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 11 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 54 40
Rank change year-on-year -25 -14 -36
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 22 18 19
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 2.18% 3.06% 4.69%
As % of the General category 3.61% 4.35% 7.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 16
10th Percentile £425 £323 £371
25th Percentile £463 £352 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £444 £514
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% -13.58% -26.64%
75th Percentile £514 £496 £551
90th Percentile £594 £523 £602
South Yorkshire median daily rate £492 £438 £514
% change year-on-year +12.46% -14.80% -26.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £14.32 -
25th Percentile - £15.01 £11.75
Median hourly rate - £16.18 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - +19.81% -
75th Percentile - £17.34 £15.25
90th Percentile - £18.04 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.20 £16.18 £13.50
% change year-on-year +37.25% +19.81% -

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 610 414 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 60.52% 70.41% 64.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 281 131
10th Percentile £362 £280 £375
25th Percentile £425 £363 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £515
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.62% -11.46%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £600
90th Percentile £675 £613 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £507
% change year-on-year +11.11% -11.24% -7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 6
10th Percentile - £14.54 £15.88
25th Percentile £25.77 £15.00 £20.13
Median hourly rate £36.07 £18.21 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.13% -13.31% +10.53%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.40 £21.88
90th Percentile - £18.50 £22.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £30.96 £18.21 £21.00
% change year-on-year +70.04% -13.31% +7.69%

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 11 September 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 (9.09%) Confluence
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Amazon OpenSearch
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.55%) GitHub
2 1 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (4.55%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Local Government
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) User Researcher
2 4 (18.18%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Java Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Java Software Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) Product Owner
4 2 (9.09%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Digital Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Digital Business Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Finance Systems Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) IT Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector Business Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.55%) Hibernate
2 1 (4.55%) JPA
2 1 (4.55%) Node.js
2 1 (4.55%) OpenAPI
2 1 (4.55%) RESTful
2 1 (4.55%) Spring
2 1 (4.55%) Spring Boot
2 1 (4.55%) Swagger
2 1 (4.55%) Thymeleaf
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
1 2 (9.09%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (40.91%) Agile
3 7 (31.82%) User Research
4 6 (27.27%) Decision-Making
4 6 (27.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 6 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 4 (18.18%) ERP
5 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
5 4 (18.18%) TDD
6 3 (13.64%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.64%) DevOps
6 3 (13.64%) Inclusive Design
6 3 (13.64%) Kanban
6 3 (13.64%) Project Management
6 3 (13.64%) Qualitative Research
6 3 (13.64%) Quantitative Research
6 3 (13.64%) Service Design
6 3 (13.64%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) Java
2 3 (13.64%) Kotlin
2 3 (13.64%) TypeScript
3 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) Accessibility
1 3 (13.64%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle
2 3 (13.64%) SAP
3 2 (9.09%) Atlassian
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.09%) RightScale