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 28 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 37 41
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 5 24 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.97% 4.95% 4.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.37% 13.95% 9.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 8
10th Percentile - £38,000 £65,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £42,500 £69,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -30.16% +96.88%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £90,625
90th Percentile - - £94,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £45,000 £70,000 £78,750
% change year-on-year -35.71% -11.11% +75.00%

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 211 172 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 40.73% 35.46% 41.19%
Number of salaries quoted 97 82 68
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,425 £33,380
25th Percentile £29,750 £47,688 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% +12.07% +5.45%
75th Percentile £53,750 £78,750 £79,063
90th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £35,500 £65,000 £55,250
% change year-on-year -45.38% +17.65% +10.50%

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
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (20.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (20.00%) Big Data
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Google JAX
1 3 (60.00%) JAX
1 3 (60.00%) PyTorch
1 3 (60.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (20.00%) FHIR
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) CUDA
2 1 (20.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Life Science
2 1 (20.00%) Omics
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (80.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (60.00%) AI
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Vision
3 3 (60.00%) Physics
3 3 (60.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (60.00%) Rapid Prototyping
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
5 1 (20.00%) DevOps
5 1 (20.00%) MLOps
5 1 (20.00%) Neuroscience
5 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (20.00%) SDLC
5 1 (20.00%) Signal Processing
5 1 (20.00%) Statistics
5 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) R
2 1 (20.00%) Rust
2 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) CDISC
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) DICOM
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (20.00%) HL7
1 1 (20.00%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes