Subject Matter Expert Contracts in South Yorkshire

Subject Matter Expert
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Subject Matter Expert daily rate in South Yorkshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 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
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Subject Matter Expert 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £650 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 557 412 427
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 86.37% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 253 294
10th Percentile £287 £225 £265
25th Percentile £369 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £507 £551
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -7.93% +10.14%
75th Percentile £538 £580 £675
90th Percentile £613 £625 £743
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 7
10th Percentile - £20.20 £11.77
25th Percentile £18.10 £20.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.35 £21.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +10.53% +8.57%
75th Percentile £18.50 £22.00 £21.38
90th Percentile £18.51 - £33.65
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £21.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +5.43% +5.00% +5.90%

Subject Matter Expert
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Subject Matter Expert in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Subject Matter Expert in South Yorkshire

Subject Matter Expert
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 Subject Matter Expert within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 4 August 2025. 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 - 2 £650 -
Subject Matter Expert
Yorkshire

Subject Matter Expert Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 4 August 2025, Subject Matter Expert 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 South Yorkshire region featuring Subject Matter Expert in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (50.00%) SSH
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (50.00%) Key Management

Subject Matter Expert Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SSH
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Key Management
1 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) UML
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix