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  • What is the average graduate salary in Sheffield in 2025?

    The average graduate salary in Sheffield in May 2025 is £25000, based on analysis of all graduate jobs in Sheffield the past 3 months. The average graduate starting salary across the UK in May 2025 is £29798.

    The latest graduate salary analysis 2025

  • How difficult / competitive is it to get a graduate job in Sheffield in 2025?

    Based on data gathered in the past three months we estimate that it is challenging to get a graduate job in Sheffield in May 2025, compared to other major locations.

  • Is Sheffield a popular destination for UK students & graduates?

    Sheffield is ranked 17 out of our 45 most popular location for graduates. Sheffield is therefore ranked as 'not particularly popular' as a career destination for UK graduates and students.

  • What kind of graduate job can you get in Sheffield ?

    In the past 18 months the Management sector has received the most job postings located in Sheffield , followed by Retail and Customer Service .

    It could be suggested these are typically the type of graduate jobs you can get in Sheffield.

  • Which companies are most active recruiting graduates in Sheffield ?

    In the past 18 months Enterprise Mobility and have advertised the most graduate jobs in Sheffield .

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Sheffield

Sheffield's universities enjoy a well-earned reputation of high quality and highly adaptable graduates who are known to thrive in the work place. With this in mind, graduates from the city are highly valued by employers, as long as they can show they're right for the job. But we wanted to know how studying and living in Sheffield made you stand out from the rest of country. We wanted to know what made Sheffield's graduates different in terms of their career ambitions, academic achievement and workplace readiness.

To do this, we analysed all the data of graduates from Sheffield universities when they signed up with us. Between the years of 2009 and 2014 we were able to draw comparisons between Sheffield and the rest of the UK and found glaringly obvious reasons that employers are so keen on employing graduates from the Steel City and why they were so special.

Sectors

The universities that are based in Sheffield specialise in a range of different fields and this can be seen in the choices made by the graduates of those institutions. The top five choices made by graduate from Sheffield nearly exactly mirror those made by graduates from the UK as a whole. Graduates from Sheffield can be seen to be interested in typically popular sectors like Management, Marketing and Banking. While sectors like Advertising and Public Relations are slightly more popular in Sheffield than in the country as a whole, with 24.2% of graduates from Sheffield expressing in interest in working that sector and just 22.3% of the UK's overall graduates wanting to work in Advertising and PR.

The only exception from making Sheffield mirror the top five most popular sectors across the country is the inclusion of Human Resources, which was selected by 21.4% of the graduates from the South Yorkshire city. However, this sector is still popular amongst graduates across the UK, after being selected by nearly as many (21.2%) of graduates from across the UK.

Most popular sectors for Sheffield graduates

Degree Classification

From looking at the data submitted by graduates from the two Sheffield universities, it can be seen that the universities prize themselves on maintaining tough academic rigour. This is explained by the low amount of First Class degrees that were awarded to graduates between 2009 and 2014. Sheffield awarded the third lowest at just 7.8% of graduates receiving First Class degrees, behind Nottingham (7.8%) and Northern Ireland (7.6%), and a lot fewer than the national average of 9.8%.

However, what can be seen is the higher rate of 2.1 degrees being awarded to studious graduates, for which it awarded the second highest amount 57.7%, behind Nottingham again (59.7%).

Degree classifications for Sheffield graduates

Work Exprience

It is looking at the data for levels of work experience amongst graduates from Sheffield that it becomes clear why graduates who studied in South Yorkshire are so valued. Graduates from Sheffield have the second highest rate of work experience compared to any other area we looked at. Just behind Northern Ireland, 18.7% of graduates from Sheffield had completed some form of work experience. Often considered a key factor in determining a graduate's employability, this high level of work experience is a positive factor in terms of finding a graduate job after university.

Percentage of Sheffield graduates with work experience