Degree Contracts in Sheffield

Academic Degree
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for 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 33 22 52
Rank change year-on-year -11 +30 -9
Contract jobs citing Degree 17 35 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 5.33% 9.23% 0.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.36% 46.05% 4.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 4
10th Percentile £307 £405 £229
25th Percentile £352 £413 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £560 £438
Median % change year-on-year -20.18% +28.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £522
90th Percentile £648 £736 £561
South Yorkshire median daily rate £474 £425 £438
% change year-on-year +11.41% -2.86% +9.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Sheffield

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%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Sheffield

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Sheffield

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

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

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Sheffield

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Sheffield

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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 2 (11.76%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.76%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) Amazon Bedrock
2 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) GCP
3 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) DNS
2 4 (23.53%) Network Security
2 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
3 3 (17.65%) Firewall
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (11.76%) DWDM
4 2 (11.76%) LAN
4 2 (11.76%) NAS
4 2 (11.76%) SAN
4 2 (11.76%) VPN
4 2 (11.76%) WAN
5 1 (5.88%) BGP
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (5.88%) DHCP
5 1 (5.88%) EIGRP
5 1 (5.88%) OSPF
5 1 (5.88%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) MySQL
2 2 (11.76%) MongoDB
3 1 (5.88%) Apache Hive
3 1 (5.88%) Big Data
3 1 (5.88%) Hadoop
3 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (5.88%) Power BI
3 1 (5.88%) Presto
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
1 2 (11.76%) GitLab
1 2 (11.76%) Jenkins
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
1 2 (11.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.88%) Front Office
5 1 (5.88%) International Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Developer
2 3 (17.65%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Java Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Network Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Payments Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) React Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Marketing Manager
4 1 (5.88%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) React
2 2 (11.76%) .NET
2 2 (11.76%) AngularJS
2 2 (11.76%) CSS
2 2 (11.76%) HTML
2 2 (11.76%) Middleware
3 1 (5.88%) JPA
3 1 (5.88%) jQuery
3 1 (5.88%) Kafka
3 1 (5.88%) LDAP
3 1 (5.88%) MyBatis
3 1 (5.88%) REST
3 1 (5.88%) Spring
3 1 (5.88%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
1 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (11.76%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (11.76%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Credit Risk
2 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.88%) Market Risk
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Computer Science
2 12 (70.59%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (17.65%) LLM
4 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Network Architecture
4 3 (17.65%) Project Management
5 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
5 2 (11.76%) Generative AI
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (11.76%) Kanban
5 2 (11.76%) Microservices
5 2 (11.76%) Scrum
5 2 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) Python
2 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
3 3 (17.65%) Java
3 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
3 3 (17.65%) SQL
4 2 (11.76%) PHP
4 2 (11.76%) Ruby
4 2 (11.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (82.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (17.65%) CCNA
3 3 (17.65%) CCNP
4 2 (11.76%) CISSP
4 2 (11.76%) JNCIA
4 2 (11.76%) JNCIS
4 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.88%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) GDPR
2 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (11.76%) NIST
2 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (11.76%) VMware NSX
2 2 (11.76%) vSphere
3 1 (5.88%) Docker
3 1 (5.88%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Ansible
2 3 (17.65%) Terraform
3 2 (11.76%) vCenter Server
3 2 (11.76%) vRealize
4 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (5.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Cisco
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Arista
3 2 (11.76%) Dell
3 2 (11.76%) Intel
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.76%) VMware
4 1 (5.88%) Aruba
4 1 (5.88%) Centrify
4 1 (5.88%) CyberArk
4 1 (5.88%) Google
4 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft
4 1 (5.88%) Thycotic