Computer Science Jobs in Sheffield

Computer Science
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Sheffield requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 14 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 46 46
Rank change year-on-year +19 0 -25
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 23 37 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 5.94% 3.14% 5.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.21% 3.96% 5.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9 30 14
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £37,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -28.57% +31.25%
75th Percentile £73,750 £47,500 £59,063
90th Percentile £85,000 £65,000 £60,800
South Yorkshire median annual salary £53,250 £40,250 £46,250
% change year-on-year +32.30% -12.97% +15.63%

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 319 934 756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 82.43% 79.22% 98.69%
Number of salaries quoted 229 721 427
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £24,660
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,390 £32,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Sheffield.

Salary trend for Computer Science in Sheffield

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Sheffield over the 6 months to 14 July 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 2 (8.70%) Kinematics
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Chatbot
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (26.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) Network Security
1 10 (43.48%) TCP/IP
2 6 (26.09%) Cisco Nexus
2 6 (26.09%) DNS
2 6 (26.09%) DWDM
2 6 (26.09%) Firewall
2 6 (26.09%) LAN
2 6 (26.09%) VPN
2 6 (26.09%) WAN
3 4 (17.39%) BGP
3 4 (17.39%) EIGRP
3 4 (17.39%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) MySQL
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Advertising
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Network Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Trainer
3 4 (17.39%) Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Data Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) VMware Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Automation Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Graduate
5 2 (8.70%) Graduate Developer
5 2 (8.70%) IT Graduate
5 2 (8.70%) Principal Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Robotics Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Architect
6 1 (4.35%) C# Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Data Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Junior
6 1 (4.35%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) SQL Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) REST
2 2 (8.70%) .NET
2 2 (8.70%) ASP.NET
2 2 (8.70%) CSS
2 2 (8.70%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Robotics
2 2 (8.70%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Migration
2 9 (39.13%) Artificial Intelligence
3 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (26.09%) Conversational UI
4 6 (26.09%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (26.09%) Mathematics
4 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
4 6 (26.09%) Network Architecture
4 6 (26.09%) Runbook
4 6 (26.09%) Statistics
4 6 (26.09%) Task Automation
4 6 (26.09%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (26.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (17.39%) Containerisation
5 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (17.39%) Data Science
5 4 (17.39%) Network Management
5 4 (17.39%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (17.39%) Network Virtualisation
5 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (43.48%) Python
2 3 (13.04%) C++
3 2 (8.70%) C#
3 2 (8.70%) Java
3 2 (8.70%) PHP
4 1 (4.35%) C
4 1 (4.35%) Embedded C
4 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (91.30%) Degree
2 12 (52.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (26.09%) CCNA
3 6 (26.09%) CCNP
3 6 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (26.09%) JNCIA
3 6 (26.09%) JNCIS
3 6 (26.09%) Master's Degree
3 6 (26.09%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Docker
1 4 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (17.39%) VMware NSX
2 1 (4.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (43.48%) Ansible
2 6 (26.09%) Terraform
3 4 (17.39%) Kubernetes
4 2 (8.70%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Cisco
2 6 (26.09%) Arista
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) PayPal
3 4 (17.39%) VMware