Computer Science Degree Contracts in Sheffield

Computer Science Degree
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 54 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 14 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 4.39% 0.26% -
As % of the Qualifications category 25.00% 1.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £304 - -
25th Percentile £321 £515 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £560 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.39% - -
75th Percentile £628 £605 -
90th Percentile £655 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £429 £450 -
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Sheffield

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Sheffield.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 56 76 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 17.55% 20.05% 19.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 43 73
10th Percentile £220 £400 £383
25th Percentile £328 £466 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% -12.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £529 £628 £700
90th Percentile £650 £716 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £447 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -14.86% -12.50% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £18.50 - £11.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.50 - £11.00
% change year-on-year - - -25.42%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in Sheffield

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Sheffield.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in Sheffield

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Sheffield over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in Sheffield

Computer Science Degree
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 1 (7.14%) Apache Spark
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Amazon Bedrock
3 1 (7.14%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) DNS
2 4 (28.57%) Network Security
2 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 3 (21.43%) Firewall
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (14.29%) DWDM
4 2 (14.29%) LAN
4 2 (14.29%) NAS
4 2 (14.29%) SAN
4 2 (14.29%) VPN
4 2 (14.29%) WAN
5 1 (7.14%) BGP
5 1 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (7.14%) DHCP
5 1 (7.14%) EIGRP
5 1 (7.14%) OSPF
5 1 (7.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) MySQL
2 2 (14.29%) MongoDB
3 1 (7.14%) Apache Hive
3 1 (7.14%) Big Data
3 1 (7.14%) Hadoop
3 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (7.14%) Presto
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Git
1 2 (14.29%) GitLab
1 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 2 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 12 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Front Office
4 1 (7.14%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Developer
1 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Automation Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Data Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Designer
3 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Java Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Hardware Technician
3 1 (7.14%) IT Technician
3 1 (7.14%) Java Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Network Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (7.14%) React Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Data Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Virtualisation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) React
2 2 (14.29%) .NET
2 2 (14.29%) AngularJS
2 2 (14.29%) CSS
2 2 (14.29%) HTML
2 2 (14.29%) Middleware
3 1 (7.14%) Kafka
3 1 (7.14%) LDAP
3 1 (7.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Credit Risk
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Market Risk
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) LLM
4 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 3 (21.43%) Migration
4 3 (21.43%) Network Architecture
4 3 (21.43%) Project Management
5 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 2 (14.29%) Generative AI
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Kanban
5 2 (14.29%) Scrum
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (7.14%) CI/CD
6 1 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (7.14%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) Python
2 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
2 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
3 2 (14.29%) Java
3 2 (14.29%) PHP
3 2 (14.29%) Ruby
3 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
4 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (21.43%) CCNA
3 3 (21.43%) CCNP
4 2 (14.29%) CISSP
4 2 (14.29%) JNCIA
4 2 (14.29%) JNCIS
4 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
1 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (14.29%) VMware NSX
2 2 (14.29%) vSphere
3 1 (7.14%) Docker
3 1 (7.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Ansible
2 3 (21.43%) Terraform
3 2 (14.29%) vCenter Server
3 2 (14.29%) vRealize
4 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
4 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (7.14%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) Arista
2 2 (14.29%) Dell
2 2 (14.29%) Intel
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (7.14%) Aruba
3 1 (7.14%) Centrify
3 1 (7.14%) CyberArk
3 1 (7.14%) Thycotic