Degree Jobs in Sheffield

Academic Degree
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 15 8
Rank change year-on-year +12 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 58 121 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 20.00% 11.15% 19.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.37% 49.79% 51.88%
Number of salaries quoted 20 98 48
10th Percentile - £25,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £23,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,576 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.84% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £80,313 £72,500 £55,188
90th Percentile £96,250 £86,250 £65,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £63,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +33.68% +11.76% -15.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Sheffield

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 93 243 345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 32.07% 22.40% 37.62%
Number of salaries quoted 47 182 125
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +17.28% -26.36%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £84,677 £82,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +26.32% +18.75% -23.81%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Sheffield

Degree
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary trend for Degree in Sheffield

Degree
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Sheffield over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Sheffield

Degree
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 (3.45%) SAS
2 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (36.21%) Chatbot
2 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (12.07%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.72%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.72%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.07%) Azure
2 2 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.24%) Network Security
1 10 (17.24%) TCP/IP
2 6 (10.34%) Cisco Nexus
2 6 (10.34%) DNS
2 6 (10.34%) DWDM
2 6 (10.34%) Firewall
2 6 (10.34%) LAN
2 6 (10.34%) Multicast
2 6 (10.34%) VPN
2 6 (10.34%) WAN
3 5 (8.62%) SAN
4 4 (6.90%) BGP
4 4 (6.90%) EIGRP
4 4 (6.90%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.34%) DB2
1 6 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 24 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (5.17%) Banking
4 3 (5.17%) Finance
4 3 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.17%) Marketing
4 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.45%) Aviation
5 2 (3.45%) Legal
5 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.72%) Electronics
6 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Retail
6 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (36.21%) Trainer
2 11 (18.97%) Analyst
3 10 (17.24%) Network Engineer
4 8 (13.79%) Data Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) Cloud Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Support Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) Gen AI Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Developer
8 3 (5.17%) Project Manager
8 3 (5.17%) VMware Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) Business Improvement Manager
9 2 (3.45%) Business Manager
9 2 (3.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 2 (3.45%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
9 2 (3.45%) Web Developer
10 1 (1.72%) Automation Analyst
10 1 (1.72%) Incident Responder
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.90%) REST
2 2 (3.45%) AngularJS
2 2 (3.45%) gRPC
2 2 (3.45%) React
2 2 (3.45%) Vue
3 1 (1.72%) CSS
3 1 (1.72%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.79%) Robotics
2 6 (10.34%) Replication
3 5 (8.62%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (3.45%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.45%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.72%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (1.72%) IoT
5 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.72%) Molecular Biology
5 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.34%) Windows
1 6 (10.34%) Windows 10
1 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2012
1 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2016
1 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (48.28%) Artificial Intelligence
2 24 (41.38%) Computer Science
3 21 (36.21%) Conversational UI
4 15 (25.86%) Mathematics
5 14 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (17.24%) Migration
6 10 (17.24%) Statistics
7 9 (15.52%) Containerisation
7 9 (15.52%) Test Automation
8 8 (13.79%) Chemistry
8 8 (13.79%) Data Science
9 7 (12.07%) Full-Stack Development
9 7 (12.07%) Product Management
10 6 (10.34%) DevOps
10 6 (10.34%) Mentoring
10 6 (10.34%) Network Architecture
10 6 (10.34%) Runbook
10 6 (10.34%) Task Automation
10 6 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (10.34%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.31%) Python
2 8 (13.79%) SQL
3 6 (10.34%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.45%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.72%) C
5 1 (1.72%) C++
5 1 (1.72%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 22 (37.93%) Master's Degree
1 22 (37.93%) PhD
2 10 (17.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (10.34%) CCNA
3 6 (10.34%) CCNP
3 6 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (10.34%) JNCIA
3 6 (10.34%) JNCIS
4 1 (1.72%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.72%) PMP
4 1 (1.72%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) NEBOSH
2 2 (3.45%) QA
3 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (10.34%) Hyper-V
2 4 (6.90%) Docker
2 4 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (6.90%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.72%) Firmware
3 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (18.97%) Ansible
2 6 (10.34%) Terraform
3 4 (6.90%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.72%) QRadar
Vendors
1 21 (36.21%) PayPal
2 15 (25.86%) Cisco
3 13 (22.41%) Microsoft
4 6 (10.34%) Arista
4 6 (10.34%) IBM
5 4 (6.90%) VMware
6 3 (5.17%) ANSYS
7 1 (1.72%) AlienVault
7 1 (1.72%) SAP