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 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 324 110 91
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.42% 29.26% 20.40%
As % of the General category 48.94% 45.45% 34.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 66 29
10th Percentile £367 £370 £349
25th Percentile £414 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £430
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +15.12% -21.82%
75th Percentile £638 £594 £519
90th Percentile £688 £650 £618
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.98%
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 662 242 267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 62.16% 64.36% 59.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 149 151
10th Percentile £355 £317 £250
25th Percentile £411 £388 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £558 £600 £582
90th Percentile £675 £650 £638
Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £469 £475
% change year-on-year +2.35% -1.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 9
10th Percentile £21.77 - £12.34
25th Percentile £22.44 £18.10 £12.63
Median hourly rate £24.29 £18.35 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% +38.72% +20.27%
75th Percentile £25.40 £18.50 £13.96
90th Percentile £25.62 £18.51 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £20.33 £14.63
% change year-on-year +12.23% +38.97% -18.75%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 0 314 £500 +2.04% 44
Doncaster - 4 £450 - 7
Barnsley 0 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 32 (9.88%) 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 23 (7.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
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 46 (14.20%) GCP
2 38 (11.73%) Azure
3 32 (9.88%) AWS
4 26 (8.02%) GitHub
5 23 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (5.86%) OpenShift
7 18 (5.56%) OneDrive
8 13 (4.01%) Entra ID
9 11 (3.40%) Microsoft Copilot
9 11 (3.40%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.16%) Rubrik
11 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.54%) PaaS
13 4 (1.23%) IaaS
14 3 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.62%) CloudBees
15 2 (0.62%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 2 (0.62%) Nutanix
15 2 (0.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.63%) Firewall
2 10 (3.09%) SSL
3 8 (2.47%) Network Security
3 8 (2.47%) SNMP
3 8 (2.47%) SSH
4 7 (2.16%) DNS
5 4 (1.23%) Internet
5 4 (1.23%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.62%) DHCP
6 2 (0.62%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.62%) SAN
6 2 (0.62%) VPN
6 2 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.31%) IPsec
7 1 (0.31%) LAN
7 1 (0.31%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (3.40%) Power BI
3 8 (2.47%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.85%) Metadata
4 6 (1.85%) Power Query
4 6 (1.85%) PowerPivot
5 5 (1.54%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.93%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.93%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.62%) Big Data
7 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.62%) DB2
7 2 (0.62%) Looker
7 2 (0.62%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.31%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.31%) Redis
8 1 (0.31%) Tableau
8 1 (0.31%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 43 (13.27%) JIRA
2 39 (12.04%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.32%) Sonatype Nexus
4 12 (3.70%) 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
8 5 (1.54%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.62%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.62%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.31%) Postman
10 1 (0.31%) PyCharm
10 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
General
1 137 (42.28%) Social Skills
2 103 (31.79%) Banking
3 43 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.72%) Financial Institution
5 21 (6.48%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (3.40%) Legal
7 10 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.09%) Public Sector
8 9 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.16%) Law
10 6 (1.85%) Billing
11 5 (1.54%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.54%) Retail
12 3 (0.93%) Advertising
13 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.62%) Publishing
13 2 (0.62%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.31%) Marketing
14 1 (0.31%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (13.58%) Lead
2 38 (11.73%) Analyst
2 38 (11.73%) Project Manager
3 34 (10.49%) Architect
4 23 (7.10%) Developer
5 22 (6.79%) DevOps Engineer
6 21 (6.48%) Business Analyst
7 13 (4.01%) Senior
8 11 (3.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (3.40%) Java Developer
8 11 (3.40%) Technical Business Analyst
9 10 (3.09%) Infrastructure Manager
9 10 (3.09%) Technical Analyst
10 9 (2.78%) Lead Architect
10 9 (2.78%) Product Owner
11 8 (2.47%) Cryptography Engineer
11 8 (2.47%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 8 (2.47%) Microsoft 365 Architect
11 8 (2.47%) Technical Manager
11 8 (2.47%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.63%) REST
2 14 (4.32%) OpenTelemetry
3 13 (4.01%) Spring Boot
4 12 (3.70%) Kafka
5 11 (3.40%) Microsoft Graph
5 11 (3.40%) RESTful
6 10 (3.09%) Middleware
7 9 (2.78%) OpenID
8 8 (2.47%) SailPoint
9 7 (2.16%) LDAP
10 5 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (1.54%) React
11 4 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (1.23%) Spring
12 3 (0.93%) FastAPI
12 3 (0.93%) JWT
12 3 (0.93%) OAuth
12 3 (0.93%) OAuth2
12 3 (0.93%) SAML
13 2 (0.62%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.02%) Data Protection Act
2 25 (7.72%) Cloud Native
3 23 (7.10%) Product Ownership
4 17 (5.25%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.25%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (4.94%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.09%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.85%) AI Agents
7 6 (1.85%) Mainframe
7 6 (1.85%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.54%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.93%) Credit Risk
9 3 (0.93%) Hedge funds
9 3 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.93%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.93%) PMI
9 3 (0.93%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.62%) CCTV
10 2 (0.62%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.57%) Linux
2 18 (5.56%) 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 80 (24.69%) DevOps
2 79 (24.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 74 (22.84%) CI/CD
4 66 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (19.44%) Cybersecurity
6 55 (16.98%) Agile
7 45 (13.89%) Roadmaps
8 39 (12.04%) Observability
9 35 (10.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (10.80%) Project Management
10 32 (9.88%) Migration
11 31 (9.57%) Data Protection
11 31 (9.57%) Identity Access Management
11 31 (9.57%) Microservices
12 29 (8.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (8.64%) Matrix Organization
13 28 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
14 27 (8.33%) Decision-Making
14 27 (8.33%) DevSecOps
14 27 (8.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 56 (17.28%) Python
2 40 (12.35%) Java
3 38 (11.73%) SQL
4 18 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.47%) Bash
5 8 (2.47%) Go
5 8 (2.47%) Rust
6 7 (2.16%) VBA
7 5 (1.54%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.54%) VB
8 4 (1.23%) JavaScript
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 33 (10.19%) Degree
2 14 (4.32%) PMP
3 13 (4.01%) PMI Certification
4 11 (3.40%) Master's Degree
5 10 (3.09%) CISM
5 10 (3.09%) CISSP
6 9 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.47%) FFIEC
7 8 (2.47%) Security Cleared
8 6 (1.85%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.93%) CCSP
10 3 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.62%) ACCA
11 2 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.62%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.62%) CIMA
11 2 (0.62%) PhD
12 1 (0.31%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.79%) GDPR
2 16 (4.94%) NIST
2 16 (4.94%) PMO
3 12 (3.70%) PCI DSS
4 8 (2.47%) GLBA
5 7 (2.16%) QA
6 4 (1.23%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.93%) GRC
8 2 (0.62%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) Basel III
9 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 26 (8.02%) Docker
2 11 (3.40%) 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 43 (13.27%) Kubernetes
2 36 (11.11%) Ansible
3 19 (5.86%) Grafana
3 19 (5.86%) Terraform
4 16 (4.94%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.47%) Kiali
6 5 (1.54%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.23%) Puppet
7 4 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.93%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.62%) Argo
9 2 (0.62%) Control-M
9 2 (0.62%) IBM Guardium
9 2 (0.62%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.31%) Nessus
10 1 (0.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.31%) vRealize
10 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 61 (18.83%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.88%) Splunk
3 13 (4.01%) Google
3 13 (4.01%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.40%) Oracle
4 11 (3.40%) Sonatype
4 11 (3.40%) VMware
5 8 (2.47%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.47%) Thales
6 6 (1.85%) BiZZdesign
7 5 (1.54%) Dell
8 4 (1.23%) Broadcom
8 4 (1.23%) IBM
9 3 (0.93%) Black Duck
9 3 (0.93%) Databricks
9 3 (0.93%) Okta
9 3 (0.93%) Workday
10 2 (0.62%) Centrify
10 2 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.62%) TOWER Software