Prototyping Job Trends in Sheffield

Prototyping
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Prototyping skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - 78
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 7 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.86% - 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% - 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile £55,000 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 - £42,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Prototyping 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 537 254 972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 66.13% 88.81% 81.14%
Number of salaries quoted 431 168 780
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,175 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £64,062
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £78,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £49,507 £46,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.04% -2.63% +5.56%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Prototyping job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Prototyping
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Prototyping.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Prototyping

Prototyping
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:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 7 (100.00%) Electronics
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Applications Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (57.14%) FPGA
2 3 (42.86%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Physics
1 7 (100.00%) Validation
2 4 (57.14%) Product Requirements
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (57.14%) Firmware