Digital & IT Job Statistics in Cambridge

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineer	2	Up 38 places+38	£75,000	+25.00%	320 24.52%	102
Senior	3	Up 19 places+19	£75,000	+11.11%	201 15.40%	160
Developer	12	Up 28 places+28	£65,000	+30.00%	113 8.66%	25
Senior Software Engineer	14	Up 37 places+37	£75,000	+7.14%	105 8.05%	25
Lead	16	Up 7 places+7	£70,000	+27.27%	102 7.82%	36
Electronics Engineer	18	Up 31 places+31	£80,000	-5.88%	90 6.90%	58
Embedded Engineer	20	Up 31 places+31	£70,000	+115.38%	80 6.13%	37
Principal Engineer	22	Up 29 places+29	£90,000	+12.50%	76 5.82%	23
Embedded Software Engineer	25	Up 26 places+26	£70,000	+115.38%	72 5.52%	34
C++ Software Engineer	26	Up 25 places+25	£75,000	+7.14%	66 5.06%	14
Python Engineer	31	Up 18 places+18	£80,000	+45.45%	53 4.06%	6
Development Manager	32	Up 3 places+3	£60,000	+9.09%	52 3.98%
Business Manager	35	Up 1 place+1	£60,000	+9.09%	48 3.68%
Python Software Engineer	36	Up 14 places+14	£80,000	+45.45%	47 3.60%	6
Business Development Manager	37	Down 1 place-1	£60,000	+9.09%	45 3.45%
Python Developer	39	Up 11 places+11	£65,000	-	43 3.30%	5
Architect	39	Up 11 places+11	£90,000	-	43 3.30%	21
Administrator	41	Up 1 place+1	£40,000	+39.13%	40 3.07%	7
Principal Software Engineer	42	Up 9 places+9	£80,000	-	39 2.99%	2
Consultant	43	No change0	£60,000	-	38 2.91%	17
IT Support	50	Down 24 places-24	£32,650	+2.83%	29 2.22%	6
Team Leader	50	New entry-	£60,000	-	29 2.22%	10
Product Engineer	50	New entry-	£90,000	-	29 2.22%	5
Senior Embedded Software Engineer	54	New entry-	£75,000	-	25 1.92%	7
Senior Embedded Engineer	54	New entry-	£75,000	-	25 1.92%	7
Software Developer	54	Down 5 places-5	£70,000	+40.00%	25 1.92%	3
Design Engineer	55	Down 5 places-5	£52,500	-34.37%	24 1.84%	45
Lead Architect	56	New entry-	£98,000	-	23 1.76%
Robotics Software Engineer	57	New entry-	£75,000	-	22 1.69%	5
Systems Engineer	58	Down 7 places-7	£55,000	-26.66%	21 1.61%	14
Support Technician	58	Down 15 places-15	£33,000	-1.49%	21 1.61%
Linux Engineer	59	Down 9 places-9	£70,000	+27.27%	20 1.53%	10
Delivery Manager	60	New entry-	£65,000	-	19 1.46%	2
Senior Electronics Engineer	61	New entry-	£80,000	-	18 1.38%	11
Enterprise Architect	61	New entry-	£100,000	-	18 1.38%
Security Engineer	61	Down 13 places-13	£75,000	+1.69%	18 1.38%	8
Sales Manager	62	New entry-	£65,000	-	17 1.30%	4
Business Development Executive	62	Down 14 places-14	£40,000	+33.33%	17 1.30%
Embedded Linux Engineer	63	New entry-	£70,000	-	16 1.23%	5
Programmer	63	New entry-	£75,000	-	16 1.23%	1
IT Engineer	63	Down 20 places-20	£33,000	-5.71%	16 1.23%	2
SharePoint Administrator	64	New entry-	-	-	15 1.15%
Sales Representative	64	New entry-	£50,000	-	15 1.15%	1
Graduate	64	Down 14 places-14	£45,000	+40.62%	15 1.15%	6
Senior Developer	64	Down 15 places-15	£80,000	+10.34%	15 1.15%	8
IT Technician	65	Down 19 places-19	£32,650	-2.53%	14 1.07%	2
Cloud Engineer	65	New entry-	£100,000	-	14 1.07%	7
FPGA Engineer	66	Down 15 places-15	£92,500	-	13 1.00%	13
Embedded C++ Engineer	66	New entry-	£55,000	-	13 1.00%
Embedded C++ Software Engineer	66	New entry-	£55,000	-	13 1.00%