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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 610 848 1,013
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 13.23% 15.07% 14.12%
As % of the General category 23.98% 27.01% 27.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 567 715
10th Percentile £313 £363 £314
25th Percentile £406 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £592 £603 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £683
England median daily rate £596 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -0.67% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 6 22
10th Percentile £11.77 £14.86 £9.26
25th Percentile £13.23 £17.42 £11.75
Median hourly rate £15.11 £25.26 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.19% +74.17% -18.99%
75th Percentile £34.21 £31.66 £22.92
90th Percentile £52.78 £56.45 £45.03
England median hourly rate £26.97 £25.71 £33.57
% change year-on-year +4.90% -23.41% +56.50%

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 2,544 3,139 3,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 55.16% 55.77% 50.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,493 2,149 2,586
10th Percentile £267 £300 £208
25th Percentile £400 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% +6.50%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £564
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 95 185
10th Percentile £12.11 £14.10 £11.19
25th Percentile £13.30 £16.85 £14.64
Median hourly rate £16.06 £23.15 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -30.63% +20.29% +4.93%
75th Percentile £33.91 £35.02 £34.09
90th Percentile £48.75 £53.20 £55.43
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.00 £21.78
% change year-on-year -5.75% +46.91% -0.99%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +3 351 £493 -1.40% 548
Yorkshire -2 236 £500 -9.09% 279
North East +3 18 £500 -16.67% 130
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 14 (2.30%) Confluence
2 9 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.66%) IIS
7 3 (0.49%) nginx
8 2 (0.33%) Apache
8 2 (0.33%) CMS
8 2 (0.33%) Traefik
9 1 (0.16%) JBoss
9 1 (0.16%) Mule
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.16%) SAS
9 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 54 (8.85%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (5.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (3.44%) MS Visio
4 17 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (4.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.80%) SAP FI
3 8 (1.31%) Temenos T24
4 7 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.82%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.66%) Sage X3
6 4 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.49%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 2 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.33%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.33%) SAP CRM
8 2 (0.33%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.16%) Hyperion Planning
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
Cloud Services
1 47 (7.70%) Azure
2 35 (5.74%) Dynamics 365
3 32 (5.25%) Power Platform
4 26 (4.26%) AWS
5 13 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (1.80%) SaaS
7 10 (1.64%) GCP
8 9 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.48%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.15%) Apigee
9 7 (1.15%) Kong
9 7 (1.15%) PaaS
10 6 (0.98%) IaaS
10 6 (0.98%) Serverless
11 4 (0.66%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.66%) npm
11 4 (0.66%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.49%) GitHub
13 2 (0.33%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.79%) DMZ
1 17 (2.79%) SD-WAN
2 15 (2.46%) Wireless
3 13 (2.13%) Cisco IOS
3 13 (2.13%) Cisco Nexus
4 10 (1.64%) DNS
5 9 (1.48%) ATM
6 7 (1.15%) Firewall
7 6 (0.98%) DHCP
8 4 (0.66%) HTTP
8 4 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (0.66%) SAN
8 4 (0.66%) Skype
8 4 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.49%) WAN
10 2 (0.33%) LAN
10 2 (0.33%) Network Security
10 2 (0.33%) PPP
10 2 (0.33%) RTP
10 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.75%) Power BI
2 21 (3.44%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.80%) Big Data
4 10 (1.64%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.15%) OLAP
5 7 (1.15%) OLTP
6 6 (0.98%) BigQuery
6 6 (0.98%) Ingres
6 6 (0.98%) Metadata
6 6 (0.98%) Oracle OLAP
7 5 (0.82%) DB2
7 5 (0.82%) Tableau
8 4 (0.66%) Data Vault
8 4 (0.66%) MySQL
8 4 (0.66%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.33%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 40 (6.56%) JIRA
2 11 (1.80%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.31%) Git
4 6 (0.98%) JUnit
5 5 (0.82%) GitLab
6 4 (0.66%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.49%) ERwin
7 3 (0.49%) JMeter
8 2 (0.33%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.33%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.33%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.16%) AppScan
9 1 (0.16%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.16%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.16%) Log4j
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.16%) Postman
9 1 (0.16%) RStudio
9 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 156 (25.57%) Social Skills
2 110 (18.03%) Banking
3 68 (11.15%) Public Sector
4 54 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (6.07%) Manufacturing
6 23 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 20 (3.28%) Marketing
8 20 (3.28%) Retail
9 12 (1.97%) Electronics
9 12 (1.97%) Local Government
9 12 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.80%) Legal
11 9 (1.48%) Billing
11 9 (1.48%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.31%) Investment Banking
12 8 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.15%) Police
Job Titles
1 71 (11.64%) Project Manager
2 70 (11.48%) Analyst
3 63 (10.33%) Architect
4 45 (7.38%) Lead
5 36 (5.90%) Developer
6 35 (5.74%) Senior
7 33 (5.41%) Consultant
8 30 (4.92%) Business Analyst
9 26 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
10 25 (4.10%) Network Engineer
11 21 (3.44%) Administrator
12 20 (3.28%) Data Analyst
13 17 (2.79%) Cutover Manager
14 16 (2.62%) Programme Manager
15 14 (2.30%) Senior Manager
15 14 (2.30%) Trainer
16 13 (2.13%) SAP Consultant
17 12 (1.97%) Delivery Manager
17 12 (1.97%) Finance Manager
18 11 (1.80%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.30%) Kafka
2 9 (1.48%) .NET
2 9 (1.48%) Gherkin
2 9 (1.48%) Middleware
2 9 (1.48%) Web Services
3 8 (1.31%) IBM Integration Bus
3 8 (1.31%) React
3 8 (1.31%) SOAP
3 8 (1.31%) Spring
4 7 (1.15%) J2EE
4 7 (1.15%) RabbitMQ
5 6 (0.98%) AngularJS
5 6 (0.98%) Apache Camel
5 6 (0.98%) REST
5 6 (0.98%) RESTful
5 6 (0.98%) Spring Boot
5 6 (0.98%) Spring Integration
6 4 (0.66%) Node.js
7 3 (0.49%) CSS
7 3 (0.49%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.92%) Data Centre
2 22 (3.61%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.30%) Product Ownership
4 13 (2.13%) Driving Licence
5 12 (1.97%) Mainframe
5 12 (1.97%) Public Cloud
6 9 (1.48%) EPoS
6 9 (1.48%) Smartphone
7 8 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.15%) Clustering
8 7 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.15%) DataPower
8 7 (1.15%) NHS
9 6 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.98%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.82%) Life Science
10 5 (0.82%) PKI
11 4 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.59%) Windows
2 23 (3.77%) Linux
3 10 (1.64%) Unix
4 8 (1.31%) VMS
5 7 (1.15%) MVS
5 7 (1.15%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.15%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.98%) zOS
7 5 (0.82%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.82%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.66%) Android
8 4 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.33%) CentOS
10 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (17.70%) Agile
2 98 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (15.08%) Project Management
4 66 (10.82%) Change Management
5 58 (9.51%) Migration
6 57 (9.34%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (8.36%) DevOps
8 44 (7.21%) Business Intelligence
9 38 (6.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (6.07%) Decision-Making
10 37 (6.07%) ERP
11 36 (5.90%) Risk Management
12 34 (5.57%) CI/CD
13 33 (5.41%) Waterfall
14 32 (5.25%) Analytics
15 28 (4.59%) Validation
16 26 (4.26%) ITSM
17 25 (4.10%) ITIL
17 25 (4.10%) Project Delivery
18 24 (3.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 32 (5.25%) SQL
2 25 (4.10%) Java
3 21 (3.44%) Python
4 11 (1.80%) PowerShell
5 10 (1.64%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.48%) Bash
7 7 (1.15%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.15%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.66%) C#
8 4 (0.66%) Perl
8 4 (0.66%) Ruby
9 3 (0.49%) C
9 3 (0.49%) Groovy
9 3 (0.49%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.33%) Go
10 2 (0.33%) R
10 2 (0.33%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.16%) ABAP
11 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) Scala
Qualifications
1 50 (8.20%) Degree
2 34 (5.57%) Security Cleared
3 26 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 10 (1.64%) PMI Certification
4 10 (1.64%) PMP
5 7 (1.15%) CCNA
5 7 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.66%) A+ Certification
8 4 (0.66%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.49%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.49%) CISSP
9 3 (0.49%) HNC
9 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.49%) NVQ Level 4
9 3 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.33%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.43%) SLA
2 23 (3.77%) QA
3 21 (3.44%) PMO
4 15 (2.46%) GDPR
5 12 (1.97%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.64%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.98%) NIST
8 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.33%) COSO
10 2 (0.33%) GRC
10 2 (0.33%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.33%) ISO 31000
10 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.33%) NCSC
10 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) GxP
11 1 (0.16%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 13 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.48%) Docker
2 9 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.49%) KVM
4 3 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.49%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) IAG
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (1.97%) Ansible
2 9 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (1.48%) Terraform
3 8 (1.31%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.66%) Puppet
4 4 (0.66%) SCCM
5 3 (0.49%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.49%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 3 (0.49%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.33%) Consul
6 2 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.33%) Graphite
6 2 (0.33%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.33%) Istio
6 2 (0.33%) linkerd
6 2 (0.33%) Packer
6 2 (0.33%) Podman
6 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.33%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.16%) VxRail
Vendors
1 76 (12.46%) Microsoft
2 56 (9.18%) SAP
3 24 (3.93%) Oracle
3 24 (3.93%) ServiceNow
4 22 (3.61%) F5
5 16 (2.62%) Palo Alto
6 15 (2.46%) Cisco
7 12 (1.97%) EMC
8 11 (1.80%) IBM
9 9 (1.48%) VMware
10 8 (1.31%) Databricks
11 7 (1.15%) Adobe
11 7 (1.15%) Avaloq
11 7 (1.15%) Google
11 7 (1.15%) TSYS
12 6 (0.98%) CA
12 6 (0.98%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.98%) Splunk
13 5 (0.82%) Ariba
13 5 (0.82%) Sage