Finance Contract Job Trends 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 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 259 126 98
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 34.40% 32.98% 24.02%
As % of the General category 50.98% 51.01% 36.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 63 39
10th Percentile £323 £425 £402
25th Percentile £391 £486 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £552 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £620
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £515 £494
% change year-on-year -2.91% +4.30% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.00 - £10.42
% change year-on-year - - +17.47%

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 508 247 265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 67.46% 64.66% 64.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 136 168
10th Percentile £313 £211 £363
25th Percentile £400 £414 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% -6.59% +4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £596 £650
90th Percentile £675 £651 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £14.08 £13.14 £18.80
25th Percentile £14.43 £15.22 £19.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile - £21.50 £35.00
90th Percentile - - £44.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 £21.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.07% +14.47% -

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Finance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Finance job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in South Yorkshire

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Finance

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 10 December 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 0 243 £475 -11.63% 48
Barnsley - 9 £380 - 4
Doncaster - 3 £450 - 7
Finance
Yorkshire

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 22 (8.49%) Confluence
2 9 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.32%) CICS
3 6 (2.32%) TPMS
4 5 (1.93%) CMS
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 37 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (3.47%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.93%) VisionPLUS
2 4 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 44 (16.99%) GCP
2 40 (15.44%) AWS
3 31 (11.97%) Serverless
4 24 (9.27%) Power Platform
5 19 (7.34%) Azure
6 10 (3.86%) GitHub
7 7 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.32%) AWS KMS
9 5 (1.93%) Azure AKS
10 4 (1.54%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.54%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.16%) Collibra
11 3 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.77%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.77%) npm
13 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
13 1 (0.39%) IaaS
13 1 (0.39%) PaaS
13 1 (0.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.09%) SSL
2 7 (2.70%) SSH
3 6 (2.32%) Internet
3 6 (2.32%) Kerberos
3 6 (2.32%) SNMP
4 5 (1.93%) Firewall
5 4 (1.54%) DNS
5 4 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.77%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.77%) VPN
7 1 (0.39%) DHCP
7 1 (0.39%) IPsec
7 1 (0.39%) LAN
7 1 (0.39%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.39%) Network Security
7 1 (0.39%) WAN
7 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (13.90%) NoSQL
2 26 (10.04%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (9.27%) Power BI
4 13 (5.02%) Power Query
5 10 (3.86%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.32%) PowerPivot
7 4 (1.54%) Data Mining
7 4 (1.54%) Metadata
8 3 (1.16%) MySQL
8 3 (1.16%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.77%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.39%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.39%) DB2
10 1 (0.39%) Looker
10 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (19.31%) Jenkins
2 41 (15.83%) JIRA
3 33 (12.74%) GitLab
4 28 (10.81%) Liquibase
5 7 (2.70%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (2.32%) Git
7 5 (1.93%) Postman
8 3 (1.16%) PyCharm
9 2 (0.77%) Babel
9 2 (0.77%) ChangeMan
9 2 (0.77%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.77%) webpack
10 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.39%) Gradle
10 1 (0.39%) Maven
General
1 116 (44.79%) Social Skills
2 100 (38.61%) Banking
3 44 (16.99%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (16.99%) Financial Institution
4 15 (5.79%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.09%) Legal
7 7 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.54%) Billing
10 4 (1.54%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.16%) Wholesale Banking
12 2 (0.77%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.77%) Aviation
12 2 (0.77%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.39%) Electronics
13 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (24.71%) Analyst
2 25 (9.65%) Senior
3 23 (8.88%) Business Analyst
4 22 (8.49%) Data Analyst
5 21 (8.11%) Developer
6 18 (6.95%) Cloud Engineer
6 18 (6.95%) Project Manager
6 18 (6.95%) Software Engineer
7 17 (6.56%) Financial Analyst
8 15 (5.79%) GCP Engineer
8 15 (5.79%) Incident Manager
9 14 (5.41%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (5.41%) Service Analyst
10 13 (5.02%) Architect
10 13 (5.02%) Senior Software Engineer
11 10 (3.86%) Finance Business Analyst
11 10 (3.86%) Financial Business Analyst
12 9 (3.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 9 (3.47%) AWS Engineer
13 8 (3.09%) AWS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (14.67%) REST
2 33 (12.74%) RESTful
3 31 (11.97%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (3.09%) TensorFlow
5 6 (2.32%) CSS
5 6 (2.32%) HTML
5 6 (2.32%) OAuth
5 6 (2.32%) SAML
6 5 (1.93%) Hugging Face
6 5 (1.93%) OpenCV
6 5 (1.93%) PyTorch
6 5 (1.93%) Regular Expression
6 5 (1.93%) SpaCy
7 4 (1.54%) .NET
8 3 (1.16%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (1.16%) CSS3
8 3 (1.16%) HTML5
8 3 (1.16%) jQuery
8 3 (1.16%) NumPy
8 3 (1.16%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.67%) Public Cloud
2 32 (12.36%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (11.58%) Cloud Native
4 23 (8.88%) Data Centre
5 21 (8.11%) Onboarding
6 13 (5.02%) Mainframe
7 11 (4.25%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (4.25%) Product Ownership
8 8 (3.09%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.93%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.16%) CMDB
11 3 (1.16%) Credit Risk
11 3 (1.16%) Online Banking
11 3 (1.16%) VSAM
12 2 (0.77%) Clustering
12 2 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.77%) IVR
13 1 (0.39%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 42 (16.22%) Linux
2 12 (4.63%) Windows
3 2 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.77%) VMS
4 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (29.73%) Agile
2 71 (27.41%) Cybersecurity
3 70 (27.03%) DevOps
4 58 (22.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (20.46%) CI/CD
6 52 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (18.53%) Change Management
8 43 (16.60%) Cryptography
9 40 (15.44%) Containerisation
9 40 (15.44%) Decision-Making
10 39 (15.06%) Computer Science
11 38 (14.67%) Infrastructure as Code
12 37 (14.29%) Data Security
13 36 (13.90%) Microservices
13 36 (13.90%) Software Engineering
14 34 (13.13%) Root Cause Analysis
15 32 (12.36%) Cost Optimisation
16 31 (11.97%) Continuous Integration
17 30 (11.58%) High Availability
18 28 (10.81%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 67 (25.87%) Python
2 37 (14.29%) Go
3 28 (10.81%) SQL
4 10 (3.86%) Java
4 10 (3.86%) VBA
5 6 (2.32%) COBOL
6 5 (1.93%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.93%) JCL
7 4 (1.54%) C#
8 3 (1.16%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.77%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.77%) VB
10 1 (0.39%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.39%) Bash
10 1 (0.39%) Bicep
10 1 (0.39%) Groovy
10 1 (0.39%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.39%) REXX
10 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (16.60%) Degree
2 36 (13.90%) Master's Degree
3 31 (11.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (4.25%) AWS Certification
5 10 (3.86%) CISM
5 10 (3.86%) CISSP
6 8 (3.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (2.70%) Security Cleared
7 7 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (2.32%) FFIEC
9 5 (1.93%) PhD
10 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.77%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.77%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.77%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.77%) PMP
11 2 (0.77%) VCAP
11 2 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.27%) GDPR
2 14 (5.41%) NIST
3 12 (4.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (4.25%) Data Quality
5 9 (3.47%) PMO
6 8 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (2.70%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.32%) GLBA
9 5 (1.93%) SLA
10 3 (1.16%) QA
11 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.39%) Basel III
11 1 (0.39%) GRC
System Software
1 30 (11.58%) Docker
2 6 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.77%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.77%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.77%) vSphere
5 1 (0.39%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.39%) RACF
5 1 (0.39%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.39%) XenApp
5 1 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 44 (16.99%) Kubernetes
2 43 (16.60%) Ansible
3 42 (16.22%) Terraform
4 34 (13.13%) Prometheus
5 33 (12.74%) Grafana
6 6 (2.32%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.16%) Puppet
8 2 (0.77%) CA Endevor
8 2 (0.77%) Control-M
8 2 (0.77%) IBM Guardium
8 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.77%) Nessus
8 2 (0.77%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.77%) SCCM
8 2 (0.77%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 58 (22.39%) Microsoft
2 39 (15.06%) Splunk
3 20 (7.72%) Google
4 18 (6.95%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.47%) SAP
6 7 (2.70%) CyberArk
7 6 (2.32%) Sonatype
7 6 (2.32%) VMware
8 5 (1.93%) BiZZdesign
8 5 (1.93%) Thales
9 3 (1.16%) F5
9 3 (1.16%) Genesys
10 2 (0.77%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.77%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (0.77%) Broadcom
10 2 (0.77%) GoldenSource
10 2 (0.77%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.77%) Oracle
10 2 (0.77%) Sage
10 2 (0.77%) Thycotic