Junior Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Junior
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Junior daily rate in South Yorkshire is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract Junior jobs 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.087% - 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% - 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £140
75th Percentile £388 - £145
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £375 £326 £300
% change year-on-year +14.94% +8.75% +50.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in South Yorkshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in South Yorkshire matching a recognised job title 1,055 675 381
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.06% 90.97% 85.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 696 467 210
10th Percentile £363 £305 £219
25th Percentile £428 £388 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £475 £523
Median % change year-on-year +5.74% -9.09% -5.00%
75th Percentile £594 £538 £584
90th Percentile £675 £635 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £488 £486
% change year-on-year +2.56% +0.26% -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 2 5
10th Percentile £17.00 £14.98 £13.14
25th Percentile £21.40 £16.68 £15.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £19.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.15% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £36.61 £22.33 £21.50
90th Percentile - £24.02 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.71 £25.15 £24.18
% change year-on-year -1.75% +4.01% +12.47%

Junior Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Junior job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Junior job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Junior Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in South Yorkshire

Junior Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in South Yorkshire

Junior Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Junior jobs within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 November 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield - 1 £375 - 4
Junior
Yorkshire

Junior Skill Set Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, Junior contract job ads cited 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 Junior job ads across the South Yorkshire region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1CI/CD100.0%1
1Data Pipeline100.0%1
1Data Protection100.0%1
1dbt100.0%1
1DevOps100.0%1
1GCP100.0%1
1Google100.0%1
1Google Kubernetes Engine100.0%1
1Infrastructure Automation100.0%1
1Kubernetes100.0%1
1Platform Engineering100.0%1
1Problem-Solving100.0%1
1Python100.0%1
1Site Reliability Engineering100.0%1
1Stakeholder Management100.0%1
1Terraform100.0%1

Junior Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Junior DevOps Engineer100.0%1