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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 346 231 150
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 31.14% 36.26% 32.97%
As % of the General category 51.11% 52.03% 53.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 157 62
10th Percentile £363 £326 £400
25th Percentile £435 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £460 £514
Median % change year-on-year +11.74% -10.46% -2.14%
75th Percentile £609 £538 £597
90th Percentile £688 £618 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £514 £489 £525
% change year-on-year +5.17% -6.90% -3.67%
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% +99.04%

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 677 444 283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 60.94% 69.70% 62.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 293 148
10th Percentile £358 £278 £300
25th Percentile £414 £364 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £506
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -11.07% -8.00%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £589
90th Percentile £675 £613 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 6
10th Percentile £21.11 £14.54 £15.88
25th Percentile £24.88 £15.00 £20.13
Median hourly rate £30.96 £18.21 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.04% -13.31% +7.69%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.40 £21.88
90th Percentile - £18.50 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £18.64
% change year-on-year +8.40% +18.81% -1.92%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 0 322 £514 +10.30% 80
Doncaster +1 8 £500 +334.78% 26
Barnsley +2 5 £550 +44.74% 8
Rotherham - 2 £513 - 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 27 (7.80%) Confluence
2 4 (1.16%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.87%) Apache
3 3 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.87%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.58%) nginx
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.29%) CICS
5 1 (0.29%) IBM Transformation Extender
5 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Maple
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) NEC Housing
1 2 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.29%) Actimize
2 1 (0.29%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.29%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 83 (23.99%) GCP
2 64 (18.50%) Azure
3 55 (15.90%) AWS
4 23 (6.65%) GitHub
5 11 (3.18%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.31%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 6 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.45%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.45%) SaaS
10 4 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
10 4 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.16%) Serverless
10 4 (1.16%) Slack
11 3 (0.87%) Azure Functions
11 3 (0.87%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.87%) PaaS
12 2 (0.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.96%) Network Security
2 8 (2.31%) Firewall
3 4 (1.16%) DNS
3 4 (1.16%) VPN
4 2 (0.58%) LAN
4 2 (0.58%) Multicast
4 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.58%) WAN
5 1 (0.29%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.29%) DHCP
5 1 (0.29%) HTTP
5 1 (0.29%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.89%) Power BI
2 8 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (2.02%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.73%) Metadata
4 6 (1.73%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.45%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.45%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.45%) Db2
5 5 (1.45%) Neo4j
6 3 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.58%) Big Data
8 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.29%) Power Query
8 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.29%) Redis
8 1 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.29%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 38 (10.98%) JIRA
2 13 (3.76%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.60%) Git
4 5 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.16%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.87%) Selenium
7 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.58%) Flyway
7 2 (0.58%) git-flow
7 2 (0.58%) JUnit
7 2 (0.58%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.58%) Mockito
8 1 (0.29%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.29%) Gatling
8 1 (0.29%) JMeter
8 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.29%) Maven
8 1 (0.29%) Postman
8 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 144 (41.62%) Social Skills
2 99 (28.61%) Banking
3 64 (18.50%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.38%) Financial Institution
5 24 (6.94%) Influencing Skills
6 21 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.89%) Law
7 10 (2.89%) Legal
8 9 (2.60%) Private Banking
9 7 (2.02%) Retail
10 6 (1.73%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.73%) Publishing
11 5 (1.45%) Billing
11 5 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.16%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.87%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.87%) International Banking
13 3 (0.87%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 79 (22.83%) Lead
2 37 (10.69%) Consultant
3 36 (10.40%) Analyst
4 26 (7.51%) Developer
5 22 (6.36%) Architect
5 22 (6.36%) Senior
6 20 (5.78%) DevSecOps Consultant
7 18 (5.20%) Project Manager
8 16 (4.62%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (4.05%) Java Developer
10 12 (3.47%) Business Analyst
11 11 (3.18%) Technical Manager
12 10 (2.89%) Product Owner
12 10 (2.89%) Security Consultant
13 9 (2.60%) Data Engineer
13 9 (2.60%) Risk Analyst
14 8 (2.31%) Platform Engineer
14 8 (2.31%) Portfolio Manager
14 8 (2.31%) Python Developer
14 8 (2.31%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.38%) Terraform
2 17 (4.91%) REST
3 16 (4.62%) Kafka
4 13 (3.76%) OAuth
5 12 (3.47%) Node.js
5 12 (3.47%) OAuth2
6 11 (3.18%) React
7 10 (2.89%) OpenID
7 10 (2.89%) RESTful
7 10 (2.89%) SAML
8 7 (2.02%) Spring
8 7 (2.02%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.73%) JWT
9 6 (1.73%) Middleware
10 5 (1.45%) SLSA
11 4 (1.16%) .NET
11 4 (1.16%) JSON
11 4 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
12 3 (0.87%) AngularJS
12 3 (0.87%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.56%) Cloud Native
2 35 (10.12%) Product Ownership
3 29 (8.38%) Data Protection Act
4 15 (4.34%) AI Agents
4 15 (4.34%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (4.34%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.76%) Mainframe
5 13 (3.76%) Security Posture
6 12 (3.47%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.60%) PKI
8 8 (2.31%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.31%) Virtual Team
9 7 (2.02%) Replication
10 6 (1.73%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.87%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.18%) Linux
2 5 (1.45%) Windows
3 4 (1.16%) Unix
3 4 (1.16%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.16%) zOS
4 3 (0.87%) VMS
5 2 (0.58%) MVS
6 1 (0.29%) AIX
6 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (41.04%) Stakeholder Management
2 94 (27.17%) CI/CD
3 82 (23.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 76 (21.97%) Agile
5 70 (20.23%) DevOps
6 65 (18.79%) Roadmaps
7 62 (17.92%) Cybersecurity
8 59 (17.05%) Risk Management
9 58 (16.76%) DevSecOps
10 47 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
11 46 (13.29%) Observability
12 44 (12.72%) AI
13 40 (11.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 35 (10.12%) Data Protection
15 34 (9.83%) Change Management
16 33 (9.54%) Matrix Organization
16 33 (9.54%) Vulnerability Management
17 32 (9.25%) Identity Access Management
18 31 (8.96%) Platform Engineering
18 31 (8.96%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 59 (17.05%) Python
2 39 (11.27%) Java
3 22 (6.36%) SQL
4 17 (4.91%) PowerShell
5 13 (3.76%) Go
6 8 (2.31%) Bash
7 7 (2.02%) Rust
8 6 (1.73%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.45%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.16%) C#
11 3 (0.87%) VBA
12 2 (0.58%) Bicep
12 2 (0.58%) COBOL
12 2 (0.58%) JCL
12 2 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.58%) PromQL
13 1 (0.29%) CLIST
13 1 (0.29%) REXX
13 1 (0.29%) Scala
13 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (7.23%) Degree
2 23 (6.65%) CISM
3 20 (5.78%) CISSP
4 19 (5.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 19 (5.49%) CCSP
4 19 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (4.34%) PMP
6 9 (2.60%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.60%) PMI Certification
7 7 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.73%) CCSK
8 6 (1.73%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.45%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.16%) CISA
10 4 (1.16%) CRISC
10 4 (1.16%) JNCIA
10 4 (1.16%) JNCIS
11 3 (0.87%) ACCA
11 3 (0.87%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.34%) PMO
2 13 (3.76%) QA
3 8 (2.31%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.02%) NIST
5 6 (1.73%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.45%) GDPR
7 3 (0.87%) GRC
7 3 (0.87%) SLA
8 2 (0.58%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 17 (4.91%) Docker
2 8 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.16%) ACF2
4 4 (1.16%) RACF
5 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.29%) KVM
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 70 (20.23%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.07%) Ansible
3 11 (3.18%) Prometheus
4 10 (2.89%) Grafana
5 7 (2.02%) Kustomize
5 7 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.16%) Argo
6 4 (1.16%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.87%) Control-M
8 2 (0.58%) Consul
8 2 (0.58%) IBM Guardium
8 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.58%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.29%) Autotask
9 1 (0.29%) Packer
9 1 (0.29%) QRadar
9 1 (0.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.29%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 50 (14.45%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.78%) Google
3 13 (3.76%) ServiceNow
4 10 (2.89%) Oracle
5 9 (2.60%) IBM
6 8 (2.31%) Splunk
7 7 (2.02%) Databricks
8 6 (1.73%) Okta
8 6 (1.73%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.45%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.45%) Delphix
9 5 (1.45%) VMware
10 4 (1.16%) Black Duck
10 4 (1.16%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.16%) Juniper
11 3 (0.87%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.87%) Mistral
11 3 (0.87%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.58%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.58%) Solace