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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 39 38
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 6 24 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 1.17% 4.85% 4.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.87% 13.95% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 9
10th Percentile £36,000 £38,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -29.03% +93.75%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £69,000 - £94,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £35,000 £70,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -50.00% -9.68% +72.22%

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 209 172 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 40.90% 34.75% 42.39%
Number of salaries quoted 92 82 68
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,425 £35,200
25th Percentile £29,000 £47,688 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £65,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% +11.11% +6.36%
75th Percentile £50,000 £78,750 £79,063
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £35,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -46.15% +13.04% +15.00%

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 21 December 2025.

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (16.67%) Amazon S3
2 1 (16.67%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (16.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (16.67%) Big Data
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
1 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Junior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Site Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) Google JAX
1 3 (50.00%) JAX
1 3 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 3 (50.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (16.67%) FHIR
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) CUDA
2 1 (16.67%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (16.67%) Life Science
2 1 (16.67%) Omics
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (83.33%) Mathematics
3 4 (66.67%) AI
3 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
3 4 (66.67%) Physics
4 3 (50.00%) Computer Vision
4 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (50.00%) Prototyping
4 3 (50.00%) Rapid Prototyping
5 2 (33.33%) DevOps
6 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
6 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
6 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 1 (16.67%) Neuroscience
6 1 (16.67%) Open Source
6 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (16.67%) SDLC
6 1 (16.67%) Signal Processing
6 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
6 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) R
2 1 (16.67%) Rust
2 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) CDISC
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) DICOM
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) HIPAA
1 1 (16.67%) HL7
1 1 (16.67%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes