Senior Full-Stack Engineer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Senior Full-Stack Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Senior Full-Stack Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Full-Stack Engineer 12 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 1.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £504 - -
90th Percentile £510 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 - -

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 961 319 347
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 90.37% 87.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 640 212 212
10th Percentile £363 £220 £375
25th Percentile £425 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -1.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £558 £546 £582
90th Percentile £675 £636 £625
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £474 £475
% change year-on-year +5.49% -0.21% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.10 £10.90
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% +5.63% -13.13%
75th Percentile £34.77 £18.50 £22.44
90th Percentile £35.69 £18.51 £23.75
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £13.23
% change year-on-year +40.42% +38.72% -33.85%

Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Full-Stack Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Senior Full-Stack Engineer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Senior Full-Stack Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 3 June 2026, Senior Full-Stack Engineer 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 Senior Full-Stack Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 8 (66.67%) Java
2 8 (66.67%) Microservices
3 6 (50.00%) API Design
3 6 (50.00%) Application Security
3 6 (50.00%) Business Development
3 6 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 6 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 6 (50.00%) Coaching
3 6 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 6 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 6 (50.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 6 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
3 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 6 (50.00%) Data Privacy
3 6 (50.00%) Degree
3 6 (50.00%) DevOps
3 6 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 6 (50.00%) Docker
3 6 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
3 6 (50.00%) Firewall
3 6 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
3 6 (50.00%) Grafana
3 6 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 6 (50.00%) IT Strategy
3 6 (50.00%) Jaeger
3 6 (50.00%) JVM Tuning

Senior Full-Stack Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Jaeger
2 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
1 6 (50.00%) Financial Institution
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) Kafka
1 6 (50.00%) Middleware
1 6 (50.00%) OpenTelemetry
1 6 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (16.67%) Node.js
2 2 (16.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 8 (66.67%) Microservices
3 6 (50.00%) Application Security
3 6 (50.00%) Business Development
3 6 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 6 (50.00%) Coaching
3 6 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 6 (50.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 6 (50.00%) Data Privacy
3 6 (50.00%) DevOps
3 6 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
3 6 (50.00%) JVM Tuning
3 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (50.00%) Network Load Balancing
3 6 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 6 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
3 6 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Java
2 6 (50.00%) Rust
2 6 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) Grafana
1 6 (50.00%) Kiali
1 6 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (50.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Splunk
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow