Computer Science Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Computer Science
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 32 49
Rank change year-on-year -19 +17 +8
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 6 28 18
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.95% 5.18% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 5.80% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 11
10th Percentile £24,500 £40,375 £43,750
25th Percentile - £57,163 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £71,826 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -65.19% +43.65% -34.43%
75th Percentile £31,563 £80,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £59,375 - £65,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £43,750 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -9.09% +4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

Computer Science 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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 458 483 534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 72.70% 89.28% 84.63%
Number of salaries quoted 341 182 438
10th Percentile £26,500 £35,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +26.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,424 £82,500 £75,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -2.78%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Computer Science job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Computer Science
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in South Yorkshire

Computer Science
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield -11 6 £25,000 -68.75% 11
Computer Science
Yorkshire

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 (16.67%) IIS
1 1 (16.67%) Kinematics
1 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) MySQL
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Graduate
1 4 (66.67%) Graduate Developer
2 3 (50.00%) IT Graduate
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate PHP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) PHP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Robotics Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
1 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (50.00%) CSS
1 3 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (16.67%) JSON
2 1 (16.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (16.67%) Robotics
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) MVC
2 3 (50.00%) OO
2 3 (50.00%) OOP
3 1 (16.67%) AI
3 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Motion Control
3 1 (16.67%) Motion Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Open Source
3 1 (16.67%) Reinforcement Learning
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
1 4 (66.67%) Java
1 4 (66.67%) PHP
2 3 (50.00%) C++
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Functional Safety