People Management Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

People Management
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring People Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 50 -
Rank change year-on-year -41 - -
Contract jobs citing People Management 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.53% 0.32% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £467 - -
25th Percentile £476 £588 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% - -
75th Percentile £506 £613 -
90th Percentile £514 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £492 £600 -
% change year-on-year -18.00% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

People Management 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 874 303 328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 92.19% 95.58% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 199 188
10th Percentile £358 £281 £371
25th Percentile £413 £388 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £599 £588
90th Percentile £669 £650 £658
South Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +1.47% +5.56% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 10
10th Percentile £15.74 - £10.90
25th Percentile £16.34 £18.10 £11.33
Median hourly rate £18.01 £18.21 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% -17.25% +91.30%
75th Percentile £19.01 £18.41 £23.75
90th Percentile £19.21 £18.47 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.67 £18.21 £17.62
% change year-on-year -8.43% +3.35% +65.71%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

People Management job vacancy trend in Sheffield

People Management
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing People Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing People Management

People Management
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Event Grid
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Stack
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) PaaS
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Billing
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Operations Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) CCTV
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Business Case
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Cost Management
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 3 (60.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) WFM
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) Operations Management
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) X++
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft