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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 344 230 146
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.42% 35.99% 32.59%
As % of the General category 49.86% 51.11% 51.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 157 59
10th Percentile £366 £325 £400
25th Percentile £443 £380 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £463 £520
Median % change year-on-year +11.80% -10.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £623 £538 £594
90th Percentile £688 £628 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £520 £498 £525
% change year-on-year +4.42% -5.24% -2.33%
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 £44.14
% change year-on-year +108.89% -62.04% +323.56%

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 690 450 281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 61.01% 70.42% 62.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 298 146
10th Percentile £358 £278 £244
25th Percentile £425 £369 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £507
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -9.02% -8.73%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £625 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 7 6
10th Percentile £17.00 £14.54 £15.88
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.00 £20.13
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.21 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.55% -13.31% +7.69%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.40 £21.88
90th Percentile - £18.50 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £18.87 £19.00
% change year-on-year +20.88% -0.68% -

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 19 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 19 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 0 320 £519 +10.55% 96
Doncaster +1 8 £500 +334.78% 32
Barnsley +2 5 £550 +44.74% 11
Rotherham - 2 £513 - 6
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 (7.85%) Confluence
2 4 (1.16%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.87%) Apache
3 3 (0.87%) IBM Transformation Extender
3 3 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.87%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.58%) nginx
4 2 (0.58%) SAS
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.29%) CICS
Applications
1 9 (2.62%) 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%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 88 (25.58%) GCP
2 63 (18.31%) Azure
3 57 (16.57%) AWS
4 23 (6.69%) GitHub
5 9 (2.62%) Entra ID
5 9 (2.62%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 6 (1.74%) OpenShift
8 5 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.45%) SaaS
9 4 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (1.16%) Serverless
9 4 (1.16%) Slack
10 3 (0.87%) Azure Functions
10 3 (0.87%) Google Gemini
10 3 (0.87%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.87%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (9.30%) Network Security
2 8 (2.33%) 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
5 1 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (2.33%) Power BI
2 7 (2.03%) BigQuery
2 7 (2.03%) Metadata
2 7 (2.03%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.45%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.45%) Db2
3 5 (1.45%) Neo4j
4 4 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.16%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.58%) Big Data
7 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.29%) Power Query
7 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.29%) SQLite
7 1 (0.29%) Trino
Development Applications
1 38 (11.05%) JIRA
2 13 (3.78%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.62%) Git
4 5 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.16%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.87%) Selenium
7 2 (0.58%) Claude Code
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%) Gatling
8 1 (0.29%) JMeter
8 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.29%) Maven
8 1 (0.29%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.29%) Postman
8 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
General
1 142 (41.28%) Social Skills
2 99 (28.78%) Banking
3 63 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.14%) Financial Institution
5 24 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.91%) Law
7 10 (2.91%) Legal
8 9 (2.62%) Private Banking
9 7 (2.03%) Retail
10 6 (1.74%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.74%) Publishing
11 5 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.16%) Billing
12 4 (1.16%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.87%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.87%) International Banking
13 3 (0.87%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 75 (21.80%) Lead
2 37 (10.76%) Consultant
3 34 (9.88%) Analyst
4 27 (7.85%) Developer
5 24 (6.98%) Senior
6 23 (6.69%) Architect
7 20 (5.81%) DevSecOps Consultant
8 16 (4.65%) Project Manager
9 15 (4.36%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (4.07%) Java Developer
11 11 (3.20%) Business Analyst
12 10 (2.91%) Product Owner
12 10 (2.91%) Security Consultant
12 10 (2.91%) Technical Manager
13 9 (2.62%) Risk Analyst
13 9 (2.62%) Technical Leader
14 8 (2.33%) Data Engineer
14 8 (2.33%) Platform Engineer
14 8 (2.33%) Portfolio Manager
14 8 (2.33%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.72%) Terraform
2 17 (4.94%) REST
3 16 (4.65%) Kafka
4 14 (4.07%) OAuth
5 13 (3.78%) Node.js
5 13 (3.78%) OAuth2
6 12 (3.49%) React
7 11 (3.20%) OpenID
7 11 (3.20%) RESTful
7 11 (3.20%) SAML
8 10 (2.91%) Middleware
9 7 (2.03%) JWT
9 7 (2.03%) Spring
9 7 (2.03%) Spring Boot
10 5 (1.45%) SLSA
11 4 (1.16%) .NET
11 4 (1.16%) JSON
11 4 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (1.16%) SailPoint
12 3 (0.87%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.01%) Data Protection Act
2 31 (9.01%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.65%) AI Agents
3 16 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (4.36%) Mainframe
4 15 (4.36%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.78%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.78%) Security Posture
6 9 (2.62%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.62%) PKI
6 9 (2.62%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.03%) Replication
8 5 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.45%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.87%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.07%) Linux
2 8 (2.33%) Windows
3 5 (1.45%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.16%) Unix
4 4 (1.16%) VMS
4 4 (1.16%) zOS
5 2 (0.58%) MVS
6 1 (0.29%) AIX
6 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (41.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 96 (27.91%) CI/CD
3 79 (22.97%) Agile
4 76 (22.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 69 (20.06%) Roadmaps
6 67 (19.48%) DevOps
7 61 (17.73%) Cybersecurity
8 59 (17.15%) DevSecOps
9 58 (16.86%) Risk Management
10 50 (14.53%) Observability
11 49 (14.24%) AI
12 47 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
13 41 (11.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 38 (11.05%) Data Protection
15 35 (10.17%) Decision-Making
16 34 (9.88%) Change Management
17 33 (9.59%) Vulnerability Management
18 32 (9.30%) Matrix Organization
18 32 (9.30%) Platform Engineering
18 32 (9.30%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 62 (18.02%) Python
2 39 (11.34%) Java
3 23 (6.69%) SQL
4 17 (4.94%) PowerShell
5 14 (4.07%) Go
6 8 (2.33%) Bash
7 7 (2.03%) Rust
8 6 (1.74%) 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 26 (7.56%) Degree
2 23 (6.69%) CISM
3 20 (5.81%) CISSP
4 19 (5.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 19 (5.52%) CCSP
4 19 (5.52%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (4.36%) PMP
6 10 (2.91%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.62%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.74%) CCSK
9 6 (1.74%) Security Cleared
10 5 (1.45%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.16%) CISA
11 4 (1.16%) CRISC
11 4 (1.16%) JNCIA
11 4 (1.16%) JNCIS
12 3 (0.87%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.78%) PMO
2 11 (3.20%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.20%) QA
3 7 (2.03%) NIST
4 6 (1.74%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.45%) GDPR
6 4 (1.16%) GRC
7 3 (0.87%) SLA
8 2 (0.58%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.29%) MiFID
9 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (4.94%) Docker
2 8 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.16%) ACF2
4 4 (1.16%) RACF
5 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.58%) vSphere
6 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.29%) KVM
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 72 (20.93%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.10%) Ansible
3 11 (3.20%) Prometheus
4 10 (2.91%) Grafana
5 7 (2.03%) Kustomize
5 7 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.16%) Argo
6 4 (1.16%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.16%) Tivoli
7 3 (0.87%) Control-M
7 3 (0.87%) Tivoli Monitoring
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%) Nessus
9 1 (0.29%) Packer
9 1 (0.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 48 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.98%) Google
3 15 (4.36%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.49%) IBM
5 8 (2.33%) Oracle
5 8 (2.33%) Splunk
6 7 (2.03%) Databricks
6 7 (2.03%) Okta
6 7 (2.03%) VMware
7 6 (1.74%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.45%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.45%) Delphix
9 4 (1.16%) Black Duck
9 4 (1.16%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.16%) Juniper
9 4 (1.16%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.87%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.87%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.87%) Mistral
11 2 (0.58%) Centrify