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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 303 97 91
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.39% 29.31% 21.56%
As % of the General category 48.33% 44.91% 36.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 53 32
10th Percentile £358 £377 £324
25th Percentile £416 £423 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £445
Median % change year-on-year - +12.35% -15.23%
75th Percentile £607 £600 £569
90th Percentile £688 £650 £611
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £477 £474
% change year-on-year +4.82% +0.74% -9.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £11.61
25th Percentile - - £12.26
Median hourly rate - - £12.99
75th Percentile - - £13.23
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £13.23

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 627 216 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 62.89% 65.26% 59.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 130 138
10th Percentile £334 £306 £250
25th Percentile £413 £411 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £557 £600 £572
90th Percentile £688 £650 £604
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £469 £452
% change year-on-year +6.61% +3.88% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £12.05
25th Percentile - £15.22 £12.63
Median hourly rate - £16.19 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year - +26.98% -48.15%
75th Percentile - £17.16 £13.23
90th Percentile - - £13.52
Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.19 £22.14 £14.63
% change year-on-year +4.75% +51.38% -24.56%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 0 296 £500 - 47
Doncaster - 2 £450 - 5
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 31 (10.23%) Confluence
2 23 (7.59%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.30%) TPMS
4 8 (2.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.33%) nginx
5 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (6.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.32%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 43 (14.19%) GCP
2 31 (10.23%) AWS
3 26 (8.58%) Azure
3 26 (8.58%) GitHub
4 22 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (5.94%) OneDrive
6 17 (5.61%) Serverless
7 15 (4.95%) OpenShift
8 14 (4.62%) Power Platform
9 13 (4.29%) Entra ID
10 11 (3.63%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (2.64%) AWS KMS
12 7 (2.31%) Rubrik
13 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.32%) IaaS
15 3 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
15 3 (0.99%) Collibra
15 3 (0.99%) PaaS
16 2 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
16 2 (0.66%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.62%) Firewall
2 12 (3.96%) SSL
3 10 (3.30%) SNMP
3 10 (3.30%) SSH
4 7 (2.31%) DNS
5 6 (1.98%) Internet
5 6 (1.98%) Kerberos
6 4 (1.32%) Network Security
7 3 (0.99%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.66%) DHCP
8 2 (0.66%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.66%) SAN
8 2 (0.66%) VPN
8 2 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.33%) IPsec
9 1 (0.33%) LAN
9 1 (0.33%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.24%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (8.25%) NoSQL
3 14 (4.62%) Power BI
4 8 (2.64%) Power Query
4 8 (2.64%) PowerPivot
5 3 (0.99%) Metadata
5 3 (0.99%) MySQL
5 3 (0.99%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.66%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.66%) Looker
6 2 (0.66%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.66%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.33%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.33%) Tableau
7 1 (0.33%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 57 (18.81%) Jenkins
2 43 (14.19%) JIRA
3 27 (8.91%) GitLab
4 16 (5.28%) Sonatype Nexus
5 12 (3.96%) Liquibase
6 8 (2.64%) Jaeger
7 6 (1.98%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.98%) REST Assured
7 6 (1.98%) Selenium
8 3 (0.99%) Git
8 3 (0.99%) PyCharm
9 2 (0.66%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.33%) Gradle
10 1 (0.33%) Maven
General
1 128 (42.24%) Social Skills
2 103 (33.99%) Banking
3 37 (12.21%) Financial Institution
4 32 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.59%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.30%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.97%) Legal
8 7 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.65%) Billing
10 4 (1.32%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.32%) Law
11 2 (0.66%) Advertising
11 2 (0.66%) Aviation
11 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.66%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (14.19%) Analyst
2 32 (10.56%) Project Manager
3 31 (10.23%) Lead
4 29 (9.57%) Architect
5 23 (7.59%) Business Analyst
6 18 (5.94%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (5.61%) Developer
7 17 (5.61%) GCP Engineer
8 16 (5.28%) Senior
9 15 (4.95%) Cloud Engineer
10 13 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.96%) Technical Business Analyst
12 11 (3.63%) Technical Analyst
13 10 (3.30%) Cryptography Engineer
13 10 (3.30%) Software Engineer
14 9 (2.97%) Infrastructure Manager
14 9 (2.97%) Strategy Analyst
15 8 (2.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 8 (2.64%) Lead Architect
15 8 (2.64%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.90%) REST
2 22 (7.26%) RESTful
3 19 (6.27%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (4.95%) OpenTelemetry
5 11 (3.63%) Kafka
5 11 (3.63%) Microsoft Graph
5 11 (3.63%) Spring Boot
6 10 (3.30%) Middleware
7 8 (2.64%) SailPoint
8 7 (2.31%) LDAP
9 6 (1.98%) OAuth
9 6 (1.98%) OpenID
9 6 (1.98%) SAML
10 5 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (1.32%) React
11 4 (1.32%) TensorFlow
12 3 (0.99%) FastAPI
12 3 (0.99%) NumPy
12 3 (0.99%) Pandas
13 2 (0.66%) ONNX
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.91%) Distributed Systems
2 22 (7.26%) Cloud Native
3 21 (6.93%) Public Cloud
4 20 (6.60%) Data Protection Act
4 20 (6.60%) Onboarding
5 19 (6.27%) Product Ownership
6 17 (5.61%) Data Centre
7 14 (4.62%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.65%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.32%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.99%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.99%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) Online Banking
10 3 (0.99%) PMI
10 3 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.66%) Autonomous Agent
11 2 (0.66%) Clustering
11 2 (0.66%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.66%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 47 (15.51%) Linux
2 19 (6.27%) Windows
3 4 (1.32%) Unix
4 3 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.99%) VMS
5 2 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (28.71%) DevOps
2 74 (24.42%) CI/CD
3 72 (23.76%) Cybersecurity
4 69 (22.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (19.47%) Agile
5 59 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (13.86%) Computer Science
7 39 (12.87%) Microservices
8 38 (12.54%) Observability
9 36 (11.88%) Identity Access Management
10 35 (11.55%) Cryptography
10 35 (11.55%) Decision-Making
11 34 (11.22%) Infrastructure as Code
11 34 (11.22%) Roadmaps
12 33 (10.89%) Migration
13 31 (10.23%) Root Cause Analysis
14 30 (9.90%) Project Management
15 29 (9.57%) Data Security
15 29 (9.57%) High Availability
15 29 (9.57%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 66 (21.78%) Python
2 41 (13.53%) SQL
3 30 (9.90%) Java
4 21 (6.93%) Go
5 16 (5.28%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.97%) VBA
7 8 (2.64%) Rust
8 7 (2.31%) Bash
9 5 (1.65%) VB
10 4 (1.32%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.66%) Groovy
11 2 (0.66%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 48 (15.84%) Degree
2 27 (8.91%) Master's Degree
3 22 (7.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (4.29%) CISM
4 13 (4.29%) CISSP
5 10 (3.30%) FFIEC
5 10 (3.30%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.30%) TOGAF Certification
6 9 (2.97%) PMP
7 8 (2.64%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.65%) PhD
9 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.33%) CCA
10 1 (0.33%) CCSK
10 1 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.33%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.93%) GDPR
2 16 (5.28%) PMO
3 15 (4.95%) NIST
4 10 (3.30%) GLBA
4 10 (3.30%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.65%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.65%) QA
6 3 (0.99%) GRC
7 2 (0.66%) SLA
8 1 (0.33%) Basel III
System Software
1 33 (10.89%) Docker
2 9 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.65%) vSphere
4 3 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.66%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.66%) KVM
5 2 (0.66%) SRDF
5 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.66%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.33%) XenApp
6 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (15.84%) Ansible
2 47 (15.51%) Kubernetes
3 34 (11.22%) Grafana
4 32 (10.56%) Prometheus
5 27 (8.91%) Terraform
6 8 (2.64%) Kiali
7 6 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.65%) Puppet
8 5 (1.65%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.99%) PowerCLI
9 3 (0.99%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.66%) Argo
10 2 (0.66%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.33%) Control-M
11 1 (0.33%) IBM Guardium
11 1 (0.33%) Nessus
11 1 (0.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.33%) vRealize
11 1 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 57 (18.81%) Microsoft
2 50 (16.50%) Splunk
3 18 (5.94%) Google
4 14 (4.62%) Sonatype
5 13 (4.29%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.63%) Oracle
7 10 (3.30%) Thales
8 9 (2.97%) BiZZdesign
8 9 (2.97%) VMware
9 6 (1.98%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.65%) Dell
11 3 (0.99%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.99%) Workday
12 2 (0.66%) AppDynamics
12 2 (0.66%) Broadcom
12 2 (0.66%) Centrify
12 2 (0.66%) Cisco
12 2 (0.66%) CrowdStrike
12 2 (0.66%) HP
12 2 (0.66%) Pure Storage