Software Engineering Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 255 274 609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 16.48% 18.03% 25.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.82% 18.74% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 195 83 139
10th Percentile £39,250 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £50,125 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £93,000
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,225 1,462 2,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 79.19% 96.18% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 918 613 907
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,050 £31,025
25th Percentile £36,360 £36,250 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £72,288 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 25 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 +2 223 £65,000 - 129
Huntingdon +9 10 £55,000 - 1
Peterborough +5 1 - - 4
Wisbech - 1 £55,000 - 1
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.78%) Apache
1 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (4.71%) Simulink
2 6 (2.35%) Trello
3 1 (0.39%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 47 (18.43%) AWS
2 30 (11.76%) Azure
3 13 (5.10%) Serverless
4 11 (4.31%) AWS Lambda
5 10 (3.92%) Amazon S3
5 10 (3.92%) SaaS
6 5 (1.96%) GitHub
6 5 (1.96%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (0.78%) Amazon EMR
7 2 (0.78%) Amazon Kinesis
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.39%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.84%) Wireless
2 15 (5.88%) Bluetooth
3 10 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (3.53%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.35%) HTTP
6 5 (1.96%) RS-232
7 4 (1.57%) 5G
8 2 (0.78%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.78%) Modbus
8 2 (0.78%) MQTT
8 2 (0.78%) NGN
8 2 (0.78%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.39%) DECT
9 1 (0.39%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.39%) Multicast
9 1 (0.39%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.63%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (3.53%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (2.75%) MySQL
4 6 (2.35%) Geospatial Data
4 6 (2.35%) GIS
5 5 (1.96%) Power BI
5 5 (1.96%) Redis
6 3 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.78%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.78%) Big Data
7 2 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.78%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.78%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (7.45%) Git
2 11 (4.31%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.92%) JIRA
4 9 (3.53%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.57%) Subversion
5 4 (1.57%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.39%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.39%) GitLab
6 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 61 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 45 (17.65%) Electronics
3 21 (8.24%) Automotive
4 19 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.71%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.53%) Games
7 8 (3.14%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.75%) Tech for Good
9 6 (2.35%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.57%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.57%) Marketing
10 4 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.18%) Welsh Language
12 2 (0.78%) French Language
12 2 (0.78%) German Language
12 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.78%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.78%) Korean Language
12 2 (0.78%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 187 (73.33%) Software Engineer
2 62 (24.31%) Embedded Engineer
2 62 (24.31%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 62 (24.31%) Senior
3 54 (21.18%) Senior Software Engineer
4 28 (10.98%) Developer
5 15 (5.88%) Software Developer
6 13 (5.10%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 13 (5.10%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 10 (3.92%) C++ Software Engineer
7 10 (3.92%) Python Engineer
8 9 (3.53%) Lead
8 9 (3.53%) Python Software Engineer
9 8 (3.14%) C Software Engineer
9 8 (3.14%) Full Stack Developer
10 7 (2.75%) Audio Engineer
10 7 (2.75%) Audio Software Engineer
10 7 (2.75%) C/C++ Software Engineer
10 7 (2.75%) Principal Engineer
10 7 (2.75%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (15.29%) React
2 19 (7.45%) .NET
3 14 (5.49%) HTML
3 14 (5.49%) Node.js
4 13 (5.10%) CSS
5 11 (4.31%) Django
5 11 (4.31%) Yocto
6 9 (3.53%) JSON
6 9 (3.53%) PyQt
6 9 (3.53%) PyTorch
7 8 (3.14%) Flask
8 7 (2.75%) gRPC
8 7 (2.75%) REST
8 7 (2.75%) TensorFlow
9 6 (2.35%) COM
9 6 (2.35%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (2.35%) scikit-learn
10 5 (1.96%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.96%) FFmpeg
10 5 (1.96%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 44 (17.25%) Embedded Systems
2 35 (13.73%) Algorithms
3 30 (11.76%) IoT
4 13 (5.10%) Client/Server
4 13 (5.10%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (4.31%) Data Structures
6 10 (3.92%) Blockchain
6 10 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (3.92%) Robotics
7 9 (3.53%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (3.14%) Mobile App
8 8 (3.14%) RISC-V
9 7 (2.75%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (2.35%) Device Driver
10 6 (2.35%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.96%) ARM Cortex
11 5 (1.96%) Verilog
12 3 (1.18%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.18%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 54 (21.18%) Linux
2 11 (4.31%) Android
2 11 (4.31%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (3.14%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.75%) Windows
5 4 (1.57%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (28.63%) Agile
2 48 (18.82%) Computer Science
3 37 (14.51%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (10.59%) Roadmaps
5 26 (10.20%) Open Source
6 23 (9.02%) Artificial Intelligence
6 23 (9.02%) Machine Learning
6 23 (9.02%) Prototyping
7 22 (8.63%) Full Stack Development
8 20 (7.84%) OO
9 19 (7.45%) OOP
10 18 (7.06%) Multithreading
11 17 (6.67%) Test Automation
12 16 (6.27%) Collaborative Working
12 16 (6.27%) DevOps
12 16 (6.27%) Mentoring
13 15 (5.88%) SDLC
14 14 (5.49%) Containerisation
15 13 (5.10%) Coaching
16 12 (4.71%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 96 (37.65%) Python
2 79 (30.98%) C
3 58 (22.75%) C#
4 39 (15.29%) C++
5 31 (12.16%) TypeScript
6 28 (10.98%) JavaScript
7 27 (10.59%) Embedded C
8 20 (7.84%) Kotlin
9 16 (6.27%) Java
10 14 (5.49%) MATLAB
11 11 (4.31%) Go
11 11 (4.31%) PHP
12 10 (3.92%) SQL
13 8 (3.14%) Rust
14 6 (2.35%) Apex Code
14 6 (2.35%) Bash
15 5 (1.96%) Embedded C++
15 5 (1.96%) SystemVerilog
16 4 (1.57%) Assembly Language
16 4 (1.57%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 70 (27.45%) Degree
2 16 (6.27%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (4.71%) Master's Degree
4 5 (1.96%) PhD
5 1 (0.39%) HNC
5 1 (0.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.14%) IEC 62304
1 8 (3.14%) ISO 13485
2 3 (1.18%) QA
3 1 (0.39%) COBIT
3 1 (0.39%) MISRA
3 1 (0.39%) MISRA C
System Software
1 31 (12.16%) Docker
2 13 (5.10%) Firmware
3 2 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 18 (7.06%) Terraform
3 3 (1.18%) Ansible
3 3 (1.18%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.78%) linkerd
5 1 (0.39%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.39%) Grafana
5 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (2.35%) Salesforce
2 3 (1.18%) Cadence
3 2 (0.78%) Interwoven
3 2 (0.78%) QNX
3 2 (0.78%) RedGate
3 2 (0.78%) Siemens
4 1 (0.39%) MathWorks
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle
4 1 (0.39%) Renesas
4 1 (0.39%) Synopsys