Economics Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Economics
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Economics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 56 71
Rank change year-on-year -38 +15 -
Permanent jobs citing Economics 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.059% 0.17% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.094% 0.22% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 - -
75th Percentile £35,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £120,000 £83,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +43.71% +39.17% -31.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

Economics 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 1,060 446 791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 62.39% 74.46% 75.98%
Number of salaries quoted 786 304 420
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,255 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £29,978 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -12.38% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,875 £77,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Economics job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Economics
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Economics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Economics

Economics
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 Economics within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 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 -27 1 £34,500 - 2
Economics
Yorkshire

Economics
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree