Computer Science Job Trends in Sheffield

Computer Science
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Computer Science skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 48 52
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 -31
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 14 18 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 3.53% 2.10% 3.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.49% 2.80% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 14
10th Percentile - £72,500 £29,000
25th Percentile - - £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £80,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -68.75% +52.38% +50.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 - £59,063
90th Percentile - - £60,560
South Yorkshire median annual salary £25,000 £80,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -68.75% +100.00% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 312 642 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 78.59% 74.74% 98.33%
Number of salaries quoted 231 345 364
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,500 £24,375
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,988 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £46,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.38% +16.67% -10.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Sheffield

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Sheffield over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Sheffield

Computer Science
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 3 (21.43%) Kinematics
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Chatbot
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Network Security
1 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (14.29%) DNS
2 2 (14.29%) DWDM
2 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) LAN
2 2 (14.29%) VPN
2 2 (14.29%) WAN
3 1 (7.14%) BGP
3 1 (7.14%) EIGRP
3 1 (7.14%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) MySQL
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Developer
1 5 (35.71%) Graduate
1 5 (35.71%) Graduate Developer
1 5 (35.71%) IT Graduate
2 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Robotics Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Trainer
4 1 (7.14%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Developer
4 1 (7.14%) C# Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Graduate C# Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Graduate PHP Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Graduate SQL Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Lecturer
4 1 (7.14%) PHP Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) SQL Developer
4 1 (7.14%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) .NET
1 5 (35.71%) ASP.NET
1 5 (35.71%) CSS
1 5 (35.71%) jQuery
2 1 (7.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Augmented Reality
1 3 (21.43%) Robotics
1 3 (21.43%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (35.71%) MVC
2 5 (35.71%) OO
2 5 (35.71%) OOP
3 3 (21.43%) Clean Code
3 3 (21.43%) Migration
3 3 (21.43%) Motion Control
3 3 (21.43%) Motion Planning
3 3 (21.43%) Open Source
3 3 (21.43%) Reinforcement Learning
4 2 (14.29%) Conversational UI
4 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) Network Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) Runbook
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) C#
1 5 (35.71%) C++
1 5 (35.71%) Java
1 5 (35.71%) PHP
2 3 (21.43%) Python
3 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) Degree
2 8 (57.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (14.29%) CCNA
3 2 (14.29%) CCNP
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (14.29%) JNCIA
3 2 (14.29%) JNCIS
3 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 2 (14.29%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (7.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Ansible
1 3 (21.43%) Functional Safety
2 2 (14.29%) Terraform
3 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) Arista
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) PayPal
3 1 (7.14%) VMware