The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Purple Team skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Purple Team 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 |
861 |
288 |
322 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield |
92.68% |
95.36% |
92.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
584 |
189 |
185 |
| 10th Percentile |
£355 |
£301 |
£358 |
| 25th Percentile |
£413 |
£400 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£487 |
£475 |
£475 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+2.53% |
- |
-13.64% |
| 75th Percentile |
£551 |
£600 |
£588 |
| 90th Percentile |
£669 |
£650 |
£650 |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate |
£487 |
£488 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
-0.10% |
+8.33% |
-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% |
