Pair Programming Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Pair Programming
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Pair Programming skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 35 -
Rank change year-on-year -62 - -
Contract jobs citing Pair Programming 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.36% 0.42% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.44% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £419 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £456 - -
90th Percentile £460 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £450 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Pair Programming 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 798 225 371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 94.66% 95.34% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 139 222
10th Percentile £355 £220 £351
25th Percentile £413 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £651 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.55% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 9
10th Percentile £14.44 - -
25th Percentile £15.34 £15.22 £10.90
Median hourly rate £19.34 £16.19 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.46% -28.04% +60.71%
75th Percentile £25.15 £17.16 £23.75
90th Percentile - - £25.25
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.01 £16.19 £13.23
% change year-on-year +11.21% +22.37% +24.46%

Pair Programming
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Pair Programming job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Pair Programming
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Pair Programming.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Pair Programming

Pair Programming
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 3 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Node.js Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Ruby Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Java Scala Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Node.js
1 3 (100.00%) Spring
2 1 (33.33%) Flask
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (66.67%) Ruby
3 1 (33.33%) Kotlin
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (100.00%) Terraform