Finance Contracts 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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Finance 231 152 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 36.26% 32.90% 29.11%
As % of the General category 52.74% 53.52% 40.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 61 42
10th Percentile £326 £400 £402
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £541 £581 £600
90th Percentile £615 £665 £651
Yorkshire median daily rate £485 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -5.83% -6.36% +10.00%
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 £20.74 -
% change year-on-year -19.21% - -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 438 284 327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 68.76% 61.47% 72.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 149 207
10th Percentile £278 £300 £304
25th Percentile £365 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £700
90th Percentile £625 £645 £745
Yorkshire median daily rate £463 £500 £536
% change year-on-year -7.40% -6.76% +7.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 4
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.88 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.78 £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 £18.45 £21.88 £27.50
90th Percentile £18.51 £22.00 £41.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £19.00
% change year-on-year +51.38% -23.03% +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 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract 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 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield 0 219 £469 -7.36% 80
Barnsley - 8 £380 - 9
Doncaster - 1 £115 - 9
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 27 (11.69%) Confluence
2 9 (3.90%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.16%) CICS
4 4 (1.73%) CMS
5 2 (0.87%) Apache
5 2 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 36 (15.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (6.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (4.33%) MS Visio
5 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (1.73%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.66%) GCP
2 16 (6.93%) AWS
3 14 (6.06%) Azure
3 14 (6.06%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.46%) Serverless
5 7 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.03%) GitHub
6 6 (2.60%) OCI
7 4 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.30%) Azure AKS
8 3 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.30%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.87%) npm
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.43%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.43%) IaaS
10 1 (0.43%) PaaS
10 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.19%) Firewall
2 9 (3.90%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.73%) Network Security
4 2 (0.87%) DNS
4 2 (0.87%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (0.87%) SAN
5 1 (0.43%) SSH
5 1 (0.43%) VPN
5 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.52%) Oracle Database
2 14 (6.06%) Power BI
3 10 (4.33%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.90%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (3.90%) Power Query
5 6 (2.60%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.73%) Tableau
8 3 (1.30%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.87%) Flink
9 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.43%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.43%) Big Data
10 1 (0.43%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.43%) DB2
10 1 (0.43%) Easytrieve
10 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.43%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.43%) Presto
Development Applications
1 34 (14.72%) Jenkins
2 30 (12.99%) JIRA
3 16 (6.93%) Git
4 12 (5.19%) Postman
5 10 (4.33%) Liquibase
6 8 (3.46%) GitLab
7 7 (3.03%) Cucumber
7 7 (3.03%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.30%) Vagrant
9 2 (0.87%) Babel
9 2 (0.87%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.87%) webpack
10 1 (0.43%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.43%) Selenium
10 1 (0.43%) TestNG
General
1 80 (34.63%) Social Skills
2 64 (27.71%) Banking
3 59 (25.54%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
5 21 (9.09%) Financial Institution
6 7 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.60%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.16%) Legal
9 4 (1.73%) Billing
10 3 (1.30%) Retail
11 2 (0.87%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.87%) Marketing
11 2 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.87%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.43%) Electronics
12 1 (0.43%) Front Office
12 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.43%) Retail Finance
12 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (21.21%) Analyst
2 31 (13.42%) Senior
3 18 (7.79%) Project Manager
4 15 (6.49%) Business Analyst
5 14 (6.06%) Data Analyst
5 14 (6.06%) Developer
6 12 (5.19%) Incident Manager
7 11 (4.76%) Architect
8 10 (4.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 9 (3.90%) Commvault Engineer
9 9 (3.90%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (3.90%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (3.90%) Lead
9 9 (3.90%) Service Analyst
10 8 (3.46%) Automation Engineer
10 8 (3.46%) Backup Engineer
10 8 (3.46%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.46%) Technical Engineer
11 7 (3.03%) Business Process Analyst
11 7 (3.03%) Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.63%) REST
2 11 (4.76%) RESTful
3 8 (3.46%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (3.03%) Gherkin
5 6 (2.60%) CSS
5 6 (2.60%) HTML
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%) Hugging Face
6 3 (1.30%) jQuery
6 3 (1.30%) OpenCV
6 3 (1.30%) PyTorch
6 3 (1.30%) React
6 3 (1.30%) Regular Expression
6 3 (1.30%) SpaCy
6 3 (1.30%) TensorFlow
7 2 (0.87%) Anaconda
7 2 (0.87%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.42%) Data Centre
2 24 (10.39%) Data Protection Act
3 15 (6.49%) Public Cloud
4 11 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.33%) Mainframe
6 6 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.16%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.16%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.73%) VSAM
9 2 (0.87%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.87%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.87%) IVR
9 2 (0.87%) Oracle Licensing
9 2 (0.87%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.43%) Market Risk
10 1 (0.43%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.79%) Linux
2 7 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 7 (3.03%) Windows
3 6 (2.60%) Unix
4 3 (1.30%) AIX
4 3 (1.30%) Solaris
4 3 (1.30%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.43%) CentOS
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.43%) SUSE
5 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (30.74%) Agile
3 49 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (18.61%) Change Management
5 40 (17.32%) DevOps
6 31 (13.42%) Data Protection
7 28 (12.12%) CI/CD
7 28 (12.12%) Risk Management
8 25 (10.82%) Decision-Making
8 25 (10.82%) Project Management
9 24 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (9.96%) Performance Tuning
11 22 (9.52%) Business Case
11 22 (9.52%) ITIL
11 22 (9.52%) Migration
12 21 (9.09%) Data Analysis
12 21 (9.09%) Problem Management
13 20 (8.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 18 (7.79%) Containerisation
14 18 (7.79%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 53 (22.94%) Python
2 17 (7.36%) SQL
3 12 (5.19%) Go
4 8 (3.46%) Java
4 8 (3.46%) Shell Script
5 7 (3.03%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.60%) VB
7 5 (2.16%) COBOL
7 5 (2.16%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.16%) JCL
8 4 (1.73%) Bash
8 4 (1.73%) VBA
9 3 (1.30%) C#
9 3 (1.30%) Ruby
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
Qualifications
1 12 (5.19%) Degree
2 7 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.60%) Master's Degree
3 6 (2.60%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.16%) AWS Certification
4 5 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (1.73%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.73%) RIBA
6 3 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
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
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.43%) OCP
8 1 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.93%) PMO
2 13 (5.63%) GDPR
3 10 (4.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (2.16%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.16%) SLA
5 4 (1.73%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.73%) NIST
6 3 (1.30%) QA
7 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 17 (7.36%) Docker
2 14 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.60%) vSphere
4 4 (1.73%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.30%) VirtualBox
5 3 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.43%) HDFS
7 1 (0.43%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.43%) RACF
7 1 (0.43%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 39 (16.88%) Ansible
2 24 (10.39%) Kubernetes
3 18 (7.79%) Terraform
4 13 (5.63%) Puppet
5 11 (4.76%) Oracle RMAN
6 9 (3.90%) Grafana
7 8 (3.46%) Prometheus
8 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (2.16%) SCCM
9 3 (1.30%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.87%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.87%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
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%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.43%) SCOM
11 1 (0.43%) vRealize
Vendors
1 53 (22.94%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.96%) Oracle
3 16 (6.93%) Commvault
4 15 (6.49%) VMware
5 14 (6.06%) ServiceNow
6 12 (5.19%) Splunk
7 10 (4.33%) Google
7 10 (4.33%) MuleSoft
8 8 (3.46%) SAP
9 4 (1.73%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.73%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.30%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.30%) Cisco
11 2 (0.87%) BeyondTrust
11 2 (0.87%) Citrix
11 2 (0.87%) Databricks
11 2 (0.87%) Genesys
11 2 (0.87%) GoldenSource
11 2 (0.87%) HP
11 2 (0.87%) Sage