Computer Science Contracts in Sheffield

Computer Science
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science 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 35 50 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 15 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 4.70% 1.32% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.92% 1.42% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile £306 - -
25th Percentile £331 £515 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £560 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.07% - -
75th Percentile £619 £605 -
90th Percentile £650 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £414 £450 -
% change year-on-year -8.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 305 351 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 95.61% 92.61% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 203 302
10th Percentile £232 £375 £364
25th Percentile £388 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £551
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.30% +10.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £675
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.05
25th Percentile £18.10 £11.33 £11.13
Median hourly rate £18.21 £22.00 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.25% +91.30% -28.13%
75th Percentile £18.41 £23.75 £25.88
90th Percentile £18.47 - £34.35
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £17.62 £10.63
% change year-on-year +3.35% +65.71% -36.54%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Sheffield

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Sheffield

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

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

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Sheffield

Computer Science
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 (6.67%) Apache Spark
1 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (13.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) AWS
2 2 (13.33%) Amazon Bedrock
3 1 (6.67%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) DNS
2 4 (26.67%) Network Security
2 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
3 3 (20.00%) Firewall
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (13.33%) DWDM
4 2 (13.33%) LAN
4 2 (13.33%) NAS
4 2 (13.33%) SAN
4 2 (13.33%) VPN
4 2 (13.33%) WAN
5 1 (6.67%) BGP
5 1 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (6.67%) DHCP
5 1 (6.67%) EIGRP
5 1 (6.67%) OSPF
5 1 (6.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) MySQL
2 2 (13.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (6.67%) Apache Hive
3 1 (6.67%) Big Data
3 1 (6.67%) Hadoop
3 1 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (6.67%) Presto
3 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Git
1 2 (13.33%) GitLab
1 2 (13.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (13.33%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Front Office
4 1 (6.67%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Java Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Data Centre Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Data Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Hardware Technician
4 1 (6.67%) IT Technician
4 1 (6.67%) Network Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) React Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Virtualisation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) React
2 2 (13.33%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) AngularJS
2 2 (13.33%) CSS
2 2 (13.33%) HTML
2 2 (13.33%) Middleware
3 1 (6.67%) JPA
3 1 (6.67%) jQuery
3 1 (6.67%) Kafka
3 1 (6.67%) LDAP
3 1 (6.67%) MyBatis
3 1 (6.67%) REST
3 1 (6.67%) Spring
3 1 (6.67%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (13.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (13.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Credit Risk
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) Market Risk
2 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) LLM
3 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 3 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (13.33%) Generative AI
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Kanban
4 2 (13.33%) Scrum
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (6.67%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (6.67%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Python
2 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
3 3 (20.00%) Java
3 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (13.33%) PHP
4 2 (13.33%) Ruby
4 2 (13.33%) Shell Script
4 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Degree
2 14 (93.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (20.00%) CCNA
4 3 (20.00%) CCNP
5 2 (13.33%) CISSP
5 2 (13.33%) JNCIA
5 2 (13.33%) JNCIS
5 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 1 (6.67%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) GDPR
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (13.33%) NIST
1 2 (13.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (13.33%) VMware NSX
2 2 (13.33%) vSphere
3 1 (6.67%) Docker
3 1 (6.67%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Ansible
2 3 (20.00%) Terraform
3 2 (13.33%) vCenter Server
3 2 (13.33%) vRealize
4 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
4 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (6.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Cisco
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (13.33%) Arista
3 2 (13.33%) Dell
3 2 (13.33%) Intel
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) VMware
4 1 (6.67%) Aruba
4 1 (6.67%) Centrify
4 1 (6.67%) CyberArk
4 1 (6.67%) Thycotic