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 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 345 230 149
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.00% 36.62% 32.04%
As % of the General category 48.73% 52.39% 51.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 157 57
10th Percentile £402 £326 £400
25th Percentile £443 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £537 £581
90th Percentile £688 £613 £649
Yorkshire median daily rate £514 £479 £515
% change year-on-year +7.31% -6.99% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £17.24 - -
25th Percentile £19.10 - -
Median hourly rate £22.20 £15.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +48.00% - -
75th Percentile - £16.76 -
90th Percentile - £17.81 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £35.00 £16.76 £20.74
% change year-on-year +108.89% -19.21% -

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 general skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 708 439 289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 61.57% 69.90% 62.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 289 155
10th Percentile £358 £278 £248
25th Percentile £413 £365 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £505
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.89% -8.18%
75th Percentile £569 £530 £580
90th Percentile £669 £615 £633
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -6.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 6 6
10th Percentile £21.04 £15.00 £15.88
25th Percentile £23.99 £15.78 £20.13
Median hourly rate £25.84 £18.21 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% -13.31% +7.69%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.45 £21.88
90th Percentile - £18.51 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.89 £22.14 £14.63
% change year-on-year +12.40% +51.38% -23.03%

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 15 August 2026.

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 15 August 2026. 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 0 320 £516 +10.71% 88
Doncaster -1 7 £500 +334.78% 15
Barnsley +2 5 £550 +44.74% 5
Rotherham - 1 - - 6
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 28 (8.12%) Confluence
2 4 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.58%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.29%) CICS
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.29%) nginx
5 1 (0.29%) SAS
5 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.29%) Maple
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.58%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) Actimize
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.29%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 76 (22.03%) GCP
2 50 (14.49%) Azure
3 46 (13.33%) AWS
4 21 (6.09%) GitHub
5 8 (2.32%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.74%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.74%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 6 (1.74%) OpenShift
7 5 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.45%) SaaS
8 4 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
8 4 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.16%) Slack
9 3 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.87%) PaaS
10 2 (0.58%) Google Gemini
10 2 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.83%) Network Security
2 8 (2.32%) Firewall
3 4 (1.16%) VPN
4 3 (0.87%) DNS
5 2 (0.58%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.58%) LAN
5 2 (0.58%) Multicast
5 2 (0.58%) SAN
5 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.58%) WAN
6 1 (0.29%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.29%) DHCP
6 1 (0.29%) HTTP
6 1 (0.29%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.03%) Power BI
2 7 (2.03%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.45%) BigQuery
3 5 (1.45%) Metadata
3 5 (1.45%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.16%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.16%) Db2
5 3 (0.87%) Neo4j
6 2 (0.58%) Big Data
6 2 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.29%) Looker
7 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.29%) Redis
7 1 (0.29%) SQLite
7 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (10.72%) JIRA
2 17 (4.93%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.32%) Git
4 6 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.87%) Liquibase
5 3 (0.87%) Selenium
6 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.58%) Flyway
6 2 (0.58%) git-flow
6 2 (0.58%) JUnit
6 2 (0.58%) Mockito
7 1 (0.29%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.29%) Gatling
7 1 (0.29%) GitLab
7 1 (0.29%) JMeter
7 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.29%) Postman
7 1 (0.29%) WebDriver
General
1 129 (37.39%) Social Skills
2 96 (27.83%) Banking
3 70 (20.29%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.70%) Financial Institution
5 19 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (3.48%) Legal
6 12 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.90%) Law
8 9 (2.61%) Billing
8 9 (2.61%) Private Banking
9 7 (2.03%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.03%) Retail
10 6 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.45%) Publishing
12 4 (1.16%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.87%) Advertising
13 3 (0.87%) International Banking
14 2 (0.58%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 83 (24.06%) Lead
2 40 (11.59%) Analyst
3 30 (8.70%) Consultant
4 27 (7.83%) Developer
5 23 (6.67%) Architect
6 22 (6.38%) Senior
7 19 (5.51%) DevOps Engineer
8 17 (4.93%) DevSecOps Consultant
8 17 (4.93%) Project Manager
9 15 (4.35%) Business Analyst
9 15 (4.35%) Java Developer
10 9 (2.61%) Product Owner
10 9 (2.61%) Python Developer
10 9 (2.61%) Technical Manager
11 8 (2.32%) Lead Architect
12 7 (2.03%) Data Analyst
12 7 (2.03%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.03%) Security Consultant
12 7 (2.03%) Technical Project Manager
13 6 (1.74%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.22%) REST
2 12 (3.48%) Node.js
2 12 (3.48%) React
3 11 (3.19%) OAuth
3 11 (3.19%) RESTful
4 10 (2.90%) OAuth2
5 9 (2.61%) Kafka
6 8 (2.32%) OpenID
6 8 (2.32%) SAML
7 7 (2.03%) Spring
7 7 (2.03%) Spring Boot
8 6 (1.74%) JWT
8 6 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (1.45%) Middleware
10 4 (1.16%) JSON
10 4 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (1.16%) SLSA
11 3 (0.87%) LangChain
11 3 (0.87%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.87%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.43%) Cloud Native
2 31 (8.99%) Data Protection Act
3 30 (8.70%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.06%) AI Agents
5 13 (3.77%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.77%) Mainframe
5 13 (3.77%) Security Posture
6 12 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.48%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.61%) Virtual Team
8 8 (2.32%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.03%) PKI
9 7 (2.03%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.87%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.87%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.87%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.48%) Linux
2 8 (2.32%) Windows
3 4 (1.16%) Unix
3 4 (1.16%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.16%) zOS
4 3 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.87%) VMS
5 2 (0.58%) MVS
6 1 (0.29%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (36.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 86 (24.93%) CI/CD
3 77 (22.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 69 (20.00%) DevOps
5 68 (19.71%) Agile
6 61 (17.68%) Roadmaps
7 60 (17.39%) Risk Management
8 55 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (15.65%) Cybersecurity
10 50 (14.49%) DevSecOps
11 45 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 43 (12.46%) AI
13 39 (11.30%) Data Protection
13 39 (11.30%) Observability
14 31 (8.99%) Identity Access Management
14 31 (8.99%) Vulnerability Management
15 30 (8.70%) Change Management
16 29 (8.41%) Decision-Making
16 29 (8.41%) Matrix Organization
17 28 (8.12%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 55 (15.94%) Python
2 35 (10.14%) Java
3 19 (5.51%) SQL
4 14 (4.06%) Go
5 11 (3.19%) PowerShell
6 7 (2.03%) Rust
7 6 (1.74%) Bash
8 5 (1.45%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.16%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.87%) C#
10 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.87%) VBA
11 2 (0.58%) JCL
11 2 (0.58%) PromQL
11 2 (0.58%) VB
12 1 (0.29%) CLIST
12 1 (0.29%) COBOL
12 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.29%) REXX
12 1 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 28 (8.12%) Degree
2 19 (5.51%) CISM
3 16 (4.64%) CISSP
4 15 (4.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 15 (4.35%) CCSP
4 15 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (3.77%) PMP
6 9 (2.61%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.03%) PMI Certification
7 7 (2.03%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.45%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.16%) CCSK
9 4 (1.16%) CISA
9 4 (1.16%) CRISC
9 4 (1.16%) JNCIA
9 4 (1.16%) JNCIS
9 4 (1.16%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.87%) ACCA
10 3 (0.87%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.48%) PMO
2 11 (3.19%) QA
3 8 (2.32%) NIST
4 6 (1.74%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.74%) GDPR
5 5 (1.45%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.16%) GRC
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.58%) SLA
8 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (4.64%) Docker
2 5 (1.45%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.87%) ACF2
3 3 (0.87%) RACF
4 2 (0.58%) SRDF
5 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.29%) KVM
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (17.39%) Kubernetes
2 25 (7.25%) Ansible
2 25 (7.25%) Terraform
3 11 (3.19%) Prometheus
4 10 (2.90%) Grafana
5 5 (1.45%) Kustomize
5 5 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.16%) Argo
6 4 (1.16%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.16%) Puppet
7 3 (0.87%) Control-M
8 2 (0.58%) Consul
8 2 (0.58%) IBM Guardium
8 2 (0.58%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.58%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.29%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.29%) QRadar
9 1 (0.29%) vRealize
9 1 (0.29%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 50 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.67%) Google
3 13 (3.77%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.48%) Oracle
5 8 (2.32%) Splunk
6 7 (2.03%) IBM
7 6 (1.74%) Databricks
7 6 (1.74%) Okta
8 5 (1.45%) Black Duck
8 5 (1.45%) Delphix
8 5 (1.45%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.45%) VMware
9 4 (1.16%) Broadcom
9 4 (1.16%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.16%) Juniper
9 4 (1.16%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.87%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.87%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.87%) Dell
11 2 (0.58%) HP