Stress Testing Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Stress Testing
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Stress Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Stress Testing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £780 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £780 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Stress Testing 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 765 234 353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 95.15% 94.74% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 520 136 220
10th Percentile £342 £220 £375
25th Percentile £412 £412 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.44% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £542 £600 £611
90th Percentile £653 £658 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -4.51% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile £16.11 £12.10 -
25th Percentile £19.50 £12.62 £10.90
Median hourly rate £25.15 £14.85 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.42% -34.02% +18.42%
75th Percentile - £16.68 £23.75
90th Percentile - £16.97 £25.25
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £14.85 £17.87
% change year-on-year +69.42% -16.90% +68.06%

Stress Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Stress Testing job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Stress Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Stress Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Stress Testing

Stress Testing
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%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Insight Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Insight Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Insight Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Pricing Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Teradata