Distributed Computing Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Distributed Computing
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Computing in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Computing over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 47 52
Rank change year-on-year -56 +5 -8
Contract jobs citing Distributed Computing 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.30% 0.32% 1.06%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 0.81% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -9.91%
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -9.91%

All Generic Skills
Sheffield

Distributed Computing 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 404 124 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 40.52% 39.24% 35.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 77 76
10th Percentile £366 £306 £395
25th Percentile £428 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £474
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +0.32% -21.08%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £588
90th Percentile £688 £650 £648
South Yorkshire median daily rate £495 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +4.21% +5.56% -25.00%
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 - - +19.94%

Distributed Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Distributed Computing job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Distributed Computing
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Distributed Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Distributed Computing

Distributed Computing
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
1 1 (33.33%) OpenShift
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) IT Security Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Service Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
1 2 (66.67%) Capacity Management
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
2 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) KVM
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) VMware