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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 359 158 124
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.30% 34.20% 26.05%
As % of the General category 47.74% 49.84% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 103 38
10th Percentile £375 £358 £378
25th Percentile £430 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £463 £445
Median % change year-on-year +11.02% +4.04% -19.09%
75th Percentile £650 £545 £550
90th Percentile £688 £625 £624
Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £17.24 £15.35 £11.61
25th Percentile £19.10 £15.88 £12.26
Median hourly rate £22.20 £16.76 £12.99
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% +28.98% -
75th Percentile - £17.63 £13.23
90th Percentile - £18.16 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £35.00 £16.76 £13.23
% change year-on-year +108.89% +26.64% -

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 752 317 279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 63.46% 68.61% 58.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 204 140
10th Percentile £358 £287 £286
25th Percentile £413 £380 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.05% -7.45% -9.09%
75th Percentile £569 £551 £579
90th Percentile £688 £638 £638
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 10
10th Percentile £19.22 £16.24 £12.48
25th Percentile £21.55 £18.10 £12.64
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.21 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +41.55% +37.60% +20.27%
75th Percentile £33.90 £18.50 £19.62
90th Percentile £36.61 £18.51 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £14.63
% change year-on-year +16.40% +51.38% -18.11%

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 June 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 June 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 0 337 £514 +9.59% 57
Doncaster - 6 £500 - 7
Barnsley +2 3 £550 +44.74% 2
Rotherham - 1 - - 3
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 (8.36%) Confluence
2 22 (6.13%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.39%) TPMS
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) nginx
6 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.56%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.28%) Actimize
3 1 (0.28%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 68 (18.94%) GCP
2 46 (12.81%) Azure
3 45 (12.53%) AWS
4 23 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (6.13%) GitHub
6 18 (5.01%) OneDrive
7 15 (4.18%) Entra ID
8 13 (3.62%) OpenShift
9 12 (3.34%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (1.95%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.95%) Rubrik
11 6 (1.67%) PaaS
12 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.11%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 4 (1.11%) IaaS
13 4 (1.11%) Slack
14 3 (0.84%) SaaS
15 2 (0.56%) CloudBees
15 2 (0.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.96%) Network Security
2 13 (3.62%) Firewall
3 5 (1.39%) SNMP
3 5 (1.39%) SSH
3 5 (1.39%) SSL
4 4 (1.11%) DNS
4 4 (1.11%) VPN
5 2 (0.56%) DHCP
5 2 (0.56%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.56%) SAN
5 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.28%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.28%) HTTP
6 1 (0.28%) Internet
6 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.67%) Metadata
2 6 (1.67%) NoSQL
2 6 (1.67%) Power BI
3 5 (1.39%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.11%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.84%) Power Query
6 2 (0.56%) Big Data
6 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.56%) Db2
6 2 (0.56%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.28%) Looker
7 1 (0.28%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.28%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.28%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.28%) Redis
7 1 (0.28%) Tableau
7 1 (0.28%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 42 (11.70%) JIRA
2 32 (8.91%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.62%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (1.95%) GitLab
5 6 (1.67%) Cucumber
5 6 (1.67%) Git
5 6 (1.67%) Selenium
6 5 (1.39%) Jaeger
6 5 (1.39%) Liquibase
7 4 (1.11%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.56%) Flyway
8 2 (0.56%) git-flow
8 2 (0.56%) JUnit
8 2 (0.56%) Mockito
9 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.28%) Postman
9 1 (0.28%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 146 (40.67%) Social Skills
2 93 (25.91%) Banking
3 58 (16.16%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.24%) Financial Institution
5 18 (5.01%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (3.62%) Legal
7 12 (3.34%) Law
8 10 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.51%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.67%) Billing
11 5 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.39%) Retail
12 4 (1.11%) Publishing
13 3 (0.84%) Advertising
13 3 (0.84%) International Banking
13 3 (0.84%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 58 (16.16%) Lead
2 41 (11.42%) Analyst
3 32 (8.91%) Architect
4 29 (8.08%) Developer
5 28 (7.80%) Project Manager
6 24 (6.69%) DevOps Engineer
7 20 (5.57%) Business Analyst
7 20 (5.57%) Consultant
8 16 (4.46%) Senior
9 13 (3.62%) DevSecOps Consultant
9 13 (3.62%) Java Developer
10 11 (3.06%) Python Developer
11 10 (2.79%) Product Owner
12 9 (2.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 8 (2.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.23%) Lead Architect
13 8 (2.23%) Microsoft 365 Architect
13 8 (2.23%) Technical Business Analyst
14 7 (1.95%) Infrastructure Manager
14 7 (1.95%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.01%) REST
2 14 (3.90%) RESTful
3 12 (3.34%) OpenTelemetry
4 11 (3.06%) Microsoft Graph
4 11 (3.06%) Node.js
4 11 (3.06%) React
5 10 (2.79%) Spring Boot
6 9 (2.51%) Kafka
6 9 (2.51%) Middleware
6 9 (2.51%) OpenID
7 7 (1.95%) OAuth
7 7 (1.95%) OAuth2
8 6 (1.67%) JWT
8 6 (1.67%) SailPoint
9 5 (1.39%) LDAP
9 5 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (1.39%) SAML
9 5 (1.39%) Spring
10 3 (0.84%) JPA
10 3 (0.84%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.91%) Cloud Native
2 30 (8.36%) Product Ownership
3 29 (8.08%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (4.74%) Data Centre
5 16 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.06%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.06%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.06%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.51%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.67%) Mainframe
8 6 (1.67%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.67%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.84%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.84%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.84%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.41%) Linux
2 13 (3.62%) Windows
3 5 (1.39%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.84%) Unix
4 3 (0.84%) VMS
4 3 (0.84%) zOS
5 2 (0.56%) MVS
6 1 (0.28%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (28.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 86 (23.96%) CI/CD
3 83 (23.12%) DevOps
4 67 (18.66%) Agile
5 61 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 61 (16.99%) Cybersecurity
6 59 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (15.60%) Roadmaps
8 48 (13.37%) Observability
9 45 (12.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 44 (12.26%) Risk Management
11 40 (11.14%) DevSecOps
12 34 (9.47%) Data Protection
13 33 (9.19%) Identity Access Management
14 31 (8.64%) AI
14 31 (8.64%) Full-Stack Development
14 31 (8.64%) Matrix Organization
15 30 (8.36%) Microservices
15 30 (8.36%) Technical Leadership
16 29 (8.08%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (18.38%) Python
2 40 (11.14%) Java
3 28 (7.80%) SQL
4 20 (5.57%) PowerShell
5 12 (3.34%) Go
6 11 (3.06%) Rust
7 6 (1.67%) Bash
8 5 (1.39%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.39%) VB
9 4 (1.11%) VBA
10 3 (0.84%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.84%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.56%) JCL
11 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.56%) PromQL
12 1 (0.28%) C#
12 1 (0.28%) CLIST
12 1 (0.28%) Groovy
12 1 (0.28%) REXX
Qualifications
1 34 (9.47%) Degree
2 20 (5.57%) CISSP
3 19 (5.29%) CISM
4 15 (4.18%) PMP
5 14 (3.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 14 (3.90%) CCSP
5 14 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (3.34%) PMI Certification
7 10 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.23%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.95%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.95%) Security Cleared
10 5 (1.39%) FFIEC
11 4 (1.11%) JNCIA
11 4 (1.11%) JNCIS
11 4 (1.11%) SC Cleared
12 3 (0.84%) CCSK
12 3 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.29%) GDPR
2 16 (4.46%) PMO
3 15 (4.18%) NIST
4 10 (2.79%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.51%) QA
6 5 (1.39%) GLBA
7 4 (1.11%) GRC
8 2 (0.56%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.56%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (6.41%) Docker
2 9 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.67%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.39%) vSphere
5 3 (0.84%) KVM
5 3 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.56%) ACF2
6 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.56%) RACF
6 2 (0.56%) SRDF
6 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.56%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 56 (15.60%) Kubernetes
2 36 (10.03%) Ansible
3 21 (5.85%) Terraform
4 16 (4.46%) Grafana
4 16 (4.46%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.39%) Kiali
5 5 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.39%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.11%) Argo
6 4 (1.11%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.11%) Puppet
7 3 (0.84%) Control-M
7 3 (0.84%) Kustomize
7 3 (0.84%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.56%) Consul
8 2 (0.56%) IBM Guardium
8 2 (0.56%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.56%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.56%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.28%) Nessus
Vendors
1 65 (18.11%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.96%) Splunk
3 20 (5.57%) Google
4 16 (4.46%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.79%) Oracle
6 9 (2.51%) VMware
7 8 (2.23%) Sonatype
8 7 (1.95%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.39%) Black Duck
9 5 (1.39%) Dell
9 5 (1.39%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.39%) Okta
9 5 (1.39%) Thales
10 4 (1.11%) BiZZdesign
10 4 (1.11%) Broadcom
10 4 (1.11%) IBM
10 4 (1.11%) Juniper
10 4 (1.11%) Workday
11 3 (0.84%) Databricks
12 2 (0.56%) CrowdStrike