AI Job Trends in Cambridge

AI
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 28
Rank change year-on-year -1 +25 +1
Permanent jobs citing AI 173 94 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 13.84% 25.47% 6.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.18% 27.41% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 125 23 21
10th Percentile £49,355 £30,370 £40,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £35,500 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £39,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +89.74% -56.67% +89.47%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £80,000 -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £65,000 £40,750 £88,750
% change year-on-year +59.51% -54.08% +77.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridge

AI falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 902 343 480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 72.16% 92.95% 78.95%
Number of salaries quoted 733 237 263
10th Percentile £34,000 £26,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £28,500 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £42,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -37.04% +22.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £70,000 £89,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +11.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

AI job vacancy trend in Cambridge

AI
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing AI

AI
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in Cambridge over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in Cambridge

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 21 (12.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.58%) CMS
2 1 (0.58%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.58%) Moodle
2 1 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.58%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 21 (12.14%) Azure
2 19 (10.98%) AWS
3 18 (10.40%) Power Automate
4 15 (8.67%) Microsoft Copilot
5 14 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (6.94%) Power Platform
7 11 (6.36%) GCP
8 10 (5.78%) PowerApps
9 9 (5.20%) Anthropic Claude
10 8 (4.62%) Lucidchart
10 8 (4.62%) Zapier
11 5 (2.89%) GitHub
12 4 (2.31%) Azure AI
13 2 (1.16%) Amazon S3
13 2 (1.16%) ChatGPT
13 2 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (1.16%) Google Gemini
13 2 (1.16%) Google Sheets
13 2 (1.16%) Google Workspace
13 2 (1.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.58%) Intranet
1 1 (0.58%) LTE
1 1 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.94%) Power BI
2 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.16%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.16%) Redis
2 2 (1.16%) Spatial Data
2 2 (1.16%) Tableau
3 1 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.58%) Big Data
3 1 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.58%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 6 (3.47%) Git
2 2 (1.16%) GitLab
3 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.58%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 46 (26.59%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (6.36%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (4.62%) Legal
4 8 (4.62%) Legal Technology
5 4 (2.31%) Automotive
5 4 (2.31%) Multimedia
6 3 (1.73%) Electronics
6 3 (1.73%) Finance
6 3 (1.73%) Games
6 3 (1.73%) Tech for Good
7 2 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.16%) Marketing
7 2 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 51 (29.48%) Software Engineer
2 42 (24.28%) Developer
3 39 (22.54%) Senior
4 34 (19.65%) Python Engineer
5 30 (17.34%) Python Developer
5 30 (17.34%) Python Software Engineer
6 20 (11.56%) Senior Software Engineer
7 13 (7.51%) C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (6.36%) Lead
8 11 (6.36%) Senior Developer
9 9 (5.20%) Administrator
9 9 (5.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (4.62%) Operations Engineer
10 8 (4.62%) Senior Python Developer
11 7 (4.05%) Junior
11 7 (4.05%) SharePoint Administrator
12 6 (3.47%) Security Engineer
13 5 (2.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 5 (2.89%) Lead Developer
14 4 (2.31%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.47%) TensorFlow
2 5 (2.89%) PyTorch
3 4 (2.31%) Google JAX
3 4 (2.31%) JAX
3 4 (2.31%) Keras
4 3 (1.73%) CarPlay
4 3 (1.73%) FastAPI
4 3 (1.73%) WebSockets
5 2 (1.16%) Flask
5 2 (1.16%) Middleware
5 2 (1.16%) PostGIS
5 2 (1.16%) React
5 2 (1.16%) RESTful
5 2 (1.16%) Terraform
6 1 (0.58%) .NET
6 1 (0.58%) Django
6 1 (0.58%) Flash
6 1 (0.58%) OAuth
6 1 (0.58%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.58%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 70 (40.46%) Cyber Threat
2 20 (11.56%) AI Agents
3 17 (9.83%) Algorithms
4 9 (5.20%) FPGA
5 8 (4.62%) Low-Code
6 6 (3.47%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.89%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.89%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.31%) IoT
8 4 (2.31%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.31%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.73%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.73%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (1.16%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.16%) PCIe
10 2 (1.16%) Robotics
10 2 (1.16%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.16%) Verilog
10 2 (1.16%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.05%) Linux
2 4 (2.31%) Android
2 4 (2.31%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.31%) macOS
3 3 (1.73%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (53.18%) Software Engineering
2 84 (48.55%) Cybersecurity
3 63 (36.42%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (18.50%) Machine Learning
5 23 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (9.25%) Prototyping
7 15 (8.67%) Rapid Prototyping
8 14 (8.09%) Computer Science
8 14 (8.09%) Decision-Making
9 13 (7.51%) Mentoring
10 12 (6.94%) Agile
10 12 (6.94%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (6.94%) CI/CD
10 12 (6.94%) Deep Learning
10 12 (6.94%) Technical Leadership
11 11 (6.36%) Workflow
12 10 (5.78%) Critical Thinking
12 10 (5.78%) Information Architecture
12 10 (5.78%) Task Automation
13 9 (5.20%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (50.87%) Python
2 29 (16.76%) C++
3 19 (10.98%) Rust
4 12 (6.94%) TypeScript
5 6 (3.47%) JavaScript
5 6 (3.47%) SQL
6 5 (2.89%) Java
7 3 (1.73%) C
7 3 (1.73%) Embedded C++
8 2 (1.16%) C#
9 1 (0.58%) Bash
9 1 (0.58%) Clojure
9 1 (0.58%) Scala
9 1 (0.58%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (16.76%) Degree
2 11 (6.36%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (5.20%) PhD
5 8 (4.62%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.31%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.31%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.31%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.73%) CISSP
8 1 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.58%) ACCA
8 1 (0.58%) CIMA
8 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.58%) CISM
8 1 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.58%) GSEC
8 1 (0.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (1.73%) NIST
2 2 (1.16%) QA
3 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.58%) IFRS
3 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (4.05%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (4.05%) Firmware
2 6 (3.47%) Docker
3 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.58%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.31%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.58%) Ansible
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.58%) Podman
Vendors
1 20 (11.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.20%) RedGate
3 8 (4.62%) DocuSign
4 3 (1.73%) Apple
4 3 (1.73%) Google
5 2 (1.16%) EMC
5 2 (1.16%) Tenable
6 1 (0.58%) Adobe
6 1 (0.58%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.58%) Databricks
6 1 (0.58%) WooCommerce