Computer Science Degree Job Trends in Sheffield

Computer Science Degree
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 52 50
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 +14
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 3 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.74% 0.22% 1.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.31% 0.73% 7.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - £53,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.86%
75th Percentile - - £61,250
90th Percentile - - £63,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £25,000 £26,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.66% -44.21% -37.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Sheffield

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 130 137 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 31.86% 29.72% 22.94%
Number of salaries quoted 80 51 76
10th Percentile £26,688 £39,221 £29,063
25th Percentile £28,250 £54,375 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £70,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -56.43% +61.85% -24.78%
75th Percentile £35,750 £81,250 £59,813
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £65,625
South Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £70,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -56.43% +59.09% -12.00%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate Developer
1 3 (100.00%) IT Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) jQuery
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) MVC
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) OOP
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree