24 providers offer 338 broadband deals in Sheffield, from £13.50 a month and up to 5,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 90 Mbps down and 19 Mbps up, 11% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Sheffield
The best value in Sheffield on full first-year cost is Plusnet's Full Fibre 145: £292 across year one, about £24 a month. A £155 reward card is bundled in. 145 Mbps covers streaming, video calls and working from home.
Best value in Sheffield
£22.99/mo
rises to £26.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £26.32/mo over contract · £632 total over 24 months
Fastest broadband deal in Sheffield
The fastest deal available in Sheffield is Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+ from Sky at 5,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Sheffield
Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+
3000 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£80/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1925 total over 24 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Sheffield
The cheapest deal in Sheffield is 150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months) from 4th Utility at £13.50 a month for 150 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £13.50 is an intro price that rises to £18.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £162. giffgaff is essentially level at £15.00 a month. Above the UK average on download.
Cheapest in Sheffield
150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£13.50/mo
for 12 months, then £18/mo
Avg £15.75/mo over contract · £378 total over 24 months
Runner-up on price
£5/mo
for 6 months, then £25/mo
Avg £20/mo over contract · £480 total over 24 months
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Connect Fibre Full Fibre Stream Max Bundle
500 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 4–5 person households, heavy use
£0/mo
for 6 months, then £37/mo
Avg £27.75/mo over contract · £666 total over 24 months
£1/mo
for 1 month, then £32.99/mo
Avg £31.66/mo over contract · £760 total over 24 months
Sky Full Fibre Gigafast
100 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£31/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£749 total over 24 months
£5/mo
for 6 months, then £25/mo
Avg £20/mo over contract · £480 total over 24 months
Broadband providers in Sheffield
24 providers serve Sheffield, with Sky the fastest at 5,000 Mbps.
Ranked by Ofcom complaints per 100,000 customers, fewest first. A down arrow is below the industry average, up is above, and a dash means Ofcom publishes no figure for that provider (usually because it is below Ofcom's 1.5% market-share reporting threshold). A small diagonal arrow shows the past-year trend (↘ improving, ↗ getting worse).
Ofcom records the typical Sheffield download speed at 90 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Sheffield
Only 12% of the 153,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 93% can get gigabit.
The faster line is already there. For most of these homes it is the contract holding them back, not the infrastructure.
Is your broadband good enough?
The typical Sheffield line runs 90 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 93% of Sheffield, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Sheffield?
The wholesale networks carrying Sheffield broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Beyond Openreach, here are the alternative networks live in Sheffield. Worth a look because, in the streets they cover, they tend to undercut the major brands.
- CityFibre: Sky, TalkTalk, The One Broadband, Vodafone, Zen Internet
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
- Hyperoptic
Underpinning the deal mix, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 reach the bulk of addresses (Openreach is everywhere in the UK by default).
Sheffield sits in the catchment of 24 providers.
What broadband coverage does Sheffield have?
Superfast broadband reaches 98% of Sheffield premises and gigabit 93%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Broadband speeds by Sheffield neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 119 Mbps in Firth to 52 Mbps in Dore and Totley, so your street matters more than the Sheffield average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firth S5 | 119 | +29 | 20 | 100% | 100% | — |
| City S1 | 117 | +27 | 9 | 80% | 80% | — |
| Nether Edge and Sharrow S7 | 113 | +23 | 18 | 100% | 96% | — |
| Hillsborough S6 | 110 | +20 | 22 | 98% | 91% | — |
| City S3 | 106 | +16 | 16 | 92% | 88% | — |
| Manor Castle S2 | 103 | +13 | 21 | 99% | 95% | — |
| Darnall S9 | 102 | +12 | 16 | 99% | 98% | — |
| Gleadless Valley S14 | 98 | +8 | 21 | 100% | 97% | — |
| Birley S12 | 97 | +7 | 21 | 100% | 98% | 100% |
| Woodhouse S13 | 93 | +3 | 23 | 100% | 99% | 100% |
| Ecclesall S11 | 86 | -4 | 19 | 100% | 89% | 98% |
| Burngreave S4 | 85 | -5 | 16 | 100% | 99% | — |
| Graves S8 | 80 | -10 | 15 | 100% | 96% | 100% |
| Mosborough S20 | 73 | -18 | 20 | 100% | 99% | 100% |
| Fulwood S10 | 67 | -23 | 18 | 98% | 84% | — |
| West Ecclesfield S35 | 53 | -37 | 14 | 97% | 84% | 100% |
| Dore and Totley S17 | 52 | -38 | 13 | 98% | 90% | 100% |
Measured Ofcom data per Sheffield neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Sheffield average; superfast, gigabit and 5G are the % of premises covered. Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
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* Based on Go.Compare research estimating that 28% of UK broadband users pay for faster broadband speeds than they need (which we interpret as overpaying), equivalent to around 7.5m UK households.
Speed and coverage figures for Sheffieldcome from Ofcom's Connected Nations data, current to January 2026. Deal prices are pulled live from providers. Compiled by the FindBroadband team. See how we rank and source our data.