The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield requiring knowledge or experience of SolarWinds products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SolarWinds over the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SolarWinds.
|
|
6 months to
8 Apr 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
96 |
- |
48 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing SolarWinds |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield |
0.11% |
- |
0.57% |
| As % of the Vendors category |
0.20% |
- |
1.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£519 |
- |
£650 |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate |
£519 |
- |
£650 |
SolarWinds falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Sheffield.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
504 |
146 |
196 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield |
53.96% |
48.18% |
56.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
364 |
96 |
114 |
| 10th Percentile |
£357 |
£199 |
£240 |
| 25th Percentile |
£425 |
£357 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£500 |
£450 |
£475 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
-5.26% |
-13.64% |
| 75th Percentile |
£560 |
£569 |
£585 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£650 |
£646 |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate |
£500 |
£450 |
£445 |
| % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
+1.12% |
-15.23% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2 |
3 |
2 |
| 10th Percentile |
£15.74 |
- |
£13.56 |
| 25th Percentile |
£16.34 |
£18.10 |
£14.97 |
| Median hourly rate |
£18.01 |
£18.21 |
£17.38 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-1.10% |
+4.78% |
-7.87% |
| 75th Percentile |
£19.01 |
£18.41 |
£19.72 |
| 90th Percentile |
£19.21 |
£18.47 |
£21.09 |
| South Yorkshire median hourly rate |
£16.67 |
£18.21 |
£13.38 |
| % change year-on-year |
-8.43% |
+36.11% |
-4.33% |
