Public Sector Contracts 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 6 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 10 3
Rank change year-on-year -15 -7 +8
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 16 44 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 6.45% 12.87% 25.21%
As % of the General category 9.47% 21.36% 31.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 39 113
10th Percentile £135 £423 £400
25th Percentile £208 £434 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £217 £525 £613
Median % change year-on-year -58.63% -14.29% +28.95%
75th Percentile £330 £582 £700
90th Percentile £461 £720 £743
South Yorkshire median daily rate £217 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -58.63% -12.50% +86.05%

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 common skills in Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 169 206 382
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 68.15% 60.23% 80.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 121 256
10th Percentile £260 £294 £400
25th Percentile £451 £430 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% -6.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £650
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £509 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +1.70% -9.09% +21.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.22 £12.63 -
Median hourly rate £16.19 £12.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% -68.13% +150.00%
75th Percentile £17.16 £12.88 -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.19 £12.75 £24.59
% change year-on-year +26.98% -48.15% +32.78%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Sheffield

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Sheffield.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Sheffield

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Sheffield over the 6 months to 6 March 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Sheffield

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Sheffield.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Sheffield

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
1 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
1 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) LAN
1 6 (37.50%) WAN
2 1 (6.25%) PSTN
2 1 (6.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) MongoDB
1 1 (6.25%) MySQL
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Police
3 1 (6.25%) Legal
3 1 (6.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (31.25%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) First Line Help Desk Support
3 5 (31.25%) Help Desk Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Help Desk Support
3 5 (31.25%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Support Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (12.50%) IT Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Programme Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Help Desk Technician
5 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Network Support
5 1 (6.25%) QA Tester
5 1 (6.25%) Relationships Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
1 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) NHS
2 1 (6.25%) IoT
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (37.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (37.50%) Break/Fix
2 6 (37.50%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Service Management
4 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Experience
4 2 (12.50%) ITIL
4 2 (12.50%) Performance Measurement
4 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 2 (12.50%) Project Roadmap
4 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 2 (12.50%) Server Monitoring
4 2 (12.50%) WFM
5 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Java
1 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.25%) PHP
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (31.25%) Degree
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) SLA
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle