Platform Specialist Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Platform Specialist
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Platform Specialist daily rate in Sheffield is £483, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £483 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 977 526 342
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 91.00% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 348 184
10th Percentile £375 £284 £375
25th Percentile £428 £379 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year +7.24% -11.63% -8.50%
75th Percentile £594 £538 £591
90th Percentile £675 £610 £646
South Yorkshire median daily rate £501 £473 £525
% change year-on-year +5.93% -10.00% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 5 6
10th Percentile - £15.55 £15.88
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.10 £20.13
Median hourly rate £32.40 £18.21 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.95% -13.31% +5.00%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.50 £21.88
90th Percentile - £18.51 £22.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £32.40 £18.21 £21.00
% change year-on-year +77.95% -13.31% +3.70%

Platform Specialist Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 22 September 2026, Platform Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Platform Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Apache
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) IBM HTTP Server
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) nginx
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 2 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 2 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 2 (100.00%) WebLogic Portal
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Portal

Platform Specialist Skill Set
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 2 (100.00%) Apache
1 2 (100.00%) IBM HTTP Server
1 2 (100.00%) nginx
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 2 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 2 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 2 (100.00%) WebLogic Portal
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Portal
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
35 Platform Specialist jobs in England