Finance Contracts in Merseyside

Financial
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 11 14
Rank change year-on-year +9 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Finance 34 23 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 20.24% 9.87% 12.05%
As % of the General category 35.79% 18.70% 21.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 9 20
10th Percentile £250 £159 £248
25th Percentile £406 £163 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £200 £510
Median % change year-on-year +132.50% -60.78% +2.26%
75th Percentile £663 £261 £575
90th Percentile £775 £490 £683
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 0
Median hourly rate - £32.12 -
North West median hourly rate £50.99 £21.43 £16.68
% change year-on-year +137.91% +28.48% -24.85%

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 95 123 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 56.55% 52.79% 55.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 61 116
10th Percentile £159 £149 £320
25th Percentile £363 £200 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £550
90th Percentile £663 £588 £654
North West median daily rate £455 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -7.71% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 32 7
10th Percentile - £14.50 £16.22
25th Percentile £12.21 £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.07 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +3.23% +16.67%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.24 £28.65
90th Percentile £21.52 £37.09 £43.20
North West median hourly rate £29.01 £22.69 £23.15
% change year-on-year +27.87% -2.00% -1.03%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Merseyside

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Finance in Merseyside

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Merseyside over the 6 months to 10 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Merseyside

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Merseyside

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 10 July 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
Liverpool +6 34 £465 +132.50% 77
Finance
North West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) Azure
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (8.82%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (8.82%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (2.94%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) Firewall
2 3 (8.82%) LAN
2 3 (8.82%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.94%) BGP
3 1 (2.94%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (2.94%) Multicast
3 1 (2.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (23.53%) Siebel EIM
2 2 (5.88%) InterSystems Cache
General
1 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (47.06%) Banking
3 8 (23.53%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.82%) Billing
5 2 (5.88%) Legal
5 2 (5.88%) Marketing
6 1 (2.94%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.94%) Law
6 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Developer
1 7 (20.59%) Siebel Developer
2 6 (17.65%) Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Cloud Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Security Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Coordinator
4 3 (8.82%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Customer Executive
5 2 (5.88%) Junior
5 2 (5.88%) Junior Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Junior Risk Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Test Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Governance Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Junior PMO
6 1 (2.94%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Supply Chain Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (23.53%) JMS
1 8 (23.53%) SOAP
1 8 (23.53%) Web Services
2 1 (2.94%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
1 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
1 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
1 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Linux
2 6 (17.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Migration
2 9 (26.47%) Information Security
3 8 (23.53%) Change Management
3 8 (23.53%) Data Modelling
3 8 (23.53%) EAI
3 8 (23.53%) Performance Tuning
3 8 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
3 8 (23.53%) SDLC
4 7 (20.59%) Fintech
5 6 (17.65%) End-to-End Testing
5 6 (17.65%) System Integration Testing
6 5 (14.71%) Cloud Security
6 5 (14.71%) CRM
6 5 (14.71%) Server Hardening
7 4 (11.76%) Customer Service
7 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (11.76%) Data Loss Prevention
8 3 (8.82%) Customer Experience
8 3 (8.82%) Knowledge Transfer
8 3 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) PL/SQL
1 8 (23.53%) SQL
2 2 (5.88%) MUMPS
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.71%) Azure Certification
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) GRC
1 4 (11.76%) NIST
2 3 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.88%) PMO
4 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) QRadar
Vendors
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 9 (26.47%) Oracle
3 8 (23.53%) Siebel
4 4 (11.76%) Darktrace
4 4 (11.76%) Zscaler
5 2 (5.88%) OneTrust
5 2 (5.88%) Salesforce
5 2 (5.88%) Varonis
6 1 (2.94%) Arista
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco
6 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow
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