Junior Contracts in Sheffield

Junior
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Junior daily rate in Sheffield is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 49 49
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.79% 0.22% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.23% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £199
25th Percentile - £300 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £313
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +12.00% -23.59%
75th Percentile - £400 £384
90th Percentile - - £416
South Yorkshire median daily rate £375 £238 £313
% change year-on-year +57.89% -24.00% -23.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Sheffield. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Sheffield with a recognized job title 341 435 362
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.97% 97.75% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 300 292
10th Percentile £360 £363 £300
25th Percentile £413 £472 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £563
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 12
10th Percentile £10.90 £11.10 £9.74
25th Percentile £11.33 £11.25 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.72 £16.38
Median % change year-on-year +24.15% +8.21% +20.83%
75th Percentile £23.75 £22.50 £18.11
90th Percentile - £33.00 £23.55
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.60 £17.72 £17.64
% change year-on-year -23.28% +0.45% +10.25%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured Junior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Sheffield

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Junior in Sheffield

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior in Sheffield

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Junior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) JPA
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
1 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
1 2 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (66.67%) Hibernate
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JUnit
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking

Junior Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) JUnit
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Hibernate
1 2 (66.67%) JPA
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes