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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 230 145 137
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 36.05% 32.37% 29.85%
As % of the General category 51.57% 51.60% 41.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 59 44
10th Percentile £326 £400 £406
25th Percentile £380 £463 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.06% -5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £600
90th Percentile £625 £700 £651
Yorkshire median daily rate £489 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -6.90% -4.11% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.76 - -
90th Percentile £17.81 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.76 £44.14 £10.42
% change year-on-year -62.04% +323.56% +17.47%

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 common skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 446 281 330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 69.91% 62.72% 71.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 146 205
10th Percentile £279 £244 £329
25th Percentile £367 £422 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £507 £561
Median % change year-on-year -9.27% -9.63% +12.20%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £688
90th Percentile £620 £650 £745
Yorkshire median daily rate £471 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.74% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 4
10th Percentile £14.54 £15.88 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.13 £16.63
Median hourly rate £18.21 £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.31% +7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £18.40 £21.88 £27.50
90th Percentile £18.50 £22.00 £41.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.87 £19.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -0.68% - +1.60%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Finance 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 0 217 £469 -9.81% 48
Barnsley - 9 £380 - 9
Doncaster - 1 £115 - 15
Finance
Yorkshire

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (10.43%) Confluence
2 9 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.04%) CICS
4 6 (2.61%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) TPMS
Applications
1 37 (16.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (6.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (5.22%) MS Visio
5 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.61%) VisionPLUS
2 4 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (12.17%) GCP
2 26 (11.30%) AWS
3 18 (7.83%) Azure
4 15 (6.52%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.52%) Serverless
5 9 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.17%) Azure AKS
6 5 (2.17%) GitHub
7 3 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.30%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.87%) npm
8 2 (0.87%) OCI
9 1 (0.43%) Azure API Management
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.43%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.43%) IaaS
9 1 (0.43%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.22%) Firewall
2 9 (3.91%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.87%) DNS
3 2 (0.87%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (0.87%) Network Security
3 2 (0.87%) SSH
4 1 (0.43%) SAN
4 1 (0.43%) SNMP
4 1 (0.43%) SSL
4 1 (0.43%) VPN
4 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.39%) NoSQL
2 15 (6.52%) Power BI
3 9 (3.91%) Oracle Database
3 9 (3.91%) Power Query
4 7 (3.04%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.61%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.74%) Tableau
7 3 (1.30%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.30%) Metadata
8 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.43%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.43%) DB2
9 1 (0.43%) Easytrieve
9 1 (0.43%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.43%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 36 (15.65%) Jenkins
2 29 (12.61%) JIRA
3 19 (8.26%) Liquibase
4 17 (7.39%) GitLab
5 13 (5.65%) Git
6 12 (5.22%) Postman
7 2 (0.87%) Babel
7 2 (0.87%) ChangeMan
7 2 (0.87%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.87%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.87%) webpack
8 1 (0.43%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.43%) Vagrant
General
1 87 (37.83%) Social Skills
2 68 (29.57%) Banking
3 56 (24.35%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (11.74%) Financial Institution
5 22 (9.57%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.61%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.17%) Legal
9 4 (1.74%) Billing
10 2 (0.87%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.87%) Marketing
10 2 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.87%) Retail
10 2 (0.87%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.43%) Electronics
11 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.43%) Retail Finance
11 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (23.91%) Analyst
2 36 (15.65%) Senior
3 19 (8.26%) Business Analyst
4 17 (7.39%) Project Manager
5 16 (6.96%) Data Analyst
5 16 (6.96%) Developer
6 15 (6.52%) Financial Analyst
6 15 (6.52%) Incident Manager
7 13 (5.65%) Service Analyst
8 12 (5.22%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (4.78%) Software Engineer
10 10 (4.35%) Architect
11 9 (3.91%) Lead
11 9 (3.91%) Senior Software Engineer
12 8 (3.48%) Finance Business Analyst
12 8 (3.48%) Financial Business Analyst
12 8 (3.48%) Major Incident Manager
12 8 (3.48%) Technical Engineer
13 7 (3.04%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 7 (3.04%) Senior Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.70%) REST
2 17 (7.39%) RESTful
3 15 (6.52%) Elastic Stack
4 6 (2.61%) CSS
4 6 (2.61%) HTML
5 5 (2.17%) Hugging Face
5 5 (2.17%) OpenCV
5 5 (2.17%) PyTorch
5 5 (2.17%) Regular Expression
5 5 (2.17%) SpaCy
5 5 (2.17%) TensorFlow
6 3 (1.30%) .NET
6 3 (1.30%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (1.30%) CSS3
6 3 (1.30%) HTML5
6 3 (1.30%) jQuery
6 3 (1.30%) React
7 2 (0.87%) MEAN Stack
7 2 (0.87%) Middleware
7 2 (0.87%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.74%) Data Centre
2 21 (9.13%) Public Cloud
3 20 (8.70%) Cloud Native
4 16 (6.96%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (6.52%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (5.22%) Mainframe
7 7 (3.04%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.74%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.74%) VSAM
10 3 (1.30%) CMDB
10 3 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.87%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.87%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.87%) IVR
12 1 (0.43%) CCTV
12 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.43%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.30%) Linux
2 8 (3.48%) Windows
3 7 (3.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.17%) Unix
5 3 (1.30%) AIX
5 3 (1.30%) Solaris
5 3 (1.30%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.43%) CentOS
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.43%) SUSE
6 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.43%) VMS
6 1 (0.43%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (33.04%) Agile
2 60 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (21.74%) DevOps
4 49 (21.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 46 (20.00%) Change Management
6 41 (17.83%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (12.17%) CI/CD
8 27 (11.74%) Risk Management
9 26 (11.30%) Decision-Making
10 25 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (10.00%) Containerisation
12 22 (9.57%) Data Protection
12 22 (9.57%) ITIL
12 22 (9.57%) Software Engineering
13 21 (9.13%) Project Management
14 20 (8.70%) Cost Optimisation
14 20 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (8.70%) Microservices
15 19 (8.26%) Business Case
15 19 (8.26%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 53 (23.04%) Python
2 21 (9.13%) Go
3 18 (7.83%) SQL
4 11 (4.78%) Java
5 7 (3.04%) COBOL
6 6 (2.61%) JCL
6 6 (2.61%) VB
7 5 (2.17%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.74%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.74%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.74%) VBA
9 3 (1.30%) Bash
9 3 (1.30%) C#
10 2 (0.87%) Bicep
10 2 (0.87%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.43%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.43%) Groovy
11 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.43%) REXX
11 1 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 21 (9.13%) Degree
2 15 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
2 15 (6.52%) Master's Degree
3 10 (4.35%) AWS Certification
4 8 (3.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 6 (2.61%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.74%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.74%) RIBA
7 2 (0.87%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.87%) CISM
7 2 (0.87%) CISSP
7 2 (0.87%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.87%) VCAP
7 2 (0.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.43%) FFIEC
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.83%) GDPR
2 14 (6.09%) PMO
2 14 (6.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (3.91%) NIST
4 8 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.17%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.74%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.74%) SLA
7 3 (1.30%) QA
8 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.43%) GLBA
System Software
1 20 (8.70%) Docker
2 11 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.74%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 3 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.87%) vSphere
6 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.43%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 1 (0.43%) RACF
6 1 (0.43%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.43%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 33 (14.35%) Ansible
2 28 (12.17%) Kubernetes
3 26 (11.30%) Terraform
4 16 (6.96%) Grafana
5 15 (6.52%) Prometheus
6 10 (4.35%) Puppet
7 7 (3.04%) Oracle RMAN
8 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (2.17%) SCCM
9 3 (1.30%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.87%) CA Endevor
10 2 (0.87%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.43%) Control-M
11 1 (0.43%) Istio
11 1 (0.43%) Kiali
11 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.43%) SCOM
Vendors
1 60 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.83%) Splunk
3 16 (6.96%) ServiceNow
4 13 (5.65%) Google
5 11 (4.78%) VMware
6 10 (4.35%) MuleSoft
6 10 (4.35%) Oracle
7 9 (3.91%) Commvault
8 8 (3.48%) SAP
9 4 (1.74%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.74%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.30%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.87%) BeyondTrust
11 2 (0.87%) Broadcom
11 2 (0.87%) Citrix
11 2 (0.87%) Databricks
11 2 (0.87%) F5
11 2 (0.87%) Genesys
11 2 (0.87%) Sage
11 2 (0.87%) Thycotic