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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 350 229 144
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.15% 37.48% 30.19%
As % of the General category 47.81% 53.63% 50.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 153 53
10th Percentile £400 £338 £388
25th Percentile £443 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% -2.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £638 £545 £600
90th Percentile £688 £623 £662
Yorkshire median daily rate £519 £478 £513
% change year-on-year +8.64% -6.83% -6.82%
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% -

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 732 427 285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 63.05% 69.89% 59.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 279 149
10th Percentile £358 £284 £315
25th Percentile £413 £369 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -9.50%
75th Percentile £574 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £625 £639
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 6 5
10th Percentile £20.82 £15.00 £20.20
25th Percentile £22.20 £15.78 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.21 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.55% -13.31% +10.53%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.45 £22.00
90th Percentile - £18.51 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £14.63
% change year-on-year +8.40% +51.38% -23.03%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 0 324 £525 +11.94% 53
Doncaster - 7 £500 - 13
Barnsley +2 5 £550 +44.74% 3
Rotherham - 1 - - 8
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 (7.71%) Confluence
2 7 (2.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.86%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
4 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.29%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.29%) CICS
4 1 (0.29%) nginx
4 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.29%) Maple
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.57%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) Actimize
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.29%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 78 (22.29%) GCP
2 51 (14.57%) Azure
3 48 (13.71%) AWS
4 23 (6.57%) GitHub
5 11 (3.14%) OpenShift
6 9 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.29%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.71%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.43%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.43%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.14%) Anthropic Claude
10 4 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.14%) SaaS
10 4 (1.14%) Slack
11 3 (0.86%) PaaS
12 2 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.57%) CloudBees
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.43%) Network Security
2 9 (2.57%) Firewall
3 4 (1.14%) DNS
3 4 (1.14%) VPN
4 2 (0.57%) iSCSI
4 2 (0.57%) LAN
4 2 (0.57%) Multicast
4 2 (0.57%) SAN
4 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.57%) WAN
5 1 (0.29%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.29%) DHCP
5 1 (0.29%) HTTP
5 1 (0.29%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.71%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.00%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.43%) Metadata
3 5 (1.43%) Power BI
3 5 (1.43%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.14%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.14%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.14%) Db2
5 3 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.57%) Big Data
6 2 (0.57%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.29%) Looker
7 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.29%) Redis
7 1 (0.29%) SQLite
7 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (10.86%) JIRA
2 24 (6.86%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.29%) Git
4 6 (1.71%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.14%) Liquibase
5 4 (1.14%) Selenium
6 3 (0.86%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.86%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.86%) GitLab
7 2 (0.57%) Flyway
7 2 (0.57%) git-flow
7 2 (0.57%) JUnit
7 2 (0.57%) Mockito
8 1 (0.29%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.29%) Postman
8 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.29%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 132 (37.71%) Social Skills
2 93 (26.57%) Banking
3 68 (19.43%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.29%) Financial Institution
5 16 (4.57%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (3.43%) Legal
7 11 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.86%) Law
9 9 (2.57%) Billing
10 8 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.29%) Private Banking
10 8 (2.29%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.00%) Retail
12 5 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.43%) Publishing
13 3 (0.86%) Advertising
13 3 (0.86%) International Banking
13 3 (0.86%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 80 (22.86%) Lead
2 38 (10.86%) Analyst
3 32 (9.14%) Developer
4 30 (8.57%) Architect
5 28 (8.00%) Consultant
6 23 (6.57%) DevOps Engineer
7 21 (6.00%) Senior
8 18 (5.14%) Project Manager
9 16 (4.57%) DevSecOps Consultant
9 16 (4.57%) Java Developer
10 14 (4.00%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.43%) Python Developer
12 9 (2.57%) Product Owner
13 8 (2.29%) Lead Architect
14 7 (2.00%) Data Analyst
14 7 (2.00%) Data Engineer
14 7 (2.00%) Technical Manager
14 7 (2.00%) Technical Project Manager
15 6 (1.71%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
15 6 (1.71%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.71%) REST
2 13 (3.71%) React
2 13 (3.71%) RESTful
3 12 (3.43%) Node.js
4 11 (3.14%) OAuth
5 10 (2.86%) OAuth2
6 9 (2.57%) Kafka
6 9 (2.57%) OpenID
7 8 (2.29%) SAML
8 7 (2.00%) OpenTelemetry
8 7 (2.00%) Spring
8 7 (2.00%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.71%) JWT
9 6 (1.71%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (1.43%) JSON
11 4 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (1.14%) SailPoint
12 3 (0.86%) .NET
12 3 (0.86%) JPA
12 3 (0.86%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.86%) Cloud Native
2 32 (9.14%) Data Protection Act
3 30 (8.57%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.00%) AI Agents
5 13 (3.71%) Data Centre
6 12 (3.43%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.43%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (2.57%) Mainframe
8 9 (2.57%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.29%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.29%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.00%) PKI
11 5 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.86%) CCTV
13 3 (0.86%) Cyber Security Posture
13 3 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (0.86%) Distributed Computing
13 3 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.71%) Linux
2 9 (2.57%) Windows
3 5 (1.43%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.14%) zOS
5 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.86%) Unix
5 3 (0.86%) VMS
6 2 (0.57%) MVS
7 1 (0.29%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (32.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 87 (24.86%) CI/CD
3 75 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 73 (20.86%) DevOps
5 64 (18.29%) Agile
6 60 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
7 58 (16.57%) Roadmaps
8 56 (16.00%) Risk Management
9 54 (15.43%) Cybersecurity
10 48 (13.71%) DevSecOps
11 45 (12.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 40 (11.43%) AI
13 39 (11.14%) Data Protection
14 38 (10.86%) Observability
15 32 (9.14%) Identity Access Management
15 32 (9.14%) Software Engineering
16 30 (8.57%) Change Management
16 30 (8.57%) Full-Stack Development
16 30 (8.57%) Vulnerability Management
17 29 (8.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 62 (17.71%) Python
2 36 (10.29%) Java
3 19 (5.43%) SQL
4 14 (4.00%) Go
5 13 (3.71%) PowerShell
6 7 (2.00%) Rust
7 6 (1.71%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.43%) Bash
9 4 (1.14%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.14%) VB
10 3 (0.86%) C#
10 3 (0.86%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.57%) JCL
11 2 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.57%) PromQL
12 1 (0.29%) CLIST
12 1 (0.29%) COBOL
12 1 (0.29%) Groovy
12 1 (0.29%) REXX
12 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (8.57%) Degree
2 20 (5.71%) CISM
3 17 (4.86%) CISSP
4 14 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 14 (4.00%) CCSP
4 14 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (4.00%) PMP
5 9 (2.57%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.29%) PMI Certification
6 8 (2.29%) Security Cleared
7 7 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.43%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.14%) CISA
9 4 (1.14%) CRISC
9 4 (1.14%) JNCIA
9 4 (1.14%) JNCIS
9 4 (1.14%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.86%) CCSK
11 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.29%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.71%) PMO
2 11 (3.14%) QA
3 8 (2.29%) GDPR
3 8 (2.29%) NIST
4 5 (1.43%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.43%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.86%) GRC
6 2 (0.57%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.57%) SLA
7 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 19 (5.43%) Docker
2 8 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.43%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.14%) vSphere
5 3 (0.86%) ACF2
5 3 (0.86%) RACF
6 2 (0.57%) KVM
6 2 (0.57%) SRDF
6 2 (0.57%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 63 (18.00%) Kubernetes
2 30 (8.57%) Ansible
3 27 (7.71%) Terraform
4 13 (3.71%) Grafana
4 13 (3.71%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.71%) Argo
6 5 (1.43%) Kustomize
6 5 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.14%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.14%) Puppet
7 4 (1.14%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.86%) Control-M
9 2 (0.57%) Consul
9 2 (0.57%) IBM Guardium
9 2 (0.57%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.57%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.57%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.29%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.29%) vRealize
Vendors
1 52 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.86%) Google
3 13 (3.71%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.43%) Oracle
5 11 (3.14%) Splunk
6 8 (2.29%) VMware
7 7 (2.00%) IBM
7 7 (2.00%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.71%) Databricks
8 6 (1.71%) Okta
9 5 (1.43%) Black Duck
9 5 (1.43%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.14%) Broadcom
10 4 (1.14%) Dell
10 4 (1.14%) Juniper
10 4 (1.14%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.86%) BiZZdesign
11 3 (0.86%) Delphix
12 2 (0.57%) Pure Storage
12 2 (0.57%) Solace