IT Graduate Job Trends in South Yorkshire

IT Graduate
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median IT Graduate salary in South Yorkshire is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 December 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Graduate 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £25,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 601 742 456
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 94.04% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 433 388 392
10th Percentile £25,087 £34,175 £27,510
25th Percentile £28,750 £40,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +21.55% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £67,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -

IT Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

IT Graduate job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

IT Graduate
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Graduate job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Graduate job vacancies in South Yorkshire

IT Graduate
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 IT Graduate within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 December 2025. 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 - 5 £25,000 - 2
IT Graduate
Yorkshire

IT Graduate Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, IT Graduate 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 South Yorkshire region featuring IT Graduate in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) jQuery
1 5 (100.00%) MVC
1 5 (100.00%) MySQL
1 5 (100.00%) OO
1 5 (100.00%) OOP
1 5 (100.00%) PHP
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL

IT Graduate Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) MySQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) jQuery
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) MVC
1 5 (100.00%) OO
1 5 (100.00%) OOP
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Degree