Systems Programmer Jobs in South Yorkshire

System Programmer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median System Programmer salary in South Yorkshire is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 93 -
Rank change year-on-year +46 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Programmer 1 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.26% 0.22% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.24% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 - £64,029

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 372 1,249 1,368
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.62% 92.31% 86.86%
Number of salaries quoted 246 1,008 524
10th Percentile £25,875 £28,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,938 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £70,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,500 £49,500 £54,882
% change year-on-year - -9.81% +9.76%

Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Systems Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Programmer in South Yorkshire

Systems Programmer
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Programmer in South Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Systems Programmer in South Yorkshire

Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Systems Programmer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South Yorkshire region featuring Systems Programmer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
1 1 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option

Systems Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM