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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 352 237 155
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.72% 35.32% 32.70%
As % of the General category 49.58% 51.63% 51.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 164 62
10th Percentile £366 £325 £402
25th Percentile £435 £380 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £475 £527
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% -9.87% +0.38%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.90% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 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 - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £35.00 £15.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +133.33% -78.57% +571.79%

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 710 459 300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 61.95% 68.41% 63.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 313 155
10th Percentile £358 £298 £213
25th Percentile £425 £381 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £507
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.31% -7.82%
75th Percentile £583 £538 £588
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 3 5
10th Percentile - £14.08 £13.14
25th Percentile £17.00 £14.43 £15.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £15.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.80% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £36.61 - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £25.00
% change year-on-year +3.03% -11.44% +28.58%

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 October 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 10 October 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 0 329 £514 +8.21% 129
Doncaster +1 8 £500 +334.78% 26
Barnsley 0 4 £515 +35.39% 2
Rotherham - 2 £513 - 9
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 26 (7.39%) Confluence
2 4 (1.14%) Apache
2 4 (1.14%) IBM Transformation Extender
2 4 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.85%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.85%) SAS
3 3 (0.85%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.57%) nginx
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.28%) CICS
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.28%) Maple
4 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) NEC Housing
1 2 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.28%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.28%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 89 (25.28%) GCP
2 68 (19.32%) Azure
3 61 (17.33%) AWS
4 20 (5.68%) GitHub
5 12 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (3.13%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.56%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 6 (1.70%) OpenShift
9 6 (1.70%) Serverless
10 4 (1.14%) Anthropic Claude
10 4 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.14%) Slack
11 3 (0.85%) Azure Functions
11 3 (0.85%) Google Gemini
11 3 (0.85%) SaaS
12 2 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (9.94%) Network Security
2 8 (2.27%) Firewall
3 4 (1.14%) DNS
3 4 (1.14%) VPN
4 2 (0.57%) LAN
4 2 (0.57%) Multicast
4 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.57%) WAN
5 1 (0.28%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.28%) DHCP
5 1 (0.28%) HTTP
5 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.28%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (2.27%) Power BI
2 7 (1.99%) BigQuery
2 7 (1.99%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.42%) Neo4j
4 4 (1.14%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.14%) Db2
4 4 (1.14%) Metadata
4 4 (1.14%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.57%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.28%) Big Data
7 1 (0.28%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 37 (10.51%) JIRA
2 14 (3.98%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.56%) Git
4 5 (1.42%) Claude Code
4 5 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.14%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.85%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.57%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.57%) Flyway
7 2 (0.57%) git-flow
7 2 (0.57%) JUnit
7 2 (0.57%) Mockito
7 2 (0.57%) Selenium
8 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.28%) Gatling
8 1 (0.28%) JMeter
8 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.28%) Maven
8 1 (0.28%) Postman
8 1 (0.28%) WebDriver
General
1 139 (39.49%) Social Skills
2 105 (29.83%) Banking
3 60 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.95%) Financial Institution
5 24 (6.82%) Influencing Skills
6 21 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.13%) Legal
8 10 (2.84%) Law
9 9 (2.56%) Private Banking
10 7 (1.99%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.70%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.42%) Publishing
13 4 (1.14%) Retail
13 4 (1.14%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.85%) Billing
14 3 (0.85%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.85%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 74 (21.02%) Lead
2 36 (10.23%) Consultant
3 34 (9.66%) Analyst
4 30 (8.52%) Senior
5 23 (6.53%) Architect
5 23 (6.53%) Developer
6 19 (5.40%) Project Manager
7 18 (5.11%) DevSecOps Consultant
8 13 (3.69%) Technical Leader
9 12 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (3.41%) Technical Manager
10 11 (3.13%) Java Developer
11 10 (2.84%) Business Analyst
11 10 (2.84%) Security Consultant
12 9 (2.56%) Risk Analyst
12 9 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.27%) Platform Engineer
13 8 (2.27%) Portfolio Manager
13 8 (2.27%) Python Developer
13 8 (2.27%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.24%) Terraform
2 17 (4.83%) REST
3 16 (4.55%) Kafka
4 15 (4.26%) Middleware
5 14 (3.98%) OAuth
6 13 (3.69%) Node.js
6 13 (3.69%) OAuth2
7 12 (3.41%) React
8 11 (3.13%) OpenID
8 11 (3.13%) SAML
9 9 (2.56%) RESTful
10 6 (1.70%) Spring
10 6 (1.70%) Spring Boot
11 5 (1.42%) FIDO
11 5 (1.42%) JWT
11 5 (1.42%) SLSA
11 5 (1.42%) WebAuthn
12 4 (1.14%) .NET
12 4 (1.14%) JSON
12 4 (1.14%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 31 (8.81%) Product Ownership
3 29 (8.24%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (4.83%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (4.83%) Onboarding
5 16 (4.55%) AI Agents
5 16 (4.55%) Data Centre
6 13 (3.69%) Mainframe
7 11 (3.13%) PKI
7 11 (3.13%) Security Posture
7 11 (3.13%) Virtual Team
8 8 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.27%) Replication
9 7 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.99%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.14%) CMDB
10 4 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.85%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.40%) Linux
2 10 (2.84%) Windows
3 6 (1.70%) Unix
3 6 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.14%) VMS
5 3 (0.85%) zOS
6 2 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) AIX
7 1 (0.28%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (44.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 97 (27.56%) CI/CD
3 90 (25.57%) Agile
4 85 (24.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 75 (21.31%) Roadmaps
6 68 (19.32%) DevOps
7 65 (18.47%) Risk Management
8 64 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
9 57 (16.19%) DevSecOps
10 52 (14.77%) AI
11 50 (14.20%) Observability
12 49 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
13 41 (11.65%) Change Management
14 39 (11.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 38 (10.80%) Data Protection
15 38 (10.80%) Decision-Making
15 38 (10.80%) Project Management
16 35 (9.94%) Platform Engineering
16 35 (9.94%) Software Engineering
17 33 (9.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (18.75%) Python
2 36 (10.23%) Java
3 24 (6.82%) SQL
4 18 (5.11%) PowerShell
5 15 (4.26%) Go
6 9 (2.56%) Bash
7 7 (1.99%) Rust
8 5 (1.42%) C#
8 5 (1.42%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.42%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.85%) VBA
10 2 (0.57%) Bicep
10 2 (0.57%) COBOL
10 2 (0.57%) PromQL
11 1 (0.28%) JCL
11 1 (0.28%) Scala
11 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (7.10%) Degree
2 21 (5.97%) CISM
3 19 (5.40%) PMP
4 18 (5.11%) CISSP
5 17 (4.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 17 (4.83%) CCSP
5 17 (4.83%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (4.26%) PMI Certification
7 9 (2.56%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.70%) CCSK
10 5 (1.42%) Security Cleared
11 4 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.14%) CISA
11 4 (1.14%) CRISC
11 4 (1.14%) JNCIA
11 4 (1.14%) JNCIS
11 4 (1.14%) SC Cleared
12 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.55%) PMO
2 13 (3.69%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.84%) QA
4 5 (1.42%) GRC
4 5 (1.42%) NIST
5 3 (0.85%) GDPR
5 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.85%) SLA
6 2 (0.57%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.28%) MiFID
7 1 (0.28%) P3O
7 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (4.55%) Docker
2 10 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.70%) vSphere
5 3 (0.85%) ACF2
5 3 (0.85%) RACF
5 3 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.57%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.28%) KVM
Systems Management
1 69 (19.60%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.40%) Ansible
3 14 (3.98%) Prometheus
4 12 (3.41%) Grafana
5 7 (1.99%) Kustomize
5 7 (1.99%) Tivoli
6 6 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.14%) Argo
7 4 (1.14%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.14%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 3 (0.85%) Control-M
9 2 (0.57%) Consul
9 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.57%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.28%) Autotask
10 1 (0.28%) IBM Guardium
10 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.28%) Packer
10 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 53 (15.06%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.39%) Google
3 18 (5.11%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.98%) IBM
5 10 (2.84%) Splunk
5 10 (2.84%) VMware
6 8 (2.27%) Oracle
7 6 (1.70%) Databricks
7 6 (1.70%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.42%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.42%) Delphix
8 5 (1.42%) Okta
8 5 (1.42%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.14%) Black Duck
9 4 (1.14%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.14%) Juniper
10 3 (0.85%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.85%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.85%) Mistral
10 3 (0.85%) SAP