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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 31 58
Rank change year-on-year -25 +27 -5
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 16 19 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 1.55% 4.66% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 5.81% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16 10 10
10th Percentile £45,875 £25,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £26,563 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £40,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +102.45% -32.08% +14.29%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,188 £76,250
90th Percentile - £85,000 £80,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £75,000 £46,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +61.29% -22.50% +14.29%

All Process & 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 711 327 705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 68.90% 80.15% 75.89%
Number of salaries quoted 579 241 495
10th Percentile £33,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,772
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +11.11%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Computer Science job vacancy trend 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 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Sheffield

Computer Science
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 1 (6.25%) IIS
1 1 (6.25%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 12 (75.00%) Azure
2 9 (56.25%) Azure Data Factory
2 9 (56.25%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (56.25%) Azure Functions
2 9 (56.25%) Azure Logic Apps
2 9 (56.25%) Azure Monitor
2 9 (56.25%) Serverless
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) DNS
2 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (56.25%) Data Warehouse
1 9 (56.25%) Spark SQL
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Advertising
2 4 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Lead
2 9 (56.25%) Azure Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Azure Platform Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Cloud Platform Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Data Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Lead Data Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Platform Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Applications Support
4 1 (6.25%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) C# Developer
4 1 (6.25%) C# Software Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (6.25%) Graduate C# Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Graduate Software Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.25%) SQL Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (56.25%) ARM Templates
1 9 (56.25%) PySpark
1 9 (56.25%) REST
2 1 (6.25%) CSS
2 1 (6.25%) jQuery
2 1 (6.25%) JSON
2 1 (6.25%) React
2 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
1 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) CI/CD
2 9 (56.25%) Cost Optimisation
2 9 (56.25%) Dashboard Development
2 9 (56.25%) Data Engineering
2 9 (56.25%) Data Governance
2 9 (56.25%) Data Integration
2 9 (56.25%) Data Modelling
2 9 (56.25%) Deployment Automation
2 9 (56.25%) DevOps
2 9 (56.25%) ETL
2 9 (56.25%) Infrastructure as Code
2 9 (56.25%) Observability
2 9 (56.25%) Platform Engineering
2 9 (56.25%) Regulatory Compliance
2 9 (56.25%) Release Management
2 9 (56.25%) Test Automation
3 5 (31.25%) AI
3 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 4 (25.00%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) Python
1 10 (62.50%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (6.25%) C#
3 1 (6.25%) C++
3 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) PHP
3 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 14 (87.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (25.00%) CCSP
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (6.25%) A+ Certification
4 1 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (56.25%) GDPR
2 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (25.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 9 (56.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Databricks
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) SGI