Computer Science Jobs in Cambridge

Computer Science
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 25 9
Rank change year-on-year +13 -16 -1
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 36 68 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 14.52% 6.65% 16.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.38% 8.16% 17.69%
Number of salaries quoted 19 50 40
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £43,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,688 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year - -30.10% +10.55%
75th Percentile £58,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,750 £80,001 £85,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year -5.56% -25.99% +10.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

Computer Science 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 234 833 865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 94.35% 81.51% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 143 637 368
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £31,350
25th Percentile £30,625 £42,500 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,125 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £87,500 £90,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.32%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Cambridge

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Computer Science in Cambridge

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Cambridge over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Cambridge

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.78%) AWS
2 9 (25.00%) Amazon SageMaker
3 8 (22.22%) Azure
4 1 (2.78%) GCP
4 1 (2.78%) GitHub
4 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (19.44%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (13.89%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (13.89%) Redis
3 3 (8.33%) MySQL
3 3 (8.33%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Moq
1 3 (8.33%) SpecFlow
2 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 11 (30.56%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.78%) Law
4 1 (2.78%) Military
4 1 (2.78%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 9 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (16.67%) Developer
3 5 (13.89%) Applications Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Support Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Technical Support
3 5 (13.89%) Technical Support Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Graduate
5 3 (8.33%) Graduate Developer
5 3 (8.33%) IT Graduate
5 3 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Principal Software Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Agile C# Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Agile Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Graduate C# Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Graduate PHP Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 2 (5.56%) PHP Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Senior
6 2 (5.56%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (30.56%) PyTorch
1 11 (30.56%) TensorFlow
2 10 (27.78%) Keras
2 10 (27.78%) NumPy
2 10 (27.78%) scikit-learn
3 7 (19.44%) .NET
3 7 (19.44%) Node.js
4 4 (11.11%) ASP.NET
5 3 (8.33%) CSS
5 3 (8.33%) jQuery
5 3 (8.33%) REST
5 3 (8.33%) Swagger
6 2 (5.56%) .NET Core
6 2 (5.56%) OAuth
6 2 (5.56%) OAuth2
7 1 (2.78%) .NET Framework
7 1 (2.78%) Django
7 1 (2.78%) RESTful
7 1 (2.78%) SciPy
7 1 (2.78%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 5 (13.89%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.56%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.78%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.78%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Android
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) Artificial Intelligence
1 19 (52.78%) Physics
1 19 (52.78%) Software Engineering
2 18 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (47.22%) Mathematics
4 16 (44.44%) Machine Learning
5 14 (38.89%) User Experience
6 11 (30.56%) Statistics
7 10 (27.78%) Deep Learning
7 10 (27.78%) PLM
7 10 (27.78%) Roadmaps
8 9 (25.00%) Analytics
8 9 (25.00%) Bioinformatics
8 9 (25.00%) Computational Biology
8 9 (25.00%) Data Analytics
8 9 (25.00%) Data Engineering
8 9 (25.00%) Data Science
8 9 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 9 (25.00%) Dimensionality Reduction
8 9 (25.00%) Reinforcement Learning
Programming Languages
1 25 (69.44%) Python
2 9 (25.00%) Java
3 6 (16.67%) C#
3 6 (16.67%) C++
4 5 (13.89%) PHP
5 3 (8.33%) SQL
6 2 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 2 (5.56%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.78%) C
7 1 (2.78%) VC++
Qualifications
1 33 (91.67%) Degree
2 13 (36.11%) PhD
3 9 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (13.89%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.78%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) CDISC
1 1 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) PayPal
2 1 (2.78%) Google
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft