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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 335 108 96
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.76% 29.43% 21.15%
As % of the General category 49.34% 45.57% 35.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 65 32
10th Percentile £375 £369 £358
25th Percentile £425 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £432
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +13.43% -17.71%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £529
90th Percentile £688 £650 £618
Yorkshire median daily rate £507 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.30% - -9.09%
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 679 237 270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 62.35% 64.58% 59.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 144 152
10th Percentile £358 £291 £295
25th Percentile £412 £384 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £558 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
Yorkshire median daily rate £481 £469 £490
% change year-on-year +2.61% -4.29% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 9
10th Percentile - - £12.34
25th Percentile £21.33 £18.10 £12.63
Median hourly rate £24.29 £18.35 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% +38.72% -48.12%
75th Percentile £25.77 £18.50 £13.96
90th Percentile - £18.51 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £18.55 £14.63
% change year-on-year +22.96% +26.84% -17.47%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 0 318 £500 +3.63% 57
Doncaster - 4 £500 - 6
Barnsley -1 1 £550 - 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 29 (8.66%) Confluence
2 24 (7.16%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.39%) TPMS
4 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.30%) nginx
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.30%) Actimize
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.30%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 55 (16.42%) GCP
2 44 (13.13%) Azure
3 39 (11.64%) AWS
4 23 (6.87%) GitHub
4 23 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (5.37%) OneDrive
5 18 (5.37%) OpenShift
6 13 (3.88%) Entra ID
7 11 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
8 10 (2.99%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.09%) Rubrik
10 6 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (1.79%) PaaS
11 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.19%) IaaS
13 3 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.90%) SaaS
14 2 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.60%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 2 (0.60%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.18%) Firewall
2 13 (3.88%) Network Security
3 9 (2.69%) SSL
4 8 (2.39%) DNS
4 8 (2.39%) SNMP
4 8 (2.39%) SSH
5 5 (1.49%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.90%) DHCP
7 2 (0.60%) Internet
7 2 (0.60%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.60%) SAN
7 2 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.30%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.30%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.58%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (2.99%) Power BI
3 6 (1.79%) Metadata
3 6 (1.79%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.49%) Power Query
4 5 (1.49%) PowerPivot
5 4 (1.19%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.90%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.60%) Big Data
7 2 (0.60%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.60%) DB2
7 2 (0.60%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.30%) Looker
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.30%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.30%) Redis
8 1 (0.30%) Tableau
8 1 (0.30%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 40 (11.94%) JIRA
2 35 (10.45%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.58%) Sonatype Nexus
4 11 (3.28%) GitLab
5 8 (2.39%) Jaeger
6 7 (2.09%) Selenium
7 6 (1.79%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.79%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.49%) Git
9 4 (1.19%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.60%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.60%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.30%) Postman
11 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
General
1 143 (42.69%) Social Skills
2 91 (27.16%) Banking
3 47 (14.03%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.46%) Financial Institution
5 21 (6.27%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (3.28%) Legal
7 10 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.39%) Law
8 8 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.39%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.79%) Billing
10 5 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.49%) Retail
11 3 (0.90%) Advertising
11 3 (0.90%) Publishing
12 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.60%) International Banking
12 2 (0.60%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.60%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (15.22%) Lead
2 40 (11.94%) Analyst
3 38 (11.34%) Project Manager
4 32 (9.55%) Architect
5 26 (7.76%) Developer
6 23 (6.87%) DevOps Engineer
7 20 (5.97%) Business Analyst
8 12 (3.58%) Java Developer
8 12 (3.58%) Senior
9 11 (3.28%) Consultant
10 9 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (2.69%) Infrastructure Manager
10 9 (2.69%) Technical Business Analyst
11 8 (2.39%) Lead Architect
11 8 (2.39%) Microsoft 365 Architect
11 8 (2.39%) Product Owner
11 8 (2.39%) Python Developer
11 8 (2.39%) Technical Analyst
11 8 (2.39%) Technical Manager
11 8 (2.39%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.18%) OpenTelemetry
1 14 (4.18%) REST
2 13 (3.88%) Spring Boot
3 12 (3.58%) Kafka
3 12 (3.58%) RESTful
4 11 (3.28%) Microsoft Graph
5 10 (2.99%) Middleware
5 10 (2.99%) OpenID
6 8 (2.39%) SailPoint
7 7 (2.09%) LDAP
7 7 (2.09%) React
8 5 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (1.19%) JWT
9 4 (1.19%) OAuth
9 4 (1.19%) OAuth2
9 4 (1.19%) SAML
9 4 (1.19%) Spring
10 3 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (0.90%) FastAPI
10 3 (0.90%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.06%) Data Protection Act
2 26 (7.76%) Cloud Native
3 24 (7.16%) Product Ownership
4 18 (5.37%) Data Centre
5 17 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.28%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.39%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.79%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.79%) Mainframe
8 6 (1.79%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.49%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.49%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.90%) CCTV
10 3 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.90%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.90%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.90%) PMI
10 3 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.60%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.66%) Linux
2 17 (5.07%) Windows
3 4 (1.19%) Unix
3 4 (1.19%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.90%) VMS
4 3 (0.90%) zOS
5 2 (0.60%) MVS
6 1 (0.30%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (27.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 80 (23.88%) CI/CD
2 80 (23.88%) DevOps
3 66 (19.70%) Cybersecurity
4 63 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (16.42%) Agile
6 49 (14.63%) Roadmaps
7 44 (13.13%) Observability
8 41 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (11.34%) Risk Management
10 37 (11.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 34 (10.15%) DevSecOps
12 32 (9.55%) Data Protection
12 32 (9.55%) Identity Access Management
12 32 (9.55%) Migration
13 31 (9.25%) Microservices
13 31 (9.25%) Project Management
14 30 (8.96%) Matrix Organization
15 28 (8.36%) Decision-Making
15 28 (8.36%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 58 (17.31%) Python
2 42 (12.54%) Java
3 35 (10.45%) SQL
4 19 (5.67%) PowerShell
5 10 (2.99%) Rust
6 9 (2.69%) Go
7 8 (2.39%) Bash
8 7 (2.09%) VBA
9 5 (1.49%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.49%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.49%) VB
10 3 (0.90%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.60%) JCL
11 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.30%) C#
12 1 (0.30%) CLIST
12 1 (0.30%) Groovy
12 1 (0.30%) REXX
Qualifications
1 30 (8.96%) Degree
2 14 (4.18%) PMP
3 13 (3.88%) CISM
3 13 (3.88%) CISSP
4 12 (3.58%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.69%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.39%) FFIEC
7 7 (2.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (2.09%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.09%) CCSP
7 7 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.09%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.60%) CCSK
9 2 (0.60%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.30%) CCA
10 1 (0.30%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.30%) PgMP
10 1 (0.30%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.27%) GDPR
2 18 (5.37%) PMO
3 17 (5.07%) NIST
4 13 (3.88%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.69%) QA
6 8 (2.39%) GLBA
7 3 (0.90%) GRC
8 2 (0.60%) SLA
9 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 26 (7.76%) Docker
2 10 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.49%) vSphere
4 3 (0.90%) KVM
4 3 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.60%) ACF2
5 2 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.60%) RACF
5 2 (0.60%) SRDF
5 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.30%) XenApp
6 1 (0.30%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 49 (14.63%) Kubernetes
2 33 (9.85%) Ansible
3 20 (5.97%) Terraform
4 18 (5.37%) Grafana
5 15 (4.48%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.39%) Kiali
7 5 (1.49%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.19%) Puppet
8 4 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.90%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.60%) Argo
10 2 (0.60%) Control-M
10 2 (0.60%) IBM Guardium
10 2 (0.60%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.60%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.30%) Autotask
11 1 (0.30%) Nessus
11 1 (0.30%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.30%) vRealize
11 1 (0.30%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 62 (18.51%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.96%) Splunk
3 16 (4.78%) ServiceNow
4 15 (4.48%) Google
5 11 (3.28%) Oracle
6 10 (2.99%) VMware
7 9 (2.69%) Sonatype
8 8 (2.39%) Thales
9 7 (2.09%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.49%) BiZZdesign
10 5 (1.49%) Dell
11 4 (1.19%) Broadcom
11 4 (1.19%) IBM
11 4 (1.19%) Okta
12 3 (0.90%) Black Duck
12 3 (0.90%) Databricks
12 3 (0.90%) Workday
13 2 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
13 2 (0.60%) F5
13 2 (0.60%) Pure Storage