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 2 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 324 109 96
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.34% 29.30% 20.96%
As % of the General category 48.80% 45.23% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 66 31
10th Percentile £375 £370 £356
25th Percentile £425 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £495 £434
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +14.06% -21.09%
75th Percentile £638 £594 £539
90th Percentile £688 £650 £619
Yorkshire median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.05% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £11.61
25th Percentile - - £12.26
Median hourly rate - £18.51 £12.99
Median % change year-on-year - +42.49% -
75th Percentile - - £13.23
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £18.51 £13.23
% change year-on-year - +39.91% -

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 664 241 272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 62.17% 64.78% 59.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 149 153
10th Percentile £358 £301 £295
25th Percentile £411 £388 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -2.06% -11.82%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £576
90th Percentile £675 £650 £635
Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £469 £479
% change year-on-year +2.35% -2.04% -8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 9
10th Percentile - - £12.34
25th Percentile £21.33 £18.10 £12.63
Median hourly rate £22.81 £18.35 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +24.29% +38.72% -48.12%
75th Percentile £25.03 £18.50 £13.96
90th Percentile £25.47 £18.51 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £18.55 £14.63
% change year-on-year +22.96% +26.84% -18.11%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 0 315 £500 +2.04% 56
Doncaster - 3 - - 8
Barnsley -1 1 £550 - 4
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 30 (9.26%) Confluence
2 24 (7.41%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.47%) TPMS
4 2 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.31%) nginx
5 1 (0.31%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.31%) Actimize
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.31%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 52 (16.05%) GCP
2 42 (12.96%) Azure
3 37 (11.42%) AWS
4 23 (7.10%) GitHub
4 23 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (5.56%) OneDrive
5 18 (5.56%) OpenShift
6 13 (4.01%) Entra ID
7 11 (3.40%) Microsoft Copilot
8 10 (3.09%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.16%) Rubrik
10 6 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (1.85%) PaaS
11 4 (1.23%) IaaS
12 3 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.93%) SaaS
13 2 (0.62%) AWS KMS
13 2 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.62%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.32%) Firewall
2 11 (3.40%) Network Security
3 9 (2.78%) SSL
4 8 (2.47%) DNS
4 8 (2.47%) SNMP
4 8 (2.47%) SSH
5 5 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.93%) DHCP
7 2 (0.62%) Internet
7 2 (0.62%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.62%) SAN
7 2 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.31%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.31%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.09%) Power BI
3 6 (1.85%) Metadata
3 6 (1.85%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.54%) Power Query
4 5 (1.54%) PowerPivot
5 4 (1.23%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.93%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.62%) Big Data
7 2 (0.62%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.62%) DB2
7 2 (0.62%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.31%) Looker
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.31%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.31%) Redis
8 1 (0.31%) Tableau
8 1 (0.31%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 42 (12.96%) JIRA
2 35 (10.80%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.70%) Sonatype Nexus
4 11 (3.40%) GitLab
5 8 (2.47%) Jaeger
6 7 (2.16%) Selenium
7 6 (1.85%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.85%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.54%) Git
9 4 (1.23%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.62%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.62%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.31%) Postman
11 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
General
1 139 (42.90%) Social Skills
2 92 (28.40%) Banking
3 43 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.72%) Financial Institution
5 21 (6.48%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.70%) Legal
7 10 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.47%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.16%) Law
9 7 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.85%) Billing
11 5 (1.54%) Retail
12 3 (0.93%) Advertising
12 3 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.93%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.62%) Publishing
13 2 (0.62%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.31%) Private Banking
14 1 (0.31%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (14.81%) Lead
2 37 (11.42%) Analyst
2 37 (11.42%) Project Manager
3 33 (10.19%) Architect
4 25 (7.72%) Developer
5 23 (7.10%) DevOps Engineer
6 20 (6.17%) Business Analyst
7 12 (3.70%) Java Developer
7 12 (3.70%) Senior
8 9 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (2.78%) Infrastructure Manager
8 9 (2.78%) Lead Architect
8 9 (2.78%) Product Owner
8 9 (2.78%) Technical Business Analyst
9 8 (2.47%) Cryptography Engineer
9 8 (2.47%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 8 (2.47%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 8 (2.47%) Technical Analyst
9 8 (2.47%) Technical Manager
9 8 (2.47%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.32%) OpenTelemetry
1 14 (4.32%) REST
2 13 (4.01%) Spring Boot
3 12 (3.70%) Kafka
3 12 (3.70%) RESTful
4 11 (3.40%) Microsoft Graph
5 10 (3.09%) Middleware
5 10 (3.09%) OpenID
6 8 (2.47%) SailPoint
7 7 (2.16%) LDAP
8 6 (1.85%) React
9 5 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (1.23%) JWT
10 4 (1.23%) OAuth
10 4 (1.23%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.23%) SAML
10 4 (1.23%) Spring
11 3 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (0.93%) FastAPI
12 2 (0.62%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 26 (8.02%) Data Protection Act
3 25 (7.72%) Product Ownership
4 17 (5.25%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.25%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.40%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.09%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.85%) AI Agents
7 6 (1.85%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.54%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.54%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.23%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.93%) CCTV
10 3 (0.93%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.93%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.93%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.93%) PMI
10 3 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.62%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.64%) Linux
2 16 (4.94%) Windows
3 4 (1.23%) Unix
4 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.93%) VMS
4 3 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.93%) zOS
5 2 (0.62%) MVS
6 1 (0.31%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (25.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 80 (24.69%) DevOps
3 79 (24.38%) CI/CD
4 64 (19.75%) Cybersecurity
4 64 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (17.59%) Agile
6 47 (14.51%) Roadmaps
7 40 (12.35%) Observability
8 38 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (10.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 33 (10.19%) DevSecOps
10 33 (10.19%) Risk Management
11 32 (9.88%) Identity Access Management
12 31 (9.57%) Data Protection
12 31 (9.57%) Microservices
12 31 (9.57%) Project Management
13 29 (8.95%) Migration
14 28 (8.64%) Matrix Organization
14 28 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
15 27 (8.33%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 57 (17.59%) Python
2 42 (12.96%) Java
3 36 (11.11%) SQL
4 18 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.78%) Rust
6 8 (2.47%) Bash
6 8 (2.47%) Go
7 7 (2.16%) VBA
8 5 (1.54%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.54%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.54%) VB
9 3 (0.93%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.62%) JCL
10 2 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.31%) C#
11 1 (0.31%) CLIST
11 1 (0.31%) Groovy
11 1 (0.31%) REXX
Qualifications
1 32 (9.88%) Degree
2 14 (4.32%) PMP
3 13 (4.01%) CISM
3 13 (4.01%) CISSP
3 13 (4.01%) PMI Certification
4 10 (3.09%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.47%) FFIEC
6 7 (2.16%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (1.85%) CCSP
7 6 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.85%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.62%) CCSK
9 2 (0.62%) PhD
10 1 (0.31%) ACCA
10 1 (0.31%) CCA
10 1 (0.31%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.31%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.79%) GDPR
2 17 (5.25%) NIST
2 17 (5.25%) PMO
3 13 (4.01%) PCI DSS
4 8 (2.47%) GLBA
4 8 (2.47%) QA
5 3 (0.93%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.93%) GRC
6 2 (0.62%) SLA
7 1 (0.31%) Basel III
7 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 25 (7.72%) Docker
2 10 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.54%) vSphere
4 3 (0.93%) KVM
4 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.62%) ACF2
5 2 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.62%) RACF
5 2 (0.62%) SRDF
5 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.62%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.31%) XenApp
6 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 47 (14.51%) Kubernetes
2 32 (9.88%) Ansible
3 20 (6.17%) Terraform
4 18 (5.56%) Grafana
5 15 (4.63%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.47%) Kiali
7 5 (1.54%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.23%) Puppet
8 4 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.93%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.62%) Argo
10 2 (0.62%) Control-M
10 2 (0.62%) IBM Guardium
10 2 (0.62%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.31%) Nessus
11 1 (0.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.31%) vRealize
11 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 62 (19.14%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.26%) Splunk
3 14 (4.32%) Google
4 12 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.40%) Oracle
6 10 (3.09%) VMware
7 9 (2.78%) Sonatype
8 8 (2.47%) Thales
9 7 (2.16%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.85%) BiZZdesign
11 5 (1.54%) Dell
12 4 (1.23%) Broadcom
12 4 (1.23%) IBM
12 4 (1.23%) Okta
13 3 (0.93%) Black Duck
13 3 (0.93%) Databricks
13 3 (0.93%) Workday
14 2 (0.62%) Centrify
14 2 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
14 2 (0.62%) Pure Storage