Senior Contracts in Sheffield

Senior
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Senior daily rate in Sheffield is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 36 30
Rank change year-on-year +17 -6 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 32 19 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 10.03% 5.01% 5.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.00% 5.59% 5.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 23
10th Percentile £420 £394 £575
25th Percentile £466 £413 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £650
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -17.31% +25.00%
75th Percentile £625 £720 £700
90th Percentile £650 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £518 £538 £650
% change year-on-year -3.72% -17.31% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.72
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £17.72
% change year-on-year - - -17.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 291 340 445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 89.71% 98.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 210 311
10th Percentile £220 £360 £363
25th Percentile £381 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £481 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -12.50% +10.00%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £675
90th Percentile £641 £650 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £470 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -1.05% -13.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 5
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.10
25th Percentile £18.10 £11.33 £11.25
Median hourly rate £18.35 £22.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +24.15% +8.21%
75th Percentile £18.50 £23.75 £22.50
90th Percentile £18.51 - £33.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.35 £13.60 £17.72
% change year-on-year +34.99% -23.28% +0.45%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Sheffield

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in Sheffield.

Daily rate trend for Senior in Sheffield

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Sheffield over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Sheffield

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in Sheffield.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Sheffield

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 15 (46.88%) Agile
2 14 (43.75%) Finance
3 10 (31.25%) Risk Management
3 10 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (21.88%) Project Management
5 7 (21.88%) JIRA
6 6 (18.75%) Banking
6 6 (18.75%) Migration
7 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (15.63%) Network Security
7 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
8 4 (12.50%) PCI DSS
8 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
8 4 (12.50%) Confluence
8 4 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
8 4 (12.50%) Ansible
8 4 (12.50%) AWS
8 4 (12.50%) IaaS
8 4 (12.50%) Analytics
8 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (12.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 4 (12.50%) ScriptRunner
8 4 (12.50%) DevOps
8 4 (12.50%) Groovy
8 4 (12.50%) Atlassian
8 4 (12.50%) Incident Management
9 3 (9.38%) Data Protection
9 3 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (9.38%) Python

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.50%) Confluence
2 1 (3.13%) Moodle
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) AWS
1 4 (12.50%) IaaS
2 2 (6.25%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) Network Security
2 2 (6.25%) DNS
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (3.13%) DWDM
3 1 (3.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (3.13%) LAN
3 1 (3.13%) SMTP
3 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.13%) VPN
3 1 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (21.88%) JIRA
2 4 (12.50%) ScriptRunner
3 2 (6.25%) TestRail
4 1 (3.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (43.75%) Finance
2 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Banking
4 3 (9.38%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.13%) Marketing
6 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) EntireX
1 1 (3.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Agile
2 10 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (31.25%) Risk Management
3 7 (21.88%) Project Management
4 6 (18.75%) Migration
5 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.50%) Analytics
6 4 (12.50%) DevOps
6 4 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (12.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 3 (9.38%) Data Protection
7 3 (9.38%) Decision-Making
8 2 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.25%) Data Analytics
8 2 (6.25%) Data Strategy
8 2 (6.25%) Digital Analytics
8 2 (6.25%) Infographics
8 2 (6.25%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) Groovy
2 3 (9.38%) Python
3 2 (6.25%) SQL
4 1 (3.13%) Bash
4 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.25%) Degree
4 1 (3.13%) CCNP
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) PCI DSS
2 2 (6.25%) QA
3 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.13%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Ansible
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Atlassian
2 2 (6.25%) Oracle
3 1 (3.13%) Arista
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco
3 1 (3.13%) F5
3 1 (3.13%) IBM
3 1 (3.13%) Software AG
3 1 (3.13%) webMethods