Degree Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Academic Degree
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 23
Rank change year-on-year -3 +19 -5
Permanent jobs citing Degree 70 91 47
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 11.27% 16.11% 8.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.94% 57.96% 35.34%
Number of salaries quoted 34 31 33
10th Percentile £25,300 £53,750 £25,410
25th Percentile £27,125 £61,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £77,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -60.65% +63.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £36,000 £81,250 £53,759
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £62,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% -7.41% +8.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Yorkshire

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 163 157 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 26.25% 27.79% 22.74%
Number of salaries quoted 91 56 94
10th Percentile £26,500 £35,625 £26,650
25th Percentile £28,250 £53,750 £31,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £70,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -56.43% +59.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £35,875 £81,250 £54,690
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £65,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -35.00% -7.41% +2.86%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Degree job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Degree
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

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

Salary histogram for Degree in South Yorkshire

Degree
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 Degree within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 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 -1 67 £30,500 -60.65% 17
Rotherham +7 3 £34,000 - 1
Degree
Yorkshire

Degree
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 2 (2.86%) Kinematics
2 1 (1.43%) IIS
2 1 (1.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 36 (51.43%) Chatbot
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.43%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.00%) SaaS
2 4 (5.71%) Azure
3 3 (4.29%) Amazon Bedrock
3 3 (4.29%) AWS
4 2 (2.86%) Intacct
4 2 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.43%) DNS
1 1 (1.43%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.29%) MySQL
3 2 (2.86%) Power BI
General
1 20 (28.57%) Finance
2 15 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.86%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.71%) Law
4 4 (5.71%) Marketing
4 4 (5.71%) Retail
5 3 (4.29%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.43%) Legal
7 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (51.43%) Trainer
2 21 (30.00%) Analyst
3 14 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 14 (20.00%) Trainee
3 14 (20.00%) Trainee Analyst
3 14 (20.00%) Trainee Business Analyst
4 8 (11.43%) Lecturer
5 7 (10.00%) Graduate
6 6 (8.57%) Content Editor
7 4 (5.71%) Biostatistician
7 4 (5.71%) Developer
7 4 (5.71%) Graduate Analyst
7 4 (5.71%) Graduate Software Analyst
7 4 (5.71%) Graduate Software Test Analyst
7 4 (5.71%) Graduate Test Analyst
7 4 (5.71%) Research Scientist
7 4 (5.71%) Software Analyst
7 4 (5.71%) Software Test Analyst
7 4 (5.71%) Test Analyst
8 3 (4.29%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.29%) .NET
1 3 (4.29%) ASP.NET
1 3 (4.29%) CSS
1 3 (4.29%) jQuery
2 1 (1.43%) JSON
2 1 (1.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.86%) Molecular Biology
2 3 (4.29%) AI Agents
2 3 (4.29%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.86%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (2.86%) Robotics
3 2 (2.86%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.43%) Windows
1 1 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (58.57%) AI
2 36 (51.43%) Conversational UI
3 19 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 14 (20.00%) Change Management
4 14 (20.00%) Chemistry
4 14 (20.00%) Project Management
5 9 (12.86%) Biochemistry
5 9 (12.86%) Biology
5 9 (12.86%) Biotechnology
5 9 (12.86%) Content Writing
5 9 (12.86%) Data Interpretation
5 9 (12.86%) Experimental Design
6 7 (10.00%) Customer Service
7 6 (8.57%) Computer Science
8 4 (5.71%) Code Quality
8 4 (5.71%) Decision-Making
8 4 (5.71%) Regression Testing
8 4 (5.71%) Software Testing
8 4 (5.71%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.14%) Java
2 3 (4.29%) C#
2 3 (4.29%) C++
2 3 (4.29%) PHP
3 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (34.29%) Master's Degree
1 24 (34.29%) PhD
2 3 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.43%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) QA
2 2 (2.86%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (2.86%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 36 (51.43%) PayPal
2 2 (2.86%) Sage
2 2 (2.86%) Xero
3 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow