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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 321 113 90
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 30.87% 30.54% 20.93%
As % of the General category 49.61% 46.50% 35.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 68 29
10th Percentile £366 £372 £349
25th Percentile £414 £398 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £430
Median % change year-on-year - +16.28% -21.82%
75th Percentile £634 £600 £519
90th Percentile £688 £650 £618
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.98%
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 647 243 252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 62.21% 65.68% 58.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 150 140
10th Percentile £354 £319 £211
25th Percentile £411 £389 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £481 £462
Median % change year-on-year - +4.28% -16.09%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £555
90th Percentile £675 £650 £601
Yorkshire median daily rate £481 £469 £475
% change year-on-year +2.48% -1.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 9
10th Percentile - - £12.34
25th Percentile - £18.10 £12.63
Median hourly rate - £18.35 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year - +38.72% +20.27%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £13.96
90th Percentile - £18.51 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £20.33 £14.63
% change year-on-year +12.23% +38.97% -18.75%

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 22 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 22 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 0 311 £500 - 47
Doncaster - 4 £450 - 7
Barnsley 0 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 30 (9.35%) Confluence
2 24 (7.48%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.49%) TPMS
4 2 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.31%) nginx
5 1 (0.31%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (7.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.31%) Actimize
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.31%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 44 (13.71%) GCP
2 36 (11.21%) Azure
3 30 (9.35%) AWS
4 24 (7.48%) GitHub
5 23 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (5.92%) OpenShift
7 18 (5.61%) OneDrive
8 13 (4.05%) Entra ID
8 13 (4.05%) Power Platform
9 11 (3.43%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (2.18%) Rubrik
11 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.56%) PaaS
13 4 (1.25%) IaaS
14 3 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.93%) Collibra
15 2 (0.62%) AWS KMS
15 2 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
15 2 (0.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.67%) Firewall
2 10 (3.12%) SSL
3 8 (2.49%) Network Security
3 8 (2.49%) SNMP
3 8 (2.49%) SSH
4 7 (2.18%) DNS
5 4 (1.25%) Internet
5 4 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.62%) DHCP
6 2 (0.62%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.62%) SAN
6 2 (0.62%) VPN
6 2 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.31%) IPsec
7 1 (0.31%) LAN
7 1 (0.31%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.05%) Power BI
2 12 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.49%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.49%) Power Query
3 8 (2.49%) PowerPivot
4 6 (1.87%) Metadata
5 4 (1.25%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.93%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.93%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.62%) Big Data
7 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.62%) DB2
7 2 (0.62%) Looker
7 2 (0.62%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.31%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.31%) Redis
8 1 (0.31%) Tableau
8 1 (0.31%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 40 (12.46%) JIRA
2 38 (11.84%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.74%) GitLab
3 12 (3.74%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (2.49%) Jaeger
5 7 (2.18%) Selenium
6 6 (1.87%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.87%) REST Assured
7 5 (1.56%) Liquibase
8 4 (1.25%) Git
9 2 (0.62%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.31%) Postman
10 1 (0.31%) PyCharm
10 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
General
1 134 (41.74%) Social Skills
2 102 (31.78%) Banking
3 42 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.48%) Financial Institution
5 21 (6.54%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.12%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.80%) Legal
7 9 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.87%) Billing
9 5 (1.56%) Law
9 5 (1.56%) Retail
10 4 (1.25%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.93%) Advertising
12 2 (0.62%) Aviation
12 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.62%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.31%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (13.40%) Lead
2 39 (12.15%) Analyst
3 37 (11.53%) Project Manager
4 34 (10.59%) Architect
5 22 (6.85%) DevOps Engineer
6 21 (6.54%) Developer
7 20 (6.23%) Business Analyst
8 12 (3.74%) Senior
9 11 (3.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (3.12%) Product Owner
10 10 (3.12%) Technical Business Analyst
11 9 (2.80%) Infrastructure Manager
11 9 (2.80%) Lead Architect
11 9 (2.80%) Strategy Analyst
11 9 (2.80%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (2.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 8 (2.49%) Java Developer
12 8 (2.49%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 8 (2.49%) Technical Manager
12 8 (2.49%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.67%) REST
2 14 (4.36%) OpenTelemetry
3 12 (3.74%) Kafka
3 12 (3.74%) Spring Boot
4 11 (3.43%) Microsoft Graph
4 11 (3.43%) RESTful
5 10 (3.12%) Middleware
6 9 (2.80%) OpenID
7 8 (2.49%) SailPoint
8 7 (2.18%) LDAP
9 5 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (1.56%) React
10 4 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (0.93%) FastAPI
11 3 (0.93%) JWT
11 3 (0.93%) OAuth
11 3 (0.93%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.93%) SAML
11 3 (0.93%) Spring
12 2 (0.62%) ONNX
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.48%) Cloud Native
1 24 (7.48%) Data Protection Act
2 22 (6.85%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.30%) Data Centre
3 17 (5.30%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.98%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.80%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.87%) AI Agents
6 6 (1.87%) Mainframe
6 6 (1.87%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.25%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.93%) Hedge funds
8 3 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.93%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.93%) PMI
8 3 (0.93%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.62%) CCTV
9 2 (0.62%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.62%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.35%) Linux
2 18 (5.61%) Windows
3 4 (1.25%) Unix
4 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.93%) VMS
4 3 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.93%) zOS
5 2 (0.62%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (24.61%) DevOps
1 79 (24.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 70 (21.81%) CI/CD
3 68 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (19.94%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (15.26%) Agile
6 46 (14.33%) Roadmaps
7 39 (12.15%) Observability
8 34 (10.59%) Project Management
9 31 (9.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (9.66%) Identity Access Management
9 31 (9.66%) Migration
10 29 (9.03%) Data Protection
10 29 (9.03%) Decision-Making
11 28 (8.72%) Data Modelling
11 28 (8.72%) Microservices
11 28 (8.72%) Technical Leadership
12 27 (8.41%) Matrix Organization
12 27 (8.41%) Process Improvement
12 27 (8.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 58 (18.07%) Python
2 39 (12.15%) SQL
3 37 (11.53%) Java
4 18 (5.61%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.80%) VBA
6 8 (2.49%) Bash
6 8 (2.49%) Go
6 8 (2.49%) Rust
7 5 (1.56%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.56%) VB
8 3 (0.93%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.62%) JCL
9 2 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.31%) C#
10 1 (0.31%) CLIST
10 1 (0.31%) Groovy
10 1 (0.31%) REXX
Qualifications
1 31 (9.66%) Degree
2 11 (3.43%) PMI Certification
2 11 (3.43%) PMP
3 10 (3.12%) CISM
3 10 (3.12%) CISSP
3 10 (3.12%) Master's Degree
4 9 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.49%) FFIEC
5 8 (2.49%) Security Cleared
6 6 (1.87%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (0.93%) CCSP
8 3 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.62%) ACCA
9 2 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.62%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.62%) CIMA
9 2 (0.62%) PhD
10 1 (0.31%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.54%) GDPR
2 16 (4.98%) NIST
3 15 (4.67%) PMO
4 12 (3.74%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.49%) GLBA
6 7 (2.18%) QA
7 5 (1.56%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.93%) GRC
9 2 (0.62%) SLA
10 1 (0.31%) Basel III
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 26 (8.10%) Docker
2 11 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.56%) vSphere
4 3 (0.93%) KVM
4 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.62%) ACF2
5 2 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.62%) RACF
5 2 (0.62%) SRDF
5 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.62%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.31%) XenApp
6 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 42 (13.08%) Kubernetes
2 36 (11.21%) Ansible
3 19 (5.92%) Grafana
3 19 (5.92%) Terraform
4 16 (4.98%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.49%) Kiali
6 5 (1.56%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.25%) Puppet
7 4 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.93%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.62%) Argo
9 2 (0.62%) Control-M
9 2 (0.62%) IBM Guardium
9 2 (0.62%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.31%) Nessus
10 1 (0.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.31%) vRealize
10 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 61 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.97%) Splunk
3 13 (4.05%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.74%) Google
5 11 (3.43%) Oracle
5 11 (3.43%) Sonatype
5 11 (3.43%) VMware
6 8 (2.49%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.49%) Thales
7 6 (1.87%) BiZZdesign
8 5 (1.56%) Dell
9 4 (1.25%) Broadcom
9 4 (1.25%) IBM
10 3 (0.93%) Databricks
10 3 (0.93%) Okta
10 3 (0.93%) Workday
11 2 (0.62%) Centrify
11 2 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.62%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.62%) Pure Storage