Contract jobs in Sheffield
Sheffield hires contractors into advanced manufacturing, the public sector and the digital teams that support both. Day rates track the northern cities more than they track London.
Updated 1 November 20264 min read
The contract market in Sheffield
Sheffield hires contractors into advanced manufacturing, the public sector and the digital teams that support both. Day rates track the northern cities more than they track London.
Sheffield day rates usually sit under an equivalent London rate for the same skill. A London rate with a Sheffield commute is rare. Read the number on the row before you assume the city is paying for the travel.
Who hires
The work follows advanced manufacturing and the public sector. Agencies cover most of the adverts. The end client is often named only once you speak to them, which is another reason the day rate and the IR35 status need to be visible before that call.
Skills that turn up repeatedly are on the skill directory. Each skill has a contract-jobs guide, a day-rate guide and an outside IR35 guide, and the live list sits on the board beside them.
IR35
Public-sector and large-employer contracts in Sheffield are inside IR35 more often than a small product company's are. Private-sector delivery work is where outside still shows up. Outside IR35 jobs and inside IR35 jobs split the board on the words the advert used.
We do not re-determine status. If the advert states it, the row states it. If the advert is silent, the row says so, rather than guessing a side that would help the click.
How to search
Search Sheffield with a radius if you can travel, because plenty of adverts name a town in the commute rather than the city itself. Add a skill from jobs by skill once you know which market you are in. Membership removes the 48-hour delay and unlocks the apply link on every job.
New contracts are added through the day. The ones from the last 48 hours are the ones most likely to still be open, which is why they are the member tier.
Live roles on the board
These contracts are on the board now. The day rate and IR35 status are public. The link to the original advert is for members.
- Data Engineer — Sheffield, South Yorkshire, £500-£550/day Inside
- Solution Architect (SAP S/4 HANA) — Sheffield, South Yorkshire, £879/day Inside
- Solution Architect - V06628 — Sheffield, South Yorkshire, £650-£879/day
- Consultant Business Analyst — Sheffield
- Programme Manager - Data Migration (SAS) — Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, £600-£650/day Inside
- Cyber Platform Engineer — Sheffield, South Yorkshire, £550-£650/day Inside
- Infrastructure Python Developer — Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, £350-£402/day
- Infrastructure Python Developer — Sheffield, South Yorkshire, £400/day Inside
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