Observability Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Observability
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Observability skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 40 40
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 +26
Contract jobs citing Observability 19 18 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 3.25% 4.51% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 5.08% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 2
10th Percentile £352 £586 £555
25th Percentile £413 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £622 £575
Median % change year-on-year -19.61% +8.17% -
75th Percentile £559 £625 £588
90th Percentile £652 £640 £595
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £622 £575
% change year-on-year -19.61% +8.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Observability 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 558 354 398
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 95.55% 88.72% 96.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 185 254
10th Percentile £289 £361 £400
25th Percentile £381 £460 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £590
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -11.02% +12.38%
75th Percentile £550 £590 £686
90th Percentile £625 £650 £745
South Yorkshire median daily rate £469 £520 £587
% change year-on-year -9.81% -11.48% +17.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 5
10th Percentile £14.77 £15.88 £13.90
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.13 £18.25
Median hourly rate £18.21 £21.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.31% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £18.87 £21.88 £22.75
90th Percentile - £22.00 £27.85
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £12.83 £20.25
% change year-on-year +41.89% -36.64% +25.58%

Observability
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Observability in Sheffield

Observability
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Observability.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Observability

Observability
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Observability in Sheffield over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Observability in Sheffield

Observability
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 (5.26%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) GitHub
1 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) SNMP
1 1 (5.26%) SSH
1 1 (5.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (36.84%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (36.84%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) GitLab
2 1 (5.26%) Jaeger
2 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (52.63%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Python Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Splunk Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Cryptography Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (57.89%) OpenTelemetry
2 7 (36.84%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) CI/CD
2 11 (57.89%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (47.37%) Agile
4 8 (42.11%) Containerisation
5 7 (36.84%) DevOps
6 6 (31.58%) API Development
6 6 (31.58%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (21.05%) Business Impact Analysis
7 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
7 4 (21.05%) Impact Analysis
7 4 (21.05%) ITIL
7 4 (21.05%) ITSM
7 4 (21.05%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (21.05%) Service Management
8 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
8 3 (15.79%) Test Automation
9 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (10.53%) Microservices
9 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (10.53%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) Python
2 4 (21.05%) Perl
2 4 (21.05%) Shell Script
3 1 (5.26%) Bash
3 1 (5.26%) Go
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) GDPR
1 1 (5.26%) GLBA
1 1 (5.26%) NIST
1 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (47.37%) Control-M
2 8 (42.11%) Grafana
2 8 (42.11%) Prometheus
3 7 (36.84%) IBM Guardium
3 7 (36.84%) Kubernetes
3 7 (36.84%) Nessus
4 2 (10.53%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Splunk
2 7 (36.84%) Tenable
3 4 (21.05%) ServiceNow
4 2 (10.53%) AppDynamics
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.26%) BMC
5 1 (5.26%) VMware