Senior Job Trends in Sheffield

Senior
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Senior salary in Sheffield is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 2 17
Rank change year-on-year -9 +15 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 39 100 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 9.77% 20.41% 12.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.13% 21.65% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 30 39 47
10th Percentile £35,000 £50,000 £43,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £49,236
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,995 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year - +3.51% +14.22%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 385 462 392
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.49% 94.29% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 284 205 330
10th Percentile - £35,000 £24,990
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £63,688
90th Percentile £84,250 £82,500 £75,945
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -30.43% +21.05% +5.56%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Senior
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Sheffield.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Sheffield

Senior
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Sheffield over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in Sheffield

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 8 (20.51%) Mentoring
2 6 (15.38%) Agile
2 6 (15.38%) Coaching
3 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (12.82%) Data Modelling
3 5 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (12.82%) SaaS
3 5 (12.82%) SQL
4 3 (7.69%) CI/CD
4 3 (7.69%) Clean Code
4 3 (7.69%) Contract Management
4 3 (7.69%) Data Engineering
4 3 (7.69%) Data Integration
4 3 (7.69%) Data Lake
4 3 (7.69%) Data Science
4 3 (7.69%) Databricks
4 3 (7.69%) ETL
4 3 (7.69%) Logical Data Model
4 3 (7.69%) Physical Data Model
4 3 (7.69%) Python
4 3 (7.69%) SDLC
4 3 (7.69%) Software Engineering
5 2 (5.13%) API Testing
5 2 (5.13%) Azure
5 2 (5.13%) CRM
5 2 (5.13%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (5.13%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.13%) Project Delivery
5 2 (5.13%) QA
5 2 (5.13%) Red Team

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) SaaS
2 2 (5.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) IaaS
3 1 (2.56%) PaaS
3 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Network Security
1 1 (2.56%) SMS
1 1 (2.56%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (7.69%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Postman
General
1 4 (10.26%) Aerospace
1 4 (10.26%) Finance
2 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.13%) Financial Institution
2 2 (5.13%) Retail
2 2 (5.13%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Law
3 1 (2.56%) Legal
3 1 (2.56%) Marketing
3 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) .NET
1 1 (2.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
1 2 (5.13%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.56%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Mentoring
2 6 (15.38%) Agile
2 6 (15.38%) Coaching
3 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (12.82%) Data Modelling
4 3 (7.69%) CI/CD
4 3 (7.69%) Clean Code
4 3 (7.69%) Contract Management
4 3 (7.69%) Data Engineering
4 3 (7.69%) Data Integration
4 3 (7.69%) Data Science
4 3 (7.69%) ETL
4 3 (7.69%) Logical Data Model
4 3 (7.69%) Physical Data Model
4 3 (7.69%) SDLC
4 3 (7.69%) Software Engineering
5 2 (5.13%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.13%) Red Team
5 2 (5.13%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (5.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.82%) SQL
2 3 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (2.56%) C#
3 1 (2.56%) Java
3 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
1 1 (2.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.56%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) Databricks
2 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2 1 (2.56%) Screaming Frog