IT Graduate Job Trends in Sheffield

IT Graduate
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median IT Graduate salary in Sheffield is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Graduate 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 1.09% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £25,000 - -

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 443 640 314
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.72% 95.38% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 327 329 264
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,950 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £76,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £45,250
% change year-on-year -27.27% +21.55% -4.74%

IT Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Graduate' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

IT Graduate job vacancy trend in Sheffield

IT Graduate
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for IT Graduate job vacancies in Sheffield.

Salary distribution trend for IT Graduate job vacancies in Sheffield

IT Graduate Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, IT Graduate job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Sheffield region featuring IT Graduate in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) jQuery
1 5 (100.00%) MVC
1 5 (100.00%) MySQL
1 5 (100.00%) OO
1 5 (100.00%) OOP
1 5 (100.00%) PHP
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL

IT Graduate Skill Set
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 5 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) MySQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) jQuery
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) MVC
1 5 (100.00%) OO
1 5 (100.00%) OOP
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Degree