Software Developer Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Software Developer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Software Developer salary in Cambridgeshire 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 37 91 105
Rank change year-on-year +54 +14 -85
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 67 27 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 4.34% 1.81% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.63% 2.08% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 56 17 48
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,750 £78,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +21.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 1,446 1,298 2,266
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 86.88% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,115 605 975
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,550 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,550 £85,000 £78,750
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Cambridgeshire

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Cambridgeshire

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Cambridgeshire

Software Developer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Cambridge +49 61 £60,000 - 9
Software Developer
East of England

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

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

1 29 (43.28%) C
2 27 (40.30%) IoT
3 25 (37.31%) Linux
4 19 (28.36%) Python
4 19 (28.36%) Social Skills
5 17 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (22.39%) Software Engineering
6 15 (22.39%) C#
7 14 (20.90%) Internet
7 14 (20.90%) Degree
8 13 (19.40%) Android
9 12 (17.91%) C++
10 11 (16.42%) Apple iOS
10 11 (16.42%) Data Structures
10 11 (16.42%) Algorithms
11 10 (14.93%) Embedded C
11 10 (14.93%) Automotive
11 10 (14.93%) Code Quality
12 9 (13.43%) Client/Server
12 9 (13.43%) JavaScript
13 8 (11.94%) Firmware
13 8 (11.94%) Git
13 8 (11.94%) Embedded Software Development
14 7 (10.45%) Embedded Systems
14 7 (10.45%) Customer Engagement
14 7 (10.45%) Docker
14 7 (10.45%) Raspberry Pi
14 7 (10.45%) Blog
14 7 (10.45%) Multithreading
14 7 (10.45%) Business Development

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (4.48%) Azure
1 3 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (2.99%) AWS
3 1 (1.49%) GCP
3 1 (1.49%) SaaS
3 1 (1.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.90%) Internet
2 5 (7.46%) Wireless
3 2 (2.99%) 4G
3 2 (2.99%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) Redis
2 3 (4.48%) MongoDB
2 3 (4.48%) NoSQL
2 3 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.48%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.99%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (11.94%) Git
2 3 (4.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (4.48%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.48%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.49%) GCC
3 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (28.36%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.93%) Automotive
3 7 (10.45%) Electronics
3 7 (10.45%) Games
3 7 (10.45%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (7.46%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.99%) Publishing
6 1 (1.49%) Finance
6 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.49%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) CSS
1 6 (8.96%) HTML
2 3 (4.48%) .NET
2 3 (4.48%) .NET Framework
2 3 (4.48%) ASP.NET
2 3 (4.48%) ASP.NET Core
2 3 (4.48%) Django
2 3 (4.48%) HTML5
2 3 (4.48%) JSON
2 3 (4.48%) Protocol Buffers
2 3 (4.48%) RabbitMQ
2 3 (4.48%) React
2 3 (4.48%) REST
2 3 (4.48%) XML
2 3 (4.48%) XSLT
3 2 (2.99%) iOS SDK
4 1 (1.49%) FFmpeg
4 1 (1.49%) GStreamer
4 1 (1.49%) Wayland
4 1 (1.49%) WebKit
Miscellaneous
1 27 (40.30%) IoT
2 11 (16.42%) Algorithms
2 11 (16.42%) Data Structures
3 9 (13.43%) Client/Server
4 7 (10.45%) Blog
4 7 (10.45%) Embedded Systems
4 7 (10.45%) Raspberry Pi
5 4 (5.97%) Mobile App
6 3 (4.48%) Hackathon
7 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.49%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 25 (37.31%) Linux
2 13 (19.40%) Android
3 11 (16.42%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (22.39%) Software Engineering
3 10 (14.93%) Code Quality
4 8 (11.94%) Embedded Software Development
5 7 (10.45%) Business Development
5 7 (10.45%) Commercial Awareness
5 7 (10.45%) Customer Engagement
5 7 (10.45%) Multithreaded Programming
5 7 (10.45%) Multithreading
6 6 (8.96%) Agile
7 5 (7.46%) Functional Testing
7 5 (7.46%) TDD
8 4 (5.97%) Full Stack Development
8 4 (5.97%) Power Management
8 4 (5.97%) Scrum
9 3 (4.48%) Computer Science
9 3 (4.48%) Containerisation
9 3 (4.48%) Design Patterns
9 3 (4.48%) Mathematics
9 3 (4.48%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 29 (43.28%) C
2 19 (28.36%) Python
3 15 (22.39%) C#
4 12 (17.91%) C++
5 10 (14.93%) Embedded C
6 9 (13.43%) JavaScript
7 6 (8.96%) Java
7 6 (8.96%) Kotlin
8 5 (7.46%) Rust
9 4 (5.97%) TypeScript
10 3 (4.48%) Cython
10 3 (4.48%) Shell Script
10 3 (4.48%) SQL
11 2 (2.99%) Go
11 2 (2.99%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 14 (20.90%) Degree
2 6 (8.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.99%) PhD
System Software
1 8 (11.94%) Firmware
2 7 (10.45%) Docker
3 4 (5.97%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (8.96%) F5
2 2 (2.99%) QNX
3 1 (1.49%) Google
20 Software Developer jobs in the East of England