The median Senior Developer salary in Sheffield is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
37 |
42 |
65 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+5 |
+23 |
-19 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer |
5 |
43 |
42 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield |
1.76% |
4.05% |
4.52% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.84% |
4.24% |
5.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
5 |
42 |
1 |
| 10th Percentile |
£53,500 |
£47,500 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£55,000 |
£47,688 |
£46,891 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
£49,045 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+9.09% |
+12.14% |
-29.94% |
| 75th Percentile |
£65,000 |
£60,000 |
£51,198 |
| 90th Percentile |
£65,750 |
£78,375 |
- |
| South Yorkshire median annual salary |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
£50,772 |
| % change year-on-year |
+9.09% |
+8.33% |
-27.47% |
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 |
272 |
1,015 |
822 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
95.77% |
95.48% |
88.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
186 |
820 |
405 |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,000 |
£27,500 |
£24,490 |
| 25th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£36,750 |
£33,700 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£47,500 |
£47,754 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+15.79% |
-0.53% |
-9.04% |
| 75th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£65,000 |
£63,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£80,000 |
£71,740 |
| South Yorkshire median annual salary |
£51,250 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+7.89% |
+5.56% |
-10.00% |
