Finance Contracts in the North West

Financial
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 348 384 522
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 13.04% 12.47% 12.92%
As % of the General category 24.40% 23.73% 25.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 271 364
10th Percentile £276 £363 £311
25th Percentile £389 £414 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £601 £600 £625
90th Percentile £738 £688 £700
England median daily rate £595 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -0.83% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 6 22
10th Percentile £11.77 £14.86 £9.37
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.42 £12.52
Median hourly rate £16.05 £25.26 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.47% +74.17% -18.99%
75th Percentile £34.32 £31.66 £22.92
90th Percentile £52.78 £56.45 £45.03
England median hourly rate £26.97 £25.71 £34.57
% change year-on-year +4.90% -25.63% +60.79%

All General Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,426 1,618 2,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.43% 52.55% 49.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 869 1,113 1,406
10th Percentile £300 £308 £229
25th Percentile £400 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 77 115
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.90 £11.21
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.85 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.86 £26.00 £23.39
Median % change year-on-year -31.31% +11.16% +4.16%
75th Percentile £36.95 £35.03 £48.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £53.13 £64.20
England median hourly rate £30.12 £32.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.88% +48.84% -2.27%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in the North West

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in the North West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in the North West

Finance
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Manchester +2 166 £475 -9.52% 290
Cheshire 0 85 £555 +14.17% 77
Cumbria +8 37 £575 +35.29% 22
Lancashire +17 28 £425 -15.00% 53
Merseyside +10 26 £200 -60.00% 58
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (2.87%) Confluence
2 6 (1.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.86%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.86%) nginx
4 2 (0.57%) Apache
4 2 (0.57%) Traefik
5 1 (0.29%) JBoss
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.29%) Mule
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.29%) SAS
5 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 40 (11.49%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (4.31%) MS Visio
4 13 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (2.30%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (5.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.30%) Temenos T24
3 7 (2.01%) SAP FI
4 4 (1.15%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.57%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.29%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.29%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Internet Expenses
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.29%) Primavera
6 1 (0.29%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.29%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.29%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.29%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.29%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 35 (10.06%) Azure
2 24 (6.90%) AWS
3 15 (4.31%) Power Platform
4 11 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (2.59%) SaaS
6 8 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.01%) Apigee
7 7 (2.01%) Kong
7 7 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.72%) GCP
9 5 (1.44%) IaaS
9 5 (1.44%) PaaS
9 5 (1.44%) Serverless
10 4 (1.15%) npm
10 4 (1.15%) WhatsApp
11 3 (0.86%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.86%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (0.57%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.89%) DMZ
1 17 (4.89%) SD-WAN
2 15 (4.31%) Wireless
3 13 (3.74%) Cisco IOS
3 13 (3.74%) Cisco Nexus
4 9 (2.59%) ATM
5 5 (1.44%) DNS
5 5 (1.44%) Firewall
6 4 (1.15%) HTTP
7 3 (0.86%) Skype
8 2 (0.57%) Network Security
8 2 (0.57%) PPP
8 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.57%) WAN
9 1 (0.29%) Cisco IPT
9 1 (0.29%) DHCP
9 1 (0.29%) DSL
9 1 (0.29%) InfiniBand
9 1 (0.29%) MPLS
9 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.31%) Power BI
2 12 (3.45%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.87%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.01%) OLAP
4 7 (2.01%) OLTP
5 6 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.72%) Oracle OLAP
6 5 (1.44%) DB2
7 4 (1.15%) Metadata
7 4 (1.15%) Tableau
8 3 (0.86%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.86%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.86%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.57%) Big Data
9 2 (0.57%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.57%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.57%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.57%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.57%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 26 (7.47%) JIRA
2 6 (1.72%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.15%) Git
3 4 (1.15%) GitLab
4 3 (0.86%) ERwin
5 2 (0.57%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.29%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.29%) Log4j
6 1 (0.29%) RStudio
6 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 109 (31.32%) Social Skills
2 51 (14.66%) Banking
3 50 (14.37%) Public Sector
4 33 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.17%) Manufacturing
5 18 (5.17%) Retail
6 15 (4.31%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (2.87%) Marketing
10 9 (2.59%) Legal
11 8 (2.30%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.01%) Electronics
12 7 (2.01%) Local Government
12 7 (2.01%) Mandarin Language
13 6 (1.72%) Billing
13 6 (1.72%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.72%) Police
14 5 (1.44%) Front Office
14 5 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (13.51%) Project Manager
2 37 (10.63%) Architect
3 36 (10.34%) Analyst
4 25 (7.18%) Lead
5 23 (6.61%) Network Engineer
6 21 (6.03%) Senior
7 20 (5.75%) Developer
7 20 (5.75%) Solutions Architect
8 19 (5.46%) Business Analyst
9 17 (4.89%) Consultant
10 16 (4.60%) Administrator
11 14 (4.02%) Programme Manager
12 11 (3.16%) Delivery Manager
13 9 (2.59%) IT Technician
14 8 (2.30%) AWS Architect
14 8 (2.30%) Data Analyst
14 8 (2.30%) SAP Consultant
14 8 (2.30%) Service Delivery Manager
14 8 (2.30%) Service Manager
14 8 (2.30%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.74%) Kafka
2 8 (2.30%) IBM Integration Bus
2 8 (2.30%) Middleware
2 8 (2.30%) Spring
2 8 (2.30%) Web Services
3 7 (2.01%) J2EE
3 7 (2.01%) RabbitMQ
3 7 (2.01%) SOAP
4 6 (1.72%) .NET
4 6 (1.72%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.72%) Apache Camel
4 6 (1.72%) Spring Boot
4 6 (1.72%) Spring Integration
5 5 (1.44%) RESTful
6 4 (1.15%) React
7 3 (0.86%) Node.js
8 2 (0.57%) cloud-init
9 1 (0.29%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.29%) AWS SAM
9 1 (0.29%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.17%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.74%) Driving Licence
4 9 (2.59%) EPoS
4 9 (2.59%) Public Cloud
4 9 (2.59%) Smartphone
5 8 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.01%) DataPower
7 6 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.44%) Life Science
8 5 (1.44%) NHS
8 5 (1.44%) PKI
9 4 (1.15%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.15%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.86%) Derivative
10 3 (0.86%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.86%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.60%) Linux
2 13 (3.74%) Windows
3 9 (2.59%) Unix
4 5 (1.44%) zOS
5 4 (1.15%) Android
5 4 (1.15%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.57%) CentOS
7 2 (0.57%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.57%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (18.68%) Stakeholder Management
2 63 (18.10%) Project Management
3 59 (16.95%) Agile
4 28 (8.05%) Decision-Making
5 24 (6.90%) Risk Management
6 23 (6.61%) Waterfall
7 22 (6.32%) Business Intelligence
7 22 (6.32%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (6.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (6.03%) DevOps
8 21 (6.03%) PRINCE2
9 20 (5.75%) Migration
9 20 (5.75%) Requirements Gathering
9 20 (5.75%) Service Delivery
10 19 (5.46%) Business Case
11 18 (5.17%) ITSM
11 18 (5.17%) Microservices
12 17 (4.89%) Design Patterns
12 17 (4.89%) Software Engineering
13 15 (4.31%) Cost Reduction
Programming Languages
1 17 (4.89%) Java
2 16 (4.60%) SQL
3 15 (4.31%) Python
4 7 (2.01%) PL/SQL
4 7 (2.01%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.15%) Bash
5 4 (1.15%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.15%) Ruby
6 3 (0.86%) C
6 3 (0.86%) C#
6 3 (0.86%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.57%) Go
7 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.29%) Groovy
8 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.29%) R
8 1 (0.29%) Scala
8 1 (0.29%) X++
Qualifications
1 33 (9.48%) Degree
2 32 (9.20%) Security Cleared
3 25 (7.18%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.30%) PMI Certification
4 8 (2.30%) PMP
5 4 (1.15%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.86%) CISSP
6 3 (0.86%) HNC
6 3 (0.86%) NVQ Level 4
7 2 (0.57%) ACCA
7 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.57%) CIMA
7 2 (0.57%) CIPFA
7 2 (0.57%) CISA
7 2 (0.57%) CISM
7 2 (0.57%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.29%) APMP
8 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.03%) SLA
2 14 (4.02%) GDPR
3 9 (2.59%) PMO
4 8 (2.30%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.72%) NIST
6 5 (1.44%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.15%) QA
8 2 (0.57%) COSO
8 2 (0.57%) ISO 31000
8 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.57%) NCSC
8 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.29%) GxP
9 1 (0.29%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (1.44%) Docker
2 4 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (2.01%) Terraform
3 3 (0.86%) Ansible
3 3 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.86%) Puppet
3 3 (0.86%) SCCM
3 3 (0.86%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 2 (0.57%) Consul
4 2 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (0.57%) Graphite
4 2 (0.57%) HAProxy
4 2 (0.57%) Istio
4 2 (0.57%) linkerd
4 2 (0.57%) Packer
4 2 (0.57%) Podman
4 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.57%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.29%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.29%) PowerBroker
5 1 (0.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 39 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.20%) SAP
3 22 (6.32%) F5
4 16 (4.60%) Oracle
4 16 (4.60%) Palo Alto
5 15 (4.31%) Cisco
6 10 (2.87%) IBM
7 7 (2.01%) Avaloq
7 7 (2.01%) TSYS
8 6 (1.72%) Databricks
9 5 (1.44%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.44%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.15%) Ariba
10 4 (1.15%) Cadence
10 4 (1.15%) Sage
11 3 (0.86%) CA
11 3 (0.86%) Facebook
11 3 (0.86%) Google
11 3 (0.86%) Splunk
11 3 (0.86%) VMware