Financial Analyst Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Finance Analyst
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in Sheffield is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 15 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 2.09% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £570 - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £675 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Sheffield with a recognized job title 647 268 350
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 85.90% 89.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 157 226
10th Percentile £316 £220 £375
25th Percentile £400 £414 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.88% -3.09% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £625
90th Percentile £611 £683 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -7.32% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.79 £15.39
25th Percentile £16.68 £14.35 £18.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -14.85% +11.84%
75th Percentile £22.33 £20.38 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.05 £27.50
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.76% -19.58% +18.42%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Financial Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Financial Analyst job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in Sheffield

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Financial Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) Change Management
2 4 (26.67%) Agile
2 4 (26.67%) Business Analysis
2 4 (26.67%) JIRA
2 4 (26.67%) SQL
3 3 (20.00%) Anaconda
3 3 (20.00%) Analytics
3 3 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 3 (20.00%) Data Quality
3 3 (20.00%) Degree
3 3 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Python
3 3 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (6.67%) API Testing
4 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (6.67%) AWS
4 1 (6.67%) Azure
4 1 (6.67%) Budgeting
4 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.67%) Confluence
4 1 (6.67%) Cost Management
4 1 (6.67%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (6.67%) CyberArk
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (6.67%) FinOps
4 1 (6.67%) GCP
4 1 (6.67%) GDPR
4 1 (6.67%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) GCP
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) JIRA
General
1 15 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Wholesale Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) Anaconda
2 1 (6.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) CMDB
1 3 (20.00%) Credit Risk
2 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Change Management
2 4 (26.67%) Agile
2 4 (26.67%) Business Analysis
3 3 (20.00%) Analytics
3 3 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 3 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (6.67%) API Testing
4 1 (6.67%) Budgeting
4 1 (6.67%) Cost Management
4 1 (6.67%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) FinOps
4 1 (6.67%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (6.67%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (6.67%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
4 1 (6.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
2 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) CyberArk