Model Context Protocol Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Model Context Protocol skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Model Context Protocol 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.35% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South Yorkshire

Model Context Protocol falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 261 47 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 30.46% 17.74% 26.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 37 73
10th Percentile £372 £464 £388
25th Percentile £450 £513 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £583 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.16% +29.44% -18.18%
75th Percentile £546 £638 £550
90th Percentile £675 £660 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -3.61% +3.75% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £14.35
25th Percentile - - £16.94
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £56.50 £102.00 £24.64
% change year-on-year -44.61% +313.96% -64.80%

Model Context Protocol
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Model Context Protocol within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 January 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield - 3 - -
Model Context Protocol
Yorkshire

Model Context Protocol
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) A2A Protocol
1 3 (100.00%) LangChain
2 2 (66.67%) CrewAI
2 2 (66.67%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (66.67%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) LLM
1 3 (100.00%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) API Design
2 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematical Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Value Proposition
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) NVIDIA
1 2 (66.67%) OpenAI