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 5 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 342 224 151
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.73% 35.39% 33.71%
As % of the General category 50.67% 51.73% 54.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 154 63
10th Percentile £366 £325 £400
25th Percentile £441 £371 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -12.20% -2.38%
75th Percentile £633 £529 £594
90th Percentile £688 £612 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £519 £476 £525
% change year-on-year +8.93% -9.33% -4.55%
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% +99.04%

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 675 433 279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 60.65% 68.40% 62.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 291 147
10th Percentile £358 £278 £316
25th Percentile £413 £361 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £507
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -11.24% -7.82%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £591
90th Percentile £675 £611 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 6
10th Percentile £21.11 £14.54 £15.88
25th Percentile £24.88 £15.00 £20.13
Median hourly rate £30.96 £18.21 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.04% -13.31% +7.69%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.40 £21.88
90th Percentile - £18.50 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.89 £22.14 £16.50
% change year-on-year +12.40% +34.18% -13.16%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 0 318 £514 +14.22% 103
Doncaster -1 7 £500 +334.78% 19
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 27 (7.89%) Confluence
2 4 (1.17%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.88%) Apache
3 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.88%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.58%) nginx
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.29%) CICS
5 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Maple
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.88%) 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%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.29%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 81 (23.68%) GCP
2 62 (18.13%) Azure
3 53 (15.50%) AWS
4 23 (6.73%) GitHub
5 11 (3.22%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.05%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 6 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.46%) OpenShift
8 5 (1.46%) SaaS
9 4 (1.17%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (1.17%) Slack
10 3 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.88%) PaaS
10 3 (0.88%) Serverless
11 2 (0.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 31 (9.06%) Network Security
2 8 (2.34%) Firewall
3 4 (1.17%) DNS
3 4 (1.17%) VPN
4 2 (0.58%) LAN
4 2 (0.58%) Multicast
4 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.58%) WAN
5 1 (0.29%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.29%) DHCP
5 1 (0.29%) HTTP
5 1 (0.29%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.92%) Power BI
2 8 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (2.05%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.75%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.46%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.46%) Db2
5 5 (1.46%) Metadata
5 5 (1.46%) Neo4j
6 4 (1.17%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.58%) Big Data
9 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.29%) Power Query
9 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.29%) Redis
9 1 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.29%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 38 (11.11%) JIRA
2 13 (3.80%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.63%) Git
4 6 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.17%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.88%) Selenium
7 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.58%) Flyway
7 2 (0.58%) git-flow
7 2 (0.58%) JUnit
7 2 (0.58%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.58%) Mockito
8 1 (0.29%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.29%) Gatling
8 1 (0.29%) JMeter
8 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.29%) Maven
8 1 (0.29%) Postman
8 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 141 (41.23%) Social Skills
2 95 (27.78%) Banking
3 64 (18.71%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.48%) Financial Institution
5 23 (6.73%) Influencing Skills
6 20 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.22%) Legal
8 10 (2.92%) Law
9 9 (2.63%) Private Banking
10 7 (2.05%) Billing
10 7 (2.05%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.05%) Retail
11 5 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.46%) Publishing
12 4 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.17%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.88%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.88%) International Banking
13 3 (0.88%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 78 (22.81%) Lead
2 37 (10.82%) Consultant
3 34 (9.94%) Analyst
4 26 (7.60%) Developer
5 20 (5.85%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 20 (5.85%) Senior
6 18 (5.26%) Architect
6 18 (5.26%) Project Manager
7 16 (4.68%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (4.09%) Java Developer
9 12 (3.51%) Business Analyst
10 10 (2.92%) Product Owner
10 10 (2.92%) Security Consultant
10 10 (2.92%) Technical Manager
11 8 (2.34%) Data Engineer
11 8 (2.34%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (2.34%) Portfolio Manager
11 8 (2.34%) Python Developer
11 8 (2.34%) Technical Project Manager
12 7 (2.05%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.19%) Terraform
2 17 (4.97%) REST
3 14 (4.09%) Kafka
4 12 (3.51%) Node.js
4 12 (3.51%) OAuth
5 11 (3.22%) OAuth2
5 11 (3.22%) React
6 10 (2.92%) RESTful
7 9 (2.63%) OpenID
7 9 (2.63%) SAML
8 7 (2.05%) Spring
8 7 (2.05%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.75%) JWT
10 5 (1.46%) Middleware
10 5 (1.46%) SLSA
11 4 (1.17%) .NET
11 4 (1.17%) JSON
11 4 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (1.17%) RabbitMQ
12 3 (0.88%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.70%) Cloud Native
2 34 (9.94%) Product Ownership
3 30 (8.77%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (4.09%) AI Agents
4 14 (4.09%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.09%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.80%) Mainframe
5 13 (3.80%) Security Posture
6 10 (2.92%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.34%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.34%) PKI
7 8 (2.34%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.75%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.75%) Replication
9 4 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.88%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.22%) Linux
2 5 (1.46%) Windows
3 4 (1.17%) Unix
3 4 (1.17%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.17%) zOS
4 3 (0.88%) VMS
5 2 (0.58%) MVS
6 1 (0.29%) AIX
6 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (40.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 90 (26.32%) CI/CD
3 81 (23.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 76 (22.22%) Agile
5 69 (20.18%) DevOps
6 64 (18.71%) Roadmaps
7 59 (17.25%) Risk Management
8 57 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
8 57 (16.67%) DevSecOps
9 46 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
10 44 (12.87%) Observability
11 43 (12.57%) AI
12 40 (11.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 36 (10.53%) Data Protection
14 32 (9.36%) Change Management
14 32 (9.36%) Decision-Making
14 32 (9.36%) Matrix Organization
14 32 (9.36%) Vulnerability Management
15 31 (9.06%) Identity Access Management
15 31 (9.06%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (16.37%) Python
2 39 (11.40%) Java
3 21 (6.14%) SQL
4 15 (4.39%) PowerShell
5 13 (3.80%) Go
6 7 (2.05%) Bash
6 7 (2.05%) Rust
7 6 (1.75%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.46%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.17%) C#
10 3 (0.88%) VBA
11 2 (0.58%) COBOL
11 2 (0.58%) JCL
11 2 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.58%) PromQL
12 1 (0.29%) Bicep
12 1 (0.29%) CLIST
12 1 (0.29%) REXX
12 1 (0.29%) Scala
12 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (7.02%) Degree
2 23 (6.73%) CISM
3 20 (5.85%) CISSP
4 19 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 19 (5.56%) CCSP
4 19 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (4.39%) PMP
6 9 (2.63%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.63%) PMI Certification
7 7 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.05%) Security Cleared
8 6 (1.75%) CCSK
9 5 (1.46%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.17%) CISA
10 4 (1.17%) CRISC
10 4 (1.17%) JNCIA
10 4 (1.17%) JNCIS
11 3 (0.88%) ACCA
11 3 (0.88%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.39%) PMO
2 13 (3.80%) QA
3 7 (2.05%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.05%) NIST
4 6 (1.75%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.46%) GDPR
6 3 (0.88%) GRC
6 3 (0.88%) SLA
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 20022
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 17 (4.97%) Docker
2 7 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.17%) ACF2
3 4 (1.17%) RACF
4 3 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.29%) KVM
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 68 (19.88%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.14%) Ansible
3 11 (3.22%) Prometheus
4 10 (2.92%) Grafana
5 7 (2.05%) Kustomize
6 6 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.17%) Argo
7 4 (1.17%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.88%) Control-M
9 2 (0.58%) Consul
9 2 (0.58%) IBM Guardium
9 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.58%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.29%) Autotask
10 1 (0.29%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.29%) Packer
10 1 (0.29%) QRadar
10 1 (0.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.29%) WMI
Vendors
1 48 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.56%) Google
3 13 (3.80%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.51%) Oracle
5 8 (2.34%) IBM
5 8 (2.34%) Splunk
6 7 (2.05%) Databricks
7 6 (1.75%) Okta
8 5 (1.46%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.46%) Black Duck
8 5 (1.46%) Delphix
8 5 (1.46%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.17%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.17%) Juniper
10 3 (0.88%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.88%) Mistral
10 3 (0.88%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.88%) VMware
11 2 (0.58%) Centrify
11 2 (0.58%) Solace