Autonomous Agent Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Autonomous Agents
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Autonomous Agent in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Autonomous Agent over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Autonomous Agent 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.22% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £579 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 - -
75th Percentile £586 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £583 - -

All Generic Skills
Sheffield

Autonomous Agent falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 389 116 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 42.15% 42.49% 36.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 81 74
10th Percentile £365 £220 £393
25th Percentile £438 £375 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £477 £493
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% -3.15% -15.27%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £587
90th Percentile £683 £650 £599
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £476 £450
% change year-on-year +5.04% +5.78% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £15.74 - -
25th Percentile £16.34 - £10.90
Median hourly rate £18.01 - £17.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.88%
75th Percentile £19.01 - £23.75
90th Percentile £19.21 - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.01 - £12.75
% change year-on-year - - +22.18%

Autonomous Agent
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Autonomous Agent relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Autonomous Agent job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Autonomous Agent
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ONNX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST