Developer Jobs in Cambridge

Developer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Developer salary in Cambridge is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 17 15
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 135 128 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 13.69% 12.74% 12.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.11% 14.90% 13.46%
Number of salaries quoted 113 59 128
10th Percentile £37,000 £43,700 £33,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £85,250 £78,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 957 859 1,516
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.06% 85.47% 93.12%
Number of salaries quoted 737 403 591
10th Percentile £30,850 £30,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £83,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Cambridge

Developer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Developer in Cambridge

Developer
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Cambridge over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Cambridge

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Developer 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 Cambridge region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 55 (40.74%) Linux
2 53 (39.26%) Python
3 47 (34.81%) IoT
4 43 (31.85%) Social Skills
5 40 (29.63%) JavaScript
6 34 (25.19%) C
7 31 (22.96%) TypeScript
8 28 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (20.00%) Software Engineering
10 25 (18.52%) Agile
10 25 (18.52%) React
11 23 (17.04%) Degree
12 22 (16.30%) Android
12 22 (16.30%) AWS
12 22 (16.30%) C#
13 19 (14.07%) Full Stack Development
13 19 (14.07%) Apple iOS
13 19 (14.07%) C++
13 19 (14.07%) Client/Server
13 19 (14.07%) Automotive
14 17 (12.59%) Docker
14 17 (12.59%) Node.js
15 15 (11.11%) Django
16 14 (10.37%) Blog
16 14 (10.37%) Multithreading
16 14 (10.37%) Business Development
16 14 (10.37%) Customer Engagement
16 14 (10.37%) Internet
16 14 (10.37%) Raspberry Pi
16 14 (10.37%) Elasticsearch

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.74%) Confluence
1 1 (0.74%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.30%) AWS
2 12 (8.89%) AWS IoT
3 10 (7.41%) Azure
4 6 (4.44%) GitHub
5 5 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.96%) SaaS
7 3 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.22%) Serverless
8 2 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.48%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.74%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.37%) Internet
2 5 (3.70%) Wireless
3 1 (0.74%) 4G
3 1 (0.74%) 5G
3 1 (0.74%) Multicast
3 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.37%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 9 (6.67%) MongoDB
4 6 (4.44%) Redis
5 3 (2.22%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (7.41%) Git
2 7 (5.19%) JIRA
3 6 (4.44%) Trac
4 3 (2.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (2.22%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.22%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.74%) ScriptRunner
General
1 43 (31.85%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.07%) Automotive
3 14 (10.37%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (6.67%) Electronics
4 9 (6.67%) Finance
5 7 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.19%) Games
5 7 (5.19%) Tech for Good
6 6 (4.44%) Marketing
7 5 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.48%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.74%) Publishing
9 1 (0.74%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (18.52%) React
2 17 (12.59%) Node.js
3 15 (11.11%) Django
4 11 (8.15%) .NET
5 10 (7.41%) ASP.NET
6 9 (6.67%) .NET Framework
6 9 (6.67%) AngularJS
6 9 (6.67%) CSS
6 9 (6.67%) HTML
6 9 (6.67%) Vue
7 7 (5.19%) ASP.NET Web API
7 7 (5.19%) REST
8 6 (4.44%) .NET Core
8 6 (4.44%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (4.44%) Entity Framework
9 4 (2.96%) HTML5
10 3 (2.22%) JSON
10 3 (2.22%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (2.22%) XML
10 3 (2.22%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 47 (34.81%) IoT
2 19 (14.07%) Client/Server
3 14 (10.37%) Blog
3 14 (10.37%) Raspberry Pi
4 12 (8.89%) Data Structures
5 10 (7.41%) Algorithms
6 8 (5.93%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (4.44%) ARM Cortex
7 6 (4.44%) Verilog
8 5 (3.70%) Mobile App
9 3 (2.22%) Hackathon
10 2 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.48%) FPGA
10 2 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.48%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.74%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.74%) Device Driver
11 1 (0.74%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 55 (40.74%) Linux
2 22 (16.30%) Android
3 19 (14.07%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.22%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 25 (18.52%) Agile
4 19 (14.07%) Full Stack Development
5 14 (10.37%) Business Development
5 14 (10.37%) Commercial Awareness
5 14 (10.37%) Customer Engagement
5 14 (10.37%) Multithreaded Programming
5 14 (10.37%) Multithreading
6 12 (8.89%) Computer Science
6 12 (8.89%) Machine Learning
7 11 (8.15%) Artificial Intelligence
7 11 (8.15%) Code Quality
7 11 (8.15%) TDD
8 9 (6.67%) Scrum
8 9 (6.67%) User Experience
9 8 (5.93%) Embedded Software Development
9 8 (5.93%) Microservices
10 7 (5.19%) Fintech
11 6 (4.44%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 53 (39.26%) Python
2 40 (29.63%) JavaScript
3 34 (25.19%) C
4 31 (22.96%) TypeScript
5 22 (16.30%) C#
6 19 (14.07%) C++
7 10 (7.41%) Embedded C
8 8 (5.93%) SQL
9 7 (5.19%) Java
9 7 (5.19%) Rust
10 6 (4.44%) SystemVerilog
10 6 (4.44%) Tcl
11 5 (3.70%) Kotlin
12 3 (2.22%) Cython
12 3 (2.22%) Shell Script
13 2 (1.48%) Bash
13 2 (1.48%) Haskell
13 2 (1.48%) Objective-C
13 2 (1.48%) PHP
14 1 (0.74%) Go
Qualifications
1 23 (17.04%) Degree
2 8 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.70%) DV Cleared
3 5 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.48%) PhD
System Software
1 17 (12.59%) Docker
2 8 (5.93%) Firmware
3 4 (2.96%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.48%) Ansible
3 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (5.93%) F5
2 6 (4.44%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.48%) QNX
4 1 (0.74%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.74%) Google