Graduate Jobs in Sheffield

Graduate
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Graduate salary in Sheffield is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 75 85
Rank change year-on-year +35 +10 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 2 7 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.70% 0.64% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.67% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 7
10th Percentile £30,700 £25,450 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £25,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £26,500 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.53% +10.42% -
75th Percentile £36,000 £27,250 -
90th Percentile £36,900 - £24,200
South Yorkshire median annual salary £31,000 £26,500 £24,000
% change year-on-year +16.98% +10.42% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Sheffield with a recognized job title 275 1,039 815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 95.50% 88.49%
Number of salaries quoted 189 838 403
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £24,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £33,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,754
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -0.53% -9.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £72,120
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured Graduate in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in Sheffield

Graduate
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary trend for Graduate in Sheffield

Graduate Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Graduate job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Online Betting
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (100.00%) React

Graduate Skill Set
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Online Betting
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java