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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 309 110 88
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.99% 30.99% 20.71%
As % of the General category 49.28% 45.83% 35.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 60 29
10th Percentile £359 £375 £316
25th Percentile £417 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £445
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% +13.15% -15.24%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £560
90th Percentile £688 £650 £618
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £489 £475
% change year-on-year +2.30% +2.89% -9.52%
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 627 240 248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 62.89% 67.61% 58.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 141 137
10th Percentile £336 £352 £208
25th Percentile £411 £410 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +6.38% -14.55%
75th Percentile £558 £600 £560
90th Percentile £675 £650 £600
Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £472 £455
% change year-on-year +3.76% +3.74% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 8
10th Percentile - £16.37 £12.19
25th Percentile - £18.10 £12.63
Median hourly rate - £18.21 £12.99
Median % change year-on-year - +40.15% +18.09%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £13.41
90th Percentile - £18.51 £16.37
Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.19 £18.64 £14.63
% change year-on-year +24.46% +27.42% -22.00%

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 6 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 6 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 0 301 £500 - 39
Doncaster - 3 £450 - 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 33 (10.68%) Confluence
2 23 (7.44%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.91%) TPMS
4 8 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.65%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.32%) nginx
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (6.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.29%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.32%) Actimize
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.32%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 44 (14.24%) GCP
2 30 (9.71%) AWS
2 30 (9.71%) Azure
3 28 (9.06%) GitHub
4 22 (7.12%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (5.83%) OneDrive
6 16 (5.18%) OpenShift
7 13 (4.21%) Entra ID
7 13 (4.21%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.88%) Serverless
9 11 (3.56%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (2.27%) Rubrik
11 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.62%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.62%) PaaS
13 4 (1.29%) IaaS
14 3 (0.97%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.97%) Collibra
15 2 (0.65%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.53%) Firewall
2 11 (3.56%) SSL
3 9 (2.91%) SNMP
3 9 (2.91%) SSH
4 7 (2.27%) DNS
5 6 (1.94%) Internet
6 5 (1.62%) Network Security
7 3 (0.97%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.65%) DHCP
8 2 (0.65%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.65%) SAN
8 2 (0.65%) VPN
8 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.32%) IPsec
9 1 (0.32%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.32%) LAN
9 1 (0.32%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.32%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.77%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (6.47%) NoSQL
3 13 (4.21%) Power BI
4 8 (2.59%) Power Query
4 8 (2.59%) PowerPivot
5 4 (1.29%) Metadata
5 4 (1.29%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.97%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.97%) MySQL
6 3 (0.97%) RDBMS
6 3 (0.97%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.65%) Big Data
7 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.65%) Looker
7 2 (0.65%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.32%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.32%) Redis
8 1 (0.32%) Tableau
8 1 (0.32%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 51 (16.50%) Jenkins
2 42 (13.59%) JIRA
3 22 (7.12%) GitLab
4 15 (4.85%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (2.59%) Jaeger
5 8 (2.59%) Liquibase
6 7 (2.27%) Selenium
7 6 (1.94%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.94%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.97%) Git
8 3 (0.97%) PyCharm
9 2 (0.65%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.32%) Robot Framework
General
1 131 (42.39%) Social Skills
2 105 (33.98%) Banking
3 37 (11.97%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.71%) Financial Institution
5 22 (7.12%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.24%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.91%) Legal
8 8 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.94%) Billing
10 4 (1.29%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.29%) Law
11 3 (0.97%) Retail
12 2 (0.65%) Advertising
12 2 (0.65%) Aviation
12 2 (0.65%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.65%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.32%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (12.94%) Analyst
1 40 (12.94%) Lead
2 31 (10.03%) Architect
2 31 (10.03%) Project Manager
3 21 (6.80%) Business Analyst
4 19 (6.15%) Developer
5 18 (5.83%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (4.85%) GCP Engineer
7 13 (4.21%) Cloud Engineer
7 13 (4.21%) Senior
8 12 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (3.88%) Technical Business Analyst
9 11 (3.56%) Technical Analyst
10 10 (3.24%) Product Owner
11 9 (2.91%) Cryptography Engineer
11 9 (2.91%) Infrastructure Manager
11 9 (2.91%) Lead Architect
11 9 (2.91%) Strategy Analyst
12 8 (2.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 8 (2.59%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.77%) REST
2 19 (6.15%) RESTful
3 14 (4.53%) Elastic Stack
4 13 (4.21%) OpenTelemetry
5 12 (3.88%) Kafka
5 12 (3.88%) Spring Boot
6 11 (3.56%) Microsoft Graph
7 10 (3.24%) Middleware
8 8 (2.59%) SailPoint
9 7 (2.27%) LDAP
9 7 (2.27%) OpenID
10 5 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (1.62%) React
11 4 (1.29%) Pandas
11 4 (1.29%) TensorFlow
12 3 (0.97%) NumPy
12 3 (0.97%) Spring
13 2 (0.65%) FastAPI
13 2 (0.65%) OAuth
13 2 (0.65%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.77%) Distributed Systems
2 22 (7.12%) Data Protection Act
3 21 (6.80%) Cloud Native
4 20 (6.47%) Product Ownership
5 18 (5.83%) Onboarding
6 17 (5.50%) Data Centre
7 16 (5.18%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.91%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.94%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.97%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.97%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.97%) Mainframe
10 3 (0.97%) Online Banking
10 3 (0.97%) PMI
10 3 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.97%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.65%) EMC VMAX
11 2 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 40 (12.94%) Linux
2 18 (5.83%) Windows
3 4 (1.29%) Unix
4 3 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.97%) VMS
5 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (27.51%) DevOps
2 71 (22.98%) CI/CD
3 70 (22.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 68 (22.01%) Cybersecurity
5 63 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (17.48%) Agile
7 39 (12.62%) Roadmaps
8 37 (11.97%) Observability
9 36 (11.65%) Microservices
10 35 (11.33%) Computer Science
11 32 (10.36%) Identity Access Management
11 32 (10.36%) Migration
12 31 (10.03%) Decision-Making
13 30 (9.71%) Infrastructure as Code
13 30 (9.71%) Project Management
14 29 (9.39%) Data Modelling
15 28 (9.06%) High Availability
15 28 (9.06%) Process Improvement
16 27 (8.74%) Data Protection
17 26 (8.41%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 63 (20.39%) Python
2 38 (12.30%) SQL
3 33 (10.68%) Java
4 17 (5.50%) PowerShell
5 16 (5.18%) Go
6 9 (2.91%) VBA
7 8 (2.59%) Rust
8 7 (2.27%) Bash
9 5 (1.62%) VB
10 4 (1.29%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.97%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.32%) C#
13 1 (0.32%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 41 (13.27%) Degree
2 20 (6.47%) Master's Degree
3 17 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (3.24%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.91%) CISM
5 9 (2.91%) CISSP
5 9 (2.91%) FFIEC
5 9 (2.91%) PMP
6 8 (2.59%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.94%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.97%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.97%) PhD
9 2 (0.65%) ACCA
9 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.65%) CIMA
10 1 (0.32%) CCA
10 1 (0.32%) CCSP
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.32%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.12%) GDPR
2 15 (4.85%) NIST
2 15 (4.85%) PMO
3 11 (3.56%) PCI DSS
4 9 (2.91%) GLBA
5 6 (1.94%) QA
6 5 (1.62%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.97%) GRC
8 2 (0.65%) SLA
9 1 (0.32%) Basel III
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 30 (9.71%) Docker
2 9 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.62%) vSphere
4 3 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.65%) KVM
5 2 (0.65%) SRDF
5 2 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.65%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.32%) XenApp
6 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 45 (14.56%) Ansible
1 45 (14.56%) Kubernetes
2 28 (9.06%) Grafana
3 25 (8.09%) Prometheus
4 24 (7.77%) Terraform
5 8 (2.59%) Kiali
6 5 (1.62%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.29%) Puppet
7 4 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.97%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.65%) Argo
9 2 (0.65%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.65%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.32%) IBM Guardium
10 1 (0.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.32%) vRealize
10 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 58 (18.77%) Microsoft
2 43 (13.92%) Splunk
3 18 (5.83%) Google
4 14 (4.53%) Sonatype
5 13 (4.21%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.56%) Oracle
7 9 (2.91%) Thales
7 9 (2.91%) VMware
8 7 (2.27%) BiZZdesign
8 7 (2.27%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.62%) Dell
10 3 (0.97%) Databricks
10 3 (0.97%) Workday
11 2 (0.65%) Centrify
11 2 (0.65%) Cisco
11 2 (0.65%) Commvault
11 2 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.65%) HP
11 2 (0.65%) Pure Storage
11 2 (0.65%) Veritas