Development Engineer Jobs in Cambridge

Development Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Development Engineer salary in Cambridge is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.58% - 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% - 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.98%
75th Percentile - - £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £45,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -27.98%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title 328 616 461
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 97.62% 86.49%
Number of salaries quoted 229 473 264
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £45,000 £52,250 £53,250
% change year-on-year -13.88% -1.88% +1.43%

Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings that featured Development Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Development Engineer in Cambridge

Development Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Development Engineer in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Development Engineer in Cambridge

Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 11 August 2025, Development Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Development Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) Decarbonisation

Development Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Decarbonisation
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility