Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Public Sector
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 58 27
Rank change year-on-year -24 -31 -20
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 29 19 28
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 2.79% 3.06% 6.50%
As % of the General category 4.52% 4.42% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 22
10th Percentile £391 £333 £208
25th Percentile £468 £376 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £475 £431
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% +10.34% -38.50%
75th Percentile £588 £526 £550
90th Percentile £725 £530 £640
South Yorkshire median daily rate £492 £475 £431
% change year-on-year +3.58% +10.34% -36.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.75
Median hourly rate - £13.85 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - +2.59% -
75th Percentile - - £15.25
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.20 £13.85 £13.50
% change year-on-year +60.29% +2.59% -

All General Skills
Sheffield

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 641 430 280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 61.58% 69.24% 64.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 297 141
10th Percentile £362 £309 £300
25th Percentile £429 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year +6.21% -7.77% -11.46%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £595
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £506
% change year-on-year +5.26% -6.13% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 3 5
10th Percentile £17.00 £14.08 £13.14
25th Percentile £25.77 £14.43 £15.22
Median hourly rate £36.07 £15.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +140.47% -25.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £36.61 - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £15.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +71.80% -25.00% -

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Sheffield over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Sheffield

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Public Sector

Public Sector
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 (6.90%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) AWS
2 1 (3.45%) Amazon OpenSearch
2 1 (3.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.45%) GitHub
2 1 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (3.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) PowerCenter
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Military
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Law
4 1 (3.45%) Local Government
4 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Architect
1 6 (20.69%) Senior
2 5 (17.24%) Developer
2 5 (17.24%) User Researcher
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Technical Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Informatica Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Java Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Lead Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Product Owner
5 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Leader
5 2 (6.90%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) Node.js
2 1 (3.45%) CSS
2 1 (3.45%) Hibernate
2 1 (3.45%) JPA
2 1 (3.45%) OpenAPI
2 1 (3.45%) RESTful
2 1 (3.45%) Spring
2 1 (3.45%) Spring Boot
2 1 (3.45%) Swagger
2 1 (3.45%) Thymeleaf
2 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Agile
2 11 (37.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (27.59%) Roadmaps
4 7 (24.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 7 (24.14%) User Research
5 6 (20.69%) Decision-Making
5 6 (20.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 5 (17.24%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (17.24%) Software Engineering
6 5 (17.24%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (13.79%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (13.79%) SFIA
7 4 (13.79%) TDD
8 3 (10.34%) DevOps
8 3 (10.34%) Project Management
8 3 (10.34%) Qualitative Research
8 3 (10.34%) Quantitative Research
8 3 (10.34%) Service Design
8 3 (10.34%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) Java
2 4 (13.79%) TypeScript
3 3 (10.34%) Kotlin
3 3 (10.34%) SQL
4 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (55.17%) Security Cleared
2 13 (44.83%) SC Cleared
3 9 (31.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (10.34%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Accessibility
1 3 (10.34%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Oracle
2 3 (10.34%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.90%) Atlassian
3 2 (6.90%) Informatica
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.45%) SAP