Finance Contracts in South Yorkshire

Financial
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in South Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 176 138 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 34.51% 27.77% 31.13%
As % of the General category 50.43% 47.10% 42.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 44 60
10th Percentile £359 £378 £396
25th Percentile £385 £400 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% -15.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £564 £576 £600
90th Percentile £631 £617 £618
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £15.00 £13.23 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.38% - -
75th Percentile £16.76 - -
90th Percentile £17.81 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.00 £19.51 -
% change year-on-year -23.10% - -

All General Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 349 293 356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 68.43% 58.95% 73.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 147 233
10th Percentile £285 £298 £300
25th Percentile £380 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £566 £576 £700
90th Percentile £638 £622 £745
Yorkshire median daily rate £469 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -6.20% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 1
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.02 -
25th Percentile £15.78 £13.60 -
Median hourly rate £18.21 £21.00 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.31% +90.91% -42.11%
75th Percentile £18.45 £21.75 -
90th Percentile £18.51 £22.00 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £19.00
% change year-on-year +51.38% -23.03% +1.60%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in South Yorkshire

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in South Yorkshire

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in South Yorkshire

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in South Yorkshire

Finance
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Sheffield 0 165 £475 - 214
Barnsley 0 9 £380 +11.76% 10
Finance
Yorkshire

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 26 (14.77%) Confluence
2 5 (2.84%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.27%) Apache
3 4 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.14%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.14%) CICS
5 1 (0.57%) CMS
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (11.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (8.52%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (6.82%) MS Visio
4 8 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.11%) GCP
2 8 (4.55%) Azure
3 7 (3.98%) GitHub
4 6 (3.41%) OCI
5 5 (2.84%) AWS
5 5 (2.84%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.14%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.14%) Serverless
9 1 (0.57%) Azure API Management
9 1 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.25%) Firewall
2 8 (4.55%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.27%) Network Security
4 3 (1.70%) DNS
5 2 (1.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (1.14%) SAN
6 1 (0.57%) DHCP
6 1 (0.57%) VPN
6 1 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.50%) Oracle Database
2 9 (5.11%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (2.84%) Power BI
3 5 (2.84%) Power Query
3 5 (2.84%) Tableau
4 3 (1.70%) Flink
4 3 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.14%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.14%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.57%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.57%) Big Data
6 1 (0.57%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.57%) DB2
6 1 (0.57%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.57%) Easytrieve
6 1 (0.57%) Hazelcast
6 1 (0.57%) Metadata
6 1 (0.57%) Presto
6 1 (0.57%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 28 (15.91%) JIRA
2 25 (14.20%) Jenkins
3 12 (6.82%) Git
4 8 (4.55%) Postman
5 7 (3.98%) Cucumber
5 7 (3.98%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.70%) Vagrant
7 2 (1.14%) GitLab
7 2 (1.14%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.57%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.57%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.57%) Selenium
8 1 (0.57%) TestNG
General
1 55 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 49 (27.84%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (25.57%) Banking
4 15 (8.52%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (7.39%) Financial Institution
6 6 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.27%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.70%) Retail
9 2 (1.14%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.57%) Back Office
10 1 (0.57%) Billing
10 1 (0.57%) Front Office
10 1 (0.57%) International Banking
10 1 (0.57%) Legal
10 1 (0.57%) Marketing
10 1 (0.57%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.57%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 31 (17.61%) Analyst
2 23 (13.07%) Senior
3 17 (9.66%) Project Manager
4 12 (6.82%) Business Analyst
4 12 (6.82%) Lead
5 10 (5.68%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 9 (5.11%) Commvault Engineer
6 9 (5.11%) Data Engineer
7 8 (4.55%) Automation Engineer
7 8 (4.55%) Backup Engineer
7 8 (4.55%) Developer
8 7 (3.98%) Architect
8 7 (3.98%) Business Process Analyst
8 7 (3.98%) Process Analyst
9 6 (3.41%) Incident Manager
9 6 (3.41%) Infrastructure Manager
9 6 (3.41%) Linux Engineer
9 6 (3.41%) PMO Analyst
9 6 (3.41%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 6 (3.41%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.98%) Gherkin
2 4 (2.27%) REST
3 3 (1.70%) PySpark
3 3 (1.70%) RESTful
4 2 (1.14%) Anaconda
4 2 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.14%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.14%) Kafka
4 2 (1.14%) OpenCV
4 2 (1.14%) Pandas
4 2 (1.14%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.14%) Regular Expression
4 2 (1.14%) SpaCy
4 2 (1.14%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.57%) gRPC
5 1 (0.57%) LAPP Stack
5 1 (0.57%) pytest
5 1 (0.57%) React
5 1 (0.57%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.77%) Data Protection Act
2 21 (11.93%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.41%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.27%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.70%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.70%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (1.70%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.14%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.14%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.14%) Oracle Licensing
7 1 (0.57%) CCTV
7 1 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.57%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.57%) PMI
7 1 (0.57%) VLE
7 1 (0.57%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.09%) Linux
2 9 (5.11%) Unix
3 8 (4.55%) Windows
4 7 (3.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.70%) AIX
5 3 (1.70%) Solaris
5 3 (1.70%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.57%) CentOS
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.57%) SUSE
6 1 (0.57%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.57%) VMS
6 1 (0.57%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (32.39%) Agile
3 38 (21.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 33 (18.75%) Data Protection
5 31 (17.61%) Change Management
6 24 (13.64%) Risk Management
7 23 (13.07%) DevOps
7 23 (13.07%) Performance Tuning
8 22 (12.50%) Business Case
9 20 (11.36%) CI/CD
9 20 (11.36%) Decision-Making
9 20 (11.36%) Migration
10 18 (10.23%) Project Management
11 17 (9.66%) Data Analysis
11 17 (9.66%) Problem Management
11 17 (9.66%) Translating Business Requirements
12 16 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (7.39%) Data Management
13 13 (7.39%) Data Migration
13 13 (7.39%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 37 (21.02%) Python
2 8 (4.55%) SQL
3 7 (3.98%) Shell Script
4 6 (3.41%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.41%) VB
5 4 (2.27%) Java
6 3 (1.70%) Bash
6 3 (1.70%) Go
6 3 (1.70%) Ruby
7 2 (1.14%) COBOL
7 2 (1.14%) Groovy
7 2 (1.14%) JCL
8 1 (0.57%) ANSI SQL
8 1 (0.57%) Bicep
8 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.57%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 9 (5.11%) Degree
2 4 (2.27%) RIBA
2 4 (2.27%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (1.14%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (1.14%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.14%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.14%) VCAP
5 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.57%) CBAP
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.57%) OCP
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.95%) PMO
2 11 (6.25%) GDPR
3 9 (5.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (2.27%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.70%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.70%) NIST
6 1 (0.57%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.57%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (7.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (6.82%) Docker
3 6 (3.41%) vSphere
4 4 (2.27%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (1.70%) VirtualBox
5 3 (1.70%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.14%) Active Directory
6 2 (1.14%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (1.14%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.57%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.57%) HDFS
7 1 (0.57%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.57%) RACF
7 1 (0.57%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (18.75%) Ansible
2 15 (8.52%) Kubernetes
3 13 (7.39%) Puppet
4 11 (6.25%) Oracle RMAN
5 7 (3.98%) Terraform
6 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (2.27%) SCCM
7 3 (1.70%) Grafana
7 3 (1.70%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.14%) Data Guard
8 2 (1.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (1.14%) PowerCLI
8 2 (1.14%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.14%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.57%) Control-M
9 1 (0.57%) Istio
9 1 (0.57%) Kiali
9 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.57%) SCOM
9 1 (0.57%) vRealize
Vendors
1 39 (22.16%) Microsoft
2 23 (13.07%) Oracle
3 18 (10.23%) Commvault
4 15 (8.52%) VMware
5 14 (7.95%) ServiceNow
6 9 (5.11%) MuleSoft
7 6 (3.41%) Google
7 6 (3.41%) Splunk
8 4 (2.27%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.70%) Cisco
9 3 (1.70%) SAP
10 2 (1.14%) AppDynamics
10 2 (1.14%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.14%) Citrix
10 2 (1.14%) Databricks
10 2 (1.14%) F5
10 2 (1.14%) HP
10 2 (1.14%) IBM
10 2 (1.14%) Sage
10 2 (1.14%) Veritas