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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 37 42
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 +16
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 16 20 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 3.29% 4.66% 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.19% 29.41% 6.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 2
10th Percentile £308 £435 £409
25th Percentile £344 £509 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £552 £445
Median % change year-on-year -29.62% +24.04% -11.00%
75th Percentile £427 £581 £471
90th Percentile £495 £600 £486
South Yorkshire median daily rate £389 £552 £445
% change year-on-year -29.62% +24.04% +24.91%

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 69 68 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 14.20% 15.85% 18.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 48 61
10th Percentile £319 £386 £363
25th Percentile £360 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £530 £600 £700
90th Percentile £639 £650 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £438 £538 £600
% change year-on-year -18.60% -10.42% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £18.50 - £11.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.57%
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.50 - £11.00
% change year-on-year - - -37.14%

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 19 July 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 (6.25%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) AWS
2 5 (31.25%) GCP
2 5 (31.25%) Serverless
3 2 (12.50%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) DNS
2 4 (25.00%) Firewall
2 4 (25.00%) NAS
2 4 (25.00%) SAN
3 3 (18.75%) Network Security
3 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (12.50%) DWDM
4 2 (12.50%) LAN
4 2 (12.50%) VPN
4 2 (12.50%) WAN
5 1 (6.25%) BGP
5 1 (6.25%) EIGRP
5 1 (6.25%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) NoSQL
2 3 (18.75%) MySQL
3 2 (12.50%) MongoDB
4 1 (6.25%) Apache Hive
4 1 (6.25%) Big Data
4 1 (6.25%) Hadoop
4 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (6.25%) Presto
Development Applications
1 9 (56.25%) GitLab
1 9 (56.25%) Jenkins
2 5 (31.25%) Liquibase
3 4 (25.00%) Git
4 2 (12.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Banking
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Front Office
5 1 (6.25%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) Python Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Network Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Migration Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Server Migration Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Server Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 1 (6.25%) GCP Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) GCP Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) React Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Virtualisation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (37.50%) REST
2 5 (31.25%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (31.25%) RESTful
3 4 (25.00%) Middleware
4 3 (18.75%) React
5 2 (12.50%) .NET
5 2 (12.50%) AngularJS
5 2 (12.50%) CSS
5 2 (12.50%) HTML
6 1 (6.25%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Cloud Native
1 5 (31.25%) Distributed Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Public Cloud
2 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (6.25%) Credit Risk
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (6.25%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Linux
2 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (12.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 7 (43.75%) Agile
5 6 (37.50%) CI/CD
5 6 (37.50%) Containerisation
5 6 (37.50%) Microservices
6 5 (31.25%) Change Management
6 5 (31.25%) Cost Optimisation
6 5 (31.25%) Cryptography
6 5 (31.25%) DevOps
6 5 (31.25%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (31.25%) Migration
6 5 (31.25%) Software Engineering
7 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (25.00%) Data Security
7 4 (25.00%) High Availability
7 4 (25.00%) Kanban
7 4 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (25.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) Python
2 5 (31.25%) Go
2 5 (31.25%) Java
3 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (25.00%) Shell Script
4 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
5 2 (12.50%) PHP
5 2 (12.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) AWS Certification
2 5 (31.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Master's Degree
3 2 (12.50%) CCNA
3 2 (12.50%) CCNP
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (12.50%) JNCIA
3 2 (12.50%) JNCIS
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Docker
2 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (25.00%) VMware NSX
2 4 (25.00%) vSphere
3 1 (6.25%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 12 (75.00%) Ansible
2 8 (50.00%) Terraform
3 6 (37.50%) Kubernetes
4 5 (31.25%) Grafana
4 5 (31.25%) Prometheus
5 4 (25.00%) vCenter Server
5 4 (25.00%) vRealize
6 1 (6.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Google
1 5 (31.25%) Splunk
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) VMware
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco
4 2 (12.50%) Arista
4 2 (12.50%) F5
4 2 (12.50%) Oracle