%) Groovy
10 3 (0.49%) R
10 3 (0.49%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.32%) Go
11 2 (0.32%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.16%) JCL
12 1 (0.16%) Scala
12 1 (0.16%) X++
Qualifications
1 53 (8.59%) Degree
2 36 (5.83%) Security Cleared
3 28 (4.54%) SC Cleared
4 10 (1.62%) PMI Certification
4 10 (1.62%) PMP
5 8 (1.30%) CCNA
5 8 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.81%) A+ Certification
9 4 (0.65%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.65%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.65%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.49%) CISSP
10 3 (0.49%) HNC
10 3 (0.49%) NVQ Level 4
11 2 (0.32%) ACCA
11 2 (0.32%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.70%) SLA
2 22 (3.57%) QA
3 21 (3.40%) PMO
4 16 (2.59%) GDPR
5 13 (2.11%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.62%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.81%) NIST
8 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.32%) COSO
9 2 (0.32%) GRC
9 2 (0.32%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.32%) ISO 31000
9 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.32%) NCSC
9 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 16 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.13%) Docker
4 5 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.65%) KVM
5 4 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.32%) Firmware
7 1 (0.16%) IAG
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (2.11%) Ansible
2 11 (1.78%) Terraform
3 8 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.81%) Puppet
5 5 (0.81%) SCCM
6 4 (0.65%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.49%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.49%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 2 (0.32%) CFEngine
8 2 (0.32%) Consul
8 2 (0.32%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.32%) HAProxy
8 2 (0.32%) Istio
8 2 (0.32%) linkerd
8 2 (0.32%) Packer
8 2 (0.32%) PowerBroker
8 2 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 79 (12.80%) Microsoft
2 63 (10.21%) SAP
3 24 (3.89%) Oracle
4 22 (3.57%) F5
5 18 (2.92%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.59%) Palo Alto
7 15 (2.43%) Cisco
8 12 (1.94%) EMC
9 10 (1.62%) VMware
10 9 (1.46%) Databricks
10 9 (1.46%) IBM
11 7 (1.13%) Avaloq
11 7 (1.13%) Google
11 7 (1.13%) Sparx
12 6 (0.97%) Adobe
12 6 (0.97%) CA
12 6 (0.97%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.97%) Splunk
13 5 (0.81%) Sage
13 5 (0.81%) TSYS