Computer Science Degree Job Trends in Cambridge

Computer Science Degree
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 36 43
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 16 15 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 1.55% 4.41% 2.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.11% 9.62% 9.57%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 12
10th Percentile £25,950 £25,000 £32,950
25th Percentile £55,175 £30,625 £44,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £50,000 £51,725
Median % change year-on-year +18.90% -3.33% -14.93%
75th Percentile £63,725 £78,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £71,500 £83,375 -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £59,450 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.90% -20.00% +2.80%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridge

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 225 156 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 21.87% 45.88% 29.24%
Number of salaries quoted 110 79 143
10th Percentile £31,900 - £31,300
25th Percentile £42,500 £26,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.41% -19.05% -12.50%
75th Percentile £78,250 £53,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £92,988 £68,750 £80,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £59,450 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +39.88% -19.05% -10.26%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Cambridge over the 6 months to 5 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in Cambridge

Computer Science Degree
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 8 (50.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) AWS
2 8 (50.00%) Serverless
3 3 (18.75%) Azure
4 1 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (50.00%) Big Data
2 1 (6.25%) MySQL
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
1 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 8 (50.00%) Lead
1 8 (50.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
1 8 (50.00%) Technical Leader
1 8 (50.00%) Technical Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Software Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Embedded Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Graduate
4 2 (12.50%) Graduate Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Graduate Software Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Linux Developer
5 1 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Developer
5 1 (6.25%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Graduate SQL Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Junior Software Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Robotics Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Scientific Software Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Yocto
2 1 (6.25%) CSS
2 1 (6.25%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Algorithms
1 3 (18.75%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Robotics
2 2 (12.50%) Device Driver
2 2 (12.50%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Computer Science
2 10 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (56.25%) Agile
3 9 (56.25%) DevOps
4 8 (50.00%) Change Control
4 8 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (50.00%) Data Engineering
4 8 (50.00%) Data Integration
4 8 (50.00%) Data Management
4 8 (50.00%) Server Management
4 8 (50.00%) Storage Management
5 5 (31.25%) Software Engineering
6 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 2 (12.50%) MVC
6 2 (12.50%) OOP
6 2 (12.50%) SDLC
7 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security
7 1 (6.25%) Containerisation
7 1 (6.25%) Intelligent Automation
7 1 (6.25%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) C++
2 5 (31.25%) Python
3 4 (25.00%) C#
4 2 (12.50%) C
4 2 (12.50%) Embedded C
4 2 (12.50%) Embedded C++
4 2 (12.50%) PHP
4 2 (12.50%) SQL
5 1 (6.25%) Bash
5 1 (6.25%) Java
5 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
5 1 (6.25%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (68.75%) Master's Degree
3 8 (50.00%) DBS Check
4 2 (12.50%) HND
5 1 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (6.25%) CISM
5 1 (6.25%) CISSP
5 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (6.25%) GSEC
5 1 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) NIST
2 1 (6.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Google