Objectives and Key Results Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Objectives and Key Results skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 71 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Contract jobs citing Objectives and Key Results 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.60% 0.17% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £488 - -
25th Percentile £498 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.33% - -
75th Percentile £595 - -
90th Percentile £643 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £514 £600 -
% change year-on-year -14.33% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Objectives and Key Results 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 855 557 358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 84.82% 94.73% 88.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 366 188
10th Percentile £366 £294 £377
25th Percentile £439 £371 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £469 £523
Median % change year-on-year +9.28% -10.24% -11.06%
75th Percentile £594 £540 £594
90th Percentile £675 £613 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £509 £465 £520
% change year-on-year +9.41% -10.58% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 6
10th Percentile - £14.77 £15.88
25th Percentile - £15.00 £20.13
Median hourly rate £13.69 £18.21 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.80% -13.31% +5.00%
75th Percentile - £18.87 £21.88
90th Percentile - - £22.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.60 £18.21 £12.83
% change year-on-year +13.16% +41.89% -36.64%

Objectives and Key Results
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Objectives and Key Results relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Objectives and Key Results job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Objectives and Key Results
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Objectives and Key Results.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Objectives and Key Results

Objectives and Key Results
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Objectives and Key Results in Sheffield over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Objectives and Key Results in Sheffield

Objectives and Key Results
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Git
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Games
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Product Owner
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (16.67%) QA Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Data Fabric
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Roadmaps
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 3 (50.00%) Performance Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
3 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (33.33%) BCP
4 2 (33.33%) Burndown Charts
4 2 (33.33%) Change Management
4 2 (33.33%) Community of Practice
4 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (33.33%) Product Vision
4 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Stress Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (16.67%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow