Programmer Contracts in Sheffield

Programmer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Programmer daily rate in Sheffield is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 29 47
Rank change year-on-year -5 +18 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 18 24 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 4.76% 5.22% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.31% 5.32% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 2
10th Percentile £402 - £448
25th Percentile £426 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £494
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -3.80% +199.24%
75th Percentile £588 £506 £542
90th Percentile - £518 £554
South Yorkshire median daily rate £473 £475 £494
% change year-on-year -0.53% -3.80% +166.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Sheffield. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Sheffield with a recognized job title 339 451 373
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.68% 98.04% 96.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 316 301
10th Percentile £360 £363 £300
25th Percentile £413 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £551 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.83% +10.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £563
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 12
10th Percentile £10.90 £11.10 £9.74
25th Percentile £11.33 £11.25 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.72 £16.38
Median % change year-on-year +24.15% +8.21% +20.83%
75th Percentile £23.75 £22.50 £18.11
90th Percentile - £33.00 £23.55
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.60 £17.72 £17.64
% change year-on-year -23.28% +0.45% +10.25%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in Sheffield

Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programmer in Sheffield.

Daily rate trend for Programmer in Sheffield

Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programmer in Sheffield over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programmer in Sheffield

Programmer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programmer in Sheffield.

Hourly rate trend for Programmer in Sheffield

Programmer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Programmer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Programmer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) IBM
1 18 (100.00%) REXX
1 18 (100.00%) zOS
1 18 (100.00%) JCL
1 18 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 18 (100.00%) ISPF
1 18 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 18 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 17 (94.44%) Social Skills
2 17 (94.44%) OMEGAMON
2 17 (94.44%) SAS
2 17 (94.44%) Broadcom
2 17 (94.44%) Risk Management
3 16 (88.89%) Splunk
4 13 (72.22%) Assembly Language
5 12 (66.67%) RACF
5 12 (66.67%) ACF2
6 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (5.56%) Data Protection
6 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
6 1 (5.56%) CA
6 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.56%) CLIST

Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 17 (94.44%) SAS
General
1 17 (94.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 17 (94.44%) Risk Management
3 1 (5.56%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) JCL
1 18 (100.00%) REXX
2 13 (72.22%) Assembly Language
3 1 (5.56%) CLIST
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 18 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 12 (66.67%) ACF2
2 12 (66.67%) RACF
Systems Management
1 17 (94.44%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) IBM
2 17 (94.44%) Broadcom
3 16 (88.89%) Splunk
4 1 (5.56%) CA