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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 320 111 91
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.39% 29.52% 20.50%
As % of the General category 48.85% 45.68% 34.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 67 29
10th Percentile £367 £371 £349
25th Percentile £419 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £430
Median % change year-on-year - +16.28% -21.82%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £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 655 243 265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 62.20% 64.63% 59.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 150 149
10th Percentile £354 £319 £243
25th Percentile £411 £388 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £559 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £628
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 24 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 24 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 0 309 £500 +1.01% 42
Doncaster - 5 £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 30 (9.38%) Confluence
2 24 (7.50%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.50%) TPMS
4 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.31%) nginx
5 1 (0.31%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.56%) 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 44 (13.75%) GCP
2 36 (11.25%) Azure
3 30 (9.38%) AWS
4 24 (7.50%) GitHub
5 23 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (5.94%) OpenShift
7 18 (5.63%) OneDrive
8 13 (4.06%) Entra ID
9 11 (3.44%) Microsoft Copilot
9 11 (3.44%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.19%) Rubrik
11 6 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.56%) PaaS
13 4 (1.25%) IaaS
14 3 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.63%) AWS KMS
15 2 (0.63%) Collibra
15 2 (0.63%) Nutanix
15 2 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.69%) Firewall
2 10 (3.13%) SSL
3 8 (2.50%) Network Security
3 8 (2.50%) SNMP
3 8 (2.50%) SSH
4 7 (2.19%) DNS
5 4 (1.25%) Internet
5 4 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.63%) DHCP
6 2 (0.63%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.63%) SAN
6 2 (0.63%) VPN
6 2 (0.63%) 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 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (3.44%) Power BI
3 8 (2.50%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.88%) Metadata
4 6 (1.88%) Power Query
4 6 (1.88%) PowerPivot
5 4 (1.25%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.94%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.94%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.63%) Big Data
7 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.63%) DB2
7 2 (0.63%) Looker
7 2 (0.63%) 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 40 (12.50%) JIRA
2 38 (11.88%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.38%) Sonatype Nexus
4 12 (3.75%) GitLab
5 8 (2.50%) Jaeger
6 7 (2.19%) Selenium
7 6 (1.88%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.88%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.56%) Liquibase
9 4 (1.25%) Git
10 2 (0.63%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.31%) Postman
11 1 (0.31%) PyCharm
11 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
General
1 135 (42.19%) Social Skills
2 100 (31.25%) Banking
3 41 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.50%) Financial Institution
5 21 (6.56%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (3.44%) Legal
7 10 (3.13%) Public Sector
8 9 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.19%) Law
10 6 (1.88%) Billing
11 5 (1.56%) Retail
12 4 (1.25%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.94%) Advertising
14 2 (0.63%) Aviation
14 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Publishing
14 2 (0.63%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 44 (13.75%) Lead
2 37 (11.56%) Analyst
2 37 (11.56%) Project Manager
3 34 (10.63%) Architect
4 22 (6.88%) DevOps Engineer
5 20 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 20 (6.25%) Developer
6 12 (3.75%) Senior
7 11 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.13%) Product Owner
8 10 (3.13%) Technical Business Analyst
9 9 (2.81%) Infrastructure Manager
9 9 (2.81%) Lead Architect
9 9 (2.81%) Technical Analyst
10 8 (2.50%) Cryptography Engineer
10 8 (2.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 8 (2.50%) Java Developer
10 8 (2.50%) Microsoft 365 Architect
10 8 (2.50%) Technical Manager
10 8 (2.50%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.69%) REST
2 14 (4.38%) OpenTelemetry
3 12 (3.75%) Kafka
3 12 (3.75%) Spring Boot
4 11 (3.44%) Microsoft Graph
4 11 (3.44%) RESTful
5 10 (3.13%) Middleware
6 9 (2.81%) OpenID
7 8 (2.50%) SailPoint
8 7 (2.19%) LDAP
9 5 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (1.56%) React
10 4 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (0.94%) FastAPI
11 3 (0.94%) JWT
11 3 (0.94%) OAuth
11 3 (0.94%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.94%) SAML
11 3 (0.94%) Spring
12 2 (0.63%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.50%) Cloud Native
1 24 (7.50%) Data Protection Act
2 22 (6.88%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.31%) Data Centre
3 17 (5.31%) Onboarding
4 16 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.88%) AI Agents
6 6 (1.88%) Mainframe
6 6 (1.88%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.25%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.94%) Hedge funds
8 3 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.94%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.94%) PMI
8 3 (0.94%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.63%) Autonomous Agent
9 2 (0.63%) CCTV
9 2 (0.63%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.38%) Linux
2 18 (5.63%) Windows
3 4 (1.25%) Unix
4 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.94%) VMS
4 3 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.94%) zOS
5 2 (0.63%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (24.69%) DevOps
2 77 (24.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 70 (21.88%) CI/CD
4 66 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
5 64 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
6 51 (15.94%) Agile
7 46 (14.38%) Roadmaps
8 39 (12.19%) Observability
9 35 (10.94%) Project Management
10 33 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (9.69%) Identity Access Management
11 31 (9.69%) Migration
12 29 (9.06%) Data Protection
13 28 (8.75%) Matrix Organization
13 28 (8.75%) Microservices
13 28 (8.75%) Technical Leadership
14 27 (8.44%) Decision-Making
14 27 (8.44%) DevSecOps
14 27 (8.44%) Process Improvement
14 27 (8.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 56 (17.50%) Python
2 37 (11.56%) Java
2 37 (11.56%) SQL
3 18 (5.63%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.50%) Bash
4 8 (2.50%) Go
4 8 (2.50%) Rust
5 7 (2.19%) VBA
6 5 (1.56%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.56%) VB
7 3 (0.94%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.63%) JCL
8 2 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.31%) C#
9 1 (0.31%) CLIST
9 1 (0.31%) Groovy
9 1 (0.31%) REXX
Qualifications
1 31 (9.69%) Degree
2 12 (3.75%) PMP
3 11 (3.44%) PMI Certification
4 10 (3.13%) CISM
4 10 (3.13%) CISSP
4 10 (3.13%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.50%) FFIEC
6 8 (2.50%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.88%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.94%) CCSP
9 3 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.63%) ACCA
10 2 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.63%) CIMA
10 2 (0.63%) PhD
11 1 (0.31%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.56%) GDPR
2 16 (5.00%) NIST
3 15 (4.69%) PMO
4 12 (3.75%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.50%) GLBA
6 7 (2.19%) QA
7 5 (1.56%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.94%) GRC
9 2 (0.63%) SLA
10 1 (0.31%) Basel III
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 26 (8.13%) Docker
2 11 (3.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.56%) vSphere
4 3 (0.94%) KVM
4 3 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.63%) ACF2
5 2 (0.63%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.63%) RACF
5 2 (0.63%) SRDF
5 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.63%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.31%) XenApp
6 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 42 (13.13%) Kubernetes
2 36 (11.25%) Ansible
3 19 (5.94%) Grafana
3 19 (5.94%) Terraform
4 16 (5.00%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.50%) Kiali
6 5 (1.56%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.25%) Puppet
7 4 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.94%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.63%) Argo
9 2 (0.63%) Control-M
9 2 (0.63%) IBM Guardium
9 2 (0.63%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.63%) 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 (19.06%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.00%) Splunk
3 13 (4.06%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.75%) Google
5 11 (3.44%) Oracle
5 11 (3.44%) Sonatype
5 11 (3.44%) VMware
6 8 (2.50%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.50%) Thales
7 6 (1.88%) BiZZdesign
8 5 (1.56%) Dell
9 4 (1.25%) Broadcom
9 4 (1.25%) IBM
10 3 (0.94%) Black Duck
10 3 (0.94%) Databricks
10 3 (0.94%) Okta
10 3 (0.94%) Workday
11 2 (0.63%) Centrify
11 2 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.63%) TOWER Software