pytest Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

pytest
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring pytest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 46 -
Rank change year-on-year -57 - -
Contract jobs citing pytest 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.19% 0.59% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.63% 2.78% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £406 £360 -
25th Percentile £414 £364 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £378 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.58% - -
75th Percentile £444 £389 -
90th Percentile £452 £393 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £429 £378 -
% change year-on-year +13.58% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Sheffield

pytest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 320 72 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 30.27% 21.11% 32.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 50 74
10th Percentile £386 £357 £400
25th Percentile £450 £388 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £466 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -1.89% -20.83%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £584
90th Percentile £626 £710 £643
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% -20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £17.63

pytest
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

pytest job vacancy trend in Sheffield

pytest
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing pytest

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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%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft